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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: Schmung on 05 Jan 2005, 14:23
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Bands do lots of covers versions, occasionaly they are very good, sometimes better than the originals. So, educate me people, my three, off the top of my head :
Faith No More - Easy, cover of the Lionel Ritchie classic and a generally awesome song, actually more soulful than the original and an awesome tune in it;s own right. I love it.
Manic Street Preachers - Suicide Is Painless, or the MASH theme, I prefer their version for reasons not entirely know to me at present.
SOAD - Snowblind, cover of the Sabbath song, I prefer SOADs slightly more angry, boomy pacy interpretation of the song. Yarggh.
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Ugly Kid Joe's cover of "Cats In The Cradle"
Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt"
Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa's cover of "hit me baby one more time" (can not stand britney spears, but I LOVE this version of the song)
and lastly, Korn's version of "Word Up"
that's just off the top of my head, I've got a couple CD's burned with cover song MP3's around here someplace... maybe I'll post some more later.
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Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt"
absolutely! this song is so fscking beautiful! :)
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Off the top of my head...
Red House Painters' cover of "Follow You, Follow Me" by Phil Collins
Poster Children's cover of "Isis" by Bob Dylan
Ida's cover of "Shoe In" by the Secret Stars
Gaze's cover of "Pedal" by Crayon
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zwan - number of the beast
of montreal - know your onion
travis - baby hit me one more time
the autumns - please please please let me get what i want
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didnt we do this thread before?
i'll second the johnny cash and the zwan
ill add cat power- wonder wall
i think i did that last time too.....
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didnt we do this thread before?
yes we have, but it was in the exact opposite position, saying covers were terrible.
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i like the screaming trees cover of that smiths song i can never remember, even though i pretty much can't stand morrisy.
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mmm i adore covers. i have over 100 on my computer, but my favourites are...
"i'm gonna be"- down by law (proclaimers)
"darling nikki"- foo fighters (prince)
"i just wanna have something to do"- garbage (ramones)
"close to me"- get up kids (the cure)
"99 red balloons"- goldfinger (nena)
"build me up buttercup"- the goops (foundations)
"don't fear the reaper"- HIM (blue oyster cult)
"always something there to remind me"- the hippos (naked eyes)
"molly's lips"- nirvana (vaselines... heh i used to think it was the other way around)
"know your onion"- of montreal (the shins)
"lola"- the raincoats (the kinks)
"take on me" and "boys don't cry"- reel big fish (a-ha, the cure)
"come on eileen"- save ferris (dexys midnight runners)
"i melt with you"- saves the day (modern english)
"moist vagina"- sonic youth (nirvana)
"what i like about you"- suicide machines (the romantics)
"my sharona"- veruca salt (the knack)
yea ok that's kind of a lot... sorry.
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despite pretty much hating Placebo, I kinda like their cover of The Smiths Bigmouth Stirkes Again, anything by Richard Cheese also deserves a mention. Radioheads cover of Wonderwall is pretty cool as well.
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husker du - eight miles high
worst cover versions
husker du - helter skelter
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happybirthdaygelatin,
Dear sir,
If I ever find myself in the Tacoma region I take special care to meet you. This is due to the fact that I have something I want to give you. That thing being a knife to the gut.
Misspell Morrissey or bad mouth him again and the knife will be followed by a ferret into the wound.
That is all.
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I have a pretty hilarious cover of Snoop Dogg's Gin and Juice done by some ska band that I know not the name of.
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haha that's like the silly cover of nelly's "hot in herre" i have by the ska band flip the switch. sooo amusing
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Sissy Bar did a really cute cover of "Gin and Juice", too.
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"take on me" and "boys don't cry"- reel big fish (a-ha, the cure)
"i melt with you"- saves the day (modern english)
"what i like about you"- suicide machines (the romantics)
if you wanted to be super rad and possibly send those four covers to me on aim (dogseatbabies) i would so be forever in love with you. :x
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the Scissor Sisters did a cover of Comfortably Numb that is at least 4,000,000 times better than the original.
also, Reel Big Fish - Take On Me, Piebald - No One Else
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The Radiohead cover of Wonderwall is hilarious - on the version I have they stop half way through and spend the last 15 seconds of the song talking about how bad it is and joking about it.
Distorted Penguins did a hilarious cover of the theme from Ghostbusters.
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"it's always good to make fun of Oasis, though, so..."
"they don't mind it."
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I wasn't sure I was that into covers till I began typing out this list and I even think I may have forgotten some; I just looked up the discs I knew had what I liked -- most coming from a double disc mix a friend made me a couple years ago... eesh:
arab strap - You Shook Me All Night Long (AC/DC) [it was on their live disc The Cunted Circus]
Ben Folds - Tiny Dancer (Elton John)
Bettie Serveert - Take Me Away From Here (Belle & Sebastian)
Chris Coco feat. Nick Cave - Sunday Morning (Velvet Underground) [well, with some lyric changes.. it's trippy]
dream academy - please please please let me get what I want [The Smiths]
Low - Fearless (Pink Floyd)
Mt. Eerie - Undo (Björk)
My Bloody Valentine - we have all the time in the world (Louis Armstrong)
Pavement - The Killing Moon (Echo & The Bunnymen)
The 6ths - I'm Only Human (Human League)
The Sundays - Wild Horses (I forgot who the original is..)
The Sunshine Fix - a day in the life (The Beatles)
Twilight Singers - feeling of gaze, too tough to die and the live version of Hey Ya (Hope Sandoval, Topley-Bird, Outkast)
Type O Negative - Possession (Sarah McLachlan)
Weezer - Velouria (Pixies)
and most covers from the Morr compilation for Slowdive (if y'all don't know and are a fan of Slowdive, purchase 'Blue Skied an' Clear.. the whole first disc is dedicated to Slowdive covers.. excellent! some of them better than the original)
[ETA: I should note that some I do not think are *better* than the original, but more 'different' thus I like both versions equally.. not for all, but some.. like B&S, Pixies and Slowdive]
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Guano Apes did a job on Alphavilles 'Big in Japan'
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the Scissor Sisters did a cover of Comfortably Numb that is at least 4,000,000 times better than the original.
Not possible! Lies, damm lies and that statement. Not that I've listened to it, this is just a knee jerk reaction because I can't imagine the campy style of Scissor Sisters doing anything but harm to a PinkFloyd song.
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the Scissor Sisters did a cover of Comfortably Numb that is at least 4,000,000 times better than the original.
Not possible! Lies, damm lies and that statement. Not that I've listened to it, this is just a knee jerk reaction because I can't imagine the campy style of Scissor Sisters doing anything but harm to a PinkFloyd song.
see, that's the thing - i don't think a cover can ever harm another song, or slight another band or anything along those lines - if they're good covers they're amazing - if they're bad, meh - ignore them... and the scissor sister cover IS good :) hehe - though i'd say it's more of a mix of pink fliyd - comfortably numb and frankie goes to hollywood - relax
and good covers there are many. such as the following
cure - love will tear us apart (joy division)
pear jam - fucking up (neil young)
pixies - i can't forget (leonard cohen)
[" i stumbled out of bed, i get ready for the stuggle,
i smoked a cigarette, and i tightened up my gut,
i said this can't be me, must be my double,
and i can't forget, and i can't forget,
and i can't forget but i don't remember what" - genius hehe]
placebo - running up that hill (kate bush)
shins - we will become silhouettes (postal sevice)
tori amos - 97 bonnie and clide (eminem) - creepy fucking song hehe
smashing pumpkins - transmission (joy division)
smashing pumpkins - never let me down again (depeche mode)
if i think of anymore... hehe
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Elbow - Independent Women Part One. It was done for the Jo Whiley Show, contains gruff Bury accents, and just genius. Oh and the bit at the end: 'Happy Valentine's Day Jo' killed me, so dam funny.
Radiohead - Rhinestone Cowboy Just because his voice is so terrible on it.
Jesse Malin - What's So Funny (About Peace, Love and Understanding) Is brilliant live at the end of his sets as is Hungry Heart. Or Bill Murray's Version of it.
Whiskeytown - Helpless They did quite a few good covers actually.
Oh and forgot, Flaming Lips - 7 Nation Army
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ah yes, the Independent Woman one was featured in a B3ta animation with Kittens and things, my flatmate had it and I forgot to pilfer it before I left Uni, curses!
All the women throw yer hands oop at mee etc hilarity ensues.
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sepultura - orgasmatron (motörhead)
ramones - surfin' bird (the trashmen/the rivingtons)
sonic youth - touch me i'm sick (mudhoney)
machine head - negative creep (nirvana)
nirvana - the man who sold the world (david bowie)
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The entire Nouvelle Vague album. Seriously.
http://www.nouvellesvagues.com/
Check it out or die.
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I would say Tori Amos` version of Enjoy the Silence..
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Yeah, east by FNM is excellent but its's quite simlar to the original IMO.
