NationStates Jolt Archive

For me its a tie between the Anti-Heroes cover of Skrewdriver's Anti-Social (retitled to, I'm an Anti-Hero in protest of the film American History X using a tattoo of their logo without their permission), and The Ramones cover of CCR's Have You Ever Seen the Rain.

Johnny Cash's cover of NIN's "Hurt." Haunting, absolutely haunting.

Yeah, I really like Ramones covers, especially What A Wonderful World...


I also like the Dead Kennedys cover (if you can call it a cover) of I Fought The Law

Yeah, I really like Ramones covers, especially What A Wonderful World...


I also like the Dead Kennedys cover (if you can call it a cover) of I Fought The Law

Their cover of "Take this Job and Shove It" was also good.

Johnny Cash's cover of NIN's "Hurt." Haunting, absolutely haunting.

I certainly buy that song a lot more coming from him.

I'll go with the ska cover of the Sanford & Son theme.

Thyrfing - Over the Hills and Far Away
Pantera - Planet Caravan
At Vance - The Logical Song

I certainly buy that song a lot more coming from him.

I'll go with the ska cover of the Sanford & Son theme.

..I need to hear this.

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Those are albums mate. ;)

Those are albums mate. ;)

Dammit.

For me its a tie between the Anti-Heroes cover of Skrewdriver's Anti-Social (retitled to, I'm an Anti-Hero in protest of the film American History X using a tattoo of their logo without their permission), and The Ramones cover of CCR's Have You Ever Seen the Rain.

Jimi Hendrix's cover of Bob Dylan's song "All Along the Watchtower" Or Marty McFly's cover of "Johnny B Goode".

..I need to hear this.

Track 4, my good man. (http://www.emusic.com/album/10598/10598708.html)

As far as I can tell, that's a legal site.

Track 4, my good man. (http://www.emusic.com/album/10598/10598708.html)

As far as I can tell, that's a legal site.

That's gold, man.

My favorite cover? That's hard to say, really. Probably the Sex Pistols' cover of "No Fun" by The Stooges.

Hurt was great.

My personal favorites are:

Crossroads by Cream, covered from Robert Johnson
Where Did You Sleep Last Night by Nirvana covered from an old folk song
Have A Cigar by Foo Fighters covered from Pink Floyd
Higher Ground by the Red Hot Chili Peppers covered from Stevie Wonder

I like Vertical Horizon's cover of "The Best I Ever Had." It's very soulful and it takes most of the country out of it.

Johnny Cash's cover of NIN's "Hurt." Haunting, absolutely haunting.

I came into this thread just to say that. You hit the nail on the head there.

I certainly buy that song a lot more coming from him.

Why's that?


Some other good cover versions:

Gustav Holst's "Mars" performed by King Crimson (points for creativity)
Metallica's "Master of Puppets" album performed by Dream Theater (points for the effort of covering an entire album in one concert)
Marvin Gaye's "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" performed by John Fogerty (points for all the guitar antics)
Bob Seger's "Turn the Page" performed by Metallica
David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World" performed by Nirvana

Johnny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (Lead Belly)
Biffy Clyro - Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand)
Biffy Clyro - Buddy Holly (Weezer)
The White Stripes - Jolene (Dolly Parton?)
Toploader - Dancing in the Moonlight (Thin Lizzy)
Various Artists, bluegrass thing - Float On (Modest Mouse)

Any frank zappa cover, especially I Am The Walrus or Stairway to Heaven

Tally Hall's cover of Just A Friend (biz markie)

Any Ramones cover (Needles and Pins, especially (Sunny Bono))

White Light/White Heat and Let's Spend The Night Together by David Bowie (Velvet Underground and Rolling Stones, respectively)

Probably a few others I can't think of right now.

I like Vertical Horizon's cover of "The Best I Ever Had." It's very soulful and it takes most of the country out of it.

