Author Topic: Favorite Cover Songs (Read 13855 times)

charby · « **Reply #25 on:** September 17, 2009, 05:44:38 PM »

Foo Fighters version of Prince's Darlin' Nikki.

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #26 on:** September 17, 2009, 05:47:24 PM »

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Cream's cover of Robert Johnson's "Crossroads".

Oooohhh, yeah. Forgot about that one.

White Horseradish · « **Reply #27 on:** September 17, 2009, 05:51:22 PM »

This cover is absolutely hilarious

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaAnQxAwwnA

This is actually quite good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdkBs0VCSX0

brimic · « **Reply #28 on:** September 17, 2009, 06:08:11 PM »

Pretty much anything covered by the Foo Fighters.
Alien Ant Farm's "Smooth Criminal" original by Michael Jackson
Metallica's cover of "The Small Hours" by Holocaust
Johnny Cash's "Personal Jesus" by Depeche Mode

robear · « **Reply #29 on:** September 17, 2009, 08:05:01 PM »

Agree with brimic on Johnny Cash's version of "Personal Jesus"

I also like Everlast's version of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues"
and Dessau does a great cover of Joy Division's "Isolation"

almost forgot...

Lovemongers (Heart) version of Zepplin's "Battle of Evermore"

Iain · « **Reply #30 on:** September 17, 2009, 08:30:17 PM »

Good - Seu Jorge's various Bowie covers as heard on Life Aquatic
Interesting - Last Town Chorus cover of Modern Love by Bowie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAypnmdiCEk
Travesty - The Killers cover of Four Winds by Bright Eyes (original , travesty)

French G. · « **Reply #31 on:** September 17, 2009, 08:34:43 PM »

I second a lot mentioned already. "Hurt" by JC(that ought to tip Fisty over :D) sounded like a true song by someone who had BTDT, no whiny Trent Reznor industrial emo crap.

I'll incur the wrath of pure Metallica t-shirt wearers by saying I enjoyed pretty much the entire Garage Inc cover album. Besides "The Small Hours" and "Whisky" I also really liked their cover of Bob Seger with "Turn the Page."
Then again, after a 6 month cruise trapped in a shop with a Michigander who loved Seger and whatever that retarded card game is, anybody but Seger singing Seger sounds okay.

Shine Down sounds like Skynrd before Sknyrd went to crap.

I've heard bluegrass versions of "Unforgiven", "Am I evil," and "For whom the bell tolls." Pretty damn good.

zahc · « **Reply #32 on:** September 17, 2009, 08:41:11 PM »

Earth crisis covering rollings stones' "paint it black"

Social distortion covering Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire"

Chrissy · « **Reply #33 on:** September 17, 2009, 09:13:41 PM »

Quote from: brimic on September 17, 2009, 06:08:11 PM

Alien Ant Farm's "Smooth Criminal" original by Michael Jackson

Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss............. \m/ \m/ Excellent one!

Bigjake · « **Reply #34 on:** September 17, 2009, 09:25:31 PM »

Apocalyptica covering "Nothing else matters" was a thing of beauty.

They did a stomping job of "Fade to black" as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbTozgoj9OQ

Regolith · « **Reply #35 on:** September 17, 2009, 09:38:39 PM »

Almost every cover I like are ones that I heard before I heard the original. There are a few exceptions, but not many (most of them have already covered in previous lists).

On the other hand, there are a lot of very bad covers out there. I heard a cover of Harry Chapin's Cat's in the Cradle a week or two ago that absolutely sucked. I don't know who the artist was, but they completely murdered the song.

Silver Bullet · « **Reply #36 on:** September 17, 2009, 11:44:04 PM »

Doors: Gloria
Van Halen: Pretty Woman
Iron Maiden: Cross Eyed Mary

Zep covers
Heart: Rock and Roll
Big Head Todd: Tangerine
Great White: The Rover
Mana: Fool in the Rain

griz · « **Reply #37 on:** September 18, 2009, 08:27:39 AM »

Susan Tedeschi's version of Don't Think Twice is a good one. And Shawn Colvin's Cover Girl is full of them, but most were not big hits before she covered them.

