Cover Songs

What Coversongs do you like or absolutely hate?
I generally like all Reel Big Fish cover songs like "Another Day In Paradise", "Take On Me" and so on.

I hate the covers for "We Will Rock You", especially the one sang by a bunch of kids.

on the other hand, I prefer most covers to the original songs.

Whitesnake - Here we go again (80's remix) to the original

Essentially, it's got more whack electric guitaring!

Hendrix' All along the watchtower. Way better than Bob Dylan's original.

Faith No More's cover of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" kicks major ass.

Weird Al Yankovich

Pearl Jam with that gay 50's song, which sucked to bad the first time that I could never understand why anyone would want to cover it.

Last Kiss or something? In Eddy Vedder's whiny voice...:-puke:

Gary Jules' Mad World is an absolutely brilliant cover. Better than the original

CarlosDanger;2405910 said:

Pearl Jam with that gay 50's song, which sucked to bad the first time that I could never understand why anyone would want to cover it.

Last Kiss or something? In Eddy Vedder's whiny voice...:-puke:

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Ahhh, yes. PJ's version is much better than the original.

Nirvana has some really good covers (Where Did You Sleep Last Night; Oh, me; The Man Who Sold The World; Son of a Gun; Seasons in the Sun..)..
the list continues (most of their covers are on their Unplugged in NY album.

Depeche Mode are a pretty decent band, haven't done anything for a while and Keane are more talented, anyways Keane did a cover of one of Depeche Mode's songs and I like the Keane version better:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eTzQC9alliU



Lol, Travis have a good sense of humour. Specially considering the state that she's in now, makes it all the more funnier. I wish they'd change the chorus around to make it sound less American girl pop. That Joni Mitchell cover they did though is excellent.

Keane's cover of With or Without you sucked.:-puke:

I lovethe cover version of "Little Bitch"(The Specials) by Big D and The Kids Table.

Theo;2405835 said:

I hate the covers for "We Will Rock You", especially the one sang by a bunch of kids.

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haha the ones who are like a choir? what a pointless peace of crap


if you can consider it a cover, Eminem's Sing For The Moment cover of Dream On is class

CarlosDanger;2405910 said:

Pearl Jam with that gay 50's song, which sucked to bad the first time that I could never understand why anyone would want to cover it.

Last Kiss or something? In Eddy Vedder's whiny voice...:-puke:

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That's a great song.

rpvankasteren;2405850 said:

Hendrix' All along the watchtower. Way better than Bob Dylan's original.

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


Cmon! Be nice, bro. The original is one of the most heartbreakingly beautiful songs ever sung, man.


People seem to always downplay its quality greatly and unjustly whenever this topic is brought up

Great.

Some of my favorite covers:

Eddie Vedder - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (The Beatles)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Castles Made of Sand (Jimi Hendrix)
Jamie Cullum - Wind Cries Mary (Jimi Hendrix)
Chris Cornell - Billie Jean (Michael Carlos*son)
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (Michael Carlos*son)
The Killers - Romeo & Juliet (Dire Straits)
Paramore - My Hero (Foo Fighters)

Just to name a few.

As much as a great song Castles Made of Sand is, I think Anthony Kiedis completly f*cked up the vocals on that cover.
One good cover they did do was Higher Ground(originally Stevie Wonder). Other good ones I can think of are:

Michael Carlos*son - Come Together(The Beatles)
Jimi Hendrix - Like a Rolling Stone, Live @ Monterey Pop Festival 1967(Bob Dylan)
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower(Bob Dylan)
Syd - Dammit(blink-182)
Guns 'N Roses - Knockin' on Heavens Door(Bob Dylan)
blink-182 - Freak Scene(Dinosaur Jr.)
blink-182 - The Girl Next Door(The Descendants)
blink-182 - Hope(The Descendants)
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World(David Bowie)
Nirvana - Plateau(The Meat Puppets)
Nirvana - Oh Me(The Meat Puppets)
Nirvana - Lake of Fire(The Meat Puppets)
Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?(Lead Belly)
Richard Cheese - What's My Age Again?(blink-182)
Weird 'Al Yankovic - Eat It(Michael Carlos*son - Beat It)

Buckley's Hallelujah is good. Muse's House of the Rising Sun and Feeling Good, and pretty much anything by Me First & The Gimme Gimmies, especially Favorite Things and Somewhere Over the Rainbow.