:confused:

Umm, Vertical Horizon did it in 1999 and Gary Allan did it in 2005. Did some other country act do it before 1999?

Toploader - Dancing in the Moonlight (Thin Lizzy)

Actually, that was by King Harvest. Thin Lizzy did a song of the same name, but it's a completely different song.

Thin Lizzy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_IffjHJ3yw)

King Harvest (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2FNVVCDuDg)

I liked A Perfect Circle's cover of John Lennon's "Imagine"...I think the song works better with a "darker" sound.

Yeah, I really like Ramones covers, especially What A Wonderful World...


I also like the Dead Kennedys cover (if you can call it a cover) of I Fought The Law


Well, What a wonderful world was a cover by Ramone, Joey, to be exact. Excellent all the same.

Motörhead's cover of Enter Sadnman I always liked. Some very nice songs have also been mentioned already. Lemonheads' Mrs Robinson? ok...

I don't really listen to covers. I guess The Black Keys' version of She Said, She Said was fun.

William Shatner and Joe Jackson covering Pulp's "Common People".

I'm serious. It's far better than it has any right to be, and I had it on repeat for a full week once.

A couple of my favorite covers would probably be:

Ne me quitte pas - Nina Simone's cover of Jacques Brel. Brel did it better, but he was a man-god of musical talent. Still, Simone did quite well with it.

Baby, it's cold outside - Ray Charles and Betty Carter. I don't know that it's a cover since it wasn't really attached to any specific musician. It was done by a lot of people before them, though.

I'll have more at some other point.

jim carrey's cover of "somebody to love" has always been a favourite of mine for some reason

Guns n' Roses verson of "Sympathy for the Devil" is a great cover.

Jose Gonzales' cover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYAuRrAeCWg) of The Knife's "Heartbeats" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Ly-LUttL0).

I still like the original more, but Jose did a nice job not butchering it. His "Crosses" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dTXr4S8PK4) also made up for any residual sacrilege that lies in covering anyone as great as The Knife. I just wish he'd do stuff in Swedish sometimes...

Jose Gonzales' cover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYAuRrAeCWg) of The Knife's "Heartbeats" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Ly-LUttL0).

I still like the original more, but Jose did a nice job not butchering it. His "Crosses" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dTXr4S8PK4) also made up for any residual sacrilege that lies in covering anyone as great as The Knife. I just wish he'd do stuff in Swedish sometimes...


He does a lot of covers, but he's great. Veneer is a timeless album.

The Knife's original version of Heartbeats was quite awful. :rolleyes:

Guns n' Roses verson of "Sympathy for the Devil" is a great cover.
I guess, if what you're looking for in a cover is for the covering artist to completely piss over what is an exceptionally good song.

I liked A Perfect Circle's cover of John Lennon's "Imagine"...I think the song works better with a "darker" sound.
I'd agree. It somehow gets the message of the song across a lot better. What do you think to their covers of When The Levee Breaks and What's Going On? For me, the latter is probably the best on eMOTIVe, and one of the best covers I've heard.

As for other good covers - almost anything by Me First & The Gimme Gimmes, especially The Longest Time, starting with the intro to Suspect Device, and Elenor, starting with the London Calling intro. :)

I'd agree. It somehow gets the message of the song across a lot better. What do you think to their covers of When The Levee Breaks and What's Going On? For me, the latter is probably the best on eMOTIVe, and one of the best covers I've heard.

I like the whole album, though I must confess it's been a while since I've sat down and listened to it. There's nothing on that CD that I don't like, but I couldn't judge one song compared to others.

The Knife's original version of Heartbeats was quite awful. :rolleyes:

You obviously have no taste.

Sid Vicious My Way
Against me! Wagon Wheel
Richard Cheese Rape me
Nouvelle Vague Too Drunk to fuck

I'm on fire- Head Hike A Hole

Springlestien sucks!

Johnny Cash's cover of NIN's "Hurt." Haunting, absolutely haunting.
There's nothing I can add to that. The perfect choice!

