Mostly I don't like covers, but there are some remarkable exceptions.

Like this one <<Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence>>:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4

Or this <<triggerfinger - Follow rivers>>:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzWQV5OiQQQ

And this <<Walk off the Earth - Somebody That I Used to Know>>:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9NF2edxy-M

Any you like?

Too lazy to post links, but:

Faith No More - "War Pigs" (Black Sabbath)
Metallica - "Stone Cold Crazy" (Queen)
Sepultura - "The Hunt" (New Model Army)

Also, Heart does some great covers live. Lots of Zeppelin and my favorite, the Who's "Love, Reign O'er Me".

I've always been a big fan of any cover done by Guns 'n' Roses. Awesome talent.

Also, 311 did a real nice job of covering "Love Song" (The Cure).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egX9ZDaIrkU

Dutchy wrote:

Mostly I don't like covers, but there are some remarkable exceptions.

Like this one <<Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence>>:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4


And this <<Walk off the Earth - Somebody That I Used to Know>>:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9NF2edxy-M

Any you like?

I hadn't seem these. They were Phenomenal. I could have done without the triggerfinger. Perhaps since I didn't know the original.


I always like this one The video and the music are both great works building upon NIN original.

Johnny Cash--Hurt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt1Pwfnh5pc

"If it Be Your Will" - written by Leonard Cohen, covered by Antony (of Antony and the Johnsons)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MDlMdu2gjw

"Wichita Lineman" - written by Glenn Campbell, covered by Michael Stipe (of R.E.M.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QutLsCCY2yw

"Mad World" - written by Tears for Fears (I think), covered by Gary Jules

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4

A-ha's version of Crying in the Rain:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-WPexVEujg

The absolute best cover song of all time--Vanilla Fudge's rendition of the Supremes "You Keep Me Hanging On". They sound nothing alike, but I really like both of them.

All Along The Watchtower: Bob Dylan -> Jimi Hendrix
With Little Help From My Friends: The Beatles -> Joe Cocker
God Gave Rock'Roll To You: Argent -> Kiss
Since You've Been Gone: Russ Ballard -> Rainbow
In The Army Now: Bolland & Bolland -> Status Quo -> Sabaton

Just heard an AWFUL one the other day

Limp Biscuit doing George Michael's Faith


H O R R I B L E !!

Motorhead & Girlschool - Please Don't Touch (Johnny Kidd & the Pirates) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0PtwL3C7LA
Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4
Brian May & Kerry Ellis - Parisienne Walkways (Gary Moore) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLe32FDeZk0
Chingon - Malaguena Salerosa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCDf3XQKKKA
Baskery - I'm on Fire (Bruce Springsteen) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGLEDq4lDZw
Baskery - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfa-WG4tkQc
Sabaton - Långa bollar på Bengt (Svenne Rubins Cover song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we8zlAFWKFc
Thin Lizzy - Rosalie (Bob Seger) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSo9CC2wKVI
Blackmore's Night - Wish you were here (Rednex) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoYbVosc93U

Joe Cocker was big in covering too!
"Unchain my Heart" is probably the best example.
Nicely done!

No Tax On Rotax

Groovy Kind of Love by Phil Collins.

notaxonrotax wrote:

Joe Cocker was big in covering too!
"Unchain my Heart" is probably the best example.
Nicely done!

No Tax On Rotax

He also did a very good version of Come together for the Across the universe film.
https://youtu.be/r534TLlvPSg

727LOVER wrote:

Just heard an AWFUL one the other day

Limp Biscuit doing George Michael's Faith


H O R R I B L E !!

Anything Fred Durst touches is by definition horrible. That guy is such a hack.

Faith no More - Easy
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
Adrenaline Mob - Come Undone
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
Jonnie Cash - Hurt
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes

Gotthard - Mighty Quinn (Bob Dylan) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iG7r9HBNeU
Miss Li - I See A Star (Mouth & Mac Neal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O4DT_S_7NU
Veronica Maggio - Il ragazzo della via Gluck / Lyckliga Gatan (Adriano Celentano / Anna-Lena Löfgren) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao0RVmoNUtc

There's the Scissor Sisters cover of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb." I could write a long description for this one but I'll just leave it at saying they transformed Pink Floyd's all-time famous juggernaut into a disturbingly credible midtempo nu-disco track:

Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKQEbhf0PwE

Okay, enough covers, time to break the rules of the thread!

