Cover Songs

[Sandman2012]

What are your favorite cover songs?

A couple of mine, because they're silly:

Cake - I Will Survive

Revolting Cocks - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy

[hestermofet]

Jim Carrey, of Jefferson Airplane's "Somebody to Love", from The Cable Guy.

"El Tango De Roxanne" version of The Police's "Roxanne", from Moulin Rouge.

I'm sure there are others :confused:

[randman]

"Jingle Bells" by the Barking Dogs. :blah:

Actually STP did an excellent live cover of the Beatles - "Revolution" at that "Lennon/New York City" tribute concert.

[weedsatan]

Not a big Marilyn Manson fan anymore but.. Sweet Dreams is still one hell of a cover.

[Sandman2012]

I just remembered a few doozies. The cooks at my job listen to Mexican radio stations in the kitchen, and sometimes there are traditional Mexican arrangements of modern pop music. The top three were covers of Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," "Heart Of Glass" by Blondie, and the theme to the old Spider-Man cartoon (Spider-man, Spider-man, does whatever a spider can...). All of these had accordian and tuba as part of the instrumentation. "Hear Of Glass" was sung by a man. :blah:

[Widdykats]

The Flyin' Lizards: Money {it does me}

[binary hero]

limp biscuit covered ceorge michael's faith, it tales the piss, and isn't all that bad in the process :)

[ladyny1972]

Originally posted by Sandman2012
I just remembered a few doozies. The cooks at my job listen to Mexican radio stations in the kitchen, and sometimes there are traditional Mexican arrangements of modern pop music. The top three were covers of Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," "Heart Of Glass" by Blondie, and the theme to the old Spider-Man cartoon (Spider-man, Spider-man, does whatever a spider can...). All of these had accordian and tuba as part of the instrumentation. "Hear Of Glass" was sung by a man. :blah:

lol, sandman, you're cool :up:

[Merlin]

It's been mentioned here recently; Guns N' Roses cover of Live and Let Die. They actually made the song good.

Also, Quiet Riot's cover of Slade's Cum On Feel The Noize (which was mediocre) was an improvement. The QR version made it onto the GTA: Vice City soundtrack :up:

[John M]

smells like teen spirit by tori amos

[Atmo]

Renegades of funk by Rage against the machine.

[binary hero]

Originally posted by Atmo
Renegades of funk by Rage against the machine.
hell, anything off the 'renegades' album is damn good (though i know none of the originals)

[J. Burnaway]

Britney Spears, Satisfaction. (Crap, we need a vomiting smiley)

[J. Burnaway]

Sid Viscious - My Way

Wall of Voodoo - Ring of Fire

[Metalman]

hazy shade of winter by the bangles originaly done by Simon and Garfunkle

[blumoon11]

Originally posted by [Merlin]
It's been mentioned here recently; Guns N' Roses cover of Live and Let Die. They actually made the song good.


You are right Merlin, they made the song good, and it also is one of my favourite cover songs.

[Aero Zeppelin]

Originally posted by blumoon11


You are right Merlin, they made the song good, and it also is one of my favourite cover songs.
Hell yes. I love the extreme dynamics in there.

Now I can't believe no one has mentioned ASTRONOMY! Metallica's cover of that was 100000000x better than BÖC's original. I love the part right before the end when Lars does the pounding bass drum and then the finale. That has gotta be the definition of a cover song. Metallica sure knows how to rock. Although I hate the personality of the band. Especially you-know-who. The little drummer boy. Yeah you know who I'm talking about.


VH's cover of You Really Got Me is a big improvement. Tool's Zeppelin cover of No Quarter is great too. I like STP's cover of Dancing Days, as well as Revolution.

[Widdykats]

Originally posted by J. Burnaway
Sid Viscious - My Way

Wall of Voodoo - Ring of Fire
and that's a ditto for "My Way" by Sid :D

[fish]

Cake - I Will Survive and most of Reel Big Fish's covers

[meaisl8again]

I thought that Travis did a good version of hit me baby one more time. And I also heard this version of Gin and Juice today, that sounded good and was acoustic and probably sung by white guys. I wish I knew who sung it. Will post again if I can find it. :)

Lots of love,
Mea

[patroclus22]

Disturbed: Shout 2000.

