Topic: favorite cover songs, anyone? (Read 50355 times)

AceGun · « **Reply #50 on:** 12 May 2006, 11:07 »

they wouldn't really be the Shaggs if they could actually play their instruments, would they?

StupidityKills · « **Reply #51 on:** 12 May 2006, 11:53 »

Build Me Up Buttercup - The Goops (The Foundations)
Simply because of all the times I have watched Mallrats with an ex and not made it through the lift scene without having to pause for makeouts

Also:
Muse - Feeling Good (Nina Simone)
Iron & Wine - Such Great Heights (TPS)

Alegis · « **Reply #52 on:** 12 May 2006, 12:21 »

I don't really like covers as I prefer older songs, especially those from Bob Dylan.

The Arcade Fire - this must be the place

Aneurhythmia · « **Reply #53 on:** 12 May 2006, 12:27 »

Quote from: Rubby

Ministry - Lay Lady Lay (Bob Dylan)

I'll second that one.

Also, Pantera - Kill All the White People (Type O Negative)

Synchronicity · « **Reply #54 on:** 12 May 2006, 19:59 »

Stone Temple Pilots 'Break On Through (To The Other Side)' (originally by The Doors)

Pearl Jam 'Rocking in the Free World' (originally by Neil Young)

Mudhoney 'The Rose' (originally by Amanda McBroom)

The Flaming Lips '(What A) Wonderful World' (originally by Louis Armstrong)

RUSH2112 · « **Reply #55 on:** 12 May 2006, 20:01 »

Quote from: Synchronicity

Stone Temple Pilots 'Break On Through (To The Other Side)' (originally by The Doors)

Pearl Jam 'Rocking in the Free World' (originally by Neil Young)

Mudhoney 'The Rose' (originally by Amanda McBroom)

The Flaming Lips '(What A) Wonderful World' (originally by Louis Armstrong)

I though Louis Armstrong covered What a Wonderful World...I didn't realise it was his song.

Kai · « **Reply #56 on:** 13 May 2006, 09:43 »

I'm pretty definite that it's Louis'.

RUSH2112 · « **Reply #57 on:** 13 May 2006, 10:00 »

It very well could be. I just didn't know it.

Ravenbomb · « **Reply #58 on:** 13 May 2006, 10:33 »

It was written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss specifically for Armstrong

RUSH2112 · « **Reply #59 on:** 13 May 2006, 10:35 »

Quote from: Ravenbomb

It was written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss specifically for Armstrong

Ah, thank you.

The Hammered · « **Reply #60 on:** 14 May 2006, 03:22 »

Quote from: E. Spaceman

Superstar - Sonic Youth (Carpenters)

QFT. Also:
Ramones - California Sun (Rivieras, Joe Jones)
Pixies - Cecilia Ann (Surftones)
Sonic Youth - I Wanna Be Your Dog (Stooges) (I want to hear the Swans version of this, too; I've heard a bit of it on a sampler and it sounds good)
Mudhoney - Hate the Police (Dicks)

Cernunnos · « **Reply #61 on:** 15 May 2006, 11:39 »

dread Zeppelin- black dog(led zeppelin). a reggae band with an elvis impersonator as a lead singer, from the 80's. ridiculous.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #62 on:** 15 May 2006, 12:25 »

Colonel Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade doing Pink Floyds album Animals in its entirety.

Also; all of the ridiculous covers that Bodom does (brittaney spears, andrew w.k. etc)

Black Dahlia Murder- Paint It Black (rolling stones)

and the White Stripes cover a lot of old folk/blues tunes like "St. James Infirmary Blues", "Death Letter" and "One More Cup of Coffee" etc and those are all really good

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #63 on:** 15 May 2006, 13:39 »

David Bowie - White Light Wgite Heat (VU)
David Bowie - I'm Waiting for the MAn (VU)

valley_parade · « **Reply #64 on:** 15 May 2006, 13:44 »

Quote from: Scandanavian War Machine

and the White Stripes cover a lot of old folk/blues tunes like "St. James Infirmary Blues", "Death Letter" and "One More Cup of Coffee" etc and those are all really good

You really can't go wrong with St. James Infirmary Blues. I have a really really slow version that Louis Armstrong did that's just incredible.

