I like Johnny Cash more than NIN, but NIN did “Hurt” better.
I like Sublime more than The Descendents, but The Descendents did “Hope” better.
I like Queen more than Dwight Yoakum, but Dwight Yoakum did “Crazy Little thing called Love” better.
I like CCR better than Tina Turner, but Tina did Proud Mary better.
I like Pink Floyd better than Bryan Adams, but Bryan Adams did “Empty Spaces/What Do We Do Now?/Young Lust” better (in the Berlin Wall concert.)
I like Eric Clapton more than Guns N’ Roses, but Guns N’ Roses did “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” better (although Bob Dylan’s original version is better still).
I like the Beatles more than Joe Cocker, but Joe Cocker did “With a Little Help from My Friends” better.
I like Talk Talk more than No Doubt, but No Doubt did “It’s My Life” better.
I like Judy Collins slightly better than Sandy Denny, but Collins’ cover of Who Knows Where the time Goes off of her Live at Wolf Trap album is unworthy of either the singer or the song due to its insipidness and complete lack of any aural spark. Granted, it might sound too much like the original to just give it your all a la Whitney Houston, but you have to on that song! Someone tell me her original cover is better.
I like Placido Domingo more, but Pavarotti does “Nessun dorma” better.
I like Paul McCartney better than Axl Rose, but Axl Rose did a better cover of “Live and Let Die.”
I like Jeff Beck better than Stevie Wonder, but Stevie did a better version of “Superstitious” - which he had originally written for Jeff Beck.
I like Led Zeppelin’s music better than most of Jeff Beck’s, but Beck’s version of You Shook Me is better than Zep’s version - and both came out within months of each other on albums that introduced a newer, heavier rock style (Truth and LZ I). And JB is a much better guitarist than Jimmy Page (Page is amazing, but Beck is ridiculous) - but that’s another thread…
I like The Police better than Grace Jones, but Grace did a better version of “Demolition Man” - which Sting had originally written for Grace.
(I got the concept wrong but you get the jist.)
I like Jonny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” but I like Social Distortion’s version’s better.
I like Richard Berry’s “Louie Louie” but I like Motorhead’s version better.
I like The Who’s “Substitute” but I like The Sex Pistols version better.
I like King Crimson better than Les Claypool, but Les did a better “Thela Hun Ginjeet”
Nice choice - I love Social D’s version, too - we’re just starting to cover it in my band…
I like Aerosmith better than Mark Chesnutt, but I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing works so much better as a country song.