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Best covers EVER

Just heard Talk Talk’s “It’s my life” played by No Doubt! It’s the best cover I’ve heard so far; it kicks The Bangles’ “Hazy shade of winter” (Simon/Garfunkel) of the nº1 spot!

Runner up’s:
(of course) Therapy? - Diane (Husker du)
Guns ‘n Roses - Sympathy for the Devil (Stones)
Faith No more - Easy (Lionel Richey)

Normally, covers are always cheap tricks to make it to the charts, as everyone knows the song.

So what do you reckon are your best covers EVER?

Posted on Thu, 25 December 2003 at 12:31

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Floorswine wrote:

Most of the covers Jeff Buckley did were exceptional - he totally reworked them until they were almost like his own songs.

The man was a genius :cool:

Posted on Thu, 25 December 2003 at 13:32

Erk Junior wrote:

the man in black - hurt - nin…

Posted on Thu, 25 December 2003 at 13:54

Krisken wrote:

Best cover ever? Has to be…

Failure- Enjoy the Silence (depeche mode)

Some of my other favorites…

The Get Up Kids- Close to You (the cure)
Type O Negative- Summer Breeze (Seals and Crofts)
The Vandels- Dance of the Sugarplumb faries (no clue)
Joe Cocker- She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (the beatles)
God Lives Underwater- Fame (david bowie)
A Perfect Circle- The Nurse Who Loved Me (failure)

Just some of my own fav’s… but that Failure one is by far the most impressive.

Posted on Thu, 25 December 2003 at 14:25

prisonbreaker wrote:

ryan adams’ cover of wonderwall is very good

Posted on Thu, 25 December 2003 at 17:03

JSar666 wrote:

Faith No More - War Pigs. Better singer by far, better drummer by far and better guitarist by far. Listen to this and then listen to the original and you’ll piss yourself.

Quicksand - How Soon Is Now? Better than the original and all other covers of this song. They actually managed to make me like a Smiths song :)

Metallica - Turn the Page. Haven’t heard the original, but the cover is fucking brilliant.

Feeder - Can’t Stand Losing You. The guitars are turned up, the production is better and the middle 8 is brilliant.

System Of A Down - Snowblind. Sooooo much better than the
original and very different.

hell is for heroes - Boys Don’t Cry. Like the Cure finally grew some balls.

Posted on Thu, 25 December 2003 at 20:18

opalmantra wrote:

Every Smiths cover is good…cause its a Smiths song. ;)
Nothing tops the original however.

I really don’t like “It’s my life”…it sounds like Billy Jean now…the original is sooooooo good. Along with the video.

As for cover version…the version you hear first is mostly the best.

Posted on Fri, 26 December 2003 at 12:20

efilnikufesin wrote:

Title: Nirvana

I have a live version of Nirvana playing a Velvet Undrground song called - here she comes now, which i think is really nice.
I heard a cover of a Justin Timberlake song by the group The dillinger escape plan, on the Radio1 Rock show a few weeks back, and i must say it kicked ass. I dont know the name of the song but its that one where he sings “i just wanna love you baby” in a way which sounds like someones just kicked him in the nads.
Did you know that “step on” by the happy mondays is a cover of a 70’s song? (dont know who by) , i would say this is my favourite cover song then as i love that song.

Posted on Fri, 26 December 2003 at 13:54

tartanskirtgirl wrote:

gotta be China Drum’s version of Wuthering Heights!!!

Posted on Fri, 26 December 2003 at 15:28

RobbyVDH wrote:

Metallica - Breadfan from Budgie

Posted on Fri, 26 December 2003 at 16:13

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Guy wrote:

The Jam - Heat wave (original; Martha & the Vandellas)

Posted on Sat, 27 December 2003 at 19:07

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Dermot (The Derm) wrote:

Helmet - Army of Me (Originally Bjork).

Not the greatest cover ever, but quite funny.

Posted on Sat, 27 December 2003 at 19:48

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JSar666 wrote:

Very fucking true :)

Posted on Sat, 27 December 2003 at 21:07

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dano wrote:

Kids in America by Lawnmower Deth. Beezer tune!

