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cleanx · 03-30-2004, 12:14 PM

stand by me by pennywise

j8ear · 03-30-2004, 01:22 PM

Tangled up in Blue by the Indigo Girls.

(Originally a Bob Dylan diddy for you youngins')

By far the single best cover song ever recorded, imho.

-bear

Averett · 03-30-2004, 01:40 PM

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Originally posted by Derwood
Cake - I will Survive

I love that song

Great cover song.

A few months back I was at a local dive bar with some friends and I put that in the juke box. For some reason I was getting major cool points from my friend Michael all night long, but the playing of that song caused him to take them all back. He's not a fan... Okay, that was a pointless story.

Seer666 · 03-30-2004, 05:23 PM

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Originally posted by Averett
I love that song Great cover song.

A few months back I was at a local dive bar with some friends and I put that in the juke box. For some reason I was getting major cool points from my friend Michael all night long, but the playing of that song caused him to take them all back. He's not a fan... Okay, that was a pointless story.

Maybe, but isn't it always the pointless ones that seem to be the best? Just look at Cube and Pi. Great movies, but if there was a point in the end, it was lost on me.

jbuffett · 04-01-2004, 10:53 PM

Crossroads by Cream.
Travelling Riverside Blues by Led Zeppelin.

Soda_BoB · 04-02-2004, 04:37 AM

I like New Found glory covers like; Aerosmith's - Don't wanna miss a thing, Celine Dion - My heart will go on..
But I'd prolly have to say Nirvana's covers on Unplugged in New York are the best

noahfor · 04-02-2004, 06:43 AM

paint it black- the black dahlia murder

nothing compares to you-sinead oconnor(originally by prince i think)

everything counts-in flames

when the smoke is going down- soad

goodbye blue sky- soad

blasphemus rumors-duncan shiek

enjoy the silence-dead to fall or shadows fall?

sunday bloody sunday-evergreen terrace

and my favorite

anesthesia- shai hulud

SixEdxMia · 04-02-2004, 07:40 AM

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Originally posted by Derwood
Cake - I will Survive

And DEFINITLy Fiona's version of across the universe.

My two absulote fav's are right there..mmmmmThats good stuff.

SixEdxMia · 04-02-2004, 07:44 AM

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Originally posted by Seer666
Maybe, but isn't it always the pointless ones that seem to be the best? Just look at Cube and Pi. Great movies, but if there was a point in the end, it was lost on me.

UUmmm..Did you see cube 2? : ) I think there was a point.(even if the point was to make it as lame as the first.)

SixEdxMia · 04-02-2004, 07:45 AM

Oh Oh Oh...One more thing.. Bowling for soup's Hit me baby one more time.Oh yeeeaaa...

anti fishstick · 04-02-2004, 11:53 AM

i really enjoy smells like teen spirit by tori amos (originally nirvana)

CryptikSoul · 04-02-2004, 03:53 PM

Pearl Jam's live cover of Smells like Teen Spirit is pretty cool too.

Varese · 04-02-2004, 07:09 PM

what about Jeff Beck's white hot remake of Pork Pie Hat? Can my man get some juice for that?

Sion · 04-02-2004, 08:35 PM

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Originally posted by noahfor
nothing compares to you-sinead oconnor(originally by prince i think)

Prince wrote the song, most definitely. I am unaware of any recordings of it by him though.

edit: a quick check of AMG reveals that the only recordings of the song by the man himself are live performances, primarily bootlegs.

Pyke · 04-02-2004, 11:09 PM

A few of Dream Theatre's:
Elton John - Funeral for a Friend, Love Liews Bleeding
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
Led Zep - Rover, Achilles, The Song Remains the Same
Pink Floyd - In The Flesh

Derwood · 04-03-2004, 06:59 AM

I'll put in another vote, this time for Dave Matthew's Band's cover of "Cortez the Killer" on the "Live in Central Park" CD. Un-fucking-believable. Warren Haynes is the guest guitarist and he plays about as close to Neil Young as you are gonna hear.

warrrreagl · 04-03-2004, 08:36 AM

"Twist and Shout"
The Beatles

gorilla · 04-03-2004, 11:26 PM

all of the covers from Nirvana's Unplugged in New York
Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt" originally done by NIN

triad · 04-04-2004, 07:05 AM

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Originally posted by Untitled

And, while I adore Nena's 99 Balloons, I really like Goldfinger's cover of it as well..

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Originally posted by Soda_BoB
I like New Found glory covers like; Aerosmith's - Don't wanna miss a thing, Celine Dion

yeaah both covers are really really good.

