I love the cure's love song. When 311 remade it I was estatic.

Of course the Johnny Cash - hurt - nin

Here's A Few:

Nightwish - Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Weber)
Oratory - Eternal Flame (Bangles)
Sins of Thy Beloved - The Thing That Should Not Be (Metallica)
Disturbed - Shout (Tears For Fears)
Ozzy - Stayin' Alive (Bee Gee's)
Dope - You Spin Me 'Round (Dead or Alive)
Dream Theater-The Big Medley
Arjen Lucassen - Norwegian Wood (Beatles)
HIM - Larger Than Life (Back Street Boys)
Most of the Counterforce- Popdivas go Metal stuff in a funny sort of way.

Right now the new William Shatner doing "Common People" has me almost crashing my car from laughing.

I'm the fanatic Tool fan so... No quarter (orginally Led Zepplin) Tool

and who ever said Hurt was originally by NIN and Bowie of the first page needs to... I don't know think a little more.

Jimi Hendrix's
"All Along the Watchtower"

Even Dylan stated that he feels like its Jimi's song.

I like the Disturbed one, but I never knew Ozzy did that song :eek:

AFI's cover of "Last Caress" originally by the Misfits

Bim Skala Bim's cover of Pink Floyd's "Brain Damage"

HIM definately did some good covers

Travis
 

Hit me baby one more time redone by the English band - Travis.. originally by B.Spears of course.. download it!

Devo's "Satisfaction" smashes the Rolling Stones's original into a thousand pieces.

Oasis's cover of I am the Walrus is my personal favorite cover

Gin and Juice by the Gourds - the country version remix of the Snoop song.

I'll agree with those who said Johnny Cash "Hurt" (That video makes me cry) and SRV's "Little Wing". Most excellent.

By the way, where can I find the Foo's version of "Darling Nikki"? That's my favorite Prince song.

- Johnny Cash covering Nick Cave's "The Mercy Seat" - intense and chilling.
- Human Drama covering Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - the only JD cover ever that exceeds the original.
- Unto Ashes covering "Don't Fear The Reaper" - totally goth, utterly different than the original, and actually hauntingly beautiful.
- Faith and the Muse covering Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" - also better than the original.
- Purr Machine's cover of "Send Me An Angel" - Betsy Martin's voice is incredible.
- Apocalyptica's cover of "Enter Sandman" - so wrong it's right.
- KMFDM covering Madonna's "Material Girl" - same as above!
- Inkubus Sukkubus's cover of "Paint It Black" - goth band, but a pretty straightforward cover, with great female vocals.
I could go on all day........

Darling Nikki - Foo fighters..orginially Prince

Modest Mouse - Sleepwalking

children of bodom-somebody put something in my drink(by the ramones)

to hear a ramones song filled up with solos and haevy guitars is really great!

Good choice! If I could attened one concert ever i would've wanted it to be he Nirvana unplugged concert.

cobalt has it
nirvana - the man who sold the world
original by david bowie

Just a few off the top of my head:
Built to Spill covering Velvet Underground's "What goes on"
Bjork and PJ Harvey doing the Stones' "Satisfaction"
Pixies covering JaMC's "Head On"
Ben Kweller - "Ice Ice Baby"
Grr, suddenly I can't think of the ones I had in mind when I started reading this thread...

Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" is a classic, obviously.

I think most Leonard Cohen covers are leaps and bounds better than the original Cohen recordings, particularly because he is such an amazing poet with such a godawful voice. Jeff Buckley does "Hallelujah" with the best of them... I also heard a recording of Buckley doing Dylan's "Mama You've Been on My Mind," which was gold.

Haha, I always found Matchbox 20's version of "Time After Time" (Lauper) to be at least mildly entertaining as well.

That nirvana cover is amazing.

Zac Maloy -- Okie from Muskogee ---- it's from his latest album "Saturday is Gone" as a hidden track, #13....damn it's good.

I Love cohen's voice! It's what makes the tune. But then I like neil young's voice too, so I guess I'm no judge of voice character!


My fav cover has been Let's Spend the Night Together by David Bowie (Aladdin Sane).

Almost every cover ever done by the Pixies... My current favourite of theirs is Neil Young's Winterlong.

I have several favorites, but since it's fresh in my mind (due to listening to it currently), I'd have to say the Minibosses "Castlevania 3", "Ninja Gaiden", "Punch-Out!" and "Mega Man 2" medleys.


Dorky? Yes. But it rocks so hard that you can't deny it, even if you never played the video games as a kid.

Boys of summer - The Ataris

Ben Harper, covering Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing"

Eric Clapton covering "I Shot the Sheriff" introduced me to reggae.

The Allman Brothers Band covering "Stormy Monday" & "Statesburo Blues" introduced me to the blues.

Stevie Ray Vaughan covering "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" showed me that it was possible to improve on a Hendrix tune.

Nirvana - Plateau - The Meat Puppets
Nirvana - Oh, Me - The Meat Puppets
Nirvana - Lake Of Fire - The Meat Puppets

Tainted Love - Marilyn Manson

Three of my favorites...

