when covers are better than the original.

[chionos]

Great thread.


I'm not a big fan of the Beatles, but this is a great great cover of Hey Jude.

[Forsaken Lover]

Megadeth - Paranoid

It's a speed metal song and Megadeth does speed better than Sabbath.

Pantera - Electric Funeral

Yeah, I just don't like Ozzy's vocals and I really like Phil's. Sue me.

Blondie's "The Tide Is High" is one of their best songs and it's a cover but nobody cares about the original anyway,

[The Man]

This is my favourite cover of "Paranoid":



Manages to be completely different from the original but still recognisably the same song. Also, fun as hell.

Another Sabbath cover that possibly eclipses the original:

[Shoden]

Megadeth - Paranoid

It's a speed metal song and Megadeth does speed better than Sabbath.

IMO Megadeth didn't do too well that song, sorry XD the offkey vocals and the generic guitar tone does no love to it, sounds like a garage jam band first starting out covering it. Raw speed alone doesn't make a song better really.
Plus those tones. ARGH XD

Blind Guardian - Don't Break the Circle

Superb cover of a song from NWOBHM band Demon

Sanctuary - White Rabbit

I love the psychedelic elements of the original but the power, the vocals and the overall sound of this cover just sings to me in a way that outshines even the original!

I'll think of more in a bit.

[Unbreakable Will]

Obadiah Parker - Hey Ya [HD] - YouTube

[krissy]

Straight Outta Compton - Nina Gordon - YouTube