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goobster  ·  3023 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What cover song is better than the original version?

The Lemonheads did a brilliant cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson"

The Cowboy Junkies did a haunting rendition of Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane"

The Dead Kennedys version of Elvis Presley's "Viva Las Vegas" is a total classic, of course:

Motorhead did a complete scorcher of a cover of The Ramones' R.A.M.O.N.E.S.:

Then again, you could just go to The Covers Project which is just a repository for all kinds of covers...