Best Cover songs

[DandyFop]

I'm making a CD.


AAAAAND - GO!

[The Notorious LOL]

Tool - No Quarter

[Lihi]

Nirvana - Where Did you Sleep Last Night (Leadbelly), from the Unplugged.

They originally did it with Mark Lanegan on his first solo album, but the unplugged version was better in my opinion.

Nick Cave has a few beautiful covers: Avalanche (Leonard Cohen) and Black Betty (also by Leadbelly) would be the top-ones.

Other covers I really like are Rage Against the Machine - Renegades of Funk (Afrikaa Bambatta), Sisters of Mercy - Knocking on Heaven's Door (Dylan) and a "new" one (I have just discovered), a cover by Gary Jules for Mad World (Tears for Fears). It's in the Donnie Darko soundtrack.

[Gareth]

the concretes - miss you

[Calimero jr.]

Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls
Primus - Amos Moses
Les Claypool Frog Brigade - Thela Hun Ginjeet
Dinosaur jr. - Just Like Heaven
Johnny Cash - Hurt

[CrankItUp!]

KISS - God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II

[CrankItUp!]

Alien Sex Fiend - I Walk The Line

[trailerprincess]

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus
Tricky - Black Steel

[Lihi]

Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus


YES! Also his cover for The Mercy Seat by Nick Cave (... though it's hard to top the original. Actually, it's impossible)

You can see I'm a big Nick Cave lover, and speaking of great covers, you should check his all-covers album called "Kicking Against the Pricks". Black Betty apears there as well. (y)

[Lihi]

Another wonderful cover is by The Creatures for Venus in Furs (Velvet Underground).

Well, I can go on and on 'till the break of dawn so I'll just stop right here. :p

[CrankItUp!]

YES! Also his cover for The Mercy Seat by Nick Cave (... though it's hard to top the original. Actually, it's impossible)

You can see I'm a big Nick Cave lover, and speaking of great covers, you should check his all-covers album called "Kicking Against the Pricks". Black Betty apears there as well. (y)
Did you ever see Nick Cave in the movie Johnny Suede (1991) starring Brad Pitt - WHOA!..the hair.

[Lihi]

Did you ever see Nick Cave in the movie Johnny Suede (1991) starring Brad Pitt - WHOA!..the hair.

OH YES !!!!!! the albino-looking Nick Cave... ;)

I like the song hid did there, when he met Suede on the street.

[abcdefz]

Respect - Aretha Franklin
Superman - REM
Hound Dog - Jerry Lee Lewis (from Live! at the Star Club, Hamburg)
Sloop John B - The Beach Boys
War - Bruce Springsteen
I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself - White Stripes
With a Little Help from My Friends - Joe Cocker

[trailerprincess]

off topic, but I saw Nick Cave at the airport a few weeks ago and he was a lot shorter than I thought he would be

[trailerprincess]

And another one

The Slits - I heard it through the grapevine

[The Notorious LOL]

I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself - White Stripes




I think "Stop Breakin Down" by The White Stripes is a much better cover.

[roosta]

I like all those Richard Cheese and Me First and the Gimme Gimme remakes. One of those, "I Believe I can Fly"...or Richards "Gin and Juice"

OR!

Rage "Renegades of Funk"

[Lihi]

I think "Stop Breakin Down" by The White Stripes is a much better cover.

I like their version of Jolene.

[abcdefz]

I think "Stop Breakin Down" by The White Stripes is a much better cover.


"Death Letter" is good, too; I just think "I Just Don't Know...." is really fantastic. Jack sings the hell out of that song.

[TAL]

Fun Lovin' Criminals - We Have All The Time In The World

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

'love will tear us apart' by squarepusher.
'french kiss' by avril.
'girls talk' by ben lee.
'golden hair' by slowdive.
'the model' by big black.

and for some that you might actually care about...

http://www.myspace.com/puppinisisters

[Lihi]

'the model' by big black.


Is it the Kraftwerk song?

[mickill]

Common:

All Along The Watchtower - Hendrix
Hey Joe - Hendrix
I Fought The Law - The Clash
Lodi Dodi - Snoop
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Tainted Love - Soft Cell

Slightly less common:

Rock N Roll Suicide - Blackbox Recorder
Your Time Is Gonna Come - Sandie Shaw
That's How Strong My Love Is - The Rolling Stones
Mona - The Rolling Stones
The Small Hours - Metallica
Little Wing - Derek And The Dominoes
Gin N Juice - The Gourds

[abcdefz]

I Fought The Law - The Clash




I forgot that one. (y)

[HEIRESS]

I goddamn love "mona" by the rolling stones, that NOW! album is great

california sun - ramones

sea of love - cat power

(I cant get no) Satisfaction - DEVO

a change is gonna come - Peter Elkas

Bring it on home to me - The Animals

[Lihi]

I forgot to mention the grand Laibach cover for Sympathy for the Devil (Rolling Stones). Actually, it's on a whole album dedicated to this one song only. They also have another album, dedicated to Let it Be. Laibach are *crazy*, probably the best band in the world? :cool:

PLUS

Ministry's cover to Do You Think I'm Sexy (Rod Stewart) is great too.

