Gord Lightfoots cover of Me and Bobby McGee originally written and sung by Kris Kristofferson, worst cover of this song and any other cover of any song was by Janis Joplin.
Cover songs better than original
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“School Of Rock” covered Rebel Rebel a couple years ago with a female singer. All teenage band done in a recording studio. Google it. Really good.
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Best covers IMO are:
- Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash... Not an exact cover but a build on the original by June's sister... Which is awful IMO
- Patience by Chris Cornell
- Jolene by Miley Cyrus
- All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix
- I Will Always Love you by Whitney Houston
- Proud Mary by Creedence Clearwater Revival
-Always On My Mind by Pet Shop Boys
-Always on my Mind by Sinead O'Connor
- Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash... Not an exact cover but a build on the original by June's sister... Which is awful IMO
- Patience by Chris Cornell
- Jolene by Miley Cyrus
- All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix
- I Will Always Love you by Whitney Houston
- Proud Mary by Creedence Clearwater Revival
-Always On My Mind by Pet Shop Boys
-Always on my Mind by Sinead O'Connor
Not BETTER than the original but an amazing take on this song.
Stick with it... these two guitars get cooking!
Stick with it... these two guitars get cooking!
Manfred Mann’s Blinded by the Light. Now, I’m a big Bruce Springsteen fan but his original is completely unlistenable.
Mann took a piece of shit, made it a hit and the royalty cheques roll over to Springsteen. Not bad for a song that was immediately forgotten when originally recorded.
Hurt by Johnny Cash, that’s a great version, better than Trent’s.
Honorable mention: Toronto’s The Rheostatics would never record it but would play their version of Neil Young’s Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere occasionally at their gigs. Spectacular version, would always bring the house down at the horseshoe tavern. Fuck I miss the 90’s Canadian Indie.
Mann took a piece of shit, made it a hit and the royalty cheques roll over to Springsteen. Not bad for a song that was immediately forgotten when originally recorded.
Hurt by Johnny Cash, that’s a great version, better than Trent’s.
Honorable mention: Toronto’s The Rheostatics would never record it but would play their version of Neil Young’s Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere occasionally at their gigs. Spectacular version, would always bring the house down at the horseshoe tavern. Fuck I miss the 90’s Canadian Indie.
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