Best Cover Song

[St. Jimmy]

What band do you think has done a really great cover of a song, what band did they cover, what band are they and what song did they cover?

I've got a few that were really decent, imho.

Disturbed - Land of Confusion (Band: Genesis)
- Not a real fan of Disturbed, but their cover of this song was magnificent.

Mae - March of the Pigs (Band: Nine Inch Nails)
- Mae doesn't do hard songs, so this was something different, and lived up to the NIN version.

Anberlin - Enjoy The Silence (Band: Depeche Mode)
- One of my favourite songs of all time done really, really well.

Anberlin - Love Song (Band: The Cure)
- the 311 Version sucked ass, this version is 100% better.

Weezer - Veloria (Band: The Pixies)
- Amazing cover of a great song.

Alkaline Trio - Bye Bye Love (Band: The Cars)
- Just kinda makes me LOL.

Alkaline Trio - Children in Hear (Band: The Misfits)
- Best Misfits Cover Ever.

Ben Folds - Bitches Ain't Shit (Artist: Dr. Dre/Snoop)
- If you haven't heard this, your life has no meaning.

[D Mac]

Metallica - Turn the Page

[Buzzkill]

Easy Star All*Stars - Karma Police (Radiohead)

[OverTaker]

"Saturday Nights All Right For Fighting" Elton John/Nickelback & Kid Rock

[OverTaker]

Metallica - Turn the Page

[Kane Knight]

This has been done so many times now.

My list'll be up soon, but since I'm the only one who gives a shit, I don't feel pressed.

[KingofOldSchool]

Are we talking about songs covered in the studio, at concerts, or both?

[Kane Knight]

Some of these weren't written by the person who did them, so I'm clarifying

Johnny Hyde - Tainted Love (Originally performed by Gloria Jones)
--Better than the Manson version, IMO.

Stone Coyotes - Paranoid (Originally performed by Black Sabbath)

Type O Negative - Cinnamon Girl (Originally performed by
Niell Young)

Brian May - Hot Patootie/Whatever Happened to Saturday Night? (Originally performed by the cast of the Rocky Horror Picture Show)

The Beatles - Slow Down and Bad Boy (Both originally performed by Larry Williams)

Hendrix - Watchtower (Dylan)

Probably misssing some.

Downloading the Me cover out of curiosity.

[KingofOldSchool]

Okay I'm going to just name studio covers...

Pearl Jam - Love Reign O'er Me (The Who)

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson)

Rage Against The Machine - Kick Out The Jams (MC5)

Johnny Cash - Hurt (NIN)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)

[Juan]

AFI - My Michelle (Band: Guns 'n Roses)
AFI - Last Caress (Band: Misfits)
AFI - Head Like a Hole (Band: NIN)
AFI - Just Like Heaven (Band: The Cure)
Marilyn Manson - Five to One (Band: The Doors)
Ramones - Have You Ever Seen The Rain (Band: CCR)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Havana Affair (Band: Ramones)
Metallica - Tuesday's Gone (Band: Lynyrd Skynyrd)

[El Fangel]

Enter Sandman - Motorhead
Spin me right round - Marilyn Manson

[Kane Knight]

Letters to Cleo (Who rock anyway) - Cruel to be Kind (Originally performed by Nick Lowe) and I Want You to Want Me (Originally performed by Cheap Trick).

[OssMan]

type o negative/ozzy osbourse - pictures of matchstick men (originally by camper van beethoven)

[Skippord]

Silent Scream - Children Of Bodom(Slayer)

[Silent]

Further Seems Forever - Bye, Bye, Bye (N'Sync)
Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver (Dio)
Face to Face - In Between Days (The Cure)

[deathtrap]

Thursday- Ever Fallen In Love
Blood Brothers- Under Pressure
Bad Brains- House Of Suffering
The Number Twelve Looks Like You- My Sharona
The Black Dahlia Murder- Paint It Black

[DRBailey]

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Cohen)
Cash - Hurt (NIN) and Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode)
Simone - Summertime (trad.)