Makes the hair on my arms stand up in 0.2 seconds.

As a second a might offer Zwan with Iron Maiden's "Number Of The Beast" as an acoustic version. That one was new to me.

I guess, if what you're looking for in a cover is for the covering artist to completely piss over what is an exceptionally good song.

I entirely disagree. The Stones' version is very good, but so is Gn'R's - and if they lack Jagger's oily, dark delivery, the gunners make up for it with frenetic power and significantly better musicianship (I love the Stones - but aside from Keith, they are NOT great musicians).

William Shatner and Joe Jackson covering Pulp's "Common People".

I'm serious. It's far better than it has any right to be, and I had it on repeat for a full week once.

I agree. It's as good as the original, which is great, so that's good. Or something.

I also agree with Hendrix's cover of All Along the Watchtower. I disagree with Guns 'n' Roses'(s? Does that count as plural or not?) cover of Sympathy for the Devil.

To add some of my own: Marilyn Manson's covers of Tainted Love and Sweet Dreams, plus Manfred Mann's Earth Band's cover of Blinded by the Light. Even if I think preferring a cover of a Bruce Springsteen song to the original makes me dirty and a bad person.

I also heard a band in a pub cover Hit Me Baby One More Time, a song that I hate the original of (I loathe Britney Spears full stop), but with a male singer and heavy guitars it was actually really good.

To add some of my own: Marilyn Manson's cover Sweet Dreams,
Oh, totally forgot about that! That has to be up there. Great song, great cover. And, like his Tainted Love cover, it's deliciously sleazy. I didn't particularly like the original or Soft Cell version of TL, so I'm not a massive fan of MM's version. Still good, though.

Guns n' Roses verson of "Sympathy for the Devil" is a great cover.

I guess you're entitled to your opinion, but I think it's dreadful.

Cover versions I like include:
Bob Dylan's version of House of the Rising Sun. (Okay, it's a folk song, but I'm sure he was covering the Woody Guthrie version.)
Manic Street Preachers version of the M*A*S*H theme tune.
Joe Cocker's version of Whiter Shade of Pale. (Not that it adds a great deal to the original, but I like it.)
Sid Vicious butchering My Way.
Soft Cell's cover of Tainted Love. (It was originally a Motown track.)

Sid Vicious' butchering of My Way was perfect. And it was even better that they put it on the ending of Goodfellas... That was memorable.

:confused:

Umm, Vertical Horizon did it in 1999 and Gary Allan did it in 2005. Did some other country act do it before 1999?


You know, I think you got me there. I actually assumed that Vertical Horizon's song was a cover of a country song. Oh well!

Uh... I wanna say Eddie Vedder (is that right? Front man for Pearl Jam) did an absoultely unconvincing cover of Phil Ochs' "Here's to the state of Mississippi"

The actual reinterpretation shows a complete lack of understanding of how Ochs performed, but it remains a wonderful performance in it's own right, even if it sounds nothing like Ochs did.

Edit: And the Sex Pistols - No Fun was an... Iggy Pop (I think) cover, no? Their last performance of that will forever define the song in my mind.

Uh... I wanna say Eddie Vedder (is that right? Front man for Pearl Jam) did an absoultely unconvincing cover of Phil Ochs' "Here's to the state of Mississippi"

The actual reinterpretation shows a complete lack of understanding of how Ochs performed, but it remains a wonderful performance in it's own right, even if it sounds nothing like Ochs did.

Edit: And the Sex Pistols - No Fun was an... Iggy Pop (I think) cover, no? Their last performance of that will forever define the song in my mind.

Ugh... Eddie Vedder makes me wanna puke. He totally ruined the final Ramones concert.

And No Fun was a Stooges song from their album, 1969. And yeah, that final performance is definitely the most memorable, but their best was at the Screen on the Green back in 1976. There's a full recording of the gig on their box set, released in 2002, with pristine audio quality.

