I know we've done this a hundred times before but... you're favorite cover songs!

[justjeffery]

Im looking to get some new cover songs that I havent heard before... maybe some cool prince covers or something... what are your all time favorite cover songs?

[Glixy]

Mates of State - Starman

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Every Bowie song that Seu George (sp?) has covered. (A bunch are on the Life Aquatic soundtrack)

[Amos Moses]

I enjoyed Everclear's cover of Brown Eyed Girl.

[Bald Steve]

Seal W/Jeff Beck: Manic Depression

KILLER.

[ZombieSpeedball]

Take On Me - Reel Big Fish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO7sTntruzg

[MAK15]

school's out by GWAR
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1jQzzaiP9l4

[smallchange]

Recently I've been diggin' the shit out of Shooter Jennings covering Dire Straits "Walk of Life"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts2TjN6uatc

Also, you can never, ever, go wrong with Cake doing I Will Survive

[Jason California]

Take On Me - Reel Big Fish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO7sTntruzg

Sweet choice. you are big fan of Weezer too right ?


Fuck tha police by Rage Against the Machine.

[sleep]

Marissa Nadler - Runaway

Tony Randall and Jack Klugman - You're So Vain

Morissey - Moon River

[justjeffery]

Im a huge fan of Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies.. so Ive got everything they've done. Richard Cheese as well.. love stuff like that... Type O Negative doing Summer Breeze and Cinammon Girl, Rage against the Machine doing Renegades of Funk or Rob Zombie doing Im Your Boogieman... Faster Pussycat doing Youre So Vain

Punk versions of pop songs, metal versions of country songs, rap versions of metal songs.. doesnt matter... keep em coming!

[smallchange]

Little Wing done by Stevie Ray Vaughan

The Cardigans doing Iron Man & Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is fantastic.

The Sundays covering Wild Horses is brilliant.

Ben Folds doing Dr. Dre's Bitches Ain't Shit is awesome.

[Thommy Melanson]

20th Century Boy - Placebo (rockin' T-Rex cover)


Burn In Hell - Dimmu Borgir (cheesetastic black metal cover of Twisted Sister)


Call Me - The 69 Eyes (jammin' Blondie cover)


Cars - Fear Factory (stompin' version of the Gary Numan classic)


Darling Nikki - Foo Fighters (raw Prince cover)


Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - 16 Volt (goth/industrial AC/DC cover)


Hotel California - Gipsy Kings (Spanish flamenco cover of the Eagles ; featured in Big Lebowski)


Land Of Confusion - Disturbed (metallic cover of Genesis)


Landslide - Smashing Pumpkins (Billy Corgan's sensitive take on Fleetwood Mac)


No Woman, No Cry - Fugees (great cover of the Bob Marley tune)


TNT - Sister Machine Gun (goth/industrial AC/DC cover)

[Glixy]

Little Wing done by Stevie Ray Vaughan

The Cardigans doing Iron Man & Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is fantastic.

The Sundays covering Wild Horses is brilliant.

Ben Folds doing Dr. Dre's Bitches Ain't Shit is awesome.

I think there is an amazing Wild Horses cover by Mazzy Star as well.

[Duncan]

I'm really digging Sonic Youth's cover of "I'm Not There".

[Eric Williams]

Green Day did a pretty solid cover of Working Class Hero.

[The Hodag]

I had to start a whole thread to cover my obsession with different covers of Van Morrison's biggest hit, "Gloria":

http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=132014&highlight=g-l-o-r-i-a

Some other stuff:

Really love The Hacienda Brothers covering the old, mellow soul classic, "Cowboys to Girls."

Sinead O'Conner on the reggae tune, "Curley Locks."

"Hard to Handle", originally I think by Otis Redding, has some great covers. Off the top of my head, I really dig Toots Hibbert's version and Tony Joe White's version

Buddy Guy's cover of "Mustang Sally" - definitely a rocker.

[Michael Heide]

Cake: I Will Survive.

Fun Lovin' Criminals: We Have All The Time In The World

Tenacious D: Flash

Insane Clown Posse: Let's Go All The Way

Guns 'N' Roses: Live And Let Die

The Boss Hoss: All The Things She Said

[joespam]

Tori Amos has some great covers:
Purple Rain
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Led Zeppelin's Thank You
Bruce Springstein's I'm On Fire
Losing My Religion

The Ataris have a great version of 'Boys of Summer'

A band called 'Face To Face' did a great cover of INXS 'Don't Change' on the album Standards and Practices, but the original is still awesome.

