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My Top Ten - Cover Songs (What is your top ten?)
Since personal experiences didn't go over as well I'll tone it back a little with the top ten cover songs. The links for this one are youtube links to the songs.
In no particular order... Disturbed - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2 cover) - Takes a decent 80's song and puts a little evil behind it. They have done a few really good covers that I like of 80's songs. Metallica - Astronomy (Blue Oyster Cult cover) - I absolutely love this version. I can't listen to the original after hearing this one. I love the power they bring to the song. Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson cover) - Not a fan of the child molesting freak but there are some great covers of his songs. Chris Cornell - Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover) - I love the arangement for this one. The David Cook version on AI was also great. Live - I Walk the Line (Johnny Cash cover) - It was an AI cover of this cover that brought it to my attention but this version puts Daughtry's version to shame. Definitely helped build my appreciation for Live. Staind - Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd cover) - I would listen to Aaron Lewis sing the phone book. He has one of the best voices out there. Great version and it's almost like listening to Pink Floyd. Shinedown - Simple Man (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover) - Great, absolutely great. It honor the original and it is one of those songs that is hard to listen to the original after hearing the cover. Brent Smith rocks. Seether - Careless Whisper (George Michaels cover) - Can't stand the original but this version rocks. Aaron Lewis - Turn the Page (Bob Seger cover) - Great live acoustic cover. As I said, he could sing the phone book and I would listen. Disturbed - Shout (Tears for Fears cover) - Another great metal cover of an 80's song. Adds a great attitude to the song. A few extra... Aaron Lewis - Piano Man (Billy Joel cover) - great live cover. Aaron Lewis - Patience (Guns & Roses cover) - another fine live cover. Chris Daughtry - Poker Face (Lada Gaga cover) - Making one of her songs tolerable. |
This is a good one. I was actually working on a playlist around this concept, I'll see if I can put together a list with links.
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After quickly browsing my playlist, I don't have enough for ten but here's my five favorite cover songs.
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan) The Clash - I Fought the Law (The Crickets) Foo Fighters - Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty) Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder) |
Orgy - Blue Monday : http://youtu.be/MAt9QTmVc7Q
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower Do - Heaven : http://youtu.be/kYUuqbSyTHY Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah Mad World - Gary Jules Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere Over the Rainbow William Shatner - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. (ok.. I kid.. seeing if you are paying attention) No Doubt - It's My Life : http://youtu.be/ubvV498pyIM |
All right, I'm too lazy to go find all the links, so I'll just put some up here. This is certainly not meant to be universally greatest, but the ones that I listen to the most, think are the greatest:
Tori Amos - "Famous Blue Raincoat" - Leonard Cohen Just a stunning version I could listen to forever. Ironically I find her covers dismal usually, she insists on slowing everything down to death, but this is as close to perfect as I've heard. Eva Cassidy - "Fields of Gold" - Sting She takes his fairly cheesy, poppy song and makes something of pure beauty out of it. Eddie Vedder - "Masters of War" - Bob Dylan I'm thinking of his performance at the 30th Anniversary show, in particular. His voice and Dylan's searing lyrics are perfect, take the song to a new level. Shawn Colvin - "This Must Be The Place" - Talking Heads Not quite on the level of the ones above, but she makes this something something else, stripping it down to reveal something really touching inside the beat. Well, that's a first batch, it would take me a while to think of all my favorites and then narrow it down. |
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I don't have ten off the top of my head, but I'd probably put Cash's cover of Personal Jesus on my list. edit: I might put these on my list too - Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out (The Beatles) Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood (Eddie Floyd) Power Station - Bang A Gong (Get It On) (T-Rex) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking (Smiley Lewis) Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally (Mack Rice) |
Joe Cocker ^10.
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Pretty good list to open the thread, I don't think I could come up with 10 without duplicating several already mentioned but I'll throw in a few more
Dokken - One (Harry Nilsson/3 Dog Night) ... much better than you would probably imagine, from the Erase the Slate album http://youtu.be/obx78oP0bO0 Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics) ... makes it downright creepy http://youtu.be/m6VojYGrnpg Disturbed - Land of Confusion (Genesis) ... well done http://youtu.be/m6VojYGrnpg Avenged Sevenfold - Walk (Pantera) ... respectful http://youtu.be/lw2NwJsywEQ Killswitch Engage - Hold Diver (Dio) ... actually made me give KSE a fresh & more receptive listen http://youtu.be/NR7dG_m3MsI Halestorm - Bad Romance (Lady Gaga) ... talk about taking crap & making something quite good out of it http://youtu.be/cZ96FHEEI7k Stryper - Breaking the Law (Judas Priest) ... Complete with Halford's blessing if you will, one of several nice cuts from a recent all-covers album. Kind of a kick to hear the seminal Christian Metal band do some decidedly atypical material that was influential for them. http://youtu.be/xKEJ5draLcA |
Off the top of my head...
