Topic: Best Cover Versions (Read 72442 times)

lord_modred · « **Reply #200 on:** 21 Mar 2005, 20:39 »

metallica- Whiskey in the jar

best cover song EVAR

close seconds...

guns n' roses- sympathy for the devil

megadeth- paranoid

ev0lve · « **Reply #201 on:** 21 Mar 2005, 20:46 »

Quote

Sleater KInney-More Than a Feeling (I forget.)

BOSTON

IHeartShinyObjects · « **Reply #202 on:** 21 Mar 2005, 20:54 »

more than a feling is an awesome song. and so is simple man by lynnard skinnard, re-made by shinedown.

Johnny C · « **Reply #203 on:** 21 Mar 2005, 21:13 »

"Our Lips Are Sealed" by the Duffs.

WAY better than the Go-Gos.

nothing i have said here is true

atari · « **Reply #204 on:** 21 Mar 2005, 21:31 »

Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Jerry Lee Lewis)
Roxy Music - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob Dylan)
Duran Duran - White Lines (I forget)
Muse - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths)
Britney Spears - My Prerogative (Bobby Brown) (You shut up, I like it.)
The Doors - Light My Fire (José Feliciano) (Yes. This is a cover. Why is this news to so many people??)
Beck - Diamond Dogs (David Bowie)
David Bowie - Waterloo Sunset (The Kinks)
Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane (The Velvet Underground) (Most of the lyrics are different, but they sound similar, I think it's a cover.)
Jamie Cullum - Old Devil Moon (Frank Sinatra)
Jamie Cullum - I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter)
White Stripes - Jolene (Dolly Parton)
Eddie Vedder - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (The Beatles)
Rufus Wainright - Across The Universe (The Beatles)
Billy Idol - L.A. Woman (The Doors)
The Dead Kennedys - Viva Las Vegas (Elvis Presley)
Everclear - Santa Baby (Honestly. That they did it in the first place is good enough for me)
Cat Power - Wonderwall (Oasis)
Rufus Wainright - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) (Jeff Buckley, Leonard, eat your hearts out.)

I like covers.

call it glitter · « **Reply #205 on:** 22 Mar 2005, 04:06 »

I particularly liked A Perfect Circle's cover of 'When the Levee Breaks'

It's a shame that the rest of that album is absolutely awful.

californaya · « **Reply #206 on:** 22 Mar 2005, 09:57 »

^I disagree.

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #207 on:** 22 Mar 2005, 12:38 »

Quote from: muffy

Weird, I was just listening to that. It's mint...

I wish I still had the tape that I had this on. That and "How I Made my Millions" are about my favorite Yorke related songs. At the moment.

Fast Eddy and The Screamers cover of "Stand by Your Man" is awesome.

Brando · « **Reply #208 on:** 23 Mar 2005, 01:34 »

Even though most of them have already been mentioned my favorite covers have to be

Devo - Head Like A Hole (the AFI version's pretty good, too)
Atreyu - You Give Love A Bad Name
311 - D'yer Mak'er
Guenter Schulz & En Esch - Terrible Lie

There's probably more that I'm not thinking of, but it's 4:30 in the morning, and I'm tired.

tigerlily · « **Reply #209 on:** 23 Mar 2005, 01:36 »

Sarah Slean - Climbing Up The Walls [Radiohead]

muffy · « **Reply #210 on:** 23 Mar 2005, 13:37 »

Gelatin - if I work out how to send songs over the internets, I can send that one in your direction!

And back on track, Tori Amos' Enjoy the Silence is rather lovely, listening to it right now...

Apathy · « **Reply #211 on:** 23 Mar 2005, 15:59 »

Mentioned it on NC (sig) but the latest cover I heard was Nutshell (Alice in Chains) by Adema. Pretty good.

HMS Odell · « **Reply #212 on:** 24 Mar 2005, 19:05 »

flaming lips - war pigs (they played it on austin city limits)
also pearl jam covered some bob dylan song on live at benaroyal hall and i can't remember what the name of it was. pretty good though.

there are better covers that i'm sure i enjoy but i can't think of them right now.

