Which Cover song is your fav?
 

Since the "alternate" thread got messed up! :p


Mine....Brown Sugar ....Ryan Adams and Beth Orton



Death Letter.......White Stripes originally by Son House

Brian Setzer Orchestra- "Jump,Jive, and Wail"

Me First and the Gimmee Gimmees - all covers. mostly 70's & 80's done punk style.

Johhny Cash - "Hurt" (originally by Nine Inch Nails)

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World - originally by David Bowie

NIN - Hurt by Johnny Cash & David Bowie
Beatles - Come Together by Michael Jackson

Me as well.

Tangled up in Blue, The Indigo Girls remake of the Dylan Classic.

Spectacular.

-bear

and to add to that,

System of a Down - Metro (originally done by Berlin)
System of a Down - Snowblind (originally done by Black Sabbath)

Agreed.

A.F.I.-Halloween (misfits)
NoFX-Last caress (misfits, again)
NoFX-Olympia Wa.

Yeah, can't go wrong there.

I love Fenix*tx's version of Feliz Navidad right now, but it's Christmas time, so it's bound to change.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower
Save Ferris - Come On Eileen
Red Hot Chili Peppers - If You Want Me to Stay

Can't decide on just one. Here's a few off the top of my head:

Metallica - Die, Die, Die My Darling
Metallica - Am I Evil
Rage Against the Machine - Renegades Of Funk
Rage Against The Machine - Ghost Of Tom Joad
Me First & The Gimme Gimmes - The Rainbow Connection
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
The Gourds - Gin N Juice

Jimmi Hendrix's cover of the Byrds "Hey Joe"
The Cure's cover of Jimmi Hendrix's "Foxy Lady"
Dinosaur Jr's cover of the Cure's "Just Like Heaven"

or maybe not.

I also will put a vote in for "the man who sold the world" - Nirvana... but i wish there were others knew about.. this could be a good thread to find some nice cover songs

keep it going!

'Hurt' song by NiN covered by Johnny Cash
'Rebel Yell' song by Billy Idol covered by HIM
'Wicked Game' song by Chris Isaak covered by HIM
'Thirteen' song by Danzig covered by Johnny Cash
'Smells Like Teen Spirit' song by Nirvana covered by Tori Amos
'Number of the Beast' song by Iron Maiden covered by Zwan

...just to name a few :)

I was looking around on some fan websites for Finch the other day and came across two great acoustic covers. Dumb by Nirvana and Paranoid Android by Radiohead. Both great songs and pretty aweseome covers if I say so.

i always like it when Les Claypool covers Pink Floyd. here's Claypool's Frog Brigade performing PF's Animals live > http://claypoolfan:animals@www.fogducker.com/c

please do not repost this.

Flowers on the Wall - Eric Heatherly version

Concrete Blonde doing 'Misty Mountain Hop'

'fly me to the moon'-eva cassidy (org by frank sinarta)

Primus -- Snoop Dog Cover. Gin N Juice

Goldfinger- 99 Red Balloons

louis armstrong - moon river

Micheal Buble- Fever

I like every cover I've ever heard of Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper", as well as Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put A Spell On You".

Also, I've been looking for a good cover of "Paint It Black". I know there's a good one out there somewhere...

Soul Kitchen (the Doors song) as covered by X. Its an odd choice of a cover, an infamous punk band covering a doors song (and having a record produced by a member of the doors), but its a great cover.

A few...

Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (Leadbelly)
Audioslave - Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes)
Rancid - Vanilla Sex (NoFX)
Cake - I Will Survive (Dunno)
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss (Dunno)

The Gourds - Gin & Juice
Michael Hedges - All Along the Watchtower
No Use For a Name - Turning Japanese

Really diggin' No Doubt's version of 'It's My Life'...it was one of my favorite songs of the 80's and they do a great version of it.

One cover I can't stand is Metallica's version of Nick Cave's "Loverman." Garage Inc. was, for the most part, a pretty solid slew of covers, but "Loverman" really pisses me off.

