Covers that are better than the original

Speaking of Tool
Probably already posted but...
https://youtu.be/_ZKIfCJZvZo

https://youtu.be/Ljr41LTpCUg

Very rarely is FZ surpassed, but I suppose DZ had the benefit of time and added arrangements. Plus, having Eddie Van Halen as your music teacher growing up certainly does not suck. DZ's guitar solo builds and flows expertly, and this keyboard solo departs from the George Duke original and absolutely sings. Napolean Murphy Brock in both performances, decades apart but the same madcap energy:

Inca Roads by Dweezil Zappa (cover)

https://youtu.be/F6YKJX-dXIM


Inca Roads by Frank Zappa (original)

https://youtu.be/wqp71DOJ3aY

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by AK47bp

Not better than Bob but good.

https://youtu.be/fQ5v2_kWqYU

---

They actually made it more reggae than Bob's original.

Bo Diddley + acid and they made it their own

Another killer cover:

^. Good ones. I’m a little pissed and embarrassed I didn’t put those up.

Mona (Bo Diidley)?
Codeine (Buffy St. Marie) ?

I think this would qualify as a Brubeck cover


And while I’m not saying this is better than Roy and Dale, it is a cover


QSM - best cover band of all time

Love the original, but would rather watch/listen to the cover:

The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald by NRBQ (cover)

https://youtu.be/Z60VU2Nov_0


The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot (original)

https://youtu.be/M3x2vcergP0

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

Mona (Bo Diidley)?
Codeine (Buffy St. Marie) ?

---

I was just about to put up Happy Trails, but TBS beat me to it.

way back when, grade scxhool:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by TBS

I think this would qualify as a Brubeck cover



QSM - best cover band of all time

---

The articulation of the way they put it gutted me in my own crucible of music, made a highwater mark on a few pools.

Stumbled across this and felt you needed to see it...it's not better. To me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5WNeghQ-fA


For scale and scope.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxnN05vOuSM

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

The articulation of the way they put it gutted me in my own crucible of music, made a highwater mark on a few pools.

---

Allow me to thank you for turning me on to this brilliant piece of music

https://youtu.be/X8nVZNyVZAI

Don "Sugarcane" Harris on violin and vocals, for the win:

Directly From My Heart by The Mothers of Invention (cover)

https://youtu.be/KB3HdC-Iums


Directly From My Heart by Little Richard (original)

https://youtu.be/gLCFrPZKp9A

Not necessarily better but still a great cover

In the same vein, maybe not better for you hardcore LZ fans, but worthy:

Perhaps not exactly a cover since it is members of the band but I love the stripped down version of this song.
https://youtu.be/Ti6qhk3tX2s

https://youtu.be/Ti6qhk3tX2s

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Ski to Be

Perhaps not exactly a cover since it is members of the band but I love the stripped down version of this song.
https://youtu.be/Ti6qhk3tX2s

---

Yep. A favorite of mine too.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by TBS

Not necessarily better but still a great cover

---

Agreed

Great covers of All Along the Watchtower:

https://youtu.be/TLV4_xaYynY

https://youtu.be/Yam6mrCCvD4

How ‘bout this one

Another Robert Zimmerman song
https://youtu.be/sk9_mJxFVdo