Music Covers You Like Better Than The Original

[Ironmike57]

https://youtu.be/S9G_IeVMXvc?si=xn8vy6Y2bD0Y7bmw

This is, of course, very subjective, but sometimes a clever cover comes along that makes you say, "That was better than the original." List some of your favorites here:

"Take on Me": Reel Big Fish > A-Ha
The staccato horn section gets me every time
(the song that got this whole train started in my head; I introduced the RBF version to Younger Offspring, and every time we hear any version of this song, we agree about this assessment).

"With a Little Help From My Friends": Joe Cocker > The Beatles
The entire change in sound, and the background singers

(honorable mention)
"Wonderwall": Ryan Adams >= Oasis
I go back and forth on this one. The RA version is totally "emo", but it gets me in "the feels" (as the kids say) sometimes.

[WobblyPossum]

Most of my favorites have already been covered (get it? Covered? I crack myself up). I really like Marilyn Manson’s cover of Sweet Dreams (originally performed by the Eurythmics).

ETA: also the White Stripes cover of Jolene (originally by Dolly Parton) is amazing. And the Rage Against The Machine cover of Pistol Grip Pump (originally by Volume 10) is solid too.

[Jac]

Warren Zevon’s cover of Steve Winwood’s “Back in the High Life” is incredible.

[feudist]

Lol, I love Dylan, but he's not the kind of artist you can force on anyone. His version of the song is more desolate. Its like he's talking to no-one and dying alone. A friend of mine, (who loves Clapton) described the Clapton version as "Eric Clapton doing Jimmy Buffet doing Bob Dylan". I also love Cream, but I don't think their catalog is quite extensive enough to support an extensive road trip.

Dylan's version works well in the movie scene it was used in.
And that's pretty much all the good I've got to say about Dylan. Just not my cup of tea.

[Up1911Fan]

How do you post the actual YouTube video?

[MountainRaven]

How do you post the actual YouTube video?

Delete the spaces:

[ video ] YouTube video url goes here [ / video ]

[TC215]

[JTQ]

Warren Zevon’s cover of Steve Winwood’s “Back in the High Life” is incredible.

Yes it is

[ArgentFix]

Megadeth's Anarchy in the UK. It was a phase in high school. Fight me.

[Malamute]

How do you post the actual YouTube video?

In the lineup of options, theres a quote icon, the icon just left of that is the insert video icon, click it, it gives a place to paste the address of the video, than it shows up.