what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original?

My dad, a true Baby Boomer, always said "If there are multiple great covers of a song, it proves it's a great song."

My take....

Hendrix version of "All Along The Watchtower."

Jeff Beck Group "Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You" (also a Dylan song)

Chris Cornell’s cover of "Nothing Compares To You"

Led Zeppelin's "In my Time of Dying"  was at least a match for Blind Willie Johnson's version.   And much better than the Dylan version.

Just thought of another one--again, kind of HERESY as NILSON is amazing, but HEART's version of "WITHOUT YOU" on their great, but not well-known (contract-fulfillment) album MAGAZINE is amazing.

Listening on Maggies will blow you away, especially with ARC tube gear driving them.

Cheers!

@bubba_buoy Yep, and Jeff Healey's version of Dylan's WHEN THE NIGHT COMES FALLING is pretty amazing as well.  So was Jeff, RIP.

Cheers!

And speaking of Jeff...pretty good stuff here...two major players...and he did WATCHTOWER as well...