Posted on Sun, 28 December 2003 at 02:51

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JSar666 wrote:

Kids In America by the Bloodhound Gang is really funny

Posted on Sun, 28 December 2003 at 16:27

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allroy wrote:

tartanskirtgirl wrote:
gotta be China Drum’s version of Wuthering Heights!!!

Yes, they were fuckin’ awesome.
I think Leatherface are the true masters when it comes to covers:
In The Ghetto (Elvis)
The Ship Song (Nick Cave)
True Colors (Cindy Lauper)
Message In A Bottle (The Police)
and of course…
Hops And Barley (Wat Tyler)

Posted on Mon, 29 December 2003 at 10:44

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White Psycho wrote:

tartanskirtgirl wrote:
gotta be China Drum’s version of Wuthering Heights!!!

That is amazing! I like to get the Kate Bush version and have that playing then when she starts going Wuthering, wuthering at that bit I have the china drum version kick in. It sounds really good!

Posted on Mon, 29 December 2003 at 11:50

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nice guys wrote:

* Placebo - Where Is My Mind
* Therapy? - Denim Demon
* Sportfreunde Stiller & Readymade - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes

St.

Posted on Mon, 29 December 2003 at 12:00

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Bad Karma wrote:

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World
A Perfect Circle - Ashes To Ashes
Suede - Shipbuilding
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Pulp - All Time High
The Wedding Present - Falling
Placebo - Running Up That Hill
Manic Street Preachers - Last Christmas

Posted on Mon, 29 December 2003 at 13:53

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Sir Kyle wrote:

Therapy? - Denim Demon
That version kicks ass. Better than the original.

I got some great versions of “Another Brick In The Wall” by
The Step Kings and Class Of 99. But the most hardrocking version is made by Stallhammer - a great industrial band from Austria.

Posted on Mon, 29 December 2003 at 14:35

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tatty seaside town wrote:

You mean “Stahlhammer” Stallhammer would be something with horses and cows and a hammer *g*

Posted on Mon, 29 December 2003 at 15:19

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soul doubt (an) wrote:

NOFX has done some great covers!
their best are:
Electricity originally by OMD
All of me originally by Billie Holliday
Johnny B. Goode originally by Chuck Berry

Eyelid has done a great cover of Forward To Death by the Dead Kennedys.
Roundhouse I guess covered Wild In The Streets by the Circle Jerks, which also is an amazing cover!

Posted on Mon, 29 December 2003 at 16:05

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Sir Kyle wrote:

tatty seaside town wrote:
You mean “Stahlhammer” Stallhammer would be something with horses and cows and a hammer *g*

Yeah, that’s right…
By the way: A great cover of Wasted (Black Flag) is made by the legendary german country/punk band Butch Meier.
A live-version can be downloaded at http://www.butchmeier.de/

Posted on Fri, 2 January 2004 at 11:52

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Kids Stuff wrote:

nice guys wrote:
* Placebo - Where Is My Mind

I’ve not heard it, but surely that can’t improve on the original?

Anyway, I reckon all these are worth a listen:

Guns N Roses - Ain’t It Fun (orig. Rocket From The Tombs)
Senseless Things - Answering Machine (The Replacements)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)
Redd Kross - Yesterday Once More (The Carpenters)
Seaweed - Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac)
Joyrider - Rush Hour (Jane Wiedlin)
Metallica - Tuesday’s Gone (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Jimmy Eat World - Firestarter (Prodigy)

And I heartily recommend buying both Guns N Roses’ Spaghetti Incident and Metallica’s Garage Inc - 2 excellent covers albums.

Posted on Fri, 2 January 2004 at 21:36

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White Psycho wrote:

NOFX’s cover of Radio by Rancid is pretty damn good

Posted on Fri, 2 January 2004 at 21:45

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Bad Karma wrote:

REM covered I Will Survive the old Gloria Gaynor song,its not one of the best covers you will ever hear but REM fans might find it interesting.

Posted on Sat, 3 January 2004 at 17:43

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hawk wrote: