Covers better than

[Charles 'Charley' Charles]

Covers better than the original. BT = Better than

Knockin On Heavens Door - Guns n Roses and Eric Clapton (or was it Cream) BT Bob Dylan

All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix BT Bob Dylan

Rock N Roll Music - The Beatles BT Chuck Berry (I think)

Word Up - Gun BT Cameo

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

guns'n'roses live and let die BT wings

 

[Pevenseagull]

Hurt

Cash v NIN - no contest


end of thread

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

A1 - Take on me

 

[Charles 'Charley' Charles]

guns'n'roses live and let die BT wings

Good call, wanted to avoid putting too much GNR on myself and looking obsessive, but will agree with that, and Mama Kin BT Aerosmith

Walk This Way - Run DMC & Aerosmith BT Aerosmith

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

Hurt

Cash v NIN - no contest


end of thread

Disagree .....Contest now reopened

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

Mr Big - wild World Bt Cat stevens

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

i fought the law by the clash

 

[Marc]

Easy - Faith No More
Stand By Me - Pennywise (had to get that one in there! )
Hazy Shade Of Winter - Bodyjar

 

[Charles 'Charley' Charles]

Mr Big - wild World Bt Cat stevens

Oh fantastic call sir, and to that I add
Cats In The Cradle - Ugly Kid Joe BT Cat Stevens

 

[Marc]

Cats In The Cradle - Ugly Kid Joe BT Cat Stevens

blimey never knew that was a cover! (saw them live in 1995 aswell! )

 

[chez]

Mustang Sally - Commitments is better than Wilson Pickett

 

[junior]

DJ Sammy,after the boys of sumer have gone BT whoever did the original.

 

[Cian]

DJ Sammy,after the boys of sumer have gone BT whoever did the original.

Don Henley and good god man! cheesy commercial dance music covers are NEVER better than the original! No matter how bad the original may be...

 

[Charles 'Charley' Charles]

blimey never knew that was a cover! (saw them live in 1995 aswell! )

Me too, they were supporting Bon Jovi at Wembley, UKJ were fantastic

 

[Bluejuice]

Word Up - Gun BT Cameo

Are you some kind of head mental

The Cameo original is Superb whereas that lame drivel GUN came out with should never have been released.


Anyway

People Equals Shit - Richard Cheese BT Slipknot

Getting Better - Gomez BT The Beatles

Wonderwall - Paul Anka infinitely BT Oasis

 

[chez]

Don Henley and good god man! cheesy commercial dance music covers are NEVER better than the original! No matter how bad the original may be...

There are loads that are better, even when the original happens to be a f***ing good song in its own right.

I wanna dance with somebody &
The Logical Song to name just 2.

 

[Cian]

The Logical Song to name just 2.

"Scooter" and "good" don't deserve to be in the same sentance as each other, without "are no f***ing" directly between them. And I've even seen them live...

 

[chez]

"Scooter" and "good" don't deserve to be in the same sentance as each other, without "are no f***ing" directly between them. And I've even seen them live...

Your obviously not a dance music fan. BTW, the Logical song is the only good one that scooter did.

Oh and what about "Mark Oh" and tears dont lie? Much much better than the Johnny Mathis version.

 

[Charles 'Charley' Charles]

Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead BT Prince, could be setting myself up for a big fall, but heard a rumour that Prince wrote the song about giving up smoking