System Of A Down - Shame (Wu Tang)
Soad's covers kick ass, snowblind is cool, and i think metro was a cover too.
Me First And The Gimmie Gimmie's - Coutry Roads
The best version of that song i have ever heard - it kicks ass. The gimmie gimmies covers are pretty good - they do an excellent cover of i get around.
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oohh, Machineheads version of Message in a Bottle is well worth a listen (assuming of course that you like Machinehead).
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Brad Meldaheau - Paradnoid Android
Jazz Piano + paranoid android = fun
Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat
An actual reason to like Nick Cave...
Doves - Hit the Ground Running
The Rolling Stones - Route 66
These are two great, rocking covers.
What about worst covers? Incubus trying to do Turning Japanese comes to mind....
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Everything by Me First And The Gimme Gimmes.
I'm very fond of their "Nothing Compares 2 U" cover.
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Worse covers? As much as I love Weezer, their cover of Velouria is atrocious.
In terms of covers I enjoy, I like Feist's cover of Lover's Spit, and Iron & Wine's Such great heights. Nine Inch Nails' cover of Suck is good too.
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Everything by Me First And The Gimme Gimmes.
I'm very fond of their "Nothing Compares 2 U" cover.
No. You are wrong. Sure, some Me First stuff is okay, but that latest cd they put out?
Holyfuckingearache.
Terrible.
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I also really liked all the Portuguese Bowie covers in Life Aquatic.
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Come Together - Vyvienne Long (cello player for Damien Rice)
http://www.eskimofriends.com/mp3.asp
That site actually has a lot of Damien Rice and friends doing covers including a cover of Radiohead's Creep [/url]
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Idlewild-I Found That Essence Rare (Gang of Four)
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happybirthdaygelatin,
Dear sir,
DIE DIE DIE
wow, did anyone see that, the worlds biggest knee jerk? i forget that the shrill pitch of moriss is a siren song to some.
and chuck, "I have a pretty hilarious cover of Snoop Dogg's Gin and Juice done by some ska band that I know not the name of."
hey i have that as well and no clue who it's by. it was labeled as nofx but i have no trust of people and their mislabeling of music ever since a long time agoi tried to obtain "waiting room" by fugazi and ended up with a system of a down song. i also have a kick ass bluegrass cover of gin and juice.
i'll be honest and say that alot of time i actually like covers more then the original. "man who sold the world" "turn around" and a cover they did of devo by nirvana...reel big fish and their cover of "hungry like the wolf" and the deftones cover of "chufeur" "i fall to pieces" and a shitload of the ramones covers by screeching weasel...uhh...i'm pretty sure i've heard a cover of the misfits by the murder city devils that would have made glen danzig realize his extence was futile and made him cry.
and hey i had no idea "eight miles" high by husker du was cover, heh.
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Bands do lots of covers versions, occasionaly they are very good, sometimes better than the originals.
Hmm, covers let's see.
DMB - The Maker (Daniel Lanois): Gorgeous song
Phish - too damn many. Phish was like the masters of covers or something
moe. - In a Big Country (Big country): awesome cover, it's on the Dither album
moe. - Enter Sandman (duh): goofy, fun, bit of the rawk
Um - And Justice for All: the boys of Umphrey's play the lights out on this one
Gov't Mule - What is Hip?: it's on Deep End Vol.2, very fun
Um. - Making Flippy Floppy (Talking Heads): They played a surprisingly strong cover of this one at Skyline this past august.
Dave Matthews and Friends did great covers of Solsbury Hill, Fire and Hell Bulldog, along with a great many other covers, on their 2003 tour.
Hmmm, I should dig up a copy of the Solsbury Hill cover, that's a catchy tune.
-sam's heart's going boom boom boom
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I quite like Jeff Buckley's version of "Halleleujah" (Leonard Cohen). And The Man in Black has done some amazing covers in addition to what has already been named here ("Personal Jesus" [Depeche Mode], "Rusty Cage" [Soundgarden]).
And I didn't notice (possibly due to my slow wits) any mention of Gary Jules' "Mad World," which is pretty amazing.
One day I am going to record a cover of Gerard McMann's (I think) song "Cry Little Sister (The Lost Boys Theme)." It is so 80's angst it is amazing. :)
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ok, this fits the topic in a way, but who originaly did such great hieghts? Ive heard the Postal service veson adn the iron adn wine version, is thier a third party? Im so confused.
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Postal Service wrote the song, Iron & Wine's version is the cover.
Guster does a pretty nifty live cover of NIN's “Down In It.�
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Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt"
When I first heard it I thought it was a joke. I still think so. But I guess it's okay, cause, y'know...he's dead, and stuff.
Best cover: NIN's cover of JoyDivison's "Dead Souls." Fuckin' great.
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Love Will Tear Us Apart - José Gonzalez (original made by Joy Division)
Total different feel to the song while still being the same. The simple version he has done of it just feels right. Recommend this one to everyone but I doubt you can find it. Was a bonus song on a single and José is hardly known here in Sweden (where he comes from).
Damn it. Good music gets missed all the time.
Let me know if you want it and I can send it along.
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some foremer school band, whose name I cant remember, played a cover of Joy Divisions 'Shadowplay' at a dorm party.... and it sounded great.
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oh forgot worst ever. Hundred Reasons - How Soon Is Now. I didn't even need to hear it to want to kill either me or them so I'd never have to hear it.
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The James Bond cover versions album that Dave Arnold did has some pretty good stuff on there. I lvoe Leftfields version of Spacemarch in particular.
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Everything by Me First And The Gimme Gimmes.
I'm very fond of their "Nothing Compares 2 U" cover.
No. You are wrong. Sure, some Me First stuff is okay, but that latest cd they put out?
Holyfuckingearache.
Terrible.
Just my opinion. I had a feeling you might respond to my entry.
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Sweet. :)
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Devo's Cover of NIN "Head Like a Hole" from the soundtrack to Supercop rocks.
I have a version of the BeeGee's "Stayin' Alive" By Dweezil Zappa and Ozzy Osbourne that I think is cool as hell.
Herbie Hancock did an instrumental Jazz Cover of Nirvana's "All Apologies" that is pretty freakin' awesome.
I like Johnny Cash' cover of Soundgarden's "Rusty Cage" better than I like his version of "Hurt"
Apollo 440 did a techno-ish cover of "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult that I dug the heck out of.
Me First and The Gimmie Gimmie's verson of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" makes me laugh every time I hear it.
The Edge and Larry Mullen Jr. of U2's version of the "Mission: Impossible" theme from the first move was sweet.
but I think my favorite cover song might be Dynamite Hack's brilliant blend of two songs...they took the music from the Beatles' "Blackbird" and set the lyrics to NWA's "Boys in the Hood" over it...It kicks so much ass it hurts :)
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I intensely loved the remake Orbital did of the theme song to Doctor Who?
I also really liked Orbital's cover of their OWN SONG, "Style" done using bagpipes instead of synths ;)
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Devo's Cover of NIN "Head Like a Hole" from the soundtrack to Supercop rocks.
I have a version of the BeeGee's "Stayin' Alive" By Dweezil Zappa and Ozzy Osbourne that I think is cool as hell.
Herbie Hancock did an instrumental Jazz Cover of Nirvana's "All Apologies" that is pretty freakin' awesome.
but I think my favorite cover song might be Dynamite Hack's brilliant blend of two songs...they took the music from the Beatles' "Blackbird" and set the lyrics to NWA's "Boys in the Hood" over it...It kicks so much ass it hurts
damn, dweezil and ozzy covering "stayin' alive" would be beyond awesome to hear. also i agree on the devo cover of "head like a hole" and that was ment for my "covers i like more then the original" list. i feel like an ass for not recognizing the "blackbird" party of hack's "boys in the hood" cover.
and ha! how about the cover of "sympath for the devil" by guns and roses?
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How about the David Byrne (Talking Heads) cover of Sympathy for the Devil ? :)
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Did anyone check out Nouvelle Vague?
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How about lounge against the machine, thats some funny stuff when they covered the sickness.
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Worse covers? As much as I love Weezer, their cover of Velouria is atrocious.
Aw.. maybe I like it only 'cause I heard it before the original (as sacrilege as that probably is).
Did anyone check out Nouvelle Vague?
It was on boomkat's end of charts for '04 list and I listened to the clips that were there. it sounds nice. I didn't purchase it, but maybe sometime in the future.
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The Raincoats cover of Lola. Wow. It's so fucking good.
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I'll post (with alterations) what I posted in the original thread I made on another forum that Schmungkins nicked this idea off of.
1: Dimmu Borgir-Burn in Hell (Cover of Twisted Sister)
I can imagine this song making black metal purists the world over cringe. Dimmu Borgir inject massive amounts of what can only be described as gleeful evil into this cheesy hair metal track. The pure genius touch is the way the first voice, which is supposed to be Satan, clears his throat delicately before screaming 'YOU'RE GONNA BURN IN HELL!'
2: Cradle of Filth-Death Comes Ripping (Cover of the Misfits)
Cradle of Filth managed to turn this rather light (despite it's title) horrorpunk track into what is easily their most vicious and extreme track. Dani's vocals are a constant bone-saw screech, accompanied by furious drumming and riffage that almost perfectly fuses punk and black metal.
3: Graveworm-Losing my Religion (Cover of REM)
I don't quite know what they did to this track, yet it's both unregocnisable and totally amazing.
4: Amorphis-Light my Fire (Cover of the Doors)
Coming as the bonus track at the end of an exceptionally bleak and low-key album based on all the most depressing bits of Finnish folklore, the up-beat guitar and cheesy keyboard (still set to organ but tuned up several octaves) come as a massive system shock. The best thing about this is the fact that the singing is still in an insanely low growl, with freuqent death metal grunts.
5: Arch Enemy-Aces High (Cover of Iron Maiden)
Arch Enemy have guitar that could blow almost any other band on the planet out the water: some of their old riffs and solos are unmatchable. They competently tackle this already amazing maiden song, and with the addition of Johan's death vocals, the song becomes just something else.
6: Therion-Summernight City (Cover of Abba)
I simply could not believe this had originally been an Abba track till I listened to the original. The effect they've created, fully utlising their normal tricks of choirs, multiple solo vocalists, layered electric guitar riffs and a full orchestra turn it into almost an opera piece.
7: Behemoth-Wish (Cover of Nine Inch Nails)
Behemoth saw the annoying electronic edges off this NIN track with pure metallic aggression, and hard-edged vocals that sound synthesised without the need for any machinery, giving the song an excellent atmosphere.
8: Anal Cunt-Staying Alive (Cover of the Beegees)
'OI! OI! OI! OI! STAYING ALOIVE!' Anal Cunts ultraviolent punk cover of this blandly inoffensive song has never failed to make anyone who's heard it laugh, making it possibly one of the funniest songs ever, and complete justification for the bands existence even on it's own.
9: Inkubus Sukkubus-Paint it Black (Cover of the Rolling Stones)
Inkubus Sukkubus bring just the right amount of anguish and synthesised goth rock drumming to remove any and all cheer this song ever had.
10: Apocalyptica-Master of Puppets (Cover of Metallica)
It's Master of Puppets played by a string quartet. 'nuff said.
Honourable mentions:
All the other Apocalyptica covers, (especially their cover of Ulvers 'Of Wolf and Man')
Johnny Cash-Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)
Children of Bodom-Somebody put Something in my Drink (The Ramones)
Type O Negative-Back in the USSR (The Beatles)
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if you wanted to be super rad and possibly send those four covers to me on aim (dogseatbabies) i would so be forever in love with you. :x
sure! what's your email address? or yea on aim i can do it too next i'm on.
and The Raincoats cover of Lola. Wow. It's so fucking good.
ahh YES! finally someone else who listens to the raincoats. that is one of my favourite favourite covers. one of the songs that got me into them.
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The Cure's cover of Creep by Radiohead has always been a favourite. They add some extremely nice atmospheric distorted feedback to the song on stage, creating a really grim, angst-ridden sound.
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Ooh, I was digging through my old 7" records tonight and started listening to the Built to Spill/Marine Research split. I had forgotten how good it was - BtS covers "By the Way" by MR and MR covers "Sick and Wrong" by BtS...
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Devo's Cover of NIN "Head Like a Hole" from the soundtrack to Supercop rocks.
Indeed!
I love covers.
I think my favorite has to be either Reel Big Fish's cover of Hungry Like The Wolf and Fiona Apple's cover of Bill Withers' Use Me.
The Sneaker Pimps cover of Firestarter and the Bjork cover of Satisfaction might be the two sexiest tracks in my collection.
The funniest have to be David Byrne covering Missy Elliot and Robie Williams covering Eminem.
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this is a long list because i am a whore for covers, and also so i'll have no excuse to pop up twice a day with more that i forgot.
Tori Amos : '97 bonnie & clyde <Eminem>
Rosetta Stone : rain <Madonna> unfortunately, i do not have this track. i heard it önce years ago, and the beauty has stayed with me ever since.
Rosetta Stone : eye <the Smashing Pumpkins>
KMFDM : mysterious ways <U2> because it is mad funny!
the Sisters ov Mercy : comfortably numb <Pink Floyd>
the Sisters ov Mercy : emma <Hot Chocolate>
the Sisters ov Mercy : knocking on heaven's door <Bob Dylan>
Tori Amos : real men <Joe Jackson>
Locust : master and servant <Depeche Mode>
Collide : the lunatics have taken over the asylum <the Fun Boy Three> rosetta stone's was also really good, but collide's was grooviër.
Trust Obey vs. Paved in Skin : revenge <Ministry> everytime i listen to this, i want to do an animated musick video based on terry pratchett's soul music.
Attrition : memory, uncaring friend <Black Tape for a Blue Girl>
Lycia : across a thousand blades <Black Tape for a Blue Girl>
unto Ashes : (don't fear) the reaper <the Blue Oyster Cult>
Ophelia Rising with Abominable Id : the speed ov pain <Marilyn Manson> i burst into tears so bad listening to this song. it's that beautiful.
Marilyn Manson : i put a spell on you <Screamin' Jay Hawkins> most ov their covers suck, but this öne was undeniably groovy.
Concrete Blonde : when you smile <the Dream Syndicate>
Concrete Blonde : everyvbody knows <Leonard Cohen>
Einstürzende Neubauten : sand <Lee Hazelwood/Nancy Sinatra>
Numb : push it <Salt 'n' Pepa> find this. it is hilarious. it is pure genius.
Coil : tainted love <Soft Cell made it famous, but they weren't the first. if anyöne can tell me who was, i'd be very happy>
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Oh yeah, and I feel I need to point out Entombed's entire groovy-as-fook 'Sons of Satan Praise the Lord' cover CD, where the inventors of Death 'n Roll cover everything from the obvious (S.O.D.-March of the S.O.D.) to the comic (A rather awesome punk version of Amazing grace) to the utterly suprising (Bob Dylan-The Ballad of Hollis Brown, MC5-Kick out the Jams)
@Malice: I'd forgotten all of KMFDM's covers! They're all awesome. My fave is 'These Boots are Made for Walking'. Every time I hear it I can't believe it wasn't originally written as an Industrial stomp anthem.
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@Malice: I'd forgotten all of KMFDM's covers! They're all awesome. My fave is 'These Boots are Made for Walking'. Every time I hear it I can't believe it wasn't originally written as an Industrial stomp anthem.
i didn't list that öne because it just seemed too obvious. and i've, sadly, never heard their cover ov madonna's 'material girl.'
as far as KMFDM-related fun goes, although i said i wouldn't post more, i somehow COMPLETELY forgot pig. every pig cover i've ever heard is amazing, so...
Pig : head like a hole <Nine Inch Nails>
Pig : disobedience <KMFDM>
Pig : 1979 <the Smashing Pumpkins>
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I didn't list that öne because it just seemed too obvious. and i've, sadly, never heard their cover ov madonna's 'material girl.'
Hey, I've got that. You want me to email you a dropload (http://www.dropload.com/)?
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sure! if you could make it 128kb/s, that would rock ass. anything smaller sounds like shit, anything larger makes the ancient god ov dialup very angry with me.
thanks!
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of the mentioned 'tainted love' cover...coil's is really well done, but so is skinny puppy's version.
what else?
haujobb does bang up versions of 'smack my bitch up' by prodigy and 'die eir von satan' by tool.
razed in black does some good covers as well. kmfdm's 'a drug against war', the cure's 'disintegration', tool's 'part of me', a pronce track, and some depeche mode too.
any of the various versions of billie holiday's 'gloomy sunday' are good too, except for sarah mclachlan's. i can't stand her, but that's more of a personal thing. bjork's is good, so is the portishead version.
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KhavBerNor really likes Finnish music, doesen't he?
My pick would be...
Bruce Dickinson - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.
Or
Turisas - Those were the days.
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Oingo Boingo--Don't Fear the Reaper.
Goldfinger--Feel Like Making Love
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Coil : tainted love <Soft Cell made it famous, but they weren't the first. if anyöne can tell me who was, i'd be very happy>
The original was performed by Gloria Jones, and it was fairly famous in its time, too. I don't know if they still have it up, but Coil's website used to link to the video of their "Tainted Love," which was amazing. Marc Almond (singer of Soft Cell) plays the angel of death.
I like a few of Tom Jones' recent cover/collaborations:
Tom Jones with the Cardigans covering Talking Heads' "Burning Down the House"
Tom Jones with the Divine Comedy covering Portishead's "All Mine" (it really must be heard to be believed).