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #213 on:** 25 Mar 2005, 16:20 »

Quote from: muffy

Gelatin - if I work out how to send songs over the internets, I can send that one in your direction!

And back on track, Tori Amos' Enjoy the Silence is rather lovely, listening to it right now...

I'd appreciate it 'cept this is my work computer.

I just remembered Deftones have done a good share of covers I've liked.

Also I remember hearing a cover of We've Got the Beat by the Go-Gos that was by (I think) Chainsaw Kitten that was pretty good. Or I remember liking it.

And I don't know if it's been mentioned but I like the cover that Shonen Knife did of Daydream Believer.

neomang5 · « **Reply #214 on:** 25 Mar 2005, 18:44 »

covers rock! \m/ -_- \m/

Atreyu - You give love a bad name (so many mentions)
Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons (yes, i like it, screw you)
Korn - The wall (so so dirty, and yet good)
Rammstein - Stripped (a weird song made weirder by a german dude)
Frank Sinatra - Mrs. Robinson (how do you NOT like sinatra? I mean Cmon!)
Green Day - I fought the law (green day + excellent song = w00t!)

the originals still kick ass though!

Jooooosh · « **Reply #215 on:** 25 Mar 2005, 18:46 »

Quote from: neomang5

covers rock! \m/ -_- \m/
Korn - The wall (so so dirty, and yet good)
the originals still kick ass though!

now you made me hate you

neomang5 · « **Reply #216 on:** 25 Mar 2005, 18:51 »

oh hush, its nowhere near as good as the original, but its just so dirty sounding that its good
i dont like other korn, its just kewl, so there

Inlander · « **Reply #217 on:** 26 Mar 2005, 08:37 »

This doesn't qualify as the best cover version, but it's unquestionably the most bizarre.

A couple of years ago when I was in Finland I was on a train, and a young skinhead got on. I mean a full-on neo-Nazi: he had the swastikas, the S.S. logos, the lot. And he was listening to music on his portable C.D. player, really loudly and sung in English so that it was possible for me to hear and understand every word. It was really, really nasty stuff, all about the concentration camps and the final solution and everything - the kind of music you wish just didn't exist.

. . . And then, out of nowhere, the band on the C.D. he's listening to breaks into a cover of "Dancing Queen" by ABBA. Seriously. I think it was probably some kind of Aryan supremacy thing, covering a song by a Swedish band.

(By the way, unfortunately every country on earth has people like this - don't let it put you off going to Finland, it's an amazing country and the people are, generally speaking, just lovely.)

maxusy3k · « **Reply #218 on:** 26 Mar 2005, 08:41 »

Dunno if these have been mentioned, but...

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Nothing Compares To You
Marilyn Manson - I Put A Spell On You
Muse - Feeling Good
And anything by Richard Cheese, but especially his version of Radiohead's Creep.

Two_Tone · « **Reply #219 on:** 26 Mar 2005, 13:17 »

Tom Waits-Heigh Ho (The Marching Song)
The sven dwarves turned into wailing industrial drums and Tom Waits sipping brandy on his way home from the mine.

Wred · « **Reply #220 on:** 26 Mar 2005, 14:38 »

Thought I would toss some that I like out there

A Perfect Circle - Ashes to Ashes (Bowie) [They actually played it live when I saw them in Lewiston Maine in 2001]
Deftones - Say It Ain't So (Weezer... duh)
Velvet Revolver - Money (Floyd)
Jason Mraz - Summer Breeze (Seals and Croft)
Type O Negative - Summer Breeze (Seals and Croft)
Alanis Morriesette - Fake Plastic Trees (Radiohead)
The Ataris - Boys of Summer (Don Henley)
DJ Sammy - Heaven (some dude...)
Paul McCartney - Live and Let Die (Guns N Roses) [He lit up the Super Bowl with it]
The Presidents of the United States of America - Kick Out the Jams (Blue Oyster Cult)
Boysetsfire - Rocket Man (Elton John)
Nadasurf - Where Is My Mind? (The Pixies)
Radiohead - Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon)
Gary Jules - Mad World (Tears For Fears)
Mushroomhead - Crazy (Seal)
The Wallflowers - Heroes (Bowie)
Ozma - Korobeiniki (Better known as the Tetris Theme, Its a Russian Folk Song)
Gob - Paint It Black (The Rolling Stones) [Was great in Stir of Echoes]
Godhead - Eleanor Rigby (Beatles)
Grandaddy - Revolution (Beatles)
Howie Day - Help (Beatles)
John Mayer - Message In a Bottle (Sting, or maybe the Police, don't remember)
Kenny Wayne Shepard - Voodoo Child (Hendrix)
Metallica - Turn the Page (Bob Seger)
Limp Bizkit - Faith (George Michael) [Hey, they suck in general, this I happen to like]
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson)
Lunasect - How To Disappear Completely (Radiohead)
Shinedown - Simple Man
Manson - Sweet Dreams (The Eurythmics)
Orgy - You Spin Me Right Round (...erm...brain cramp)
Pantera - Cat Scratch Fever (Ted Nugent)
Pelican City - The Fool (Neutral Milk Hotel)
Primus - NIB (Sabbath) [Is it still a cover if the original singer sings your version?]
Primus - Have a Cigar (Floyd)
This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren (Tim Buckley)
Robert Plant - Song to the Siren (Tim Buckley)
HIM - Wicked Game (Chris Isaac)
Rob Zombie - Blitzkreig Bop (Ramones)

wow... I like ALOT more covers than I thought.

ev0lve · « **Reply #221 on:** 26 Mar 2005, 14:46 »

Orgy - You Spin Me Right Round (...erm...brain cramp)

DEAD OR ALIVE

Wred · « **Reply #222 on:** 26 Mar 2005, 14:47 »

D'OH!!!

Thank you for the kickstart

Inlander · « **Reply #223 on:** 26 Mar 2005, 16:03 »

Quote from: Wred

Paul McCartney - Live and Let Die (Guns N Roses) [He lit up the Super Bowl with it]

Wred, I assume you're not a James Bond fan. "Live and Let Die" was the theme-song to the film of the same name, originally performed by Paul McCartney & Wings, making the G. 'n' R. version the cover. (The fact that they'd cover a Wings song would sink them even lower in my estimation, were such a thing possible.)

Wred · « **Reply #224 on:** 26 Mar 2005, 16:14 »

I actually am a James bond fan, but was told by a formerly reliable source that GNR was the original. Said source has now been axed out of my embarassment

Live and Let Die is the ONLY Bond film I haven't seen

Edit: Also, you're right about the whole GNR covering Paul thing, not something I would have thought likely

emopants · « **Reply #225 on:** 26 Mar 2005, 16:39 »

During halftime, I made sure to ask my fellow superbowlers "why is sir paul covering GNR?" Just for the look of horror on their faces.

GG Crono 4 · « **Reply #226 on:** 26 Mar 2005, 18:53 »

Sonata Arctica's version of I Want Out and Luca Turilli's version of I'm Alive are probobly the best covers I know. The originals are both by Helloween, and if you ask me, they're quite inferior to the covers.

mosfet · « **Reply #227 on:** 26 Mar 2005, 20:41 »

My favorites are:
Orbital - Doctor Who
Devo - NIN's "Head Like a hole"
Nine Inch Nails - Joy Division's "Dead Souls"
Ministry - Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay"

Other good ones: (Off Darkest Hour CD)
Rosetta Stone - Helter Skelter
Electric Hellfire CLub - Calling Dr. Luv
Mephisto Waltz - White Rabbit

But I just found (off of IndieFeed.com PodCast, then buying the CD):
Blood for Blood doing a metal version of Del Shannon's "Runaway"
This last one ranks near the best cover I've heard in a while.

hooligan · « **Reply #228 on:** 28 Mar 2005, 05:54 »

"boys don't cry"- Sheer Terror (the cure)
"Borstal Breakout" - Sick Of It All (Sham 69)

The Clash covering...
"Wrong Em Boyo" - The Rulers
"Police and Thieves" - Junior Murvin
"Pressure Drop" - Toots

OK, I like the Clash, sorry.

