Covers that are better than the original

**bobz** · 05-31-2016, 10:53 PM

One more: NOFX awesomely covers Fleetwood Mac

"If I could baby, I'd give you my sox..."

**Meadow Skipper** · 07-18-2016, 11:15 AM

Maybe better, maybe not, but the guitars for sure:

**haiduk** · 08-25-2016, 10:42 AM

Debauchery - Angel of Death

**Meadow Skipper** · 08-27-2016, 06:45 AM

**Notyourtocayo** · 08-31-2016, 09:44 PM

I remember when I saw this for the first time. I didn't think of the timeline and the black and white video confused me. I was thinking "holy shit cream ripped off Ela Fitzgerald."

**funkendrenchman** · 08-15-2018, 09:23 AM

**dookeyXXX** · 08-15-2018, 10:45 AM

(Just went back through the entire thread and noticed that this had been posted 2× previously, so 3rd time's the charm!)

I am not saying better than, just radically different and therefore embodies what I believe a great cover should do...

**dookeyXXX** · 08-15-2018, 10:49 AM

Another one that, again, isn't better, just a great re-imagining...

Apparently I repeat myself when under duress...I posted this back when the thread started, but the video i linked was taken down.

**dookeyXXX** · 08-15-2018, 11:26 AM

Another in the "Not Better, Just Different, Thus Really Cool" category:
Neil Young covering BSF

**dookeyXXX** · 08-15-2018, 11:51 AM

saw Yes several times live and Squire always did this as his "obligatory" bass solo. Never knew that he had recorded it on an album, though

**Meadow Skipper** · 08-15-2018, 04:42 PM

**PNWbrit** · 08-15-2018, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper

Get out.

Starts to get fairly painful around 2.20

Meanwhile here... Radiohead do The Smiths better than The Smiths do..

**Meadow Skipper** · 08-15-2018, 05:14 PM

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

Get out.

Starts to get fairly painful around 2.20

I love it. It’s not like Radiohead’s version is easy listening mode.

Meanwhile here... Radiohead do The Smiths better than The Smiths do..

I won’t listen to The Smiths, no matter who’s playing it.

I’m not that big a fan of Radiohead either.

**Flyoverland Captive** · 08-15-2018, 05:15 PM

Treepeople out-Smiths the Smiths too:

https://youtu.be/XZcdRmaxCiE

**FLS** · 08-15-2018, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper

Radiohead: Ceremony. Maybe better, maybe not, but the guitars for sure:

^Ouch, that hurt my ears reading that.

As good as that cover is, you can't beat the rawness of the guitars in the original.

**Meadow Skipper** · 08-15-2018, 06:07 PM

I’ve expected to criticize and defend Radiohead in the same thread? I’m taking this over to the things that annoy me threads.

**FLS** · 08-15-2018, 06:48 PM

[QUOTE=dookey67;5413482]I am not saying better than, just radically different and therefore embodies what I believe a great cover should do...(Devo: Satisfaction)

Originally Posted by dookey67

Another one that, again, isn't better, just a great re-imagining...

(801: Tomorrow Never Knows)...

These are the types I like (as far as covers)....Challenge is most songs worth covering are so good that the cover will never be as good as the original. That's why they've got to be changed up. Even if it's subtly different...

or (maybe not as radical as Devo's Satisfaction, maybe...)

Karl Wallinger, World Party, Long and Winding Road

Couldn't find this anywheres on the innertubes so I posted it up to youtube. I had this version on a variety cd I made for road trips. My kids grew up on it. It wasn't till last year that my kids discovered it was a cover. They think it is so weird to hear McCartney doing the original (doh!)

**FLS** · 08-15-2018, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper

I’ve expected to criticize and defend Radiohead in the same thread? I’m taking this over to the things that annoy me threads.

! Always tough to compete with a good original. I'll bring this over to the What amuses you thread and we'll have our bases covered.

**SumJongGuy** · 08-15-2018, 07:29 PM

Everything Dirty Loops.. although the originals didn't set a very high bar..

**yeahman** · 08-15-2018, 07:45 PM

Better than Sabbath IMO. The album was yellow vinyl too.

**SumJongGuy** · 08-15-2018, 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by yeahman

Better than Sabbath IMO. The album was red vinyl too.

Faith No More does a damned fine job with War Pigs too.. Others like their version of Easy... me not as much as the War Pigs cover..

**El Chupacabra** · 08-15-2018, 08:07 PM

1000 Homo DJs - Supernaut:

Ministry side project with uncredited Trent Reznor on vocals.

**Mailman** · 08-15-2018, 08:34 PM

Placebo’s cover of Where Is My Mind.

I love the Pixies, and I love the original version, but Placebo killed it on this one.

https://youtu.be/YVFLgx8o7XM