Also the atari's remake of boys of summer was pretty good.

Seer666 · 04-04-2004, 04:02 PM

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Originally posted by SixEdxMia
UUmmm..Did you see cube 2? : ) I think there was a point.(even if the point was to make it as lame as the first.)

Haven't seen that one yet. Want to though. If nothing else, the death traps were a lot of fun to watch.

holtmate · 04-04-2004, 06:10 PM

One of my favorite covers is Stabbing Westward's "Bizarre Love Triangle" (New Order)
And for the gratuitous cover performed by Metallica..."Breadfan"

skullfunk · 04-05-2004, 01:25 PM

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Originally posted by Derwood
You're kidding? If I have to pick a cover of that song, I'll take Rufus Wainwright thank you very much.

No, I agree with irateplatypus, I like Fiona Apple's version of Across the Universe better.

Stompy · 04-06-2004, 07:56 AM

Not sure as to what the best cover song is, but I know Mike Patton sings it!

k1ng · 04-08-2004, 04:16 PM

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Originally posted by Seer666
System of a Down does some great covers. I LOVE their version of Zelda. Takes a great band to do something that silly and still make it sound good.

Yeah they do a good cover of Metro and Snowblind but Im pretty sure that the Zelda song is not SOAD. Sounds a bit like them, but its just a mislabeled mp3 thats been circulating the net for a while. Who is it a cover of anyway?

Seer666 · 04-08-2004, 06:07 PM

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Originally posted by k1ng
Yeah they do a good cover of Metro and Snowblind but Im pretty sure that the Zelda song is not SOAD. Sounds a bit like them, but its just a mislabeled mp3 thats been circulating the net for a while. Who is it a cover of anyway?

I'm pretty sure it is them Sounds just like them. I'll have to diggin through albums to find out for sure. It's a remake of the theam song from the NES game, Zelda.

Fenton-J-Cool · 04-08-2004, 07:06 PM

Try "N.I.B." (orig: Ozzy), a band called Primus redid it. They are all bass-centric and crazy. Check it out, one of the only remakes I accept.

Seer666 · 04-09-2004, 02:15 PM

I can't believe I forgot this one when I started the thread. There is a cover of the Rolling Stones Gimmie Shelter by the Sisters of Mercy. Not only is it the ONLY Rolling Stones cover I like, it is the only Stones cover I like better then the original. They style that the Sisters do it is SO much more suited for the song.

Fire · 04-12-2004, 12:52 AM

Dynamite hack did a damn good cover of "boyz in the hood" a few years back- whatever happened to them?

Rowan · 04-14-2004, 09:24 PM

I would have to say Pantera's cover of Black Sabbath's Planet Caravan. . .very good!!

Jizzosh · 05-05-2004, 07:12 PM

Aside from the many other already mentioned tunes...

Radiohead covering Carly Simon's - Nobody Does it better.

wrongfullyaccuzd · 05-05-2004, 10:13 PM

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Originally posted by CS733t
Seether covering You Know You're Right by Nirvana

I would love to hear this but I can't find it. Where'd you get it? Is it live? Bootleg? Help.

rodb · 05-05-2004, 11:15 PM

Hendrix's <i>All Along the Watchtower</i> is my favorite cover of all time. Lyrics of Dylan with the sound of Hendrix.

Radiohead does a cover of <i>Union City Blue</i> that I also like.

Jadedfox · 05-06-2004, 12:14 AM

War Pigs - Faith No More is definitely one of the best covers out there.

--jaded

cameroncrazy822 · 05-06-2004, 10:04 AM

The Whitney Houston remake of Dolly Parton's "I will always love you".

ssh_agent · 05-06-2004, 11:02 AM

Snake River Conspriracy doing the Cure's LoveSong.

Sonic Youth doing the carpenters Superstar

Memnoch · 05-06-2004, 11:19 AM

"A band called Primus..."

Who the hell doesn't know who Primus is?!

My favorites:

"Hurt" - Johnny Cash cover/NIN original
"Burning Inside" Fear Factory and Static-X cover/Ministry original
"Sober" - Staind live cover/Tool original
"Kill You" - Deftones live cover/Eminem original
"Tourniquet" - Rasputina cover/Marilyn Manson original

a_divine_martyr · 05-07-2004, 06:53 PM

Boysetsfire - Rocketman

Polyphobic · 05-08-2004, 05:46 AM

Snowblind - System of a Down is one of my favorites. That and anything by SOAD.

