PSYCHOcatholic Posted May 11, 2004 Report Share Posted May 11, 2004 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??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted May 11, 2004 Report Share Posted May 11, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space_Cat Posted May 11, 2004 Report Share Posted May 11, 2004 Skynrd's version of 'Call Me the Breeze' is ok, but it is NOT better thab JJ's!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Jayson_ Posted May 11, 2004 Report Share Posted May 11, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy1104 Posted May 11, 2004 Report Share Posted May 11, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 I liked Alein Ant farm's cover of Smooth Criminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costellogirl75 Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 although it's not classic rock, I really like both The White Stripes' and Joss Stones' "Fell In Love With A Girl(Boy)" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costellogirl75 Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 again, not classic rock, but The Corrs and Bono did a gorgeous rendition of my man Ryan Adams' "When The Stars Go Blue." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Jayson_ Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 "Little Wing" by Jimi Hendrix was covered by SRV. Both versions are awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jippers Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jippers Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costellogirl75 Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 Manfred mann's version of "The Mighty Quinn" by Dylan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 Not Fade Away original Buddy Holly '57 a step further... Rolling Stones '64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Jayson_ Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 I love both versions of "Tuesday's Gone", but nobody could do that song better than Skynyrd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costellogirl75 Posted May 16, 2004 Report Share Posted May 16, 2004 Janis Joplin-To Love Somebody, orig. by the BeeGees The Pretenders-Stop Your Sobbing-orig. by The Kinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggplant Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Train's version of "Ramble On" is awesome. Lead singer Pat Monahan was in a Zepplin cover band when he was younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCyberdemon Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Dream Theater did a failry decent cover of my favorite Zeppelin song "Achille's Last Stand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxy Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 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...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mermista Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 I don't know if it counts as "Classic Rock" but I'm a HUGE fan of Pearl Jam's cover of "Last Kiss" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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