Best Cover Song You've Heard

heres my list

sneaker pimps - firestarter
my ruin - tainted love
deftones - the chauffer
botch - rock lobster
afi - the hanging garden
chevelle - its no good
finger eleven - walking in my shoes
heavy water factory - just one fix
ill nino - five minutes alone
jack off jill - lovesong
lovage - sex (i'm a)
si*se - just like heaven - en espanol
devo - head like a hole
factory 81 - insane in the brain
mindless self indulgence - bring the pain
pitchshifter - making plans for nigel
rosetta stone - closer
six feet under - war machine
throwdown - baby got back

some i even saw played live

I love Bratmobile's cover of The Misfits "Where Eagles Dare" w/Slim Moon on guest vocals. So great...

DeVo doing Head Like a Hole is pretty nifty
Oxymoron doing A.U. by Cocksparrer is cool
Blood For Blood doing All This and More by the Deadboys is nifty
Pearl Jam's cover of Leavin Here was the best thing they ever played
Blue Oyster Cult doing Kick Out The Jams rocks
Bad Religion doing REO Speedwagon's Riding the Storm Out is pretty fucking funny.

If you want some good covers go get "The Real Oi! Vol. 1 & 2"

-rich

CheekySong(Touch My Bum)-Cheeky Girls

Only because I was just talking about these two today:

Shoenen Knife- Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
Siouxsie and the Banshees- Dear Prudence

Mazzy Star - Wild Horses
Botch - O Fortuna

radiohead- rhinestone cowboy
tori amos-strange fruit

Botch's "Rock Lobster" is pretty hot
Murder City Devil's "Alchohol"
Flaming Lip's "Knives Out"
Dead Kennedy's "Viva Las Vegas"
David Bowie's "Cactus"
Devo's "Satisfaction"



[Edited on Jan 15, 2003 by endfreewill]

All of Mark Kozelek's "What's Next to the Moon" (Acoustic covers of Bon Scott AC/DC).

The Melvins doing Kiss' "Going Blind"
Redd Kross' take on "How much more can I Take"

I have heard the best cover of my life tonight of all nights. I just got back from cursive's show and at the show they covered the new missy elliott song. you can't top that.

Mark Kozelek does some damn fine covers.

Also:

Pedro the Lion: Fade into You
The Sundays: Wild Horses
Pale Saints: Blue Flower, Kinky Love
The Carpenters: Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft
Cat Power: Satisfaction, Wonderwall
Sifl & Olly: Heart of Glass, I Know What Boys Like
Cardigans: Iron Man
Richard Cheese: Holiday in Cambodia, Rape Me

Fleetwood Mac's Landslide: Dixie Chicks vs. The Pumpkins?
Dear God please let this be obvious.

Rolling Stones' Wild Horses: The Sundays

The Smiths' How soon is Now: 500 different people
I like this song so much, I'll listen to it in any form.

I gotta add these....

Johnny Cash - Hurt
Nirvana - Return of the Rat, Here She Comes Now
*Nirvanas best songs are the covers, almost all are better than the originals.*
Murder City Devils - She
Ritalin - Downtown

Hope I'm not alone in liking these

oasis "cum on feel the noise" and "i am the walerus"
slowdive "golden hair"

jawbox : cornflake girl

Joan Jett's cover of Crimson & Clover makes me melt...

This week.... That's Entertainment (the Jam) by Morrissey.

The Sloppy Seconds do a badass cover of the Candyman song from willy wonka.
They also cover Vacation and Leavin on a jet plane.

The Vandals do Hocus Pocus By Focus.

The deadmilkmen's live recording of Astro Zombies always blows me away.

oh yeh, there's another one...it's a jazz cover of slow burn..some chick is singing, but i don't know the name. i heard it in new york, it's fresh as fuck.

not yet listed....
cibo matto-black hole sun
shonen knife- i wanna be sedated
sinead o'connor-all apologies

johnny cash covering anything.

wished he had done enjoy the silence. that would have been awesome!

the misfits - monster mash
nine inch nails - get down make love/ metal/ physical (you're too)/ der kommisar [der kommisar is pricless to listen too]
fear factory - 0_0 (where evil dwells)/ cars
marilyn manson - down in the park [as you can tell i like gary numan covers]
bauhaus - ziggy stardust
slayer - guilty of being white
new found glory - the karate kid 2 song
jack off jill - love song
smashing pumpkins - never let me down again
razed in black - damage inc.
apoptygma bezerk - fade to black
circle no.5 - oops i did it again
twiztid - people are strange
mindless self indulgence - bring da pain/ tom sawyer
deadsy - brand new love/ tom sawyer
pantera - the badge/ planet caravan
lolly pop lust kill - you're a mean one mr. grinch
6am eternal - insect
diecast - raining blood
poison the well - today
white zombie - i'm your boogie man
nirvana - man who sold the world

that's all i can think of off the top of my head

Down In The Park by Christian Death
Good Vibrations by Psychic TV
This Is Radio Clash by The Urge
I Feel You by Placebo
Gimme Shelter by The Sisters Of Mercy
Third Uncle...... and Ziggy Stardust by Bauhaus
Dead Souls by NIN
And my bands covers of I'm Coming Up and Moonage Daydream

that "built my life around you" that smashing pumpkins covers (can't remember title)

also the cover of a tears for fears song in donnie darko (but i don't know artist or songtitle!! shoot)

I can't believe I forgot Faith No More doing Lets Lynch the Landlord! I bet Jello was jealous he can't sing like that.