song covers

[rone]

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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[vampyrecat.livejournal.com]

Here are some cover songs I like better than the original:
Devo's cover of "Satisfaction"
The Gourds' cover of "Gin and Juice"
Fountains of Wayne's cover of "Hit Me Baby One More Time"

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Richard Thompson's cover of "Oops, I Did It Again" was... interesting.