Most of the music sites and experts I see generally consider it one of the top 5

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What are your favorite song(s) where the cover was better than the original?

Negative Equity

7/17/21 11:12am

With a Little Help From My Friends, Joe Cocker

BYUHawk

7/17/21 11:15am

Just gave it a listen. Love it.

Negative Equity

7/17/21 11:20am

All along the watchtower — Hendrix

BlackHawkCoug

7/17/21 11:16am

Turn the page- Metallica. Fast car- Jonas blue. Higher Love- Kygo. Holy diver- killswitch engage.

RdF3

7/17/21 11:17am

Johnny Cash —Hurt

Cosmodiar

7/17/21 11:19am

Mmmmnope

Probable Sacko

7/17/21 11:22am

It is so much better than the NIN version.

BYUtka

7/17/21 11:25am

Most of the music sites and experts I see generally consider it one of the top 5

SoCalCoug

7/17/21 12:12pm

That’s because it is a great cover. It just isn’t better than the original.

Probable Sacko

7/17/21 12:33pm

It is infinitely better. The original is not worth listening to. Just like

BYUtka

7/18/21 9:38am

And there you have it. You have a bias against NIN. That’s okay, but you aren’t being impartial here. I like Cash and I

Probable Sacko

7/18/21 9:51am

Elton John's cover of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".

RC Vikings

7/17/21 11:25am

You Really Got Me - Van Halen

Belboz

7/17/21 11:19am

At least until Iron Maiden covers Copacabana

Belboz

7/17/21 12:35pm

Not a favorite, but “I Will Always Love You” was iconic Whitney…and better than

Iman23

7/17/21 11:19am

This was the very song I was thinking. Whitney's version is one of the more...

CougaReb

7/19/21 3:12pm

I agree Whitney's is better, but I do really like Dolly's version

A_blue_car

7/23/21 9:14pm

Maggie's Farm - Rage covering Bob Dylan

oxcoug

7/17/21 11:20am

Neck and Neck w Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley covering Leonard Cohen

oxcoug

7/17/21 11:22am

But Metallica doing the Irish folk classic Whiskey in the Jar is also epic

oxcoug

7/17/21 11:23am

U2 covering the Beatles with Helter Skelter also awesome

oxcoug

7/17/21 11:25am

Or are they covering Charles Manson who was covering the Beatles?

mvtoro

7/17/21 12:56pm

Just fantastic.

kos

7/17/21 12:32pm

Everyone covering Bob Dylan.

russkiejedi

7/17/21 2:21pm

Reality is: most people sing Bob Dylan better than Bob Dylan so it's a good

oxcoug

7/17/21 2:34pm

99 Red balloons- Goldfinger, Hurt- Johnny Cash, Mad World- Gary Jules

BYUtka

7/17/21 11:21am

The original Mad World is so much better. That guy gets way too much credit for

russkiejedi

7/17/21 2:19pm

Pete Townshend’s version of “Save it for Later”

BoiseBlue

7/17/21 11:21am

Tool’s cover of Led Zeppelin’s No quarter

Probable Sacko

7/17/21 11:23am

Who’s Lovin’ You - Jackson 5

BGRTHNUMEGO

7/17/21 11:25am

I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye

BGRTHNUMEGO

7/17/21 11:26am

This Woman’s Work - Maxwell

BGRTHNUMEGO

7/17/21 11:27am

We Can Work It Out - Stevie Wonder

BGRTHNUMEGO

7/17/21 11:29am

Boys of Summer, covered by The Ataris

Greg Kite's 'stache

7/17/21 11:26am

I like the song but I don’t think anything compares to Don Henley’s version.

RdF3

7/17/21 11:36am

That one belongs to Don Henley only

RC Vikings

7/17/21 11:43am

Oh me — Nirvana (unplugged)

BlackHawkCoug

7/17/21 11:28am

A lot of good covers in Unplugged

Probable Sacko

7/18/21 9:52am

You were always on my mind, Pet Shop Boys

Kid_A

7/17/21 11:28am

I remember an SNL skit regarding that

Belboz

7/17/21 11:43am

Sound of Silence - Disturbed

Parabellum

7/17/21 11:29am

😬 You're about to get torched

BYUALWAYSNUM1

7/17/21 12:02pm

Respectfully and completely disagree

Clark Addison

7/17/21 12:16pm

That’s hilarious, but a very Hard and emphatic no.

TeeKaa

7/17/21 12:57pm

To each their own, but no.

Zastava

7/17/21 1:17pm

Seems to have become the cool thing to do on CB to hate Disturbed. But this song

PGVikingDad

7/18/21 7:54am

Oh ah ah ah ah!