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Pulp's Common People, as covered by William Shatner and Joe Jackson
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one thing that amuses me, Nirvana's cover of Lake of Fire is alot better than the original Meat Puppets version
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Tom Jones with the Cardigans covering Talking Heads' "Burning Down the House"
Love Tom Jones. Love Talking Heads. Hate that cover.
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Is Kirsty MacColl - A New England a cover? Only Billy Bragg wrote it, I know not whether it was written for her to sing or not.
Jeff Buckley or John Cale - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Mogwai - Honey (JAMC)
I also quite like Radiohead's cover of 'Nobody Does it Better'.
Muse and the Flaming Lips generally do good covers.
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"99 red balloons"- goldfinger (nena)
"build me up buttercup"- the goops (foundations)
"take on me" and "boys don't cry"- reel big fish (a-ha, the cure)
"come on eileen"- save ferris (dexys midnight runners)
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i love those songs, though havent heard most of the others ¬_¬
and lastly, Korn's version of "Word Up"
that too
Goldfinger--Feel Like Making Love
goldfinger are ace at covers, they also did rio (duran duran) and up the junction
i also like no-use for a name's cover of turning japanese :)
im also listening right now to a lagwagon version of inspector gadget, so that can go on the list too
and me first and the gimme gimmes are a personal favourite of mine ¬_¬
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It's good that someone remembered Jeff Buckley but how can people forget about Ciccone Youth?
Ciccone Youth - Into the Groovey (fucking sweet cover with awesome sampling, Thurston Moore)
Ciccone Youth - Burnin' Up (good cover by Mike Watt from Minutemen and Greg Ginn from Black Flag)
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How about the David Byrne (Talking Heads) cover of Sympathy for the Devil ? :)
Oh, that rocks!
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The original was performed by Gloria Jones, and it was fairly famous in its time, too. I don't know if they still have it up, but Coil's website used to link to the video of their "Tainted Love," which was amazing. Marc Almond (singer of Soft Cell) plays the angel of death.
yay! thank you! and i'll have to look for that video...i've spent quite a lot ov time on coil's website, but it's still quite conceivable that it's there and i simply overlooked it.
dancarter: i've never been able to find skinny puppy's version. where can i find it?
...and, oddly enough, opium jukebox's cover depresses the hell out ov me.
...too goddamn many people have covered that freaking song!
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The Faint - Psycho Killer
When they do that one live it's utterly fantastic
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Flaming Lips - Can't Get You Out of My Head (Kylie Minouge)
Pearl Jam - Don't be Shy (Cat Stevens)
Audioslave - 7 Nation Army (The White Stripes)
Urge Overkill - Girl You'll be a Woman Soon (Neil Diamond)
William Shatner - Common People (Pulp)
Ours - Femme Fatal (The Velvet Underground)
Pete Yorn - Panic (The Smiths)
Screaming Trees - Working Class Hero (John Lennon)
Orgy - Blue Monday (New Order)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (NIN)
Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode)
Filter - One (???)
Cake - I WIll Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
Aaron Lewis (Staind) - Black (Pearl Jam)
A Perfect Circle - Imagine (John Lennon)
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Atmosphere - War Pigs
Awesome song. Mr Dibbs adds in these really fucked up drums under the riffage and then cuts the fuck up with the guitars and generally gets his wail on. And then Slug sings as only a ludicrously drunken mid-westen MC can.
Nostalgia 77 - Seven nation Army
While retaining the militant bassline and the majority of the guitarage, Nostalgia 77 turn this into song into a seriously laid-back Funk Jazz groove. Female vocals, sax, trumpet solo, it's badass.
I don't really know what counts as a cover though. I mean, I listen to tons of remixes, mash-ups etc. but I don't thinl they count. Cover implies actually playing the song yourself.
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Rachid Taha's cover of Rock the Casbah. I heard it on NPR tonight. It's an Arabic version, it really rocks.
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I don't know if it's been said and I've missed it, but
The Postal Service - Against All Odds..
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Without a doubt, my favorite cover is the Eagles of Death Metal version of Stuck in the Middle With You (they called it stuck in the metal...ha) originally by Stealer's Wheel
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Favorite covers that come to mind right now:
(not a huge fan of covers unless the artist puts their own stamp on the song without 'ruining' it - delicate balance):
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground"
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SRV - Hendrix's "Little Wing"
(or his "Third Stone from the Sun" on the 'Live At The El Macambo' video - good Hendrix covers are rare)
If I can mention a worst (as it's sour taste is still with me) it would be that debacle at the Grammy's - "Across the Universe" (I have a wmv of it *ah yes here (http://home.comcast.net/~smackerals/AcrosstheUniverseACK.wmv) )It's not all bad I must say - Stevie rules and a few others were okay - I just don't think they did the song justice at all - kinda ruined it imo. (maybe a rehearsal would have helped?)
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I like a few of Tom Jones' recent cover/collaborations:
Tom Jones with the Cardigans covering Talking Heads' "Burning Down the House"
Oh my God YES. I have a copy of this on my computer, and it blows me away every time.
Also, I thought APC's cover of Imagine kind of missed the point entirely.
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me first and the gimme gimmes - Hava nagila ¬_¬
and auld lang syne
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any cover johnny cash does, ever, is amazing. he is the god of music. i have him doing covers of danzig songs. on another hand, any cover done by an undoubtably ska band of an eighties song is bad. i've heard a lot. they are all bad. i agree with the comic on this one. it has to stop. also bad: covering "love will tear us apart." i'm looking at you, fallout boy. stop it. that song is amazing. we don't need you "softcore"ing it up. leave it alone. unless johnny cash comes back from beyond the grave and covers it, then it will be amazing.
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I don't know if it's been said and I've missed it, but
The Postal Service - Against All Odds..
who did that originally?
my favorite cover has got to be oasis going "i am the walrus". with super loud guitars and a lot of feedback and i like it better than the original. i love the beatles but sometimes...i miss guitar.
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I think Phil Collins did the original (but I really can't stand his voice),
it's been covered by loads of other people though, like Mariah Carey and Steve Brookstein, but they're pretty gash.
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any cover johnny cash does, ever, is amazing. he is the god of music... also bad: covering "love will tear us apart..." unless johnny cash comes back from beyond the grave and covers it, then it will be amazing.
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I really like Joe Strummer and Johnny Cash's version of Redemption Song. Maybe mostly because it has Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer. RIP
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"come on eileen"- save ferris (dexys midnight runners)
Have you heard the RBF version? I think it wins.
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I think Ben Folds did good version of The Flaming Lips' - She Don't use Jelly
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Okay.
Jimi Hendrix's cover of "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan.
Eric Clapton's cover of "Crossroads" by i forget who.
Nirvana's cover of "Jesus Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam" by the Vaselines. (yes I know. People either love or hate Nirvana. Don't bitch at me if you hate them. please.)
Allman Brothers Band cover of "Sugar Magnolia" by the Grateful Dead. It's a live track I found on the net, but it's really good. :nod:
Jeshus chrisht. I can't remember any more... They're on the tip of my tongue. Ah, well, that's what the Edit button is for...
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ahh YES! finally someone else who listens to the raincoats. that is one of my favourite favourite covers. one of the songs that got me into them.
I <3 <3 <3 the Raincoats.
The Residents' cover of Stars and Stripes forever is the most awesome song you can ever hear ever. That or their cover of "These boots were made for walking", which sounds nothing like the original.
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I generally don't like covers. BUT..
Frente! - Bizarre Love Triangle (New Order)
Ani Difranco - Blackbird (the Beatles), Do Re Mi (Woody Guthrie), Wishin' and Hopin' (Not sure who did the original), Most of the Time (Bob Dylan), Used Cars (Bruce Springsteen)
Marilyn Manson - Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode), Tainted Love (Soft Cell)
Skinny Puppy - Tainted Love (Soft Cell)
Nine Inch Nails - Supernaut (Black Sabbath), Physical (Adam Ant)
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss (J Frank Wilson)
Xiu Xiu - Fast Car (was this by Tracy Chapman originally or was hers a cover, too?)
plus all the radiohead and nirvana ones previously mentioned.
maybe i don't hate covers so much.. but i absolutely LOATHE johnny cash's cover of hurt. hate. it. with. a. Passion. &any pink floyd cover i've ever heard has just been atrocious.
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I like Echo and the Bunnymen's cover of the Doors' "People are Strange" It's necessarly better, but the piano part is really neat. I also like Siouxsie and the Banshees' version of "Dear Prudence" and especially "You're lost little girl," because they made it sound Lewis Carol-ish, which is nice.
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Jimi Hendrix's cover of "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan.
I've been reading this whole thread hoping that I wouldn't be the first to mention this one and thankfully, I'm not. IMHO that may be the cover to end all covers. Dylan started playing Hendrix's version after hearing it.
As for others on my list:
Nirvana -- Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
the Gourds -- Gin & Juice
William Shatner -- Common People
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead -- Porpoise Song
Jeff Buckley -- Hallelujah
Johnny Cash -- Hurt
10000 Maniacs -- Don't Go Back to Rockville
Eric Cartman -- O Holy Night
~~Willis
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Yes, Willis, yes!
The thing about bob dylan songs is that once someone with a voice sings them, they become wonderful.
I love bob dylan, but his best feature is not his vocals. heh.
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Theres alot of different covers of Brown Eyed Girl, but my favorite is Everclear's version of it.
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I finally heard David Bowie's cover of "Cactus."
It was okay, I guess.
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The thing about bob dylan songs is that once someone with a voice sings them, they become wonderful.
I love bob dylan, but his best feature is not his vocals. heh.
:o Heresy! Dylan's voice rocks. It makes his music so much more intense, he actually has a very subtle range of emotional undertones.
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Jimi Hendrix's cover of "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan.
Arg, how could I have forgotten that - I guess I just accept it as one of his because he made it his own so much. Hendrix LOVED Dylan - gave him the confidence to sing with his less-than stellar, but unique and compelling voice.
Khar defends Dylan - wow <3 These days he's hard to understand, but his songs would not hold the same 'power' if sung by someone else. It's Dylan. (an aquired taste to be sure)
Eric Clapton's cover of "Crossroads" by i forget who.
Robert Johnson (also the 'inspiration' for many a Zep song)
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Khar defends Dylan - wow <3 These days he's hard to understand, but his songs would not hold the same 'power' if sung by someone else. It's Dylan. (an aquired taste to be sure)
Definitely. Just listen to 'Masters of War'. That song alone is scarier than the entire musical output of Cannibal Corpse because Dylan genuinely believes what he's saying and you can hear it in every word. The only Dylan cover that I believe genuinely improves on Dylans vocal performance is Ladysmith Black Mombazo's cover of 'Knocking on Heavens Door'. Dylan just couldn't DO spiritual, which was the real reason why his God phase was so generally dissapointing.
Dammit, now I gotta play me some Dylan, but all the good shits on vinyl in the other room. I'm gonna have to pick up some of his stuff on CD one of these days, or maybe just download some more of it.
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I finally heard David Bowie's cover of "Cactus."
It was okay, I guess.
He played it when I saw him live.. I was relatively unimpressed.
Also,
Out of all the versions of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah I've heard, I like the guy in my Lit class last year best.. but other than that, I think Ari Hest does it fantastically.
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I generally like NIN's covers: "Get Down, Make Love," "Memoribilia," "Metal," "Physical (You're So)." NIN's take "Dead Souls" is alright, though not spectacular. ("Supernaut" isn't NIN, that's 1000 Homo DJs, whose cover is pretty good in any case).
Revolting Cock's cover of Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" is done in a sleazy industurial tone that fits really well with the song.
Also, when I saw David Bowie, he did this *awesome* version of Nirvana's "The Man that Sold the World." :D (kidding!)
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eh. it's reznor on vocals. whatever. it surpasses the original by far. and, uh.. ministry's cover.
you were david bowie? really?
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Oops, typo. "was" -> "saw." Went back and fixed it. :)
It could be Trent on vocals or Al, depending on which version you have. Al's singing on the 1000 Homo DJs single and Ministry's Side Trax releases, and Trent's singing on TVT's Black Box compilation, and various NIN bootlegs on which that track was rerecorded. There's a rumor that Al distorted Trent's vocals for the 100HDJ release, but Al's confirmed that it's his own voice on that version.
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the version i have is pretty obviously trent on vocals.
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It's a pretty sweet cover, regardless of who's singing. :)
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indeed it is.
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Yes, Willis, yes!
The thing about bob dylan songs is that once someone with a voice sings them, they become wonderful.
I love bob dylan, but his best feature is not his vocals. heh.
Glad you appreciate my taste. :)
As for Mr. Dylan's voice...I'll agree it is an acquired taste. And other musicians' versions of his songs are probably better known then his. But there is a certain something about the way he sings his songs. As much as I like the Byrd's version of Mr. Tambourine Man, his version is a lot more emotional and dark -- thats why I prefer it over the musically superior Byrds version. There is one thing for sure, we'll never have another Dylan.
~~Willis
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I think covers of Bob Dylan songs, much like Leonard Cohen, lose much of what made them so brilliant. Unless the artist covering it is talented enough to bring something new to the song, they are never as good as the original.
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I think covers of Bob Dylan songs, much like Leonard Cohen, lose much of what made them so brilliant. Unless the artist covering it is talented enough to bring something new to the song, they are never as good as the original.
that makes me think ov concrete blonde. every cover they do is fucking amazing (for that matter, every song they write is, too). and they've covered songs by both ov those ('simple twist ov fate' and 'everybody knows,' respectively.
also the sisters ov mercy do amazing covers, and have also covered songs by both ov those ('knocking on heaven's door' and 'teachers', respectively).
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*downloads Sisters of Mercy - Teachers, because brain is having trouble imagining how it would sound*
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I've always liked Goldfingers' remake of "99 Red Balloons."
Also see:
New York Voices : Still Crazy After All These Years (actually they did an entire album of re-made Paul Simon songs, all of tehm excellent if you like Jazz :) )
A Perfect Circle : Ashes to Ashes
Green Day : I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)
Josh Groban : America (another one written by Paul Simon)
New Found Glory : Somewhere Over the Rainbow (crazy)
NoFX : Champs Elysees (punk remake of an old cheesy French love song of the 70's)
Crystal Method : Magic Carpet ride (do re-mixes count as covers?)
Alien Ant Farm : Smooth Criminal
Josh Groban : My December
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Garbage doing Big Star's thirteen
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Green Day : I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)
Okay, you officially just lost. At life.
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Hah. Don't go around with your nose up TOO high in the air, you'll start running into things. Snob. :P
Anywaym Didn't "Me First and the Gimme Gimmes" do a cover of "My Boyfriend's back?" I remember that being...interesting at least.
The queers did a weird cover of "Walk Like an Egyptian."
A group called "Yourmomdotcom" did a cover of "Be True to Your School."
I like Nine Inch Nails' covers.
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Green Day : I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)
Okay, you officially just lost. At life.
Dear god, did they actually cover that, or is he just stupid and is thinking of the Dead Kennedy's cover of that song? No, either way he's stupid.
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Fiona Apple -- "Across the Universe" (The Beatles)
Sissel -- "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (Not sure who did the original, but it might've been Ella Fitzgerald)
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Yes, they did cover it. It's kinda hard to mistake the vocals from DK with Green Day. But hey, whatever floats your boat ;) .
Anyone heard Polysics cover of "Mr. Roboto?" I might actualy like it more than the original...
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:o Heresy! Dylan's voice rocks. It makes his music so much more intense, he actually has a very subtle range of emotional undertones.
Well... Yes, I agree about te emotional undertones. You can honestly hear in his voice his emotions. \m/
The thing that I love the most about Bob's voice is that it's so horrible that it's wonderful. I wasn't saying that I dislike it-- simply that his vocals aren't the most pristine in the business.
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Revolting Cock's cover of Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" is done in a sleazy industurial tone that fits really well with the song.
YES! This is amazing! Everyone should listen to it now!
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yes, that is öne ov the more fun covers in my collection. as far as pure fun goes, everyöne should hear dope's cover ov dead or alive's 'you spin me right 'round.'
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Most of Liabach's covers are amazing for the novelty value. You haven't heard "Jesus Christ Superstar" or the Beatles' "Get Back" 'til you've heard them gutterally intoned in a heavy Yugoslavian accent, backed by Wagnerian choirs & symphonies.
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Dear god, did they actually cover that, or is he just stupid and is thinking of the Dead Kennedy's cover of that song? No, either way he's stupid.
Did they actually cover that? Or are you just thinking of The Clash's cover of that song?
Okay, they did, but they made the lyrics silly. The Clash's cover is the only one worth mentioning.
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Most of Liabach's covers are amazing for the novelty value. You haven't heard "Jesus Christ Superstar" or the Beatles' "Get Back" 'til you've heard them gutterally intoned in a heavy Yugoslavian accent, backed by Wagnerian choirs & symphonies.
Their version of 'The Final Countdown' is wicked-cool as well.
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Yes, they did cover it. It's kinda hard to mistake the vocals from DK with Green Day. But hey, whatever floats your boat ;) .
They played it when I went to see em live.
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Okay, they did, but they made the lyrics silly. The Clash's cover is the only one worth mentioning.
alright, as of now, what punk band has NOT covered I fought the law?
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How many of those covers are worth mentioning?
The State rests, your honour
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Speaking of which...
http://www.nothingnice.com/index.php?pageNum_Recordset2=86&totalRows_Recordset2=214
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I apologize if someone mentioned this one already.
...I love Johnny Cash's cover/duet with Bonnie "Prince" Billy's (AKA Will Oldham) "I See A Darkness"!
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Gah, the entire Will Oldham tribute album, "I am a cold rock. I am dull grass." is awesome!
