When live versions trump the originals

[Sapper]

Here are 2 off the top of my head:

[Jangler]

[Brandon]

Cheap Trick- I Want You to Want Me

The studio version is straight garbage but the version they recorded live in Budokan is amazing, and it has great production quality for a live piece as well.

[Carolina Husker]

[boo7382]

By far better live. Great song either way, but I would give anything to have been able to see it live.

[Darth Biscuit]

I like this live version of 'Junkhead' better than the album version...

[neverlosethefeeling]

The live version of Garth's "Friends in Low Places," that has that 3rd verse.

[Murph]

[j2sgam]

The studio CDs do zero justice for Clutch live..Ive only seen these guys about 37 times.. Most of the time I feel like its the best $20 Ive spent all year...

[C47]

(Not a Dave Matthews fan at all but when I was 16 I went with one of my friends to one of their concerts and their version of All Along the Watchtower just blew me away. Maybe it was all the pot in the air but I never quit listening to it. Not sure it belongs in this category as the original isn't theres but oh well)

[Captroop]

Sleeper Pick: Red Sparowes. After I heard them live, I went and bought the CD. I don't want to say I was dissappointed, but it's was a marked difference. Really, they're just a damn good live band, and since those are few and far between these days, I had to give them a shoutout.

[davos]

The studio CDs do zero justice for Clutch live..Ive only seen these guys about 37 times.. Most of the time I feel like its the best $20 Ive spent all year...

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[charlotte49er]

Any Clapton song! Live, he rarely does the song the same way that was done in the studio. Even live, he doesn't do them the same from time to time.

My favorite Clapton song:

Derrick & The Dominos version

[TheSaint]