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I have to say mine is Baby Got Back covered by Throwdown, though Easy covered by Faith No More and Simply Beautiful covered by Fantomas are close. So what's your favorite remake of a song?
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« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2006, 11:02:21 am » |
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I couldn't decide on a favorite, but I can probably put it down to top 5. Hendrix's cover of Howling Wolf's "Killing Floor"(Honorable mention to his version of "Like a Rolling Stone") SRV's "Little Wing"(On second thought I actually like Charge's version of SRV's little wing more) G3 version of Frank Zappa's "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama" Frank Zappa's version of "Teddy Bear's Picnic" Me First and the Gimme Gimmes' version of "Leaving on a Jet Plane" |
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« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2006, 01:08:12 pm » |
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Pixies doing Theme From NARC
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« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2006, 02:04:03 pm » |
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That's indeed brilliant. Jolene by the Sisters of Mercy is my favorite.
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« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2006, 02:04:24 pm » |
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The Refreshments - Jenny (867-5309)
Hoobastank - Do You Think I'm Sexy?
Dope - You Spin Me Round...
Offspring - Next to You
The Living End - Tainted Love
I really like cover songs. To the point where I'd probably start a cover band, but I have no talent, so... yeah.
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« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2006, 02:14:21 pm » |
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Johny Cash covering Hurt by NIN.
NIN covering Dead Souls by Joy division.
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« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2006, 02:19:26 pm » |
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Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes
Korn - Another Brick in the Wall
Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love
Limp Bizkit - Sanitarium
Purr Machine - Send Me An Angel
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As others have pointed out,
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Ugly Kid Joe - Cat's in the Cradle
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« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2006, 02:25:52 pm » |
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Metallica covering Whiskey in the Jar by Thin Lizzy.
Hendrix covering All along the Watchtower by Dylan.
Orgy covering Blue monday by New order.
Cake covering I will survive.
I am not a huge fan of covers, but I do like them when they are significantly different than the original.
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« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2006, 02:31:37 pm » |
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Jack Black covering Let's Get it on!
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« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2006, 02:40:52 pm » |
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Fear Factory "Cars"
Just an awesome song.
Children of Bodom "The Trooper"
CoB is ridiculous. Covering Iron Maiden songs is tech.
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« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2006, 03:12:32 pm » |
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Does Leonard Cohen adapting Lorca's poem "Little Vienese Waltz" to song ("Take This Waltz") count? If so I vote that. If not...
Nirvana playing Bowie's "Man Who Sold the World"
SRV playing Hendrix's "Little Wing"
KMFDM (or MDFMK, I'm not sure which) playing U2's "Sunday, Bloody Sunday"
Dreadful Shadows playing New Order's "True Faith"
Jeff Buckley playing Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"
Johnny Cash playing Nick Cave's "The Mercy Seat"
Pearl Jam covering "Last Kiss" by...uh, J. Frank Wilson, maybe? not sure who wrote this
Sonic Youth, covering "Superstar" by The Carpenters
Veruca Salt covering My Sharona by The Knack
Devo covering NIN's "Head Like a Hole"
John Mayer covering Radiohead's "Kid A"
entire cover albums:
Laibach covering "Let It Be" by the Beatles
Luther Wright and the Wrongs covering "The Wall" by Pink Floyd
Iron Horse covering various Metallica songs on an album called "Fade to Bluegrass"
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« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2006, 04:33:56 pm » |
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Pearl Jam covering "Last Kiss" by...uh, J. Frank Wilson, maybe? not sure who wrote this
I hold a special hate in my heat for this song. Tons of people like it, but to me it was always like nails on a chalkboard, not actualy sure why. I've always like the pickin' on series, where a group of bluegrass musicians cover older rock stuff. My favorite has been Pickin' On Zeppelin. Other then that, random "punk" covers can be pretty decent, and sublime doing marley is always a treat. |
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« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2006, 06:41:01 pm » |
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Metallica covering Whiskey in the Jar by Thin Lizzy.
Actually Whiskey in the Jar is just an irish folk song that Thin Lizzy put on an album. |
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« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2006, 06:43:26 pm » |
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Metallica covering Stone Cold Crazy.
Commitments covering Mustang Sally.
Ugly Kid Joe covering Cats in the Cradle.
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« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2006, 06:58:03 pm » |
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Children of Bodom covering Europe's "Final Countdown".
Pantera's cover of "Planet Caravan" by Black Sabbath.
Sonata Arctica's cover of "I Want Out!" by Helloween.
Gamma Ray's cover of "It's A Sin" by the Pet Shop Boys.
Fantomas covering the theme from Fire Walk With Me.
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« Reply #15 on: February 13, 2006, 07:12:40 pm » |
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There are like 40 awesome songs from the list above... but my favorite covers are the ones that are hilariously out of place. Tori Amos and Emm Gryner are very good at these.
Off By One - Torn
Voltaire - Caught a Lite Sneeze
Emm Gryner - Pour Some Sugar on Me
Emm Gryner - Big Bang Baby
Tori Amos - Losing my Religion
Tori Amos - Smells Like Team Spirit
but my most favorite cover would have to be
Tori Amos - Enjoy the Silence
Enjoy the Silence is already a fucking incredible song, but the Tori Amos version is just so bizarre that I can't stop listening to it.
