cool/un-cool covers

[Kastman]

What are some covers that you think are cool or shit.

cool:
Twist and shout (Nirvana)
Ms Jackson (The Vines)
I don't wanna miss a thing (New found Glory)
Everyhting i do, i do it for you (New found Glory)

un-cool:
Uptown girl (Weezer) (more of a hatred for that song than weezer, weezer rules)
Eye of the tiger (Green Day) (possibly coz it's live, hard to heere properly)
Every breath you take (Millencollin)

half cool half un-cool:
Mrs Robinson (Pennywise)

[The Postmaster General]

Cool -

"Across The Universe" - Fiona Apple




Uncool -

"People Are Strange" - Echo and the Bunnymen

[edonline]

There's a punk band called Me First and the Gimme Gimme's who have done several cover versions, all of which are very good. They have a few albums which are available and I think many of the songs are available for download through Kazaa, etc. Definitely worth checking out.

Among the songs they've covered are:

All My Loving
Blowin' in the Wind
Danny's Song
Different Drum
Don't Cry for Me Agentina
Fire And Rain
I Am A Rock
I Only Want to Be With You
I Sing the Body Electric
Leaving On A Jet Plane
Mandy
Me & Julio Down By The Schoolyard
My Boyfriend's Back
Nobody Does It Better
One Tin Soldier
Over the Rainbow
Phantom of the Opera Song
Rainbow Connection
Rocket Man
Runaway
Science Fiction/Double Feature
Seasons In The Sun
Sloop John B
Stand by Your Man
Stepping Out
Sweet Caroline
Tomorrow
Uptown Girl
What I Did for Love
Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)
Will You Love Me Tomorrow

[Psychocandy]

Cool - Alphabet Street by The Jesus & Mary Chain

Uncool - The Tide Is High by Atomic Kitten

Cool - Tower Of Song by The Jesus & Mary Chain

Uncool - Suspicious Minds by Gareth Gates

Cool - Sufin' USA by The Jesus & Mary Chain

Uncool - Light My Fire by Will Young

Cool - Who Do You Love by The Jesus & Mary Chain

Uncool - The entire content of the new Erasure album

Cool - My Girl by The Jesus & Mary Chain

Uncool - Uptown Girl by Westlife (although in this instance it was a case of trying to polish a turd)

[bob]

EXTREMELY UNCOOL:

"Dear Prudence" by Siouxsie and the Banshees

[paul calf]

cool
suspicious minds-fine young canabals
something's gotten hold of my heart-mark almond ft gene pitney
my generation-oasis
unchained melody-the righteous brothers
hit me baby one more time-travis
3 is the magic number-embrace
people are strange-echo and the bunnymen(sorry bubba little disagreement)
nothing compares 2 u-sinead o'conner
uncool
garath gates's whole catalogue of cover vertion's
westlife's whole catalogue of cover vertion's
sign of the times-simple minds
smooth criminal-alien ant farm
american pie-madona(why girl why)

[Morgana]

Cool:

You Really Got Me - Van Halen
Come Together - Aerosmith
River Deep, Mountain High - Erasure

Uncool:

I purge these from my memory as soon as I hear them, so I can't name any at the moment.

[SubMethod]

cool

Landslide - Smashing Pumpkins
99 Luftballoons - Goldfinger

uncool

Landslide - Dixie Chicks
Blue Monday - Orgy

[BloodiedCelticVengeance]

Originally posted by bob
EXTREMELY UNCOOL:

"Dear Prudence" by Siouxsie and the Banshees

I TOTALLY agree... Siouxsie is way to cool to be covering such a lame-ass fuckin' tune...

[BakeTheMooCow]

Cool
Tool - Demon Cleaner
Tool - Strangehold
HIM - Wicked Game
Faith No More - Easy
Gus - Don't Fear The Reaper
Ryan Adams - Wonderwall
Nirvana - Plateau
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

Uncool
Avril Lavigne - Chop Suey
Sheryl Crow - Sweet Child O Mine
All Saints - Under The Bridge
Britney Spears - I Love Rock n Roll

[Dignan]

I'm a BIG fan of the Gimmees!
Gimmees friggin rule! Their cover of "Sciece Fiction Double Feature "is SO GREAT!
DOWNLOAD IT! NOW!!!!!!!!!

[Corporal_Hicks]

One I like is
Fear Factory- Here in my Car

One I detest is
Avril Lavinge- Chop Suey

[bowieee]

Cool:


I don't wanna grow up: The Ramones

Hallejuiah: John Cale

I can't forget: The Pixies

Blitzkrieg Bop: Rob Zombie

briar and the Rose: Holly Cole

Wicked Game: HIM

Don't fear the Reaper: HIM

Always crashing in the same car: King black Acid


Uncool:

Sweet child of mine: Sheryl Crow

Hallejuiah: Rufus Wainright (A Blatent copy of Cales cover)

[BadCoverVersion]

Coooooooooool~

*Jealous Guy - Bryan Ferry
*Nobody Does It Better - Radiohead
*Billie Jean - Ian Brown
*Disco 2000 - Nick Cave
*Don't Leave Me This Way - The Communards
*Step On - The Happy Mondays
*Amsterdam - David Bowie/Scott Walker
*Tainted Love - Soft Cell
*Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart - Marc Almond & Gene Pitney

I'll have to have a think about the bad 'un's...there are quite a few.

[the fly2003]

supercool

some like it hot-the power station
american pie-madona
spirit in the sky-garath gates
smooth criminal-sum 41

not cool at all

substitute-steriophonic's
kiss-prince
do they know its christnas-band aid 2

[edonline]

Originally posted by the fly2003
...
not cool at all

...
kiss-prince
...

Prince wrote and performed the original version of Kiss, so I don't think it could technically be called a cover version.

