2007-12-29 10:08:46 · 11 answers · asked by amanda 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Other - Music
American Woman - Lenny Kravitz (Guess Who)
Because the Night - 10,000 Maniacs (Patti Smith)
Hazy Shade Of Winter - Bangles (Simon & Garfunkel)
Heart Shaped Box - Evanescence (Nirvana)
Hurt - Johny Cash (NIN)
If You Don't Know Me By Now - Simply Red (Harold Melvin & Blue Notes)
La Bamba - Los Lobos (Ritchie Valens)
Landslide - Dixie Chicks (Fleetwood Mac)
Nothing Compares to U - Sinead O'Connor (Prince)
Sea of Love - The Honeydrippers (Phil Phillips)
Smokin' In The Boys Room - Motley Crue (Brownsville Station)
Sweet Dreams - Marilyn Manson (Eurythmics)
The First Cut Is The Deepest - Sheryl Crow (Cat Stevens)
2007-12-29 10:27:54 · answer #1 · answered by Pink B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Fray did all sorts of covers and I think some of them are in fact better than the original for example:
The Great Beyond (orignally by R.E.M.)
Hips Don't Lie (Orignally by Shakira...yes The Fray did do this song!)
Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (I don't know who this is orignally by but The Fray did an amazing cover)
2007-12-29 10:20:39 · answer #2 · answered by music is love. 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think James Taylor's cover of "How Sweet It Is" is better than Marvin Gaye's. I don't know if you consider that an oldie or not, though.
2007-12-29 10:16:35 · answer #3 · answered by First Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better than the original?
Arctic Monkeys - Love Machine (originally by Girls aloud)
Jimi Hendrix - All along the watchtower ( Bob Dylan )
The Doors - Backdoor man (some german)
There are more, but they are very rare!
2007-12-29 10:27:07 · answer #4 · answered by jim morrisson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nena sung 99 red ballons but i love the goldfinger version! check it out.(not really an oldie, made in the 80s)
2007-12-29 10:16:56 · answer #5 · answered by milty12345 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the Commitments did several, and Robert Plant's "Sea of Love" was a definite improvement.
2007-12-29 10:12:05 · answer #6 · answered by Brent Y 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Rock. I know a couple of zep covers. One being from God Smack, "good times, bad times" and "No Quarter" from Tool. But might not be old enough for what your looking for.
2007-12-29 10:12:48 · answer #7 · answered by MikeyintheOC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everlasting love by U2
2007-12-29 10:11:37 · answer #8 · answered by mintman123 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Pinball Wizard" by the WHO. Elton John did it better.
Bob Dylan wrote (and I believe sang) "All along the Watchtower" Jimi Hendrix perfected it.
2007-12-29 10:13:29 · answer #9 · answered by necroofchaos 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She got it, the disco version was far better than the 60's version
2007-12-29 10:13:12 · answer #10 · answered by Michael S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