I thought it might be fun to start a thread of good song remakes that are as good as or better than the original. I'll start:

Jimi Hendrix All Along The Watch Tower
Nirvana The Man Who Sold The World
Nirvana Lake Of Fire
Dynamite Hack Boys In The Hood
Godhead Eleanor Rigby
Disturbed Land Of Confusion

 

Just thought of another...not better than the orig. but def. good:

Johnny Cash Hurt

 

Dimmu Borgir - Burn in Hell (orig. - Twisted Sister)
Hardbase techno - Zombie (orig. - Madonna?)

 

Pierce the Veil - Beat It (original - Michael Jackson)

its actually really cool
you can listen to it here:
YouTube - Pierce the Veil- Beat It (Michael Jackson cover)

 

Just thought of this one..
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal!!

 

The Chauffeur by Duran Duran, Remade awesome by Deftones.

 

oh wow, i remember this song!
and the music video!
it was awesome

 

More great remakes:
Marylin Manson Sweet Dreams Are Made of This & Tainted Love!!

 

Some remakes I like:

I Feel Free - Belinda Carlisle (orig by Cream)
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Reba McEntire (orig by Vicki Lawrence)
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Nikki French (orig by Bonnie Tyler)
Slow Hand - Conway Twitty (orig by The Pointer Sisters)
Self Control - Laura Branigan (orig by Raf)

 

Tori Amos Smells Like Teen spirit

 

That last post was the "post of the beast"

: rotfl:

 

Social Distortion - Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)

 

Bullet for my Valentine - No Easy way out (From Rocky Movie)
Saosin - Time after Time (cyndi lauper)
Alkaline Trio - Metro (Berlin)
Atreyu - You Give Love A Bad Name (Bon Jovi)
Thrice - Send Me An Angel (Real Life)
Snoop Dog - Lodi Dodi (slick Rick)
AFI - Just Like Heaven (The Cure)

those are a few off the top of my head

 

haha sorry,
when i was repping you, i accidentaly pressed enter...
i was going to say "atreyu's and saosin's are really good"

 

killswitch engage-holy diver

thrice-elanor rigby

redman & keith murray-rappers delight

every metalica cover that apocalyptica has done.

 

Imagine by A Perfect Circle (orig. by John Lennon)
Landslide by Smashing Pumpkins (orig. by Fleetwood Mac)
Nutshell by Staind (orig. by Alice In Chains, heard live in concert).

 

String Quartet's tribute to Aenima!

 

Sir Mix-a-lot & Metalchurch Ironman (not better than the orig. but interesting)

 

wish you were here- limp bizcut (pink floyd orig)
the four horsemen- iron horse ( iron maiden orig)
hello walls- reverend horton heat (willie nelson)
folsom prison- rev horton heat ( johnny cash)
mr heatmiser- big bad voodoo daddy ( ? christmas tv show)

 

I thank you ZZtop
I Wanna Be Sedated offspring
Live & Let Die G&R
Love song 311