# Covers better than the original **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 20, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781 "2014-12-20T23:58:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781/21 "2014-12-21T13:28:43Z")
The cover of “Gimme a Stone” that is on the album _Largo_ (various artists) is better by far than the original by Little Feat. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781/22 "2014-12-21T13:29:19Z")
Stone Temple Pilots cover of Led Zeps Dancing Days. They changed the tempo a little bit I think… made the song perfect. [http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=stp+dancing+days](http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=stp+dancing+days) ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781/23 "2014-12-21T13:31:55Z")
[Stairway to Heaven covered by Rodrigo Y Gabriella](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNc5o9TU0t0) [Here, There and Everywhere covered by Emmy Lou Harris](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hMrRspL8oc) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781/24 "2014-12-21T13:34:02Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Stone Temple Pilots cover of Led Zeps Dancing Days. > > They changed the tempo a little bit I think… made the song perfect. > > [Slot Gacor Ninja Hoki - Bonus New Member 100](http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=stp+dancing+days) Yeah, love their acoustic version. Talent in that band. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781/25 "2014-12-21T14:37:21Z")
Mmm, quite a few Led Zeppelin songs. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781/26 "2014-12-21T15:21:44Z")
Eva Cassidy’s version of “Time After Time.” ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781/27 "2014-12-21T15:41:24Z")
Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme’s version of _**[Black Hole Sun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNgCX5jgahM)**_. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781/28 "2014-12-21T15:50:52Z")
Andrew Liles: [Que Sera Sera](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmh2lfrWoN8) Coil: [Tainted Love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo3TUtRnZi4) The Residents: [This is a Man’s World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV9CbKFmiKY) ---
**Author:** ![alted315](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@alted315](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alted315)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781/29 "2014-12-21T17:42:21Z")
the beatnix cover of stairway to heaven ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781/30 "2014-12-21T18:12:59Z")
Satisfaction by Devo is one of my favorites. Nothing like the original, but oddly funky. Got To Get You Into My Life by Earth Wind & Fire. Tough to find covers of Beatles songs that are better than the original, but I love this one. Also a contender is Aerosmith’s version of Come Together, but maybe the original edges it out. Aerosmith certainly pack the sleaze onto it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781/31 "2014-12-21T18:27:00Z")
_Anything_ by Manfred Mann that Springsteen or Dylan wrote. And a second vote for Hurt. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781/32 "2014-12-21T20:07:17Z")
> [@Hermione](#): > > I vastly prefer the Beatles’ “Twist and Shout” to the Isley Brothers’. Amen. Also: Bobby Womack’s “It’s All Over Now” was redefined by Sir Michael and band. In fact, it remains one of my two favorite Stones tracks. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781/33 "2014-12-21T20:22:10Z")
[The Isley Brothers version of “Summer Breeze.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IkBBTOhfCQ) [Camper Van Beethoven’s “Pictures of Matchstick Men”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAkcSd5l9Qg) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781/34 "2014-12-21T20:26:45Z")
Harry Nilsson’s cover of “Without You” (by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger). ---
**Author:** ![yawuntz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781/35 "2014-12-21T20:30:43Z")
[Riders on the Storm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jZhivKY62s) ---
**Author:** ![Wings\_Over\_Your\_Wits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/278dde/32.png) [@Wings\_Over\_Your\_Wits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wings_Over_Your_Wits)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781/36 "2014-12-21T21:13:14Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Clearly the correct answer is _All Along the Watchtower_ by JH The way Dylan and The Band play it on \*Before The Flood \*seems to support this. A lot of people will say the Johnny Cash version of “Ring of Fire,” but great as it is I give the edge to the original for Anita Carter’s sublime voice. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781/37 "2014-12-21T22:10:17Z")
Mr. Tambourine Man by William Shatner? 🙂 On a serious note , many songs by Eva Cassidy. People Get Ready is one of her best. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781/38 "2014-12-21T22:11:04Z")
Turning back the clock a bit… [_**Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There is a Season)**_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ga_M5Zdn4): I like The Byrds’ version better than all earlier ones. [_ **Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts** _](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AQJZys0cvI): I think Joan Baez brings more of a depth to the song that Dylan did. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781/39 "2014-12-21T22:32:12Z")
Sting’s “Little Wing” totally kills Jimi’s. I like Bett Midler’s “In My Life” better than the Beatles original. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-better-than-the-original/707781/40 "2014-12-21T23:16:00Z")
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