I don't think a rendition of a traditional song is a cover, exactly, but The Be Good Tanyas' take on "The Coo Coo Bird" is unexpected and darkly bewitching. Neko Case taught me that a banjo could be sinister, The Be Good Tanyas taught me a fiddle could be transdimensional, and both taught me that women are *real* good at conjuring up sounds that make me remember being a kid and watching the inevitability of an approaching prairie thunderstorm. Call it midwestern gothic?

The Be Good Tanyas - The Coo Coo Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-roAKCSZ6Z8

...and for shiggles, here's Neko Case with that sinister banjo (and a DC-9 or descendant of such visible on the album cover):

Neko Case - Things That Scare Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBLI9jq6tUY

A big favorite for a while has been Wye Oak's live session cover of "Running Up That Hill" by Kate Bush. You may remember that Wye Oak had a smash that was featured in an episode of The Walking Dead. They're a duo from Baltimore, people might balk at calling them indie now because they had a couple radio hits, but they still play tons of small venues and really are regular-ass people. If you heard their music first and found out there's a duo after, you might be blown away because they sound so much *bigger.* They weave rock soundscapes that are by turns brooding, full-throated, aggressive, eventually dissolving into shoegazey static at the peaks. The Kate Bush cover was performed for The A.V. Club, who deleted the video, so this is a re-upload.

Wye Oak - Running Up That Hill (The A.V. Club session): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyVQrsXXSW8

And some Bonus Wye Oak tracks here, an acoustic rendition (Jenn only, no drums) of their smash "Civilian," and for fans or if you fancy darker and more brooding (and more electric), their rendition of "Plains" for KEXP at the Triple Door in Seattle.

Wye Oak - Civilian (Hauskonzerte session): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5B4KS7GP9A
Wye Oak - Plains (KEXP Triple Door Session): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lpjEpHjC3o

And finally, not a cover but a remix: Kruder & Dorfmeister's take of Lamb's "Trans Fatty Acid," from their remix double album The K&D Sessions. In the original, K&D heard a strange juxtaposition of hopeful lyrics with a relentless crunching drum and bass line and a slowly building barrage of parking-garage-esque buzzy synths. From it they pulled a knockout performance from a lounge singer gone big time, heavy still on the drums and bass, jazzy, rich, even atmospheric at times... and in a busy venue with a dining area.

You'll like the remix better but it's worth a listen to the original to see just how radical the remix truly is.

Lamb - Trans Fatty Acid - K&D Sessions remix - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYnrtGCgsM8
Lamb - Trans Fatty Acid - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRF80TuHhVk

Enjoy!

Hey guys
BEST:
Sharleen Spiteri of 'Texas' fame covering the Beatles 'Across the Universe'.....
Disturbed covering 'Sounds of Silence'.....
Adele covering INXS' 'Never Tear Us Apart'..... Well, supposedly wink
Natalie Imbruglia covering 'Torn'.....
Mary J Blige and U2 covering U2's own 'One'.....
Tina Turner's movie version of 'Proud Mary'..... (My favourite female vocal performance of all time)
Tina Arena's version of Lone Justice's 'Show Me Heaven'.....
George Michael's 'Five Live' EP cover of Queen's 'Somebody to Love'....
WORST:
Limp Bizcuit's cover of George Michael's 'Faith'....
Madonna's cover of 'American Pie'....
Cheers,
Bunumuring

U2 - Unchained Melody (Todd Duncan) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1j_vyQrWO4
Helloween -Sheer Heart Attack (Queen) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyyM_klkDa8
Metallica - Stone Cold Crazy (Queen) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mVsOf4UT2E
Meat Loaf - Rock´N´Roll Dreams Come Through (Jim Steinman) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7-i43W4mqw

Kiwirob wrote:

Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes

Not really a cover since Bowie wrote it for Mott the Hoople.

99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger
Fantasy by Black Box featuring Martha Wash
All Out Of Love by Soluna
Holding Out For A Hero by Emery
No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) by kd lang and Andy Bell

Did Eric Johnson ever do a cover of "Along The Watchtower"? I went to a Joe Satriani concert in Portland one time. There was an opening act who used a foot recorder and kept laying riff after riff to play "Watchtower" by himself. It was pretty cool.

