best cover songs

[Ian]

I just heard Killswitch Engage's cover Dio's Holy Diver.....its awesome!

what are some of your favorite cover songs?

[BonzoHansen]

Anthrax: She, Parasite, Time, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Bring The Noise, Pipeline
Iron Maiden: Cross Eyed Mary
Led Zep: Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, We're Gonna Groove
Tool: No Quarter

I'll think of more later.

[87GTA]

shinedown-simple man and Godsmack-good times bad times

[Tru2Chevy]

Can't think of all of my favs at the moment, but I can think of the worst I've heard.....Kid Rock and Murder 1 singing No Woman, No Cry.

- Justin

[BonzoHansen]

The Doors - Back Door Man.
The Who - Summertime Blues (I corrected my brain fart)
Van Halen - You Really Got Me, Pretty Woman

[slasherbarb]

311- Love Song
Johnny Cash- Hurt
Top_Modelz- Your Love (techno)


New Found Glory's newest album was all covers of famous songs from movies and i thought it kinda rocked...

[97slpss]

I just heard Killswitch Engage's cover Dio's Holy Diver.....its awesome!

what are some of your favorite cover songs?

this song was in my head when i read the title of the thread haha

[Knipps]

pearl jam - last kiss; off the top of my head, i'll find more.

[NJSPEEDER]

fudge tunnel - sunshine of your love
hayseed dixie - back in black
dynamite hack - boyz in da hood

[Ian]

New Found Glory's newest album was all covers of famous songs from movies and i thought it kinda rocked...

Evergreen Terrace did an album like that called "writers block" they have a much harder version of smashing pumpkins "zero"

[Knipps]

Evergreen Terrace did an album like that called "writers block" they have a much harder version of smashing pumpkins "zero"

:nod: that CD along with Ill Nino's Under Cover sessions came to mind immediately when i saw this thread

[amargari]

G n' R - Knocking on Heaven's Door.(The live version. Not that crap on the Use Your Illusion Disc)

Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

I also agree with the VH selections above.

[79CamaroDiva]

i think that i have to agree with most of the stuff thats stated in this thread.. Killswitch engage's cover has been on sirius for at least a month and a half.. me likey :nod:

[BonzoHansen]

Dimmu Borgir-Burn In Hell (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8KyeHWCz7U) (Twisted Sister (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL3C_eAtlS0&feature=related))

[nj96z28]

Johnny Cash....hurt by NiN
Dropkick Murphys.... Fields of Athenry
Pantera ... How I could just Kill a Man (cypress hill) Live

[unstable bob gable]

Dream Theater: SMOKIN' live version of Highway Star.

ELP: Hoedown-Jerusalem-Toccata

The Nice: America [From West Side Story]

[qwikz28]

dave matthews- cortez the killer

[SamhainZ28]

h2o- like a prayer
metallica- die, die my darling/green hell/Last Caress

[nj96z28]

h2o- like a prayer
metallica- die, die my darling/green hell/Last Caress

great version .. garage revisited or w/e ... sa weet!

[1972LT1]

Dimmu Borgir-Burn in Hell
Arch Enemy-Symphony Of Destruction(Megadeth)
Trivium-Master Of Puppets
Cradle Of Filth-Hallowed Be Thy Name
Six Feet Under-Smoke On The Water
Slayer-Inna Gotta Da Vita
Bruce Dickenson-All The Young Dudes
Kittie-Run Like Hell
Octavia Sperati-Don't Believe A Word(Thin Lizzy)
WASP-The Real Me

[bubba428]

holocaust: Mater of Puppets
and all the other good ones have been mentioned already.

BTW. shinedown ruined simple man.

[1972LT1]

Dimmu Borgir-Satan My Master(Bathory)
Dimmu Borgir-Nocturnal Fear(Celtic Frost)
Cradle Of Filth-Black Metal(Venom)
Satyricon-Orgasmatron(Motorhead)
Emperor-Gypsy(King Diamond)

[Fast92RS]

I just heard Killswitch Engage's cover Dio's Holy Diver.....its awesome!

what are some of your favorite cover songs?

