Songs where the cover is WORSE than the original.

[romafan]

Originally Posted by Bona Drag

[music snob] Bold call - Sweetheart and Younger Than Yesterday are hard to deny...

Also, "Whiskey in the Jar" is an old traditional song, Thin Lizzy just did (arguably) the most notable cover of it.

And +1 on Bowie and Jagger's "Dancing in the Streets". God, what an atrocitiy... [/music snob]

Dubliners/Pogues

 

[Bona Drag]

Just meant most well-known...at least I thought it was...

 

[California Dreamer]

Originally Posted by Bona Drag

[music snob] Bold call - Sweetheart and Younger Than Yesterday are hard to deny...

Also, "Whiskey in the Jar" is an old traditional song, Thin Lizzy just did (arguably) the most notable cover of it.

And +1 on Bowie and Jagger's "Dancing in the Streets". God, what an atrocitiy... [/music snob]
Yeah, I know. I'm from Irish stock. It's just simpler sometimes to refer to the best-known versions.

 

[Mister Majestik]

Although I wouldn't say that "Cocaine" by Eric Clapton is bad, I would say that J.J. Cale's version is much better!

The same holds true for "I Shot The Sheriff".

Also, the many hideous rock versions of old blues tunes. Like "Gallows Pole" by Led Zeppelin originated by Leadbelly.

 

[Bona Drag]

Originally Posted by Mister Majestik

Also, the many hideous rock versions of old blues tunes. Like "Gallows Pole" by Led Zeppelin originated by Leadbelly.

Hey, I like the Zep one! I like the Nirvana one too, fwiw. All together now: not better, but...

 

[Mister Majestik]

Originally Posted by Bona Drag

Hey, I like the Zep one! I like the Nirvana one too, fwiw. All together now: not better, but...
There's also the historical feel to it. If Leadbelly commited a crime back then, he may of had to of faced the gallows pole.

 

[Bona Drag]

^ Agreed; I'm definitely not saying they're better, and I usually recoil when people mess with old blues stuff, but in the hands of the masters it can work. Kurt's "Where Did You Sleep" is gut-wrenching.