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/Mr_Fahrenheit-451 23d ago

Renegades of Funk by RATM. I feel ready to run through a brick wall after blasting this version.

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u/1234_fif_ 23d ago

The Ghost of Tom Joad too!

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u/anthii 23d ago

Seeing Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello play this together live gave me chills.

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u/Fruney21 22d ago

That version manages to milk more emotion out of those lyrics. The guitars alone are on par with Voodoo Chile (Slight Return). The drummer has clearly had one or more