Great Covers that may be better than originals

[Viaene]

I've seen CCR's Commotion being done by Triggerfinger and it sounded so friggin badass!

It was live, so no youtube

Edited August 6, 2008 by Guest

[Jim in Pa]

Heres another two I didnt see: The Yes version of "America" by Paul Simon.

And the Yes version of "Every little thing she does" Beatles.

Jim

[Viaene]

I've seen CCR's Commotion being done by Triggerfinger and it sounded so friggin badass!

It was live, so no youtube

I found it!

For those who want to hear some badass rock:

Commotion (part1)

Commotion (part2)

[The Seeker]

I much prefer John Lennon's cover of Stand By Me.

[Farin]

Teardrop ~ José González

not better than Massive Attack, but very good

[bluesboy]

This one has more modern arrangements being 45 years since the original.

Evening - Pat Benatar (1991)

Evening - T-Bone Walker (1945)

[Bucksfan_Margo]

put a little love in your heart

Jackie DeShannon's

or

Annie Lennox and Al Green's?

[BrandMan211]

Little Bitch - Big D and the Kids Table. They played in my area so I checked them out, and they made a much more upbeat version of it, and surprisingly they succeeded.

[edna]

I much prefer John Lennon's cover of Stand By Me.

Of course... he made an amazing song out of a very good song...

[_Laurie_]

I Heard It Through The Grapevine is such a great song...I love all three of these versions...Gladys and the Pips give it that "funky" beat...Marvin sings it with so much "soul"...and CCR's version "rocks".....

Gladys Knight and the Pips

Marvin Gaye

CCR

[Farin]

I Heard It Through The Grapevine is such a great song...I love all three of these versions...Gladys and the Pips give it that "funky" beat...Marvin sings it with so much "soul"...and CCR's version "rocks".....

Gladys Knight and the Pips

Marvin Gaye

CCR

and here's

Kaiser Chiefs

and for edna:

Amy Winehouse & Paul Weller

[edna]

Thank you, Martin... Excellent version...

[Otokichi]

Hall & Oates performed the laid back original, but Kalapana Rocked it across the Pacific:

[Farin]

Hall & Oates performed the laid back original, but Kalapana Rocked it across the Pacific:

at first I thought you were talking about the BAND "Laid Back"

[Farin]

Everybody Knows ~ Concrete Blonde

[_Laurie_]

Patti Smith ~ Because The Night

[Farin]

the 25 best covers of "Yesterday"

[Earth-Angel]

NOT "here come the girls" by the Sugababes! Their harmonies are off the charts bad!

[Space Cowboy]

pearl jam-last kiss (i found the original by J. Frank Wilson in a stack of 45's i have and pretty cool as well)

nirvana-lake of fire; meat puppets original

pearl jam-wish you were here; not better than Floyd but great

don mcclean-crying; otis redding original

cake-guitar man; bread original

[bazooka]

don mcclean-crying; otis redding original

I think you meant Roy Orbison original.

Incidentally, it is impossible that Don Mclean could do something "better" than either one of them.

[Udo]

I like Pearl Jam, but "Last Kiss" sucks.

[TheLizard]

More blasphemy!

[Levis]

Band On The Run - Foo Fighters

I never liked the Wings version... I didn't expect to like this either, but I do

[MindCrime]

I like the Foo Fighters version of "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty. It's not quite as good as the original, but it's still a pretty good track.

Edited September 25, 2008 by Guest

[Space Cowboy]

yea, orbison is right, you're not a fan of mcclean, the cover, or both?

i'm not really a huge fan of him, but i do like a few