re: Cover Songs That Are Better Than The Original

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Whitney's I will always love you blows the original out of the water.

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This is wrong on so many levels.

ETA: And it is sacrilege to say that Van Halen's (the ultimate middle class American white boy band) cover of one of the Kinks' best early songs, You Really Got Me, can even hold a candle to it. That idiot's (Roth) preening and screeching is enough to disqualify it. And the ridiculous guitar masturbation(I recognize that Eddie is very talented, btw) caps off something truly awful.

Likewise, it is beyond sacrilege and bordering on permanent condemnation to the deepest depths of hell, to say that VH's version of "Pretty Woman" is in the same universe as Roy Orbison.

Some of my personal favs. Many of which I prefer to the originals, but not all necessarily better than the original..

Johnny Cash-Hurt
David Bowie-China Girl
Jimi Hendrix-All Along The Watchtower
Eric Clapton-Cocaine
Jeff Buckley-Hallelujah
The Replacements-Another Girl, Another Planet
Rufus Wainwright-Across The Universe
Guns N Roses- Live And Let Die
The Clash-I Fought The Law
The Honeydrippers- Sea Of Love
Sinead O'Connor-Nothing Compares To You
Jeff Healey Band- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Metalica-Whiskey In The Jar
Rod Stewart-Downtown Train
Stereophonics-Best Of You
Josh Rouse-Straight To Hell
Willie Nelson-Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Sting-Someone To Watch Over Me
Lucero-Kiss The Bottle
Dream Academy- Please, Please Let Me Get I Want
Soft Cell-Tainted Love
Van Halen-You Really Got Me
The Kingsmen-Louie Louie
Nazareth-Love Hurts
Gary Jules-Mad World
Trampled By Turtles-Where Is My Mind
Joe Strummer-Redemption Song
Naked Eyes-Always Something There To Remind Me
Big Head Todd-Tangerine
Sting and also Concrete Blonde's 'Little Wing'
Barbra Streisand-Somewhere
Barbra Streisand- Ave Maria
Josh Groban-Cinema Paradiso

Radiohead - Ceremony (Joy Division)

Goin' Down Slow - Duane Allman

I don't think anyone should attempt to cover that song again. Duane fricking kills it.