Jay Rick

7/18/21 9:35am

So it’s not weird and aggressive to tell people the version you like is better

russkiejedi

7/18/21 9:42am

Where in the world did this question come from? Did I say anything like that?

PGVikingDad

7/18/21 6:43pm

Turn the Page, Breadfan and Whiskey in the Jar - Metallica

BlackBart

7/17/21 11:30am

Metallica is the best cover band ever.

Blue Cat

7/17/21 11:59am

I do like DM but Smashing Pumpkins' Never Let Me Down

Kilgore Trout

7/17/21 11:30am

Aerosmith's cover of Come Together.

John Doe

7/17/21 11:37am

Nothing Compares 2 U. Both Chris Cornell and Sinead O'Connor versions are better

Cougarmayn

7/17/21 11:38am

All 3 are great. Can’t pick a favorite.

BGRTHNUMEGO

7/17/21 11:41am

I'm not a fan of the original. Too much going on.

Cougarmayn

7/17/21 11:44am

SO’s version makes the original unnecessary.

Jay Rick

7/17/21 11:59am

the Sinead O'Connor version is one of my all-time favorites; the best, IMO.

CougaReb

7/19/21 3:14pm

Superstar, Sonic Youth

Kid_A

7/17/21 11:39am

The album If I Were a Carpenter is full of great covers.

bluesloth

7/17/21 1:05pm

Probably not a popular take, but I liked Himesh Patel’s version of…

Zastava

7/17/21 11:39am

People are Strange- Echo and the Bunnymen, Sgt. Pepper- Jimmy Hendrix

BYUtka

7/17/21 11:43am

Like A Rolling Stone — covered by Anberlin

WorfoSAUR

7/17/21 11:44am

Sweet Caroline. covered by Neil, originally I heard it by Elvis

BlueTooth

7/17/21 11:45am

And then finally, this cover was made and the world has a good version of that song

Cru Jones

7/17/21 3:22pm

Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide.

RalphWiggam

7/17/21 11:48am

Fleetwood Mac's version is one of my favorite songs ever, and I still

SoCalCoug

7/17/21 12:13pm

Taylor Swift. Santa Baby.

Cougazul

7/17/21 12:06pm

Pretty much any of the iterations of Hallelujah other than Leonard Cohen’s

Hambone

7/17/21 12:16pm

True. Jeff Buckley and Rufus wainwright both did it better.

Jay Rick

7/17/21 12:25pm

And Buckley's is number 1.

Loon to the Moon

7/17/21 2:47pm

Cinematic Pop ftw

Negative Equity

7/17/21 1:28pm

I love Cohen's version. It's a dirty, gritty version that I think best captures

SoCalCoug

7/18/21 4:35pm

Anthrax - Got the Time

Jeffacka

7/17/21 12:31pm

James Bond Theme. Movie version much better than the original.

UCLACoug

7/17/21 12:32pm

Cum on Feel the Noize and Bette Davis Eyes. Both examples of covers that

hansel

7/17/21 12:44pm

Judas Priest - Diamonds & Rust, Green Manalishi

CougSilver

7/17/21 12:46pm

I’m a total hack, but you nailed it. Good ones.

Probable Sacko

7/19/21 6:30pm

Led Zeppelin’s “In My Time of Dying”

MormonDevil

7/17/21 12:52pm

Take Me to the River - Talking Heads

bluesloth

7/17/21 1:03pm

Venus - Bananarama

BYUBandfan

7/17/21 1:09pm

Eric Clapton’s unplugged version of his own song - Layla

Forest Green

7/17/21 1:28pm

America by Yes

kmcougar

7/17/21 1:29pm

Ritchie Havens - Just Like a Woman

bluesloth

7/17/21 2:32pm

Eva Cassidy fields of Gold.

Cougarclaw

7/17/21 5:08pm

King of Anything - Just Like the Record

Beest

7/18/21 12:56am

Garth Brooks “Calling Baton Rouge”

SpiffCoug

7/18/21 9:40am

Popped up this morning on my shuffle (forgot it was a cover): Diamonds and Rust, Judas priest version (Joan Baez)

Probable Sacko

7/18/21 9:53am

Romeo and Juliet. The Killers version is better than Dire Straits.

BE-WHY-YOU

7/19/21 12:29pm

Train - “Ramble On”

mvtoro

7/19/21 8:00pm

I've heard Train do ramble on in San Diego in a hotel ballroom..

So it goes...

7/19/21 8:11pm

I actually like their version too. It’s a good song. I just wanted to troll a bit, and undervaluing Led Zepplin is a

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