Best Cover songs

Songs that are redone as good or better than the original

Shout 2000-Disturbed
Fuel-Avril Lavigne
Can't help falling in love-UB40
Crazy-LeAnn Rimes
97 Bonnie and Clyde-Eminem
Tainted Love-Marylin Manson
Legs-Kid Rock

Cake-I Will Survive

Smashing Pumpkins-Landslide

Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince)
1000 Homo DJs - Supernaut (Black Sabbath)
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (Dylan)
Jimi Hendrix - Sunshine of Your Love (Cream)
Blue Man Group - I Feel Love (Donna Summer)
Ramones - Surfin' Bird
Primus - The Family and the Fishing Net (Peter Gabriel)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (NIN)
Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat (Nick Cave)



[Edited on Jun 23, 2004 by nightx]

Melvins - lexicon devil

I'm obsessed with cover songs. I could go on for pages, but these are some of the best.

Hi-Standard - California Dreamin'
Lunachicks - The Passenger, More Than a Feeling
Dweezil & Ahmet Zappa - Hit Me Baby One More Time
Gus - Don't Fear the Reaper
The Januaries - Paranoid (Black Sabbath)
Johnny Cash - One (U2)
Toadies - Luck Be a Lady
A New Found Glory - So Happy Together
MFatGG - Rocket Man, Phantom of the Opera, Nothing Compares to You, Only the Good Die Young, End of the Road
MSI - Bring the Pain
Mr. T Experience - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Nicotine - Cherry Pie
RBF - Take on Me
Rasputina - Bad Moon Rising
Screaming Jay Hawkins - Whistling Past the Graveyard

If anyone has a punk cover of Paula Abdul's "Straight Up", I would be eternally grateful

Johnny Cash - Hurt
Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide
Type O Negative - Possession
Type O Negative - Cinnamon Girl
Type O Negative - Summer Breeze
Korn - The One

GALAXIE 500 covering Ceremony by JOY DIVISION


phenomenal...

[Edited on Jun 22, 2004 by clovesbud]

across the universe - rufus wainwright

mad world by gary jules (originally tears for fears)

I fought the law - The Clash
Respect - Aretha Franklin

[Edited on Jun 22, 2004 by RebeccaD]

Amen.

I'll add two Dylan covers: "My Back Pages" by the Byrds and "I Shall Be Released" by the Band.

descendents - wendy
most of the me first and the gimme gimmes songs

oooh - that reminds me:
Melvins - Going Blind (Kiss)
System of a Down - Snowblind (Black Sabbath)
System of a Down - The Metro (Berlin)
Sarah McLachlan - Blue (Joni Mitchell)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)
Faith No More - Easy (Commodores)


[Edited on Jun 23, 2004 by nightx]

Regenerator- obsession(originally siouxsie)
The jesus and mary chain- who do you love(i dont know)
lou reed- this Magic moment(i dont know)
THIS ONE IS THE MOST AWESOME from the mulholland dr. soundtrack Llorando-rebekha del rio-originally by Roy Orbison(cryin')
tori amos- '97 bonnie and clyde(og eminem..tupac made one but not the same)
no doubt-its my life(og talk talk)
system of a down-the metro(og berlin)
the gypsy kings-hotel california(og the eagles)
los lobos-la bamba(og richie valens)
metallica- die, die my darling(misfits)
social d- under my thumb(og rolling stones)
deftones- the chauffer(og duran duran)
white stripes-jolene(og dolly parton)
natalie merchant-because the night(og patti smith)
ataris-boys of summer(don henly)
marilyn manson-down in the park(og gary neuman)
bauhaus- ziggy stardust(ziggy starsut or bowie)
the cramps- cant hardly stand it (carl feathers)
dynamite hack- boys in the hood(easy fuckin E)
al green- Im so lonesome I could cry(og hank williams)
lauren Hill- cant take my eyes off of you
the fugees- Killin me softly
conway twitty- rocky top
the dan band-total eclipse of the heart(og belinda carlisle)from old skool soundtrak
save ferris- come on eileen(og dexys mid night runners)
sonic youth - superstar(og carpenters)
bigod 20 - like a prayer(og madonna)
dead kennedys- viva las vegas(og elvis)
the ramones- spiderman
Redman, keith murray, and eric b.-rappers delight(og sugarhill gang)
yeah, that shit is money in the fuckin bank.....thats all for now

I like their version of "Wild World"......but unfortunately, most of their covers don't have any personality. True to punk style, make the drums fast and tear up one chord over and over while screaming the melody faster. It's an instant punk cover!

