A lot of great songs or not so great songs have been covered. Some of the covers were really good and some were so-so at best. This is an example of where I think the cover is better than the original. The original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92HjH1GG3ro&feature=related"]YouTube- Donovan - Season of the Witch The cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwxMVV_EdTM&feature=related"]YouTube- Vanilla Fudge - Season Of The Witch Can you think of any? PS - if the video is disabled just triple click and you will get linked to it PAX
Obvious one: LOL I couldn't even find Dylan's version Best I could Find, and the original is not even with electric guitars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nvWLC-CfDk"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nvWLC-CfDk Jimi Hendrix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WbKBKima4Q"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WbKBKima4Q
While I love the original by Jimmy Ruffin, Joan Osborne owns this song now. Having the Funk Brothers as back up is a bonus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vf3ZE7CLg0"]YouTube- Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA0GcXV2njY&feature=PlayList&p=FD1207BAAA70B7D3&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=1"]YouTube- Joan Osborne - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted - [STEREO]
the Original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJTiXoMCppw"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJTiXoMCppw Cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIF4_Sm-rgQ"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIF4_Sm-rgQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPjAL3fYDQI"]YouTube- Ramblin' Jack's first Johnny Cash Show appearance
Original is by Gary Wright and the remake is by Joan Osborne. Lady has a way of making it hers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCc7XJRDD74"]YouTube- Gary Wright - Love Is Alive (Midnight Special, 1976) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtblDp2LesE"]YouTube- Joan Osborne: Love Is Alive
Buckley fan here too Lousy original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlnIeOcRNfc"]YouTube- Country Masters - A satisfied mind - Porter Wagoner covered well by many (Johnny Cash was great) but none as good as Buckley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCU3HXNGaAw"]YouTube- Jeff Buckley- Satisfied Mind
I loved this song when Bruce Hornsby did it but after hearing Pam Tillis do it, I like that cover better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKegBrffx_k&feature=related"]YouTube- Bruce Hornsby - "Mandolin Rain" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh_qIoxnfH4"]YouTube- Pam's Mandolin Rain
Original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56u6g0POvo0"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56u6g0POvo0 Cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-HFbEQ7Y_8"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-HFbEQ7Y_8
Original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbUNVm1k3nU"]YouTube- Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts - Angel of the Morning Cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xGkscrvMjE&feature=related"]YouTube- Juice Newton - Angel of the morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R83s9WIKUYk"]YouTube- 'Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying' BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON (1928) Gospel Blues Guitar Legend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdqy3EjHYeo"]YouTube- I Can't Keep From Crying - Al Kooper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ResgPqrbePc&feature=related"]YouTube- 1990 - Alvin Lee/Ten Years After "I Can't Keep From Crying,Sometimes" Couldn't find the studio version
The original is a Bob Dylan composition. I believe it was recorded acoustically but I couldn't find a copy of it anywhere- so you'll just have to take my word for it. Original Bob Dylan The Mighty Quinn Cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liIQLIx2Onw"]YouTube- Manfred Mann Mighty Quinn I know- most people think that this was the original. PAX
Ohh! a thread right up my alley: Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dxT1JydHLc"]YouTube- Bruce Springsteen - Blinded By the Light https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcWVL4B-4pI&feature=related"]YouTube- Manfred Mann - Blinded by the Light Peace Out, Rev J
Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skUJ-B6oVDQ"]YouTube- Coldplay - 'Fix you' music video I think this version is kind of cheesy Cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gosIuO1HqEg"]YouTube- I will try to fix you This version usually makes me want to cry. I think it is because of the age of the singer changes the meaning of the lyrics alot. Peace Out, Rev J
There's one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuLlwUaEyr0"]YouTube- K.ATE BUSH RUNNING UP THAT HILL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KEEXyRL0qE"]YouTube- Placebo - Running Up That Hill
I couldn't find the Dylan version on Youtube but he often called it the first rap song. In that spirit I think this version though a little odd I think it is appropriate. Not neccessarily better or worse. Just different: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AozRuHYbKs"]YouTube- Red Hot Chili Peppers- Subterranean Homesick Blues Peace Out, Rev J
I heard this song by alot of artists, but I never really knew the original artist until one day I was in a used record store and there it was - by Kris Kristofferson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8ZkkKfg_Rw"]YouTube- the Essential Kris Kristofferson Me and Bobby Mcgee Here's the one that most people are familiar with. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV_QjenbDw"]YouTube- Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee PAX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtFtwX4vCbM"]YouTube- Bury My Body - The Animals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnGL8HtHvUY&feature=fvw"]YouTube- Al Kooper "Bury My Body" As I understood it was originally by Al Kooper.
I love this song no matter who does it: The Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0KcLVIldP4"]YouTube- "The Pusher" Hoyt Axton Cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQvNFS3URLQ"]YouTube- Nina Simone - "The Pusher" Cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XqyGoE2Q4Y"]YouTube- Steppenwolf - The Pusher Cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeC5gPAAXoU"]YouTube- Blind Melon The Pusher Peace Out, Rev J