Cover songs that are better than the original.
- “Hurt,” Johnny Cash
- “You’re No Good,” Van Halen
- “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?” Al Green
- “All Along the Watchtower” - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- “Young Man Blues”, The Who
- “The Star Spangled Banner,” Jimi Hendrix
- “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” Vanilla Fudge
- “Piece of My Heart,” Janis Joplin/Big Brother & the Holding Co.
- “Tainted Love,” Soft Cell
Leaffan
65369
Cover songs that are better than the original.
- “Hurt,” Johnny Cash
- “You’re No Good,” Van Halen
- “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?” Al Green
- “All Along the Watchtower” - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- “Young Man Blues”, The Who
- “The Star Spangled Banner,” Jimi Hendrix
- “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” Vanilla Fudge
- “Piece of My Heart,” Janis Joplin/Big Brother & the Holding Co.
- “Tainted Love,” Soft Cell
- “Twist and Shout,” The Beatles
Cover songs that are better than the original.
- “Hurt,” Johnny Cash
- “You’re No Good,” Van Halen
- “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?” Al Green
- “All Along the Watchtower” - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- “Young Man Blues”, The Who
- “The Star Spangled Banner,” Jimi Hendrix
- “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” Vanilla Fudge
- “Piece of My Heart,” Janis Joplin/Big Brother & the Holding Co.
- “Tainted Love,” Soft Cell
- “Twist and Shout,” The Beatles
- “Blue Bayou”, Linda Ronstadt
Cover songs that are better than the original.
- “Hurt,” Johnny Cash
- “You’re No Good,” Van Halen
- “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?” Al Green
- “All Along the Watchtower” - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- “Young Man Blues”, The Who
- “The Star Spangled Banner,” Jimi Hendrix
- “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” Vanilla Fudge
- “Piece of My Heart,” Janis Joplin/Big Brother & the Holding Co.
- “Tainted Love,” Soft Cell
- “Twist and Shout,” The Beatles
- “Blue Bayou”, Linda Ronstadt
- “Sound of Silence,” Disturbed
(I’d call that one a tie, actually)
gkster
65373
Cover songs that are better than the original.
- “Hurt,” Johnny Cash
- “You’re No Good,” Van Halen
- “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?” Al Green
- “All Along the Watchtower” - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- “Young Man Blues”, The Who
- “The Star Spangled Banner,” Jimi Hendrix
- “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” Vanilla Fudge
- “Piece of My Heart,” Janis Joplin/Big Brother & the Holding Co.
- “Tainted Love,” Soft Cell
- “Twist and Shout,” The Beatles
- “Blue Bayou”, Linda Ronstadt
- “Sound of Silence,” Disturbed
- “Police and Thieves”, The Clash
New
Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc
- Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc
- Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
- Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
Public domain.
Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc
- Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
- Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
- A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc
- Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
- Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
- A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
- Robin Hood
Leaffan
65377
Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc
- Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
- Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
- A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
- Robin Hood
- Bonnie and Clyde
Not fictional, but certainly legendary.
Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc
- Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
- Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
- A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
- Robin Hood
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Bilbo Baggins, “The Hobbit”
Covfefe
65379
Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc
- Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
- Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
- A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
- Robin Hood
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Bilbo Baggins, “The Hobbit”
- The Artful Dodger, from Oliver Twist
Bayaker
65380
Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc
- Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
- Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
- A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
- Robin Hood
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Bilbo Baggins, “The Hobbit”
- The Artful Dodger, from Oliver Twist
- Alberich, in Das Rheingold
Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc
- Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
- Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
- A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
- Robin Hood
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Bilbo Baggins, “The Hobbit”
- The Artful Dodger, from Oliver Twist
- Alberich, in Das Rheingold
- Dortmunder, from many of Donald Westlake’s caper books
Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc
- Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
- Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
- A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
- Robin Hood
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Bilbo Baggins, “The Hobbit”
- The Artful Dodger, from Oliver Twist
- Alberich, in Das Rheingold
- Dortmunder, from many of Donald Westlake’s caper books
- Loki (stealer of fire), Norse mythology
Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc
- Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
- Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
- A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
- Robin Hood
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Bilbo Baggins, “The Hobbit”
- The Artful Dodger, from Oliver Twist
- Alberich, in Das Rheingold
- Dortmunder, from many of Donald Westlake’s caper books
- Loki (stealer of fire), Norse mythology
- The Phantom,* The Pinks Panther* (1963)
Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc
- Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
- Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
- A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
- Robin Hood
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Bilbo Baggins, “The Hobbit”
- The Artful Dodger, from Oliver Twist
- Alberich, in Das Rheingold
- Dortmunder, from many of Donald Westlake’s caper books
- Loki (stealer of fire), Norse mythology
- The Phantom, The Pinks Panther (1963)
- Jessie James
Another “legendary” outlaw.
- Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
- Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
- A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
- Robin Hood
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Bilbo Baggins, “The Hobbit”
- The Artful Dodger, from Oliver Twist
- Alberich, in Das Rheingold
- Dortmunder, from many of Donald Westlake’s caper books
- Loki (stealer of fire), Norse mythology
- The Phantom, The Pinks Panther (1963)
- Jessie James
13.Andrew Vachss’s Burke and his partners in crime
Next up: Famous fictional killers
- Andrew Vachss’s Max, the silent killer