Best Remakes Of All Time


Remakes of the original rarely hit the mark, but here are some of my favorites.

1. The Cure's remake of Jimmi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" - It's so good it maybe better than the original.
2. Power Station's remake of "Bang A Gong" originally performed by T-Rex. Awesome.
3. Marvin Gaye's version of the Miracles "Heard it Through the Grapevine". Marvin's version is way better than the original.
4. Jimi Hendrix's cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower.
5. Love the Doors cover of Howlin' Wolf's "Backdoor Man".
6. Johnny's Cash's 2003 version of Nine Inch Nails "Hurt" was not only courageous, but seriously good.
7. Chicago's remake of "I'm A Man" originally performed by Spencer Dave Group is outstanding.
8. The Allman Brothers remake of "Statesboro Blues" is an upgrad over Blind Willie McTell 1928 version.
9. The Talking Heads 1978 version of Al Green's original release of "Take Me To The River". Do I even need to comment on that one?
10. Love Stevie Ray Vaughn's version of Jimi's "Vodoo Child".

There are a ton more... what are your favorite remakes?
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I love this version of Honky Tonk Women

I know this is a bit off the beaten path but it is darn impressive.

However the Greatest Cover of ALL TIME has to be THIS version of the famous Swedish hit.
Dune does a great job of this Queen classic...very haunting voice. A rare but good one.

Also I like Tom Petty version of Thirteen Days (JJ Cale Song)
Can't say I like that version of the Rolling and a Stones but I think you have raised the room temperatures in many a household just a tad with the Toj Mahole youtube clip.
Nice voice for the Queen song though.
the troggs' wild thing is not a cover, but was penned by jon voight's brother, chip taylor.
Jaybo,

I found this at wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Thing_%28Chip_Taylor_song%29

it may be wrong but it seems it was originally recorded by The Wild Ones.

FWIW: Nobody remembers the original