[Mafia Drive Gunner]

Basically, I'm sure there are a lot of great covers of originals that you may have heard. Some of them are pretty awesome.

So if you can find them on the web, put 'em up so we can have a look.

So pretty this is my inspiration. Australia youth radio station Triple J does a segment called 'Like A Version' where an artist (generally an Aussie or an artist currently touring), comes in and does a cover of their choice. There have been some absolute crackers over the years.

Here's one of my favourites, from last year, was pretty funny actually.

Sarah Blasko performing Outkast's 'Hey Ya'.



And the original.

[Tyler]

John Denver's cover of 'Let it Be' by the Beatles is absolutely amazing.

[ChossenOne]

Worst cover: Metallica's Tuesday's Gone. No Justice for all there.


and the original classic


The best is is probaly Johnny Cash's Hurt


the original


My favourite cover is GNR's Knockin On Heaven's Door

[Apothecaries Weight]

Have to agree with you there Chossen,
Metallica's version isn't that great, no where near the original.

Gonna have to say J.J Cales song Cocaine covered by Eric Clapton.
I like J.J Cales version better but it's still a good cover.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmD_HcOcfU&feature=related



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3L4spg8vyo&feature=related


Lazy linker I know.

[Tyler]

Eric's cover of 'I shot the sheriff' is way better than Marley's version, as well.

[AreXi]

Kreator's cover of Sisters of Mercy's "Lucreatia, My Reflection".


Fear Factory's version of Gary Numan's "Cars".


And FFDP's version of Bad Company's "Bad Company".

[Edmachine]

One of my favourite covers and songs ever.
Gary Jules - Mad World (orig. by Tears for Fears)

(and the Wise Guys cover is great, too)

Jose Gonzalez - Teardrop (orig. by Massive Attack)


Peter Gabriel - My Body Is a Cage (orig. by Arcade Fire)

[Bowserchomp]

LOL at Katy Perry, Guns N Roses, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Fear Factory, and Five Finger Death Punch. Those bands suck hard, it's trendy so-called "music" for preteens and housewives.

As for covers... well... I know of a few... Don't worry, these following bands are for real...

Cover of "20 Buck Spin" by Pale Divine, awesome cover...


And the original song...


Aaaah... such a relief to hear GOOD music, not the tripe that the mass media pushes.

[stinomontana]

I have to agree with choosenone

guns n roses - knocking on heavens door

[Vanilla Shake]

Velvet Revolver - "Can't Get It Out of My Head" (originally by Electric Light Orchestra)

Stone Temple Pilots - "Dancing Days" (originally by Led Zeppelin)

Stone Temple Pilots - "Revolution" (originally by The Beatles)

Stone Temple Pilots - "Break On Through (To The Other Side)" (originally by The Doors)

Green Day - "Working Class Hero" (originally by John Lennon)

The Doors - "Gloria" (originally by Them)


There's more I know of, just gotta remember them.

[mark-2007]

Woah, Scott Weiland loves his covers. Aside from that, I also heard Foo Fighters were gonna be doing a covers album sometime?

Anyway...


Not as good as the original, but still a pretty decent listen like. Ignore the first couple seconds of Ask Me Anything.

This post has been edited by mark-2007 on Thursday, Mar 24 2011, 17:00

[Gundog]

SLEEP's cover of Black Sabbath's "Lord Of This World"


Blue Cheer's cover of The Rolling Stones' legendary "Satisfaction"

[Robinski]

It actually me an embarrassing amount of time to find out that The Futureheads' song Hounds of Love was actually a Kate Bush cover:

[Toup]

That remembered me of this

[^- Dice ->]

If these dudes really use only their vocals, then huge respect





Also

[Moonshield]

sh*ts all over the original.

[Drift-Kingz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir-Fcg7uABc

Would have been better if the song wasn't running in the background. Nonetheless, it's great

Note: The video wouldn't show up here, so I had to post a link up.

This post has been edited by Drift-Kingz on Thursday, Mar 24 2011, 20:17

[02fishera]

The Scrubs version that Toup mentioned was actually released as a full track by Ted's Band (The Blanks):



As much as I love The Blanks cover of Hey Ya!, my favorite would have to be Feeder's rendition of The Power Of Love, originally sung by Frankie Goes To Hollywood:

Feeder Version:



Original:

[GerryM]

Here is a good one.
ORGY-Blue Monday originally sung by New Order.

Original

[Slamman]

I'll embed some YT later, but this I'd get in on as well with METALLICA's BREADFAN

A band most noted for taking inside info (Lars Ulrich) and creating BLISTERING originals of songs known from the original NWOBHM that American audiences were just not familiar with, and as such, thought Metallica were showcasing their own new music!

This happens a lot, and while being tricked, the band can't be faulted when they do it masterfully. Some cases, each cover presents a worthy take on a song, There are plenty of them, so I think this thread has plenty of life as such... Let's brainstorm a bit more ppl!