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Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt"
Couldn't agree more. It's absolutely fantastic.
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Covers of awesome songs by awesome bands are, as a rule, awesome.
That is all.
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Covers of awesome songs by awesome bands are, as a rule, awesome.
That is all.
In Flames cover of Depeche Mode's 'Everything Counts' is standing as eternal evidence of the the invalidity of that statement.
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Elakelaiset - Humppabarbi (finnish polka rock cover of aqua's barbie girl)
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:o I gotta hear me that. Humpaa kicks ass!
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Well, no one seems to have done a "Worst cover" yet.
I have to say that Britney Spears' "Satisfaction" originally by the Rolling Stones would have to own that category.
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cake: perhaps perhaps perhaps (???)
Sublime: we're only gonna die from our own arrogance (bad religion)
sublime: the rivers of babylon (trad.)
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rhcp- higher ground (stevie wonder) the fact that they took the keyboard part and made it a bass part is AWESOMMEEE *hail flea*
depeche mode- personal jesus (johnny cash) good shit, good in concert too...
betteroffdead: "darling nikki"- foo fighters (prince)
flowers for charlie wrote:
the Scissor Sisters did a cover of Comfortably Numb that is at least 4,000,000 times better than the original.
NEVER COVER PINK FLOYD! PINK FLOYD IS SACRED!!!
negative creep:nirvana - the man who sold the world (david bowie)
mee-kay-la wrote: Jimi Hendrix's cover of "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan.
KharBevNor
Heresy! Dylan's voice rocks. It makes his music so much more intense, he actually has a very subtle range of emotional undertones.
^^hendrix owns, so the cover is awesome, but i also agree: i'm proud to say bob dylan, born and raised. \mm/ (too much devil for one hand, lol)
willis: nirvana- where did you sleep last night
^^really sad at the end when his voice like cracks from screaming has made me cry
worst covers:
gwen stefani- rich girl. ok, i'm not a HUGE fan of fiddler on the roof (sp?) on the roof, but that song just sucks and is overplayed
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Worst cover ever:
Tatu - How Soon Is Now?
Just seeing those words written down causes great pain, deep within my soul.
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i agree with u m4c
Pink FLoyd is teh definition of awsome, hail David Gilmour and Roger Waters
Korn mercileslly raped "another brick in the wall"
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Worst cover ever:
Tatu - How Soon Is Now?
Just seeing those words written down causes great pain, deep within my soul.
Um...I actually really like that version.
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i agree with u m4c
Pink FLoyd is teh definition of awsome, hail David Gilmour and Roger Waters
Korn mercileslly raped "another brick in the wall"
Oh god. They are egotistical enough to think that they could cover "Another Brick"...?
Regardless, Pink Floyd is just... Pink Floyd. You can't cover them. It does not work.
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Ah, the cover...
Does one judge the excellent of a replicated song buy how close the second artist comes to the first?
Or do we determines the kick-ass-ness of a cover by how much one can skewer the song with their own vision and still make it entertaining? (anything by The Moog Cookbook, all the Primus covers, The Gourds' "Gin and Juice")
But the best covers are the unlikely ones. Like TMBG covering Cub, or like I mentioned earlier, the honky-tonkin' Gourds playind Snoop Dogg.
Or the grandaddy of them all, Johnny Cash doing Nine Inch Nails. That one came out of nowhere. But I am curious to see hoe Trent Reznor would perform a song like "A Boy Named Sue".
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One judges it by how good it sounds.
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the Scissor Sisters did a cover of Comfortably Numb that is at least 4,000,000 times better than the original.
You sir, are an arsehole.
Mine has to be All Along The Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix (orig. Bob Dylan), if it hasn't already been said.
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I have a pretty hilarious cover of Snoop Dogg's Gin and Juice done by some ska band that I know not the name of.
My copy says it's by Barenaked Ladies. Since it sounds just like them, I tend to believe it. If yours has a lot of banjo in it and is sung like a country song, you have the same one I have.
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I have a pretty hilarious cover of Snoop Dogg's Gin and Juice done by some ska band that I know not the name of.
My copy says it's by Barenaked Ladies. Since it sounds just like them, I tend to believe it. If yours has a lot of banjo in it and is sung like a country song, you have the same one I have.
That would *actually* be Phish. BNL doesn't do the banjo, or really Country.
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Anal Cunt - Just the Two of us.
...*cough*.
the Living End's cover of "Tainted Love" is pretty good.
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Jeff Fal - Take On Me
Real good.
Jeff Fal's Site (http://actdead.com).
Listen. Love.
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emt_b wrote:
ForteBass wrote:
I have a pretty hilarious cover of Snoop Dogg's Gin and Juice done by some ska band that I know not the name of.
My copy says it's by Barenaked Ladies. Since it sounds just like them, I tend to believe it. If yours has a lot of banjo in it and is sung like a country song, you have the same one I have.
That would *actually* be Phish. BNL doesn't do the banjo, or really Country.
Actually, the honky-tonk version of "Gin and Juice" is by an Austin band called The Gourds. It was on an aught-one release called "Shinebox"
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:aukcikcabb89
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Oh god. They are egotistical enough to think that they could cover "Another Brick"...?
Davis' voice ruined it entirely, though I did enjoy the fact that they covered the whole song (rather than just part 2) and also that their guitarist (the one who found God) pulled off the solo perfectly.
I was, however scandalised that they had to put up a huge teleprompt for the sing-along. My little sister knows the chorus od Another Brick in the Wall.
Actually, this brings up a question. Anyone got any Floyd covers that aren't Another Brick in the Wall or Comfortably Numb? Apart from one reasonably adept cover of 'Money' by a band I don't know that was on the soundtrack to the new Italian Job that's all I've heard.
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"Wish You Were Here" by Thom Yorke with Sparklehorse.
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One judges it by how good it sounds.
Which is all opinion anyway. Which is the fun thing about forums. :)
And I must second whomever it was that mentioned Fiona Apple's cover of across the universe. That and the Dynamite Hack version of Boyz in the Hood.
There's always Brand New's Cover of Love Spit Love's "Am I wrong." But I won't 't say I like it over the original... because that would be a terrible lie.
And what jackass beats someone up over the kind of music they're listening to?
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Damien Rice - I Still Havent Found What I'm Looking For
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The best covers are the ones that are done so well that people tend to forget they are covers. With that in mind:
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World
Johnny Cash - Hurt
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Black Flag's cover of "Money (That's What I Want)" by the Beatles - done in a semi-Germanic deadpan...
Dick Hyman's Moog cover of "BlackBirds" by the Beatles, also his cover of "Green Onions" is great. The only thing wrong with the album in fact is the title "Age of Electronicus" which was just pretty lame, even in the so-called Age of Aquarius.
Joe Cocker's covers of lots of things, but especially "Bird On A Wire" (Leonard Cohen) and "Cry Me a River" (Ray Charles).
Tim
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Actually, this brings up a question. Anyone got any Floyd covers that aren't Another Brick in the Wall or Comfortably Numb?
Voivod, an old thrash metal band, covered Astronomy Domine
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How about that crazy yet awesome version that Articolo 31 (the Italian Rap Group) does of Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" on the Masked and Anonymous soundtrack?
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Ben Gibbards covers of complicated and thriller are hilarious.
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Actually, this brings up a question. Anyone got any Floyd covers that aren't Another Brick in the Wall or Comfortably Numb?
Voivod, an old thrash metal band, covered Astronomy Domine
....
*fires up every p2p program he owns*
Gah, criminally, I haven't mentioned before one of the best and most obscure covers I have, which 'Overlord-Sound of the Underground'.
Extreme sludge metal cover of the Girls Aloud song.
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Der Kommissar by After the Fire
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kharbevnor: also, rasputina did a really pretty cover ov 'wish you were here.'
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Easyworld (melodic, occasionally wail-y, now split up brit band) did a gorgeous cover of Depeche Mode's Enjoy the Silence.
Also, some band did a sultry, loungey version of Last Nite which I've been trying to find for ages.
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tool- no quarter and cake- i will survive arnt to bad
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I wanna state for the record, Barenaked Ladies Rock.
Did you know they were not alowed to play in Toronto because the mayor thought thier name was sexist.
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If someone's going to cover a song, they damn well better make it their own. Otherwise, why am I listening to their washed-out, washed-up version instead of the original? To that end, from recent efforts I'd nominate Cat Power's version of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction". Slowed to a crawl, stripped of the chorus - genius.
Going back into the classic rock-and-pop archive, Aretha Franklin's version of "Respect", originally written and performed by Otis Redding. Obvious, yes, but how can you go past it?
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Styx did a sweet cover of I Am the Walrus.
For my money, it's better than the original, but that might just be because of higher production values due to technology. But it still rocks pretty hard.
And I agree with the first poster in the thread. FNM's cover of Easy is awesome. Simply because Mike Patton's voice is as smooth as silk, and also incredibly freaking awesome. Mike Patton > Most.
