Cover versions which are better than the original

[Mark-C]

Magikarp said:

Christ, I shouldn't have started down this particular rabbit hole.

https://youtu.be/Kz1YfZFZEgs?si=_asHqXJOvQYriQhw

Easy Star All-Stars are great!

[oldagepensioner]

[quote=oldagepensioner] Don't know if this counts strictly speaking but Peponi which is Swahili for paradise by Alex Boye.
The song is actually a Swahili prayer sung to the Paradise tune also featuring the Piano

[shakotan]

sean ie3 said:

Rolling Stones Wild Horses by Susan Boyle

Kathleen Jenkins did a better version than Boyle years ago...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iALqS62a6u0&ab...

[Magikarp]

Mark-C said:

Easy Star All-Stars are great!

They are, but this terrible song defies even their magnificence.

[MikeT66]

It's like it was written as a metal song from the outset.

Sargant Fury - Eagle

[anonymous-user]

Thunders version of gimme shelter is pretty dam good,

[Waynker Renee]

Satisfaction - DEVO. Whole album just tts it out of the park. Even more relevant today.

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=...

I've got tickets, you haven't you haven't (feel like I'm 11 again)

[Hackney]

I’ve posted this before but worth a repost now
https://youtu.be/0-EF60neguk

[Alex_225]

Ghost have just released a cover of Shakespeare's Sister's Stay. Both quite cool songs but as a fan of this band, I'm liking this version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agXKgOxKgMU

[Legacywr]

Waynker Renee said:

Satisfaction - DEVO. Whole album just tts it out of the park. Even more relevant today.

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=...

I've got tickets, you haven't you haven't (feel like I'm 11 again)

Truely awful

[gazza285]

DukeofBork said:

Thunders version of gimme shelter is pretty dam good,

Possibly the best song in the Stones catalog, which also contains many other great songs, being unnecessarily murdered by some hard rock scamps. It’s a no from me.

[havoc]

gazza285 said:

Possibly the best song in the Stones catalog, which also contains many other great songs, being unnecessarily murdered by some hard rock scamps. It’s a no from me.

Same here.

I know everyone's tastes vary, but that's a tough song to cover.

[Legacywr]

gazza285 said:

DukeofBork said:

Thunders version of gimme shelter is pretty dam good,

Possibly the best song in the Stones catalog, which also contains many other great songs, being unnecessarily murdered by some hard rock scamps. It’s a no from me.

I think it’s a great cover.

Edited to add, it’s better without the video..

Edited by Legacywr on Tuesday 1st August 20:16

[gazza285]

Legacywr said:

gazza285 said:

DukeofBork said:

Thunders version of gimme shelter is pretty dam good,

Possibly the best song in the Stones catalog, which also contains many other great songs, being unnecessarily murdered by some hard rock scamps. It’s a no from me.

I think it’s a great cover.

Edited to add, it’s better without the video..

…And the audio.

[TheChampers]

Legacywr said:

gazza285 said:

DukeofBork said:

Thunders version of gimme shelter is pretty dam good,

Possibly the best song in the Stones catalog, which also contains many other great songs, being unnecessarily murdered by some hard rock scamps. It’s a no from me.

I think it’s a great cover.

Edited to add, it’s better without the video..

Edited by Legacywr on Tuesday 1st August 20:16

The Sisters of Mercy, imho, did the definitive cover.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ajBHNFgEW6s&featur...

[Legacywr]

TheChampers said:

Legacywr said:

gazza285 said:

DukeofBork said:

Thunders version of gimme shelter is pretty dam good,

Possibly the best song in the Stones catalog, which also contains many other great songs, being unnecessarily murdered by some hard rock scamps. It’s a no from me.

I think it’s a great cover.

Edited to add, it’s better without the video..

Edited by Legacywr on Tuesday 1st August 20:16

The Sisters of Mercy, imho, did the definitive cover.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ajBHNFgEW6s&featur...

Blimey, no!

[cherryowen]

TheChampers said:

The Sisters of Mercy, imho, did the definitive cover.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ajBHNFgEW6s&featur...

Another contributor, many pages ago, posted up a clip of the SoM doing "Emma" by Hot Chocolate.

I've just found on YT a live version of it. fking hell! It is spine tingling

[DodgyGeezer]

Alex_225 said:

Ghost have just released a cover of Shakespeare's Sister's Stay. Both quite cool songs but as a fan of this band, I'm liking this version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agXKgOxKgMU

there's a version with reverb and bells which is pretty damn good

[kowalski655]

Not a song, but a cover of an entire dance sequence from a film

This one with added Weird Al!

[DodgyGeezer]