This thread would be so much cooler if everyone added who the originals were by. That'd be good.

Elliott Smith - Thirteen (Big Star), Jealous Guy (John Lennon).
Johnny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails), One (U2), I Won't Back Down (Tom Petty), The Mercy Seat (Nick Cave) [Of course, Cash could make any song his own].
Cat Power - Satisfaction (Rolling Stones).
Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Rolling Stones).
Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon (Neil Diamond).
Nick Drake - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright (Bob Dylan).
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan).
Rage Against The Machine - Ghost Of Tom Joad (Bruce Springsteen).
Jimmy Little - My Father's House (Bruce Springsteen), Into Temptation (Crowded House), Under The Milky Way Tonight (The Church) [Little is another guy who can own any song].
Gary Jules - Mad World (Tears For Fears).
Ben Kweller - Ice Ice Baby (Vanilla Ice).
The Doors - Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (Kurt Weill).
The White Stripes - One More Cup Of Coffee (Bob Dylan),
Cake - Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps (Sandra Dee...I think?). I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor).
Machine Gun Fellatio - Chase The Dragon (Beasts Of Bourbon).



[Edited on Jun 23, 2004 by Anton]

Guns and Roses: Sympathy for the Devil (Rolling Stones)
Elliott Smith: Because (The Beatles)
Nirvana: The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie)

311 did a cover of ....what song was that again......what.....well......sorry I brought that up....

Señor Coconut Y Su Conjunto - Tour de France
Richard Cheese - Closer
Ten Masked Men - Livin' La Vida Loca

and i'm sorry*, but anyone who thinks that Gary Jules' version of Mad World is better than the original is clearly deaf and/or insane. have you even heard the original?



*figure of speech. i'm not really sorry at all.

gene-WASTELAND-(the jam)
the jam-DAVID WATTS-(the kinks)
the damned-BALLROOM BLITZ-(sweet)
faith no more-EASY-(the commadores)
guns n roses-LIVE AND LET DIE-(wings)
limp bizkit-FAITH-(george michael)

the worst was the all saints murdering of UNDER THE BRIDGE
they should still be in jail for that

laibach - live is life (opus dei)

Yep, I have heard the original, and I think Gary Jules' version is significantly better. The original wastes a beautiful line like 'the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had' by surrounding it with stupid horns and synth drums and shit. I'm not against the Tears For Fears aesthetic, but I don't think it suits the song like the eerie, emotive awesomeness of Jules' version.

Yep, I've heard the original.

i'm in the process of making myself a cd of all the covers i have... i love them all so here they are. and i don't know who most of them are by originally... desole...

i want you to want me - letters to cleo
american girl - dance hall crashers (tom petty)
it's the end of the world as we know it - discount (it's actually faster than the original if you can believe it... and everyone knows who did that originally...)
cars - fear factory (sounds just like the original until the guy starts singing. at which point i usually cream my panties...)
99 red balloons - goldfinger
boys don't cry - oleander (it skips on my oleander cd and that makes me cry)
come on eileen - save ferris
destination unknown - smashing pumpkins
landslide - smashing pumpkins
james - stargazer lily (i actually had no idea that this was a cover until i heard the original on the radio... no idea who it is...)

there will be more as soon as i find more covers...

From my Belfast days, "Whiskey in the Jar" by Thin Lizzy and "Shakin' All Over" by Horslips.

"Summertime Blues" (from "Live at Leeds")by the Who

Any Pearl Jam cover.I most especially like "Last Kiss". Having lost a girlfriend to a road accident,this song is haunting. It is also a vehicle to trigger great memories years later.

"Because the Night" by Patti Smith or 10,000 Maniacs.

Ben Harper(witnessed live) "All Along the Watchtower".

Social Distortion " Ball and Chain" or "Ring of Fire" ,from Live at the Roxy.

nobody does cash better than cash!

"If I Were A Carpenter..." covered by Bobby Darrin far outsedes (is that a word, it is now) the original by Tim Hardin "...any you were a lady, wouldya marry me anyway, would you have my baby?"