Best cover songs

[BiGsExy1986]

Who did good with the classics?

My Votes :

Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Guns N Roses

All Along The Watchtower - most every band who's sung it has done good

Have A Cigar - Foo Fighters

[Travmire]

I am probably going to reget asking this, but what exactly is the definition of a cover song? I think I know, but I am not sure.

[BiGsExy1986]

I am probably going to reget asking this, but what exactly is the definition of a cover song? I think I know, but I am not sure.


Cover Song (Noun) - a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else.

[ZX-6RR]

'School' - Fear Factory

[Travmire]

Cover Song (Noun) - a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else.


Thank you.

[Frymaster]

i like Thrice's cover of Eleanor Rigby (Beatles). usually i don't like covers of awesome bands, but this i did like.

[piggyman18]

Although most will likely disagree, Red Hot Chili Peppers have done a lot of Hendrix covers that I like. Most Hendrix I'm not a huge fan of, but when RHCP takes it and funks the hell out of it, it becomes quite kick ass.

[wataba]

Mad World, I can't remember who did the new one though

[skater910]

You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC

[wop]

Where Did You Sleep Last Night - Nirvana/Ledbelly
Man Who Sold the World - Nirvana/David Bowie
Dancing Days - Stone Temple Pilots is alright but i like Led Zeppelins version better.

Cant think of anymore at the moment.

[Ajax]

Money-Velvet Revolver
Knockin on heavens door-GNR
Sympathy for the devil-GNR
and of course
All along the watchtower-Jimi Hendrix

Shitty Covers:

Imagine-Perfect Circle
Come as you are-Evansecense

You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC

Shows how much you know

[_/`\o_]

All Along the Watchtower (Hendrix)
Man Who Sold the World (Nirvana)
Twist and Shout (Beatles)
and ofcourse....
Behind Blue Eyes (Limp Bizkit) j/k Limp Bizkit Sucks

[Nacho]

You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
wow u must be retarded :banghead:

EDIT: Wild Thing - Jimi Hendrix :bang:

[Tis I, oopyman]

Every Rose Has It's Thorns - The Unseen
Beat It - The Unseen
Folsom Prison Blues - Reverend Horton Heat

For some reason I can't think of any covers right now. Maybe some will come to me later.

I saw the Unseen on thursday. When they played Every Rose... everyone was singing along and waving lighters and shit, and when the hard part started, the pits went nuts. Stayed that way through all of Beat It too. Everyone screaming along and shit. Twas awesome.

[Desolator]

Turn the Page by Metallica

[shane_o_mac]

I like artists who add a bit of their own sound and style to a cover rather then just perform it the same way as the orriginal artist. OF course this means that they will get accused by the fans of the orriginal of "killing/fucking up the song". For example Nirvana's man who sold the world i feel is just too similar to the orriginal, and is really just a pointless tribute. If ya wanna listen to man who sold the world....just listen to bowies', dont bother with nirvana's. Ne1 agreein with me on this view on covers (im expectin neg. reps from nirvana fans already) :help:

Anyway, a few gud covers id say r
Joe cocker - Try with a little help from my friends
Motorhead - Louie Louie
Sex Pistols - No Fun
Sepultura - Orgasmatron
Megadeth - Paranoid
Slayer - In a Gada Di Vita

And finially the undisputed king of the cover.......
:bang: Rolf Harris - Stairway to heaven :bang:

[fearfactory1100]

Easy by Faith No More.....

booya!!

[Stupified]

Disturbed - Shout (2000)
Gary Jules - Mad World
Fear Factory - Cars, School
Faith No More - war Pigs
Godhead - Eleanor Rigby
A Perfect Circle - Imagine
Velvet Revolver - Money

[BiGsExy1986]

what do yall think of Nonpoints version of "In The Air Tonight" I like it

[TMic007]

Gin & Juice by The Gourdes (or however you spell it, most filesharing programs have it as by Phish or bands like that for some reason)

I could say some others but this is the only I haven't seen mentioned.. despite it's stupidity you can't deny that this song is a great improvement over the rap version and is very catchy in a non-pop way..

[YouEnjoyMyself]

A Perfect Circle - Imagine

You should be shot. That song is perhaps the worst song I have ever heard. And it does shame to the original and John Lennon.

[SheBear]

GNR's cover of Live and Let Die by Geri Halliwell

granted I haven't actually heard the original but I still like the GNR version

[Kazimierz]

Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons.

End of thread.

[BiGsExy1986]

GNR's cover of Live and Let Die by Geri Halliwell

granted I haven't actually heard the original but I still like the GNR version
The version by Wings beats em all.

[Sublime]

all along the watch tower by jimi hendrix he remade it from bob dylans version which is the orignal version

[Royalanarchist]

i like korns cover of word up
Gob- Paint it black
staind- nothing else matters

[skater910]

wow u must be retarded :banghead:

What do you mean? It's a cover of Led Zeppelin's "You Shook Me".

[Satyriasis]

- pretty much the enture Garage Inc. album.
- Opeth cover of Iron Maiden's "Remember Tomorrow"
- Cradle of Filth's cover of Anathema's "Sleepless"
- Alien Ant Farm's cover of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" (hey i liked it)

umm, thats all i can think of right now...oh yeah before i forget Cradle's cover of Maiden's "Hallowed Be Thy Name" & "Some Velvet Morning" cover by My Dying Bride. :bang:

[johnnycupcakes]

evergreen terrace put out a cd of cover songs. covered songs like, sunday bloody sunday, zero, maniac, and mad world. well i like it.

[Skinny]

Easy Star All Star's version of Dark Side of the Moon (thanks to BigMatt.)

It's one of my favorite albums now.

[DazednConfused]

What do you mean? It's a cover of Led Zeppelin's "You Shook Me".

No.. it really isn't.

Zeppelin's is a very slow blues song that I'm going to assume is a cover of some other blues artist, while AC/DC's song is strait up fast paced rock, they have nothing in common other than the line "you shook me all night long".

Don't feel bad about it though, I've heard at least two other people say that it was a Zeppelin cover, so you arn't alone.