What is the best cover song of all time?
 

I love good cover songs, so, what is the top on everyone's list here? Myself, I really love the heavy metal remake of Baby Got Back from Ph8. Great stuff.

I really like the covers that Van Halen did back in the day, when DLR was still with them. Their cover of "You're No Good" by Linda Ronstadt was exceptional, as was their version of the Kinks' "You Really Got Me".


Devo's cover of the Stones' "Satisfaction" was cool as well, but more in a campy way.

Wiskey in the jar is pretty damn good imo.

SHOCK THE MONKEY!

Performed by Coal Chamber and Ozzy Osbourne. Original by Peter Gabriel.

damn right!

Let's see...

Hendrix's Watchtower has got to be the odds on favorite, but there's a lot to be said for the Outlaws' cover of Ghost Riders in the Sky, The Stone's covers of Poison Ivy and The Stop Breaking Down Blues, and, my all time favorite cover, The Gourds' bluegrass cover of Snop Dogg's Gin and Juice.

Cliche, and its been said MANY times (though not in this thread) but Johnny Cash's cover of NIN's Hurt is sooooo good.

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

yeah, metallica turned that song into "listenable." :)

I'm a little biased, but check out Metallica's cover of "Turn the Page" (Bob Seger) and their cover of "Tuesday's Gone" (Lynyrd Skynyrd). Those are fucking kick ass too.


Stone Temple Pilots did a live cover of "Pour Some Sugar On Me." That is probably the single best cover I've ever heard.

Pixies cover of evil hearted you by the yardbirds.

They translated it into spanish, and it sounds really good. I haven't heard the original though...

carazon de diablo!

"Best Ever" things are so difficult, I'll list a few:

Helpless - Metallica
All Along the Watchtower - Hendrix
War Pigs - Faith No More
Planet Caravan - Pantera
Message in a Bottle - Machine Head

I have a bootleg of the show where Dream Theater played the entire Master of Puppets album. They nailed every song.

YES. I forgot about that song. EVERYONE should check that out, if you are fans of Ozzy or not. Simply incredible.

Me First & The Gimme Gimmes' version of "Mandy." Love. That. Song. I also really like their version of "One Tin Soldier."

I really like Finger Eleven's cover of "Walking in my shoes".

I love that band. I have yet to hear anything from them I didn't like. I REALLY dig their cover of Rocket Man and Don't Let the Sun go Down on Me. Awsome, awsome stuff.

Man, I don't know who it was, but there was some new-wave type bluegrass band that did a cover of "Gin and Juice" by Snoop. Good stuff.

I like the Tool cover of Led Zeppelin's "No Quarter." They are both great listening though.

Haven't heard that one yet. Will have to look for it. What album it on?

DOA - Folsom Prison Blues
Black Velvet Flag - No Values

Me first and the gimme gimmes do rock something serious. I disliked most of the stuff that they covered, but their versions of them are quite pallettable.

Ok, now don't throw things at me, but I like the remake limp bizkit did of behind blue eyes alot. also, whiskey in the jar done by metallica is great

That's on the Salival (sp) cd and DVD box set

Most of the above mentioned covers are quite good, but two that I particularly like are local bands:

Bobaflex: They cover a Jackson5 song (not sure which one) with their usual heavy instrumentals, but vocals that are a spot-on match for a young Michael Jackson.

Another local band, Natural Born Losers, does a medley of covers, including Tight Fitting Jeans, He Stopped Loving Her Today, and Jesse's Girl...they're working on Take On Me, which should be hilarious.

I love covers, they're sometimes better than a band's original material (and often better than the original band's version, just for the novelty factor).

Cake - I will Survive

oh, almost anything Johnny Cash did on American. There's only a couple songs he did that I don't think are better than the originals.

Sweet. I'll have to go look for it later.

Fiona Apple covering the Beatles' "Across the Universe"

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

Firewater just released a cover able that's pretty good, called "Songs we should have written". Two of my favorites are Sonny and Cher's "The Beat Goes On", and The Stones' "Paint it Black".

Seether covering You Know You're Right by Nirvana

Definatly "Hurt".

I liked it when the Cure covered the doors song "hello, i love you"

"Hurt" is one.

Tool's "You Lied" is my favorite though. Also on Salival, and I actually prefer it to "No Quarter". Which is a pretty tough choice.

Nirvana - Lake of Fire (Meatpuppets)

Nirvana - Jesus Doesn't Want me for a Sunbeam (Vaselines)

I'm a big fan of the Foo Fighters' take on "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty. Either that or System of a Down's version of "Snowblind" (never been a big Sabbath fan).

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.

Another one I like: Jeff Buckley's cover of "Hallelujah."

Crap, I didn't know that was a cover.

Also: Travis - "Baby One More Time"

OK, three more:
801 (Roxy Music minus Brian Ferry) - TNK (Tomorrow Never Knows)(Beatles)
Heather Nova - I Have the Touch (Peter Gabriel)(Closing Credits music for The Craft)
Ahmet and Dweezil Zappa - Baby One More Time (Brittany Spears)(from Ready to Rumble)

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World medley

hit me baby one more time cover by travis
that shit is awsome

That was The Gourds. Good cover.

But for my money I like the "Enjoy The Silence" cover by Failure.