Best song covers?

[lizbaby007]

Time After Time sung by Quietdrive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWy0DhVgZn0

Sweet Child of Mine sung by Luna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGzh7hmzTNo&feature=related

And as much as I love, worship and adore the Beatles I am pretty fond of Joe Cocker's version of With a Little Help From My Friends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCrlyX6XbTU

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4_wXPZ1Bnk
Dixie Chicks cover of Landslide is amazing. I like it better than the original.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Mat Weddle's cover of OutKast's Hey Ya is much better than the original

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-8nkkOA_AM

I also prefer U2's version of Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

 

[FlightlessDuck]

I have a hard time picking between the original version of Celicia and Gaelic Storm's version.

 

[DaisyLynn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4_wXPZ1Bnk
Dixie Chicks cover of Landslide is amazing. I like it better than the original.

I love this song, but I prefer the cover by Smashing Pumpkins. Great songs performed by great artists can carry over into different genres beautifully.

 

[POOHsie]

James Taylor's #1 cover of "You've Got a Friend"

 

[FireDancer]

I love Dave Matthews "All Along the Watchtower" much more than Bob Dylans version. I like the original but DMB's is just plain awesome!!

Almost every song Dave covers I like better than the original. Some examples are American Tune, If I Had a Boat, Solsbury Hill, and Long Black Veil to name a few.

Another favorite is Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers cover of Wagon Wheel and Cake does a way better version of I will survive than whomever that original chick is but they swear in it so I don't think I can link to it.

I love this song, but I prefer the cover by Smashing Pumpkins. Great songs performed by great artists can carry over into different genres beautifully.

Corgan's version is so much better than the original but I can't stand Stevie Nicks so I may be biased.

 

[st4rrab0vemybed]

I love the cover Lacuna Coil does of Loosing My Religion by R.E.M. Also, they do a great cover of Depeche Mode's Enjoy The Silence.

 

[JamesMom]

Adam Lambert's cover of Tears for Fears "Mad World" . I am a HUGE Tears for Fears fan, but have to admit the remake is much more moving.

 

[luvmy3]

I love Alien Ant Farm's cover of Smooth Criminal

 

[Sgt Mickey]

Can't say I like it better but they are both pretty awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW3pZjmS3rg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yu50mYL5mo

 

[Colleen27]

I usually prefer the original artist for just about every song. However, every now and then, a remake comes along that is just plain better than the original. One that comes to mind is Johnny Cash's version of Hurt.

To compare, the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prDoGmY5kj8

Johnny's version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go&feature=related


Any songs where you prefer a cover version to the original?

That's actually the first one that comes to mind for me too, and I say that as a huge NiN fan who didn't think there could be anything better than Reznor and Bowie doing Hurt together. But Johnny Cash's version, and especially his video, brought an emotional depth and clarity to the song that isn't as potent in the original.

A few others off the top of my head:
Nirvana's Man Who Sold the World over Bowie's.
Nine Inch Nails' Get Down Make Love over Queen's
Alison Krauss's When You Say Nothing At All over Keith Whitley's

 

[DeaverTex]

I like Sarah Hickman's cover of "Mad World", and the Youngblood's cover of "Wild World" better than Cat Stevens.

I also like Vanilla Fudge's cover of "Keep Me Hanging On" better than the Supremes.

 

[tony111]

Elton's Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

 

[DaisyLynn]

Adam Lambert's cover of Tears for Fears "Mad World" . I am a HUGE Tears for Fears fan, but have to admit the remake is much more moving.

I prefer the cover by Gary Jules.

I love Alien Ant Farm's cover of Smooth Criminal

Yes!

 

[irishbosoxfan]

The Boxer covered by Mumford & Sons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmIK6nsXSw0

a really different cover of Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know by Walk Off the Earth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9NF2edxy-M

I was going to post the Walk Off the Earth version as well!

 

[siouxi31]

Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis: Cruisin'
Anne Hathaway: Somebody to Love
my friend's version: I Started a Joke (wish I had some video!)
Janis Joplin: Me and Bobby McGee
Linda Ronstadt: Ooh Baby Baby
Tough decision between Linda Perry and Pink: What's Up
Aerosmith: Come Together

 

[socalduo]

Every song by
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
They only do covers punk rock style. Every type of music is covered. If you like punk and cover songs, give them a try.