[fish]

Originally posted by meaisl8again
And I also heard this version of Gin and Juice today...

Probably done by the Gourds :) It's commonly referred to on Kazaa to be either by Phish or the Barenaked Ladies but neither my phish guidebook nor the BNL discography acknowledge their having made the song. Besides, I read on SA that the Gourds wrote it.

=)

[meaisl8again]

fish, you are now a demi-god in my book. :D

Lots of love,
Mea

[dylman]

Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".

Manic Street Preachers - Suicide is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H)

Any version of "Hey Joe" that you care to name, but especially Jimi Hendrix' version. And Nick Cave's version.

Oasis' version of The Who's My Generation. Probably Liam's best vocal performance, but loses points for being too close to the original.

I'm sure there are more...

[QHOBBES]

Pinhead Gunpowder - Big Yellow Taxi
Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies - One Tin Soldier
RBF - Boss DJ
Ghoti Hook - Walkin On Sunshine
No Doubt - Ob La Di, Ob La Da
Toy Dolls - Livin La Vida Loca
Sublime - No Woman No Cry
NFG - Back That Ass Up
Goldfinger - Just Like Heaven
Aquabats - Knowledge
A+ - Beat It
Run D.M.C. - Walk This Way
Green Day - My Generation

[n_ick2000]

Children of Bodom - Aces High (Iron Maiden cover)
Children of Bodom - Shot in the Dark (Black Sabbath cover)
Dispatched - The Final Countdown (Europe Cover)

And you can KIND of count these covers:

Ailsean - Final Fantasy 3 Terra in Black OC ReMix
AmIEvil - Final Fantasy 7 RedXIIIRedux OC ReMix

[Metalman]

Originally posted by n_ick2000
Children of Bodom - Aces High (Iron Maiden cover)
Children of Bodom - Shot in the Dark (Black Sabbath cover)
Dispatched - The Final Countdown (Europe Cover)

And you can KIND of count these covers:


Thats right man! children of bodom me favorite death metal band!

[hestermofet]

Ooh, ooh, me next!
Sarah Slean's take on Our Lady Peace's "Julia".

[Bilbo Baggins]

Bjorks cover of You Only Live Twice.

[CremoNe]

Kelly Watch the Stars - Moog Cookbook originally performed by AIR
Smells like Teen Spirit - Moog Cookbook originally performed by Nirvana
More than a Feeling - Moog Cookbook

[Twilightseer]

Originally posted by weedsatan
Not a big Marilyn Manson fan anymore but.. Sweet Dreams is still one hell of a cover.

EGAD :D Seriously, this one, as well as Tainted Love were TRULY awful covers.

Some of my favourites

Faye Wong - Cold War (Tori Amos)
Placebo - Johnny and Mary (Robert Palmer)
Placebo - Bigmouth Strikes Again (The Smiths)

[james]

Van Morrison's Brown Eyed Girl, covered by Everclear ^_^

[fwgx]

I once heard a track on a guitar magazine cover CD that was a rendition of Eruption by VH that was better and more powerful than the original! Also...

Sunday Bloody Sunday done by the Smashing Pumpkins live.
Hound dog - Hendrix
Stand Inside Your Love - Hendrix
Knocking on Heavens Door - GnR
Mrs Robinson - Nirvana
Marigold - Dave Grohl (Yes I know he wrote it but it was written by Nirvana :p)
My Way - Sex Pistols
[others go here]

[Huehuetenango]

gob's version of Paint It Black was damn good
and who can forget any of weird al yancovik's covers?

[Sparky!]

Willy Nelson's "Always on my mind" by The Pet Shop Boys

I gotta second John M's choice of "Smells like teen spirit" by Tori Amos. Hard to believe it's the same song that put Nirvana on the map!

Tori Amos also did a cover of Eminem's "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" that is just plain freaky.

I've always been a fan of Erasure's covers of ABBA hits like "Gimme Gimme Gimme", "Take a chance on me", "Voulez-vous", "SOS" and others.

