song covers

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I think that we often like a cover version of a song better than the original because we've heard the cover first.  When i think about covers that i like better than the original which i heard after i first heard the original, the only one that comes to mind is Tool's "No Quarter"; i've never been fond of the Led Zeppelin original (although John Paul Jones did a smashing instrumental version when i saw him some years ago), and Tool takes the song a lot farther.

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Covers I like better where I had heard the original first

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Ministry - "Lay Lady Lay"
BiGod 20 - "Like a Prayer"
Petra Haden - "God Only Knows"
Cyndi Lauper - "Unchained Melody"

And for the kids...

Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Trust in Me" (originally sung by Sterling Halloway as Kaa in "The Jungle Book")
Shonen Knife - "Do the Bartman"