Cover songs you like better than the originals

[a21schizoidman]

Red House Painter's All Mixed Up is the best cover ever.

fact.

fixed

[JBlack240]

Bad Company - Five Finger Death Punch(originally by BC)

Land of Confusion - Disturbed(Genesis)

Am I Evil - Metallica(Diamond Head)

Come On Feel the Noize - Quiet Riot(Slade)

Live and Let Die - Guns N' Roses(Paul McCartney & Wings)

and of course

Hurt - Johnny Cash(Nine Inch Nails)

[darkwinterbeast8]

Draconian - "On Sunday They Will Kill The World" (Original by Ekseption)
Type O Negative - "Summer Breeze" (Original by Seals & Crofts)
Turisas - "Rasputin" (Original by Boney M)
Pain - "Eleanore Rigby" (No need to say who did the original )
Nine Inch Nails - "Dead Souls" (Originally by Joy Division; who's original version is also damn awesome)

[FlyGuyLXI]

Type O Negative - "Summer Breeze" (Original by Seals & Crofts)

Forgot about that one. Pretty good cover, and how well it works under a pretty large genre shift.

[CanuckGamer]

While some disagree, my opinion is that the Bangles' version of "Hazy Shade of Winter" is better than the Simon & Garfunkel original.

[I_Love_You]

Phish's cover of Ya Mar is better than the original. I finally found the original (by The Mustangs) so I could actually compare to two.

[Runesmith]

While some disagree, my opinion is that the Bangles' version of "Hazy Shade of Winter" is better than the Simon & Garfunkel original.

This is pretty much the mack-daddy of how covers should be done.

[TheStuddz]

Manfred Mann's "Blinded by the Light," originally by Bruce Springsteen.

Paul Young's "Every Time You Go Away," originally by Hall and Oates.

Soft Cell's "Tainted Love," originally by Gloria Jones.

Naked Eyes' "Always Something There to Remind Me," originally by Dionne Warwick.

All of these. Also, "Lovers In A Dangerous Time" by Barenaked Ladies, originally by Bruce ****burn.

[TheStuddz]

While some disagree, my opinion is that the Bangles' version of "Hazy Shade of Winter" is better than the Simon & Garfunkel original.

As a die-hard S&G fan, I can not allow that to be said near me.

[Insane3]

Then there's the obvious answer. Even Trent Reznor likes that version better.

I would not say that it's "the obvious answer". I prefer the original version and usually I prefer Johnny Cash's work to NIN.