[Crossrine]

Off the top of my head:
Ugly Kid Joe- Cats in the Cradle
Nirvana- Lake of Fire

[Kane Knight]

Peter Mulvey - Oliver's Army (Originally performed by Elvis costello) and The Ocean (Originally performed by Dar Williams)

[ron the dial]

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Ben Folds - Bitches Ain't Shit (Dr. Dre)
Children of Bodom - The Final Countdown (Europe)
Dead Kennedys - Viva Las Vegas (Elvis Presley)
Quicksand - How Soon Is Now? (The Smiths)
Ryan Adams - Wonderwall (Oasis)
Sun Kil Moon - Ocean Breathes Salty (Modest Mouse)

[Shaggy]

Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver (Dio)
Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies - I believe I can fly (R Kelly)
H.I.M - Wicked Game (Chris Isaac)
Dio - Mr Crowley (Ozzy Osbourne)

[Just John]

My favorite cover song has to be A Perfect Circle's version of Imagine by John Lennon. They just gave it an amazing dark twist.

[St. Jimmy]

My favorite cover song has to be A Perfect Circle's version of Imagine by John Lennon. They just gave it an amazing dark twist.

:nono:

[Juan]

Spin me right round - Marilyn Manson

I believe Dope does that cover, actually.

[Avenger]

Buckley's Hallelujah is probably the greatest cover of all-time without a doubt. That song was him in so many ways.

Bruce Springsteen - Jersey Girl (Tom Waits)
Van Morrison - Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd)
Jimi Hendrix - Like a Rolling Stone (Dylan) and countless other Hendrix covers

[Avenger]

Peter Mulvey - Oliver's Army (Originally performed by Elvis costello)

[ct2k]

Pantera - Planet Caravan


prefer it to the Sabbath original

[ct2k]

Also:

Cannibal Corpse - No Remorse (Metallica)

[FakeLaser]

Botch - Rock Lobster (B-52s)
All-Time Quarterback - Why I Cry (Magnetic Fields)
Galaxie 5000 - Ceremony (Joy Division)
Xiu Xiu - Asleep (The Smiths)
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
Pavement - The Killing Moon (Echo and the Bunnymen)
The Get Up Kids - Alec Eifel (Pixies)
Elliott Smith - Thirteen (Big Star)
H20 - Like A Prayer (Madonna)
Red House Painters - Silly Love Songs (Paul McCartney)
Cap'n Jazz - Take On Me (A-Ha)
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie)
Squarepusher - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division)
Slint - Cortez The Killer (Neil Young)
Radiohead - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
Rage Against The Machine - Microphone Fiend (Eric B. and Rakim)
Sublime - Smoke Two Joints (Bob Marley)
The Flaming Lips - What A Wonderful World (George Weiss / Bob Thiele)

[CSL]

Hendrix - Watchtower (Dylan)

[ct2k]

Boyz II Men - Its So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday (GC Cameron)

[Just John]

:nono:

Oh. I guess that cover is not well liked by APC fans?

[Skippord]

Oops I Did It Again - Children Of Bodom(Britney Spears)

[CSL]

Hit Me Baby One More Time - Children Of Bodom(Britney Spears)

<font color=white>I prefer 'Oops I Did It Again'. Fucking great.</font>

[Kane Knight]

Boyz II Men - Yesterday (The Beatles)

[Skippord]

Fucked up the song

[Juan]

Atreyu - You Give Love a Bad Name (Bon Jovi)

[OssMan]

oops i
did it again to your heart
Got Lost
in this game oo baby
Oops you
think im in love from above o o o o

[Rammsteinmad]

I quite like all the covers Metallica did on the Damage Inc. album, accept the Motorhead ones... not really a fan of Motorhead.

[Kane Knight]

Covering Stone Cold Crazy is probably the best thing Metallica has ever done.

[Skippord]

I quite like all the covers Metallica did on the Damage Inc. album, accept the Motorhead ones... not really a fan of Motorhead.
:mad:

[Champion of Europa]

Radiohead - Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon)

[KingofOldSchool]

Pearl Jam - Fuck Da Police (N.W.A.)

[Kane Knight]

Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust (Gotham) (Originally performed by David Bowie) and Telegram Sam (Originally performed by MArc Bolan)

[longboardAle]

Arsis - Things she said ( OA: Depeche mode ) A well-crafted death metal rendition of a depeche mode song.

Arsis - Roses on White lace (OA: Alice Cooper ) Another awesomely done death metal cover.

Angry Samoans - Somebody to Love ( OA: The Great Society ) A punk rendition of the classic 60's song.