Type O Negative - Cinnamon Girl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cTU0Q4Uw4I All Along the Watchtower - the Battlestar Galactica version. (Jimi's version is also awesome). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1__dINxiXU Faith No More - War Pigs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4oZXfrf18Y Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal Manson - Sweet Dreams |
Wow. Me and Jon go for the Marilyn Manson cover. That's kinda terrifying.
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Seeing some covered artists that did good covers of their own... Nilsson, Three Dog Night...
Todd Rundgren also has a cover medley of sorts on A Wizard, A True Star where he does this fantastic cover of "The Cool Jerk" in 7/4, so that it's actually jerky. |
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Summer Breeze is much better, IMO. Just for the ridiculousness of it. |
Johnny Cash - One (U2)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails) Nazareth - Love Hurts (Everly Brothers) Van Halen - Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison) Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince) No Doubt - It's My Life (Talk Talk) Soft Cell - Tainted Love (Gloria Jones) Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan) Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane (Velvet Underground) Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light (Bruce Springsteen) |
Frank Black -- Hang on to Your Ego
Buckwheat Zydeco -- Hey Joe Clare and the Reasons -- That's All Phil Collins -- Tomorrow Never Knows Crash Test Dummies -- Androgynous Erasure -- Voulez Vous Frente -- Bizarre Love Triangle Jellyfish -- Eleanor Rigby Living Colour -- Memories Can't Wait George Michael -- They Won't Go When I Go Pet Shop Boys -- Always on my Mind Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Higher Ground |
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Do you mean It's My Life? |
When I was flying to Australia, many moons ago, they had a radio channel that played only Australian bands.
One of them, Cat Empire, played a very cool "Hotel California" version sung in French and done more like a New Orleans rag. Gipsy Kings version from Big Lebowski is pretty awesome too. I love the Townes Van Zandt version of "Dead Flowers" at the end of the Big Lebowski too, Van Sant was such a weatherbeaten traveling man that it just compliments his weary "been there" voice. Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" is awesome. ("Hey Joe" is a blistering cover as well) Johnny Cash's "Hurt" is the most haunting cover you'll ever hear. CCR's "Proud Mary" is a notable cover. "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" Led Zepplin makes I believe Joni Mitchell's song their own in a monster rock way. I'm not sure you can discuss the 60's without finding a bunch of covers but they really didn't get presented as covers, whereas in the 90's it became the "it" thing to do (Pearl Jam "Masters of War" but I think most know PJ's version of "Last Kiss") Lowell Fulson's "Why Don't We Do It on the Road?" is one of the best Beatle's covers I've heard...though Al Green's "I Want To Hold Your Hand" is pretty good too. I don't think I enjoy the heavy metal covers of songs (I didn't care for Metallica's "Turn the Page"). I like a cover when it's something drastically different but not to the point of near parody ("Sweet Dreams" Marilyn Manson really? People like that version - perhaps I love the original too much). "Waiting for Superman" by Iron and Wine is pretty awesome too. |
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I forgot that's a cover. And yes, that's actually a better song. |
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Yeah, not enough coffee yet this morning |
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This is the first song I thought of when I saw the thread title. I'm sure there are a ton of other songs I like that I don't even know are covers. |
Some good ones already listed, though in general (say 90% of the time) I almost always prefer the original. My favorite ever cover would be The Animals - House of the Rising Sun.
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The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter
Yeah, I went there. Awesome cover - true to the original material but different in almost every way. |
Definitely will post mine when I can post YT links.
I already have a handful in mind. |
I am omitting any Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, including them just isn't fair.
