Covers that improve on the original (music)
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(Female edition)
Dar Williams and Ani DiFranco: "Comfortably Numb." 10,000 Maniacs: "Because the Night" Rihanna: "Darling Nikki" Pink: "What's Up?" Heart: "Stairway to Heaven." |
Anonymous
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Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares to U
Siouxise and the Banshees - Dear Prudence |
Anonymous
| I clicked on this thread to say Natalie Merchant's version of Because the Night. The version that is usually played on the radio, anyway- something about the way her voice breaks when she sings "take me now." She really sounds in the moment. |
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Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane |
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Dolly Parton - Stairway to Heaven
Bettye LaVette - Love Reign |
Anonymous
As long as we're talking about Prince songs, the version of "Manic Monday" by the Bangles is another good one. |
Anonymous
| I love Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt. |
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Tori Amos -- Pictures of You.
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Anonymous
| Club Nouveau, "Lean On Me." |
Anonymous
| Two from Guns & Roses - Knocking on Heaven's Door (Dylan) but especially Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney's execrable post-Beatles band Wings. HUGE delta between the original and the cover there. |
Anonymous
| Bruce Springsteen's "Trapped" (originally Jimmy Cliff) |
Anonymous
| Mary J Blige - One |
Anonymous
+1! |
Anonymous
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+1 to Guns n Roses cover of Live and Let Die
Nirvana - Man Who Sold The World Those are the two that always come into mind as covers being so much better than originals. Who was the original singer to Because The Night? I had no idea that was a cover. |
Anonymous
| Cake - I Will Survive is awesome but so is the original |