Great Cover Versions.

[cats56]

Most cover versions suck. A couple that are huge improvements on the originals are:

Damien Lovelock's cover of Disco Inferno. Takes disco and makes it into a killer rock track. Burn,Baby Burn! Burn Your Mother Down!

Hindu Love God's version of Princes' Raspberry Beret. Warren Zevon with REM (minus Michael Stipe).

Any others?

 

[Eriiin]

New Found Glory - My Heart Will Go On

 

[Hanis]

Satisfaction - Devo

End of Thread

 

[oxx]

Tainted Love - Marilyn Manson

 

[raskolnikov]

UB40 - Red Red Wine

 

[Crucial]

Joe Cocker

 

[CURVE]

Satisfaction - Devo

End of Thread

Especially the Booji Boy Mix.


HELTER SKELTER - Siouxsie & the Banshees
WITCHITA LINEMAN - The Clouds

 

[CarterS]

Emerson Lake & Palmer - Fanfare for the common man
Neil young - four strong winds
Yes - America

 

[weevil]

Madness - It Must be Love

Gary Jules - Mad World

Beastie Boys - Benny And The Jets

William Shatner - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

 

[embleygirl]

Build Me Up Buttercup - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.

 

[bradrowe#32]

Dave Grohl's version of 'With Arms Wide Open' was pretty ace.

 

[finbarr]

William Shatner - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Don't forget his wonderful version of 'Rocket Man'.

 

[IDGAF]

Gary Jules - Mad World

Yes..... Big yes

Used magnificently in Donnie Darko

So friggin haunting and "apt"

 

[IDGAF]

Damien Lovelock's cover of Disco Inferno. Takes disco and makes it into a killer rock track. Burn,Baby Burn! Burn Your Mother Down!

Another big yes , don`t think all that many people know about it . Got the video on tape from one old rage episodes from the late 80`s .

Damien Lovelock is cooler than cool

 

[IDGAF]

Favourite all time cover

Metallica - Stone cold crazy .

They ripped that song a new ar.sehole .....magnificent

Rollins and the Hards Ons doing "Let there be rock" is right up there as well

 

[weevil]

Crikey...just remembered that 2 of my very favourite tracks of all time were both covers:

The Pogues - Dirty old town

The Specials - A Message to You Rudy

 

[Monkster]

I quite actually like Nickleback - Saturday Nights Alright For Fighting

 

[oaksy]

Damien Lovelock is cooler than cool

this name sounds familiar. is this the guy on the world game?

UB40 - Red Red Wine

who did the original?

 

[whythelongface]

this name sounds familiar. is this the guy on the world game?


who did the original?

Yes as well as lead singer of the legendary Celibate Rifles.

Red Red Wine - I know Neil Diamond did a version - not sure if it was the original.

 

[Monkster]

Yes as well as lead singer of the legendary Celibate Rifles.

Red Red Wine - I know Neil Diamond did a version - not sure if it was the original.

twas indeed the original

 

[Fall Out Boy]

Ben Kweller - Ice Ice Baby

Absolutely brilliant.

 

[ExTasDeeMan]

Listening to it now:

the Lemonheads: Mrs Robinson

 

[leni]

Listening to it now:

the Lemonheads: Mrs Robinson

Holy **** yeah! Forgot all about that one.

 

[Slander]

Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (Originally by Dylan)
Soundgarden - Rusty Cage (Johnny Cash)

 

[Lenny Briscoe]

Build Me Up Buttercup - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.

phantom of the opera by the gimme gimmes is better