has any cover ever surpassed the original?
>>131687791All along the watchtower is probably the most well known example of this
>>131687791You're not gonna like it, but the pony cover of American Idiot is genuinely a masterpiece of legend.https://princewhateverer.bandcamp.com/album/green-hay-equestrian-idiot
>>131687811>pony cover of American Idiot
>>131687800Yeah, even dylan plays the hendrix version, can't think of any other instance of this
anna by the beatles
Obviously answer: Hurt by Johnny CashObscure answer: Beat it by Fall Out Boy
>>131688395While I wouldn't call it "obscure" it sure af beats THEIR version of...well, you know..
>>131687930Oasis did Ryan Adams' version of Wonderwall
>>131688368preach. my bf (we're gay) literally introduced me to this one a few days ago. all beatles covers are goated
>>131687791https://youtu.be/czHvtExWEgs?si=_Eft2hce4c2cYtRp
Oh, this one, toohttps://youtu.be/CSoKp6dRUH0?si=pNr2XOzknmQbeqmo
>>131687811It's... actually good? The fuck?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClDgxVaWFrY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MDlMdu2gjw
Every Led Zeppelin song
manfred mann's blinded by the light turbomogs springsteen
>>131687791I don’t think it’s “better” but for some reason Smooth Criminal really works as a pop punk anthem.
>>131688793this one popped into my head immediately when i saw the thread
obscure: Cerati's 1996 mtv unplugged Genesis's walks 1971 vox deiVox Dei: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp4mCBQRBNU&list=RDPp4mCBQRBNU&start_radio=1Cerati: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XjAkRkUmW0&list=RD-XjAkRkUmW0&start_radio=1Vox Dei were way beyond their time and they made a masterpiece even with limited tech and strange audio mastering but gustavo even though he was basically argentinian the police he was a great musician and rocked this piece (and the whole unplugged)
ISTANBUL WAS CONSTANTINOPLENOW IT'S ISTANBUL, NOT CONSTANTINOPLEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XlO39kCQ-8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqnb_nU7RBE (the original)
>>131687791I Will Always Love You
Natalia Imbruglia - TornMost people don't even know it's a cover>>131688460Hell no
The Limp Bizkit version of Faith mogs the faggot original
Sonic Youth version of Superstar... sorry karenschizo, dont come after mehttps://youtu.be/Y21VecIIdBI
Slayer's cover of 'Guilty of Being White'
>>131688431>>>/r/ope
Tina Turner - Help
*blocks your path*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkkz1krUkDE
Deftones cover of drive by the cars
Fucking Laibach.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB9lObWclFQ
Jimi Hendrix- Hey JoeElvis Presley- Always on my Mind
>>131687800more popular=/=better
>>131687791The Man Who Sold The World by Midge Ure
>>131690489Also thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7muCRio2nQ
>>131690643Yeah. In this case it's both though.
Devo - SatisfactionGround Zero Plays Standardsevery cover by Jun Togawa except Joe le Taxi and Kinseimost human covers of vocaloid songs
>>131689187Best answer. Almost no one knows or cares about the original.
always liked the original but i think i've decided this cover is betterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO6jW6M6Hzw
>>131688395I like NiN's version better
>>131687791It takes a muscle by M.I.A
https://youtu.be/5uZQFOfMSfY
>>131687791Pretty much any suno cover