Cracked.com - America's Only Humor & Video Site Since 1958. 5 Cover Songs That Stole the Show from the Originals. Let's play a game, where all of the rules are subjective and everybody hates each other by the time it's over.
No, not Monopoly: I'm talking about the Stolen Cover Songs Game. The point is to think of a cover song that just completely stole the show from the original artist, not necessarily because of its quality, or arrangement, or performance, but because the cover has an intangible something that more fully embodies what the song should have been. Donnie Darko - Mad World. Mad World - Gary Jules. DAVID BOWIE_____THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD. Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World.
Try a little Tenderness. Otis Redding 1967 - Try a little tenderness. Skyrim.