I know this is off topic but I need to rant.
Jessica Simpson covered that annoying Berlin song from Top Gun and actually made it worse. Made me cry since I couldn't change the channel. j/k

noahfor · 05-08-2004, 11:05 AM

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Originally posted by a_divine_martyr
Boysetsfire - Rocketman

Boysetsfire also does a cover of fade to black that is alright.

The first time I saw them was awesome.

Children of Bodom - rebel yell

Scorps · 05-08-2004, 12:19 PM

All the ones I like:

- Adema - Nutshell(AIC)
- Godsmack - Sweetleaf(BS)
- System Of A Down - Snowblind(BS)
- Jonny Cash - Hurt(NIN)
- Avril Lavigne - Fuel[live](Metallica)
- Avril Lavigne - Knocking On Heavens Door(can't remember)
- Disturbed - Fade To Black[live](Metallica)
- Audioslave - Seven Nation Army[live](White Stripes)

03-30-2004, 12:14 PM	#41 (permalink)
cleanx Crazy Location: chatsworth, california san fernando valley	stand by me by pennywise __________________ The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools." -Thucydides

03-30-2004, 01:22 PM	#42 (permalink)
j8ear Gentlemen Farmer Location: Middle of nowhere, Jersey	Tangled up in Blue by the Indigo Girls. (Originally a Bob Dylan diddy for you youngins') By far the single best cover song ever recorded, imho. -bear __________________ It's alot easier to ask for forgiveness then it is to ask for permission.

04-01-2004, 10:53 PM	#45 (permalink)
jbuffett Tilted	Crossroads by Cream. Travelling Riverside Blues by Led Zeppelin. __________________ I do blame you for voting for Bush.

04-02-2004, 04:37 AM	#46 (permalink)
Soda_BoB Psycho	I like New Found glory covers like; Aerosmith's - Don't wanna miss a thing, Celine Dion - My heart will go on.. But I'd prolly have to say Nirvana's covers on Unplugged in New York are the best __________________ Just because you paranoid.don't mean they're not after you...- Kurt Cobain-Chopper Read Project Dolphin: Join the TFP Typing Team!

04-02-2004, 07:45 AM	#50 (permalink)
SixEdxMia <3 Peetster Location: Peetster's house.	Oh Oh Oh...One more thing.. Bowling for soup's Hit me baby one more time.Oh yeeeaaa... __________________ Honey,We're home.

04-02-2004, 06:43 AM	#47 (permalink)
noahfor Addict	paint it black- the black dahlia murder nothing compares to you-sinead oconnor(originally by prince i think) everything counts-in flames when the smoke is going down- soad goodbye blue sky- soad blasphemus rumors-duncan shiek enjoy the silence-dead to fall or shadows fall? sunday bloody sunday-evergreen terrace and my favorite anesthesia- shai hulud

04-02-2004, 11:53 AM	#51 (permalink)
anti fishstick Post-modernism meets Individualism AKA the Clash Location: oregon	i really enjoy smells like teen spirit by tori amos (originally nirvana) __________________ And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin

04-02-2004, 03:53 PM	#52 (permalink)
CryptikSoul Tilted Location: Windsor, ON	Pearl Jam's live cover of Smells like Teen Spirit is pretty cool too. __________________ "But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat. "We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."

04-02-2004, 07:09 PM	#53 (permalink)
Varese Upright	what about Jeff Beck's white hot remake of Pork Pie Hat? Can my man get some juice for that?

04-02-2004, 11:09 PM	#55 (permalink)
Pyke Upright	A few of Dream Theatre's: Elton John - Funeral for a Friend, Love Liews Bleeding Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Led Zep - Rover, Achilles, The Song Remains the Same Pink Floyd - In The Flesh

04-03-2004, 06:59 AM	#56 (permalink)
Derwood Who You Crappin? Location: Everywhere and Nowhere	I'll put in another vote, this time for Dave Matthew's Band's cover of "Cortez the Killer" on the "Live in Central Park" CD. Un-fucking-believable. Warren Haynes is the guest guitarist and he plays about as close to Neil Young as you are gonna hear. __________________ "You can't shoot a country until it becomes a democracy." - Willravel

04-03-2004, 08:36 AM	#57 (permalink)
warrrreagl pinche vato Location: backwater, Third World, land of cotton	"Twist and Shout" The Beatles __________________ Living is easy with eyes closed.

04-03-2004, 11:26 PM	#58 (permalink)
gorilla Insane Location: USA	all of the covers from Nirvana's Unplugged in New York Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt" originally done by NIN __________________ I'll bet you $5 that you read the previous word...