It couldn't be anything but pristine, as there might've been ten people in the audience. :p

Ugh... Eddie Vedder makes me wanna puke. He totally ruined the final Ramones concert.

And No Fun was a Stooges song from their album, 1969. And yeah, that final performance is definitely the most memorable, but their best was at the Screen on the Green back in 1976. There's a full recording of the gig on their box set, released in 2002, with pristine audio quality.

It couldn't be anything but pristine, as there might've been ten people in the audience. :p

Well, I'm as interested in the emotion of the song as I am in the technical presentation, and while the final performance struggled to convey the technical side of things, I think it is undeniable that, as Lydon swings his feet on the edge of the stage and monotonously intones "No Fun", the emotional core of the song is fully realized, and they really are having No Fun at all.

But I'll check that out.

The same goes for Vedder. He murdered the Ochs piece. He absolutely tore apart the verse structure to rewrite some lyrics for the Bush Admin. Worse yet, he didn't understand how Phil Ochs meant for it to be played, and so he let it get bogged down in his thick, very grunge-based vocal skills, but Ochs was a clean and precise singer who sang with crystal clarity. However, the emotion of the piece survives and the message that Ochs meant for the music to carry, that "This is my home, too, and god damn it, you're destroying my home with your far-right policies", survived.

Bob Seger's "Turn the Page" performed by Metallica

:( they took all my favorite parts of that song away and added in Metallica style crap.

(you don't really love me, you just) Keep me hanging on. By the Skinned Dogs.

Possession by Evans Blue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfW_YWnJ008
(sorry bout the vid its the only one I could find)
By Sarah Mcloglane?

Shinedown - one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APXODufGruw
By U2

Maybe not my favs but the last 2 I liked

Mudhoney - Hate the Police (originally by The Dicks)

I could think of many more, but i'm lazy. :p

I almost forgot Hurra Torpedo - Total Eclipse of the Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHxBz15ZIHA&mode=related&search=
by bonnie tyler

Just great:D

:( they took all my favorite parts of that song away and added in Metallica style crap.

I was trying to list cover songs that effectively reinterpreted songs so that one could believe it was the covering artist's own composition...not neccesarily covers that were better than the originals (there are only a handful and I don't know of any beyond possibly "Hurt").

:( they took all my favorite parts of that song away and added in Metallica style crap.
You mean made it /kept it cool?

Gary Jules cover of "Mad World"(Fears for Tears, or whatever)
Sonata Arctica's cover of "Die with your boots on"(Iron Maiden)

Some that prob haven't been said:
"Long way to the Top" (AC/DC) as done by Motorhead
"Jailbreak" (AC/DC) as done by Shellac
"American Pie" (Don Mclean) as done by Killdozer
"Sweet Home Alabama" (no idea) as done by Killdozer
"I am I said" (Neil Diamond) as done by Killdozer


Dare I say it?
"Stairway to Heaven" (Ledzep) as done by Rolf Harris
"Lucy in the sky with diamonds" (Beatles) as done by William Shatner

Gary Jules cover of "Mad World"(Fears for Tears, or whatever)

Oh, of course. Brilliant cover. :)

And it's Tears for Fears. ;)

"Sweet Home Alabama" (no idea) as done by Killdozer
Lynard Skynrd?(SP)

"Lucy in the sky with diamonds" (Beatles) as done by William Shatner

bah, 'rocket man' all the way

Johnny Cash's cover of NIN's "Hurt." Haunting, absolutely haunting.

Seconded.

For Finns: Loiri's version of Ihmisen ikävä toisen luo (the infamous Mikko Alatalo) and Kingston Wall, I Feel Love (Giorgio Moroder)

and the least favourite Nelly Furtado Do It of Tempest's Acid Jazz Evening :(

Seu Jorge covering Bowie's "Life On Mars" in Portuguese.

