Covers That Are Better Than The Original Songs

[icos211]

Everything by Andy Rehfeldt.

 

[GatherTheArsenal]

Off the top of my head here's a few favs of mine

Originally by Ramones



Originally by Creedence Clearwater Revival (although the original still isn't bad)



Originally by Black Sabbath (solo at the end is awesome)



Originally by Europe



Originally by AC/DC

 

[WaffleTheEpic]

"Imagine" by A Perfect Circle > the original by John Lennon

 

[ilyti]

"Imagine" by A Perfect Circle > the original by John Lennon

I was just going to post

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

One I forgot:



As if the original didn't have enough attitude...



The cover turns it up a few notches and rocks even harder.

 

[Carrion Rocket]

 

[Gothic Headhunter]

 

[Idontpersonally]

Maybe not better than the original but i really like this one

 

[TheBloodstained]

 

[stomakofagus]

THIS GEM

 

[MetalGravy]

Original:




Cover:

 

[Apatheosis]

I'm surprised no one's mentioned A Perfect Circle's cover of Failure's The Nurse Who Loved Me. I like the original lyrically, so adding Maynard to the mix blew my mind.

09. The nurse who loved me - A Perfect Circle - YouTube

Also, I hope I don't get flamed for this one but Glass Cloud's cover of Tears For Fears Everybody Wants To Rule The World, it's basically a carbon copy of the original (I love Tears For Fears because I'm a goth at heart, I guess) but the cover adds a modern flair and a bit of 'oomph', the mathy drumming is a brilliant addition too. The chaotic pitchshifted breakdown may strike some as unnecessary but it grew on me a lot.

Glass Cloud "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" (Take Action Volume 11) - YouTube

 

[gunch]

Chris motherfuckin Pennie

 

[ASoC]

Moonsorrow- For Whom the Bell Tolls

I'll be honest, it got really boring for me

LOL....I couldn't make it through 2 bars of the chorus of the Killswitch remake. Talented guys, but just didn't like what they did with it.

I thought it was pretty cool until they got to "between the velvet lies"
To be fair, its pretty much impossible to stack up the the Mighty Dio and Vivian Campbell

Bodom cover of Lookin' Out My Back Door

It was pretty fun, but I'm still going to have to give the edge to CCR, I love me some John Fogerty.

The original doesn't even sound like a Beatles song to me. I prefer this one


I also like this way more than the original


My last one for now


Edit: I lied, one more

 

[klami]

 

[Albionic]

I found this its pretty cool

https://soundcloud.com/drewsifstalin/e-t-katy-perry-cover

 

[slapnutz]

Not gonna spam a bunch.. but this was awesome. Completely caught me off guard.

Black Label Society - I never Dreamed.

 

[Joose]

I'm sure it's been said, but.... Alien Ant Farm's "Smooth Criminal" was not only better than the original, but just pretty awesome period.

 

[yingmin]

So yeah, you should relisten to those albums! And post that cover when it's recorded imo.

Certainly not intending to claim that our version is better than the original, but I wanted to bump this thread just to let you know that wasn't empty talk. I threw together some drums and bass tonight, so here's a little sample.

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/gordig/caught-a-lite-sneeze-tori-amos-cover[/SC]

 

[wankerness]

Certainly not intending to claim that our version is better than the original, but I wanted to bump this thread just to let you know that wasn't empty talk. I threw together some drums and bass tonight, so here's a little sample.

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/gordig/caught-a-lite-sneeze-tori-amos-cover[/SC]

Is that banjo? That is pretty awesome.