Garcin · « **Reply #65 on:** 15 May 2006, 13:57 »

Definitely Frente of Bizarre Love Triangle.

. . .

Kidding. But I did like Feist's cover of Inside and Out, and I am not a Bee Gees fan.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #66 on:** 15 May 2006, 14:15 »

Quote from: Valley_Parade

You really can't go wrong with St. James Infirmary Blues. I have a really really slow version that Louis Armstrong did that's just incredible.

yeah, i've heard so many different versions of this song with so many variations on the lyrics. its one of my favorite songs.

Kai · « **Reply #67 on:** 15 May 2006, 15:09 »

Dude. Guys. Anal Cunt - Staying Alive.

Merkava · « **Reply #68 on:** 15 May 2006, 15:15 »

Johnny Cash - Hurt
Death Cab for Cutie - Dream Scream

Cartilage Head · « **Reply #69 on:** 15 May 2006, 15:27 »

Billy Corgan-Landslide by Fleetwood Mac

The Number Twelve Looks Like You-My Sharona by The Knack

A Perfect Circle-Imagine by John Lennon

Johnny Cash-Bridge Over Troubled Water/Hurt/Personal Jesus

Storm Rider · « **Reply #70 on:** 15 May 2006, 21:30 »

Oh god, APC's cover of Imagine is terrible.

Fortnight · « **Reply #71 on:** 16 May 2006, 00:15 »

Satisfaction - The Residents (Rolling Stones)
It's a Man's Man's Man's World - The Residents feat. Molly Harvey (James Brown)
Crazy in Love - David Byrne (Beyonce)
Telegram Sam - Bauhaus (T. Rex)
Snakefinger - The Model (Kraftwerk)

Rizzo · « **Reply #72 on:** 16 May 2006, 01:28 »

Quote from: Praeserpium Machinarum

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Deerhoof covering My Pal Foot Foot by the Shaggs.

I can't think of anyone more qualified to cover this. I mean it is just so fitting, Deerhoof is basically the Shaggs if they were less melodic

Fixeded!

It's been said befoce but Deerhoof covering The Shaggs is like prostate cancer covering AIDS.

I like:
A night like this-Professional Murder Music(The Cure)
How soon is now?-Snake River Conspiracy(The Smiths)
Lay lady, lay-Ministry(Bob Dylan)
She moves in mysterious ways-KMFDM(U2)
Raining Blood-Concord Dawn(Slayer)
Head like a hole-AFI(NIN)
I fought the law(and I won)-The Dead Kennedys(Buddy Holly?)
White rabbit-Collide(Jefferson Airplane)
Astrozombies-My Chemical Romance(The Misfits)
Kids in America-Lem(Kim Wilde)
Head Hunter-The Mercy Cage(Front 242)
Down in the park-Marlyn Manson and NIN(Gary Numan)
Are friends electric?-Information Society(Gary Numan)
Cars-Fear Factory(Gary Numan)
Metal-NIN/The Syndicate(Gary Numan)

In my defence, that MCR song is their only good one and I like G. Numan covers ok?

ayePod · « **Reply #73 on:** 16 May 2006, 04:41 »

The thought of My Chemical Romance covering the Misfits hurts me becasue they are my least favourite bands ever.

Also

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I fought the law(and I won)-The Dead Kennedys(Buddy Holly?)

Originally written by Sonny Curtis.

Rizzo · « **Reply #74 on:** 16 May 2006, 05:05 »

Ah thank you.
I despise MCR as well. I like the misfits however. It's a pretty good cover I think. Meh, I'm not defending them. They suck.

Thrillho · « **Reply #75 on:** 16 May 2006, 09:13 »

Quote from: E. Spaceman

David Bowie - White Light Wgite Heat (VU)
David Bowie - I'm Waiting for the MAn (VU)

David Bowie - Cactus (Pixies)

KharBevNor · « **Reply #76 on:** 16 May 2006, 11:22 »

Quote from: Rizzo

White rabbit-Collide(Velvet Underground)

In fairness, I only have a couple of VU albums, but isn't White Rabbit originally a Jefferson Airplane song?

Kai · « **Reply #77 on:** 16 May 2006, 13:39 »

It is. Someone totally fucked up there.

Garcin · « **Reply #78 on:** 16 May 2006, 15:10 »

WILLIAM SHATNER COVERING LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS (THE BEATLES)

. . .

Sorry. But everyone should listen to it at least once to put things in perspective.

Houdinimachine · « **Reply #79 on:** 16 May 2006, 18:08 »

Tom Jones with the Cardigans - Burning Down the House
Tom Jones with Barenaked Ladies - Little Green Bag
Nina Gordon - Straight Outta Compton
A Perfect Circle - The Nurse Who Loved Me
Guster - The Boy with the Arab Strap
Ben Folds - Golden Slumbers
The Fiery Furnaces - Norwegian Wood
Ben Harper - Michelle
The Pixies - I Can't Forget

The WEIRDEST cover ever...

Crispin Glover - These Boots are Made for Walkin

And the BEST cover ever... because I worship Joan Jett

Joan Jett - I Love Rock and Roll.

Kai · « **Reply #80 on:** 16 May 2006, 18:31 »

I can beat your weird cover of These Boots.... with an even weirder one.

The Residents - Boots (These Boots are Made for Walking Cover)

YOu totally would not get that it is a cover unless someone told you, then it makes sense.

Rizzo · « **Reply #81 on:** 16 May 2006, 19:27 »

Quote from: KharBevNor

In fairness, I only have a couple of VU albums, but isn't White Rabbit originally a Jefferson Airplane song?

What're you talking about? VU was never mentioned...
Mwahahahah I hid that so well.

IronOxide · « **Reply #82 on:** 16 May 2006, 19:46 »

Maynard Ferguson - "Birdland" (The Weather Report)
The Manhattan Transfer - "Birdland" (The Weather Report)

Double Cover'd! I just really like that song.

Cake - "I Will Survive" (Aretha Franklin)

jarofflies · « **Reply #83 on:** 16 May 2006, 19:58 »

Just because I really don't know many cover songs

State Radio- The Harder They Come(Jimmy Cliff)
The Casual Fiasco- Me And Julio(Paul Simon) melded together with Leaving On A Jetplane(John Denver)

both are live things.

oh oh oh

Sublime- Hong Kong Phooey

thermodynamics · « **Reply #84 on:** 16 May 2006, 20:14 »

tortoise and bonnie prince billy - thunder road

damn, that is a good song.

Atrocity Exhibition · « **Reply #85 on:** 16 May 2006, 21:12 »

No question.

the Revolting Cocks - - Do You Think I'm Sexy? (Rod Stewart)

Nine Inch Nails - - Get Down, Make Love (Queen)
(the second best NIN song in my opinion, next to "I'm Afraid of Americans")

and, of course

Bauhaus - - Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie)

Johnny C · « **Reply #86 on:** 16 May 2006, 21:35 »

Isn't "I'm Afraid Of Americans" a Bowie song?

The three best covers in the world are:

Goldfinger - "99 Red Balloons" (the version with the German in it)
William Shatner - "Common People"
The Walkmen - "There Goes My Baby"

BAM. Goldfinger's adds so much damn energy to the song you can't help but love it, Shatner's reading of Common People pretty much drips with venom, and The Walkmen's "There Goes My Baby" basically sounds like if whoever did the song initially had done it right. You know, instead of stupid.

Rizzo · « **Reply #87 on:** 16 May 2006, 22:25 »

Afraid of Americans is indeed a Bowie song but NIN do it live with him some times. It's excellent.

nuisance · « **Reply #88 on:** 17 May 2006, 06:53 »

Quote from: ironoxide887

Cake - "I Will Survive" (Aretha Franklin)

*cough*

Hey was anyone else into the Young Gods? Their version of Kurt Weill's 'Alabama Song' pisses over eg. Bowie and The Doors' efforts... Crazy shit. Not that I've listened to it in maybe a decade.

I'd also like to send out a big "fuck you" to Nick Cave for lack of services rendered to eg. 'Henry Lee', 'What A Wonderful World' and ... even his version of 'Black Betty' (despite being immeasurably better than that horrible disco rock version that everyone knows).

nuisance · « **Reply #89 on:** 17 May 2006, 07:05 »

Oh yeah, also "fuck you" to the Presidents of the USA, or more specifically to their fans, for getting all excited about a punky "ironic" version of The Buggles' 'Video Killed The Radio Star'. Yeah, like the original was really heartfelt ... and only accidentally kitch, right? Sure... dicks.

Actually, fuck that whole phenomenon of rocking up pop songs and supposedly making them more credible / listenable.

TrueNeutral · « **Reply #90 on:** 17 May 2006, 08:17 »

My friends band recently played a rocking, near metal cover of The Pussycat Dolls' "Don't ya", with the singer acting like he was having a mental breakdown screaming "god I wish my girlfriend was hot like her" on the top of his lungs.

Personally, I thought it was hilarious. Stupid, but hilarious.

Of course, I was smashed at the time.

Thrillho · « **Reply #91 on:** 17 May 2006, 08:20 »

SikTh - Tupelo
Dunno if anyone's said already:
Johnny Cash - Hurt/In My Life

Houdinimachine · « **Reply #92 on:** 17 May 2006, 19:43 »

Kai, have you HEARD the Crispin Glover version? It borders on reasoning for committing him to a mental institution moreso than an actual song cover...

AceGun · « **Reply #93 on:** 18 May 2006, 08:26 »

The Crispin Glover version gives me nightmares.

I can't believe I didn't think of this until now, but Petra Haden does the best covers ever! There are no instruments, she just makes all the noises with her mouth. I just picked up her version of "The Who Sell Out." If you check out her http://www.myspace.com/petrahaden">myspace, there are a couple different covers. Who can pass up a weird a'cappella/beatbox version of Thriller?

Kai · « **Reply #94 on:** 18 May 2006, 13:22 »

Quote from: Houdinimachine

Kai, have you HEARD the Crispin Glover version? It borders on reasoning for committing him to a mental institution moreso than an actual song cover...

No. I just generally like to make outlandish claims with no actual information to back it up. Because I'm just hardcore like that.

But The Residents' version is pretty interesting/weird.

Jeridus · « **Reply #95 on:** 18 May 2006, 14:34 »

Ooh, I got a good one.

Against All Authority - Centerfold (originally J. Geils Band)

Houdinimachine · « **Reply #96 on:** 18 May 2006, 21:00 »

Quote from: Kai

But The Residents' version is pretty interesting/weird.

I'll have to look it up.

Thrillho · « **Reply #97 on:** 19 May 2006, 05:43 »

Oh, most of RATM's Renegades album, but in particular:

Ghost Of Tom Joad (Springsteen)
and
Maggie's Farm (Dylan)

Kai · « **Reply #98 on:** 19 May 2006, 06:15 »

Quote from: Houdinimachine

Quote from: Kai

But The Residents' version is pretty interesting/weird.

I'll have to look it up.

and I'm probably going to look up Crispin GLover.

Yay.

Cartilage Head · « **Reply #99 on:** 19 May 2006, 15:35 »

What about Crispin Glover covering "Ben" by the young Michael Jackson?

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AceGun

StupidityKills

Alegis

Synchronicity

RUSH2112

RUSH2112

Ravenbomb

RUSH2112

The Hammered

Garcin

Merkava

Fortnight

ayePod

Garcin

jarofflies

thermodynamics

Atrocity Exhibition

nuisance

nuisance

TrueNeutral

AceGun

Jeridus