Yeah thats a good song. Ive heard it on sirius for a while now.

[Untamed]

Disturbed - Land of Confusion

Edit: In the worst category: Lacuna Coil - Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode) during Ozzfest 2006. Sounded horrible when played live.

[79T/A]

Metallica - Stone Cold Crazy

[BlackBADaSS02]

Mudvayne - King of Pain
Foo Fighters - Darling Nikki

[The Fixer]

Disturbed - Land of Confusion


Awesome choice! A lot of other good ones mentioned in this thread too. I think Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower" is a million times better than the original.

Here's a few more good ones -

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder cover)
Code Seven - Boys of Summer (Don Henley cover)
Johnny Cash - Rusty Cage (Soundgarden cover)
John Lennon - Ain't That a Shame (Fats Domino cover)
The Rolling Stones - England's Newest Hitmakers album - covers early rock hits by various artists

[88Z-Man]

once bitten twice shy --- great white / ian hunter

[DrivenZ28]

Foo Fighters- Baker Street
Nonpoint- In the air tonight
Disturbed- Land of confusion

[Tru2Chevy]

BTW. shinedown ruined simple man.

I prefer the original, but I enjoy Shinedown's version as well....I think they did a good job with it.

- Justin

[bubba428]

to each his own.

[79T/A]

BTW. shinedown ruined simple man.

Dude...anyone named Bubba will absolutely despise any attempt to cover a Skynard tune. :mrgreen:

[WayFast84]

machinehead-message in a bottle

[sinistr]

david allen co. = the ride originally done by hank jr
spiderbait doin black betty

[1972LT1]

Iced Earth-Hallowed Be Thy Name (Iron Maiden)

[iamsickofitall]

Evergreen Terrace did an album like that called "writers block" they have a much harder version of smashing pumpkins "zero"

most of the covers on that album are pretty good IMO.

i also like:

AFI - My Michelle
Pennywise - Astro Zombies
Offspring - Total Immortal
Wizo - All That She Wants <------cracks me up
Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons
Social Distortion - Ring of Fire
Strung Out - Bark at the Moon

[TheBandit]

Evergreen Terrace did an album like that called "writers block" they have a much harder version of smashing pumpkins "zero"

Word. There sunday bloody sunday cover is the ****. And new found glory's first or seconds cd that came out with was the same thing i believe, all cover songs

[TheBandit]

oh and Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends.. sorry but its so much better the beatles' version

[ryanfx]

the man who sold the world. Originally sung by david bowie, redone by nirvana.

[WildBillyT]

Anything by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.

[iamsickofitall]

Anything by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.

yeah...i don't think they've had a bad one yet

[band77one]

metallica- Hole in the Sky/Iron Man both by sabbath
Bullet for my valentine- Sanitarium ( welcome home ) by metallica
and anything covered by Apocalyptica

[r0nin89]

Children of Bodom - Rebel Yell (originally Billy Idol)

Marilyn Manson - Personal Jesus (Depesch Mode)

Megadeth - Paranoid (Black Sabbath)

Pantera - Electric Funeral (Black Sabbath)

[1972LT1]

Yngwie Malmstien & Ronnie James Dio-Dream On

[bubba428]

Yngwie Malmstien & Ronnie James Dio-Dream On

them covering Mr.Crowley is badass too

[1972LT1]

Arch Enemy-Incarnate Solvent Abuse(Carcass)

[Tru2Chevy]

Anything by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.

Punk covers FTW! I've got dozens.