"Monkey Man" - Specials (Toots)

Oh, and this one will get me mercilessly flamed, but...
"Sweet Home Alabama" - Skrewdriver (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Inlander · « **Reply #229 on:** 28 Mar 2005, 14:59 »

Quote from: hooligan

OK, I like the Clash, sorry.

NEVER apologise for liking the Clash!

Also, their cover of "Brand New Cadillac" on London Calling was awesome as well.

mosfet · « **Reply #230 on:** 28 Mar 2005, 15:23 »

I really can't believe I left one out!

Marilyn Manson's cover of Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus!

Littleian · « **Reply #231 on:** 01 Apr 2005, 17:00 »

I think that Megadeth's cover of Anarchy In The UK is awesome. Mostly because they do not use all of the original lyrics.

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #232 on:** 02 Apr 2005, 02:30 »

Green Jello's cover of Anarchy in the UK, changed to Anarchy in Bedrock (the Flintstones Bedrock!)

Also Cashs cover of Personal Jesus. And the Deftones various covers are ace. I may have said that already.

Johnny C · « **Reply #233 on:** 02 Apr 2005, 10:33 »

Quote from: mosfet

Ministry - Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay"
Blood for Blood doing a metal version of Del Shannon's "Runaway"

keyoung · « **Reply #234 on:** 04 Apr 2005, 17:51 »

I attempted to read this whole thread but I must admit - I started skimming after page two so forgive me if this has already been mentioned ad nauseam.
The Breeders cover of Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Beatles) is absofreakinlutely AMAZING. Definitely on par with the original (and I LOVE the original).

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #235 on:** 04 Apr 2005, 18:07 »

Quote from: hooligan

Oh, and this one will get me mercilessly flamed, but...
"Sweet Home Alabama" - Skrewdriver (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Was that before or after they went Nazi? I'm guessing after, since I read that was when they went more rock. I've heard people sticking up for the musical merits of the first line-up before, but never the later records.

muffy · « **Reply #236 on:** 04 Apr 2005, 19:34 »

I've just heard The Cribs covering The Kaiser Chiefs...
Their version sounds identical.
Which is a waste of a perfectly good cover to me.

steve-king · « **Reply #237 on:** 05 Apr 2005, 10:44 »

Quote from: neomang5

Green Day - I fought the law (green day + excellent song = w00t!)

OK - I'm old + ignorant so humour me - where do I get a copy of that? It must be great. Oysterband did a good version years ago as well.

Other covers I like:

REM - Wall of Death (Richard Thompson)
Oysterband - Road To Nowhere (Talking Heads)
and if I'm allowed, The Home Service - Sorrow/Babylon (partly traditional)

amok · « **Reply #238 on:** 05 Apr 2005, 11:28 »

Swans' "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (the one with Jarboe singing) is pretty good. And Zero Cipher's rendition of "Gay Bar" by E6.

hooligan · « **Reply #239 on:** 06 Apr 2005, 09:19 »

Quote from: a pack of wolves

Quote from: hooligan
Oh, and this one will get me mercilessly flamed, but...
"Sweet Home Alabama" - Skrewdriver (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Was that before or after they went Nazi? I'm guessing after, since I read that was when they went more rock. I've heard people sticking up for the musical merits of the first line-up before, but never the later records.

They were always racist. Unfortunately, they were also very good.

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #240 on:** 06 Apr 2005, 09:24 »

You sure? I was reading about them in a book on punk history (Cranked Up Really High I think) a little while ago, and according to that and a website I came across the first incarnation of the band was just standard punk rock, and the NF connections and racist lyrics came when the singer reformed then a little while later.

mosfet · « **Reply #241 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 12:34 »

Bauhaus' cover of David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust"

If I remember right, they played it as close to Bowie's version (which happened to be his most famous at the time) as possible which is what really helped in getting them noticed.

