Favorite Cover Version of a Song Thread

[KingLouieLouie]

1) "I Will Survive" - Cake
2) "Killing Me Softly" -Fugees
3) "War Pigs" - Faith No More
4) "Wrap It Up" - Fabulous Thunderbirds
5) "Sweet Jane" - Cowboy Junkies
6) "Cars" - Fear Factory
7) "Funky Town" - Pseudo Echo
8) "Another Brick In The Wall" - Class of '99
9) "Strawberry Fields Forever" - Ben Harper
10) "Summer Breeze" - Type-0-Negative

 

[Rivercard]

The Replicants - "The Belway Brothers" by David Bowie
Souixie and The Banshees - "Dear Prudence" by the Beatles
Indigo Girls - "Romeo & Juliet" by Dire Straits
Johnny Cash - "Hurt" by NIN
Tori Amos - "Across The Universe" by The Beatles

 

[Brian in Mesa]

"867 5309" by that guy

Tommy Tutone.

"Send Me an Angel" I don't remember who did that originally

Real Life.

 

[mdamien13]

"Blue Monday" by Orgy. I thought the cover really captured the anger and aggression of the lyrics.

"Danny's Song" by Me First and the Gimme Gimme's. Actually, just about any cover Me First does is kick ass.

 

[Ryanwb]

Assface also likes "band on the run" but only when it was sung by Winger

 

[AzCards21]

Judas Priest does a pretty good version of Johnny B. Goode.

 

[Chaplin]

Pearl Jam nails "Baba O'Reily" pretty good.

And of course, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers covering Refreshments songs...

 

[KingLouieLouie]

Here's some more I just thought of....

1) "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - GNR
2) Any remake The Beatles made on their earlier albums
3) "Cocaine" - Eric Clapton
4) "I Put A Spell On You" - CCR
5) "Sundown" - Elwood
6) "Boyz-N-The-Hood" - Dynamite Hack
7) "Helter Skelter" - U2
8) "Cat's In The Cradle" - Ugly Kidd Joe
9) "Sweet Dreams" (Are Made of This)" -Marilyn Manson
10) "Won't Get Fooled Again" - Van Halen

 

[Beaver]

"No woman No cry"- sublime
"Last Kiss"- Pearl Jam
"99 red baloons"-Goldfinger
"Stand by me"-Pennywise
"Land down under"-Pennywise
"Paint it black"-GOB
"I never promised you a rose garden"-Suicide Machines
"My generation"-Green Day

 

[FischerKing]

"Mr. Grinch" by the Whirling Dervishes

Shawn

 

[bratwurst]

I always liked Guns n Roses "Sympathy for the Devil"

Jane's Addiction did a great live cover of "Sympathy for the Devil" on their debut album.

One of my personal favorites though has to be:

"I Think We're Alone Now" by Screeching Weasel

 

[Assface]

"I Think We're Alone Now" by Screeching Weasel

 

[KingLouieLouie]

1) "Baker Street" - Foo Fighters
2) "Have A Cigar" - Foo Fighters
3) "Street Fighting Man" - Rage Against The Machine
4) "Landslide" - Smashing Pumpkins
5) "Mrs. Robinson" - Lemonheads
6) "Black Magic Woman" - Santana
7) "I Fought The Law" - The Clash
8) The Entire "Cover To Cover" by Jeff Healy
9) "Sitting on Top of the World" - Cream
10) "I'm Down" - Aerosmith

 

[KingofCards]

Springstein's "Downbound Train" by the Mavericks.

The whole Nebraska Tribute has good covers of Springtein that album with a few other songs.

 

[bratwurst]

As mentioned in the reggae thread - Toots and the Maytals covering John Denver's "Take Me Home Country Roads"

The Gourds redoing "Gin and Juice" by Snoop

Hayseed Dixie redoing "Back in Black" by AC DC

 

[FischerKing]

"War Pigs" by Faith No More

Shawn

 

[KingLouieLouie]

I've really gotten interested in the band Nonpoint...mainly for their remake of Phil Collin's "In The Air Tonight"....

http://a420.v8383d.c8383.g.vm.akama....akamai.com/8512/wmp/0/16459/29646_1_7_05.asf

Also.... Living Colour's covers of The Beatles "Tomorrow Never Knows" and AC/DC's "Back In Black" are both worth checking out:

http://a420.v8383d.c8383.g.vm.akama....akamai.com/8512/wmp/5/7001/28283_1_14_05.asf
http://a420.v8383d.c8383.g.vm.akama...d.akamai.com/8512/wmp/5/7001/28283_1_6_05.asf

 

[puckhead]

Now that we can link YT vids, it's probably a good time to resurrect this thread!

Here's one that floored me:

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[puckhead]

Jane's Addiction did a great live cover of "Sympathy for the Devil" on their debut album.

One of my personal favorites though has to be:

"I Think We're Alone Now" by Screeching Weasel

Yes! I love their version:

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[puckhead]

Dude in pizza shop rivals the real thing!

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[puckhead]

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[Rivercard]

Now that we can link YT vids, it's probably a good time to resurrect this thread!

Here's one that floored me:

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Wow, that's phenomenal. Thanks for posting.

 

[Dback Jon]

Disturbed - The Sound of Silence

 

[Rivercard]

Smashing Pumpkins do a cool version of "Dreaming" by Blondie.......

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[Cheesebeef]

Hurt cover by Johnny Cash. Incredible music video too.