Cover versions that are better than the original

[Scotsrich]

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Definitely different if nothing else.

[Felix]

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Definitely different if nothing else.

Cant stand that noise. Lets see how hard you can shout in a song pish. The melancholy over the queens passing over played that and a hell of a lot of other rock ballads where i never want to hear them again.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Think i posted this in the YouTube thread but here you go anyway...popped up again recently on my feed.

Bloody impressive that it's just one guy too! Doesn't show the drummer, but judging from his other vids it's also him playing.

[Felix]

OK possibly not but bloody good none the less.

[Yambo]

Another good cover of Metallica's 'Nothing Else Matters'. Not better than the original, just different - for a different mood perhaps.

[KungFooBob]

Have we had this one yet?

[Druid]

Ghost have done a decent cover of Jesus He Knows Me.

I haven't linked to the video, it's most definitely NSFW. Search for it at your own risk - you've been warned

[Ant]

MUCH better than the original.

[v8-powered]

The Weezer version of Toto's Africa

https://youtu.be/mk5Dwg5zm2U

[G.P]

The Weezer version of Toto's Africa

https://youtu.be/mk5Dwg5zm2U

That was a proper laugh

(its still a shit song, despite the harmonies)

[ZRX61]

Here's a bunch that are at least as good (crank it up & close your eyes...):

[Supermofo]

Ren does a good cover

[Ant]

Ok not so sure you could actually beat the original, but this is good

[Yorick]

As a kid I was a massive Elton John fan and Border Song was my fave.
Just played it on YouTube and this cover version popped up.
Wowsers. But he should leave off the fat old birds

[ace llani]

Romeo and Juliet by The Killers

[Rockburner]

[KungFooBob]

I'm sat in a Jamaican theme bar, they've just played Max Romeo - chase the devil (according to my phone).

I never knew Prodigy's Out of Space was a cover!

[gremlin]

Pomplamoose!

[Mr. Dazzle]

Nah, losing the vocoder is a backwards step IMO

[mangocrazy]

With Sly Stone's demise still fresh, I found myself playing Magazine's cover of 'Thankyou (falletinme be mice elf agin)' again... Not saying it's better but it's a very interesting take.