Cover songs you like better than the originals

[Cubecubed]

Pure opinion, I can't help if I like it though. You think anything involving Avenged Sevenfold is atrocious anyway.

A lot of people think that. He's far from the only one, lol.

[lvmathemagician]

It's my Life - No Doubt(Talk Talk)

[darkwinterbeast8]

More Cover songs that are better than the originals:

Nirvana - Jesus Don't Want Me for a Sunbeam (Originally by The Vaselines)
Pearl Jam - Keep On Rockin In The Free World (Originally done By Neil Young)
Peccatum - For All Those Who Died (As much as the original Bathory song is badass, this version added an additional level to an already awesome track)

[Ultimatum]

Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu did a full-album cover of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures. Their versions of Shadowplay and New Dawn Fades rival the originals, if not surpass them in my eyes.

I also prefer Radiohead's cover of The Headmaster Ritual to the original done by The Smiths.

[ULS_980]

Let's go with:

Manfred Mann - Blinded by the Light (Bruce Springsteen, honestly think his original is terrible)
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie, original's still great though)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)
Death - God of Thunder (KISS)

And while I wouldn't say they're better, I do like Pearl Jam's cover of The Who's Love Reign O'er Me, as well as Soundgarden's cover of The Beatles' Come Together.

[MRNINJA]

Nirvana's unplugged Man Who Sold The World

[Dangimarocker]

AFI- Jack the Ripper > Morrissey.. *Waits to get murdered*.. i just prefer it over the original honestly. But i love Morrissey.

[killer_roach]

Well, a relatively recent one:

Adrenaline Mob - Come Undone (original by Duran Duran)

Is it weird that their two best songs are covers? (That and their cover of Black Sabbath's "The Mob Rules")

[SenseiLeRoof]

My list:

Quiet Riot: "C*m On Feel the Noize" (Slade)
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts: "I Love Rock and Roll" (The Arrows)
No Doubt: "It's My Life" (Talk Talk)
Casiotone MT-240 demo button: "Night Birds" (Shakatak)
Jimi Hendrix: "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan)
Your Heart: "Autumn Leaves" (original unknown)
Tia Carrere: "Ballroom Blitz" (Sweet)
Counting Crows: "Big Yellow Taxi" (Joni Mitchell?)
My Chemical Romance: "Desolation Row" (Bob Dylan)
Judas Priest: "Diamonds and Rust" (?)
Metallica: "Die, Die My Darling" (Misfits)
Ray Stevens: "Help Me Make It Through the Night" (?)
Ray Stevens: "Misty" (?)
Red Hot Chili Peppers: "Higher Ground" (Stevie Wonder)
Sublime: "Hong Kong Phooey" (TV theme)
Eric Idle: "One Foot in the Grave" (TV theme)
Children of Bodom "Oops, I Did It Again" (Britney Spears)
Ronnie Milsap: "Since I Don't Have You" (?)
Soft Cell: "Tainted Love" (Gloria Jones)
Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas: "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" (Sly and the Family Stone)
Vince Gill: "When Will I Be Loved?" (?)
Wailing Souls: "Wild Wild Life" (Talking Heads)
Korn: "Word Up!" (Cameo)
Modest Mouse: "Float On" (?)
Reba McEntire: "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" (Vicki Lawrence)
Limozeen: "We Don't Really Even Care About You" (Sloshy)
blink-182: "Baby One More Time" (Britney Spears)
Kentucky Headhunters: "Oh Lonesome Me" (?)
The Clash: "Train in Vain (Stand by Me)" (?)
White Lion: "Radar Love" (Golden Earring)

[FlyGuyLXI]

"It's the End of the World" - Great Big Sea (originally by R.E.M.)
"Spirit in the Sky" - The Blind Boys of Alabama (originally by Norman Greenbaum)
"Soul Man" - The Blues Brothers (originally by Sam and Dave)
"Circling Overland" - VNV Nation (originally by Front 242)