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three of my favorites actually both got passed up as of yet:
judas priest - diamonds and rust (joan baez)
the twangbangers - hot rod lincoln (commander cody - this song's bridge is about four minutes long, and includes 8-bar shoutouts to, oh, every artist ever.)
old 97's - el paso (marty robbins)
if you're ever in vegas and you like covers, you should cheeck out a local band called darby o'gill and the little people (yes, like the movie) - they play three times weekly, and they're an irish band who play traditional irish songs and covers. if you haven't heard an irish band cover outkast, you haven't lived.
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when i first discovered the gourds' cover of gin and juice it was labeled as string cheese incident. go figure.
let's get the worst covers out of the way... Papa Don't Preach by Kelly Osborne, Sweet Child Of Mine by Sheryl Crow and American Pie by Madonna come to mind. As does 911 Is A Joke by Duran Duran. A bunch of whiter than white guys singing about their disapproval of emergency services response time in underprivleged neighborhoods - as originally critiqued by Public Enemy? that one takes the proverbial spongy dessert.
now the winners:
has anyone heard Ben Folds Five's cover of She Don't Use Jelly? I love the lips dearly, but Ben's arrangement of the song is incredible. it came from a comp called Lounge-a-palooza. another interesting lips cover is Postal Service's Suddenly Everything Has Changed, though that doesn't really compare to the original. i think PS's Against All Odds is a better cover.
the Futureheads’ Hounds of Love is a favorite, especially live when they have the crowd sing their parts. and witnessing the Shins perform Holy Diver at the Bowery last year was priceless.
i'm also a fan of the covers on blue man group's complex album with Esthero singing White Rabbit and Annette from Venus Hum on I Feel Love. the album's got gimmic coming out the wazzo, but i dig it.
...my a cappella group does a mean Superstition. no, really.
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I just found a nice sounding cover of I Fought The Law done by Green Day. I rather like it.
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colin meloy- sister im a poet
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William Shatner's cover of Common People!
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"Common People" is almost disturbingly good.
"Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley is pretty damn good, too.
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The Sundays - Wild Horses (I forgot who the original is..)
The Rolling Stones! The 6ths (Or was it the Mag Fields? Or one of Mr. Merrit's other bands?) did a cover of Don't You Want Me? that I adore. Just in addition to you mentioning them.
Micah P. Hinson-Pale Blue Eyes (Velvet Underground)
Pixies-Head On (Jesus and Mary Chain)
Calexico-Alone Again, Or (Love)
The Decemberists-Bridges and Balloons (Joanna Newsom)
Sleater KInney-More Thana Feeling (I forget.)
The Bees-A Minha Menina (Os Mutantes)
OF COURSE Jimi Hendrix-All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
William Shatner-Common People (Blur)
The Byrds-Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan)
Frank Sinatra-Mrs. Robinson (Simon and Garfunkel)
Styx-I Am the Walrus
The Wailers(and everyone ever)-Louie Louie (Richard Berry... NOT THE KINGSMEN!)
Lou Barlow-Round n round (RATT)
yeah!
I am not saying that these covers are better than the original, I am just saying that I think they are pretty awesome.
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My name is Samuel, est, and I'll see you in Hell.
Damn your eyes!
Anyway...
Once again, I submit Ben Folds's version of Bitches Ain't Shit (http://www.sonymusic.com/clips/selection/fu/071897/071897_01_01_full_100.asx).
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Istanbul - They Might Be Giants
I don't know who did it originally.
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Once again, I submit Ben Folds's version of Bitches Ain't Shit (http://www.sonymusic.com/clips/selection/fu/071897/071897_01_01_full_100.asx).
Damn, this is pretty damn awesome, DAMN. I had to try for the hat trick on damn.
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someöne's commentr on bands making songs their own and generally changing them drastically has got me thinking. with that in mind, here's some that i think especially fit that criteria:
Cabaret Voltaire : she loved you {the Beatles}
Sheep on Drugs : california über alles {Dead Kennedys}
Attrition : kill the poor {Dead Kennedys}
Alex Xenophon : the beautiful people {Marilyn Manson}
Voltaire : shalom {traditional jewish}
Pop Will Eat Itself : come as you are {Nirvana}
Brompton's Cocktail : insemination {Pigface}
Tomatoes : kiss king {Pigface}
Professional Murder Music : a night like this {the Cure}
unto Ashes : (don't fear) the reaper {Blue Öyster Cult}
Rammstein : stripped {Depeche Mode}
Jared Louche and the Aliëns : suicide jag {Chemlab}
KMFDM : these boots are made for walkin' {Nancy Sinatra}
Anno Dæmonicus : reptile {Nine Inch Nails}
Transient : closer {Nine Inch Nails}
Tin Electric : hurt {Nine Inch Nails}
Tori Amos : '97 bonnie & clyde {Eminem}
Type O Negative : summer breeze {Seals & Crofts}
Type O Negative : angry inch {Hedwig and the Angry Inch}
Type O Negative : day tripper (medley) {the Beatles}
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Tori Amos : '97 bonnie & clyde {Eminem}
Fucking brilliant cover.
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Anal Cunt - Just the Two of us.
...*cough*.
the Living End's cover of "Tainted Love" is pretty good.
Agreed, Anal Cunts song is bloody hilarious... but I'm sure some people might find them just a smidgen offensive...
Living Ends tainted Love is good...
But my fav is House of the Rising Sun by Muse.
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In the 'drastically changed' category:
Amorphis-Light my Fire (The Doors)
Apocalyptica-Hall of the Mountain King (Edvard Grieg)
Apocalyptica-Of Wolf and Man (Ulver)
Arch Enemy-Scream of Anger (Europe)
Children of Bodom-Somebody Put Something in My Drink (The Ramones)
Cradle of Filth-Hallowed be thy Name (Iron Maiden)
Cradle of Filth-No Time to Cry (Sisters of Mercy)
Entombed-Amazing Grace (Traditional)
Entombed-The Ballad of Hollis Brown (Bob Dylan)
Eternal Tears of Sorrow-Flight of Icarus (Iron Maiden)
Graveworm-Losing my Religion (REM)
Overlord-Sound of the Underground (Girls Aloud)
Skyclad-Dreamer Deciever (Judas Priest)
Skyclad-Prime Evil (Venom)
Therion-Summer Night City (Abba)
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Well there's some great inspiration in these pages, enough to keep my net snowed under with downloads for a while :) As for my favourites:
Elton John and Queen - The Show Must Go On: A Queen track elevated to epic scale by Elton's harsher vocals, the booming orchestra background and sheer volume of noise. I imagine this song used in a war movie in the same way Ride of the Valkyries was used in Apocalypse Now.
Reel Big Fish - Take On Me: My favourite punk/ska cover, for being a great feelgood song and catchy summer ditty.
Metallica - Imperial March: A dark track made darker. Play LOUD.
Nickelback and Kid Rock - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting: A louder, more ballsy version of the original.
Muse - Feeling Good: See above :)
Edit: Just noticed the Worst covers question. For my part, the very recent cover of Bohemian Rhapsody by G4 officially sucks donky gonads.
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Jared Louche and the Aliëns : suicide jag {Chemlab}
A guy covering a song he wrote with another band counts?
In that case, I'll say NIN's cover of Pigface's "Suck." When they do it live, Pigface even plays the NIN arrangement instead of the original.
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Actually, this brings up a question. Anyone got any Floyd covers that aren't Another Brick in the Wall or Comfortably Numb? Apart from one reasonably adept cover of 'Money' by a band I don't know that was on the soundtrack to the new Italian Job that's all I've heard.
Primus did a pretty good cover of Pink Floyd's Animals, and the Fearless Flying Frog Brigade did a live of Shine on you Crazy Diamond.
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this reminds me of a terrible cover of The Ramones' Blitzkrieg Bop, as raped by...
The Beautiful South.
Honestly, it brought a tear to my eye, for all the wrong reasons.
That said, Pedro the Lion's version of Fade into You (Mazzy Star) is rather ace.
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The Model (kraftwerk) by Big Black
What I Need (the cars) by Steel Pole Bathtub
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Maybe there are TOO MANY covers? Does this mean innovation in music is dead? I don't think so, myself.. but it does make ya wonder
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this reminds me of a terrible cover of The Ramones' Blitzkrieg Bop, as raped by...
The Beautiful South.
Yo La Tengo do such an awesome version of Blitzkrieg Bop, it's not even funny. But my favorite cover would have to be Luna's version of Sweet Child o' Mine. Sometimes i listen to it and try to imagine the look on Axl's face when/if he heard it. bliss.
oh, and Shonen Knife's "Top of the World" is hella cool too.
