Your favorite covers.

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For those who don't know, a cover is a remake of a song by another band. My favorites include:
Metallica's "53rd and 3rd", originally Ramones
Less than Jake's "Surrender", originally Cheap Trick
Dream Theater's "The Big Medley", originally a ton of bands
Offspring's "I Wanna be Sedated", originally Ramones

Some covers are worthy tributes to their creators. Others suck ass (Avril Lavigne's cover of "Basket Case"). Post your favorites.

[ceiling_fan]

Uhh, Cake's I will survive is pretty cool.

[Ænema]

Korns verison of Another Brick in The Wall. :bang:

Fuck no. :thud: I like Smashing Pumpkins Landslide. :)

[Baneofevil3]

"Mad World" by Gary Jules, originally by Tears for Fears. The Tears for Fears version is pretty good, but I prefer the Gary Jules version.

"Smooth Criminal" by Alien Ant Farm, originally by Michael Jackson. The Michael Jackson version is really good, but I prefer the heavy...ness...of the Alien Ant Farm version.

[joekickass]

Imagine by A perfect circle. Originally done by John Lennon. :bang:

[BrainStew]

Opeth - Remember Tomorrow (originally Iron Maiden)
Cradle of Filth - Hallowed Be Thy Name (originally Iron Maiden)
In Flames - Land of Confusion (originally Genesis)
Gob - Paint it Black (originally The Rolling Stones)

[DiSasTeRpIEcE-]

Snowblind - Black Label Society (Originally Black Sabbath)

[atreyu_2020]

Opeth - Remember Tomorrow (originally Iron Maiden)
Cradle of Filth - Hallowed Be Thy Name (originally Iron Maiden)
In Flames - Land of Confusion (originally Genesis)
Gob - Paint it Black (originally The Rolling Stones)

I hated Gobs version of that, however that In Flames song is definitely a good one.

I always did enjoy Sweet Dreams by Manson, originally by the Eurythmics, also Head Like Hole by AFI, originally by NIN. And though I'm not a fan of Disturbed, Shouts remake, originally by Tears for Fears, was pretty enjoyable as well..

[Tucker1616]

Definitely "Hurt" by Johnny Cash, originally done by Nine Inch Nails. The video's good too.

[casean027]

Boys in the Hood by Dynamite Hack origanally done by Easy-E

Gin and Juice by NOFX orignally done my Snoop Dogg.

There both really good.

Definitely "Hurt" by Johnny Cash, originally done by Nine Inch Nails. The video's good too.

I diddn't know that.

[noodlez]

Off the top of my head... The Clash - I Fought The Law (originally by The Crickets, or Bobby Fuller Four- not sure which).
Dillinger Escape Plan's cover of Come To Daddy was pretty cool.

[YouEnjoyMyself]

Imagine by A perfect circle. Originally done by John Lennon. :bang:


That is the worst cover I have ever heard.

I am 100% serious when I say this: You should be ashamed for liking that song.

A perfect circle should be SHOT for covering that song and destroying it.


It pissed me off everytime I see the lyrics in someone's away message with "-A perfect circle" at the end.....AHHHH!!!!!! JOHN LENNON DID IT!!!!!!!!


YOU ARE NOT DEEP OR INTELECTUAL FOR LIKING THAT SONG!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!

That song is fucking horrible.

[killerclown]

Absu - Transylvania(Iron Maiden)
Children of Bodom - Aces High(Iron Maiden)
Imaled - The Hearse(Deadbolt)
Kreator - Witching Hour(Venom)
Slayer - Witching Hour(Venom)
Papa Roach - Lithium(just kidding)

[banjo1735]

Before any Hendrix fans come along (excluding me), All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix. Originally by Bob Dylan. Hendrix's is brilliant.

[Wurby Tictoc]

Alien Ant Farm's "Smooth Criminal" is probably the best cover ever. Other noteworthy ones are

Gary Jules: "Mad World," already mentioned

Smashing Pumpkins: "You're All I've Got Tonight" by the Cars and "My Blue Heaven" by George Whiting and Walter Donaldson (although you could argue Billy Corgan shouldn't have added two verses at the beginning, but that would make you a dick because the song was written in fucking 1927)

[Sezril]

That is the worst cover I have ever heard.

