Best covers

[JesusTheJedi]

Alright, I realize that there is already a thread for metal covers, but I figured I'd make a thread for covers in general, so post the best, your favorite, or your least liked covers here from all genres.

Personally, my favorite cover of all time is the Ben Folds - Bitches Ain't Shit (Dr. Dre)

It's hilarious coming from a soft rock white guy on the piano, and yet, it's musically really fucking good at the same time.

Gary Jules - Mad World (Tears For Fears) and Foo Fighters - Down In The Park (Tubeway Army)

[Sc(+)pe]

Fucking pictures! no point if there are no pics

[Sezril]

Fucking pictures! no point if there are no pics
He means cover songs, not album covers.

A pianist by the name of Scott Lavender recorded an all-piano tribute to Iron Maiden and it's beastly. I personally enjoy his rendition of "Can I Play With Madness" more than the original.

EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Piano_Tribute_to_Iron_Maiden

[temp100]

He means cover songs, not album covers.

A pianist by the name of Scott Lavender recorded an all-piano tribute to Iron Maiden and it's beastly. I personally enjoy his rendition of "Can I Play With Madness" more than the original.

EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Piano_Tribute_to_Iron_Maiden
Indeed, it's an awesome album. It's particularly effective because Maiden has so many melodies going on at once, and pianos are good for handling multiple melodies.

[BYOB(SOAD)]

Muse - Feeling Good

I loved that cover also.

Snowblind - System Of A Down

[johnnycupcakes]

Fucking pictures! no point if there are no pics


your dumb.

[JesusTheJedi]

Fucking pictures! no point if there are no pics

Uh, yeah... Song covers, not album covers.

[YouEnjoyMyself]

Death to the first person to mention perfect circle's cover of Imagine.

Some of my fav covers....

One by Warren Haynes (Original U2)
With A Little Help by Joe Cocker (original Beatles)


And more

[TheGrimKreeper]

Gary Jules - Mad World (Tears For Fears)
That's got to be the best song cover ever. Another good cover is Elliott Smith's cover of The Beatles' Because.

[Travmire]

I think the best cover is All Along the Watch Tower, originally by Bob Dylan, covered by Jimi Hendrix.

Paul Anka did a whole cover CD that's awesome.

A punk band did a cover of Help! that was pretty good, but I can't remember who that is right now.

Here's a sight that has a hundred and one covers of Stairway To Heaven (I like Zappa's version).

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/05/stairways_to_he.html

[desensitizedbyu]

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.

[subin]

My favorite song of all time and the greatest cover has got to be All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix. (originally by Bob Dylan)

Another one of my favs has got to be Gin & Juice by Phish. (originally done by Snoop Dogg)

[GNR Fan]

Johnny Cash - Hurt

[Travmire]

April Wine did a pretty sweet cover of 21st Century Schizoid Man. Ozzy did an average job of it, but his version of Sunshine of Your Love isn't too bad.

I don't remember if it's been mentioned, but it surly will, the worst cover has got to be Korn's Another Brick In The Wall. It was already a crappy song (on Pink Floyd's standards) and they fucked it up even more.

[Sc(+)pe]

Oh whoops.

[subin]

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Who did the original?

[Sezril]

Who did the original?
Nine Inch Nails.

[YouEnjoyMyself]

Another one of my favs has got to be Gin & Juice by Phish. (originally done by Snoop Dogg)

Phish didn't play that. It's a common mistake though. I forget who played it, but it wasn't Phish.

[subin]

Phish didn't play that. It's a common mistake though. I forget who played it, but it wasn't Phish.

I was positive that it was phish but upon further review bigmatt was right again. It was done by a group called the gourds.

[Daucus Karota]

Marilyn Manson-Sweet Dreams(Are Made of These)
Marilyn Manson-Rock & Roll Nigger
Marilyn Manson-Tainted Love
Shadow Project-Dead Babies
Siouxsie And The Banshees-The Passanger
Daucus Karota-Raw Power
HIM-Dont Fear The Reaper
Sisters Of Mercy-Jolene
Bauhaus-Ziggy Stardust
Mötley Crüe-Helter Skelter

[tomgreen]

great post good find

[Wurby Tictoc]

That Tears for Fears song somebody mentioned is the best I know of. Also the Guns N' Roses versions of "Live and Let Die" and "Knockin' On Heaven's Door," and Pearl Jam's "Last Kiss."

[Errant Spittle]

the polka cover of nirvanas smells like teen spirit. I cant remember for the life of me the name of the guy who does it, but its rather interesting

[tripb19]

Mad World - Gary Jules
Acid Rain - Liquid Tension Experiment
Classical Gas - Tommy Emmanuel

[JesusTheJedi]

the polka cover of nirvanas smells like teen spirit. I cant remember for the life of me the name of the guy who does it, but its rather interesting

Weird Al, I think?

[temp100]

Mad World - Gary Jules
Acid Rain - Liquid Tension Experiment
Classical Gas - Tommy Emmanuel
Wait.. Acid Rain is a cover? I know Dream Theater has performed it, but I thought it was originally credited to LTE and DT was covering it.

