Song covers as good or better than the original song

[Buizel91]

someone's gunna kill me for this but yanoo, suppose ill live =)


or this =)


im into pop... don't judge me =)

 

[RobCoxxy]

End of You did a cover of Tina Turner's "Goldeneye" which, if you ask me, is fucking fantastic.

I Will Never Be The Same had a fantastic rendition of "Cry Little Sister" (From The Lost Boys)

 

[Vault boy Eddie]

Dreamtheater did a live Iron Maiden cover of a bunch of their songs that was awesome, I can't remember right now if it was a CD in particular or from diff. CD's.

 

[Archindar]

The cover of "Light of Aidan - Lament" that was used in the "We are ODST" live-action trailer is by far better than the original.
The Rolling Stones - "Jumpin' Jack Flash" by Billy Fogarty (used in the game Elite Beat Agents).

 

[RobCoxxy]

Oh, this as well:
Blue Stahli's cover of IAMX's "This will make you love again"

I love both versions. But Stahli's has acoustic guitar (and I learnt it).
So, they're pretty much even:

 

[robinkom]

"Strange Wings" by Shadows of Steel, originally by Savatage.

"I Want Out" by HammerFall & Kai Hansen, originally by Helloween.

"Hallowed By Thy Name" by The Iron Maidens, originally by Iron Maiden.

"Holy Diver" by Pat Boone, originally by Dio.

"The Apparition" by Steel Prophet, originally by Fates Warning.

"Who Wants to Live Forever by Jennifer Rush, originally by Queen.

"Knights in White Satin" by Jennifer Rush, originally by the Moody Blues.

"Welcome to the Machine" by Queensryche, originally by Pink Floyd.

 

[stok3r]

What to you guys is a song cover that surpasses the original. To me Stone Sour's version of Wicked Game (Original by Chris Isaak)took what was good about the original and just enhanced it perfectly. Three days grace's version is ok, HIM's version is an excersice in fail. Your toughts?

Placebo's cover of Running Up That Hill is better than whats-her-name's version from the 80's


Also, Muse's cover of Feeling Good.


AND Psychostick's cover (well, parody) of Drowning Pool


Fuckin'-Aye

 

[WestMountain]

Hey Ya by Obadiah Parker originally performed by OutKast



Its so darn good :]

 

[Treefingers]

Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah .

 

[Hoiguyyami]

The amazing Brand0's version of "Straight up" by Paula Abdula is... incredible.

Seriously, this guy needs more attention

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoGxk3NVYzE

 

[Canadamus Prime]

On topic: I prefer Great Big Sea's version of End of the World to R.E.M.'s version.

I have to second this, in fact I was going to say this but you ninja'd me.

 

[MetalDooley]

I've always preferred Obituary's cover of "Circle of the Tyrants" to the Celtic Frost original

 

[Ironboot]

Alestorm's cover of Wolves of the Sea (originally in Eurovision 2008) is a lot better than the original. It's still a pretty bad song though...

 

[Vuljatar]

Metallica's cover of Turn the Page
Van Halen's cover of You Really Got Me
Jimi Hendrix's cover of All Along the Watchtower
George Thorogood's cover of Who Do You Love

 

[AgentNein]

Single Ladies originally written by Beyonce, covered by Pomplamoose.

 

[RanD00M]

Well there's Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah.Then there's the cover of Hurt that Cash did in his final years.Hall of the Mountain King is way better with Apocalyptica then any symphony.New Song is way better with I Adapt rather then the original with Nuclear Assault.

That's about it...For now.

 

[Garzo]

Jonathan Coulton is awesome, to refer to someone else up the thread, but I always thought Aztec Camera's version of Van Halen's "Jump" was awesome. Great example of taking a song in a completely different direction, which in my mind is as much of a compliment to the composers as it is to anyone else.

 

[mikecoulter]

I think I prefer Trivium's cover of Master Of Puppets. It's just a lot tighter.