Best cover song

[Friday on my mind]

Covers used to be more prevalent I think then now.Bands like the Beatles would cover rock standards quite often.Here is one example of a song that was covered a few times starting with the original and then a couple of the covers.All are great but I really like the Beatles and the one from Smith a lot.

The Shirelles - Baby It's You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gK6cHFYf2U

The Beatles - Baby It's You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UPfybIvVpg

Smith - Baby it's you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCD5GpmFHUg

 

[TunnelOfLove]

Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen)

I also go for those. And I really like Elvis Presley's version of Dylan's Don't Think Twice, It's Alright.

 

[alexpnz]

<---------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FProAvaEOhA

 

[METAL HEAD]

i like marilyn mansons cover's of sweet dreams tainted love and personal jesus.

 

[Craigybhoy124]

Metallica--Crash course in brain surgery origanily done by budgie

 

[bunker]

I forgot another good one

Pink Floyd Comfortably numb cover by Scissors sisters

video clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6_HV5upI3o&feature=related

 

[Facial_King]

I thought Celine Dion's cover of Acey Decee's "Shook Me All Night Long" was really impressive. She has such a beautiful voice!

 

[Marlo Manson]

1. the ghost of tom joad (covered by rage against the machine) originally performed by bruce springsteen

2. surrender (covered by marilyn manson) originally performed by cheap trick

3. black diamond sea's (covered by yeah yeah yeahs) originally performed by sonic youth

4. across the universe (covered by fiona apple) written by john lennon/paul mcCartney/ performed by the beatles

don't misunderstand me I personally love these covers but I did not say they were done better by the cover artist than the original artist!! :bowdown::hatsoff:

 

[SBTNW]

1. the ghost of tom joad (covered by rage against the machine) originally performed by bruce springsteen

YEAH!!! very nice choice, slipnot331!

another great cover is "Last Kiss", performed by "Pearl Jam", a cover by Wayne Cochran.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Kiss

 

[dave_rhino]

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson)

 

[YMIHERE]

Tina & Ike Turner - Proud Mary



Written by John Fogerty - Proud Mary (CCR)

 

[TopCow]

Ministry - Radar Love [Golden Earring]
Six Feet Under - TNT [AC/DC]
Cannibal Corpse - No Remorse [Metallica]
Mudvayne - King Of Pain [The Police]*
White Zombie - Children of The Grave [Black Sabbath]*
Chevelle - It's No Good [Depeche Mode]*
1,000 Homo Dj's (Trent Reznor) - Supernaut [Black Sabbath]
Spiderbait - Black Betty [Ram Jam]*
Gob - Paint It Black [Rolling Stones]
Pantera - Planet Caravan [Black Sabbath]*
Marilyn Manson - Personal Jesus [Depeche Mode]*
Danzig - Thirteen [Johnny Cash]*
Green Day - Working Class Hero [Lennon]*
Foo Fighters - Darling Nikki [Prince]
Evanescence - Thoughtless [Korn]*

The songs marked with an asterisk ( * ) means I like these better than the originals. I am a cover song collector, and I'm kinda proud of my collection. The list above doesn't even scratch the surface of what I have in my collection.

 

[belgianass]

Type O'Negative doing the cover of Britney Spears "hit me baby one more time"

Guns and roses doing "knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door" from Bob Dylan

 

[Marlo Manson]

1. the ghost of tom joad (covered by rage against the machine) originally performed by bruce springsteen

2. surrender (covered by marilyn manson) originally performed by cheap trick

3. black diamond sea's (covered by yeah yeah yeahs) originally performed by sonic youth :bowdown::hatsoff:

1. I made a typo/mistake!! this is the correction:
diamond sea (covered by yeah yeah yeahs) originally performed by sonic youth.. for some reason I added black to the title of the song and I made sea into multiple bodies of water by adding an (s) after sea to indicate more than 1 (plurals) lol; you got to cover your tracks and correct everything so nobody calls you out trying to correct your mistakes..

2. surrender (covered by marilyn manson) originally performed by cheap trick..
*does anybody have that cover on a player or anything they could share with me?* I can't find it anywhere; nor do I know for certain if it was ever released on cd? I have only heard it on MTV rockin new years eve bash; MM performed that cover in times square.. I would certainly appreciate any info regarding MM's version of surrender!! thanx!! :bowdown::hatsoff:

3. I actually took the time to listen to bruce springsteens version of "the ghost of tom joad" and even though I am not a fan of springsteens his version although very folky sounding was actually pretty good; but I think (rage against the machine's cover is WAY better than the original) well thats it for now..

 

[TunnelOfLove]

Kingston Wall - Comfortably Numb (pink floyd)

 

[Mind's Eye]

Soundgarden - Come Together (Beetles cover)
Failure - Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode cover)

I saw Puddle of Mudd live a couple years back, and they did a cover of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs". Later in that same concert Nickleback did a live rendition of Metallica's "Sad But True". The crowd went nuts during both performances.

 

[alexpnz]

Kittie-Run Like Hell (Pink Floyd Cover)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43agWVzur6M

 

[Elwood70]

Judas Priest - Diamonds & Rust (Joan Baez)

never was and neve will be a better one!!! :banger:

exactly!!!

Agree!!!

...but it has to be the version from Unleashed In The East;NOT the studio version.....



"Soul Man"-Blues Brothers.

 

[belgianass]

Disturbed --- Land of confussion (Phil Collins)

 

[Yankeefan21325]

I've always liked Metallicas version of TurnThe Page myself.