What cover songs were better than the original versions?

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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.

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Another excellent cover.