Remakes of songs that are better than the originals.

[arbusto_baboso]

Tops on my list: Wall of Voodoo's remake of "Ring of Fire". It's stark, weird, unsettling and all-around kick-ass.

[Forkboy]

1. The Residents version of Teddy Bear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CFTFIcvz6o

Also, staying with Elvis tunes, the Dead Kennedys version of Viva Las Vegas kicks ass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HopguzRmq0s

[TZ]

2. Johhny Cash's version of NIN's "Hurt"

Not a huge Cash fan, but that was unbelievably moving.

[arbusto_baboso]

6. I gotta agree with you on that one.

[DarkTirade]

22. 2nded.

[Nicole Lambeth]

43. I was thinking that, and then I saw you list it.

Video was awesome, too.

[mainegreen]

3. FNM's War Pigs.

[flvegan]

10. And Faith No More's "Easy"

[AllenVanAllen]

16. much better than the original!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AuhTr2AAQQ

[Pacifist Patriot]

4. It sure as hell isn't this current version of A-Ha's "Take On Me"

Why? Just why?

[Rambis]

5. Nights in White Satin:Dickies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by28lpEYj4A

[Symarip]

7. The Tide Is High

The Paragons recorded it originally in the 60s in Jamaica. Blondie perfected it the next decade.

[TZ]

9. Huh. I did not know that was a remake...

I LOVE Blondie btw. You actually learned me somthin!:P

[Symarip]

11. Notice

Every girl wants you to be her man
But I'll wait my dear 'til it's my turn

Doesn't really rhyme, does it?

Every man wants you to be his girl
But I'll wait my dear 'til it's my turn

It's forced but it rolls off the tongue better.

[Mr. Ected]

8. I Always Liked CCR's Version of "Midnight Special"

But I'll probably be taken to task for saying that.

[Roon]

12. Werewolves of London

Covered by the Grateful Dead

[flvegan]

13. Rise Against - "Any Way You Want It"

[PeaceNikki]

14. UB40 - Can't Help Falling in Love

They kick Elvi ass.

[AllenVanAllen]

15. Here's a few

Aerosmith-Come Together

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDtoZ8M3Q50

Yeah, I said it!


k d Lang - Crying

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thP3mjXZcg


U2 - Night and Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCdHM3i0DWA

[3.14158675309]

17. For the Christian crowd:

In The Light cover by DC Talk is far superior to the original written by Charlie Peacock

[Maru Kitteh]

40. I really enjoy DC Talk. Good choice.

[Initech]

18. Zappa's cover of "Stairway To Heaven"

[Justyce]

19. Tesla's "Signs". nt

[taterguy]

20. Blondie's Hanging on the Telephone

Suck it music snobs.

Yes the Nerve, or whatever the hell band did the original, had a certain charm.

But Deborah Harry just rocks.

Of course the original is a little more believable.

Who the hell would leave Deborah Harry hanging on the telephone?

[Symarip]

21. +1

Have to agree. They play the original every now and again on The Ramones punk show on Sirius. Anyhow, it's not really that great.

[MISSDem]

23. Whitney Houston's version of I Will Always Love You

is better than Dolly's.

[abq e streeter]

24. Hendrix-All Along the Watchtower...The Beachboys-Cottonfields

and not better , but equally good; just different: Levon Helm-Atlantic City, and Al Wilson-Lodi

[abq e streeter]

25. Ray Charles--Yesterday

[Xipe Totec]

26. Erasure. n/t

[Sky Masterson]

27. I like this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmHVU0BUTF4
Sad songs and Waltzes.. cake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTA5KhkaNUQ
SAD SONGS AND WALTZES (originally by Willie Nelson)
This is a cover by Merle Haggard and I think i like this version better than Willies too

[nomorenomore08]

28. Brothers Johnson - "Strawberry Letter 23"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_esbWUWe2Yw

Who the hell is Shuggie Otis? :P

[abq e streeter]

36. Actually, if that was a serious question...

Shuggie Otis is the son of the legendary R&B bandleader Johnny Otis ( Willie and the Hand Jive, etc)and was considered a teenage guitar prodigy in the late 60's/ early 70's...played bass on Frank Zappa's Peaches En Regalia...

[nomorenomore08]

39. No, it wasn't a serious question. It was facetious, or rhetorical, whichever you prefer...

:)

I know who Shuggie Otis and his father are, I was just saying that The Brothers Johnson (IMHO) obliterated his version of that song with theirs. I'd even go so far as to declare it one of the best songs of the 70's, honest to God.

[abq e streeter]

41. OK ,wasn't sure, but agree about Brothers Johnson -a classic

my old roommate saw them relatively recently in NY ( 2 or 3 years ago maybe; said they were still great) and wore his Brothers Johnson t-shirt to the Springsteen concert we went to in Denver this April. A street vendor saw Gene in that shirt when we were walking around downtown Denver that afternoon, and made a big deal over it, saying he didn't know that anybody but him still was into them, and Gene started raving about what a great show it had been etc...:toast:

[nomorenomore08]

42. Yeah, I'm actually a young 'un myself. I actually first heard that song via "Jackie Brown."

:)

[kentauros]

29. Devo

Satisfaction
Are you Experienced?

[nuxvomica]

30. Elbow's cover of "Independent Woman"

http://www.rathergood.com/independent_woman

Seriously.

[AlCzervik]

31. Mad World covered by Gary Jules.

even the live version is great

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Nq086QB1Q&feature=related

[Steely_Dan]

32. I Completely Agree

Beautiful version of the Tears for Fears tune.

-P

[Zavulon]

33. Aerosmith's remake of "Come Together."

I can guess some of the reactions that will get, but I am a hardcore Beatles hater. Not by choice, I just am. Can't stand 'em. I would guess that any remake of any Beatles song would be preferable to the original (to me, that is), even if the version were country or rap ( :puke: ).

[kwassa]

34. Aretha's version of "Respect"

She owns the song.

Even though the original was written, and recorded by the late and very great Otis Redding.

[abq e streeter]

37. I can't believe no one , including myself, had thought of this one till you did...

Otis at Monterrey: "this girl, she just TOOK this song, but I'm still gonna do it anyway".

[Sebastian Doyle]

35. Van Halen - You Really Got Me

Nothing against the Kinks original, great for the times, but Van Halen improved on it drastically.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2TyVuYL8bM

[abq e streeter]

38. Marvin Gaye-Grapevine, and Aretha again-left Dionne Warwick's original version of

I Say a Little Prayer in the dust

[Nailzberg]

44. Johnny Cash's version of Ring of Fire.

[Nicole Lambeth]

45. suprisingly, Mandy Moore's remake of "Umbrella" by Rhianna

video proof is here

[AllenVanAllen]

46. one more to mention

Down With The Sickness - Richard Cheese

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-aM1HOZgsA