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Old 09-18-2008, 12:41 AM
 
Location: England/Wales
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Old 09-18-2008, 10:04 AM
 
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There's really no covers that are much better than the originals IMO but these are well done ones:

The Tea Party-Paint It Black (Rolling Stones)
Shiner-Making Love (Foreigner)
Deftones- No Ordinary Love (Sade)
Deftones-The Chauffeur (Duran Duran)
Jawbox- Conflake Girl (Tori Amos)
Modest Mouse-South of Heaven (Slayer)
A Perfect Circle-The Nurse Who Loved Me (Failure)
Failure-Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode)
Fear Factory-Cars (Gary Numan)
Nine Inch Nails-Metal (Gary Numan)
Nine Inch Nails-Get Down Make Love (Queen)
Nine Inch Nails-(You're So) Physical (Adam Ant)
Johnny Cash-Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)
Breaking Benjamin-Aenima (Tool)
Nirvana-Molly's Lips (The Vasolines)
Nirvana-The Man who Sold The World (David Bowie)
Thrice-Eleanor Rigby (Beatles)
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Old 09-18-2008, 10:39 AM
 
Location: Wichita,Kansas
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Im forever blowing bubbles by Cockney Rejects horrible cover!
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Old 09-18-2008, 01:28 PM
 
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My favs off the top of my head

Jane's Addiction cover of Sympathy for the Devil by The Stones and Ripple by The Dead.

STP- Revolution

MDC-Politician by Cream

ZZ Top- Jailhouse Rock

Christy McCall- Days by The Kinks

Gratefull Dead- Spoonfull by Willy Dixon

Zep-Anything by Willy Dixon

Jeff Beck-Aint Superstitous- Willy Dixon

Iron Maiden-Cross Eyed Mary

BAD

Great White-Once Bitten

Worst

John Mellonhead- Wild Nights

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Old 09-18-2008, 01:34 PM
 
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My favorite covers:

A Perfect Circle - Imagine (John Lennon)
Bauhaus - Severance (Dead Can Dance)
Exodus - Lowrider (War)
Judas Priest - The Green Manalishi (Fleetwood Mac)
Judas Priest - Diamonds and Rust (Joan Baez)
Metallica - The Wait (Killing Joke)
Pantera - Planet Caravan (Black Sabbath)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Love Rollercoaster (The Ohio Players)
Seether - River of Deceit (Mad Season)
Slayer - Hand of Doom (Black Sabbath)
Testament - Nobody's Fault (Aerosmith)
Testament - Rapid Fire (Judas Priest)

And a couple that make me sick:

Nevermore - Love Bites (Judas Priest)
Sir Mix-a-Lot - Iron Man (Black Sabbath)
Soundgarden - The Girl U Want (Devo)
The Flying Lizards - Money (Beatles)
Type O Negative - Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath)
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Old 09-18-2008, 02:00 PM
 
Location: Matthews, NC
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YouTube - The White Stripes - Jolene
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Old 09-25-2008, 01:26 PM
 
Location: t' grim north
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I'm surprised people haven't mentioned Joe Cocker. I liked a few of his covers notably his cover of "With A little help from my friends," by the Beatles, which is arguably more famous than the original.
Sorry guys but I think NooYowkur81 nailed this one for the best, but what do I know. So good The Beatles stopped playing the original.

So just to breathe some new life in to the thread, which version of Leonard Cohen's classic track do you prefer - R.E.M. or Joe?


YouTube - R.E.M. vs. Joe Cocker - First We Take Manhattan

I vote R.E.M.
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Old 09-25-2008, 06:45 PM
 
Location: Vermont / NEK
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Ooh, that's quite a choice, but I'll take Joe's version. That gravelly voice with the female backups does it for me.
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Old 11-15-2008, 12:08 PM
 
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My favorite pianist, Bradley Joseph, does an amazing job with a solo piano version of "Fields of Gold" by Sting.
Amazon.com: Bradley Joseph : Piano Love Songs: Bradley Joseph: Music
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Old 11-15-2008, 01:28 PM
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Add on Smashmouth's "I'm a believer'' to the list of ones I despise.
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