I am 100% serious when I say this: You should be ashamed for liking that song.

A perfect circle should be SHOT for covering that song and destroying it.


It pissed me off everytime I see the lyrics in someone's away message with "-A perfect circle" at the end.....AHHHH!!!!!! JOHN LENNON DID IT!!!!!!!!


YOU ARE NOT DEEP OR INTELECTUAL FOR LIKING THAT SONG!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!

That song is fucking horrible.
A Perfect Circle should be shot for making music.

[Ajax]

knockin on heavens door-Eric Clapton
Knockin on heavens door-Guns n roses
Who shot the sheriff-Eric Clapton
and of course All along the watchtower-Jimi hendrix

[Mount_Happy]

AC/DC's cover of "Baby, Please Dont Go"
Velvet Revolver's cover of "Set Me Free" and also "Its So Easy", and what the hell, I like their cover of Aerosmith's "No More No More" a lot too(it was fuckin awesome at the concert).
Judas Priest's cover of "Diamonds and Rust"
Van Halen's cover of "You Really Got Me"

[Met4lliT00L]

Haha...

A cover me and my friends made called "For whom the sun shines" for a bio project, covering Metallica's "For whom the Bell Tolls" :icon_rofl

Seriously though, I don't know that many really good cover songs. But our cover was not too bad.

[lameassdude]

My favorite cover is Limp Bizkit-You Know You're Right(Nirvana Cover) [Just Kidding]

No it's The Distilllers- No Lost Love (Joy Division Cover)

[killerclown]

My favorite cover is Limp Bizkit-You Know You're Right(Nirvana Cover) [Just Kidding]
Does Fred Durst seriously have to ruin every song? Like Behind Blue Eyes. That song was great til' Fred had to come along.

[lameassdude]

Does Fred Durst seriously have to ruin every song? Like Behind Blue Eyes. That song was great til' Fred had to come along.

I know, that was horrendous. Fred ruins everything. Well look at him now...what the fuck is he doing now?

[sparrky]

less than jake-i think i love you-originally the partridge family.
cake-i will survive-originally gloria gaynor

[ZX-6RR]

Everything off of Garage Inc. :D

But, my favorite cover of all time would have to be:

'Planet Caravan' - Pantera (Black Sabbath originally)

Pantera made this song a lot better than it was.

[DazednConfused]

Before any Hendrix fans come along (excluding me), All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix. Originally by Bob Dylan. Hendrix's is brilliant.

Also his cover of Like a Rolling Stone. Its live, so its not quite as polished as his Watchtower. Still a great song

I"ll probably get shit for this, but i rather like System of a Downs' cover of Snowblind by Black Sabbath.

[callmejulio]

The Kingsmens' version of Louie, Louie
Hendrix's version of All Along the Watchtower
Van Halen's cover of You Really Got Me
William Shatners version of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (It's horrible, but I can't get enough of it.)

[reigenborn]

That is the worst cover I have ever heard.

I am 100% serious when I say this: You should be ashamed for liking that song.......

A perfect circle should be SHOT for covering that song and destroying it.


It pissed me off everytime I see the lyrics in someone's away message with "-A perfect circle" at the end.....AHHHH!!!!!! JOHN LENNON DID IT!!!!!!!!


YOU ARE NOT DEEP OR INTELECTUAL FOR LIKING THAT SONG!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!

That song is fucking horrible.
Yeah.... What he said Wow, I just listened to that.. The message is totally lost in the sound of the drums. The violent 'strikes' of the violin makes the message of peace really hard to get. Why did they do this man, i want to eat a smegma sandwhich after hearing that... ew

I'm not a big fan of cover songs, but everynow and then you find yourself a good one

Five to One (originally done by The <almighty/> Doors) - Marilyn Manson
Personal Jesus (orginally done by Depreche Mode) - Johnny Cash

[MGselwonK]

sezril i hope you know daniel gildenlow is influenced by a perfect circle

[fadetoblack5297]

Los Lonely Boys- I Walk the Line, originally by Johnny Cash
Foo Fighters- Have a Cigar, originally by Pink Floyd. this is one of the best covers of a PF song...nothing compared to the original, but good all the same.

