Cover versions that are better than the original....

[past caring]

I am struggling to think of any, as it goes....

By which I do not mean "things that were shit to start with and someone did a version that wasn't quite so crap".

Name me a song where the original was an absolute belter and then someone has gone out and topped it.....

 

[killer b]

jesus. surely the most pogofished thread of all time?

i'll have PJ harvey's version of 'is that all there is' over peggy lee's. but only by a whisker.

 

[Jon-of-arc]

I prefer the puff daddy version of "every breath you take".

 

[past caring]

jesus. surely the most pogofished thread of all time?

i'll have PJ harvey's version of 'is that all there is' over peggy lee's. but only by a whisker.

Away you go and find it then....

 

[past caring]

I prefer the puff daddy version of "every breath you take".

Read the o/p.

Shit originals do not count.

 

[Jon-of-arc]

Oh, and on a slightly more serious note, Valerie by Zutons/Winehouse.

 

[past caring]

jesus. surely the most pogofished thread of all time?

i'll have PJ harvey's version of 'is that all there is' over peggy lee's. but only by a whisker.

Peggy Lee's wasn't the original though, was it?

 

[killer b]

you've forgotten that first rule again, jon.

 

[past caring]

Indeed he has...

 

[killer b]

Peggy Lee's wasn't the original though, was it?

well, no. but i'll take PJ's over the dan daniels (who?) version too...

 

[rekil]

Husker Du's version of 8 Miles High.

I prefer Mark Kozalek's ACDC covers to the originals.

 

[magneze]

 

[killer b]

 

[Fedayn]

Both utterly fucking wrong and frankly ludicrous.

 

[past caring]

Husker Du's version of 8 Miles High.

I prefer Mark Kozalek's ACDC covers to the originals.

1 - bollocks, no way is it better than the Byrds.

2 - see o/p - the originals are not really belters.

 

[jakethesnake]

Lush in my opinion

 

[rekil]

Snuff's version of Do Nothing then.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

 

[Termite Man]

original

cover


both fucking amazing

 

[past caring]

Fuck's sake - where to start with this shower? Snuff? Bauhaus? My giddy fucking aunt..

 

[Termite Man]

original

cover

I can only find live versions of this.

 

[killer b]

cale's version of 'hallelujah'

 

[Termite Man]

Fuck's sake - where to start with this shower? Snuff? Bauhaus? My giddy fucking aunt..

bauhaus are great.

 

[Termite Man]

Would Ramones doing Chinese Rock be counted as a cover? and if it does then can Iggys China Girl be included too?

 

[past caring]

and

 

[past caring]

cale's version of 'hallelujah'

Shit original.

 

[rekil]

Any whining about this and you can shit right off.

 

[rekil]

The wedding present!? The close fucking lobsters.

Oh it was a joke. Ok. Carry on.

Gedge. Fucksakes.

 

[Termite Man]

original

cover

 

[past caring]

Would Ramones doing Chinese Rock be counted as a cover? and if it does then can Iggys China Girl be included too?

1) not truely - and the Heartbreakers version is the best.

2) both versions crap songs.