Walk on by - Stranglers
Victoria, Ghost in my House, Telephone Thing - The Fall
Feeling good - Muse
Last Christmas - James Dean Bradfield and/or Travis
New Dawn Fades - Moby (although the original is pretty good also)
Infact any cover of anything that any of the Beatles did.
Florence - Halo. NOT!!!!!
With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Another one by The Fall - Lost in Music
sweet child of mine - taken by trees
baby one more time - travis
do you think i'm sexy - revolting cocks
rocketman - me first and the gimme gimmes - william shatner
I was ready to get flamed for the Taken by Trees version of Sweet child of mine. Preparing for the backlash.
In for a penny in for a pound I really like Matt Cardles versions of You got the love and Roberta Flack's First time ever I saw your face; I love the originals too.
Guns and Roses oh noes!
tim41 - Member
Another one by The Fall - Lost in Music
I thought of it but I prefer the original.
Lady gaga, the metal version
my po po po po po po po po poker face 8)
umbrella - mclfy
Johnny Cash - all of the covers off American I-V albums and unearthed.
Anyone/anyband that have covered oasis.
First person to say "under the Bridge" gets a shoeing.
Lady gaga, the metal version
nice!
presuming that you can cover yourself, how's about this? (note that OP only said [i]better[/i] and not [i]good[/i] (though it's a close run thing).)
[personal opinion] hang on, i'm no great fan of the zutons, but their valerie pisses all over mark ronson's [personal opinion]
Cash's version of Hurt. Not taking anything away from reznor/NIN, but this is great
I can't believe nobody has mentioned this:
this is pretty good too:
in fact pretty much any of Bob Dylan's material that has been covered by other people... great songwriter, dreadful singer
The Pet Shop Boys covered "You Were Always On My Mind," which was an improvement on the original, in so far as their cover was merely dreadful rather than actively making my spleen want to crawl out of my mouth and throttle me just to make it stop.
This Mortal Coil [i]Song to the Siren[/i].
Get Up by !!! (chkchkchk) . Can't remember who the original is by, but their versions fab.
Band of Gold by Afghan Whigs
My Way by Sid Vicious 🙂
Kiss Kiss - Holly Valance (perfect pop)
White Stripes - Jolene (and loads of others)
Another vote for Joe Cocker and Jimi Hendrix.
Marianne Faithfull. As Tears Go By.
Rolf Harris's version of Stairway To Heaven...
Rachel
Dammit. I was going to post under the bridge 😉
It's hard to believe that anyone could improve on a Frank Sinatra or Bing Crosby song, but Spooky & Sue did with their funky version of Swinging on a Star.
My mate was playing the proper version of this when driving home from uni with a female student friend, to which she replied I can't believe someone has covered this already, all saints only wrote it a few months ago!
He duly pulled over and made her catch the bus!
step on - happy mondays
I want you to want me - NoFx
Personal Jesus - Johnny Cash
The man who sold the world - Nirvana
Ok, i know the thread was for "improved" but i just like these for an alternative take on things...
The Meads Of Asphodel's alternative version of Wonderful World, complete with reworked lyrics...
Dawn of The Replicants doing Rhinestone Cowboy, pub singalong style.
Dead Kennedy's Viva Las Vegas, class!
Alice Donut covering War Pigs, they replaced Ozzy with a couple of trombones.
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives take on Nick Drake's Fly. Gorgeous.
Bit of Therapy?
Oh no wait...
(runs and hides)
one of my faves!!
kinda666 - Member
My mate was playing the proper version of this when driving home from uni with a female student friend, to which she replied I can't believe someone has covered this already, all saints only wrote it a few months ago!
He duly pulled over and made her catch the bus!
You see, if that's actually true, it's that kind of sad, pretentious music muppet who makes me glad that All Saints did Under the Bridge. It's only music no matter how seriously you try to take [s]yourself[/s] it. 🙄
Dread Zeppelin!
Ah, RonJeremy cheers for the Reel big Fish! They also covered Monkey Man, that one is class!
Bit of Therapy?
There's always room for a bit of Therapy?, good call.
blondie; the tide is high
madness; it must be love
both better than the originals,
allthepies, rolf harris stairway to heaven! better than the original? keep taking the medication love, he should have been shot for that.