[MusicIsDead]

I like Dream Theaters master of puppets originally done by metallica. Also I saw posted in here, did papa roach really cover lithium...cause if so :thud:

[wackojacko]

Anybody ever hear "The Blackest Album"(I believe that's the name)

It was a whole bunch of metallica remakes.

Sucked. Hard.

Unless you're into techno..

[rhcp pman]

After listening to more of Marilyn Manson, I hate him, but I must admit that I like Sweet Dreams and You Spin Me Right Round. I like the AAF Smooth Criminal song more than the Michael Jackson one, but I like the MJ Smooth Criminal music vid more than the AAF one. I like Higher Ground by RHCP but I haven't heard the original by Jimi Hendrix, so I'm not too sure where I stand on that one. I think that the RHCP 'Fire' was by Jimi Hendrix too (I know that one of those was). RHCP do Love Rollercoaster as well. I am not too sure whether they wrote that but I know that there is a gay version by some band called Ohio Orchestra or something like that. I don't like Tom Jones' version of Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone. But the one cover that I can't stand (right now) is Avril Lavigne doing Fuel :banghead: .

[winged_potatoes]

I think Ryan Adams did a really good job of covering "Wonderwall" originally by Oasis. Adams truly made that song his own.

[TDK12345]

Johnny Cash - "Hurt" (by NIN) which was said earlier, and speaking of Johnny Cash, I love Social Distortion's version of "Ring of Fire".

[Tool]

Tool, "no quarter" originally done by led zeppelin.

[ypsidan04]

Velvet Revolver's cover of "Set Me Free"

Holy shit, that's a cover?! Who's it from?


- Evanescence, Thoughtless (Korn) p.s. Fuck censorship and fuck prudish parents who don't realize that their 13 year olds probably hear the word "Fuck" quite often at school. I just mentioned the word "Fuck" now two more times than it is mentioned on their new CD (only twice), but still somehow WalMart is being sued for 75 grand over this. :rolleyes:

- Also their covers of Metallica, the Stone Temple Pilots, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, even though I've never heard em. They gotta be good.

- Smooth Criminal, as mentioned.

- Imagine, as mentioned. I'm sorry Matt, but don't let immature IMers get you down.

But the one cover that I can't stand (right now) is Avril Lavigne doing Fuel

WHAT!!!!??? Which song?! First she fucks with System of a Down and now Fuel! I do think she's okay, but she's gotta stop coming up with these insane cover ideas.

[reigenborn]

After listening to more of Marilyn Manson, I hate him, but I must admit that I like Sweet Dreams and You Spin Me Right Round. I like the AAF Smooth Criminal song more than the Michael Jackson one, but I like the MJ Smooth Criminal music vid more than the AAF one. I like Higher Ground by RHCP but I haven't heard the original by Jimi Hendrix, so I'm not too sure where I stand on that one. I think that the RHCP 'Fire' was by Jimi Hendrix too (I know that one of those was) .

RHCP must have a hardon for Hendrix ... They remade 'Castles Made of Sand' too... Geez, 3 hendrix covers is enough, dont fuck it up.

[skuller12]

What I Got by 311. Originally by sublime.

