Cover Song Better Than The Original

[Blueskiessmiling]

Name a song that was covered better than the original artist performed it. I’ll start with:

Baby, Now That I Found You, originally by The Foundations, covered by Alison Krauss.

 

[AnnyMouse28]

Girls Just Want To Have Fun

Cover:
by Cyndi Lauper

Original:
by Robert Hazard

 

[Blueskiessmiling]

k.d. Lang’s cover of Bird On A Wire.

 

[xxkimberlyv]

Nirvana's cover of David Bowie's Man Who Sold the World

 

[Chillygirl]

Original by When in Rome

 

[ydahecnot]

Girls Just Want To Have Fun

Cover:
by Cyndi Lauper

Original:
by Robert Hazard

I didn’t know Robert Hazard had another song besides Escalator of Life. I do like the band’s New Wave style, but Hazard’s vocals certainly pale to Lauper’s.

I prefer Elton John’s versions of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds and Pinball Wizard to the originals

 

[Taegul]

I didn’t know Robert Hazard had another song besides Escalator of Life. I do like the band’s New Wave style, but Hazard’s vocals certainly pale to Lauper’s.

I prefer Elton John’s versions of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds and Pinball Wizard to the originals

But William Shatners version of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds > all other versions! Right? RIGHT?

 

[Razzyricho]

Some of Bruce Springteen’s live ‘Purple Rain’ tributes to Prince, after his passing, were epic!
In my opinion, better than the original

 

[mpeters]

Beatles version of Twist and Shout better than the Isley Brothers (you could say that about most of their covers)

Bangles version of Hazy Shade of Winter better imho than Simon & Garfunkel’s

 

[stephwriter]

I didn’t know Robert Hazard had another song besides Escalator of Life. I do like the band’s New Wave style, but Hazard’s vocals certainly pale to Lauper’s.

I prefer Elton John’s versions of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds and Pinball Wizard to the originals

Totally agree about "Pinball ...", but not sure about "Lucy ...".

I prefer Guns & Roses' version of "Live And Let Die" to the Wings original.

 

[Taegul]

I joked about William Shatner earlier, but I seriously love his cover of Pulp's Common People. With some help from Joe Jackson and Ben Folds.

 

[ydahecnot]

I think Vanilla Fudge’s version of You Keep Me Hanging On is better than the original by the Supremes

 

[Blueskiessmiling]

k.d. Lang’s cover of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young’s Helpless is better than the original.

 

[badjanus]

Johnny cash singing hurt, originally by Nine Inch Nails

Trent Reznor when asked about the Johnny cash cover :-

Two weeks went by. Then I got a CD in the post. I listened to it and it was very strange. It was this other person inhabiting my most personal song.


"I'd known where I was when I wrote it. I know what I was thinking about. I know how I felt. Hearing it was like someone kissing your girlfriend. It felt invasive."

 

[hairball18]

Disturbed Sounds of silence is so much better than Simon and Garfunkel.

 

[Blueskiessmiling]

Disturbed Sounds of silence is so much better than Simon and Garfunkel.

I haven’t heard that one.

The Celtic Tenors did a fine job with Simon And Garfunkel’s ‘The Boxer.’

 

[hairball18]

I haven’t heard that one.

The Celtic Tenors did a fine job with Simon And Garfunkel’s ‘The Boxer.’

You have to listen to it. It will knock your socks off.

 

[badjanus]

Valerie, original by the Zutons cover by Mark Robson and Amy Winehouse

 

[ZfrkS62]

The 69 Eyes covering Blondie's "Call Me"

 

[WallFlowerPotHeadCaseTractor]

You have to listen to it. It will knock your socks off.

No kidding. Knocked my socks off. Dang.

 

[Blueskiessmiling]

The Byrds cover of All I Really Want To Do is better than Bob Dylan’s original.

 

[ZfrkS62]

Cradle of Filth's cover of Shakespeare's Sister's "Stay"

And their cover of Cliff Richards' "Devil Woman"

 

[Beachguy23]

Hearts version of Stairway to Heaven is as good maybe even better than the original

 

[Bry1313]

Joe Cocker will do your song better than you

 

[ctarrantella]

Joan Jett: I love rock n roll, original by The Arrows