Cover songs you like better than the originals

[FlyGuyLXI]

Rodrigo y Gabriela - "Stairway to Heaven"

[clashcityrocker10]

Rodrigo y Gabriela - "Stairway to Heaven"

Here's one I forgot.

[Cubecubed]

I like all of Coheed's covers more than the originals. Except the Trooper, although their version is fantastic.

Also, and I might catch heat for this, I like Seal's version of "Fly like an Eagle" more than the Steve Miller band version. Space Jam memories,lol.

[a21schizoidman]

I had a big list then my browser crashed.

All Mixed Up - Red House Painters (The Cars)
Viva Las Vegas - Dead Kennedys (Elvis)
Take On Me - Cap'n Jazz (a-ha)
Hot Limit - High and Mighty Color (T.M. Revolution)
Go Your Own Way - Seaweed (Fleetwood Mac)
Astronomy Domine - Voivod (Pink Floyd)
Tiny Dancer - Ben Folds (Elton John)
Wicked Game - Giant Drag (Chris Isaak)
Paranoid - Ultraviolence (Black Sabbath)
Enjoy the Silence - Failure (Depeche Mode)
White Room - Demons & Wizards (Cream)
Immigrant Song - Enslaved (Led Zeppelin)
Macarthur Park - Beggar's Opera (Jimmy Webb)
Johnny & Mary - the Notwist (Robert Palmer)
Video Killed the Radio Star - Ben Folds Five (the Buggles)
Highway 61 Revisited - Johnny Winter (Bob Dylan)
Liar - Three Dog Night (Argent)
Tearin' Up My Heart - Vanilla Fudge (N'Sync)
Ticket to Ride - Vanilla Fudge (the Beatles)
With a Little Help From My Friends - Joe ****er (the Beatles)
Christmas Eve/Sarajevo - Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Savatage)
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen)
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Devo (Rolling Stones)
Love Buzz - Nirvana (Shocking Blue)
Alone Again Or - UFO (Love)
Sheena Is a Punk Rocker - Husker Du (Ramones)
Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane (The Great! Society!)
Wild Thing - Jimi Hendrix Experience (The Wild Ones)
Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughan (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
Matchbox - Jonny Lang (Ike Turner)
Dying to Live - Jonny Lang (Edgar Winter)
Diamonds and Rust - Judas Priest (Joan Baez)
Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown) - Judas Priest (Fleetwood Mac)
I Drove All Night - Cyndi Lauper (Roy Orbison)
For You - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (Bruce Springsteen)
Superstar - Sonic Youth
In the Ghetto - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (Elvis)
You Really Got Me - Oingo Boingo (the Kinks)
What'd I Say - Rare Earth (Ray Charles)
Get Ready - Rare Earth (the Temptations)
Long Distance Runaround - Red House Painters (Yes)
I Only Wanna Be With You - Volbeat (Dusty Springfield)
Simpson's Theme - Sonic Youth (Danny Elfman)
Beware of Darkness - Spock's Beard (George Harrison)
Take Me to the River - Talking Heads (Al Green)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants (the Four Lads)
Message In a Bottle - Excel (the Police)
Tom Traubert's Blues - Tom Waits (Banjo Paterson)
Spoon - Sonic Youth (CAN)

[Lameboy19]

Cap'n Jazz's Take on Me is the best cover ever.

fact.

[Runesmith]

Everything's kind of been said already, but here's one that hasn't been mentioned: Dum Dum Girls' version of The Smiths' "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrgKtFVKTmI

Gorgeous, gorgeous cover.

Some other glaring ommisions:

Devo - "Secret Agent Man" (Johnny Rivers), "Are You Experienced?" (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
Husker Du - "Ticket to Ride" (Beatles)
Big Black - "He's A Whore" (Cheap Trick), "The Model" (Kraftwerk)
The Cure - "World In My Eyes" (Depeche Mode), "Foxy Lady" (Jimi)
Bauhaus - "Telegram Sam" (T. Rex), "Third Uncle" (Brian Eno)
Creaming Jesus - "A Forest" (The Cure)
Carissa's Wierd - "Isolation" (Joy Division)
Skeletal Family - "Black Juju" (Alice Cooper)
Siouxsie & The Banshees - "Helter Skelter" (Beatles)
Xiu Xiu - "Asleep" (The Smiths)

[Gowienczyk]

Cap'n Jazz's Take on Me is the best cover ever.

fact.

No. I honestly don't understand the overhype of Cap'n Jazz, who is a fine band but noting to be coke fiend-esque like about.

[SheSaidSheSaid]

Somber news today reminds me of another well-known song that is in fact a cover.

[killer_roach]

No. I honestly don't understand the overhype of Cap'n Jazz, who is a fine band but noting to be coke fiend-esque like about.

Agreed. Cap'n Jazz and The Mountain Goats are probably the two most overhyped bands around here. Both are all right, but still...

[BohemianMatt]

With today's CCR announcement, I'm lamenting that their version of "I Put a Spell on You" is not included.

Also CAKE's version of "I Will Survive."