Which cover songs are better than the original?

[tourists24]

Shout - Disturbed - YouTube

Soooooooo much better than the Tears For Fears version

 

[Catatonic]

Tough one for me because I like them both ... I like the tempo and emotion on Gary Jules version not to mention the cool video.

Mad World - Gary Jules video Originale - YouTube

versus
the original

Tears for Fears - Mad World 1982 - YouTube

Tori Amos and Adam Lambert made good covers too!

 

[ajblakejr]

Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay | Playing For Change - YouTube

 

[menotyou]

Fixed it, I think. Is that how you want it?

Yes, thank you. I was in the middle of posting it and the screen disappearred. Brought it back up and only T Rex posted and I can't post from my computer, again. I think it's time I break down and bury my old friend, the bubble mac. I hate giving her up. She had been a faithful friend.

 

[pickup]

Explain cover song.

Sometimes a cover song is the one that is the hit while the original was barely noticed. One example is the song "(They long to be) Close to You" which most people associate with The Carpenters.

The song was initially recorded by Richard Chamberlain(Dr. Kildaire) in 1963. It was also done by Dionne Warwick in the mid 60s. Burt Bacarach even recorded his own tune (he wrote the song) in 1968.

However, it wasn't until the Carpenters recorded it in 1970 that it broke through and dominated top 40 for a while and then became a mainstay of lite stations for many years to come.

Same deal with that song that Whitney Houston made popular "I IIIIIIIIIEIIIII will always love you" . The song was recorded years earlier by Dolly Parton.

 

[pickup]

The original :

Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man Original - YouTube

An obscure cover version:

William Shatner - Mr Tambourine Man - YouTube

the definitive , most well known version:

The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man - YouTube

 

[over9five]

Best version of this song!

 

[texan]

Yes, thank you. I was in the middle of posting it and the screen disappearred. Brought it back up and only T Rex posted and I can't post from my computer, again. I think it's time I break down and bury my old friend, the bubble mac. I hate giving her up. She had been a faithful friend.

I know it hurts to get rid it.

 

[ajblakejr]

Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground - YouTube




Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground - YouTube



Higher Ground | Playing For Change - YouTube

Cach, I know I can count on you!!
I wish more people knew about "Playing for Change".

I saw G. Elliott on my first trip to NOLA in 2001.
All I cared about on my second trip was finding the old guy in the Quarter.

You rock! AJ

 

[Harry Manback]

This thread needed a bump

 

[tourists24]

Godsmack sounds so good with their version.....

Godsmack - Rocky Mountain Way (Cover) - YouTube

 

[wkmac]

Covers of IMO 2 of the all time greats!

 

[RedThunder]

Johnny Cash - Hurt - YouTube



Way better than NIN.

This^^^

One of my all time favs.

 

[Brownslave688]

Yes cashs hurt is maybe the best cover ever. The writer from NIN admitted he was jealous when he heard cash version. He said its not my song anymore it's his I wrote but it will forever be a Johnny cash song now.

 

[tourists24]

Candlelight Red- She's Got the Look - YouTube

 

[soberups]

Elton Johns version of "Pinball Wizard" is much better than The Who's,

 

[soberups]

Manfred Mann's remake of "Blinded by the Light" was also a lot better than Bruce Springsteens original.

 

[soberups]

I also like Judy Collins version of "Both Sides Now" a lot better than Joni Mitchell's.

 

[bluehdmc]

Bob Dylan gifted "All along the Watctower" to Jimi Hendrix.

CSNY is the more popular version but Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock" (she wrote it) is also great.

"Crazy" done by Patsy Cline.

 

[soberups]

Judas Priest did a remake of "The Green Manalishi With the Two Pronged Crown" that was a lot better than the original Fleetwood Mac song.