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Cover songs which are arguably better than the original.

  1. “The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)”, Judas Priest (original by Fleetwood Mac)
  2. “I Only Have Eyes for You”, The Flamingoes (1959), Original Dick Powell (1934).
  3. “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon”, Urge Overkill, original by Neil Diamond
  4. “Hey Joe”, The Jimi Hendrix Experience’ (original by The Leaves)
  5. “Hurt,” Johnny Cash (original by Nine Inch Nails)
  6. “Misty” by Ray Stevens, original by Johnny Mathis.
  7. Rod Stewart’s “(I Know) I’m Losing You”, originally done by the Temptations
  8. “Dancing With Myself” by Nouvelle Vague, originally by Billy Idol
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Cover songs which are arguably better than the original.

  1. “The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)”, Judas Priest (original by Fleetwood Mac)
  2. “I Only Have Eyes for You”, The Flamingoes (1959), Original Dick Powell (1934).
  3. “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon”, Urge Overkill, original by Neil Diamond
  4. “Hey Joe”, The Jimi Hendrix Experience’ (original by The Leaves)
  5. “Hurt,” Johnny Cash (original by Nine Inch Nails)
  6. “Misty” by Ray Stevens, original by Johnny Mathis.
  7. Rod Stewart’s “(I Know) I’m Losing You”, originally done by the Temptations
  8. “Dancing With Myself” by Nouvelle Vague, originally by Billy Idol
  9. “Piece of My Heart” by Big Brother and the Holding Company (feat. Janis Joplin), originally by Erma Franklin
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Cover songs which are arguably better than the original.

  1. “The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)”, Judas Priest (original by Fleetwood Mac)
  2. “I Only Have Eyes for You”, The Flamingoes (1959), Original Dick Powell (1934).
  3. “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon”, Urge Overkill, original by Neil Diamond
  4. “Hey Joe”, The Jimi Hendrix Experience’ (original by The Leaves)
  5. “Hurt,” Johnny Cash (original by Nine Inch Nails)
  6. “Misty” by Ray Stevens, original by Johnny Mathis.
  7. Rod Stewart’s “(I Know) I’m Losing You”, originally done by the Temptations
  8. “Dancing With Myself” by Nouvelle Vague, originally by Billy Idol
  9. “Piece of My Heart” by Big Brother and the Holding Company (feat. Janis Joplin), originally by Erma Franklin
  10. The Jeff Beck Group’s cover of Elvis’ “All Shook Up”
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Cover songs which are arguably better than the original.

  1. “The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)”, Judas Priest (original by Fleetwood Mac)
  2. “I Only Have Eyes for You”, The Flamingoes (1959), Original Dick Powell (1934).
  3. “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon”, Urge Overkill, original by Neil Diamond
  4. “Hey Joe”, The Jimi Hendrix Experience’ (original by The Leaves)
  5. “Hurt,” Johnny Cash (original by Nine Inch Nails)
  6. “Misty” by Ray Stevens, original by Johnny Mathis.
  7. Rod Stewart’s “(I Know) I’m Losing You”, originally done by the Temptations
  8. “Dancing With Myself” by Nouvelle Vague, originally by Billy Idol
  9. “Piece of My Heart” by Big Brother and the Holding Company (feat. Janis Joplin), originally by Erma Franklin
  10. The Jeff Beck Group’s cover of Elvis’ “All Shook Up”
  11. The Pet Shop Boys’ “Where The Streets Have No Name/Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” (originally by U2/Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons)
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Cover songs which are arguably better than the original.

  1. “The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)”, Judas Priest (original by Fleetwood Mac)
  2. “I Only Have Eyes for You”, The Flamingoes (1959), Original Dick Powell (1934).
  3. “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon”, Urge Overkill, original by Neil Diamond
  4. “Hey Joe”, The Jimi Hendrix Experience’ (original by The Leaves)
  5. “Hurt,” Johnny Cash (original by Nine Inch Nails)
  6. “Misty” by Ray Stevens, original by Johnny Mathis.
  7. Rod Stewart’s “(I Know) I’m Losing You”, originally done by the Temptations
  8. “Dancing With Myself” by Nouvelle Vague, originally by Billy Idol
  9. “Piece of My Heart” by Big Brother and the Holding Company (feat. Janis Joplin), originally by Erma Franklin
  10. The Jeff Beck Group’s cover of Elvis’ “All Shook Up”
  11. The Pet Shop Boys’ “Where The Streets Have No Name/Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” (originally by U2/Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons)
  12. Elvis Presley’s cover of Big Mama Thornton’s “Hound Dog”
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Cover songs which are arguably better than the original.

