Favourite Cover Versions you prefer as much/more than the Original

[bryce]

check out pop goes punk 2.. great album!

[asp3]

I don't judge covers as being better than the original (although sometimes I think they are) but like it when they bring a different side to the song. Sometimes just having someone else sing the lyrics is enough to change a song in an interesting enough way for it to be interesting to me.

Here are some of my favorites:

Dinosaur Jr - Just Like Heaven (The Cure)
The Pixies - Cecelia Ann (The Surftones)
The Dollyrots - Brand New Key (Melanie)
Jonatha Brooke - Eye In The Sky (Alan Parson's Project)
Oasis - I Am The Walrus (The Beatles)
Mr. T Experience - Up And Down (Sesame Street)
Shonen Knife - Top Of The World (The Carpenters)
Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane (Lou Reed)

I've got a lot more, but they're not coming to mind now.

Tony

[carbon_psycho]

Jack Black (Tenacious D) covered Let's Get It On in the movie High Fidelity.
Jim Carrey's version of Somebody To Love from Cable Guy.

Love both the above songs..

[Iota]

This Mortal Coil's cover of Tim Buckley's Song to the Siren

[dgas1992]

Florence + The Machine's cover of Hospital Beds by Cold War Kids is brilliant.
And perhaps bit controversial but The Killers' cover of Joy Division's Shadowplay.

[David Broad]

Joe Cocker's "with a little help from my friends" was as good as the the original IMO.

Also Fiona Apple's Across The Universe.

No arguements on Joe Cocker . The best version to date . Hate that Wet Wet Wet version :hand:

[David Broad]

I prefer We Are Going To Barbados & not the Vengaboys version..

I guess you just like some sexy females in your music with loads of dance music...
So basically u like remixes...

Coz that's what We are going to Ibiza seems more like..

Do you also prefer Vengaboys take on T-spoon's Sha la la??

Well I like the Vengaboys Version . Not heard T-Spoons version but I will check it out and let you know .:confused:

[David Broad]

Another thing that springs to mind . "Feels Like I'm In Love" Not sure who did it originally and I have never heard it . All I know it was sung by a bloke and was a B side . However Kelly Mari did it in 1980 which was a good version . But also , though I think only as an album track , Brother Hood Of Man did that one and they really did do a good version . :redface:

[dgas1992]

Cat Power- Sea Of Love
This song is the reason I bought an autoharp!!

[stella6161]

I like The Cardigans cover of Iron Man.