Covers that are better than the originals... or just covers

[Night Prowler]

Pretty good!

 

[DJ James]

Blind Guardian - Don´t Break The Circle

This is Demon I assume? I'll have to hear it. I love their Trial By Fire cover (Satan)

 

[MindRuler]

This is Demon I assume? I'll have to hear it. I love their Trial By Fire cover (Satan)

Indeed a Demon song.

 

[DJ James]

Listened to it. Wasn't the biggest fan but I am also a pretty big Demon fan. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

To contribute to this thread I'll say that Judy Garland's Zing Went the Strings rendition is the definitive version of that song. Lemmy's pre-Motörhead band The Rockin Vicars also has a GREAT cover of it too.

 

[Night Prowler]

Chelsea Wolfe ftw. Great cover.

 

[Night Prowler]

Pretty, pretty good.

 

[LooseCannon]

Why are there Power Rangers and Austin Powerses?

 

[Night Prowler]

Halloween performance.

 

[Black Abyss Babe]

I bet Lars and co are worried now:

 

[Night Prowler]

Nipples.

 

[Black Abyss Babe]

Nipples.

Sorry, did you want a censored version?

 

[Night Prowler]

Lol no. I just said the first thing that came to my mind after watching that video.

 

[Kill Devil Hill]

Jeff Buckley's covers are usually better than the original:

Hallelujah
Lilac Wine (debatable)
We All Fall In Love Sometimes
A Satisfied Mind
I Shall Be Released
Just Like a Woman (debatable, but I think he gets it by just a smidge)

Chinese Democracy-era Guns N' Roses did an absolutely impeccable version of "Sailing."

I think these have all already been mentioned, but:

Spoiler

Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus
Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down
Fiona Apple - Pure Imagination
Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee
Chris Cornell - Billie Jean
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Chelsea Hotel #2
Aerosmith - Love Me Two Times
Disturbed - The Sound of Silence
Dio/Yngwie Malmsteen - Dream On
Amy Winehouse - Valerie
Rage Against the Machine - Maggie's Farm
Guns N' Roses - Jumpin' Jack Flash
Rainbow - Mistreated
Pantera - Planet Caravan
The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun
Judas Priest - Diamonds and Rust
Judas Priest - The Green Manalishi
Gary Jules - Mad World


I don't think it's better per se, but I do think Yngwie's cover of Gates of Babylon is pretty fucking close.

Bonus: John Farnham's Gethsemane > Ian Gillan's

 

[srfc]

Chinese Democracy-era Guns N' Roses did an absolutely impeccable version of "Sailing."

I prefer Millwall's cover

 

[Kill Devil Hill]

I prefer Millwall's cover

I didn’t realize there were still people butthurt about Chinese Democracy 5 years after the reunion. Shame. You’re missing out on really good music.

 

[srfc]

I didn’t realize there were still people butthurt about Chinese Democracy 5 years after the reunion. Shame. You’re missing out on really good music.

I think you've taken me up wrong, I even like Chinese Democracy.

The Millwall clip was meant to be humorous, if you listen to the chant the tune is the melody from Sailing.

 

[Kill Devil Hill]

I think you've taken me up wrong, I even like Chinese Democracy.

The Millwall clip was meant to be humorous, if you listen to the chant the tune is the melody from Sailing.

I watched the first like 20 seconds and thought you were trolling.

 

[chaosapiant]

Haven't read all of this thread, but Helloween's cover of Space Oddity is really good. And Mastodon does tremendous versions of Just Got Paid, Orion, and Stairway to Heaven.

 

[Night Prowler]

Cover brings nothing new but a different vocal style... Would love to see more Megadeth covers with screaming vocals.

 

[Diesel 11]

That was actually really cool, the vocals fit in very well.