Cover versions that are BETTER than the originals?

@Entwistle Hendrix is ok, but he never got as good as Clapton or George Harrison, Jimi was nothing but noise IMHO.

@NativePortlander1970 You are of course allowed to be wrong.

@Mesthartiya I totally agree!

@supersnipe I used to live next door to a guy who collects old vinyl singles and he had several versions of "Unchained Melody" including the Righteous Brothers version, and I think he mentioned Les Baxter and Al Hibbler, plus a guy called Jimmy something (Jimmy Young, I think it was).

@Crazychick Yes it was. He (Jimmy Young) got to No.1 with it in 1955 and it was one of several UK hits for him in the mid-1950s. He went on to be a disc jockey, presenting on the BBC for several decades.

@supersnipe 1955 was before either of my parents were born.

@NativePortlander1970 I wouldn't go mad over Simon and Garfunkel myself, but I can understand other people liking them. I can't say that about Disturbed though.

@Crazychick They ruined it

@NativePortlander1970 From what I've heard of Disturbed they are awful.

@MrBrownstone Ugh! I can't stand Weezer. They were one of the worst bands around in the 90s.

@NativePortlander1970 Weird Al Yankovic? I don't mind him, he's quite funny sometimes. No matter how funny he is he cannot make Weezer listenable.

@kodiac This guy is a prodigy

@Mesthartiya Absolutely! I added the original to show how good he is

@Crazychick Heathen, Dolly wrote it to symbolize her early singing career duet partnership with Porter Wagoner, to her it was her heart and soul to him, Whitney just sang it for a part in a mediocre film, nothing actually heartfelt.

@Crazychick I love Whitney's take to death, but I love Dolly's version too(she also wrote it, which many people don't know). The other thing I don't like is how WH's version helped to popularize, essentially, yelling instead of singing, which many singers post-Whitney seemed to embrace. So did the dumbass public. There's so much more to expressing oneself than bellowing like a stuck pig. We're still dealing with the fallout through Olivia and Chappell, though I like them both and they are excellent with a huge range.

@RockerDad Manfred Mann should be jailed for such a terrible cover of a great Springsteen song.

@Gingerbreadspice Why do I keep seeing people mentioning that one?

@Crazychick Who knows.

@Gingerbreadspice All I know is that it's awful in the extreme.

@GeniUs Not me, no :P I'll listen to Ride like the Wind :)

@RedBaron Clearly :)