Honorable mention goes to
BrassMan - I Wish
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« Reply #16 on: February 13, 2006, 08:17:18 pm » |
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Weezer's "Jamie", done by Dashboard Confessional on A TRIBUTE TO WEEZER.
I hate Dashboard normally, but this cover is amazing.
I like Metallica's Cover of Turn the Page by Thin Lizzy, and a hoarde of other covers posted on this thread.
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« Reply #17 on: February 13, 2006, 09:24:54 pm » |
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All Along The Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix
All of Dylans versions are better (except maybe his live versions- if you've seen him live in the past 8 years, you know what I mean). However, I think that the Hendrix version, with the sweet ending, was the best cover song I've ever heard.
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« Reply #18 on: February 13, 2006, 09:37:34 pm » |
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The various DMB versions of All Along the Watchtowers are pretty good too.
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« Reply #19 on: February 13, 2006, 10:03:14 pm » |
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Weezer's "Jamie", done by Dashboard Confessional on A TRIBUTE TO WEEZER.
I hate Dashboard normally, but this cover is amazing.
I like Metallica's Cover of Turn the Page by Thin Lizzy, and a hoarde of other covers posted on this thread.
Turn the Page was origanally done by Bob Seger, and I am not sure that Thin Lizzy ever covered it. |
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« Reply #20 on: February 13, 2006, 10:45:04 pm » |
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I don't know that it properly counts as a cover, but my vote is for this: Daniel Johnston recorded "Speeding Motorcycle" on 1989's Yip/Jump Music. He is a splendid, crooked songwriter who you should read about. Yo La Tengo covered "Speeding Motorcycle" on 1990's Fakebook. They are a sweet noisy pop band who you should read about. Late in 1990, Yo La Tengo were playing on Jersey City's WFMU (as they do), and Daniel phoned in. They decided to play a song. The song would be "Speeding Motorcycle". Yo La Tengo stood in their half-circle at the studio, all hesitant glances and grins. Over in Texas, Daniel stood in his socks in the kitchen and boy, he yelled his heart out. So it's kind of the original performer covering his own song with a different band. Barring that, Throwdown's "Baby Got Back" is amazing. And if you've never heard Richard Cheese's lounge covers of your favorite pop hits of the 90s and today, well, you should aim to fix that. |
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« Reply #21 on: February 13, 2006, 11:50:56 pm » |
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Graveworm's cover of 'Losing my Religion' by REM is great.
Children of Bodom has a ton of great covers, including 'Repent (Whore)' by Cryhavoc that wasn't mentioned.
Black Label Society's cover of 'No More Tears' is good as well.
One of the classics is Manfred Mann And His Earth Band's rendition of 'Blinded by the Light' by Springsteen.
Children also has one of the strangest covers in 'Oops I Did It Again' by Britney Spears.
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« Reply #22 on: February 14, 2006, 12:51:01 am » |
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Tony Bennet - Black Hole Sun
Richard Cheese - Rape Me
Guns 'n' F'n' Roses did some great covers as well, with Live and Let Die and Knockin' On Heaven's Door being particularly good efforts, in my opinion.
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« Reply #23 on: February 14, 2006, 01:10:14 am » |
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Elliot Smith Covering "Don't Fear the Reaper"
The Lemonheads Covering "Mrs. Robinson"
Sonic Youth Covering "Superstar"
The Beatles Covering "You've really got a hold on me"
Its almost unfair to list the Beatles' Covers of old Sixties Rock 'n' roll songs because they are almost all superior to the original.
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« Reply #24 on: February 14, 2006, 01:48:28 am » |
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Great choices so far. A couple more I really like, The Gourds doing Gin and Juice by Snoop Dogg, great bluegrass cover, A Perfect Circle doing Imagine by John Lennon and Me first and the gimme gimme's doing I believe I can fly by R. Kelly.
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« Reply #25 on: February 14, 2006, 01:50:30 am » |
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I was just going to mention The Gourds!
I like Boyz In Tha Hood by Dynamite Hack too. How good.
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« Reply #26 on: February 15, 2006, 04:38:28 am » |
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Something Richard Cheese did, definitely.
Probably "Last Resort".
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« Reply #27 on: February 16, 2006, 11:24:49 am » |
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derp, can't belive I forgot this.
Most recently I've been enjoying Rudy Can't Fail with the MM-Bosstones
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« Reply #28 on: February 16, 2006, 11:39:47 am » |
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Cradle of Filth covering "Hallowed be thy Name". Though it can never live up to the original by Iron Maiden (favorite band ever) This version is an extremely close second.
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« Reply #29 on: February 16, 2006, 12:45:29 pm » |
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The following people have no taste: Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes
Limp Bizkit - Sanitarium
The various DMB versions of All Along the Watchtowers are pretty good too.
You sir, however, do: Hendrix covering All along the Watchtower by Dylan.
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