  1. “The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)”, Judas Priest (original by Fleetwood Mac)
  2. “I Only Have Eyes for You”, The Flamingoes (1959), Original Dick Powell (1934).
  3. “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon”, Urge Overkill, original by Neil Diamond
  4. “Hey Joe”, The Jimi Hendrix Experience’ (original by The Leaves)
  5. “Hurt,” Johnny Cash (original by Nine Inch Nails)
  6. “Misty” by Ray Stevens, original by Johnny Mathis.
  7. Rod Stewart’s “(I Know) I’m Losing You”, originally done by the Temptations
  8. “Dancing With Myself” by Nouvelle Vague, originally by Billy Idol
  9. “Piece of My Heart” by Big Brother and the Holding Company (feat. Janis Joplin), originally by Erma Franklin
  10. The Jeff Beck Group’s cover of Elvis’ “All Shook Up”
  11. The Pet Shop Boys’ “Where The Streets Have No Name/Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” (originally by U2/Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons)
  12. Elvis Presley’s cover of Big Mama Thornton’s “Hound Dog”
  13. “Billie Jean” by Chris Cornell/David Cook, original by Michael Jackson

Flip side: Covers arguably (or unarguably) not as good as the original:

  1. Bette Midler’s new cover of TLC’s Waterfalls
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Covers arguably (or unarguably) not as good as the original:

  1. Bette Midler’s new cover of TLC’s Waterfalls
  2. Limp Bizkit’s cover of The Who’s “Behind Blue Eyes”

Man, I am just going to litter this list with awful nu-metal/bro-rock covers of classic rock tunes. :smiley:

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Covers arguably (or unarguably) not as good as the original:

  1. Bette Midler’s new cover of TLC’s Waterfalls
  2. Limp Bizkit’s cover of The Who’s "Behind Blue Eyes
  3. Barbra Streisand’s “Jingle Bells” (oh God, it’s almost Chtistmas season… I’m bound to hear it again… AAAAAAAAARGHH!!!)
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Covers arguably (or unarguably) not as good as the original:

  1. Bette Midler’s new cover of TLC’s Waterfalls
  2. Barbra Streisand’s “Jingle Bells” (oh God, it’s almost Chtistmas season… I’m bound to hear it again… AAAAAAAAARGHH!!!)
  3. Warrant’s cover of Queen’s “We Will Rock You”

(This topic must be orders of magnitude larger than the previous one…)

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Covers arguably (or unarguably) not as good as the original:

  1. Bette Midler’s new cover of TLC’s Waterfalls
  2. Limp Bizkit’s cover of The Who’s "Behind Blue Eyes
  3. Barbra Streisand’s “Jingle Bells” (oh God, it’s almost Chtistmas season… I’m bound to hear it again… AAAAAAAAARGHH!!!)
  4. Warrant’s cover of Queen’s “We Will Rock You”
  5. Godsmack’s cover of Joe Walsh’s “Rocky Mountain Way”
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Covers arguably (or unarguably) not as good as the original:

  1. Bette Midler’s new cover of TLC’s Waterfalls
  2. Limp Bizkit’s cover of The Who’s "Behind Blue Eyes
  3. Barbra Streisand’s “Jingle Bells” (oh God, it’s almost Chtistmas season… I’m bound to hear it again… AAAAAAAAARGHH!!!)
  4. Warrant’s cover of Queen’s “We Will Rock You”
  5. Godsmack’s cover of Joe Walsh’s “Rocky Mountain Way”
  6. Pat Boone’s cover of Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti”
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Covers arguably (or unarguably) not as good as the original:

  1. Bette Midler’s new cover of TLC’s Waterfalls
  2. Limp Bizkit’s cover of The Who’s "Behind Blue Eyes
  3. Barbra Streisand’s “Jingle Bells” (
  4. Warrant’s cover of Queen’s “We Will Rock You”
  5. Godsmack’s cover of Joe Walsh’s “Rocky Mountain Way”
  6. Pat Boone’s cover of Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti”
  7. “One Toke Over the Line”, coveed on the Lawrence Welk show – a classic
    "Toking" with Lawrence Welk - YouTube
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Covers arguably (or unarguably) not as good as the original:

  1. Bette Midler’s new cover of TLC’s Waterfalls
  2. Limp Bizkit’s cover of The Who’s "Behind Blue Eyes
  3. Barbra Streisand’s “Jingle Bells” (
  4. Warrant’s cover of Queen’s “We Will Rock You”
  5. Godsmack’s cover of Joe Walsh’s “Rocky Mountain Way”
  6. Pat Boone’s cover of Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti”
  7. “One Toke Over the Line”, coveed on the Lawrence Welk show – a classic
  8. Bob Dylan’s cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Boxer”
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Covers arguably (or unarguably) not as good as the original:

  1. Bette Midler’s new cover of TLC’s Waterfalls
  2. Limp Bizkit’s cover of The Who’s "Behind Blue Eyes
  3. Barbra Streisand’s “Jingle Bells” (
  4. Warrant’s cover of Queen’s “We Will Rock You”
  5. Godsmack’s cover of Joe Walsh’s “Rocky Mountain Way”
  6. Pat Boone’s cover of Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti”
  7. “One Toke Over the Line”, coveed on the Lawrence Welk show – a classic
  8. Bob Dylan’s cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Boxer”
  9. William Shatner’s cover of… oh, heck, pick anything, say “Bohemian Rhapsody”
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Not for play, but I happened to see part of a Sons of Anarchy (a show I don’t watch) recently and they had hands down the worst Bohemian Rhapsody cover ever, worse even than Prince Poppycock’s. (I’d link but can’t at the moment.) Anyone else see it?

