Covers of songs that surpass the original!

These two are classics

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All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

The Lemonheads - Mrs. Robinson (original by Simon and Garfunkel)

Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven (Original by the Cure)

Two of my favourite covers ever. Especially the Dinosaur Jr. one. :)

Somebody I used to Know - originally by Gotye, but Walk Off the Earth made it cool.

Gloria Estefan - Turn the beat around

Crappy original version

For me, Death's Painkiller and Vader's Black Metal.

Jim Carrey's cover is pretty good. :lol:

Jim Carrey's cover is pretty good. :lol:

chilly-chill

"Viva Las Vegas"

Dead Kennedys Cover

Elvis Presley Original

"heart it races"

Dr Dog Cover

Architecture in Helsinki Original

"Superstar"

Sonic Youth Cover

The Carpenters Original

"I'm on Fire"

Luke Lalonde Cover

Bruce Springsteen Original

When I grow Up- Cover by Mayday Parade

i dont know about surpass but a7x did a cover of panteras walk and besides vocals it was identicle

and i felt that murderdolls surpassed billy idols white wedding/flameshield

i dont know about surpass but a7x did a cover of panteras walk and besides vocals it was identicle

and i felt that murderdolls surpassed billy idols white wedding/flameshield

almasdeathchild

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i dont know about surpass but a7x did a cover of panteras walk and besides vocals it was identicle

and i felt that murderdolls surpassed billy idols white wedding/flameshield

chilly-chill

All along the watchtower - Jimi (Even though I still like Bob Dylan's version)

You Really Got Me - Van Halen

Crossroads - Cream

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World

Nirvana-Where Did You Sleep Last Night

Muse-Feeling Good

Dead Kennedy's-I Fought the Law

Ana Free"Sway" (byBic Runga)

Brandon Hines "How to Love" (by Lil Wayne)

Nirvana-Where Did You Sleep Last Night

Muse-Feeling Good

Dead Kennedy's-I Fought the Law

LostProphetFLCL

Ellie Goulding's cover of Rhianna's Only Girl.

:3

Fight Test - The Falming Lips. (Father and Son by Cat Stevens)

Cloudbusting (Kate Bush cover) by Wild Nothing

Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven (Original by the Cure)

TheFatPerson

I just watched the afi cover in the related videos and Robert Smith looks like he wants to kill himself.

Jeff Buckley: Hallelujah

Pungent Stench - Why Can The Bodies Fly (Warning cover)

Belching Beet - You Spin Me Round (Dead or Alive cover)

Ghoul - What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong cover)

Dead Kennedy's-I Fought the Law

LostProphetFLCL

I forgot how great this song is.

Regina Spektor - Real Love

Johnny Cash - Hurt. Duh, I know. I've just been listening to The Downward Spiral for the past couple of days, and the song is just so inferior to the cover.

Johnny Cash doing anything, except maybe Cat's in the Cradle.

I like the Five Finger Death Punch about as much as the original of Bad Company.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr-buV4tYOA

If you don't agree, then you're a little bit insane.

All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

CHOASXIII

Yep, much better than Dylan's however I prefer this one to Hendrix's

Bear McCreary- All Along the Watchtower

Also, as much as I love NIN, Johnny Cash's cover of hurt is absolute boss mode

Johnny Cash- Hurt

strapping young lad - exciter (judas priest cover)

the song isnt that long, it stops around 5 minutes or whatever. he gets the high pitches perfectly, if you like metal you should give it a listen. there's more i like but i don't think anyone here will know the bands.

Det Som Engang Var (Burzum)- Aborym.

Iszdope

I can't imagine any cover doing this song justice - I'm going to have to hunt this down

Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix, cover by Paul Gilbert.

Sweat Dreams - Eurythmics, cover by Marilyn Manson.

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Sweat Dreams - Eurythmics, cover by Marilyn Manson.

Iszdope

Blasphemy!

A lot of the ones I was going to post have already been said so,

Lissie- Pursuit of Happiness

Marylin Manson- Personal Jesus

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Nirvana-Where Did You Sleep Last Night

Muse-Feeling Good

Dead Kennedy's-I Fought the Law

Rhazakna

A cover doesn't mean it's a copy of the song. They can re-work it at will. This is how you end up with great covers actually.

Other covers that really do something different with the song:

System of a Down-The Metro

Nirvana-The Man Who Sold the World

Lostprophets-Cry Me a River

Maybe this is pushing it a little bit, but i find it better than the original myself...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0uWF-37DAM

Oh man, there's so many but probably my favorite. It absolutely destroys the Bee Gee's version (sorry to the few of you that still enjoy 60's pop, Janis just puts so much emotion)

Janis Joplin- To Love somebody

Ana Free"Sway" (byBic Runga)

Brandon Hines "How to Love" (by Lil Wayne)

TecmoGirl

Bout time someone else put Youtube users' covers in this thread

*brofist

Whitney Huston's I will always love you. Way better than Dolly Parton's.

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Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven (Original by the Cure)

VanHelsingBoA64

I just watched the afi cover in the related videos and Robert Smith looks like he wants to kill himself.

That's weird. I watched it and it wasn't that bad. In fact, I actually quite liked it.

This is the worst one by far.

Or this one.

Careless Whisper

Blind Guardian - Barbara Ann