Ugly Kid Joe - Cats in the Cradle (not nearly as good as the original, but I still really like it)

- Justin

[GP99GT]

Children of Bodom - Aces High (Iron Maiden)
anything by The Australian Pink Floyd Show
Pantera - Planet Caravan (Black Sabbath)
Nickleback - Saturday Night's Alright For Fightin' (Elton John)
A Perfect Circle - Imagine (John Lennon)
Pro-Pain - Refuse/Resist (Sepultura)
Fear Factory - Cars (Gary Numan)
Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons (Nena)
Six Feet Under - War Machine (Kiss)
Korn - Another Brick In The Wall (Pink Floyd)
Megadeth - Duke Nukem Theme (:lol: not sure if it really is megadeth but its good)
Pearl Jam - Love Reign O'er Me (The Who)
Peter Frampton - Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden)
Pearl Jam - Keep On Rockin In The Free World (Neil Young)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
The Ataris - Boys Of Summer
Metallica - Die, Die My Darling

Edit: just downloaded Holy Diver by killswitch..this is awesome :lol:

[TheBandit]

Children of Bodom - Oops, I did it again. :lol:

[bubba428]

Punk covers FTW! I've got dozens.

Ugly Kid Joe - Cats in the Cradle (not nearly as good as the original, but I still really like it)

- Justin

now by original do you mean the G&R cover or the Cat Stevens original:rofl: IMO the latter SUCKS

[Knipps]

How could anyone forget Richard Cheese :lol:

[Tru2Chevy]

now by original do you mean the G&R cover or the Cat Stevens original:rofl: IMO the latter SUCKS

You mean the Harry Chapin original......and yes, that's the one I was talking about, since that is the original, and not another cover.

- Justin

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Nonpoint - In the Air Tonight (Phil Collins)

[BonzoHansen]

now by original do you mean the G&R cover or the Cat Stevens original:rofl: IMO the latter SUCKS

When did G&R cover Cats in the Cradle?

Joey Ramone - What a wonderful life.

[enRo]

RATM - How I Could Just Kill a Man

"Hey, don't miss out on what ya passin, your'e missin the hootah of the funky buddah.
Eluder of the ****ed up styles that get wicked, so come on as I start to kick it.."

[SteveR]

Anthrax- Eighteen (Alice Cooper)
Rise Against- Built To Last (Sick Of It All)
Jimi Hendrix- All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
Metallica- Last Caress (Misfits)
Metallica- Turn The Page (Bob Seger)
311- Love Song (Cure)
Bouncing Souls- I Know What Boys Like (Bow Wow Wow)
Anthrax/Public Enemy- Bring The Noise (Public Enemy)
Biohazard/Onyx- Slam (Onyx)
Sugar Ray- Spinning Away (Brian Eno & John Cale)
Alien Ant Farm- Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson)
Johnny Cash- Hurt (NIN)
Faith No More- Easy (The Commodores)
Dead Kennedys- I Fought The Law (Bobby Fuller Four)
Jimi Hendrix- Star Spangled Banner (Francis Scott Key)
Jef Buckley- Halelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Joe Cocker- With A Little Help From My Friends (Beatles)

[Untamed]

Jimi Hendrix- Star Spangled Banner (Francis Scott Key)


Definately a classic.

I didn't like Metallica's version of Turn the Page, though. I like Bob Seger, and maybe just thought the song was one of those that just shouldn't have been touched. :shrug:

[Squirrel]

fear factory - cars

[Featherburner]

Manfred Mann's Earth Band "Blinded by the Light"

[alamantia]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=36nj-TS420Y

[Squirrel]

oh and Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends.. sorry but its so much better the beatles' version

go wonder years:)

edit: for the 'worst' category, Disturbed - Walk & Zakk wylde's mama im coming home

[BonzoHansen]

oh and Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends.. sorry but its so much better the beatles' versiongo wonder years:)

edit: for the 'worst' category, Disturbed - Walk & Zakk wylde's mama im coming home
That is what happens when Jimmy Page plays on your song. :lol: I always laguhed everytime the Wonder Years came on tv - Jimmy Page got a royalty. LOL.

BTW, the original "mama im coming home" sucks too. I hate ozzy ballads. :puke:

Another worst: Limp Bizkit desecrating The Who's Behind Blue Eyes.

[Knipps]

Just remembered another one because it came on, Thrice's cover of Eleanor Rigby

[BigAls87Z28]

pearl jam - last kiss; off the top of my head, i'll find more.

i do like that song. dunno why..