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Covers arguably (or unarguably) not as good as the original:

  1. Bette Midler’s new cover of TLC’s Waterfalls
  2. Limp Bizkit’s cover of The Who’s "Behind Blue Eyes
  3. Barbra Streisand’s “Jingle Bells” (
  4. Warrant’s cover of Queen’s “We Will Rock You”
  5. Godsmack’s cover of Joe Walsh’s “Rocky Mountain Way”
  6. Pat Boone’s cover of Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti”
  7. “One Toke Over the Line”, coveed on the Lawrence Welk show – a classic
  8. Bob Dylan’s cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Boxer”
  9. William Shatner’s cover of… oh, heck, pick anything, say “Bohemian Rhapsody”
  10. Kenny G’s cover of Louis Armstrong’s “What A Wonderful World” in which he actually recorded himself playing a necromantic duet with the beloved icon
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Covers arguably (or unarguably) not as good as the original:

  1. Bette Midler’s new cover of TLC’s Waterfalls
  2. Limp Bizkit’s cover of The Who’s "Behind Blue Eyes
  3. Barbra Streisand’s “Jingle Bells” (
  4. Warrant’s cover of Queen’s “We Will Rock You”
  5. Godsmack’s cover of Joe Walsh’s “Rocky Mountain Way”
  6. Pat Boone’s cover of Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti”
  7. “One Toke Over the Line”, coveed on the Lawrence Welk show – a classic
  8. Bob Dylan’s cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Boxer”
  9. William Shatner’s cover of… oh, heck, pick anything, say “Bohemian Rhapsody”
  10. Kenny G’s cover of Louis Armstrong’s “What A Wonderful World” in which he actually recorded himself playing a necromantic duet with the beloved icon
  11. The Spice Girls cover of “Christmas Wrapping” (and I could go on and on about Christmas covers that are completely crappy compared to the originals.)
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Covers arguably (or unarguably) not as good as the original:

  1. Bette Midler’s new cover of TLC’s Waterfalls
  2. Limp Bizkit’s cover of The Who’s "Behind Blue Eyes
  3. Barbra Streisand’s “Jingle Bells” (
  4. Warrant’s cover of Queen’s “We Will Rock You”
  5. Godsmack’s cover of Joe Walsh’s “Rocky Mountain Way”
  6. Pat Boone’s cover of Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti”
  7. “One Toke Over the Line”, coveed on the Lawrence Welk show – a classic
  8. Bob Dylan’s cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Boxer”
  9. William Shatner’s cover of… oh, heck, pick anything, say “Bohemian Rhapsody”
  10. Kenny G’s cover of Louis Armstrong’s “What A Wonderful World” in which he actually recorded himself playing a necromantic duet with the beloved icon
  11. The Spice Girls cover of “Christmas Wrapping” (and I could go on and on about Christmas covers that are completely crappy compared to the originals.)
  12. The Beach Boys’ version of “Louie, Louie”
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Covers arguably (or unarguably) not as good as the original:

  1. Bette Midler’s new cover of TLC’s Waterfalls
  2. Limp Bizkit’s cover of The Who’s "Behind Blue Eyes
  3. Barbra Streisand’s “Jingle Bells” (
  4. Warrant’s cover of Queen’s “We Will Rock You”
  5. Godsmack’s cover of Joe Walsh’s “Rocky Mountain Way”
  6. Pat Boone’s cover of Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti”
  7. “One Toke Over the Line”, coveed on the Lawrence Welk show – a classic
  8. Bob Dylan’s cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Boxer”
  9. William Shatner’s cover of… oh, heck, pick anything, say “Bohemian Rhapsody”
  10. Kenny G’s cover of Louis Armstrong’s “What A Wonderful World” in which he actually recorded himself playing a necromantic duet with the beloved icon
  11. The Spice Girls cover of “Christmas Wrapping” (and I could go on and on about Christmas covers that are completely crappy compared to the originals.)
  12. The Beach Boys’ version of “Louie, Louie”
  13. Van Halen’s cover of the Kinks’ “You Really Got Me”

I’ll pass

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Ways you cope with stress (or don’t)

  1. Deep, calming breaths