Cover Versions that Beat the Originals

[Gav]

Love Wellers covers

 

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[Trucker Paddy]

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

 

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We have a winner

[Gav]

The Controversial one

 

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[stringvest]

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

 

On my phone so can't post the video but go check it out.

 

Not a patch on Lulu's. True that.

[lebron]

Fugee's - Killing me softly

 

Aha - Crying in the rain

[VladimirIlyich]

Fugee's - Killing me softly

 

Aha - Crying in the rain

 

A good version I agree but cant beat the Everly's classic.

 

But strangely I think

 

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Pushes them close too.

[Mendoza]

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[gingerhulk]

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[brucespanner]

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[gingerhulk]

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[Remmie]

Oasis? Are you serious? The intricately layered majesty of the original versus an out of tune karaoke thrash version. I know you said "'Better' might be pushing it" but it doesn't even merit a mention.

You may even say the comparison is risible Phil.

[scruffy]

Live and let die - Guns n Roses

Fields of Gold/Somewhere over the Rainbow/any really.... - Eva Cassidy

Toxic/Valerie - Mark Ronson

and before I lurk again.....Straight outta Compton - Nina Gordon

 

Can't put youtube on here....someone do it?

[razor]

Live and let die - Guns n Roses

Fields of Gold/Somewhere over the Rainbow/any really.... - Eva Cassidy

Toxic/Valerie - Mark Ronson

and before I lurk again.....Straight outta Compton - Nina Gordon

 

Can't put youtube on here....someone do it?

 

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Don't shoot the messenger!!

 

I did it because I was interested in hearing it. (Despite what you said about GnR......shocking.) It reminds me of those Nouvelle Vogue covers: I love them all, but I think I love the originals better.

 

And I'm not 100% sure this is better than DvD's, but I like it anyway.... debatable, but excellent nontheless, and worth consderation, especially for the uninitiated:

 

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The Controversial one

 

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Leonard Cohen has said that when he listened to KD Lang perform this song he understood why he had written it...

[L19red]

probably wont meet with universal approvsal, but for me Generation X put some life into Lennon's dirge...

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[VladimirIlyich]

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[Lee909]

A cover from the band that made the original aswell,does this count as a cover?

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[AngryOfTuebrook]

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Don Gibson sounds downright jolly and not lonesome at all!

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

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Was about to post this as I forgot to include it in my original post.

 

Here's a few more I forgot:

 

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[kopboy11]

The Ramones-Out of time

[Karl_b]

Here are a few contenders:

 

Kudos to Paul for putting this first one on an Oxton Soul Secret Santa a few years back.

 

Sunshine of Your Love - Spanky Wilson (original by Cream)

 

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Heartbeats - Jose Gonzalez (original by The Knife)

 

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Also by Jose, Hand On Your Heart (original by Kylie)

 

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A cover Sufjan Stevens does live, The One I Love (original by REM)

 

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Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes - Beck (original by The Korgis)

 

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How I Could Just Kill A Man - RATM (original by Cypress Hill)

 

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[Karl_b]

Some brilliant covers are on the Dark Was the Night compilation album from a couple of years back, this is my favourite.

 

Sufjan Stevens - You Are the Blood (original by The Castanets)

 

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[Total Longo]

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[VladimirIlyich]

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Couldnt resist.