Covers done better than the originals

[PSYCHOcatholic]

Can anyone think of songs that have been remade and have been better? the ONLY ones i can think of is Bruce Springsteens Blinded By The Light, and The Animals House of the Rising Sun. any others???

[MuzikTyme]

I'll mention a couple that I think are better than the original and that is Allman Bros' Dreams covered by Molly Hatchet and JJ Cale's Call Me the Breeze waxed by Lynryd Skynryd.

[Space_Cat]

Skynrd's version of 'Call Me the Breeze' is ok, but it is NOT better thab JJ's!!

[_Jayson_]

Even though I am a big fan of Black Sabbath , I think Primus' cover of N.I.B. is better than the original. Ozzy sings on both versions, but Les Claypool is just one of the best bassist.

[Jimmy1104]

I am not going to say it was better because it is a Beatles song.....but Aerosmith's "Come Together" was by far the best cover of any Beatle's song.

[Batman]

I liked Alein Ant farm's cover of Smooth Criminal.

[Costellogirl75]

although it's not classic rock, I really like both The White Stripes' and Joss Stones' "Fell In Love With A Girl(Boy)"

[Carl]

I think even Dylan will admit that Hendrix' cover of "All Along The Watchtower" is better than the original. Aretha Franklin did an amazing job with Otis Redding's "Respect." I'm a big fan of The Bangles' version of "Hazy Shade Of Winter" by Simon And Garfunkel.

[Costellogirl75]

again, not classic rock, but The Corrs and Bono did a gorgeous rendition of my man Ryan Adams' "When The Stars Go Blue."

[bluesboy]

The Black Crowes '90 version of Otis Redding's Hard to Handle really rocks but is very sleek and smooth compared to the earthy, grittier, rougher edged original. I like both versions.

This one isn't classic rock - Little Willie John '56 original blues version of Fever was clearly overshadowed by Peggy Lee's '58 version. She even added more verses.

[_Jayson_]

"Little Wing" by Jimi Hendrix was covered by SRV. Both versions are awesome.

[jippers]

I'm a big fan of The Bangles' version of "Hazy Shade Of Winter" by Simon And Garfunkel.

Bodyjar took the Bangles arrangement of it and rocked the absolute hell out of it - it is awesome and should be checked out. Their version of "Next To You" by the Police is pretty awesome too. Their version of TMBG's "Your Racist Friend" is inferior to the original though...

[jippers]

I also think Manfred Mann's Earth Band's cover of Bruce's "Spirit In The Night" is also excellent. Their version of Dylan's "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" is wicked too.

Goldfinger's cover of 99 Luftballoons is brilliant.

[Costellogirl75]

Manfred mann's version of "The Mighty Quinn" by Dylan.

[katie_sane]

I really like Metallica's version of "Turn The Page" originally by Bob Seger. It's a lot more powerful than the original which is more bluesy. Also Metallica's version of "Tuesday's Gone" by Lynyrd Skynyrd is pretty good. (The album Garage Inc is full of good covers).

I love the Rolling Stones, but I really think Guns n' Roses version of "Sympathy For The Devil" is better than the original.

[bluesboy]

Not Fade Away

original Buddy Holly '57

a step further... Rolling Stones '64

[_Jayson_]

I love both versions of "Tuesday's Gone", but nobody could do that song better than Skynyrd.

[Costellogirl75]

Janis Joplin-To Love Somebody, orig. by the BeeGees

The Pretenders-Stop Your Sobbing-orig. by The Kinks

[Eggplant]

Train's version of "Ramble On" is awesome. Lead singer Pat Monahan was in a Zepplin cover band when he was younger.

[TheCyberdemon]

Dream Theater did a failry decent cover of my favorite Zeppelin song "Achille's Last Stand"

[Foxy]

Gotta get this one off my chest, recently downloaded what I thought was going to be a better quality MP3 of "Poison" by Alice Cooper, got to listening to it and it was some awful trance remix with a female voice, gotta say I was horrified and deleted it withing the first 30 seconds...lol

[MindCrime]

Even though I am a big fan of Black Sabbath , I think Primus' cover of N.I.B. is better than the original. Ozzy sings on both versions, but Les Claypool is just one of the best bassist.

I also like the Ugly Kid Joe version of this song, it's on a CD I have called "Nativity in Black:Tribute to Black Sabbath" Other choice covers include Megadeth's rendition of Paranoid, White Zombie - Children of the Grave, 1,000 Homo DJs (featuring Ministry frontman Al Jourgeson(sp?) - Supernaut, Bullring Brummies (Rob Halford's side band) - The Wizard, Godspeed (Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickenson's side band), & Faith No More - War Pigs.

Another band who's done some excellent classic rock covers is Guns N' Roses, including

• Mama Kin (Aerosmith)
  
• Nice Boys (Rose Tattoo)
  
• Live & Let Die (Wings)
  
• Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan)
  
• Hair of the Dog (Nazareth)
  
• Sympathy for the Devil (Rolling Stones)
  
• Since I Don't Have You (Simon & Garfunkel / Skyliners)
  
• Human Being (New York Dolls)
  
• Buick McKane (T.Rex)
  
• Big Dumb Sex (Soundgarden)
  

On a related note, G n'R has had their Appetite for Destruction album covered numerous times:

• Welcome to the Jungle (Quiet Riot, Goldfinger)
  
• It's So Easy (Manic Street Preachers)
  
• NightTrain (Jumping Bomb Angel)
  
• Mr. Brownstone (Tenacious D)
  
• Paradise City (Pat Boone, Hole)
  
• My Michelle (AFI)
  
• Sweet Child O' Mine (Sheryl Crow, Linkin Park)
  
• Rocket Queen (John Corabi)
  
• Patience (John Mayer)
  

[edna]

Paul Weller (Jam, Style Council) has just released a cd of covers. And they are very good... I only heardsome, but he sings "Close to you" among others, and I´d love to hear him singing Burt bacharach...

J.J.Cale has also a new album... this time, as usual, he makes no covers, but soon big ones will cover more of his work, sure. There are so many versions of his songs, starting with Eric Clapton (Cocaine, After Midnight...)

[mermista]

I don't know if it counts as "Classic Rock" but I'm a HUGE fan of Pearl Jam's cover of "Last Kiss"

[Jenny]

The Who and Nickelback both did covers of Elton John's "Saturday Night's All Right for Fighting". I don't like either better than the original, but the Who's version is the better cover.

Destiny's Child did an awesome cover of the Bee Gees' "Emotions"