Disturbed - Land of Confusion


good call

How could anyone forget Richard Cheese :lol:


YES!!
Richard Cheese- Down With the Sickness

The Tom Band- Total Eclipse of the Heart- Annie Lenox



Jimi Hendrix- All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
Metallica- Last Caress (Misfits)
311- Love Song (Cure)
Alien Ant Farm- Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson)
Johnny Cash- Hurt (NIN)
Jimi Hendrix- Star Spangled Banner (Francis Scott Key)


all good

[Kat]

Sepultura - Symtoms of the universe
Dream Theater - Number of the beast/Master of Puppets/Elton John (Funeral for a friend) just about any cover they do.
Nightwish - Over the hills and far away (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zqUrVE9wQc)(Gary Moore)

[Icemansghost]

staind singing torn by tool.....

[SteveR]

Staind - Black (Pearl Jam)

[ins0mnia24]

Class of 99 Featuring Lane Stanley of A.I.C. and R.a.t.m.: Brick in the wall.
Metallica: Die, Die my Darling from the Misfits.
White Zombie : Children of the Grave by Black Sabbath..
Sex Pistols: Stepping stone Monkee's.
Faith No More: War Pigs Black Sabbath.
Testament: Nobodys Fault by Aerosmith..
Bowling for Soup: I Ran by Flock of seagulls.
Penny Wise: These are a few of my favorite things..
Faith No More: EASY.
HIM: Rebel Yell.
White Lion: Radar Love.
Skid Row: Psycho Therapy.
S.R.V. : Little Wing.
Pantera: Planet Caravan..
Powerman 5000: Let the good times roll.
Jimmy Eat world: Crimson and clover.
Bad Religion: Tainted Love.
Hi Standard: Only fools rush in.
Mighty Mighty Boss tones: Detriot Rock city.
Reel Big fish: Kiss me deadly and Take on me.
Wasp: Real me.

[Knipps]

Cum on feel the noize - Quiet Riot

[Tru2Chevy]

Cum on feel the noize - Quiet Riot

Yes, good one. Most people don't know that's a cover.

- Justin

[Tru2Chevy]

now by original do you mean the G&R cover or the Cat Stevens original:rofl: IMO the latter SUCKS

"Cats in the Cradle," is a 1974 folk rock song by Harry Chapin from the album Verities & Balderdash.

The song became the best known of Harry's work and a staple for folk rock music. Many people mistakenly believe the song to be the work of artist Cat Stevens, and a mistitled MP3 version is widely circulated on the internet. Jack Black contributed to this confusion, playing part of the song in a Saturday Night Live sketch where Black's character claimed the song was by Yusuf Islam, a.k.a. Cat Stevens. There are no known, verifiable recordings of Cat Stevens performing the song however, and a Cat Stevens fan web site assures readers that Stevens has never performed the song, "not live, not in the studio, and not even privately." Stevens did perform a song about a father and son, but that was far different as the son was unsure of his future and the father is a more self-confident man assuring his son not to worry. Another misconception is that due to the tempo and lyrics, some have assumed it to have an upbeat message, which in the final verse is clear the song does not have a happy ending.

The Ugly Kid Joe cover of the song is often mistaken for a Guns N' Roses or a Skid Row cover of the song. Neither band has ever recorded this song and it has often been mislabeled as such on Limewire and other downloading programs. This version peaked at #7 on the UK singles chart.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat's_in_the_Cradle

Sounds like Bubba downloads a lot of music off the internet.....

- Justin

[87GTA]

willie nelson-gravedigger

[TheBandit]

reggie and the full effect - raining blood

[SteveR]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat's_in_the_Cradle

Sounds like Bubba downloads a lot of music off the internet.....

- Justin

Yea, thats a Harry Chapin tune, and his daughter, Jen, is a really good musician too.

[Tru2Chevy]

Yea, thats a Harry Chapin tune, and his daughter, Jen, is a really good musician too.

Oh yea, I know it's Harry Chapin.....it's one of my favorite songs ever. My old man has it on vinyl.

- Justin

[1972LT1]

Sepultura-Orgasmatron(Motorhead)