Yet another vote for Me First and the Gimme Gimmes..."Nobody Does It Better" than they do ;)

"All Along The Watchtower" by Kelly Richey (actually improvising on Hendrix's adaptation)

And Dwight Yoakam did a helluva job with "Suspicious Minds"

Ray Charles - Over the Rainbow, originally by Judy Garland

Ray Charles - Eleanor Rigby, originally by the Beatles

Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side, originally by Irma Thomas

Kingsmen - Louie Louie, originally by Richard Berry

ziggy stardust by bauhaus originally done by bowie

Got a couple or three or 4...

Crazy... Patsy Cline original by Willie Nelson
All along the Watch Tower.... Hendrix... original by Bob Dylan
I Put a Spell on You... Manson... original by Nina Simone (I think)
The Passenger.... Michael Hutchense (INXS singer) original by Iggy Pop GREAT SONG!

Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies (original by Velvet Underground)
Yesterday - Boys II Men (original by some band from England I can't recall)
Blue Monday - Orgy (original by New Order)
Planet Caravan - Pantera (original by Black Sabath)

I think I heard it said once that Yesterday is the most covered song ever. I must admit the Boys II Men a cappella version is one of my guilty pleasures.

Oh yeah...one more I didn't see mentioned:

Lyle Lovett's "Stand By Your Man"

Crowded House - Tempted

Hands down my favorite.

Jack Black doing Marvin Gaye's Lets Get It On. From the ending of High Fidelity. Damn that is a hot track.

Johnny Cash, I won't back Down

I like a bunch of cover songs.. here's 2 that I think are well done:

Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons
The Atari's - Boys of Summer

I also like Marilyn Manson's covers, either of Sweet Dreams, Personal Jesus or Tainted Love. I dont know why, they're just fun to listen to.

Flunk - Blue monday

This one always makes me smile.

NWA's Straight Outta Compton

http://www.ninagordon.com/audio/stra...ttacompton.mp3

Evanescence - Heart Shaped Box (Nirvana)
Cradle of Filth - Hallowed Be Thy Name (Iron Maiden)
Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love (Soft Cell)

Hey - I gotta second this, even if it's adding little to the discussion.

Man. I first heard that song in a mixed goth/punk/industrial type nightclub. It'll never enjoy it quite as much as that first time (dancing, slightly drunk etc) - but it's still a classic. I'm glad somebody else enjoys the song too.

I had to list three.

"Here comes the sun" - sung in a very slow melancholy way. Almost sarcastic but without the whine. Some british artist. Wish somebody could find that one for me.

"Hey Joe" - done by Body Count (Jimi Hendrix tribute) is interesting. It comes out wonderful with a slightly harder interpretation.

"Rocket Man" - Kate Bush

schneider tm vs. kpt. michi.gan - the light 3000

if you cant tell (and i dont blame you) it's a cover of the smiths song "the light."

I think mine is No Quarter, originally done by Led Zeppelin, covered by Tool. I think Tool took it and made it even better than the original, which is an amazing feat.

The world in my eyes- the cure.. oringally made by depeche mode.

Little Wing by SRV
Down With The Sickness by Richard Cheese

-Mikey

I hear Sarah McLachlan sing The Beatles' "Blackbird" and Peter Gabriel's "Salisbury Hill" live on Thursday night, and both rocked my socks.

The Postal Service's version of "Against All Odds" by Phil Collins and All Saints' version of "Under The Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers are also up there.

The Sundays "Wild Horses"
Took me the longest time to realize the Stones originally recorded it

dynamite hack - boys in the hood (not sure who sang it maybe NWA)\
phish - gin and juice

Phish has never covered Gin and Juice (neither live nor in studio). An MP3 of an alt-country band called The Gourds from Austin, Texas doing a countrified/bluegrassy version of Gin and Juice circulated a bunch on Napster and other peer-to-peer programs a while back. It was incorrectly labeled as Phish.

http://www.phish.net/faq/ginandjuice.html

So true! This is probably my favorite cover of all time next to NiN's Hurt

The Atari's did an amazing job covering that song. :) Great choice. :thumbsup:

Up until recently i never liked any cover song. Then The Used and My Chemical Romance did an awesome job on "Under Pressure" origanally by Queen and David Bowie.

If you haven't heard Paint it Black by Gob (originally done by The Rolling Stones).. you're missing out.. PM me for it or contact me on AIM. :) It's good times.

Best cover that I have heard in long time. revitalized the song, and it's actually listenable now.

How about Will Ferril and the Newsanchors covering Starland Vocal Band's "Afternoon Delight"?

I just saw it on Much Music, and it is a bonus video at the end of the movie "anchorman".

