What cover songs were better than the original versions?

[donnydarkoIRL]

Whiskey in the jar - Thin Lizzy

Tainted Love - Marilyn Manson

[LEGION]

Whiskey in the jar - Thin Lizzy

Tainted Love - Marilyn Manson

Metallica redid Whiskey in the Jar; loved it personally.

Other than Beautiful People, Tainted Love is the only other song I liked from Manson; good cover.

Korn did real good at making a Another Brick in the Wall cover originally done by the great Pink Floyd.

[Von Milash]

The Barenaked Ladies' cover of Bruce cockburn's Lovers in a Dangerous Time

http://youtube.com/watch?v=v911j9IGv6Y&feature=related

[LEGION]

Metallica did the best cover of Seger's Turn the Page. In fact they did a 2 cd collection of covers; all of them great{though CFH will probably dispute that}

[Wayne]

The Metallica version made me aware of the Seager version. I like them both.

Seager did a cover of Lionel Ritchie's "Stuck on You" and they sound exactly the same.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Whiskey in the jar - Thin Lizzy

Tainted Love - Marilyn Manson

Metallica redid Whiskey in the Jar; loved it personally.

Other than Beautiful People, Tainted Love is the only other song I liked from Manson; good cover.

Korn did real good at making a Another Brick in the Wall cover originally done by the great Pink Floyd.

I didn't actually like Metallica's version.
I like the traditional versions though.

Ditto with Manson. Dislike him as a person and his music generally, but I love those two tracks, it's ironic you named them both!

And Korn's version was very good.

Really Ironic you chose all those songs legion!

[CFH]

Whiskey in the jar - Thin Lizzy

Tainted Love - Marilyn Manson

Metallica redid Whiskey in the Jar; loved it personally.

Other than Beautiful People, Tainted Love is the only other song I liked from Manson; good cover.

Korn did real good at making a Another Brick in the Wall cover originally done by the great Pink Floyd.

I didn't actually like Metallica's version.
I like the traditional versions though.

Ditto with Manson. Dislike him as a person and his music generally, but I love those two tracks, it's ironic you named them both!

And Korn's version was very good.

Really Ironic you chose all those songs legion!

I agree, I really like Thin Lizzy's version though.

[Cortez The Killer]

I'd take the Dixie Chicks (ughhhhhh) remake of Landslide over the Smashing Pumpkins version.

Billy Corgan's voice in that is too dramatic, then too nasally, then too feminine...doesnt lend itself to the song.

Hendrix "All Along the Watchtower" even Dylan said Hendrix made the better version

Fallout boy=death of real music. I hate these guys.

I liked the Johnny Cash version of "Hurt" more than the NIN remake

I liked "Higher Ground" cover by RHCP, but I am a huge RHCP fan and can't criticize anything they do. They did "Higher Ground" back when they were still crazy

I thought the 311 cover of "Love Song" was better than the Cure's version. It was less freak-me-out-i-like-to-cut-myselfish and pretty good groove with the guitars replacing some synthesized parts.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=mZqEqypU4cs

[SE7EN]

I'd take the Dixie Chicks (ughhhhhh) remake of Landslide over the Smashing Pumpkins version.

Imo, Stevie Nicks' version is still the best.

[CFH]

I'd take the Dixie Chicks (ughhhhhh) remake of Landslide over the Smashing Pumpkins version.

Billy Corgan's voice in that is too dramatic, then too nasally, then too feminine...doesnt lend itself to the song.

I love how the Dixie Chicks version is somehow less feminine than Billy Corgan's. I don't like their version at all, but I can't disagree with anything you said about the Corgan version. His voice drives me nuts sometimes with how whiny/nasally and dramatic it gets, just like you say.

Hendrix "All Along the Watchtower" even Dylan said Hendrix made the better version

Excellent cover. Hendrix had a way of making other musicians songs his own, he was able to present his own unique interpretation of them.

Fallout boy=death of real music. I hate these guys.

Fall Out Boy suck. They are the worst band in the history of the world. I got that goddamn Dance song stuck in my head a while ago and I almost shot myself. I hate them and I don't know anyone who doesn't feel the same way. I hate all those "punk" (if they're punk then so is Brittney Spears) bands who are in their 20's and 30's and still sing songs about high school girls, not being popular, and how lame their parents are - Goddamn Blink 182 syndrome. Fuck off with that bullshit I say, fuck right off.

I liked the Johnny Cash version of "Hurt" more than the NIN remake

NIN did the song originally, but Cash took it to another level. But I'm biased in that I really dislike NIN.

I liked "Higher Ground" cover by RHCP, but I am a huge RHCP fan and can't criticize anything they do. They did "Higher Ground" back when they were still crazy

Oddly enough, I didn't really like too much RHCP until I read Kiedis' book, now I'm a fan. Have you read it?

I thought the 311 cover of "Love Song" was better than the Cure's version. It was less freak-me-out-i-like-to-cut-myselfish and pretty good groove with the guitars replacing some synthesized parts.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mZqEqypU4cs[/quote]

Another excellent cover.

[SE7EN]

I like the Che Lites' version, but I think this is better...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sNm6C6k_9g



My fav karaoke song too.

[CFH]

Metallica did the best cover of Seger's Turn the Page. In fact they did a 2 cd collection of covers; all of them great{though CFH will probably dispute that}

I very much dispute that. Whisky in the Jar was ok, I didn't like Turn the Page, but that's probably because I'm a big Seger fan. It wasn't a bad version though.