Humm didn't know they did that....I heard on the radio Sevendust covered NIN's Hurt, but can't find that either!

Eva Cassidy made some very good covers..

Fields of Gold, Over the Rainbow, Time after Time, What a Wonderful World....actually she made a lot of good covers... :)

Jeff Buckleys version of Halleluja is one damn good cover..

Tori Amos' version of Zep's Thank You blows my mind.

I'll second (or third or fourth) Primus's cover of N.I.B.

My favorite is Stevie Ray Vaughan's cover of Little Wing.

1000 Homo DJs - Supernaut (orriginally Black Sabbath)

Uh...

Cake - I will survive

Hendrix - All along the watchtower

Nirvana - The man who sold the world

and humor wise:

Phish - Mmmbop

"116 times!"

"wait! ... that's goin too far!"

Re: What is the best cover song of all time?
 

They're local I got to see them play about a month ago. I'd have to say my fav cover song is Deftones cover of To have and to hold by Depeche Mode.

most ska covers like Reel Big Fish - Brown eyed girl, Less Than Jake - I would walk 500 miles and others like Pennywise - Land Down Under

I like the White Stripes cover of Jolene. Originally done by Dolly Parton.

Not the best ever, but I've taken a shine to Vanilla Fudge's cover of "Keep me Hanging On"

john mclaughlin's solo cover of "good bye pork pie hat"---done before he joined up with miles davis.

in general, i dont like covers unless the new version shreds the original. coltrane's "my favorite things" is something of an exception, for sentimental reason mostly.

as for mashup things, i really like dj/rupture's reframing of nina simone's "plain gold ring" from minesweeper suite.....

Re: Re: What is the best cover song of all time?
 

WHat area of Az you at? I'm from Tucson my self. Used live around Alvernon and Grant.

ahahaha good memories. :D

I like the goofy covers myself, found a lot of junk in the cut out bins.

Ballad of the Green Berets (Sgt. Barry Sandler) done by Elvis Hitler
Rainy Days and Mondays (Carpenters) done by Cracker
Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel) done by The Coolies
Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young) done by the Replicants
Rock and Roll All Nite (Kiss) done by Toad the Wet Sprocket

OK, I'm sure it's not the best, but I really like 311's version of the Cure's "Love Song".

fly me to the moon-eva cassidy (org:sinatra)

The Kinks- "You really got me" covered by Van Halen
*edit* I just noticed Sion already mentioned this one on the first page! Great minds think alike!

I have his live DVD called "Rave" and it's on there. Great DVD btw.

Actually it was on the Hits compilation (3 cds).

Some of my favorites:

Zevon - Knockin' on Heaven's Door. (The emotion is heart-wrenching.)
Hindu Love Gods - Raspberry Beret
Jeff Beck/Rod Stewart - People Get Ready
Hootie & the Blowfish - Hey Hey What Can I Do
The Smiths - Rusholme Ruffians (cover of Elvis' His Latest Flame)

i completely agree... that song gives me chills every time i listen to it. i love how they go back and forth singing the lyrics... their voices compliment each other so well.

Lemonheads - Mrs. Robinson, awesome remake.

ANyone here listen to Tori Amois's cd "Strange Little Girl" her covers of Slayer's "Raining blood" and Emiem's "Bonnie and Clyd 98" are fuckiong CREEPY. Good, but still creepy.

I like Ministry's cover of " Lay lady lay"

The Gypsy Kings - Hotel California

The White Stripes - Death Letter

CCR - Heard it through the grapevine

I just downloaded the "Hit me baby one more time" cover Travis did...it is great, and pretty damn funny, too (with the people laughing in the background)

Just heard The Agony Scene - Paint It Black. Bad ass.

Pantera's cover is Nugent's Cat Scratch Fever would be on my top five list, along with Mettalica's Turn the Page.

Anything on Aerosmith's Never Loved a Girl, is a fabulous cover of Aretha's Never Loved a Man. In fact the whole Honkin' on Bobo cd is fabulous.

I've always loved Siouxsie and the Banshees version of Billie Holliday's "Strange Fruit". The original is incredible as well, but the cover brings across the creepy feeling I imagine the lyrics originally brought across when she sang it in the 30's.

Jimi Hendrix's cover of Hey Joe originally by the Byrds.

Reel Big Fish's New York New York (originally by Frank Sinatra).

It's AMAZINGLY better than the original.

before i heard dave matthews do watchtower 6 times live, i would have said hendrix hands down, now, it is a tie between them

Agreed. The point has been run into the ground, but I tremendously like this song as well.

I just got to say, there has been some great stuff put out here. Thanks much to all have have and will post here. My fetish for out there cover songs has been aided greatly by all.

My fave is "Come as you are" by The King. In fact, I love the whole album - Gravelands.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/9/thekingmusic.htm

"Sweet Jane" by the Cowboy Junkies (original Velvet Underground)

"The way you do the things you do" - J. Garcia Band (original The Temptations)

"Ellenor Rigby" - Ray Charles (original The Beatles)

"Dead Flowers" Townes Van Zant (original the Rolling Stones)

My favs in no particular order

Snowblind - SOAD...Holy crap do the tear through this song
The drugs dont work - Ben Harper
Thirteen - Johnny Cash
Turn the page - Metallica
Halloween - Dropkick Murphys
Billy's bones - Dropkick Murphys

I don't knowif this has been listed yet, (didn t read all the entries)
but my fave all time cover is hands down:

Elenor Rigby redone by Vanilla Fudge originaly done by the Beatles

Don't know if any of these have been said

I fought the law- The clash- Who sings that originally?

Louie Louie- Black Flag They change the words but it's still good.

Yea, that is an incredible cover, Vanilla Fudge new how to redo a song

Probably "Walk This Way" by Run-DMC, but that's too obvious. I'm gonna go with "Dangerous Type" by Letters To Cleo.