Another cover that's pretty horrible is off the Good Will Hunting soundtrack. Some talentless f--k named Andru Donalds covered Jackson Browne's "Somebody's Baby." Just the thought of this Blues Travellerish cover coupled with Minnie Driver's acting makes me want to cut someone.

Anyhow, there are some really good covers out there, too. I really dig Cash's version of Soundgarden's "Rusty Cage" and Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus." Oh, and we can't forget Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower."

Covers are always a touchy subject, and usually mirror how talented the band performing them is. William Shatner and Andru
Donalds are examples of how pitiful covers can be from the talentless.

The band throwdown does a cover on the song baby got back and i enjoy that.

Current Favorite: "Blood Brothers - It's a Shpadoinkle Day" orginally from Cannibal the Musical
Classic Favorite: "Johnny Cash - Hurt" from NIN
All Time Favorite: "Goldfinger - 99 luft balloons" orginally by Nena

"Across the Universe" cover by Fiona Apple

As we all know, the original is by the Beatles.

:thumbsup:

i love punk covers, but mainly nofx

nofx - over the rainbow
nofx - lean on me
nofx - hotel california
pennywise - land down under (was men at work)
Rage against the machine - renegades of funk

and many more i cant think of atm :<

Definately.
Also Wicked Game-HIM
Dont Fear the Reaper-HIM
and Six Feet Under's cover of TNT is pretty sick.

i just heard the worst cover - Nirvana trying to do The End by the Doors it really sucked

i'd have to say smashing pumpkins - landslide

Heres another vote for Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. They're an awesome cover band.

Anything covered by Eva Cassidy.

Stevie Ray Vaughan's cover of Hendrix's Little Wing.

Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower - Dylan
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss - ?
Johnny Cash - Hurt - NIN

fun lovin criminals cover of the climax blues band - couldnt get it right

The Deftones did a cover of say it ain't so by Weezer that kicked a lot of ass. Gary Jules did Mad World by Tears for Fears. So far Hole is the only band that's been able to fuck up a Nirvana song and although it's been said before The Man Who Sold the World was amazing.

So many song titles... my shift finger hurts.

Possibly Frank Sinatra's version of "Mrs Robinson"

Hurt - Johhny Cash
White Wedding - Murderdolls

I'll go with that one, too.

Hayden "Gouge Away" (the Pixies)
or
Eels "Get Ur Freak On" (Missy Elliot)

Travis - Baby One More Time (Britney Spears)
Foo Fighters - Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty)
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)

MXPX - "The KKK Took My Baby Away" - originally by The Ramones

Cake - 'I will survive'
Tenacious D - 'Keep on lovin'you'
Tori Amos - 'Smells like teen spirit'
Violent Femmes - 'Do you really want to hurt me?'
Nick Cave - 'In the ghetto'
Me First and The Gimme Gimmies - 'Walking on sunshine'
Johnny Cash - 'Hurt'
Devo - 'Satisfaction
Foo Fighters - 'Have a cigar'
Frente - 'Bizzare love triangle'
Cowboy Junkies - 'Sweet jane'

reel big fish - 'take on me'

Orgy's 'Blue Monday', originally by New Order
Marilyn Manson's 'Tainted Love', originally by Soft Cell

Evergreen Terrace-Maniac

Diary of a Love Song by A Perfect Circle.

It's a Medley Cover of Ozzy's Diary of a Madman and The Cure's Love Song.

In Flames - Everything Counts
Rammstein - Stripped

Strangely enough, the originals are both by Depeche Mode

I almost forgot....

Veruca Salt - 'My Sharona'

I like a few of Manson's covers, Tainted Love and KKK took My Baby Away.

Also Converge's cover of Snowblind is pretty good.

