Cover Songs that you think are better than the original

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I am shocked! He could hardly find gold on Gold Rush, but this guy can sing! I wish him all the best!
 
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I ‘like’ the thread title but not this particular suggestion. I grew up in the 60’s/'70’s, and got Elton John’s version on the radio before I knew anything about pop music. I quite liked it then, but I’d never really heard the song until I heard it on Sgt Peppers. Why bother covering it? You’re on a hiding to nothing. 🙂
 
I have to agree with you there. There are very few covers of Beatles songs that can match the originals, or even come close.
 
I love Elton John, but I’ve always thought his Beatles and Who covers were second rate.
 
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I have to agree with you there. There are very few covers of Beatles songs that can match the originals, or even come close.
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I agree totally. It speaks for what I fine group they were that they couldn’t be bettered in the performance of their own songs, though many have tried.
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I love Elton John, but I’ve always thought his Beatles and Who covers were second rate.
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Yep. The world would be better off without his Pinball Wizard. Although he did a pretty good job in the film, which I guess was the reason of it.
 
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Did you know that John Lennon’s last concert performance was playing several songs with Elton John at an Elton John concert in NYC in 1974? The last song Lennon played in concert—which he was quite amused by because it was a “Paul” song—was “I Saw Her Standing There”.

 
While “Money (That’s What I Want)” by Barrett Strong is a classic R and B hit, the first major hit for the future Motown empire, this version is “killer”. It is from one of the most amazing live records I have ever heard.

 
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