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Originally posted by: Manzelle
On the flip side...I once heard Limp Bizkit cover Tool's Opiate...I almost puked...quite possibly the worst cover ever performed in the history of modern man...
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lol how sad


anyway, i think the best cover evAr is......


Hoobastank - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 😉


well, it was fine until the lead singer started singing, but the guitar parts were sick


my real vote goes to Audioslave - What's So Funny (About Peace Love And Understanding) originally by Elvis Costello and Nick something

impossible to find, only heard it at their live show
 
Johnny Cash cover of hurt -NIN
If you do a search on a P2P program do a search for Pearl Jam singing "sitting on the dock of the bay". Its a live bootleg and it will send shivers up your spine.
 
Stone Temple Pilots - Dancin' Days
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Phantom of the Opera
I also really like Social D's cover of Ring of Fire.
Sheryl Crow - Sweet Child of Mine
 
Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
Originally posted by: Manzelle
On the flip side...I once heard Limp Bizkit cover Tool's Opiate...I almost puked...quite possibly the worst cover ever performed in the history of modern man...
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lol how sad


anyway, i think the best cover evAr is......


Hoobastank - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 😉


well, it was fine until the lead singer started singing, but the guitar parts were sick


my real vote goes to Audioslave - What's So Funny (About Peace Love And Understanding) originally by Elvis Costello and Nick something

impossible to find, only heard it at their live show
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Did Audioslave play that tune at the Palladium show?
 
Originally posted by: NutBucket
Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
Originally posted by: Manzelle
On the flip side...I once heard Limp Bizkit cover Tool's Opiate...I almost puked...quite possibly the worst cover ever performed in the history of modern man...
Click to expand...

lol how sad


anyway, i think the best cover evAr is......


Hoobastank - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 😉


well, it was fine until the lead singer started singing, but the guitar parts were sick


my real vote goes to Audioslave - What's So Funny (About Peace Love And Understanding) originally by Elvis Costello and Nick something

impossible to find, only heard it at their live show
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Did Audioslave play that tune at the Palladium show?
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couldn't tell yah. i heard it @lollapalooza in irvine. i dl'ed one of their other lollapalooza shows and was sad to find out that they didn't play it there
 
This thread got me thinking of all the "Rock" that are covers of blues originals

One example of a great blues man:

Willie Dixon

Never heard of him? How about these?

Back Door Man
Bring it on Home
Built For Comfort
Close to You
Down in the Bottom
Evil
I Ain't Superstitious
I'm Ready
Hoochie Coochie Man
I Just Want to Make Love to You
Love, Life, & Money
Mellow Down Easy
Oh Baby
Shake for Me
Spoonful
The Red Rooster
You'll Be Mine
You Shook Me

These are just some of his hits.

A lot of Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, and SRV in there.
 
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Am I Evil - Metallica
Smoke on the Water - Six Feet Under
Cinnamon Girl - Type O Negative
Cat Scratch Fever - Pantera
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awesome picks. I'd also like to add every song on Metallica's Garage Inc album, with the exception of Tuesday's Gone. Also, William Hung's version of Opeth's "Demon on the Fall"
 
The Smashing Pumpkins- A Night Like This (orignally by The Cure)
Guster- Nothing But Flowers (originally by The Talking Heads)
Rufus Wainright- Across the Universe (originally by The Beatles)
Ben Folds- In Between Days (originally by The Cure)

I know I have a lot more in my mind but those are the covers that've been on my playlist recent. Is it just me or are there a lot of really good Cure covers out there?
 
I second:

Stone Temple Pilots - Dancin' Days
Aerosmith - Come Together

I add:

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground(Stevie Wonder)
" " " " - Havana Affair(The Ramones)
 
somewhere over the rainbow - me first and the gimme gimmies

edit: like a prayer - rufio

also pretty good.
 
Ok everyone...get into your way-back-obscure-machine.....

House of the Rising Sun by Geordie (Brian Johnson's band before joining AC/DC)
(made popular in the sixties by the Animals)

SDC
 
Well, I've been listening to The Twilight Singer's covers album She Loves you and I must say this is some gooooood sh!t. Only other person that I can think of that made covers this good was Johnny Cash.

My favs so far:

Hyberballad (bjork)
What Makes You Think You're The One (Fleetwood Mac)
Real Love (Mary J. Blige)
and hell all the rest
 
Originally posted by: phantom309
"Scarlet Begonias" by Sublime, originally by the Grateful Dead. The dub section in the middle transformed the song from a mediocre hippie hack job into a pretty compelling story about youth, bad choices, and irresistable women.

"1970" by Mission of Burma, originally by The Stooges. Terrifying.

"Eight Miles High" by Husker Du, originally by the Byrds. The original was one of the greatest rock songs ever recorded - Husker Du's version was completely different and every bit as good. Like most Husker Du, it sounds every bit as fresh today as it did 20 years ago.
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Son of a bi...

I was about to say 8 Miles High by Husker Du also. Was just listening to that 7 inch, truly amazing cover, and love the way Mould strains his vocal chords belting it out. Hell even the cover of the mary tyler moore theme song on that EP is intresting. Also have to agree with MOB's cover of The Stooges.
 
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