[Cylob]

I can't believe there wasn't a thread for cover-versions. What are your favourites:

Fidget - Living on Video (orig Trans X)
Nathalie DeBorah - Living on Video (orig Trans X)
Curve - Overground (orig Siouxsie & the Banshees)
Carter USM - Rent (orig Pet Shop Boys)
Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind (can't even remember the orig)!
Carter USM - Panic (orig The Smiths)
Carter USM - Hit (orig The Sugarcubes)
Curve - I Feel Love (orig Donna Summer)
The Cure - World in My Eyes (orig Depeche Mode)
(cheers to Twilightseer for the above).

I've got loads but strangely I can't think of any more (the hot sweaty days in the office do take their toll).

[Mr Jones]

Originally posted by Cylob
I can't believe there wasn't a thread for cover-versions. What are your favourites:



There was, you just didn't search :D

Anyhow, thanks for reminding me, meant to drag this thread over when music o rama was re-openend.

Merged your new thread into this one :)

Carry on.

[ShyShy]

Mr. Jones, you rock. i was about to do this too.

i have to agree with Cylob on PetShopBoys and The Cure, both really good. also, there's an above post on Marilyn Manson's Sweet Dreams, excellent. if you can, check out the soundtrack to Not Another Teen Movie, all covers from New Wave 80's. some suck, but there are ones that are good.

[Cylob]

:up:

Sure, I searched the music o rama thread (being a newbie I didn't realise there was a pangea and later continents)!!! Anyway cheers, there's a veritable treasure trove here.

[Cylob]

Cheers ShyShy - Not Another Teen Movie you say (note pad). I don't know who the biggest loser is (in the 'pre-occupation with music' stakes). You or me?

[ShyShy]

lol, tsk, tsk, we are not losers, we just really, really, really, really, like music. btw... Cylob, i think we pretty much own Music O' Rama, lol.

[TexanGoneMad]

Gotta put in a couple:
Johnny Cash-Hurt (don't really know why, but I like it)
Johnny Cash-Rusty Cage (didn't rock like soundgarden's but hey, it's Johnny Cash)
Tori Amos-Fire (classic Springsteen tune)
Korn-Earache My Eye (Korn doing Cheech and Chong, that's just plain fun)

[Mattress]

Funkstar Deluxe - Sun Is Shining (originally by Bob Marley)

[randman]

Originally posted by ShyShy
btw... Cylob, i think we pretty much own Music O' Rama, lol.

I'm back. That will change. ;)

[ShyShy]

hey, "the more the merrier" i like to say!

[Cylob]

Bring it on Randman!

Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (orig by Neil Young). One of those covers IMO that outshines the original.

[Xerxes]

William Shatner: Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

Like Wil Wheaton, I also like to refer to him as "The Shat":blah:

[Bilbo Baggins]

I think Star Trek actors singing songs are the scariest things on earth.

[Cylob]

Come now, they're not quite as scary as soap stars.

[WomanOfHeart]

I just thought of two covers that I really liked. I'll probably get razzed for them, but what the fuck...:p

Fear Factory - Cars
Ozzy Osbourne - Staying Alive

[Mr_007]

Yes Like this idea!

[ujay]

Joe Cocker - 'With a Little Help From My Friends' and 'She Came In through the Bathroom Window'

Only Beatles covers I like more than the originals.

UJ

[Fickle]

Velvet Revolver - Money.

Sorry, didn't read the whole thread, I'm a busy guy, gotta go gotta go gotta go right now..

[ShyShy]

i like the the techno cover of Elvis's song, ummm, ummm, damnit brain fart...

[Merlin]

Elvis vs. Junkie XL, A Little Less Conversation? :)

I remember it as the theme to the **** football 'Cage' ads...

[ShyShy]

/gives Merlin big hug

yup, just could not remember the title for anything and my dumbass forgets to check my playlist.