Jeff Buckley doing a twist on Leonard Cohens "Halleluja"

Bono doing "Cant help falling in love" ( UB40 got the playtime on MTV but Bonos version is way superior imo )

i've always had a spot for the grateful dead's cover of bob dylan's "she belongs to me"

also, have to agree with nirvana's bowie cover and the pumpkins' fleetwood mac cover

I really love John Mayer's cover of Kid A

There is another thread exactly like this one, but I might as well reiterate my favs on this one too:

Cake - I Will Survive (Donna Summer)
Foo Fighters - Baker Street (Jerry Rafferty)
Dave Matthews Band - Cortez the Killer (Neil Young)
Reverend Horton Heat - Nurture My Pig (Loco Gringos)
Johnny Cash - One (U2), Highway Patroman (Bruce Springsteen)
Vanilla Fudge - Keep Me Hanging On (Supremes)
Apocolyptica - Nothing Else Matters (Metallica)
Fountains of Wayne - Baby One More Time (Britney Spears)

Revolting Cocks cover of "If You Think I'm Sexy" by Rod Stewart(?)
Funker Vogt cover of "Harvester of Sorrow" by Metallica

Hendrix-All along the watch tower
Johnny Cash- Thirteen (danzig) and Hurt
Metallica- Die Die my Darling
Blood For Blood- Ultraviolence (oppressed)

and thats all i can think of for now

Steve Vai - Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Warren Zevon - Knocking on Heaven's Door

Death Cab for Cutie - All is full of love, originally by Bjork.

There's just something about Ben Gibbard's voice that appeals to me.

Couple of fun ones

Rob Zombie - Brickhouse 2003 (originally by Commodores)
White Zombie - I'm Your Boogieman (originally KC & Sunshine)
Godhead - Eleanor Rigby (originally by the Beatles)

Deadstar Assembly - Send Me An Angel is kinda growing on me too...

dread zeppelin. reggae covers of mostly zep songs. Sung by an elvis impersonator. sounds strange but it works.

Impaled - Helga Lost Her Head - Repulsion Cover

Children Of Bodom - Aces High(Iron Maiden)

Children Of Bodom - Silent Scream(Slayer)

Anything on Iced Earth's "Tribute To The Gods". To name a few:
Alice Cooper's Dead Babies
Iron Maiden's Number Of The Beast and Hallowed Be Thy Name
and Judas Priest's The Ripper

Graveworm's cover of Maiden's Fear Of The Dark

Sentenced's cover of Maiden's The Trooper

Rammstein's cover of Kraftwerk's Das Modell

Whiskey in the Jar - Metallica --- originally by Thin Lizzy

Mrs. Robinson - Lemonheads --- you know who did it originally

I love Fountain of Wayne's version of Britney Spears' "Hit Me Baby One More Time", but that's already been mentioned. I also am a big fan of all the covers from the Nirvana Unplugged album, but those too have already been mentioned.

I guess the best not already mentioned is Toad the Wet Sprocket's version of The Beatles "Hey Bulldog".

Pearl Jam covering Neil Young's Rockin in the Free World
Eddie Vedder covering the Beatle's Hide Your Love Away
Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready covering Dylan's Masters of War
-come to think of it any cover Pearl Jam did, except for Last Kiss. Oh, and for the people that didn't know who originally recorded it, it was J. Frank Wilson and the Caveliers.

Radiohead covering Neil Young's Cinnamon Girl

Metallica covering Lynyrd Skynyrd's Tuesday's Gone

There's some more that I just can't think of now. But the WORST cover of all-time and Fred Durst should be murdered for covering this great and beautiful song is his version of The Who's Behind Blue Eyes.

Yeah... no doubt. Michael Hedges was great. His version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is just excellent. That guy was a true talent.

About half of the Greatful Dead's tunes were covers. Just to name a few of my favs...

When I Paint my Masterpiece
Tangled up in Blue
Baba O'Riley
Gimme Some Lovin
Watchtower
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Second that Emotion

The list goes on and on.

DB.

"Turning Japanese" by Sprung Monkey, "Free Ride" by Audio Adrenaline, all of the Blues Brothers stuff, "Supersticion" by Stevie Ray Vaughan, all of Clapton's "Me and Mr. Johnson", and "Miss American Pie" by Catch 22.

