Covers Good or Better Than Original?

[CM1847]

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1) Come On Eileen - No Doubt (orinigal by Dexy's Midnight Runner

If that's the one off of the punk-covers album(the one you get when you type "punk covers" into certain search engines), it's actually Save Ferris performing it. I know a lot of people who have it and it's the only version I've heard and nobody knows who actually does it. If you have a different/live version then nevermind, but No Doubt has never released a cover of that song officially.

As for my favorites...

"Rocking In the Free World" - Pearl Jam(original by Neil Young, the best version is from the MTV awards with Young and Pearl Jam)
"Sonic Reducer" - Pearl Jam(done live)
"Limelight" - Smashing Pumpkins(live, original by Rush)
"Winterlong" - Pixies(original Neil Young)
"All Along The Watchtower" - Jimi Hendrix(original Bob Dylan, DMB's version is also good)

[Nivek]

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Agree 100%. In my mind, Johnny Cash now owns the rights to that song.

Reznor owns all...remember that.

[Splitter77]

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"Little Wing"- Stevie Ray Vaughn. i think he does it a tad better than Hendrix

[garnettrules21]

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tainted love - marylin manson originally by soft cell

[airbarrett]

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Alien Ant Farm doing Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" was beyond brutal...

do you mean that in a good or bad way???




i liked uncle kracker's cover of "drift away" one of my favorite songs.

[Birdsonbat]

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"All Along The Watchtower" - Jimi Hendrix(original Bob Dylan, DMB's version is also good)

and

Van Halen - You Really Got Me (The Kinks)

And for Beatles covers, check out Joe Pesci's cover of Got to Get You Into My Life.

[Anaxamander]

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Reznor owns all...remember that.

Compared to Johnny Cash?? No.

[DuffysCliff]

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and

Van Halen - You Really Got Me (The Kinks)

And for Beatles covers, check out Joe Pesci's cover of Got to Get You Into My Life.

One really good Beatles cover, and probably the best is Joe Cocker's "With a little help from my friends"

One really bad Beatles cover is Aerosmith's "Come Together".

Another cover that is also really good is the Rolling Stones doing "Ain't to proud to beg"

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Into the Void - Soundgarden (Black Sabbath)
Come Together - Soundgarden (The Beatles)
Girl U Want - Soundgarden (Devo)
Ghost of Tom Joad - RATM (The Boss)
Hurt - Johnny Cash (NIN)
Boys of Summer - Ataris (Don Henley)
How I Could Just Kill A Man - RATM (Cypress Hill)

[CM1847]

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How I Could Just Kill A Man - RATM (Cypress Hill)

Great song, I love Kick Out The Jams as well.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Great song, I love Kick Out The Jams as well.

Same here. The entire Renegades album is full of great covers, but it really isn't a true RATM album if you know what I mean. I also like Beautiful World, don't know who originally coined that song.

[CM1847]

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Same here. The entire Renegades album is full of great covers, but it really isn't a true RATM album if you know what I mean. I also like Beautiful World, don't know who originally coined that song.

Devo.

And I agree, Renegades is good, but not really a true Rage album.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Ah Devo.

So that's Girl U Want and Beautiful World, two of my favorite covers, maybe I should check Devo out.

[elicoleman]

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If you want Devo's finest....check out my MySpace video.

[garnettrules21]

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Knockin on Heavens Door - Guns 'N' Roses originally by Bob Dylon