And don’t get cute and do songs people don’t know are covers like I Will Always Love You or Torn
Cradle Of Filth - Sleepless, cover of Anathema - Sleepless.
I am an enjoyer of Cradle Of Filth, but objectivly, their version has more color.
Every time we touch by Electric Callboy
Black Magic Woman – Santana. Original by Fleetwood Mac.
Touch and Go – Emerson Lake and… POWELL. Cover of an old folk song called: Lovely Joan
Blinded by the LIght – Manfred Mann original by Bruce Springsteen.
Alone – Heart… Can’t remember the original artist off hand.
Faith No More’s cover of War Pigs is so much better than the original Black Sabbath version.
Strange fruit cover done by Tori Amos.
Billie Holiday was the first to record it in 1939.
Strange Fruit" is a song written and composed by Abel Meeropol (under his pseudonym Lewis Allan) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Fruit
Kelly Clarkson covered Taylor Swift’s Better Man in her TV show a couple of years ago and it was an entirely different song. Like she felt it in her bones. She elevated it.
Postal Service turned Such Great Heights from a low-fi, indie-folk coffee shop vibe (originally done by Iron & Wine) into 100% millennial optimism pop.
Hilary & Hayley Duff covered Our Lips Are Sealed and I’m just kidding that one was actually terrible.
Knocking on heaven’s door by GnR
Heavy metal mania by Gamma Ray
The GnR version is a cover. Originally was some by Bob Dylan.
Yes, I specified which cover since it’s certainly been covered by more people.
- Sinead O’Connor’s version of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U”.
- Joe Jackson’s version of Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh, Well”.
- The Ramones version of the Spider-man TV show theme song.
Natalie imbruglia - Torn
Hope I spelled that right
Am I Evil - Metallica, originally by Diamond Head
Somebody that I used to know - Walk Off the Earth, originally by Gotye
Common People - William Shatner and Ben Folds, originally by Pulp.
The first because Metallica was just SO much cleaner, second because I thought the song was trash until I heard it by somebody who didn’t mumble through the whole thing, the third… well the Shatner one isn’t exactly good, but it’s at least entertaining, which is more than can be said for the original.
Maniac by Carpenter Brut
Fly Like an Eagle - Seal
The Interrupters cover of “Bad Guy” and the Hailstorm cover of “Get Lucky” are 2 of my favorites.
Blinded by the Light
Written by Bruce Springsteen, but I think Manfred Mann did it much better.
Type O Negative’s version of “Summer Breeze” https://youtu.be/XNo7ZZryuSQ
