Covers you like better than the original.

[Kane Knight]

I was listening to Pete Mulvey's "Oliver's Army" and thought how much more I liked his version over Elvis Costello's. I thought there was a thread on this, but the only one close I found in a search was covers that are different from the original, which isn't quite the same thing.

List 'em, and the original artist.

Here's the ones off the top of my head:

Peter Mulvey--Oliver's Army (Elvis Costello)
Jimi Hendrix--All Along the Watchtower (Dylan)
Moxy Fruvous--I've Gotta Get A Message to You (Bee Gees)
Stone Coyotes--Paranoid (Black Sabbath)
Manson--Sweet Dreams (Eurhythmics)
Buffalo Tom--Going Underground (The Jam)

Most songs, I think it's hard to outdo the original. Some acts either make the song better (Jimi) or make a song I wouldn't normally like listenable (Moxy Fruvous). And almost any Sabbath Cover could make the list, because Ozzy's vocals make my eardrums sad.