Watch "The Hunger." Very awesome. Personally, the only thing better than Bauhaus and Bowie, is Trent Reznor and Bowie. Damn that video is awesome!

LightThievesAll · « **Reply #242 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 14:49 »

Quote from: hooligan

Quote from: a pack of wolves
Quote from: hooligan
Oh, and this one will get me mercilessly flamed, but...
"Sweet Home Alabama" - Skrewdriver (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Was that before or after they went Nazi? I'm guessing after, since I read that was when they went more rock. I've heard people sticking up for the musical merits of the first line-up before, but never the later records.

They were always racist. Unfortunately, they were also very good.

Actually, Skrewdriver were not always racist. After the original lineup disbanded and Ian Stuart re-formed Skrewdriver as a RAC band, the other original members were furious and spoke out against him through the British music press. And if you're going to pick a Skrewdriver cover, I'd go with "Won't Get Fooled Again" or "19th Nervous Breakdown", both recorded in the late 70's before Ian Stuart lost his fucking mind.

As for the merits of their later albums, lyrically there are none, although one or two were musically quite good. After that they completely went to hell.

Skibas_clavicle · « **Reply #243 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 15:32 »

I'm sure someone's mentioned this already, but Hurt by Johnny Cash, originally by NIN. Personal Jesus by Manson's pretty good too, his version of Sweet Dreams however I didnt like.

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #244 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 16:21 »

Not a cover but a question. Am I crazy for thinking that I remember reading somewhere that Johnny Cash and Joe Strumer recorded a song or couple together?

LightThievesAll · « **Reply #245 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 17:12 »

To answer without going on at length about Skrewdriver, here are a few good ones:

Skels - Astro-Zombies (Misfits)
Deathamphetamine - Astro-Zombies
Darkbuster - Riot Squad (Cock Sparrer)
Death - Painkiller (Judas Priest)
Johnny Cash - Thirteen (Danzig), Highway Patrolman (Bruce Springsteen)
Slapshot - Bigmouth Strikes Again (Smiths)
Sheer Terror - I Still Miss Someone (Cash), Hymn 43 (Jethro Tull), Boys Don't Cry (Cure)
Negative Approach - Chaos (4-Skins)
GG Allin - Outlaw Scumfuc (originally Long Haired Redneck by David Allan Coe)
Bruisers - Lunatic (originally You May Be Right by Billy Joel)

Phrozen · « **Reply #246 on:** 08 Apr 2005, 01:58 »

Quote from: steve-king

OK - I'm old + ignorant so humour me - where do I get a copy of that? It must be great. Oysterband did a good version years ago as well.

I got mine for free from iTunes. Go buy a pepsi and get the song for free.

ev0lve · « **Reply #247 on:** 08 Apr 2005, 14:48 »

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Go buy a pepsi and get the song for free.

this is interesting.
it costs just as much, if not more, to buy a pepsi yet people do it because they want "free" songs. no wonder we're so fucking fat.

mosfet · « **Reply #248 on:** 10 Apr 2005, 17:10 »

awesome! Other people in the world have reason!

I just heard that Marilyn Manson covered some School House Rock.

Orbital's version of the Doctor Who theme counts, right?

Johnny C · « **Reply #249 on:** 10 Apr 2005, 17:36 »

Quote from: muffy

I've just heard The Cribs covering The Kaiser Chiefs...

My "too soon, too soon" alarm just went off.

HBG: You are correct, but damned if I remember what happened to those recordings.

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Author Topic: Best Cover Versions (Read 72442 times)

lord_modred

ev0lve

IHeartShinyObjects

atari

call it glitter

californaya

Brando

tigerlily

Apathy

HMS Odell

Two_Tone

Wred

ev0lve

Wred

Wred

emopants

GG Crono 4

mosfet

hooligan

mosfet

Littleian

steve-king

hooligan

mosfet

Phrozen

ev0lve

mosfet