Cover songs that are better than the original

Titanium.wombaT wrote:

Immigrant Song by Demons & Wizards (Original by Led Zepplin)
A metal version of an epic rock song! Very very well done, quite similar to the original, just add a little rage!

Love that version Hansi has one of the best Metal voices

Headstones doing Traveling Wilburys "Tweeter and the Monkey Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BukWT54Cv4U (never had an official vid but was a big hit here in Canada)
SRV doing Little Wing as posted above http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdYRzH10L2M

OOO!!!! i thought of another one! its one of my FAVS!!!

Mad world by Gary Jules (original by Tears for fears)
I LOVE this song! I really like the remake cuz its so much more melow..you listen to the words a lot more...to me it makes more of an impact. A lot of you know this song from Donnie Darko! Theres a really cool video for this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4

Foo fighters covering Darling Nikkie by Prince, excellent tune.

PyRo wrote:

OOO!!!! i thought of another one! its one of my FAVS!!!

Mad world by Gary Jules (original by Tears for fears)
I LOVE this song! I really like the remake cuz its so much more melow..you listen to the words a lot more...to me it makes more of an impact. A lot of you know this song from Donnie Darko! Theres a really cool video for this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4

I came to this thread to mention just that song. The fist time I heard that song was from "Donnie Darko". The Tears for fears version is just too fast. It's a great but sad song.

FodderFigure wrote:

PyRo wrote:

OOO!!!! i thought of another one! its one of my FAVS!!!

Mad world by Gary Jules (original by Tears for fears)
I LOVE this song! I really like the remake cuz its so much more melow..you listen to the words a lot more...to me it makes more of an impact. A lot of you know this song from Donnie Darko! Theres a really cool video for this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4

I came to this thread to mention just that song. The fist time I heard that song was from "Donnie Darko". The Tears for fears version is just too fast. It's a great but sad song.

I'd also agree, this is probably my favorite cover of all time. Plus Donnie Darko is one of my favorite movies, so it only improves it.

Gotta add Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch's cover of Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side". It's just so much more...........ok, ok, only kidding.

Someone mentioned Siouxsie & the Banshees cover of "Dear Prudence". Great choice.

I'd also add their cover of Iggy Pop's "The Passenger" as well as a cover they did of Dylan's "This Wheel's on Fire".

I'm a fan of Siouxsie & the Banshees. The "Once/Twice Upon a Time" greatest hits albums are wonderful.

I could add a ton of Metallica covers off the Garage Days stuff.... e.g. "Die Die My Darling", "Breadfan", "Stone Cold Crazy"....etc.

Oh, and ANYTHING covered by Richard Cheese. If you don't know who he is, well, you owe it to yourself to look him up.

Metallica s Garage days Re-revisited the$6.98 ep...ah good days the new version (Garage Inc.) had some so so stuff but the original EP was AWESOME !!

Living Colour did a cool version of "Sunshine of your Love" a Cream classic that was really cool

So I just discovered Lacuna Coil's version of Depeche Mode's Enjoy the Silence.

Cool, but DM is better.

B_B

Shiny Toy Guns covered Depeche Mode's "Stripped" on their special edition version of their first album. I love both songs, tough choice for which I like more though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKfVvqLKI9k

sidenote: Depeche Mode's new album: April 21st!!!

Pyramidion wrote:

sidenote: Depeche Mode's new album: April 21st!!!

Its on my calendar! I'm totally excited!

Sidenote to your sidenote: Depeche Mode will be here on August 25th!!!! Ooo, come visit and we'll go see them together. Cham's not interested in $70 a ticket.

I just watched the Shiny Toy Guns link you posted. DM's is better.

But I may have to look into them a bit more. I liked the sound.

B_B