Oh, and can't forget "Simple Man" by Shinedown

my favorite cover would have to be korn doing metallica's one at the mtv icon thingy... metallica was standing up and bowing to korn as the rocked it better than metallica ever could... cant wait for korns next album... nothing but covers

A couple more:
Reel Big Fish - 99 Red Balloons
Dope - Spin Me Right Round

Otherwise, I dislike both bands.

I'm pretty sure you are thinking of Goldfinger, who did a kick-ass version of 99 Red Balloons. I don't think RBF has covered this one.

My fav is Mushroomhead's cover of Seal's "Crazy". Listen to it all the time. Just.Simply.Amazing. :thumbsup:

I'm really liking

Chimaira - Fascination Street

I like Type O Negatives cover of Summer Breeze originally by Seal & cROFT
& also System of A Down - Metro, & Rage Against the Machine - Street Fighting Man

Jeff Buckley - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (originally by The Smiths)

I did a quick google search, and you are indeed right. I guess that's one of the problems you encounter when you use peer to peer.

Any cover of 99 Red Balloons, its a very good song when it isn't so slow and 80's
The Pumpkin's cover of Landslide
Donkey Punch covering Bon Jovi's Livin on a Prayer (find Donkey Punch: Live at the Blind Pig on emusic, you wont regret it)
And finally, my most recent favorite, the Foo Fighters cover of Darling Nikki.

I'll save the PJ for last ...

I love cover songs - nothing's more exciting than hearing a band's take on an older song. The ones I can think of that I really really enjoy are:

"Voodoo Chile" by Stevie Ray Vaughan (Jimi Hendrix)
"Little Wing" by Stevie Ray Vaughan (Jimi Hendrix)
"Hurt" by Johnny Cash (NIN)
"Black" by Aaron Lewis (Pearl Jam)
"Sober" by Staind (Tool)
"Diary of a Love Song" by A Perfect Circle (Ozzy/The Cure hybrid song)
"Love Song" by 311 (The Cure)
"Interstate Love Song" by Hootie and the Blowfish (Stone Temple Pilots)
"War Pigs" by Faith No More (Black Sabbath)
"Easy" by Faith No More (Lionel Richie)
"Faith" by Limp Bizkit (George Michael)
"Behind Blue Eyes" by Limp Bizkit (The Who)
"Another Brick in the Wall" by Korn (Pink Floyd)
"Lowrider" by Korn (War)
"Wish" by Linkin Park (NIN)
"Take On Me" by Reel Big Fish (A-Ha)

Most of the songs that Pearl Jam covers sound REALLY REALLY good -

"Crazy Mary" by Victoria Williams
"Rockin' in the Free World" by Neil Young
"Baba O'Reilly" by The Who
"The Kids Are Alright" by The Who
"Fortunate Son" by Credence Clearwater Revival
"I am a Patriot" by Steven Van Zandt
"I Got You" by Split Enz
"Interstellar Overdrive" by Pink Floyd
"Last Kiss" by Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers
"Gimme Some Truth" by John Lennon
"Know Your Rights" by The Clash

Damn, that was a really long list.

I know most people haven't heard it, but April Wine does an excellent cover of the Spencer Davis Group's "I'm a Man".

Molly Hatchet does a good job with "Freebird" as well.

Supernaut - Orig. Black Sabbath covered by 1000 Homo DJs (the Ogre vocals as opposed to the Reznor vocals although to be honest there wasn't much difference).

Solsbury Hill - Orig. Peter Gabriel covered by Sarah McLachlan (pretty much any cover by her).

Angie - Orig. Rolling Stones covered by Tori Amos (I only heard it live though. I'd love to find a recording of it).

In reply to Glytch:

What kind of cover would you like to hear of Paint it Black? I worked in a band that did a latin/blues version of it that worked pretty well.

Shinedown - Simple Man
Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes
Limp Bizkit - Sanitarium(live)
Sevendust - Hurt
Adema - Nutshell
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
And that new KoRn one(if its a cover)

Current favorite:

Tom Waits doing "Somewhere" from West Side Story

"along comes mary" covered by the bloodhound gang
whatever the song the wedding singer in old school was singing
and absolutely the best cover of all time, "little wing" covered by stevie ray vaughan

Van Halen - You Really Got Me (KINKS)
"..........." - Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison)
"..........." - Won't Get Fooled Again (the WHO)
All 3 songs were done better by VH than the original artist.