Minutemen - Have you ever seen the Rain? (OA: CCR ) A punk/funk cover from the greatest punk band to ever exist; outdoes the original by leaps and bounds.

Minutemen - Dr.Wu (OA: Steely Dan ) Another folkish punk version of a Steely Dan tune. Outdoes the original by leaps and bounds as well.

Love - My Little Red book ( OA: Burt Bacharach ) Cover by one of the greatest rock bands to come out of the 60's and outdoes the original, too bad the White stripes butchered it later.

Sun City Girls - The Shining Path (OA: Peruvian Trad Folk ) Avante-garde Alt-rock version of a classic folk song that captures the essence of the old west like nothin' else.

[Kane Knight]

Buffalo Tom does a great cover of Going Underground by the Jam.

I likethe Jam, but I love their version (Which doesn't sound much like the original)

[Zen v.W.o.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIUJg8-W5RE

That's really good. Cornell covers Zeppelins "Thank You".

[AdrianM]

Hurt - Johnny Cash (NIN)
Whiskey in the Jar - Metallica (?)
Please Mr. Postman - The Beatles (The marvels)
Help - John Farnham (The Beatles)
(Don't fear) The reaper - HIM (Blue Oyster Cult)
Hallelueja (sp?) - Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen)

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Rasputina - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
Rasputina - Barracuda (Heart)
Dresden Dolls - War Pigs (Black sab)
Faith No More - Easy (Commodores)
Nickel Creek - If tomorrow wasn't such a long time (Dylan)
Nickel Creek - Toxic (Britney Spears), it is quite good

[St. Jimmy]

Two I heard recently that just amazed me

Anberlin - There is a Light that Never Goes Out. (The Smiths)
Anberlin - The Promise (When In Rome)

[Mercury Bullet]

Anberlin - Love Song (Band: The Cure)
- the 311 Version sucked ass, this version is 100% better.


WHOA, WHOA, WHOA...Hold it right there...

You sir, can STFU. I will not have 311 bashing going on around here. Got it? Okay, now that I got that taken care of...

1) 311 - Love Song (The Cure)
2) Van Halen - You Really Got Me (The Kinks)
3) Rufio - Like A Prayer (Madonna)
4) Futher Seems Forever - Bye Bye Bye (N'Sync)
5) Rage Against The Machine - Fuck Tha Police (NWA)
6) Johnny Hyde - Tainted Love (Gloria Jones)
*The Manson one is decent, but I prefer this one
7) Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson)
8) Pearl Jam - Love Reign Over Me (The Who)

[Mercury Bullet]

9) Guns N Roses - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan)

[Fryza]

Megaherz - 'Rock Me Amadeus' (Falco)
Children of the Bodom - 'Rebel Yell' (Billy Idol)
Arch Enemy - 'Symphony of Destruction' (Megadeth)
Tantric - 'The Chain' (Fleetwood Mac)
Orgy - 'Blue Monday' (New Order)
Evergreen Terrace - 'Mad World' (Tears for Fears)
Bodyjar - 'Hazy Shade of Winter' (The Bangles)
Bowling for Soup - 'I Ran (So Far Away' (A Flock of Seagulls)
Aailyah - 'When Doves Cry' (Prince)
Bif Naked - 'We're not Gonna Take It' (Twisted Sister)
Tool - 'Silly Little Love Song' (The Beatles)
311 - 'Love Song' (The Cure)
Deftones - 'No Ordinary Love' (Sade)
Green Day - 'I Fought the Law' (The Clash)
Powerman 5000 - 'Relax' (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
Megadeth - 'Paranoid' (Black Sabbath)
Tolchock - 'The Thing That Should Not Be' (Metallica)
Metallica - 'Am I Evil?' (Megadeth)
Velvet Revolver - 'Money' (Pink Floyd)
KoRn - 'Word Up' (Young MC)
Chimaira - 'Balls to the Wall' (Accept)
Fozzy - 'Balls to the Wall' (Accept)
Chapeaumelon - 'My Generation' (The Who)
KoRn - 'Another Brick in the Wall' (Pink Floyd)
Marilyn Manson - 'Sweet Dreams' (Eurthymics) - 'Tainted Love' (Dead Cells)
Billy Crawford - 'Pokémon Theme' :o
Plain White T's - 'Song Number 2' (Blur)
Copeland - 'Black Hole Sun' (Soundgarden)
Eighteen Visions - 'Beautiful People' (Marilyn Manson)
Bedlight for Blue Eyes - 'Jumper' (Third Eye Blind)
Scary Kids Scarying Kids - 'Losing My Religion' (R.E.M.)
Cartel - 'Wonder Wall' (Oasis)
Disturbed - 'Shout 2000' (Tears for Fears)
Motley Crue - 'Helter Skelter' (The Beatles)
Sheryl Crow - 'Sweet Child of Mine' (Guns 'n' Roses)

That's all for me that may or may not have been listed.

