Your favorite "cover" songs

[Zombiezilla]

Just heard this one today

Foo Fighters doing Band on the Run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSIUrba-aoc

Sounds pretty good!

Nowhere near as good as the original, but the original is as close to perfection as anything can get. So, with that being said, this is pretty dang bada**. I like how much modernizing they do to it.

[tay666]

Yeah.
That, to me, is what makes a cover song good.
If a band changes it up a bit, but keep the integrity of the song intact.

[raydrz]

local guy pistol pete's version of fly like an eagle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eca0i7p2fr0

click PLAY on this link for cooler studio version:
http://www.myspace.com/pistolpeteguitargypsy

[maxferatu]

Third Uncle by Bauhaus(Brian Eno original)
Making Believe-Social Distortion
Ring Of Fire-Social Distortion (Johnny Cash)
Purple Haze - The Cure 2 Different versions
Red House - Buddy Guy
Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers ( Stevie Wonder)

Drawing a blank on the rest, I'll get back to you....

[TeddyNovak]

I love a ton of covers. Just about any by Johnny Cash and then some others


My Way by the Sex pistols (sample lyrics "To think.... I killed a cat")
Born to Run by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
I Fought the Law by Mike Ness (lead singer Social Distortion on solo CD)
Sweet Jane by Cowboy Junkies
Forever Young by Rod Stewart

and I love George Thorogood's version of Wanted Man

[KrokoHunter]

I like Ryan Adams cover of Wonderwall

And I also like Scarlett Johanssons cover album "Anywhere I lay my head". Like the original Tom Waits tracks better, but there is something original and unique to Scarletts voice that I digg

[raydrz]

godsmack just kicked the crap outta "rocky mountain way"

five finger death punch just blew me away with "bad company"

[captain jack]

Great White did a whole Zepplin cover.Great Zeppliin.Awesome start to finish.

[Stewart Jackson]

Two best and most suprizing covers I've heard are James Brown's and Pavarotti's duet go at Brown's "It's a Man's World" and Johnny Cash's stunningly moving "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails.

Stewart

[mightymax]

Okay here are some I can think of.

Motley Crue Helter Skelter Live
Frank Marino and Mohagany Rush Purple Haze Live
Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones.... Kiss
Faith No More War Pigs
Primus Nativity in Black N.I.B. of course having Ozzy sing on it may not classify it as a cover.
Van Halen You Really Got Me
VH-1 Rock Honours Supergroup Rob Zombie, Gilbey Clark, Tommy Lee, Slash, Scott Ian, and Ace Frehley covering God Of Thunder..... Excellent!

Max Bryant

[chasd25]

Anybody see Fergie doing the female wail on Gimme Shelter with Jagger and U2 on the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame? I never paid a bit of attention to The Black Eyed Peas but this woman can seriously sing her heinie off.*



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One of my favorite performances from that concert. I highly recommend the DVDs, or CDs of those concerts.

[chasd25]

Train - whole lotta love/ramble on/walk on the wild side medley - Great stuff!
No Doubt - It's my life
10,000 maniacs - Peace Train

[raydrz]

max...you mean to tell me that someone besides me knows frank marino and mahogany rush?????

[KrokoHunter]

How could I forget "Mad World"

One of the few cases, where the cover actually is better than the original.

I love "Tears for Fears", but their happyhappyjoyjoy'ish tune in "Mad World" just don't interpritate the text. The Michael Andrews version does that sooooo much better

[mightymax]

godsmack just kicked the crap outta "rocky mountain way"

They certainly did! I kind of like their cover of Sweet Leaf as well...

We may be the only two that know Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush!
even when I was a teen in the seventies I would mention this band and I always got the reply. "You mean Rush, don't you?"

Time has made them more obscure I would guess

Max

[raydrz]

the damn general lack of availability of their catalogue don't help

[kitator]

godsmack just kicked the crap outta "rocky mountain way"

five finger death punch just blew me away with "bad company"

Good choices

And I will add Judas Priest's Electric Eye covered by As I Lay Dying

[tay666]

And I will add Judas Priest's Electric Eye covered by As I Lay Dying

What?

Gotta go check this out!

[kitator]

Yep Trev.A thrash version of Electric Eye.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2L8QzWG8Ro

http://m.yahoo.com/w/search%3B_ylt=A2KL ... +lay+dying

[Joseph Osborn]

I'll play this game:

The Gathering's cover of Dead Can Dance's "In Power We Entrust The Love Advocated":
http://youtu.be/-_AdQS75ucI

Adrenaline Mob's cover of Duran Duran's "Come Undone" with guest vocals from Lzzy Hale:
http://youtu.be/3jmgviuBONc

Any of Mike Portnoy's tribute shows, specifically "Cygnus and the Sea Monsters" covering Rush; here's "Hemispheres":
http://youtu.be/ruIRu0Gypls

And anything by the Iron Maidens, such as this version of "The Trooper" that is rushed but still fun:
http://youtu.be/XebvpPtebaI


Last but not least... well, maybe least... there is the amazing band Steel Panther. Just look them up on YouTube. Words aren't sufficient to describe them, but they sure are a lot of fun.