[lemon_chicken]

Originally posted by Sandman2012
Cake - I Will Survive me too :) - on the subject of cake, their cover of shaddow stabbing was pretty good too.

also

massive attack - light my fire
groove armada - destination [beachtowel remix]

[Cylob]

The Flying Pickets - Billy Jean, Tainted Love, Smells Like Teen Spirit

[EfaustuS9]

A Perfect Circle - Diary of A Madman

[Russ]

Foo Fighters - Baker Street

[ShyShy]

Garth Brooks cover of Billy Joel's Shameless is quite good. the Piano Man himself gave it two thumbs up.

[missinformation]

Bruce Springsteen's cover of War on 75-85 Live, originally performed by Edwin Starr

[old and quite mad]

I like covers that took BALLZ to do.

There was a guy named Kevin Gilbert who did covers of Led Zepplin (his cover of Kashmir actually got some air play), Emerson, Lake, and Plamer, and Yes. Now that takes BALLZ. Kevin is no longer with us, which is a shame, because when you hear him do these songs... his cover of Siberian Khatru SOUNDS LIKE Yes. An incredible talent.

Vanessa Carlton's cover of Paint It Black has got BALLZ. She took a real rock standard and worked it. My hat is off to her.

All Along the Watchtower and Hey Joe, which Jimi Hendrix made his own... what can you say? Jimi had BALLZ.

Almost everything on Led Zeppelin I and II is a cover, and man, did they play with some BALLZ.

[Cylob]

Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Ferry Cross the Mersey

Sweet voice on Holly Johnson. Not sure why they need a ferry though, you can walk on the Mersey.

[k_rock923]

Metallicas cover of Am I Evil? by diamond head

[corkhead0]

The Tea Party doing Paint It Black. (Seen them play it live twice, almost like they were born to cover that song :D)

[Ghoti]

Going way out on a limb here, but Dwight Yoacum's (country singer) cover of "Here Comes the Night" originally by the 60's British Invasion group Them (Van Morrison - lead singer).

[zootm]

the sensational alex harvey band - delilah
(so much better than the original!)
tool - terrible lie
cake - i will survive (it's been mentioned already :))

[dlinkwit27]

avril lavine's (sp?) cover of "chop suey" :p ;)

[laz]

Originally posted by Atmo
Renegades of funk by Rage against the machine.

I was thinking this was their only original song on that album

Tool - no Quarter
I say its BETTER then the original Zep track.
Tool is an amazing band I must say.

[zootm]

Originally posted by laz9999
I was thinking this was their only original song on that album
nope, 'twas a cover album i believe.

[Nimelennar]

Gob - Paint It Black (originally by the Rolling Stones)

AFI - My Michelle (Originally by Guns `N` Roses)

[Mike H.]

Jimi Hendrix and Dave Matthews Band each did covers of Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower". Both are good, they are not similar at all so I can't really say one is better than the other. (Although I am a huge DMB fan.) I've never heard the original.

Other good covers:
Nickelback - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
Cake - I Will Survive
Metallica - Turn The Page
Ataris - The Boys Of Summer

[NJK]

eric clapton - after midnight (original by JJ Cale)

[superunknown]

Surfin' USA - Melt Banana

Awesome punk/metal cover of oldie classic.
The guitar solo and drums kicks ass.:)

[djmastermind]

Orgy - Blue Monday
Limp Bizkit - Faith (I don't particularly approve of them nowadays)
Elliott Smith - Because

[Nimelennar]

AFI - My Michelle (Originally by Guns 'N' Roses)
Gob - Paint it Black (Originally by the Rolling Stones)

[laz]

Mustard Plug - The freshmen
It is such a better song then the original by the verv pipe.

[thewickerman169]

All Along the Watch Tower - Jimi Hendrix

[zootm]

anything by richard cheese.

hasn't this been done?

[corkhead0]

Many times.

And I'm still sticking with The Tea Party - Paint It Black

[Fickle]

ben Harper - Strawberry Fields

[Nimelennar]

Originally posted by corkhead0
I'm still sticking with The Tea Party - Paint It Black

Have you listened to the Gob version?
The Gob version is so much better than either the Stones version or the Tea Party version.

[JackalFace]

I myself like the SFL version of it also (House). Though the original is still a great listen.

[Cylob]

This has been done here....

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=1174817#post1174817

[Mr Jones]

Indeed it has, so I've merged the two.

Please be sure to use the SEARCH (http://forums.winamp.com/search.php) function in future.

[corkhead0]

Originally posted by Nimelennar
Have you listened to the Gob version?
The Gob version is so much better than either the Stones version or the Tea Party version.

Whoever they are, I'm sure it doesn't even compare to hearing The Tea Party live. I've heard them play that song live twice now, it's absolutely amazing :). Sandwiched right in between the first and second halfs of Sister Awake. :D

As for Gob: Who are they? Some "punk" band guessing by the name...

[mrupallnite]

American Pie by Madonna

wonderful track!

[Fickle]

Originally posted by mrupallnite
American Pie by Madonna

wonderful track!

I'm really going to have to disagree. Have you ever heard the real version? Soooo Much better.

[zootm]

i agree with fickle. the madonna version is terrible.

[Cylob]

Both versions are terrible.:(

[laz]

Cylob, the original is a CLASSIC! Don McLean - The day the Music Died.
I love it.

Does anyone even know of Mustard Plug here? I love them.

[JackalFace]

Eh. I might swing to terrible. I'm just not fond of it, I guess.

[Namelessv1]

Kilgore's cover of "Walk" by Pantera

Originally posted by dlinkwit27
avril lavine's (sp?) cover of "chop suey" :p ;)

my god, was that ever butchered...very disturbing...

[NDawg]

Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons.

[Cylob]

Telex - Rock Around the Clock

[Cylob]

The Cardigans - Iron Man

Black Sabbath would approve...

[MidnightViper88]

Originally posted by NDawg
Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons.

I first heard this song about a year or two ago from the Gran Turismo 3 soundtrack, and just now looked up guitar tabs to the song...Really good cover! :D:up:

[Cylob]

A Human League tribute album..... every track's a cover.:)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf000/f036/f036088purw.jpg

The juciest bits:
Aluminum Group - Love Action
Barcelona - Mirror Man
Future Bible Heroes - Don't You Want Me
Ladytron - Open Your Heart
Superheroes - Sound of the Crowd
Clicks - Seconds

[musicarl]

Otis Redding's version of "Satifation" is very satisfying. For some reason, I also love The Bangles "Hazy Shade Of Winter." Some other goodies:

Van Halen's "Pretty Woman"
The Beatles' "Please Mr. Postman"
Pearl Jam's "Last Kiss"
Mariah Carey's "Without You"
Just about anything by Joe Cocker

Did you know that Mike Campbell, who wrote the music to "Boys Of Summer," really likes the Atari's version? Check it out:
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.lasso?id=2820

Carl
www.songfacts.com

[Merlin]

There's an AWFUL cover of Comfortably Numb in the charts at the moment. I'm no particular fan of the original, but this version is just plain shit.

[ujay]

Not sure if this counts as a cover version as the song is so much a standard, I suppose the original would be by Leadbelly.

Anyway, just listened to 'Kelly Joe Phelps - Goodnight Irene', holds on to the sense of longing in the words, instead of the bouncy little tune it's been turned into. Good guitar too.

UJ

[Doktor]

The Offspring - I wanna be sedated (orig. by Ramones)
U2 with Tito Larriva - Anarchy in USA <- spanish version (orig. by Sex Pistols)
NOFx - Last caress (orig. by Misfits)
UB40 - Falling in love with you (orig. by Elvis Presley)

[sidd]

sparklehorse - wish you were here
gn'z'n'rz'z - live and let die
gn'z'n'rz'z - knockin on heavens door
placebo - where is my mind
jeff buckley - every cover on grace
death cab for cutie - all is full of love (ITS A GOOD COVER!!!)
radiohead - rhinestone cowboy
ours - bohemian raphsody
the cure - love will tear us apart
michael jackson - come together
elliott smith - because
david bowie - cactus
jeff buckley - sweet angelina
augie march - sunday morning records

and btw, whoever mentioned the pumpkins covering sunday bloody sunday, that is just a poorly named kazzaa download. I think youll find taht it is actually U2 covering their own song.