Sindawe · « **Reply #38 on:** September 18, 2009, 08:43:58 AM »

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Alien Ant Farm's "Smooth Criminal" original by Michael Jackson

Dang! Beat me to it! :)

Johnny Cash - "Hurt" by Trent Reznor
Rammsteim - "Stripped" by Depeche Mode
Scott D. Davis - "Fade to Black" by Metallica
Tori Amos - "I Ran" by Flock of Seagulls
Disturbed - "Shout" by Tears for Fears
Bluegrass Tribue - "In the End" by Linkin Park
Sander Van Dorn - "Pump Up the Jam" by Technotronic (more of a remix than a cover)

brimic · « **Reply #39 on:** September 18, 2009, 09:18:28 AM »

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Rammsteim - "Stripped" by Depeche Mode

Ah I didn't realize that one was originally by Depeche Mode. Good song, I bet the original wasn't as creepy.

Viking · « **Reply #40 on:** September 18, 2009, 10:55:18 AM »

Quote from: zahc on September 17, 2009, 08:41:11 PM

Earth crisis covering rollings stones' "paint it black"

Social distortion covering Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire"

Good one! Thanks for mentioning it. Hadn't heard it before...

charby · « **Reply #41 on:** September 18, 2009, 11:07:43 AM »

Momma Kin cover by GNR orginally Aerosmith

Dannyboy · « **Reply #42 on:** September 18, 2009, 01:58:53 PM »

Good Riddance doing The Kinks' Come Dancing.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #43 on:** September 18, 2009, 03:14:41 PM »

Cat Power does some decent covers. Nouvelle Vague is better.

Viking · « **Reply #44 on:** September 18, 2009, 03:59:07 PM »

Dropkick Murphys does some pretty good covers of Fields Of Athenry, The Green Fields Of France, The Wild Rover, The Auld Triangle, and I'm probably forgetting some. I don't like their cover version of The Guns Of Brixton though...

Dannyboy · « **Reply #45 on:** September 18, 2009, 05:18:51 PM »

Quote from: The Viking on September 18, 2009, 03:59:07 PM

Dropkick Murphys does some pretty good covers of Fields Of Athenry, The Green Fields Of France, The Wild Rover, The Auld Triangle, and I'm probably forgetting some. I don't like their cover version of The Guns Of Brixton though...

Their second singles CD has some good stuff. It's A Long Way To The Top If You Want To Rock And Roll by AC/DC and Rock And Roll by Motorhead are really good. The rest of the stuff is by other punk bands and I wouldn't actually call them covers in the usual sense.

French G. · « **Reply #46 on:** September 18, 2009, 06:44:26 PM »

Quote from: The Viking on September 18, 2009, 03:59:07 PM

Dropkick Murphys does some pretty good covers of Fields Of Athenry, The Green Fields Of France, The Wild Rover, The Auld Triangle, and I'm probably forgetting some. I don't like their cover version of The Guns Of Brixton though...

That reminded me, good covers of songs that really shouldn't be covered. The Dropkick Murphy's cover of "Amazing Grace" falls into that category. Very well done. Same with renditions of the National anthem by Jimi Hendrix and Terrible Ted. I usually get pretty pissy when people try to re-invent the national anthem, but those two did just fine.

Grebnaws · « **Reply #47 on:** September 18, 2009, 10:07:36 PM »

I am not a great fan but I still get a kick out of Type O Negative's cover of Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young) and Summer Breeze (Seals and Croft). I especially dislike the original version of Summer Breeze and have gained some respect for Type O Negative now that I believe they "get it" as a band.

Tuco · « **Reply #48 on:** September 18, 2009, 10:23:52 PM »

They Might be Giants - The Four Lads' Istanbul (not Constantinople)

Doggy Daddy · « **Reply #49 on:** September 18, 2009, 10:33:52 PM »

Doggy Mommy and I were watching the finals of America's Got Talent the other night. They were talking about Susan Boyle making a guest appearance later in the show, and I was not looking forward to it. I just never got on that bandwagon. Well, the time came for her and she sang "Wild Horses".

It was amazing. Here's the clip, hope you enjoy it as much as I surprisingly did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldw9xoHziuo

DD

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Author Topic: Favorite Cover Songs (Read 13855 times)