And lastly, Groove Coverage has a bouncy dance cover of Alice Cooper's Poison that is twenty times more awesome than the laughable original ever was.

[Glixy]

There is a great punk Nothing Compares to You. I'm not sure if its Me First, or NOFX.

NOFX does a great Vincent

There is a great punk California Dreaming, I saw the dudes live, but I can't remember the name. Its three Asian kids...

[Casali]

There is a local band here in Indy called the Leisure Kings. They do weekly shows at a bar in town, and do some other shows periodically.

They are hilarious and quite talented. It is just two guys, the singer and the keyboardist. They are similar to Richard Cheese, but I have no idea when either group started.

You can download several mp3s from their website, and they also have a CD of songs.

http://www.leisurekings.com/

The singer for the group used to be the lead singer of another local band, Johnny Socko, that did a number of covers, most notably of Journey songs. The man can sound eerily like Steve Perry. They even did a few shows as a Journey cover band, Wheel In The Sky.

[Forrest]

Tori Amos has some great covers:
Purple Rain
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Led Zeppelin's Thank You
Bruce Springstein's I'm On Fire
Losing My Religion

:rock:

And her covers of "Angie" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" are incredible!

Others:
"No Quarter" covered by Tool
"Superman" covered by The Receiving End of Sirens (originally by Stereophonics)
"Who Are You" covered by Stereophonics
...Any cover by Stereophonics

[YouStayClassy]

Placebo's cover of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" is pretty much ruling my world right now.








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[The Hodag]

Placebo's cover of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" is pretty much ruling my world right now.

I'm never the guy who's first to discover anything on the music front, so I'm only minorly embarassed to say I came upon that cover in the trailer for Ken Burns documentary, The War. And yes, became obsessed with both it and the original for a while.

[DrMachine]

Raspberry Beret by the Derailers...but it has to be live.

[joespam]

Also, the Gypsy Kings Hotel California.

I assume you already know about Gary Jules tremendous cover of Tears For Fears' Mad World from Donnie Darko.

[c. page]

mad world-gary jules
sympathy for the devil-guns n' roses
hello-me first and the gimme gimmes
hurt-johnny cash
i will survive-cake
boyz n' the hood-dynamite hack

[joespam]

:rock:

And her covers of "Angie" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" are incredible!


Totally forgot those. I used to have the 4-cover song EP with that on it, but I lost it in a drive crash.

[ZombieSpeedball]

Sweet choice. you are big fan of Weezer too right ?


Fuck tha police by Rage Against the Machine.

Yes, I am a big time Weezer fan as of recently.

I never get tired of these guys:

Total Eclipse of the Heart - Hurra Torpedo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysUjYAi0WcQ

All the Things She Said - Hurra Torpedo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuZwnC9rB-A

[ZombieSpeedball]

And because I love the Distillers and Spider-Man, I really liked this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw4XkzzWDAE

[Zeppe]

Cake: I Will Survive.

Fun Lovin' Criminals: We Have All The Time In The World

Tenacious D: Flash

Insane Clown Posse: Let's Go All The Way

Guns 'N' Roses: Live And Let Die

The Boss Hoss: All The Things She Said

:eek:

WHERE CAN I FIND THIS!!

YOU MUST TELL ME NOW!!!

YOU MUST!!!

[Zeppe]

Oh, and Johnny Cash's cover of Rusty Cage is my personal favorite cover by him.

[Icaruss]

Listen to Richard Cheese. Down With The Sickness is specially good.

[Movie Maker]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c_cEXlv8ZQ

[Michael Heide]

:eek:

WHERE CAN I FIND THIS!!

YOU MUST TELL ME NOW!!!

YOU MUST!!!

It's on the "Tenacious D (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3goWGmlg4A): The Complete Masterworks" DVD. It's the second track on disc one.

[S. Earl]

Hank III version of Bruce Springsteens "Atlantic City"
He makes it his own song, but keeps the soul, heart, and desperation of it intact. It was actually my gateway into loving the boss. After I learned it was a cover, I hunted down Nebraska, and the rest is history.

[Zeppe]

It's on the "Tenacious D (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3goWGmlg4A): The Complete Masterworks" DVD. It's the second track on disc one.

Well don't I feel like a dumbass.

I have that....:Oops: