Alabama 3's (A3 in some places) cover of John Prine's "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness". This is the song before "Woke up this Morning" on the album "Exile on Cold Harbour Lane", and the two together tell a story.
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Probably my favourite album of all time.
Elbow's cover of Peter Gabriel's 'Mercy Street'
MC 900 Ft Jesus' cover of Curtis Mayfield's 'Stare And Stare'
Gypsy Kings' Spanish cover of Frank Sinatra's 'My Way'
Elbow are so good!
Erasure - Take A Chance On Me
That whole "Abba-esque" EP of Abba covers by Erasure is a real treasure. Any of the tracks on there qualify for this thread.
Nobody's said Me and Bobby McGee yet?
I'm not sure Last Kiss by Pearl Jam is actually better than the original but it definitely deserves honorable mention.
Kind of the opposite but "As the World Caves In". Most people know the cover by Sarah Cothran , but I think the original by Matt Maltese is way, way better.
It's a song about two people together at the end of the world, and while Sarah sings it mourning the loss of everything, Matt sings it as a love song. To me that's the much more powerful message, that when everything is burning down, the only thing that's left and all that really matters is being together with the person you love, and the only thing to mourn is that you won't have more time with them.
Zebrahead did a cover of Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne.
It's an amazing music clip too.
"Am I Evil" by Diamond head, covered by Metallica, and done so much cleaner and better that I got into a full-on argument with somebody (pre-google) about it it not being an original Metallica song.
Also, I have nothing but respect for Roberta Flack and think "Killing Me Softly" was a fantastic song when she performed it, the Fugees absolutely crushed that song. Listening to the original shortly after makes it fall a little flat.
In the reverse of this, when I mention "Wagon Wheel" and somebody mentions Darius Rucker I get upset. Oh, you took a solid song with great harmonies and instrumentation, and you swapped it out to be a generic country song? Way to make it "your own" bud.
Pilotredsun "Warsaw" Jazz fusion Cover by poruu.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW9Mk7DXPcI
The original is great, it takes simple Chiptunes and manages to convey a stunning range of emotion and movement.
This cover is fantastic because it takes what's at the core of the original and explores it even more, with varying loudness, instruments, ect.
It feels like the last warm august evening before going back to school.
It sounds like moving to a far away place in the search of opportunities.
It conveys the nostalgia of remembering your childhood friends with happiness, but also realizing that there's a great and unknown road ahead of you.
It gives you the comfort of knowing that every moment will pass, so you should enjoy it while it lasts and be hopeful for the future.
It's change, it's movement, it's nostalgia, it's hope, it's happiness, it's a bitter sweet end and a fresh beginning.
This cover gave me a lot of comfort and peace during difficult moments in my life and I can say with confidence that it far surpassed the original.
Covering Leonard Cohen. This song is one of two (the other being Grace) that got me obsessed with Jeff Buckley back in my early to mid 20's.
It's just beautiful.
My absolute favorite is Hailstorm doing Daft Punks Get Lucky.
I also really like The Interrupters doing Bad Guy.
The Cleverlys have a lot of really good, over the top, bluegrass covers but I think my favorite might be Party Rock Anthem.
I could keep going on this subject for a while. I have a 12+ hour and growing playlist of nothing but covers that I really enjoy.
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"Every time we touch" by Electric Callboy
Joshua Ray Walker "Cuz I love you", his whole cover album really. The way he makes that Cher song into a country 2 step dance song is amazing.
Bob Schneider's cover of Running on Empty is haunting.
It's not so different but God I love the 9 minute November Rain by Connor Christian and the Southern Gothic.
Small town boy by Paradise Lost. https://open.spotify.com/track/0jfNgP8sP2tnOloYDw0HoM?context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A1lvVqodR4aT3R8WemeIgDN
The original is iconic, and there are almost too many covers of it to take it in. But Paradise Lost takes it in a different direction.
Same as Wicked Game by HIM. https://open.spotify.com/track/5XenUjG7cRnTkUe8AVuuMX
For as long as I've known it I've preferred the version of Ghost's Cerice done by Saint Raven, a much less known band out of Utah.
Bare Naked Ladies - Lovers in a Dangerous Time (original by Bruce Cockburn)
Metallica - Turn the Page (original Bob Seger)
Jefferson Airplane- Wooden Ships
Ghost- If You Have Ghosts
Karmastition by Alicia Keys.
Stevie Wonder's original was awesome, but the mash up is just chefs kiss.