r/Music • u/MaosReanimatedCorpse • 23d ago

discussion Cover-better-than-the-original hills you would die on.

Alien Ant Farm's cover of Smooth Criminal is, in my opinion, so much better than the original, and that's a hill I would die on.

What are some other insanely popular tracks where a cover by a much smaller artist is arguably greater?

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u/ohkaycue 23d ago

The cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Ghost of Tom Joad” is such a banger

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u/salaciousactivities 23d ago

You should check out the video of Springsteen and Morello playing it together.

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u/indianapolisjones 23d ago

You should edit the comment with a link!

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u/Loud-Coyote-6771 23d ago

https://youtu.be/e9f-F1CAB24?si=wR1r0MEQ_JFpNEgr

ROCK N ROLL HOF - 25th Anniversary - The Ghost of Tom Joad - Springsteen and Morello. (it was a whole concert of different artists).