1) 99 Red Balloons - Goldfinger (Bonus points for the 3rd verse in German) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QYIlgRg9TY 2) Come on Eileen - Save Ferris http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCzWPBR30Nk 3) Under the Sea - Suburban Legends http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dekU3XvxDfs 4) Ain't Talkin' About Love - Mighty Mighty Bosstones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jULQUKA-ec 5) Kiss Me Deadly - Reel Big Fish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sonKmcPGCqs 6) Hungry Like the Wolf - Reel Big Fish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ33krSSeRY 7) Another Day in Paradise - Reel Big Fish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oot52LQUshU Those 7 are in no particular order. Then again neither are the next 3, but I think these 3 are better than the rest. Take on Me - Reel Big Fish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHpU0ZfXZ_g Baby Got Back - Throwdown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_hveXzklMA Gin and Juice - Berlin Project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pYc0BiskHA |
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cartman wins this thread. |
everything that Daft Punk did
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Just a quick list of some not already mentioned...
1. Cum On Feel The Noize - Slade (1973)/Quiet Riot (1983) 2. Drift Away - Doby Gray (1973)/Uncle Kracker (2003) 3. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor (1978)/Cake (1996) 4. Knockin' On Heavens Door - Bob Dylan (1973)/Guns N' Roses (1991) 5. Last Kiss - Wayne Cochran (1961)/Pearl Jam (2003) 6. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker (1967)/George Thorogood (1977) 7. Sea of Love - Phil Phillips (1959)/The Honeydrippers (1984) 8. Signs - Five Man Electical Band (1970)/Tesla (1990) 9. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Beatles (1968)/Jeff Healey Band (1999) 10. You Really Got Me - Kinks (1964)/Van Halen (1978) |
1. Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit
2. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - William Shatner 3. Feel Like Making Love - Kid Rock 4. American Pie - Madonna 5. Stairway To Heaven - Dolly Parton 6. September Gurls - Bangles 7. Dock Of The Bay - Michael Bolton 8. Sweet Child O' Mine - Sheryl Crow 9. My Generation - Hillary Duff 10. I Love Rock 'N' Roll - Britney Spears |
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In fact this may be the worst abomination of "music" I have ever heard. Then again, my mount rushmore of lead singers has axl, a large space and then two other guys who wish they were axl. |
Is this a joke? I have never heard anyone say that ever.
Don't mean to bust your chops. It's cool that you like that group and everything. BUt that's rather a bold statement to back about ole Axl. I like his singing better on Welcome to the Jungle. He whines too much on Sweet Child for my taste. I did like the female take of it. I prefer TOri Amos' version of the song more than Crow's but Crow's is respectable. Amos does moe of her own version tho. |
Some of the songs on these list would go on my Top 10 Cover Song that did not do the original any justice. :D
Anyway, here's my list (trying to fit in a wide range of genres) Gary Jules - Mad World - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4 Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bng3agUOYiI Marylin Manson - Sweet Dreams - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6VojYGrnpg Metallica - Am I Evil? - http://youtu.be/XFqIcgbmaGw Guns N' Roses - Live and Let Die - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D9vAItORgE Joey Ramone - What a Wonderful World - http://youtu.be/cbbT78pzGUs Cream - Crossroads - http://youtu.be/YdwVVI4B3oY They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynuwc...eature=related Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - I Wanna Be Like You - http://youtu.be/8qI93SMwwnE Bloodhound Gang - Along Comes Mary - http://youtu.be/0RaLEVmuM4o |
I think Scarecrow's second list was a joke.
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What amuses me most is that it was the Sheryl Crow song that was singled out as the bad one from that list. Certainly not the best cover or song, but on a list with Shatner doing Lucy in the Sky, Britney doing I Love Rock n Roll, Dolly Parton doing Stairway to Heaven, and Michael Bolton doing anything? |
Hey.....Hillary Duff's version of My Generation is awesome, so I can understand the confusion!