Johnny Cash's cover of Rusty Cage

Oh, of course. Brilliant cover. :)

And it's Tears for Fears. ;)
No it isn't. It's rubbish. But I believe we've been through this before.

Almost forgot

Kasko: Kyberrakkautta (Casco: Cybernetic Love)

:D

No it isn't. It's rubbish. But I believe we've been through this before.

Yes, and I disagreed then and now. The original is boring.

Almost forgot

Kasko: Kyberrakkautta (Casco: Cybernetic Love)

:D


Add to that Frederik's version of Dragostea din tei (or whatever it was).

I think his version was called Kumimies (engl. rubberman). :rolleyes:

Bowling for Soup's cover of Britney Spears ...Baby One More Time.

Weird alternative version of a silly pop song? Yes please.

Bowling for Soup's cover of Britney Spears ...Baby One More Time.

Weird alternative version of a silly pop song? Yes please.

Fountains of Wayne did pretty well on that one, too.

Fountains of Wayne did pretty well on that one, too.

Oh, I shall have to take a look!

Add to that Frederik's version of Dragostea din tei (or whatever it was).

I think his version was called Kumimies (engl. rubberman). :rolleyes:

Thanks for ruining my day! Found it on Youtube.

Ones that haven't been said already:

Jack Off Jill's cover of (The Cure's) "Love Song"
Hole's cover of (Fleetwood Mac's) "Gold Dust Woman"
The Gits' cover of (Sam Cooke's) "A Change Is Gonna Come"
Diamanda Galas' cover of (Cat Stevens') "I Put a Spell On You"
Ministry's (or 1000 Homo DJs') cover of (Black Sabbath's) "Supernaut"
Tori Amos' cover of (Eminem's) "'97 Bonnie and Clyde"
Tori Amos' cover of (Slayer's) "Raining Blood"
The Dead Kennedys' cover of (Elvis Presley's) "Viva Las Vegas"

:( they took all my favorite parts of that song away and added in Metallica style crap.You like the screechy horn?

Yes, and I disagreed then and now. The original is boring.
Au contraire, mon ami. The cover is boring, the original is a brilliant bittersweet piece of 80s pop.

Au contraire, mon ami. The cover is boring, the original is a brilliant bittersweet piece of 80s pop.

I'm with Kanabia on this one. It's a good cover.

I'm with Kanabia on this one. It's a good cover.

:fluffle:

Au contraire, mon ami. The cover is boring, the original is a brilliant bittersweet piece of 80s pop.

Meh.

I'm gonna do a cover of it that'll blow all the others out of the water. *cough*

Track 4, my good man. (http://www.emusic.com/album/10598/10598708.html) This would probably be a lot funnier if I knew the song they covered. :p

Johnny Cash's cover of NIN's "Hurt." Haunting, absolutely haunting.
Seconded.

Jose Gonzales' cover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYAuRrAeCWg) of The Knife's "Heartbeats" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Ly-LUttL0).
I didn't even know that was a cover >.<. But since I love it, I'll blindly scond this.

Gary Jules cover of "Mad World"
Absolutely, that one goes on top of my list.

No it isn't. It's rubbish. But I believe we've been through this before. Shuddup! :p

I'm with Kanabia on this one. It's a good cover.Indeed. Silly I V.


Also on my list:

- "Hallelujah" as sung by Rufus Wainwright.

- the version of The Police's "Roxanne" on the Moulin Rouge soundtrack: "El tango de Roxanne", performed by Ewan McGregor, José Feliciano and Jacek Koman.

- "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as sung by Tori Amos.

You like the screechy horn?

the sax? yeah, I really did, I think it added a lot to the song.

The Clash's cover of "I Fought the Law."

bah, 'rocket man' all the way
Stewie's version maybe, but not Shatners.

Just thought of another one:
"Do ya think I'm sexy?" (Rod Stewart) as done by The Revolting Cocks.

