Best Covers

Synd D`nys · 08-12-2004, 12:57 PM

Cover songs. We love the good ones and dispise the bad ones. What are some of your all time favorite cover songs. I'm looking for studio recordings that bands have actually released not rarities or live performances.

Some of my favorites...

Moby: New Dawn Fades (Joy Divison cover)
Ugly Kid Joe: Cats in the Cradle (Harry Chapin cover)
Anthrax: Got the Time (Joe Jackson cover)
Kiss: 2000 Man (Rolling Stones cover)
Queensryche: Scarborough Fair (Simon and Garfunkel cover)
Megadeth: Paranoid (Black Sabbath cover)
Metallica: Breadfan (Budgie cover)
Metallica: Stone Cold Crazy (Queen cover)
Nine Inch Nails: Dead Souls (Joy Division cover)
Orgy: Blue Monday (New Order cover)
Faith No More: War Pigs (Black Sabbath cover)
Primus: Have a Cigar (Pink Floyd cover)
Voivod: Astronomy Domine (Pink Floyd cover)
The Tea Party: Paint it Black (Rolling Stones cover)
1000 Homo DJs: Supernaut (Black Sabbath cover)

Eomer · 08-12-2004, 01:20 PM

Headstones: Tweeter and The Monkey Man (Travelling whateveryouspellit)
Class of 2000: Another Brick In The Wall (Pink Floyd)
Aerosmith: Come Together (Beatles)
Johnny Lang w/Gord Johnson: Groundhog's Day (Big Sugar, Gord's Band, but Lang had a much better voice for it)
Cake: I Will Survive (Eurythmics?)
Disturbed: Shout 2000 (No Idea)
Walking In My Shoes: Finger Eleven (Dunno, Depeche Mode or something?)
Immigrant Song: Infectious Grooves (Led Zeppelin, fuck is the cover good and heavy)

And the best of them all: Johnny Cash: Hurt (NIN)

Jimmee · 08-12-2004, 04:08 PM

Most of the songs Jeff Buckley covered.

Syntax Error · 08-12-2004, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Eomer
Disturbed: Shout 2000 (No Idea)

Tears for Fears

Ham n Cheese · 08-12-2004, 09:58 PM

Metallica - Turn the Page
Deftones - Say it ain't so
NiN/Johnny Cash - Hurt (no idea who's covering who0

Jimmy Carter wuwu · 08-12-2004, 10:53 PM

THE BEST cover song goes to Mindless self Indulgence- Bring the pain. Listen to the old version by method man or red man I forget, then listen to Mindless self Indulgence version so good!
Lets see
Zebrahead- Wannabe (spicegirls)
Incubus- Player (big pun)
Incubus- Like a virgin (madonna)

Worfless · 08-12-2004, 11:05 PM

Iron Maiden: Sabbath Bloddy Sabbath (black sabbath cover)
Avenged Sevenfold: Warmness on the Soul (craig david cover if i'm correct)
Link 80: Enough (Buffalo Springfield cover)

and johnny cash covered NIN

DiscW · 08-12-2004, 11:37 PM

My personal favorite cover would be Throwdown: Baby Got Back.

Other good ones are:
A Perfect Circle - The Nurse Who Loved Me (originally by Failure) Since it's on their album it counts, but it only truly comes into form when they perform it live.

Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (originally by Leadbelly)

Rage Against The Machine - Pistol Grip Pump (originally by Volume 10?) There's lots of good covers on the Renegades Album.

Shinedown - Simple Man (originally by Lynyrd Skynyrd) I never would have thought anyone could do VanZant justice, but this guy can really sing.

Tool - Pushit (originally performed by... Tool) I'm referring to the version of the song on the Salival Album. It's so different(and so much better) than the original I figure you could call it a cover of their own song?

Stabbing Westward - Bizarre Love Triangle (originaly by New Order)

Gary Jules - Mad World (originally by Tears for Fears)

And there's probably a bunch of beatles songs I'm forgetting about.

*edit* forgot a few

dak · 08-12-2004, 11:42 PM

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NiN/Johnny Cash - Hurt (no idea who's covering who)

Johnny Cash covered NIN.

Funny, Sevendust recently covered hurt as well but the bums gave props to Johnny Cash at the end instead of Trent.

As for best cover...Mr. Bungle playing Mario songs!!!

Fluffya · 08-13-2004, 12:15 AM

On a sidenote, here are two threads which relate pretty well to this one :

http://fohguild.org/forums/showthrea...ighlight=cover

http://fohguild.org/forums/showthrea...ighlight=cover

Kaxmax · 08-13-2004, 05:47 AM

Limp Bizquick - Behind Blue Eyes
Avril Lavigne - Chop Suey
Jessica Simpson - Take my breath away

Oh wait, you said best covers.

Eomer · 08-13-2004, 05:58 AM

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Funny, Sevendust recently covered hurt as well but the bums gave props to Johnny Cash at the end instead of Trent.

Well, Trent Reznor himself has said the song is no longer his, that it more or less belongs to Cash. *shrug*

And what the fuck, Avril covered SOAD's Chop Suey!?

Kaxmax · 08-13-2004, 06:07 AM

A guy at work played it for me. If you want to hear the most god aweful noise imaginable, download it. She even forgets the words like halfway through.