[taste_u]

Cannonball Adderley & Miles Davis - Autumn Leaves (from Somethin\' Else)

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[JesusTheJedi]

Thought of another one... the Smooth Criminal cover by Alient Ant Farm... It may not be the best cover, but it gets stuck in my head every time I hear it.

And the Iron and Wine cover of Such Great Heights (Postal Service)

[BaxterII]

Dream Theater - Yes Medley

[tripb19]

Wait.. Acid Rain is a cover? I know Dream Theater has performed it, but I thought it was originally credited to LTE and DT was covering it.
Al di Meola - Race with the devil on a Spanish Highway ;)

[Cheap_reaper]

Me first an the Gimme Gimmes-Leaving on a Jet Plane (by John Denver?)
Yngwie Malmsteen-Gimme Gimme Gimme (by abba)

[acdcrulsthecoop]

marilon manson-tainted love

[gyppomc1]

The Dub side of the moon - Easy All Stars.

Fucking class, Floyd+dub? Gold.

[GrammarFocus]

Marilyn Manson - You Spin Me Right Round.

I would really recommend listening to this song, it's suprisingly awesome.

[CheeseMonkeys]

Guns N' Roses Knockin' On Heaven's Door.

[Daucus Karota]

Marilyn Manson - You Spin Me Right Round.

I would really recommend listening to this song, it's suprisingly awesome.
its not Marilyn Manson its Dope

anyway it dosnt sound anything like Manson

[temp100]

Thought of another one... the Smooth Criminal cover by Alient Ant Farm... It may not be the best cover, but it gets stuck in my head every time I hear it.

And the Iron and Wine cover of Such Great Heights (Postal Service)
I think it's a decent cover. It's got some pretty tight basswork.

[GrammarFocus]

its not Marilyn Manson its Dope

anyway it dosnt sound anything like Manson


Is it?

That's just what it was downloaded as, and I've never listened to any Manson, bar a couple of songs.

[Daucus Karota]

Is it?

That's just what it was downloaded as, and I've never listened to any Manson, bar a couple of songs.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004UASU/qid=1152900320/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/103-0216008-5853453?s=music&v=glance&n=5174


the original by Dead Or alive is better in my opinion(I dont like Dope so my opinion is biased)

[Mahalo]

I think the best cover is All Along the Watch Tower, originally by Bob Dylan, covered by Jimi Hendrix.

Agreed.

And Gin & Juice covered by Phish :p

[YouEnjoyMyself]

And Gin & Juice covered by Phish :p

God damn it they did not cover that song.

[Slug Moses]

God damn it they did not cover that song.
It was Leftover Salmon. I think some dumbass misnamed the file or something and it spread around a few years back on napster.

[cushlinkes]

My favorite cover song:

Roll Over Beethoven by ELO (Chuck Berry)

[SevenTwoOffSuit]

The whole "I am Sam" soundtrack kicks ass. Beatle covers baby. Well some of them suck but for the most part its great.

[SevenTwoOffSuit]

Jimi hendrix - All along the watchtower

[ZX-6RR]

Pantera - 'Planet Caravan'

Phil has the voice for it.

[temp100]

Pantera - 'Planet Caravan'

Phil has the voice for it.
I agree. I've always liked Anselmo, and it's a good cover of a good song. The solo is very tasteful.

It probably could have made it on to the Sabbath tribute albums if there weren't 1000 traditional/stoner doom bands putting forward their covers as well :D.

[Travmire]

The Dub side of the moon - Easy All Stars.

Fucking class, Floyd+dub? Gold.

I downloaded this, it's awesome. I like Speak To Me Breath more than the original, and all the songs are good. Money and Brain Damage sound like different songs altogther though, but that's not a bad thing.

[wrathchild]

I agree. I've always liked Anselmo, and it's a good cover of a good song. The solo is very tasteful.

It probably could have made it on to the Sabbath tribute albums if there weren't 1000 traditional/stoner doom bands putting forward their covers as well :D.
I don't really like the song. And Exhorder's Into the Void I think will forever be my favourite Black Sabbath cover. Unless Mekong Delta did a good cover of Black Sabbath (the song). I certainly like the Exhorder song more than I have ever liked Black Sabbath.

Demons & Wizards - Immigrant Song
Well, I like it.

Oh, and Megadeth - These Boots is a cover, isn't it?
The bleeping was only funny the first couple of times.

and Metallica - Blitzkreig

[Frostdaddy]

Metallica - Tuesday's Gone

Am I the only one who likes this?

[SatanTheSith]

whoever said that hurt was by NIN originally should have their eyes ripped out.

[Travmire]

whoever said that hurt was by NIN originally should have their eyes ripped out.

What are you talking about? (http://www.answers.com/hurt%20(song)#Wikipedia)

[Sezril]

whoever said that hurt was by NIN originally should have their eyes ripped out.
Except it was originally by Nine Inch Nails. It appeared on their 1994 album, "The Downward Spiral". The majority of the songs on Cash's "American IV: The Man Comes Around" are covers. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Personal Jesus, etc.

[SatanTheSith]

oopsy i guess i made myself look retarted

back to the short bus with me