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Yo La Tengo's "Decora" done by Spoon
Jimmy Kennedy and Nat Simon's "Instanbul, not Constantinople" by They Might Be Giants
Gloria Gayner's "I will Survive" by Cake
Benjamin Gibbard's "We Will Become Sillohuettes" by The Shins
Harvets King's "Dancing in the Moonlight" by Elvis Costello
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I have recently become obsessed with Ewigkeit's version of Burzum-Ea, Lord of the Deeps.
Entitled 'Ea 2000-Out for the Count' (referring to sole member of Burzum Count Grishnack) Ewigkeit takes Burzum's minimalistic, chilling black metal masterpiece and doubles the complexity of the drum part, puts clean vocals on it, and adds synths, samples, random electronic effects, and random cries in the background. Things like "Ea, Lord of the Fucking Deeps', "This One's for the count baby" and at at least one point a full-on pirate-style "Aaahhrrr'
So insanely awesome.
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not sure if this has been mentioned, but ben fold's cover of "bitches ain't shit" is near-transcendent.
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"Wish You Were Here" by Thom Yorke with Sparklehorse.
Weird, I was just listening to that. It's mint...
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The Sundays - Wild Horses (I forgot who the original is..)
The Rolling Stones!
Beat me to it! I was scrolling along for three/four pages and couldn't believe no one had said anything about it being the Stones. ^^
New Found Glory: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
NoFX: Champs Elysees (Someone else has actually heard it?!?)
Cake: Guitar Man (Cake covering a Bread song…That alone just amuses me)
Red Hit Chili Peppers: Higher Ground
Jimi Hendrix: All along the Watchtower
Johnny Cash: Hurt
Rufus Wainwright: Hallelujah (<3<3)
Pedro the Lion: Fade into You (<3)
worst covers:
gwen stefani- rich girl. ok, i'm not a HUGE fan of fiddler on the roof (sp?) on the roof, but that song just sucks and is overplayed
Profaning Fiddler will only bring horrible karma, but I agree. She also destroyed the beautiful, proper English. "If I Were a Rich Man," not "If I Was a Rich Girl." >_<
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Travis Morrison's (from the Dismemberment Plan) version of Ludacris' "What's Your Fantasy" !!!
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I found 2 very interesting covers today: Atreyu covering Bon Jovi's You Give Love A Bad Name and 3rd Strike (remember them?) covering Black Sabbath's Paranoid.
Ateryu's is good. 3rd Strike's is.........yeah.
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metallica- Whiskey in the jar
best cover song EVAR
close seconds...
guns n' roses- sympathy for the devil
megadeth- paranoid
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Sleater KInney-More Than a Feeling (I forget.)
BOSTON
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more than a feling is an awesome song. and so is simple man by lynnard skinnard, re-made by shinedown.
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"Our Lips Are Sealed" by the Duffs.
WAY better than the Go-Gos.
nothing i have said here is true
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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. :D
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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. :(
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^I disagree.
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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.
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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.
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Sarah Slean - Climbing Up The Walls [Radiohead]
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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...
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Mentioned it on NC (sig) but the latest cover I heard was Nutshell (Alice in Chains) by Adema. Pretty good.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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
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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 :-P
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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.)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Orgy - You Spin Me Right Round (...erm...brain cramp)
DEAD OR ALIVE
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D'OH!!!
Thank you for the kickstart :)
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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.)
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"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)
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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.
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I really can't believe I left one out!
Marilyn Manson's cover of Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus!
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I think that Megadeth's cover of Anarchy In The UK is awesome. Mostly because they do not use all of the original lyrics.
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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.
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Ministry - Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay"
Blood for Blood doing a metal version of Del Shannon's "Runaway"
:|
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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)
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Swans' "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (the one with Jarboe singing) is pretty good. And Zero Cipher's rendition of "Gay Bar" by E6. :D
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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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My 'indie schmindie overloaded to the power of indie squared' just went off too, it's a bad, bad sign...
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HBG: You are correct, but damned if I remember what happened to those recordings.
I remember hearing something about maybe a box set or inclusion with the last stuff he was recording with Rick Rubin. Needless to say I want to hear oh so badly.
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Has anyone mentioned the Cowbody Junkies' cover of "Sweet Jane" yet? If not, why not?
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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.
Sorry, I associate Skrewdriver with Ian Stuart. If there are non-Stuart albums, then I am not aware of them.
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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.
Pepsi's cost the same as a track over there?
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Sorry, I associate Skrewdriver with Ian Stuart. If there are non-Stuart albums, then I am not aware of them.
Well, there are no non-Ian Stuart albums, but at least at the beginning of their career Stuart did not let his politics influence his writing.
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I've just remembered
Moonspell - Mr. Crowley
Ozzy could pen some tunes, but his vocal abilities have only deteriorated since peaking on about Black Sabbath - Master of Reality.
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Life of Agony - Don't You (Forget About Me)
Life of Agony - March of the S.O.D./Sargeant D of the S.O.D.
Life of Agony - Redemption Song
Besides Sheer Terror and Johnny Cash, LOA do the best overall job of covering songs, in my opinion.
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Hate to drag up an old thread, but the repeated question about good Floyd covers needs a response:
Dave Grohl and Brian May doing "Have a Cigar" from the Godzilla soundtrack...it's really damn awesome...
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I dunno if it's been said before (by me or otherwise) but I think one of the best cover songs of all time is I Touch Myself by Jack Off Jill, originally done by the Divinyls.
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I mentioned Love Song I think.
Didn't know that one was a cover.
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Who played Wonderwall first? Because it's really good when Ryan Adams plays it, but it's utterly horrific when Oasis tries.
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the wonderful Gallagher brothers made it, and the world has been crying on the inside ever since.
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Just listened to
Eleanor Rigby by Thrice *sigh* oh its pure bliss
much <3 for thrice
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Do cover medleys count? Cause no one's mentioned Tenacious D's Beatles Medley. Totally stripped of the 30+ year emotional baggage most bands add to their Beatles covers.
They also do a kick ass Tommy Medley now.
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There is only one Medley. And that is Star One's Hawkwind Medley. Listening to it is like floating through space, only suddenly blasting into some sort of interstellar warp, and whipping through galaxies and black holes and so forth in a blast of psychedelic laser-fire, whilst playing a burning electric guitar, before slowing down, soaring past gas giants and nebulae, then speeding up again as you rocket around a sun with hordes of star-fighters on your tail, blasting you with lasers and plasma, which you then proceed to blast the crap out of with beams of pure energy shot off by playing power chords on your burning guitar, then, exhausted, floating down onto the surface of a giant alien mothership and having some sort of serious religious experience, which inspires you to play rocking solos on your guitar as the alien ship powers up and blasts off back through the cosmos with it's guns blazing randomly, only to kind of explode for no real reason, leaving you drifting off through incomparably beaitiful clouds of interstellar space debris.
And that's without any drugs.
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Herbie Hancock did an instrumental Jazz Cover of Nirvana's "All Apologies" that is pretty freakin' awesome.
Oh man - I highly recommend you listen to The Bad Plus's version of Smells Like Teen Spirit. So, so good!
I've just heard a live cover of Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" by David Byrne......odd, but very good indeed!
And just for shits and giggles, I must include the one & only mr. Richard Cheese's version of "Insane In The Brain" by Cypress Hill.
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Sarah Mclachlan - Dear God. totally beautiful cover.
Evergreen Terrace do some really good HXC covers
Ten Masked Men do hilarious deathmetalesque covers/sendups of Pop records.
Natalie Imburglia and Sinead O Connor got their music careers of the ground with really good covers...
Don't know if Iron & Wine or Postal Service did Such Great Heights first... but they're both amazing versions and so diverse from one another.
Counting Crows do some awesome covers live. Come Pick Me Up and Thunder Road being my favourites probably.
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yeah yeah necromantic topic, but I have to say it.
Phish did not do the bluegrass cover of Gin and Juice. It was just a mislabeled mp3 that floated around on napster back in the day.
-sam
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I miss Napster. It was the first place I heard Puff the Magic Dragon...I loved that little kitty logo.
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Okay to boost this topic, I've heard the best cover ever. Find Zebrahead's cover of the Spice Girls' "Wannabe." Don't argue, just do it.
It makes you want to jump around the room, hi-fiving EVERYTHING.
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Sort of like Favorite Son by Green Day? It makes me want to
dance around in circles giggling like an idiot whilst a smiling man in a white suit throws confetti at me.
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Bob Nanna of The City on Film performed an acoustic cover of Come On Eileen (Dexy's) one time when he was here in DeKalb that was just fantastic.
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Skyclad actually covered 'Come on Eileen'.
Mostly acoustic, but with lots of fiddles.
Possibly their oddest cover. Except of course for their incredibly awesome cover of Venom's 'Prime Evil' with all the jingly keyboards.
The best cover by them is definitely their version of Thin Lizzy's 'Emerald'. Other good ones are 'Master Race' by New Model Army and 'Swords of a Thousand Men' by Tenpole Tudor. Their Judas Priest cover (Dreamer Deciever) is rather natty too.