Hell yeah, great cover and great group (S. Battors was cool frontman)

The Ramones-Do you wanna dance?

The Dictators-California sun

Bauhaus-Ziggy Stardust & Telegram Sam

The Damned-Help & Eloise

..i doubt it....

Kiss: Then she kissed me ...better than Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals

Cake - I Will Survive
Fuel - Daniel
Aerosmith - Come Together
Kid Rock and... the guy from Nickleback - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting

Limp Bizkit - Faith
Van Halen - Pretty Woman
Marylin Manson - Sweet Dreams & Put a Spell On You
Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah
Ramones - Needles and Pins
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
Almost the entire Take a Bite Out of Rhyme album.

I don't know, there are so many more but I'm stopping here.

Ramones - Needles & Pins?? Who's the original?

I must add = Andrés Calamaro - I will Survive

why?

That would be the Searchers, from 1963.

Hmm... I do not know... there's some kind of record of it?
:confused:

I must add= Pet Shop Boys - Always in my mind

why?

I'm not exactly sure what you're asking... do you mean: do I have proof of this? I mean, I don't have the Searchers record myself, but here's a link to the Wiki about the song.

BUT... Do you actually listen to that "Searches" song? How could the Ramones cover be consired better or worst than the original when the only thing we have about "Searches" is a *link*?

why?

I've heard the original Needles and Pins and other covers actually. I prefer the Ramones version the best.

I just don't care...IMO:

Offspring - I wanna be Sedated

Offspring did an amazing version of I Wanna Be Sedated... actually a lot of the covers while *I* wouldn't say they were better were great on the Ramones tribute cd. One of the best tribute CDs I've heard along with Humanary Stew: A Tribute to Alice Cooper.

!BWAH!:mad:

I dunno about better, but I think the Natalie Merchant version of "Because the Night" is pretty much equal to the Patti Smith version

Coal Chamber w/Ozzy - Shock the Monkey
Rotting Christ - Lucifer Over London
Six Feet Under - In League With Satan
Ratt - Walk the Dog

I also agree with Johnny Cash's Hurt.


Oh, Cannibal Corpse - Zero the Hero! :)

Dunno if anyone's said this, but I'd say the best cover ever was:

- 'Scarlet Begonias' by Sublime.

Kicks the shit out of the Grateful Dead version, and I like the Grateful Dead.

Another good one is:

- 'Dead Bodies' by Nekromantix

It was cool to see a Rancid song remade, and it was certainly well done. And, again, I love Rancid, but this version only improved the song.

Better might be pushing it, but I love Atreyu's version of You Give Love A Bad Name.

Despare- Totally agreed on Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting. I really like the original, but I love that version.

off the top of my head....

Joy Divison - sister Ray - Velvet Underground
Swans - Love will tear us apart - Joy Divison
Melvins - Ballad of Dwight - Alice Cooper
Blood Axis - We Walk In Line - Joy Division
Sonic Youth - Superstar - The Cqarpenters
Shadows of Knight - G L O R I A - Van Morrison

Fantastic cover, but I gotta say that I prefer Bob Dylan's version.

While these may not be better than the originals, they are some of my favorites:
Ziggy Stardust(Bowie)- Bauhaus
Rusty Nails(Soundgarden)- Johnny Cash
Wish You Were Here(Pink Floyd)- Human Drama
Last Caress(Misfits)- Metallica
Stone Is Very Very Cold(?)- Spell/Boyd Rice
Wild Horses(Rolling Stones)- The Sundays
Can't Find My Way Home(?)- Swans
Don't Fear The Reaper(Blue Oyster Cult)- Unto Ashes

*EDIT* Rusty Nails??? What was I thinking? Rusty Cage of course.

Cosmic Gate - Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Elvis - That's All Right Momma (just as good as Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup)
Replacements - Black Diamond