What are your favorite song covers?

"konvikt said:

"Meltbrain said:

"Is anyone even bothering to read earlier posts?"

I did :)"

It seems you did, good for you sir. I'm also very glad you refrained from posting Disturbed's cover of "Shout", that's a really bad cover. -_-"

Black Magic Woman- Santana"

Here is a selection:

Crossroads by Cream is, suffice to say, the correct answer, that is if you play an instrument and have a blues background.

AFI did the cover of The Misfits' Halloween and I love it.

I like it when bands cover something and try to make it their own, while still holding true to the original artists' intentions.  With that said:

"AFI did the cover of The Misfits' Halloween and I love it."

Yeah, Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt is pretty incredible.

"Pearl Jam's version of The Who "Love Reign o'er Me", which would sound like pure blasphemy - until you hear it. (spellchecked)"

The Frays-Heartless

I like A Perfect Circle's rendition of Imagine, and Gary Jules' rendition of Mad World.  Both original songs are great, though.

Probably my favorite cover.  Barely a cover, though.  Sammy basically made this his own.  [original version by Jerry Jeff Walker]

There are a few.

1. Van Halen's version of "You Really Got Me"
2. Foo Fighter's Young Man Blues

Most of the ones I can think of off the top of my head have already been stated:

The Man Who Sold the World - Nirvana
Live and Let Die - Guns N Roses

Those are the two that came to mind first for me as well. I also agree with Captain Insano, I think Me First and the Gimme Gimmes are good. 

Also Matthew Good's cover of Moon Over Marin is better than the original by the Dead Kennedys in my opinion. If you're a Dead Kennedys fan you'll probably hate this version because it is so radically different from the original.

"lilburtonboy7489 said:

"Tool's cover of No Quarter "

OMFG!  How did I forget THIS one?  This one is a MILLION times better than the original.

Final Fantasy - Peach, Plum, Pear.

To avoid confusion Final Fantasy is the name of Owen Pallet's solo project. He is more commonly known as a member of The Arcade Fire. He openly admits the his stage name is based on the video game, and is a huge fan...so dont hate.

He covers Peach, Plum, Pear at his live shows. The song was written and performed by Joanna Newsom. She is a harpist, and singer, who is VERY polarizing. People either love her (myself) or hate her...many others.

"jakob187 said:

"lilburtonboy7489 said:

"Tool's cover of No Quarter "

OMFG!  How did I forget THIS one?  This one is a MILLION times better than the original.

You freaking serious?  Even putting Tool on the same playing field as Led Zeppelin is a disgrace to music! I think you need to listen to the original some more bro."

I'll keep playing a bit longer.


Cat Power - Sea of Love

I really liked Coldplay's cover of Joe Satriani's "If I Could Fly"

Add in all the Metroid covers Stemmage does.

METROID METAL FTW!

"I really liked Coldplay's cover of Joe Satriani's "If I Could Fly"

Wait a second....

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- The A Team - Birdy's version of the Ed Sheeran http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNrweTtLHXE

- Your Song - Ellie Goulding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpIKR99xkKU

- Grenade - Bruno Mars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk4DJQGStEY

- Take a bow - Rihanna http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWvQO0YyD6I