G-N-(F'N)R - Sympathy For the Devil (Rolling Stones)

Aerosmith - Come Together (Beatles)

Cheap Trick - Ain't that a Shame (Beatles)
Cheap trick - Magical Mystery Tour (Beatles)
Cheap Trick - Don't be Cruel (Elvis)

Thorogood - 1 bourbon, 1 scotch 1 beer (John Lee Hooker)

Dixie Chicks - Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)

Sheryl Crow - First Cut is the Deepest (Rod Stewart who covered it from Cat Stevens)

Finally,

John Lennon - Stand By Me (Ben E. King)

Korn's greatest hits album released today. Korn covers Pink Floyd's: Another Brick in the Wall (part 1 2 3) on this album. I have to say I was really impressed with the song. The song had a strong Pink Floyd feeling to it but with Jon Davis's awesome throat ripping vocals !

Another note... It is the first korn studio recording that had a guitar solo in a song.

Pearl Jam
 

[QUOTE=mamasan]Pearl Jam covering Neil Young's Rockin in the Free World
Eddie Vedder covering the Beatle's Hide Your Love Away
Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready covering Dylan's Masters of War
-come to think of it any cover Pearl Jam did, except for Last Kiss. Oh, and for the people that didn't know who originally recorded it, it was J. Frank Wilson and the Caveliers.

QUOTE]
Definitely check out any covers that Pearl Jam has done they are really good. They do some great Johnny Cash songs as well a a great cover of Baba Orielly (teenage wasteland) done by The Who. Check them out - Trust me

Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Little Wing" (Jimmie Hendrix)
Jeff Healey Band - "Stuck In the Middle With You" (Steelers Wheels)
Gary Allan - Runaway (Del Shannon)
Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons (Nina)
John Mellencamp - "Under The Boardwalk" (The Drifters)
Foo Fighters - "Baker St." (Gerry Rafferty)
Fuel - "Daniel" (Elton John)
Fuel - Going To California (Led Zeppelin)
Dropkick Murphys - "Dirty Water" (The Standells)
Kim Wilde - "Keep Me Hanging On" (Cream)
Collin Raye - "Brown Sugar" (Rolling Stones)
Smash Mouth - "Do It Again" (Steely Dan)
Sugar Ray - "Is She Really Going Out With Him" (Joe Jackson)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "Don't Bring Me Down" (The Animals)

Got to be 'Quicksand' by Dinosaur Jr

Original by David Bowie

You beat me to it!

I love that song, and Word Up is a good one to who ever they covered that one from!

Jack Johnson - A Pirate Looks at 40 (Jimmy Buffett)
This actually hasn't been released on a studio album, but you can download it free from Jack Johnson's website. (Yes, I know it was on The September Sessions soundtrack, but it's the same version that you can download, which was recorded from a KFOG concert back in 2001 or 2002).

Dave Matthews Band - Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
The best version is from the Golden Gate Park concert on September 12, 2004, when Carlos Santana joins them on stage. I've been listening to Dave cover this for years trying to figure out what was missing, and it turns out it's Santana. (I have a torrent of this concert, if you're interested find me in the IRC channel or send me a private message).

Gipsy Kings: Hotel California (The Eagles)
Done with a flamenco/rumba twist. Sung mostly in spanish, with a little bit of english in the chorus. This is the song that plays in the background of The Big Lebowski when Jesus rolls.

I have other favorites, but they've already been covered on this list.

Oh, the worst cover ever has to be the Madonna version of "American Pie." Blech.

Fiona Apple covering The Beatles' original "Across the Universe"

it's easy
how long till tomorrow by anders olson covered by the killer whales
other than that
i say liquor store by the urge

I just found the original Word Up Song Korn covered it was don't by Cameo in 1987...korn did a better job the original is corny!