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Well, we may not have parted on the best of terms. I realize certain words were exchanged. Also, certain... bullets. But that's air through the engine. It's past. We're business people.

Mal ,'Serenity'

Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!

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There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.

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JZ - Aug 20, 2010 9:05:53 am PDT #3365 of 6436

See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Hec already mentioned my favorite better-cover-than-the-original, Skee-Lo's "Mister Morton." Others...hmmm...

It pains me to say that anyone is ever better than Louis Prima at anything, but Los Lobos' cover of "I Wan'na Be Like You" from The Jungle Book swings, stomps and rocks like almost nothing else I've ever heard (eta: and that's just the studio version from the original Disney covers album - the live versions are a glorious swing-gone-wild riot). Melissa Etheridge's cover of "Maggie May" is utterly awesome. And, considerably more obscurely, Ferron's cover of "Where Is Maria?" on the Greg Brown cover album Going Driftless isn't quite better than the original, but God, it's fantastic.

Dana - Aug 20, 2010 9:07:42 am PDT #3366 of 6436

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Oh, I thought of one. Richard Shindell's version of "Calling the Moon" is better than Dar Williams'.

Spidra Webster - Aug 20, 2010 9:11:54 am PDT #3367 of 6436

I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

Thanks, David.

Frankenbuddha - Aug 20, 2010 9:22:23 am PDT #3368 of 6436

"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

"Twist and Shout" by the Beatles.

Also? Their version of "Money".

Fred Pete - Aug 20, 2010 9:29:29 am PDT #3369 of 6436

Ann, that's a ferret.

Ike and Tina Turner, "Proud Mary." CCR's version is pretty good on its own merits (and their remake of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is brilliant). But only Tina thought of "We nevah. Evah! Do nuthin'! Nice! and Eeeeeeeasy."

Hayden - Aug 20, 2010 9:34:36 am PDT #3370 of 6436

aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Oh, I prefer Del McCoury's bluegrass cover of "1952 Vincent Black Lightning."

Fightin' words!

Here's a few off the top of my head:

Dinosaur Jr's "Just Like Heaven" is beloved by Robert Smith because it is awesome.
Mike Watt's "Big Train" is better than the Kinman brothers' version.
There's no better version of "The Red And The Black" than fIREHOSE's, and that includes BOC's original and the Minutemen's version.
Any song that Jerry Lee Lewis performs is by definition better than the original.
Any Daniel Johnston song performed by another artist is also better than the original, especially if that artist is Kathy McCarthy or Vic Chesnutt.

Trudy Booth - Aug 20, 2010 9:54:41 am PDT #3371 of 6436

Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Joe Cocker's A Little Help From My Friends is pretty damn wonderful.

OTOH, Witney Houston's Greatest Love of All is a sappy mess compared to George Benson's which it went and drove off my radio...

Jon B. - Aug 20, 2010 10:17:16 am PDT #3372 of 6436

A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Blue Cheer's version of Summertime Blues. Husker Du's version of 8 Miles High may not be better than the original, but it's at least its equal.

Kathy A - Aug 20, 2010 10:18:32 am PDT #3373 of 6436

We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Janis Joplin's "Summertime."

Tom Scola - Aug 20, 2010 10:18:47 am PDT #3374 of 6436

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Whereas Hüsker Dü's version of Love Is All Around is far superior to the original.

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