Ham n Cheese · 08-13-2004, 06:18 AM

That LB cover isn't bad, I like it. Downloading that AL song now due to curiousity. I can't imagine how bad it's going to be.

edit update: holy shit, this is seriously the worst shit I've ever heard. And she actually does forget the words.

Kaxmax · 08-13-2004, 07:24 AM

In terms of good covers, there is a mp3 out there of SoAD doing Blink 182's Dammit acoustically, and it actually turns out damn good.

Also, if you can find any of the mp3's from Aaron Lewis of Staind doing his acoustic shows, it's some good stuff. I saw him in Atlantic City, and he played some pretty random shit. A lot of classic rock, some Pearl Jam, Aerosmith, etc. Was a really good show.

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Synd D`nys The root of all evil Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hockeytown, U.S.A. Posts: 548 +0 Internets	Best Covers Cover songs. We love the good ones and dispise the bad ones. What are some of your all time favorite cover songs. I'm looking for studio recordings that bands have actually released not rarities or live performances. Some of my favorites... Moby: New Dawn Fades (Joy Divison cover) Ugly Kid Joe: Cats in the Cradle (Harry Chapin cover) Anthrax: Got the Time (Joe Jackson cover) Kiss: 2000 Man (Rolling Stones cover) Queensryche: Scarborough Fair (Simon and Garfunkel cover) Megadeth: Paranoid (Black Sabbath cover) Metallica: Breadfan (Budgie cover) Metallica: Stone Cold Crazy (Queen cover) Nine Inch Nails: Dead Souls (Joy Division cover) Orgy: Blue Monday (New Order cover) Faith No More: War Pigs (Black Sabbath cover) Primus: Have a Cigar (Pink Floyd cover) Voivod: Astronomy Domine (Pink Floyd cover) The Tea Party: Paint it Black (Rolling Stones cover) 1000 Homo DJs: Supernaut (Black Sabbath cover) __________________ EverQuest free since 7/03

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Ham n Cheese You can betray me Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 8,661 +20 Internets	Metallica - Turn the Page Deftones - Say it ain't so NiN/Johnny Cash - Hurt (no idea who's covering who0 __________________ Xeph Caito Cao'Li Hunky Dory

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Jimmy Carter wuwu Bring the pain Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 779 -6 Internets	THE BEST cover song goes to Mindless self Indulgence- Bring the pain. Listen to the old version by method man or red man I forget, then listen to Mindless self Indulgence version so good! Lets see Zebrahead- Wannabe (spicegirls) Incubus- Player (big pun) Incubus- Like a virgin (madonna) __________________ Listen to the band skindred. www.skindred.com

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Ham n Cheese You can betray me Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 8,661 +20 Internets	That LB cover isn't bad, I like it. Downloading that AL song now due to curiousity. I can't imagine how bad it's going to be. edit update: holy shit, this is seriously the worst shit I've ever heard. And she actually does forget the words. __________________ Xeph Caito Cao'Li Hunky Dory Last edited by Ham n Cheese : 08-13-2004 at 06:24 AM.

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08-12-2004, 01:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
Eomer You mean I can change this? Neat! Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 9,770 +26 Internets	Headstones: Tweeter and The Monkey Man (Travelling whateveryouspellit) Class of 2000: Another Brick In The Wall (Pink Floyd) Aerosmith: Come Together (Beatles) Johnny Lang w/Gord Johnson: Groundhog's Day (Big Sugar, Gord's Band, but Lang had a much better voice for it) Cake: I Will Survive (Eurythmics?) Disturbed: Shout 2000 (No Idea) Walking In My Shoes: Finger Eleven (Dunno, Depeche Mode or something?) Immigrant Song: Infectious Grooves (Led Zeppelin, fuck is the cover good and heavy) And the best of them all: Johnny Cash: Hurt (NIN)

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Jimmee Tragedy by the railway tracks Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 565 -1 Internets	Most of the songs Jeff Buckley covered.

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Worfless Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,680 -1 Internets	Iron Maiden: Sabbath Bloddy Sabbath (black sabbath cover) Avenged Sevenfold: Warmness on the Soul (craig david cover if i'm correct) Link 80: Enough (Buffalo Springfield cover) and johnny cash covered NIN

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Fluffya Verified 4th best poster of these boards. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Paradise City where the grass is green and the girls are pretty. Posts: 661 -1 Internets	On a sidenote, here are two threads which relate pretty well to this one : http://fohguild.org/forums/showthrea...ighlight=cover http://fohguild.org/forums/showthrea...ighlight=cover

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Kaxmax Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,981 +0 Internets	Limp Bizquick - Behind Blue Eyes Avril Lavigne - Chop Suey Jessica Simpson - Take my breath away Oh wait, you said best covers.

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Kaxmax Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,981 +0 Internets	A guy at work played it for me. If you want to hear the most god aweful noise imaginable, download it. She even forgets the words like halfway through.

08-13-2004, 07:24 AM	#15 (permalink)
Kaxmax Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,981 +0 Internets	In terms of good covers, there is a mp3 out there of SoAD doing Blink 182's Dammit acoustically, and it actually turns out damn good. Also, if you can find any of the mp3's from Aaron Lewis of Staind doing his acoustic shows, it's some good stuff. I saw him in Atlantic City, and he played some pretty random shit. A lot of classic rock, some Pearl Jam, Aerosmith, etc. Was a really good show.