Favourite cover songs?

[MWG]

Mine are:

Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" and Bob Dylan's "Farewell Angelina".

Ugly Kid Joe's cover of Harry Chapin's "The Cat's in the Cradle".

Bush's cover of Joy Division's "In a Lonely Place".

Hendrix's cover of Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower".

Nirvana's cover of David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World" and Leadbelly's "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?".

 

[VincentFloyd]

I second the hendrix and nirvana ones, haven't heard the rest though

I really like johnny cash's version of "hurt" myself and "faith" from limp bizkit is the only song i like from them

 

[kellycummings]

Any cover song is good when compared to that blasphemous cover that Metallica did of 'Turn the Page.'
How do they live with themselves?

That said, I like Van Halens 'Pretty Woman.'

 

[Ham Murabi]

William Shatner's stunning version of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

 

[VincentFloyd]

van halen "you really got me" really gets me

sorry, that was terrible.

I liked the metallica cover, but then I'm kinda nutso.

 

[MWG]

I didn't like Metallica's cover of "Turn the Page" (because I hate the original Bob Seger version - I really don't like that song), but their version of "Whiskey in the Jar" was pretty good.

 

[Silverlily]

The Lemonheads version of "Mrs. Robinson".

 

[VincentFloyd]

i liked whiskey in the jar as well.

ever hear of "me first and the gimme gimme's"? it's a collection of punk guys who do nothing but cover songs, I'm not a punk fan but i like them.

 

[Calamity Jane]

Wow, I miss the Lemonheads and Ugly Kid Joe.

 

[MWG]

Wow, I miss the Lemonheads and Ugly Kid Joe.

Early 90s alternative - ah, the memories.

 

[RoryN]

Janis Joplin's cover of Me and Bobby McGee by Kris Kristofferson.

 

[Dionysian Beast]

Opeth - Circle Of The Tyrant (Celtic Frost)
Cradle Of Filth - Hallowed Be Thy Name (Iron Maiden)
Cradle Of Filth - Black Metal (Venom)
Cradle Of Filth - Hell Awaits (Slayer)
Cradle Of Filth - No Time To Cry (Sisters Of Mercy)
Cradle Of Filth - For Those Who Died (Sabbat)
Cradle Of Filth - The Fire Still Burns (Twisted Sister)
Therion - O Fortuna (Orff's Carmina Burana)
Therion - Summernight City (ABBA)
Tiamat - Set The Controls For Heart Of The Sun (Pink Floyd)
Iron Maiden - Cross-eyed Mary (Jethro Tull)
Iron Maiden - Doctor, Doctor (UFO)
Dark Tranquillity - 22 Acacia Avenue (Iron Maiden)
Megadeth - Mr. Nice Guy (Alice Cooper)
Metallica - Turn The Page (Bob Seger)
Metallica - Astronomy (Blue Oyster Cult)
Metallica - Whiskey In The Jar (Thin Lizzy)
Sepultura - Orgasmatron (Motorhead)
Vision Divine - Take On Me (A-Ha)
Dimmu Borgir - Burn In Hell (Twisted Sister)
Naglfar - The Evil That Men Do (Iron Maiden)

 

[Broken*Star]

Social Distortion's cover of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" and their cover of the Rolling Stones' "Under My Thumb"; AFI's cover of the Misfit's "Halloween"; Dropkick Murphy's cover of "Amazing Grace"; Reverend Horton Heat's cover of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues"; Rage Against the Machine's cover of Minor Threat's "In My Eyes"; Murder City Devils' cover of the Misfit's "She"; NOFX covering "Stand by Me"; Pantera's cover of "Planet Caravan" by Black Sabbath; Pennywise's cover of "Brown Eyed Girl"; the Pixies' cover of "Head On" by Jesus and Mary Chain; and anything by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. That's just off the top of my head.

 

[Broken*Star]

i liked whiskey in the jar as well.

ever hear of "me first and the gimme gimme's"? it's a collection of punk guys who do nothing but cover songs, I'm not a punk fan but i like them.

Me First rocks. I have all their albums, I have to say one of my favourites is when they covered the showtunes.

 

[VincentFloyd]

friend of mine has all of them i think, she knows i don't like punk music but she played them for me one time and I liked it, i bug her to put the cd's on all the time lol

 

[sticky_keyboard]

The ultimate cover was of Dueling Banjos done by a couple of tuba players, entitled, Dueling Tubas.

Yup. The definitive cover.

 

[MWG]

B*S, good call on "Planet Caravan". I love falling asleep to that song.

 

[Guest]

 

[nike]

Nirvana's cover of David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World"

I absolutely love that cover.

 

[Broken*Star]

Re: Re: Favourite cover songs?

I absolutely love that cover.

Good call.

 

[Killswitch]

Ataris ...Boys of Summer (don henley)

and

Smashing Pumpkins...Landslide (fleetwood mac)

The dixie chicks version is good too.

 

[Broken*Star]

Ataris ...Boys of Summer (don henley)

and

Smashing Pumpkins...Landslide (fleetwood mac)

The dixie chicks version is good too.

The Smashing Pumpkins version was excellent, but I thought the Dixie Chicks was too...perfect. I dont know how else to explain it, it didn't have the soul Stevie Nicks put into it.

 

[Killswitch]

I agree and know exactly what you are saying.

 

[Hamletmaschine]

Joe Cocker's version of the Beatles' "With a Little Help from My Friends." Probably the only cover of a Beatles tune better than the original, but anything Cocker covers is usually better than the original.

Tom Waits' cover of "Somewhere" (Bernstein/Sondheim) from West Side Story.

 

[Broken*Star]

I also love Clash's cover of 'I Fought the Law' and Dim's Rebellion's cover of Motorhead's '1916'.