Covers that are better than the original

[Mike Pow]

E-Double, K. Murray, and Reggie Noble lending their distinctive flows to one of raps's seminal tracks.
They let loose with the original lyrics over the original beat, but throw in a few verbal changes here and there. Mostly I dig their flows better than the original...

Karaoke Kings

[AK47bp]

https://youtu.be/p_ohb8NGAvM


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[Mike Pow]

https://youtu.be/p_ohb8NGAvM


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Yeah, nah

[The AD]

Dusted off Gnarls Barkley's debut recently.
Perhaps not better, but certainly a worthy effort:

Here's one I can't believe they even tried, but it works for the most part. I'm certainly not going to say it's better than the original, but it ain't bad.


Radiohead "From the Basement" session version:

[AK47bp]

Hard to beat Chris Cornell but Serj Tankian does a helluva job.

https://youtu.be/GCsUD9mKeFM




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[kootenayskier]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnLo3s5Vo3k

[funkendrenchman]

Hard to beat Chris Cornell but Serj Tankian does a helluva job.

https://youtu.be/GCsUD9mKeFM




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This reminds me just how good those SOAD albums were.

[TBS]

In the Stevie Nicks vein…

[AK47bp]

This reminds me just how good those SOAD albums were.

Yup. In my opinion he is the greatest metal vocalist of all time. If he were fronting a more mainstream rock band I think he’d be up there as one of the greats. System was just so dam heavy it stayed on the fringes. Love them.


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[tuco]

[boltonoutlaw]

Probably been mentioned already but I've always been partial to goldfingers cover of '99 red balloons' has a urgency the original doesn't, tho that one gives me goosebumps https://youtu.be/p-qfzH0vnOs

Agree, though this performance of 99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger is (IMO) much better than the link above:

[boltonoutlaw]

These young musicians absolutely crush the original version. The singer (Kala Rose) is amazing here, and the drummer (Curtis Moss, at the time of this release only 12 years old) is a MONSTER. See for yourself:

Forty Six & 2 by The Students of Aaron O'Keefe (cover)




Forty Six & 2 by Tool (original)



Also: When posting videos from YouTube, etc., please note the title/performer so that when a link is broken, or the video is unavailable (sometimes a copyright issue in ootlands), your post is not completely meaningless

[PNWbrit]

Here's one I can't believe they even tried, but it works for the most part. I'm certainly not going to say it's better than the original, but it ain't bad.

That is fucking horrible.

[chicken feathers]

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OG



The bosses video is pretty good though

And then there's Whitey Morgan and the 78's cover which may be better than Waylons

[zion zig zag]

How about:

https://youtu.be/Z_K_rOQeeqc

[TBS]

Lance Canales led efforts to build a memorial to the nameless Braceros that died in Los Gatos Canyon.

[TBS]

Cover



OG



The bosses video is pretty good though

And then there's Whitey Morgan and the 78's cover which may be better than Waylons

When Shelby Lynne did an album of Dusty Springfield songs she flatly refused to include Son of a Preacher Man. She said some songs should never be covered, because there’s no way to do it justice

I’m on Fire is one of those IMNVHO

[TBS]

Speaking of Shelby Lynne doing Dusty Springfield

[Djongo Unchained]

Surfers were mentioned upthread; This Bassist, JD Pinkus, played with them at their peak.

Tough to top Allmans tho...

[tuco]

Couple good versions of Niel Young's Cortez the Killer

[tuco]

Couple good versions of The Cures A Forest

[The AD]

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet.

[The AD]

Placebo - Running Up that hill

The original is pretty awful.

By the way, this comment from page one is now pretty funny.

[AK47bp]

Not better than Bob but good.

https://youtu.be/fQ5v2_kWqYU


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[TBS]

These young musicians absolutely crush the original version. The singer (Kala Rose) is amazing here, and the drummer (Curtis Moss, at the time of this release only 12 years old) is a MONSTER. See for yourself:

Forty Six & 2 by The Students of Aaron O'Keefe (cover)

Damn!!!

And these youngsters’ take on Danzig is IMNVHO light years better than OG


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