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LOL can't believe I missed this...and I've found something else out... SOMEONE is good at copy/paste! Greatest Cover Songs and Remakes |
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Um...theirs was the original. Ike and Tina's was the cover. |
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Glad you went there. Awesome choice. I rememebger liking this song and was amazed when I put on S&G's Bookends and heard the original. Both do stand on their own. |
Wow it is impossible to pick 10 now that I know which songs are remakes but here goes an attempt:
1. Babe I'm Gonna Leave YOu - Led Zepplin (Joan Baez) 2. Save It For Later - Pete Townsend (The English Beat) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6-him0F6g8 3. I Can't Get No Satisfaction - Devo (Rolling Stones) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jadvt7CbH1o 4. Nothing Compares 2U - Sinead O' Connor (Prince) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUiTQvT0W_0 5. Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young (Joni Mitchell) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrWNTqbLFFE 6. The Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana (David Bowie) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8 7. Feelin Alright - Joe Cocker (Traffic) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiTcmahEjiY 8. Crossroads - Cream (Robert Johnson) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdwVVI4B3oY Cocaine - Eric Clapton (J.J. Cale) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3L4spg8vyo yeah...clapton is good enough to get a twofor :) 9. Turn, Turn, Turn - The Byrds (Pete Seeger) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ga_M5Zdn4 10, Just a Gigalo - David Lee Roth (20's song by Irving Caesar) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN-4lX0QyZc I apologize for the last one but...ya know...I just like it. :) Some more... Red Red Wine - UB40 (Neil Diamond) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXt56MB-3vc Der Kommissar - After the Fire (Falco) Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Stevie Wonder) Pinball Wizard - Elton John (The WHo) Hazy Shade of Winter - Bangles (Simon and Garfunkel) LocoMotion - Grand Funk Railroad (Little Eva) It's My Life - No Doubt (Talk Talk) American Woman - Lenny Kravitz (Guess Who) You've Got A Friend - James Taylor (Carol King) Black Magic Woman - Santana (Fleetwood MAC) All ALong The WatchTower - Jimi Hendrix Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane (Great Society) Susie Q - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Dale Hawkins) Tainted Love - Soft Cell (Al Green) |
Oh yes it is worth mentioning this:
Duran Duran covering Public Enemy's 911 is a Joke :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k_BgzSDQNk |
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Never heard anyone say that Sheryl Crow doing Sweet Child of Mine is an abomination? I've never heard anyone who likes it, myself. |
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I'm embarrassed to admit I also thought it was the other way around |
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I don't think I've ever heard anyone not describe it as an abomination, or as a synonym of the word abomination. |
Foo Fighters - Darling Nikki (Prince)
http://youtu.be/5QMRtr7TGjM and Prince - Best Of You (Foo Fighters) http://youtu.be/mTNxJum_qeg |
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No, never heard anyone declare that Axl Rose is a brilliant singer. First time I heard the Crow version I thought it was kinda nice but that changed to merely tolerable. There's no emotion in her voice. But that's really typical of her. She just does bubblegum pop mostly. I've really never heard anyone even talk about Sheryl Crow...and really there's not much to talk about. |
Death Letter- The White Stripes (Son House)
Boyz In The Hood- Dynamite Hack (Eazy E) Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory- ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead (Guided By Voices) Darling Nikki- Foo Fighters (Prince) Tyrone- My Morning Jacket (Erykah Badu) Will think of more later |
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Again TO ME Axl is the prototype front man. No one has ever had the same feel to me. That said I hate him. He destroyed what could have been the gratst rock band of all time. Now thye are just an interesting detour on the story, instead of the story. But his voice...that "whine" that was what no one else could hit. As Slash said about the fist time he head him sing, "I heard this noise that I knew had to be a bad recording because it was impossible that anyone could sing that loud, at that high of a pitch for that long. It was an impossible sound for a human to make, yet he made it every night." |
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Love this one. you can put The Boys of Summer - The Ataris (Don Henley) on my list |
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Ataris also did I'll Remember You (Skid Row) |
Stripped, orig by Depeche Mode, cover by Rammstein
And When I Die, orig by Laura Nyro, cover by Blood, Sweat, Tears Eli's Coming, orig by Laura Nyro, cover by Three Dog Night Hurt, orig by Nine Inch Nails., cover by Johnny Cash You Keep Me Hanging On, orig by The Surpremes, by Vanilla Fudge Pure Imagination, orig by Gene Wilder, by Ford Master and Servant, orig by Depeche Mode, by Locust Bizzare Love Triangle - orig by New Order, by Jamil e Uma Noites e Claudia Leitte New Year's Day, orig by U2, by The Endparty Jubiliation (This Thing Called Life), orig by Anything Box, by The Echoing Green Since the last few are a bit obscure, let me hit the youtube: I can't find the Echoing Green version on youtube. Sad. Neither is the indie New Year's Day, it's not even on his Facebook page. Here the Locust version of Master and Servant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdHzsfz7alk The Jamil e Uma Noites e Claudia Leitte version of Bizarre Love Triangle is a live version. After hearing by this acoustic Braziallian Band, I couldn't sworn that was the genre it was written for. This version includes the entire set, which lasts less than five minutes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Tcp...eature=related |
This just made it's way onto my list. I think Anthrax and especially Joey Belladonna don't get the credit they deserve sometimes due to the style of music they usually play. But you could easily plug Belladonna into Journey and they wouldn't miss a beat after hearing this.
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