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[Schmung]

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.

[3point14]

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.

[negative creep]

Johnny Cash's cover of  "Hurt"

absolutely! this song is so fscking beautiful!

[nickyandthefuture]

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

[church]

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

[ozzi]

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.....

[geoff]

didnt we do this thread before?

yes we have, but it was in the exact opposite position, saying covers were terrible.

[happybirthdaygelatin]

i like the screaming trees cover of that smiths song i can never remember, even though i pretty much can't stand morrisy.

[betteroffdead]

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.

[Schmung]

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.

[minutefalling]

husker du - eight miles high


worst cover versions

husker du - helter skelter

[church]

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.

[ForteBass]

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.

[betteroffdead]

haha that's like the silly cover of nelly's "hot in herre" i have by the ska band flip the switch. sooo amusing

[nickyandthefuture]

Sissy Bar did a really cute cover of "Gin and Juice", too.

[geoff]

"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.

[flowers for charlie]

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

[BlueCoatKarma]

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.

[flowers for charlie]

"it's always good to make fun of Oasis, though, so..."
"they don't mind it."

[aekastar]

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]

[torg]

Guano Apes did a job on Alphavilles 'Big in Japan'

[Schmung]

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.

[loyalpeon]

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

[honest_that_way]

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

[Schmung]

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.

[negative creep]

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)

[Enyaw]

The entire Nouvelle Vague album. Seriously.

http://www.nouvellesvagues.com/

Check it out or die.

[Praeserpium Machinarum]

I would say Tori Amos` version of Enjoy the Silence..

[fin]

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.

[Schmung]

oohh, Machineheads version of Message in a Bottle is well worth a listen (assuming of course that you like Machinehead).

[Disko]

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....

[CammyKnoxville]

Everything by Me First And The Gimme Gimmes.

I'm very fond of their "Nothing Compares 2 U" cover.

[karma monger]

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.

[geoff]

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.

[church]

I also really liked all the Portuguese Bowie covers in Life Aquatic.

[siatefelici]

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]

[Karl]

Idlewild-I Found That Essence Rare (Gang of Four)

[happybirthdaygelatin]

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.

[-sam]

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

[synecdoche]

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.

[ComfortEagle]

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.

[rynne]

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.�

[Deformagraphy]

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.

[Thal]

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.

[torg]

some foremer school band, whose name I cant remember, played a cover of Joy Divisions 'Shadowplay' at a dorm party.... and it sounded great.

[honest_that_way]

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.

[Schmung]

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.

[CammyKnoxville]

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.

[geoff]

Sweet.

[Husker B.]

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