[Stupified]

Earth Crisis - Paint it black
Alien Ant farm - Smooth Criminal
Fear factory - Cars
Sevendust - School's out
Johnny Cash - Hurt
APC - Imagine
Bright Eyes - Sunrise, Sunset
The Offspring - I wanna be sedated

[Stupified]

After listening to more of Marilyn Manson, I hate him, but I must admit that I like Sweet Dreams and You Spin Me Right Round. I like the AAF Smooth Criminal song more than the Michael Jackson one, but I like the MJ Smooth Criminal music vid more than the AAF one. I like Higher Ground by RHCP but I haven't heard the original by Jimi Hendrix, so I'm not too sure where I stand on that one. I think that the RHCP 'Fire' was by Jimi Hendrix too (I know that one of those was). RHCP do Love Rollercoaster as well. I am not too sure whether they wrote that but I know that there is a gay version by some band called Ohio Orchestra or something like that. I don't like Tom Jones' version of Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone. But the one cover that I can't stand (right now) is Avril Lavigne doing Fuel :banghead: .

Why does everyone think "You spin me right round" is Manson..? It's actually by a band called DOPE. (http://www.dopearmy.com)

[Dual]

Behind Blue Eyes- Limp Bizkit (the only decent song they do is a cover)
Smooth Criminal- Alien Ant Farm (same as above)

[rhcp pman]

I didn't mean that Marilyn Manson originally wrote it. Are you trying to say that Manson didn't even do the cover??? Because I have a "You Spin Me Right Round" song by Manson. I also have one by Dead or Alive which I thought was the original. Please elucidate...

[Stupified]

I know for a fact that Dope did the cover. Maybe Manson did a cover too, I hate Manson very much so I could care less. I was just saying that from experience with other people I know getting that song confused with the Dope version...Dope does sound a lot like manson on that song though.

[Slick K Rub]

RHCP-Love Rollercoaster-Ohio Players
AFI-Head Like A Hole-NIN

[killerclown]

sezril i hope you know daniel gildenlow is influenced by a perfect circle
Damn, A Perfect Circle is that old? I thought they were only about ten years old. If I'm correct, Pain of Salvation originated in 1985.

[MGselwonK]

Damn, A Perfect Circle is that old? I thought they were only about ten years old. If I'm correct, Pain of Salvation originated in 1985.


a perfect circle started around 2000, Pain of Salvation didnt really start until around 1995ish, daniel gildenlow was in a band when he was younger and later they changed their name, but they didnt really do anything

a perfect circle's debut album 'mer de noms' was listed in an interview by daniel as being one of the albums he liked while making a perfect element pt 1, and king of loss sounds like its really influenced by some APC

[killerclown]

B-But Metalstorm NEVER lies!

[MGselwonK]

what did metalstorm say? i was getting my info from them to i thought

i could have read something wrong though

[killerclown]

Oh nevermind you're right. Daniel formed a band in 84'. I could've sworn I saw that they originated in 85'. Anyways, wouldn't want to clog up the thread.

[Ajax]

Behind Blue Eyes- Limp Bizkit

I just listened to it and WOW limp bizkit blows. They can't even make a good song when one of the best bands wrote the song. :mad:

[joekickass]

Personal Jesus (orginally done by Depreche Mode) - Johnny Cash

I thought that it was the other way around...

Anyway, I didn't say that APC's version was better, I'm just saying that I personally liked it. No way is it better than the original.

And that limp Bizkit cover of behind blue eyes was pretty bad. I mean, I guess the music was kinda sorta ok, but the whole effect of the song was ruined by the fact that a giant 10-year-old wearing a red cap was singing it. :mad:

[ypsidan04]

I like Higher Ground by RHCP but I haven't heard the original by Jimi Hendrix

Dude! Higher Ground was written by Stevie Wonder! Unless he wrote songs for Jimi Hendrix, you're sadly mistaken.
Behind Blue Eyes- Limp Bizkit (the only decent song they do is a cover)
Smooth Criminal- Alien Ant Farm (same as above)

Exactly right.
Holy shit, that's a cover?! Who's it from?

WHAT!!!!??? Which song?! First she fucks with System of a Down and now Fuel! I do think she's okay, but she's gotta stop coming up with these insane cover ideas.

Can anyone hook me up with answers? Please?

[rhcp pman]

Dude! Higher Ground was written by Stevie Wonder! Unless he wrote songs for Jimi Hendrix, you're sadly mistaken.


Exactly right.