Stewie's version maybe, but not Shatners.

wait, we're counting second order covers?

Husker Du's cover of Love Is All Around (the Mary Tyler Moore theme) is excellent.

Children of Bodom's take on "Oops I Did it Again" was pretty amusing.

Can't pick just one!

Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" - Animal Ant Farm

The Travelling Willburys' "Tweeter and the Monkey Man" - The Headstones

Jimmi Hendrix's "Little Wing" - Stevie Ray Vaughn

Can't pick just one!

Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" - Animal Ant Farm

The Travelling Willburys' "Tweeter and the Monkey Man" - The Headstones

Jimmi Hendrix's "Little Wing" - Stevie Ray Vaughn

You shall listen to Husker Du's cover of Love Is All Around, and listen much. Look for it and find pure gold.

Ne me quitte pas - Nina Simone's cover of Jacques Brel. Brel did it better, but he was a man-god of musical talent. Still, Simone did quite well with it.
I'd really argue she did it better. I'm a huge fan of Jacques Brel, so that is no small compliment. Her version is truly haunting. God I love that song.

You obviously have no taste.

Says the gay man who loves Frou-Frou.

*scoffs*

Johnny Cash's cover of Rusty Cage

Yes, that's a fantastic one I'd forgotten! *downloads*

You shall listen to Husker Du's cover of Love Is All Around, and listen much. Look for it and find pure gold.

As long as you never, ever try to get me to listen to anything by Rush:)

"Am I Evil?" covered by Metallica. Originally by Diamond Head I believe.

Or

"A Fine Day to Die," covered by Emperor, originally by Bathory.

oh, and "Blowing in the Wind," covered by Peter, Paul and Mary, originally by Bob Dylan IIRC.

Sonata Arctica's cover of "Still Loving You" by... The Scorpions, I believe?

Alien Ant Farm's cover of "Smooth Criminal"

José González's cover of "Heartbeats" by The Knife.

EDIT: Oops, appears this has already been said. Still, it really is as perfect a cover as is possible to get.

Says the gay man who loves Frou-Frou.

*scoffs*

Bitch, wha'? Frou Frou rule.

Bitch, wha'? Frou Frou rule.

Rule at sucking that is.

Alien Ant Farm's cover of "Smooth Criminal"

Ohh, that one is good...

Deep Purple's recording of Help, originally recorded by The Beatles.

Sonata Arctica's cover of "Still Loving You" by... The Scorpions, I believe?

:eek: Can't believe I forgot to mention any Sonata Arctica songs!

Meh.

I'm gonna do a cover of it that'll blow all the others out of the water. *cough*
There's a massive list on wikipedia of covers of that song. I've not heard it, but I imagine Die Toten Hosen's cover is probably great. :p

The Clash's cover of "I Fought the Law."

Ugh, that one is terrible. Get the Dead Kennedys' version and see what good covers sound like.

I'd agree. It somehow gets the message of the song across a lot better. What do you think to their covers of When The Levee Breaks and What's Going On? For me, the latter is probably the best on eMOTIVe, and one of the best covers I've heard.

As for other good covers - almost anything by Me First & The Gimme Gimmes, especially The Longest Time, starting with the intro to Suspect Device, and Elenor, starting with the London Calling intro. :)
Gotta agree for Imagine. I love that they pick up the original feel and undertones of all the original songs, but also completely change it. Love when the Levee Breaks and What's Going On? too.

Can't pick just one!

Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" - Animal Ant Farm

Alien Ant Farm, not Animal


favorite cover of all time, definatly Lead Zeppelin's version of When The Levee Breaks. How can you not love the drums?

Rule at sucking that is.

1. That's not a bad thing.
2. You probably don't even know who they are.

Let's see here...

Pantera's version of Planet Caravan...
Cash's version of Hurt (much better than the original, IMHO...)
and I can't stop listening to NOFX's cover of "I Want You To Want Me".


And Frou Frou is crap.