[ron the dial]

Jeff Buckley covering The Smiths' I Know It's Over

http://www.sonymusic.com/clips/selection/fu/703570/703570_01_14_full_smil.mov

[Danny Electric]

i think fryza has been listening to punk goes 90's

the number twelve looks like you - my sharona
ryan adams - wonderwall
halifax - straight up (paula abdul )

[CSL]

Atreyu - You Give Love a Bad Name (Bon Jovi)

<font color=white>Song was fucking horrible.</font>

[Danny Electric]

yeah atreyu kinda messed up there

[SammyG]

Clearly Ben Folds- Bitches Ain't Shit

[Juan]

Not IMO, but it's cool. :y:

[Mercury Bullet]

10) Van Halen - Pretty Woman

[D Mac]

Yeah this was awesome.

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[Just John]

Hurt - Johnny Cash (NIN)
Whiskey in the Jar - Metallica (?)
Please Mr. Postman - The Beatles (The marvels)
Help - John Farnham (The Beatles)
(Don't fear) The reaper - HIM (Blue Oyster Cult)
Hallelueja (sp?) - Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen)

Whisky in the jar was originally by Thin Lizzy btw.
Just thought I'd add that seeing as you didn't seem to know :y:

Renegades by RATM was a great album, loved Fuck Tha Police (NWA), Maggies Farm (Bob Dylan) and Renegades Of Funk (Afrika Bambaata or whatever they're called) covers.

[Amaroqwolf]

HIM-Rebel Yell (Billy Idol)
HIM- LArger the Life (Backstreet Boys)

[Juan]

Whisky in the jar was originally by Thin Lizzy btw.
Just thought I'd add that seeing as you didn't seem to know :y:

Renegades by RATM was a great album, loved Fuck Tha Police (NWA), Maggies Farm (Bob Dylan) and Renegades Of Funk (Afrika Bambaata or whatever they're called) covers.

Pistol Grip Pump is great too...

[RP]

Pearl Jam - Fuck Da Police (N.W.A.)


I was actually gunna go with Rage Against the Machine- Fuck the Police of the Live and Rare album.

[Kane Knight]

That would have been better if it wasn't one verse ollowed by like 5 minutes of ZDLR saying "Fuck the police" over and over.

[RP]

Fred Durst could do some really good covers. I actually liked the cover of Blue Eyes too.

Fred Durst and Limp Bizkit really were never as bad as everyone started to act like.

[RP]

That would have been better if it wasn't one verse ollowed by like 5 minutes of ZDLR saying "Fuck the police" over and over.


I'm listening to it right now and you're wrong.

[el fregadero]

Limp Bizkit - Faith (George Michael)

[RP]

lol @ kane knight neg repping me cause he was wrong. What a fucking loser. Please let us know when you lose your virginity you dumb sack of shit.

[Kane Knight]

LOL @ you whining about it. What a fucking loser.

[Kane Knight]

(If you're wondering why I didn't copy the "lose your virginity" bit, we all know better than to think you ever will)

[Russenmafia]

Marilyn Manson - 'Sweet Dreams' (Eurthymics)

[diothoir]

Failure - Enjoy the Silence

[St. Jimmy]

Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - Handle With Care (Travling Wilburys)

[Funky Fly]

Bruce Dickinson - The Zoo

Easily the best cover I've heard. The man takes a blah song by The Scorpions and turns it into a great song.

[Blue Demon]

Johnny Cash- Hurt (NIN)

[Arnold HamNegger]

This is my favorite cover song in the history of mankind.

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[el fregadero]

Tone Loc did it better.

[Just John]

Dimmu Borgir - Burn In Hell (Twisted Sister cover)

[Juan]

Metallica - Die Die My Darling (Misfits)