I can't stop, really. I want to, I just can't. :o

[Rock]

Tainted Love - Soft Cell

Did you mean Marilyn Manson? Or did he do a cover of a cover? Either way...the Marilyn Manson one is dype.

Heard it Through the Grapevine - CCR
Tippy Toes - Primus
Man Who Sold the World - Neeeervarna
California Girls - David Lee Roth
Here Comes the Sun - Nina Simone
Fire - RHCP
The Tide Is High - John Holt and The Paragons (the slower version)
Louie Louie - Toots and the Maytals
Express Yourself - Leroy Sibbles
Soulful Strut - Sound Dimension

[TAL]

Did you mean Marilyn Manson? Or did he do a cover of a cover? Either way...the Marilyn Manson one is dype.
Tainted Love by Gloria Jones (1976)
Tainted Love by Soft Cell (1981)
Tainted Love by Coil (1984)
Tainted Love by Finger (1992)
Tainted Love by David Benoit (1994)
Tainted Love by My Ruin (2000)
Tainted Love by The C-Nuts (2000)
Tainted Love by Marilyn Manson (2001)

[voltanapricot]

oh poo.

[Rock]

Sex (I'm a...) - Lovage

Thanks TAL

[abcdefz]

Heard it Through the Grapevine - CCR




...I think the single version works, but the album version kind of pointlessly goes on for too long.

[mickill]

I like the Marylin Manson version of Tainted Love a lot, too, actually, now that you mention it.

[beastiegirrl101]

Scissor Sisters-Comfortably Numb

[Guy Incognito]

Lost In Music - The Fall
Light My Fire - Massive Attack
Step On - Happy Mondays
Vienna - Vic Reeves (Kinda crap but amazin - stupid word changes)

[dave790]

Oasis - Cum on Feel the Noise

[green rabbit]

Jeff Buckley:
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen cover)
The Boy With the Thorns in His Side (The Smiths cover)
Farewell Angelina (Bob Dylan cover)
Björk:
It's Oh So Quiet (Betty Hutton cover)
Jimi Hendrix:
All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan cover)

[DandyFop]

Thanks for the suggestions, all.

I don't know half of the songs that you are saying in the first place, cover or not. But I got some good ones in here.

[icy manipulator]

manson's tainted love
disturbed - down with the sickness
karnivool - sleeping satelites

[Rock]

Time For Livin' - Beatsie Boys dudes!!!!
Come to Daddy - D.E.P. w Mike Patton (I don't know if its really them but that is what it said when I downloaded from Kazaapsterseekeus)
Last Caress - Metallica (shaddup...its good)

[Ally Al]

bobby womack - and i love her
syreeta - she's leaving home
ramsey lewis - back in the u.s.s.r.
jimmy ponder - while my guitar gently weeps
jimi hendrix - sgt peppers lonely hearts club band
michael viners incredible bongo band - apache

to name a few

[BangkokB]

Exodus ~ Overdose

Better than the original~What do ya say Lemmy's?

[DIGI]

HOT FOR TEACHER
ALL MY LOVE

both by ween.

[LE BROUHAHA]

BECK - True Love Will Find You in the End (Daniel Johnston)
BRIGHT EYES - Devil Town (Daniel Johnston)
DAVID BOWIE - The Man Who Sold the World (Nirvana)
LE TIGRE - I'm So Excited (Pointer Sisters)
NOUVELLE VAGUE - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division)
PATRICK WOLF - Afraid (Nico)
TV ON THE RADIO - Mr. Grieves (Pixies)
YUPPIE FLU - Plain Song (Cure)
...ok probably you don't know this band but this song is really awesome it's much better than the original, trust me! You can easily find it on p2p nets.:cool:

[laserx54]

Camper Van Beethoven - Wasted (Black Flag cover which in turn was a cover of Circle Jerks)

The Roots - The Seed 2.0 (in my opinion way better than the Chestnutt version)

Dead Kennedys - I Fought the Law (hilarious twist on the classic song)

Black Star - Children's Story (update of the Slick Rick classic, I would very much like to hear an update that comments on this crunk rap bullshit)

[M.C. Guevera]

Jimi Hendrix-"All Along The Watchtower"
Johnny Cash-"Hurt"
Beastie Boys-"Time For Livin'"
Beastie Boys-"Slow And Low"
Rage Against The Machine-"Renegades Of Funk"
Marliyn Manson-"Tainted Love"
Red Hot Chili Peppers-"Higher Ground"

Oh and http://www.b-star.net/what_we_do.html: Battlestar America's (a country band) cover of Cypress Hill's "How I Can Just Kill A Man". Yes folks, a Cypress Hill song is done COUNTRY STYLE~!

But it's actually a really good song.

Seriously.

Check it out.

[Lex Diamonds]

I was going to say Snoop's version of Lodi Dodi, but of course Mickill got there first.

Dickhead.

[Ally Al]

I like the Marylin Manson version of Tainted Love a lot, too, actually, now that you mention it.


compared to soft cell's or gloria jones's ?