Good Cover Songs?

[CtK]

Staind- Sober

 

[glen]

Goldfinger's cover of Joe Jackson's "Is She Really Going Out With him" may be my favorite cover of all time.

 

[PatboyX]

staple: Nirvana, man who sold the world.
Blind Melon's version of Pusher is awesome (as is their john sinclair and the magic number)
Metallica (as much as i dont like them) do a pretty good job with Last Caress
REM: the lion sleeps tonight

those are the first that popped into my head.


oh crap! i dont know how i forgot one of the best covers ever! Talking Heads Take Me to the River

 

[glen]

then again, the Mother of all covers may be:
Tom Jones covering Prince's KISS

 

[Maetryx]

Cradle of Filth - No Time To Cry
One Bad Pig - Man in Black (duet with Johnny Cash)
Oingo Boingo - I am the Walrus

 

[Chaotic42]

Dream Theater-Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding

 

[SammyBoy]

Gin and Juice baby!

 

[glen]

Originally posted by: SammyBoy
Gin and Juice baby!

you mean the Gourd's Cover?
please no one say it is phish.

 

[Salvador]

Travis' version of Britney Spears' "Hit Me Baby One More Time". There are a few other cool versions of this song. I think the Zappa brothers did one as well.

I also like Ciccone Youth's (with Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon) version of Madonna's "Get into the Groove" (Into the Groovey).

Sal

 

[yellowperil]

Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Gives me chills every time, it's a tragedy he passed after just one record.

Sixpence None the Richer - The La's "There She Goes"

Radiohead - Blondie's "Union City Blue" and Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy". Both recordings are lo-fi but still sound amazing.

 

[N8Magic]

Originally posted by: rgwalt

System of a Down - Snowblind

That is one of my favourites.

 

[LS20]

forgot mogwai's "dont you cry tonight" from GNR

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: LS20
forgot mogwai's "dont you cry tonight" from GNR

Ah, I must have this too!!!

 

[Gyrene]

Originally posted by: glen
Goldfinger's cover of Joe Jackson's "Is She Really Going Out With him" may be my favorite cover of all time.

I'm inclined to agree with you. Darren's Coconut Ass was a great CD, "Downpresser Man" was another good cover by Goldfinger.

 

[Derango]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Dream Theater-Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding

This is exactly what I was going to post.

However, I'll have to go with another one I really like:
Cradle of Filth - Hallowed Be Thy Name (Iron Maiden cover)

 

[rgwalt]

Originally posted by: hawkeye81x

System of a Down - The Metro

Please tell me this isn't a cover of the Berlin song...

Yes, it is, and it rocks.



R

 

[deftron]

Sparklehorse (with Thom Yorke from Radiohead) - Wish You Were Here
Patti Smith - My Generation
Rolling Stones - Love In Vain
Fudge Tunnel - Sunshine of Your Love
Sinead O Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
The Troggs - Good Vibrations
Al Green - Unchained Melody

 

[Maximin]

The songs I recently d/l were BEATALLICA.
not cover songs though.

Like REM: the lion sleeps tonight too.

 

[v3rrv3]

Originally posted by: pulse8
Dynamite Hack - Boyz in the Hood

One of my favs.

- Kevin

 

[Snipa]

Some of my favorites:

Metallica's cover of "Turn the Page"

The Sundays' cover of "Wild Horses"

Gun's cover of "Word Up"

Blob's cover of "Paint It Black" (the Tea Party's cover of the song is pretty decent as well)

HIM's cover of "Wicked Games"

Disturbed's cover of "Shout" (called Shout 2000)

Pearl Jam's cover of "Last Kiss"

Manson's cover of "Tainted Love"

The Gourd's cover of "Gin & Juice" (<---probably my favorite)

 

[Confused]

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie)
Nirvana - Molly's Lips (Vaselines)
Nirvana - Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam (Vaselines)
The Vines - Miss Jackson
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams

And some more i can't think of cos i'm at work and don't have my music collection with me!


Confused

 

[austin316]

rod stewart - oh la la. can't remember who did the original, but his cover is awesome.

 

[Anubis]

H20 - Like a Prayer
Anything by Me First and the gimmy gimmies
Metallica - Tuesdays gone

 

[slydecix]

Howie Day - Slide (Goo Goo Dolls) <-- Better than the original imho
Incubus - Turning Japanese
Phantom Planet - Somebody's Baby
Thrice - Send Me an Angel

 

[DnetMHZ]

SRV - "Little Wing"