What songs are better covered than the original song/group?

Styx ^ | 5/7/23 | ME

[DallasBiff]

Music video by Styx performing I Am The Walru

[stanne]

https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=little+wing+derek+and+the+dominos

Eh. Eric and Duane allman on little wing. Duane’s idea we’re told.

[texas booster]

I like Fields of Gold by Eva Cassidy better than the U2 version.

[stanne]

Oh. Dylan on ‘You Belong to Me”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eyIZsQSDU0&pp=ygUWZHlsYW4geW91IGJlbG9uZyB0byBtZQ%3D%3D

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Chris Stapleton beats George Jones on Tennessee Whiskey

https://youtu.be/IBLruNfUqUs

[Phinneous]

NO NO NO!!! I scanned the whole list to make sure no FReeper write Manfred Mann’s cover of Springsteen..... permanently etching “revved up like a douche” into the American lexicon. Feh!

But you did only SUGGEST it, Right? Right??

;)

[Fiji Hill]

I prefer the following covers. The original artists are in parentheses.

• Over the Rainbow--Vera Lynn, 1940 (Judy Garland, 1939)

• (You Ain't Nothing but a) Hound Dog--Betsy Gay, 1953 (Willie Mae Thornton, 1953)

• Sh-Boom--Barry Frank & the Four Bells, 1954 (The Chords, 1954)

• Rock Around the Clock--Jack Richards, 1955 (Bill Haley & the Comets 1954)

• Roll Over Beethoven--The Four Chaps, 1956 (Little Richard, 1956)

• Long, Tall Sally--Pat Boone, 1956 (Little Richard, 1956)

• Stop the Music--The Glitters, 1962 (The Shirelles, 1962)

[dangus]

thanks. styx’s cover is the perfect update.

[stanne]

Mama Tried

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP4gy0TBDfU&pp=ygUYbWFtYSB0cmllZCBncmF0ZWZ1bCBkZWFk

Grateful Dead version.

[stanne]

Whitney Houston on star spangled banner is better than anyone’s by generations of better

[Poser]

Many Linda Ronstadt songs.

[anton]

Moonglow the Bucky and Frank instrumental version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNDI5qsTWD0

[stanne]

Aww. Yes. SRV.

[thesearethetimes...]

I had to hunt for the Ghost Riders cover, and went in so skeptical, as it is a favorite from my childhood.
But!
I am amazed!
Thank you so much!
Off to listen again.

Tatt

[Dr.Deth]

Tool - No Quarter (Led Zeppelin)
Blood Sweat & Tears - And When I Die (Laura Nyro)
Judas Priest - Diamonds And Rust (Joan Baez)
Dead Kennedys - Viva Las Vegas (Elvis Presley)
For Your Love - The Yardbirds (Graham Gouldman)
Cheap Trick - California Man (The Move)

[lee martell]

Wow. It sounds like Bob is singing with a clothepin on his nose. Stay in your lane” Bob. It has already made you famous! Not crooning material.

[stanne]

Brilliant. Yes. Eva Cassidy

[Fester Chugabrew]

It is often difficult to do a cover better than the original for the simple fact the hearer is accustomed to “that sound.”

Judy Collins cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” is one I would consider an improvement on a mild scale mostly for reasons of tempo. Both versions, however, are excellent.

[stanne]

“Many Linda Ronstadt songs.”

Yep
Desperado comes to mind

Silver Threads and Golden Needles.

[stanne]

It’s so full of sadness. It’s engaging.

[skr]

I agree wholeheartedly.

More obscure, If I Only Had a Brain by the Four Freshman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEtsdR4z2jk