what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original?


The first ones to come to mind are Whitney’s version of I Will Always Love You and Allen Stone’s Georgia On My Mind but I would love to hear other contributions as well! I feel like there are a lot of songs where a covered version gets more popular than the original and people end up not realizing that it is a cover (ex. i had a friend that genuinely believed the Jonas Brothers wrote Year 3000). so, what‘a a song that was written by one artist but (figuratively) owned by another?

kazana

"Let’s all take a moment to appreciate the insane musicianship, not in the least the amazing vocals…

Eric Carmen lifted Rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto. Some may remember the song All by Myself.

Also Never gunna fall in love again.  That was Rach's symphony No 2.

Different genres, so no comparison.

1. I Am the Walrus - Boingo 2. Wild Horses - The Sundays 3. Wish You Were Here - Rob Dickinson 4. You Can Love Her - Angelfish

I see Joe Cocker mentioned and I think of A Little Help from my Friends.  Better than the Beatles?  Possibly.

@bondmanp - a Rob Dickinson fan - yes!! You were aware that he is the cousin of Bruce? 

@zydeco1 thanks for turning me on to this young talent. It seems she specializes in sounding like other singers. Does she do her own thing yet???

[ to peterf6 ]... Yes, Angelina Jordan has written a few songs (see 3 links below)... FYI... she is only 16 years old now -- and is signed with Republic Records and is in their A&R development program (same label as Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, John Legend, Drake, Florence & The Machine, etc.)... so big things likely to come.  

Here is her latest live performance at a music festival in Norway this month:

 

 

 

 

The first ones to come to mind are Whitney’s version of I Will Always Love You and Allen Stone’s Georgia On My Mind but I would love to hear other contributions as well! I feel like there are a lot of songs where a covered version gets more popular than the original and people end up not realizing that it is a cover (ex. i had a friend that genuinely believed the Jonas Brothers wrote Year 3000). so, what‘a a song that was written by one artist but (figuratively) owned by another?

 

I got this,...

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All Along the Watchtower by Tom Landa & the Paperboys. Beats the snot out of all the other versions I've heard.

I heard Ben Harper's live Beatle's cover of " Across the Universe" the other day and thought it was well done. What do you think?