The best covers of all time?

[NMPalace]

tainted love by soft cell and dancing in the moonlight by toploader deserve a mention. Both miles better than the originals

 

[ASCPFC]

Glad All Over featuring the Fab Four.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Crimson & Clover - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts.

 

[eritheagle]

Joe Cocker- with a little help from my friends.

Any of the covers by Vanilla Fudge.

 

[Eaglehamster]

Addicted to Love
Tina Turner

Also All along the Watchtower JH

 

[mr. apollo]

Zappa - Stairway to heaven
Zappa - Murder by Numbers

 

[CrazyBadger]

A good cover should stand up as a decent song in it's own right, not necessarily better than the original as this is subjective.
i.e Metallica's Whiskey in a Jar - (or their version of Budgie's Breadfan) are IMHO better that the original, but many would disagree!

Some of my favourite covers:
Hard to Handle - Black Crowes (Otis Reading)
Heroes - Motorhead (Bowie)
The Man who sold the world - Nirvana (Bowie)
Take on Me - Reel big fish (Aha)
Bad Romance - Halestorm (Lady Gaga)
Dance Monkey - 'Leo' (Tones and I)
Land of Confusion - Disturbed (Genesis)
I Will Survive - Cake (Gloria Gaynor)

 

[Lanzo-Ad]

Nice one Stirling. I've got a US 45 of Mr Postman coupled with Roll Over Beethoven on my jukebox - frequently played.

Adele's version Make Me Feel Your Love is a beautiful interpretation of Dylan's fine love song.

While we're at it, a cover I hate is Whitney Houston screeching I Will Always Love You.

That worst ever cover is undoubtably, Scissor Sisters-Comfortably Numb, they should be hung, drawn and quartered for that insult

 

[Apollofuzz]

Tainted love by soft cell and dancing in the moonlight by toploader deserve a mention. Both miles better than the originals

I love soft cells version but the original is a Northern Soul Classic. Keep the faith.

 

[silvertop]

Too many

All Along the Watchtower undoubtedly the best but...

Halleluiah - Jeff Buckley (Cohen)
Say a Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin (Warwick)
Respect - Aretha Franklin (Redding)
Mr Tambourine Man - The Byrds (Dylan)
Go Now - Moody Blues (Bessie Banks)
Black Steel - Tricky (Public Enemy)
Cant Take My Eyes off You - Andy Williams (4 Seasons)
Silence is Golden - Tremeloes (4 Seasons)
Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Any More - Walker Brothers (4 Seasons)
Working my Way Back to You - Detroit Spinners (4 Seasons)

As you can probably guess, I am rather fond of the one man pop song masterclass that is Bob Goudio (but I am not including Bye Bye Baby!).

 

[silvertop]

That worst ever cover is undoubtably, Scissor Sisters-Comfortably Numb, they should be hung, drawn and quartered for that insult

You need to start another thread on this topic. Shocking covers make a sizeable % of music output.

 

[eritheagle]

Addicted to Love
Tina Turner

Also All along the Watchtower JH

On her best album, Private Dancer, Tina Turner does a few good covers likn Stay Together and Help but she also does a horrible cover of Bowie's 1984.

 

[PalazioVecchio]

i have heard many Covers of songs by Tom Waits. They never even touched the sides of his genius.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Willie Nelson - You Were Always on my Mind
Nilsson - Without You
Rod Stewart - Sailing
Sid Vicious - My Way

 

[Eagleman13]

Shout . . . Lulu(Isley Bros) . . . shout isley brothers - Suchen Videos

WARNING: contains images of bygone years & represents the time which people may be offended by.

 

[Lanzo-Ad]

i have heard many Covers of songs by Tom Waits. They never even touched the sides of his genius.

You are so correct, the best songwriter of any generation, the man is a true genius, for my money "Small Change" is the finest album i have ever heard, each song a masterpiece.

 

[PalazioVecchio]

Sid Vicious - My Way

an utterly talentless fecker. Not in music nor in TV interview. Evidence that the pop industry has often little to do with merit or talent.

John Leydon, however..........now there is a bloke i could listen to talking all day.

 

[kingdowieonthewall]

tainted love by soft cell and dancing in the moonlight by toploader deserve a mention. Both miles better than the originals

look up the story behind ' dancing in the moonlight'
truly awful, cant listen to it since.

 

[silvertop]

Just one more

I Talk to the Wind - Opus III (King Crimson)

 

[BromleyMonkey]

Suzi Quatro’s version of Glad all over is much better than the Dave Clark 5’s….but then I am biased, school boy crush and all that 😍