Song covers better than the original

IncantatioN

IncantatioN

Post em here with your opinions on em and such. Don't wanna kill the thread with a big post, so my first addition is -

Johnny Cash's version of NIN's Hurt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjMZi2XVzEA

Apart from the melancholic video, Cash's voice fits the lyric in the best way ever. I don't know if anyone could top his version of the song. And, that video is just ... :judo:
 
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rockvoanjd

I enjoy that version myself. You can hear the pain in his voice. Not certain but I think Johnny recorded that song in Trents studio. One of my favorite covers is Rage Against the Machines "In my Eyes" by Minor Threat

EDIT: Oh and Sonny Boy Williansoms Bring It On Home, covered by Led Zeppelin. One of my all time favorites
 
Oburi

Oburi

All praise Grail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcLb2wWKulo&feature=related

"Love the Way You" Lie by A Skylit Drive
 
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Bekul

IncantatioN said:
Johnny Cash's version of NIN's Hurt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjMZi2XVzEA

Apart from the melancholic video, Cash's voice fits the lyric in the best way ever. I don't know if anyone could top his version of the song. And, that video is just ... :judo:
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The most powerful performance I have ever witnessed.
 
arrowchild

arrowchild

IncantatioN said:
Johnny Cash's version of NIN's Hurt.
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That was the first song I thought of when I saw this thread's title-it had me in tears the first time I heard it.

I also love Gary Jules' cover of Mad World. The original Tears for Fears version a great song in it's own right, but I definitely think Jules' version trumps it.
 
Griffith

Griffith

With the streak of a tear, Like morning dew
This one practically introduced the concept:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPDc3V66kaI

When even the original songwriter agrees, and that songwriter is Bob Dylan, well...

Also, classic solo/lead guitar and still one of my favorites.
 
frankencowx

frankencowx

Oburi said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcLb2wWKulo&feature=related

"Love the Way You" Lie by A Skylit Drive
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I like the Pierce the Veil cover of Bruno Mars too.

Griffith said:
This one practically introduced the concept:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPDc3V66kaI

When even the original songwriter agrees, and that songwriter is Bob Dylan, well...

Also, classic solo/lead guitar and still one of my favorites.
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Totally this. I think the Dave Matthews cover isn't half bad either.

I could spend a while digging through covers looking for exceptional ones. For starters, Celldweller - Tragedy. The original is.. yeaaaah..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBu5GZ7lP1o
 
Ahmetal

Ahmetal

God hand help us
Pantera's covers of Hole in the Sky and Planet Caravan by Black Sabbath as well as their Ted Nugent cover, Cat Scratch Fever

Death's cover of Painkiller by Priest

No More Mr. Nice Guy as covered by Megadeth, originally by Alice Cooper

CoF's cover of Hallowed be thy Name

SRV's version of Little Wing

Probably anything Metallica has covered.
 
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