Cover versions

[mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com]

Query for Poptimists!

Sometimes - quite often, in fact, I think - cover versions are miles better than the original. I put forth PSB's 'Where the Streets Have No Name'. I like this MUCH better than the U2 version!

Which cover versions do you think surpass the original flavour?

Comments

[oddnumbereven.livejournal.com]

Do we count Marc & Gene covering Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart? Because, as awesome as the original is, that just knocks my socks off. And i wasn't even wearing socks.

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

Yes, very much so. That's one of his best covers ever, although 'The Days Of Pearly Spencer' is also amazing. His version of 'Strangers In The Night'? Not so much.