04-04-2004, 06:10 PM	#61 (permalink)
holtmate Flailing White Boy Location: Cincinnati	One of my favorite covers is Stabbing Westward's "Bizarre Love Triangle" (New Order) And for the gratuitous cover performed by Metallica..."Breadfan" __________________ "Give her your coat" "Why me?" "Because you're perfect." "You have a point there."

04-06-2004, 07:56 AM	#63 (permalink)
Stompy Banned from being Banned Location: Donkey	Not sure as to what the best cover song is, but I know Mike Patton sings it! __________________ I love lamp.

04-08-2004, 07:06 PM	#66 (permalink)
Fenton-J-Cool Insane Location: Toronto	Try "N.I.B." (orig: Ozzy), a band called Primus redid it. They are all bass-centric and crazy. Check it out, one of the only remakes I accept. __________________ wra

04-09-2004, 02:15 PM	#67 (permalink)
Seer666 Oh dear God he breeded Location: Arizona	I can't believe I forgot this one when I started the thread. There is a cover of the Rolling Stones Gimmie Shelter by the Sisters of Mercy. Not only is it the ONLY Rolling Stones cover I like, it is the only Stones cover I like better then the original. They style that the Sisters do it is SO much more suited for the song. __________________ Bad spellers of the world untie!!! I am the one you warned me of I seem to have misplaced the bullet with your name on it, but I have a whole box addressed to occupant.

04-12-2004, 12:52 AM	#68 (permalink)
Fire Warrior Smith Location: missouri	Dynamite hack did a damn good cover of "boyz in the hood" a few years back- whatever happened to them? __________________ Thought the harder, Heart the bolder, Mood the more as our might lessens

04-14-2004, 09:24 PM	#69 (permalink)
Rowan Tilted Location: The Great Northwest	I would have to say Pantera's cover of Black Sabbath's Planet Caravan. . .very good!!

05-05-2004, 07:12 PM	#70 (permalink)
Jizzosh Insane Location: Beijing, China	Aside from the many other already mentioned tunes... Radiohead covering Carly Simon's - Nobody Does it better. __________________ I'm never gonna know you now... but I'm gonna love you anyhow -Elliott Smith

05-05-2004, 11:15 PM	#72 (permalink)
rodb Upright	Hendrix's <i>All Along the Watchtower</i> is my favorite cover of all time. Lyrics of Dylan with the sound of Hendrix. Radiohead does a cover of <i>Union City Blue</i> that I also like.

05-06-2004, 12:14 AM	#73 (permalink)
Jadedfox Egocentric Location: World of Warcraft	War Pigs - Faith No More is definitely one of the best covers out there. --jaded __________________ There is no fucking you, there is only me.

05-06-2004, 10:04 AM	#74 (permalink)
cameroncrazy822 Junkie Location: MD	The Whitney Houston remake of Dolly Parton's "I will always love you".

05-06-2004, 11:02 AM	#75 (permalink)
ssh_agent Upright	Snake River Conspriracy doing the Cure's LoveSong. Sonic Youth doing the carpenters Superstar

05-06-2004, 11:19 AM	#76 (permalink)
Memnoch Insane Location: Land of milk and honey - Wisconsin	"A band called Primus..." Who the hell doesn't know who Primus is?! My favorites: "Hurt" - Johnny Cash cover/NIN original "Burning Inside" Fear Factory and Static-X cover/Ministry original "Sober" - Staind live cover/Tool original "Kill You" - Deftones live cover/Eminem original "Tourniquet" - Rasputina cover/Marilyn Manson original __________________ Doing my best not to end up like Kathleen Chang.

05-07-2004, 06:53 PM	#77 (permalink)
a_divine_martyr Insane	Boysetsfire - Rocketman __________________ Censorship and thought control can only exist in secrecy and darkness...

05-08-2004, 05:46 AM	#78 (permalink)
Polyphobic Runt Location: Denver	Snowblind - System of a Down is one of my favorites. That and anything by SOAD. I know this is off topic but I need to rant. Jessica Simpson covered that annoying Berlin song from Top Gun and actually made it worse. Made me cry since I couldn't change the channel. j/k __________________ <--The great infidel-->

05-08-2004, 12:19 PM	#80 (permalink)
Scorps Lost!! Location: Kingston, Ontario	All the ones I like: - Adema - Nutshell(AIC) - Godsmack - Sweetleaf(BS) - System Of A Down - Snowblind(BS) - Jonny Cash - Hurt(NIN) - Avril Lavigne - Fuel[live](Metallica) - Avril Lavigne - Knocking On Heavens Door(can't remember) - Disturbed - Fade To Black[live](Metallica) - Audioslave - Seven Nation Army[live](White Stripes)