Covers that are better than the original

[SaintHacker]

Following on from BiMs post about better known covere, which covers are just better than the original? Going to be a tough one.
As a metalhead I will go with Metallicas version of Whisky in the Jar.

Could be a short thread though...

 

[KenL]

The Stranglers - Walk On By

 

[Pin-seeker]

Oasis-I am the walrus.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Guns & Roses-live & let die.

 

[chrisd]

Sound of silence - Disturbed

 

[Voyager EMH]

What then pray, was the "original" Whisky in the Jar?

 

[Lord Tyrion]

What then pray, was the "original" Whisky in the Jar?

Thin Lizzy did a belting version.

Apparently The Dubliner's, an Irish folk band did the original.

 

[Voyager EMH]

Joe Cocker, "With A Little Help From My Friends".

 

[Voyager EMH]

Thin Lizzy did a belting version. Don't know if it was the original though.

No, the song is much older than that, I believe.

 

[Imurg]

Rosalie - Thin Lizzy
Rockin' All Over the World -Quo
Fortunate Son - Clutch
I love Rock'n'Roll - Joan Jett
Because the Night - Patti Smith
All along the Watchtower - Jimi

It could be a long night..

 

[Imurg]

No, the song is much older than that, I believe.

Irish folk song from millions of years ago but bought to public knowledge by TL

 

[Jimaroid]

Tainted Love - Soft Cell

 

[Lord Tyrion]

No, the song is much older than that, I believe.

Irish folk song from millions of years ago but bought to public knowledge by TL

What Imurg says seems to be the gist of it. Song played for eons on the folk scene, reworked and put out in modern times by The Dubliner's, smashed out of the park by TL. I suspect most people think of TL as being the originators of it in the version they sing. As with many folk songs, it will have been subtly altered through the years.

 

[Voyager EMH]

Irish folk song from millions of years ago but bought to public knowledge by TL

I was aware of the song before Thin Lizzy did it.
I doubt the Dubliners would dare claim, or to have claimed, that their version is in anyway to be regarded as the original.

 

[Pin-seeker]

White stripes-I don’t know what to do with myself.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Thin Lizzy did a belting version.

Apparently The Dubliner's, an Irish folk band did the original.

Belting? As much as I love that band, if I never heard that song again it would be too soon.

And I'm not alone in that thought...

https://www.express.co.uk/entertain...cott-Gorham-interview-Phil-Lynott-documentary

 

[Rlburnside]

House of the Rising Sun- Animals

In The Pines - Nirvana

Whole Lotta Love - Led Zepplin

I’d Rather go Blind - Rod Stewart

Any Song from The Rolling Stones ?

 

[3offTheTee]

Funny when you read a heading and think” Why would HEAD covers be better than the original?” Stupid boy!

 

[Blue in Munich]

Let's throw a few in. I'm typing in the title & artist in case YouTube snaffles the video.

Tina Turner, Proud Mary;

 

[Blue in Munich]

Marvin Gaye, I Heard It Through the Grapevine;