Cover Song Better Than Original?

The Green Manalishi (with the 2 prong crown) by Priest is better.

Big Rich wrote:

The Green Manalishi (with the 2 prong crown) by Priest is better.

Second vote for that one so far

Third vote for Green Manalishi.  For the longest time I had no idea that was even a cover

I thought of two more:

Manfred Mann's covers of "Blinded By The Light" and "For You" are much better than the Springsteen originals IMO.

James B. wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

 
Since you said elsewhere that you don't do Youtube, here ya go James:

Thanks for doing that. Glad ya dig the tune!
The original has a vocal melody that at least stays in the neighborhood of the melody in the music. This cover seems odd in that aspect. Even before the uptempo stuff comes in during the beginning acoustic part.

Had no "catchy- ness" to me
Still appreciate you embedding it for me

To me, it has a young “gamer” feel. It seems like it would be on a soundtrack for the World of Warcraft.

tohostudios wrote:

Third vote for Green Manalishi.  For the longest time I had no idea that was even a cover

I had no idea Diamonds and Rust was a cover either. Think I was in my late twenties when I found out, been a JP fan since my early teens lol

Wrecked Neck wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

Third vote for Green Manalishi.  For the longest time I had no idea that was even a cover

I had no idea Diamonds and Rust was a cover either. Think I was in my late twenties when I found out, been a JP fan since my early teens lol

It may as well be a Priest composition. They certainly made it their own!

Troublezone wrote:

Wrecked Neck wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

Third vote for Green Manalishi.  For the longest time I had no idea that was even a cover

I had no idea Diamonds and Rust was a cover either. Think I was in my late twenties when I found out, been a JP fan since my early teens lol

It may as well be a Priest composition. They certainly made it their own!

Yes they did. It sort of sucks, because it's one of my favorite Priest songs, and it's not even their song.

tohostudios wrote:

James B. wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

Sonata Arctica's version of "Still Loving You" is waaaaay better than Scorpions' original.

Never heard that before, gonna have to check it out. Thanks 

 
Since you said elsewhere that you don't do Youtube, here ya go James:

Well, that's... different, for sure. Not bad,.

"Little Suzi" by Tesla

That's a cover?

tohostudios wrote:

That's a cover?

Yeppers, PhD did it first

James B. wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

That's a cover?

Yeppers, PhD did it first

I didn’t know that.

James B. wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

That's a cover?

Yeppers, PhD did it first

I didn't know that either..

OMG, the original is terrible!  Wow, the Tesla boys really had to be able to see the "diamond in the rough" to decide to cover that.

The original is horrible. Especially the vocals! That guy is not a singer.

I like Kill For Thrills version of Pump It Up better than the Elvis Costello original.

James B. wrote:

"Little Suzi" by Tesla

Ronnie Montrose wrote that song right?

Is that on Dynamite From Nightmareland?  I have that but I don't remember an Elvis Costello cover.

I like Alien Ant Farm's Smooth Criminal.

nevermore wrote:

I like Kill For Thrills version of Pump It Up better than the Elvis Costello original.

Exodus' version is pretty cool as well.

Tad Morose's take on Power Of The Night:

WASP's version of I Don't Need No Doctor is killer.
Judas Priest doing Better By You, Better Than Me.
Black Sabbath's Evil Woman.
Judas Priest The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)

That's just a few I can think of.

I dig "Since You've Been Gone" by Rainbow better than Russ Ballard's original

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