Agreed... that was cool. :D

In all honesty, I didn't think that was them that really sang it, I thought they were just lip synching. :P

Van Halen's covers of Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman" and the KINKS' "You Really Got Me" and "All day and All of the Night"

David Lee Roth's version of the Beach Boys' "California Girls" and whoever's "Just a Gigalo"

G-N-R's version of the Stones' "Sympathy For the Devil"

Rod Stewart's cover of the Beatles' "In My Life"

I like the Flaming Lips cover of Seven Nation Army alot
and Ben Folds cover of Bitches ain't shit

KoRn - Another Brick In The Wall (part 1, 2, 3). By far the best cover I have heard in a long time, besides Jonny Cash doing NIN's Hurt

Audioslave covered that song also.....but they only did it live.

Ensiferum - Battery

Right now either

Korn - Another Brivk In The Wall
or
Spider Bait - Black Betty

just heard a cover of Nena's 99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger ----- very very very cool

Rasputina - Tourniquet (Manson)
Rasputina - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
A Perfect Circle - Imagine (Lennon)
NIN - Metal (Gary Numan)
Metallica - Astronomy (Blue Oyster Cult)

Omg Astronomy is a cover...I guess I got anothe to add to the list!

I have a four-way tie between:

"Nativity In Black" - Ozzy and Primus
"Mony Mony" - Billy Idol
"You Really Got Me" - Van Halen
"Hard To Handle" - The Black Crowes

I like Jimi Hendrix "All Along the Watchtower" better than Dylan's version (shhh...don't let my dad hear that!!).

I also like "Last Kiss" by Pearl Jam better than the original, but I don't know who did the first one.

Johnny Cash(any cover he does)

Slayer(Born to be wild,Steppenwolf)

Bowling for soup(I ran,Flock of Seagulls)

"My Sharona" by The Number Twelve Looks Like You(The Knack)
"Maniac" by Evergreen Terrace (no clue about who was orig)
"Mad World" by Evergreen Terrace/ "Mad World" by Gary Jules (Tears for Fears)
"Under Pressure" by The Blood Brothers (Queen)
"Paint It Black" by The Vines (Rolling Stones)
"Tainted Love" by Marilyn Manson{ew} (Soft Cell)
"Landslide" by Smashing Pumpkins (Fleetwood Mac)

And I'm going to list cover songs that need to implode:

"Landslide" by Dixie Chicks(Fleetwood Mac)
"Roxanne" by Fall Out Boy (Police)
"I Need A Hero" by Emery {when bad covers happen to good songs from good bands} (Bonnie Taylor)

A cover that astounds me in impact

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../abraxas-s.jpg

There is a cover of Build me up Buttercup on the mallrats soundtrack that is great and a cover of go your own way on the clerks soundtrack that is good as well. I am too lazy to look up who did the covers...

Walking after Midnight by Madeleine Peyroux

The Cure - The world in my eyes

Oh, Dwight Yoakam does a really good cover of Suspicious Minds...better than the original IMO.

A little British goth band called Inkubus Sukkubus does a kickin version of Paint It, Black. PM me if you'd like a copy, it's pretty hard to find.

I've always loved the 7 Seconds version of 99 Red Balloons.
Also love Stevie Ray Vaughn's cover of Little Wing.
And finally, I have to throw in Tori Amos version of '97 Bonnie and Clyde. It's creepy as hell.

I am a big U2 fan, and i really like their cover of Paint it Black, as well as their cover of Dancin' Barefoot ( Patti Smith ), and their take on the Beatles happiness is a warm gun.

Oh yeah also thier Pop Muzik (M)

And I am kinda surprised that no one mentioned of of the highest rated covers of all-time. Sinead O'coonor's Nothing Compares 2 U is a Prince song.

I've never heard that one (he's country, right?) ...

but I've always liked the Fine Young Cannibals version.


... speaking of covers, on the new Fear Factory album, they cover
Killing Joke's Millenium and U2's I Will Follow.

I like the originals, and FF covers them well enough (still deciding how well, needs more listens).

I think I have a new favorite--Children of Bodom covering "Oops!...I Did It Again"--you haven't heard a Britney song until you've heard one with a double kick and Alexi Laiho taking over on lead vocals.

Honorable mention goes to Dream Theater for Best Cover Usage in Medleys and Bridges ("In the Flesh", "Starship Trooper", "The Rover", "Love Lies Bleeding", "Have a Cigar", etc.) and Metallica for Most Improved Covers ("Breadfan" and "Turn the Page").

Lately I've been listening to Tool's cover of Led Zeppelin's "No Quarter".

Hoooooooly hell it is damn good. I'd have to say this now takes top place over any and all covers I've ever heard.

Also, Nonpoint, In The Air Tonite. and Type O Negative, Cinnamon Girl

You're right. My son has been playing this. It is quite good.

i like royksopps cover of burt bacarach's "blue on blue"

Wonderwall - Ryan Adams (Originally done by Oasis)

We Will Become Silhouettes - The Shins (originally done by The Postal Service)

High Fidelity - Death Cab For Cutie (originally by Elvis Costello) ... I actually like the original more but they do a stellar job

I can't believe that when I last posted I left out Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Incredible song.

Linkin Park - "Dust in the wind"(live) covered from Kansas

Johnette Napolitano and Danny Lohner's version of Coldplay's The Scientist. It's way better than Coldplay's.

Cake did a great version of I WIll Survive