Stairway to heaven : Far Corporation

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sl3ZwbGlkzc

A couple great covers of Eddie Cochran songs:
Summertime Blues - The Who
C'Mon Everybody - Humble Pie

Also like Judas Priest's version of Joan Baez' Diamonds and Rust on their live album

One of my real Favorites - "America" by Yes - a cover of one of Paul Simon's great tunes

Probably the best ever is Jimi Hendrix' version of All Along the Watchtower. Dave Mason's take on it was pretty good as well.
A lot of artists have covered other Bob Dylan songs over the years, some that come immediately to mind
Blowin' in the Wind - Peter, Paul and Mary
Knockin' on Heaven's Door - both Gun 'N' Roses and Eric Clapton

Blind Guardian - Spread your wings (Queen)
Blind Guardian - Surfin' USA (Beach Boys)
Alien - Only one woman (The Marbles?)
Slaptones - Please don't

johns624 wrote:

Kiwirob wrote:

Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes

Not really a cover since Bowie wrote it for Mott the Hoople.

woops I had it round the wrong way Bowie wrote it, Mott released it in 72 and he started playing it live in 73. Odd to think Bowie was covering his own song.

Dutchy wrote:

Mostly I don't like covers, but there are some remarkable exceptions.

The same here, 98% of all cover songs don't work for me. A great exception is:

casinterest wrote:

Johnny Cash--Hurt

Kiwirob wrote:

Jonnie Cash - Hurt

Kiwirob wrote:

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

I love this song. To be honest, I even didn't know it is a cover song.

Another one, which is not so well known - very 80ies-like:
Midge Ure - No Regrets (original by Walker Brothers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7UWSPSWCP8

N14AZ wrote:

Kiwirob wrote:

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

I love this song. To be honest, I even didn't know it is a cover song.

Tron was written by a band called Ednaswap, first released in Danish by Lis Sørensen in 93, then by Ednaswap in 95, again by Norwegian Trine Rein in 96 and finally the version that everyone outside Northern Europe knows in 97 by Natalie Imbruglia.

I also despise people covering Queen, with two exceptions Metellica Stone Cold Crazy and George Michael Somebody to Love. George would have been a much better stand in singer for Queen than Adam Lambert.

Oh, one I just thought off.

Eric Clapton covering Micheal Jackson who covered Yellow : Behind the Mask

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECqW4pt6-JQ

BTW, worth watching just for the All Star Band......Makes Ringo's All Star Band look sort of sad.

Kiwirob wrote:

I also despise people covering Queen, with two exceptions Metellica Stone Cold Crazy and George Michael Somebody to Love.
George would have been a much better stand in singer for Queen than Adam Lambert.

I agree to a general extent but I do think the Helloween version of Sheer Heart Attack is a good one.

Joan Jett covering Crimson & Clover

Beatles covering Roll Over Beethoven

Toploader covering Dancing In The Moonlight

Thunderboltdrgn wrote:

I agree to a general extent but I do think the Helloween version of Sheer Heart Attack is a good one.

Roger sang Sheer Heart Attack, this version is pretty close to the Queen original.

jetwet1 wrote:

Stairway to heaven : Far Corporation

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sl3ZwbGlkzc

Hmmm, I often think there are songs for which cover versions should be prohibited, e.g. by the national government, by the UN or whatsoever... IMHO, this song belongs to this group of songs.

Then again, when I started listening to music I hated all stuff from the 70ies because at that time I considered it as Hippie Music. So the first time I heard Stairway to Heaven was actually the Version of Far Corporation. I said to a friend "wow, great song" and he (who died later because of drugs....) responded "If you like this song you should hear the original".

Problem is now, I head it too often and can't hear it anymore.... kind of a luxury problem, I admit.

Kiwirob wrote:

I also despise people covering Queen, with two exceptions Metellica Stone Cold Crazy and George Michael Somebody to Love. George would have been a much better stand in singer for Queen than Adam Lambert.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj2xE2mmxCg

Another epic cover: Rainbow's "Since you been gone" by the Brian May Band. Bit obscure but Dr Bri knocks it out of the park

Disturbed are great at throwing cover versions in on their albums.

One that has not been mentioned is Australian Pink Floyd. They actually tour year round (it seems year round anyway) doing their tribute to Pink Floyd. I have seen them numerous times and they just keep getting better. They are that well liked that they were given the original stage sets used by Floyd after playing at a Birthday party for Dave Gilmour. Having seen Pink Floyd at Knebworth (way back when) the chance to see the next best thing is not something to be sneezed at.