Covers that improve on the originals.

[Guest The Son of Sting]

I can only think of three at the moment.

 

I started a Joke - Faith No More (original artist - The Bee Gee's)

This guys in Love - Faith No More (oa -

[Guest The Amazing Rando]

i like Ozzy's cover of "Stayin Alive"

 

and many by Me First And The Gimme Gimmes...specifically Wild World, Only The Good Die Young, Me & Julio, One Tin Soldier, and Stand By Your Man

[Guest CoreyLazarus416]

Metallica - "Turn The Page" (Originally Bob Seger)

Megadeth - "Anarchy In The UK" (Originally Sex Pistols)

Anti-Government - "I Disappear" (Originally Metallica)

Iced Earth - "Transylvania" (Originally Iron Maiden)

Soul Shed - "Larger Than Life" (Originally Backstreet Boys)

[Guest JohnSkins]

I really like the whole tribute/cover CD in Iced Earth's box set "Dark Genesis". It's got Burnin' for You, Cities on Flame With Rock & Roll, Highway to Hell, It's a Long Way to the Top, Black Sabbath, Creatures of the Night, God of Thunder, The Number of the Beast, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Screaming for Vengeance, and lastly Dead Babies. Great addition in an allready kick ass boxset.

[Guest Shaved Bear]

Metallica - Turn The Page

Metallica - Die, Die, Die my darling

Tori Amos - Raining Blood

[Guest bob_barron]

U2: All Along the Watchtower

Beatles: Twist and Shout

[Guest areacode212]

I like Revolting Cocks' "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy". Sepultura's cover of "Orgasmatron" was OK, too, but I'm split on whether or not it's better than the original

 

Megadeth - "Anarchy In The UK" (Originally Sex Pistols)

Nah, I think the original sounds angrier & snarlier than Megadeth's version. And Dave Mustaine got half the lyrics wrong.

[Guest Cerebus The Aardvark]

The Afghan Whigs--Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe (Barry White)

The Afghan Whigs--Beware (Al Green)

The Afghan Whigs--Creep (TLC)

[Guest redbaron51]

Metallica: Whiskey In the Jar (orginal by Nazareth)

Metallica: Turn the Page (original by Bob Seger)

[Guest CoreyLazarus416]

Metallica: Whiskey In the Jar (orginal by Nazareth)

Actually, it's by Thin Lizzy. Thin Lizzy took an old Irish drinking song and made it a rock song, and Metallica covered it.

[Guest Celtic Jobber]

Nirvana's Cover of "Love Buzz" (Originally by Shocking Blue).

[Guest redbaron51]

i'm pretty sure it was nazareth that sang whiskey in a jar.

[Guest Shaved Bear]

it was thin lizzy

just checked the garage inc booklet

[Guest redbaron51]

then what the hell song did Metallica cover by nazareth then? (if any)

[Guest MrRant]

Mama Kin- GNR (originally by Aerosmith)

Knocking On Heaven's Door- GNR (originally Bob Dylan)

[Guest CoreyLazarus416]

Metallica didn't cover a single Nazareth song I know of. I just looked at the Garage, Inc. pamphlet, and the bands covered the most were Diamond Head and Motörhead. No Nazareth.

[Guest SuperTonyJaymz]

New Found Glory "I Want It That Way"(Backstreet Boys)

[Guest Kinetic]

The most obvious one--at least to me--is Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." Beyond that, it gets a little sketchy. I don't think Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" cover betters the Dylan original, personally.

[Guest El Satanico]

Metallica's version of Turn the Page wasn't that good. The original was alot better.

 

I'm just glad that no one claimed Eric Clapton's cover of "I Shot the Sheriff" was better then the original. I just hope that it stays that way.

[Guest CoreyLazarus416]

Actually, "Turn The Page" is the only Seger song I find to be truly weak. Excellent lyrics, but the music isn't ballsy enough at the right moments. Metallica put some testosterone into it where it needed to be.

[Guest Hogan Made Wrestling]

Jimi Hendrix: All Along the Watchtower

Led Zeppelin: any old blues song they did (You Shook Me, etc.)

Eric Clapton: Little Wing

Fear Factory: Cars

[Guest saturnmark4life]

pretty much all the me first and the gimme gimmes ones

that's all i can think of right now...

[Guest Intimacy Goblin]

Manson's "Tainted Love"

[Guest EricMM]

Oh I hate that cover, but that's probably because I like the original tainted love so...

 

I like New Found Glory's cover of "My Heart Will Go On" so it's de facto better than the original

 

Goldfinger "Just Like Heaven"

 

AND NoFX "Champs Elysee" (Sp perhaps)

[Guest godthedog]

hendrix: 'all along the watchtower'

beatles: 'twist and shout', 'long tall sally'

jeff buckley: 'hallelujah'

 

this mortal coil does an absolutely gorgeous version of 'song to the siren' that blows the original (by tim buckley i believe) out of the water.

[Guest nl5xsk1]

I'll probably get slammed for saying this, but I don't think any of Metallica's covers are better than the original.

 

Everything off of Garage Days (the original EP when Jason first joined the band) pales in comparison to the original version.

 

Turn the Page is a good version of a good song, but I don't think it's necessarily an improvement.

 

The closest I can think of is Am I Evil, but both versions are wicked, so it's tough to say if one improves on the other.

[Guest LooseCannon]

Manson's "Tainted Love"

As far as Manson covers go, I think "Down in the Park" is by far his best one. But I never heard the original, so I couldn't say.

[Guest DrainYou42]

Nirvana's cover's of 'Plataue" "Oh Me' and "Lake of Fire" are much better than the Meat Puppets Originals

[Guest evenflowDDT]

I like Everlast & Rahzel's version of "Children's Story" better than the Slick Rick original (although it's a really close call).

 

I'm also glad I'm not the only one who doesn't like Metallica's "Turn the Page" better. It's a good cover, and the best cover on Garage Inc. in my humble biased opinion, but it's still not as good as Seger's.

 

I'm another Hendrix mark, so "All Along the Watch Tower" and "Drifter's Escape" (although I haven't heard the original).

 

Also, Drezzy, you've GOT to tell me where I can find that "Larger than Life" cover. It's my favorite Backstreet Boys song, and I always thought a rock/metal cover of it would sound particularly awesome. Just looked on KaZaA and I couldn't find it though...

[Guest CoreyLazarus416]

evenflowDDT, methinks you'd have a hard time finding it anywhere, because Soul Shed is a local band from Providence, Rhode Island...