Can anyone hook me up with answers? Please?

Like I said in the post, I knew that one of those was by Jimi Hendrix, and in this case, it was Fire. However, I was definite that Higher Ground was a cover.

[Wire17]

"Smooth Criminal" by Alien Ant Farm, originally by Michael Jackson. The Michael Jackson version is really good, but I prefer the heavy...ness...of the Alien Ant Farm version.

Agreed. I thought that was an awesome cover.

[Tucker1616]

Can anyone hook me up with answers? Please? I don't think it was a cover, I did a google search and nothing came up.

Speaking of Velvet Revolver, I found a few of my christmas presents. One of the CD's I'm getting is Contraband. One problem, I already have it. :( Meh, oh well.

[noodlez]

First she fucks with System of a Down and now Fuel! I do think she's okay, but she's gotta stop coming up with these insane cover ideas.

By 'Fuel' I'm pretty sure he meant Metallica's Fuel.

[rhcp pman]

That fucking bitch, Avril Lavigne made a cover of Metallica's Fuel. She bloody ruined it and if I get close enough to her, I will slaughter her. Eviscerate her... Anyhow, I posted this link in another thread once, but if you haven't seen it, here it is http://www.recroommagazine.com/articles/avril.htm

[fadetoblack5297]

i got a new one...i forgot it the first time...
dave matthews band/warren haynes: cortez the killer, originally by neil young

[ypsidan04]

By 'Fuel' I'm pretty sure he meant Metallica's Fuel.

Aw, never heard of it. I thought he meant the band, which I happen to really like.

[Sezril]

Pain of Salvation did indeed start in 1984, when Daniel Gildenlow was, like, ten, so obviously they didn't do much beyond schoolhouse competitions.

You may aswell consider it a new band, though, since the only things today's PoS has in common with its former self are the name and founder.

[ypsidan04]

Speaking of Velvet Revolver, I found a few of my christmas presents. One of the CD's I'm getting is Contraband. One problem, I already have it. :( Meh, oh well.

I read in this month's Revolver Magazine ( :D ) that Contraband has sold over a million copies and in just the first week, it sold a quarter of a million copies. Quite good for a band that many people never thought would get off the ground.
That fucking bitch

http://www.recroommagazine.com/articles/avril.htm

Everybody's a critic. :rolleyes:

[ciaran]

Here is the telegraphs top fifty covers (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/11/20/bmcovercont20.xml&sSheet=/arts/2004/11/20/ixtop.html#2). Some I really agree with, like Jeff Buckleys version of Hallelujah, others I'm not so sure about.

Hope this will rattle a few cages.

[ypsidan04]

39 Ms Jackson - The Vines, 2002

orig. Outkast, 2000

That's gotta be something to hear. :wtf:

[/Tilt/]

3 My Way - Sid Vicious, 1979

orig. Frank Sinatra, 1969 (after Paul Anka, 1969)

Love that song.

[ypsidan04]

- Evanescence, Thoughtless (Korn)

I just learned that song was written by Jonathan Davis about the Columbine shooting, from the p.o.v. of the shooters. Makes a lot of sense now.

Also The Ataris did a good version of "The Boys Of Summer".

[rhcp pman]

I take it that a lot of you would recognise the song "Butterfly", by Crazytown, that made them a one hit wonder. Even that was rigged. I just found out that the music for butterfly was practically taken from an old RHCP song called "Pretty Ditty". So Crazytown can't even make one reasonable song. And what pisses me off even more is that I was arguing with some idiot who was comparing Crazytown to the Beatles :banghead: .

[ypsidan04]

I take it that a lot of you would recognise the song "Butterfly", by Crazytown, that made them a one hit wonder. Even that was rigged. I just found out that the music for butterfly was practically taken from an old RHCP song called "Pretty Ditty". So Crazytown can't even make one reasonable song. And what pisses me off even more is that I was arguing with some idiot who was comparing Crazytown to the Beatles :banghead: .

People do that sometimes, take just the music but put their own lyrics to it. I didn't know that was the case with this though.