[BloodiedCelticVengeance]

Here's 50 kick-ass, very cool covers... and one ULTIMATE...

Tunes in alphabetical order:

ALL THE YOUNG DUDES ~ Gene Loves Jezebel
ALL THE YOUNG DUDES ~ Mott The Hoople
ALONE AGAIN, OR ~ The Damned
AS TEARS GO BY ~ Marianne Faithful
BALL OF CONFUSION ~ Love and Rockets
BALLROOM BLITZ ~ The Damned
CALIFORNIA SUN ~ The Ramones
CHINESE ROCKS ~ The Ramones
COLD GIN ~ The Replacements
CRIMSON AND CLOVER ~ Joan Jett
CRIMSON AND CLOVER ~ The Velvet Underground
DENIS ~ Blondie
GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY ~ Johnny Cash
GUNS OF BRIXTON ~ The Dropkick Murphys
HEARTBREAK HOTEL ~ The Vandals
HEROES ~ Trance To The Sun
HIGHER GROUND ~ Red Hot Chili Peppers
HOW SOON IS NOW ~ Love Spit Love
I FEEL ALRIGHT ~ The Damned
I FOUGHT THE LAW ~ The Clash
IKO IKO ~ The Belle Starrs
IN A GADDA DA VIDDA ~ Slayer
I WANT CANDY ~ Bow Wow Wow
KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR ~ Guns n' Roses
LIKE A HURRICANE ~ The Mission UK
LOUIE, LOUIE ~ Black Flag
MAGGIE'S FARM ~ The Specials
MORE, MORE, MORE ~ Babes In Toyland
MY BACK PAGES ~ The Byrds
96 TEARS ~ The Stranglers
NO FUN ~ The Sex Pistols
NOTHING COMPARES 2 U ~ Sinead O'Connor
PANIC IN DETROIT ~ Christian Death
(The) PASSENGER ~ Siouxsie and the Banshees
POLICE AND THIEVES ~ The Clash
RED RED WINE ~ UB40
RING OF FIRE ~ Social Distortion
SATURDAY NIGHT ~ Ned's Atomic Dustbin
SCHOOL'S OUT ~ 45 Grave
SEE EMILY PLAY ~ David Bowie
SORROW ~ David Bowie
SPIRIT IN THE SKY ~ Doctor and the Medics
STEPPING STONE ~ The Sex Pistols
STONE COLD CRAZY ~ Metallica
SURFING BIRD ~ The Ramones
SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THESE) ~ Marilyn Manson
TOP OF THE WORLD ~ Shonen Knife
VIVA LAS VEGAS ~ Dead Kennedys
WILD HORSES ~ The Sundays
ZIGGY STARDUST ~ Bauhaus

And, the COOLEST cover of all time:

MY WAY ~ Sid Vicious


Bad covers to follow soon....

[paul calf]

Originally posted by the fly2003
supercool

some like it hot-the power station
american pie-madona
spirit in the sky-garath gates
smooth criminal-sum 41

not cool at all

substitute-steriophonic's
kiss-prince
do they know its christnas-band aid 2

not only is the prince version the original and best,but i think it was alien ant farm who did smooth criminal,i am not sure if you are having a laugh or not.

[bob]

Originally posted by BloodiedCelticVengeance
I TOTALLY agree... Siouxsie is way to cool to be covering such a lame-ass fuckin' tune...

Ya cut me, BloodiedCelticVengeance, ya cut me deep.

[SubMethod]

Another awesome cover I just recalled is Johnny Cash's cover of Personal Jesus. Has anybody else heard this?

[bowieee]

Originally posted by SubMethod
Another awesome cover I just recalled is Johnny Cash's cover of Personal Jesus. Has anybody else heard this?

Yup it kicks mucho ass.

[Kastman]

i heard the avril lavigne cover of chop suey, what a bloody joke.

[Raymond Babbit]

COOL
Draggin' The Line- REM
So Tired- Green Day
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away- Eddie Vedder
My Generation- Green Day

UNCOOL
Eye Of The Tiger- Green Day

OK
Mad World- Whoever covered it in Donnie Darko


Also, I've heard the REM song Super-man was a cover. Could someone tell me what song this was a cover of?

[The Postmaster General]

Cool -

99 Red Balloons - 7 SECONDS


Uncool -

99 Red Balloons - Goldfinger.



:) Sorry Sub, it just always seemed wrong to me that Goldfinger covered that one.

[The Postmaster General]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by BloodiedCelticVengeance

ALONE AGAIN, OR ~ The Damned



Thanks! I didn't know that was out there. Great stuff!



I FOUGHT THE LAW ~ The Clash


Don't forget the Dead Kennedys more skewed version. :)

[Grebdron]

Here's a couple bad ones...

Kelly Osbourne-Pappa Don't Preach

Johnny Cash-His new cover of the NIN song


Good...

Lemonheads-Mrs. Robinson

[Annie Hall]

Cool Covers
Across the Universe-Rufus Wainwright
Mad World-Gary Jules
Phantom of the Opera-Me First and the Gimme Gimme's
Twist and Shout-The Beatles (has no one else mentioned this??)
One-Aimee Mann
Baby One More Time-Travis

Uncool covers
Across the Universe-Fiona Apple
Tiny Dancer-Tim McGraw
Uptown Girl-Weezer, evidently

And, bowieee, I'm not quite sure how this works...but...the version Wainwright 'copied' was in Shrek, and Wainwright just did the vocals for the CD. I'm not sure why, but, he may have been asked to just sing the other fellows part?

[The Postmaster General]

Originally posted by Annie Hall
Across the Universe-Fiona Apple


I love that version, but clearly hear the complaints that she sounds like she's asleep while singing, or jst isn't trying very hard.

[The Postmaster General]

Originally posted by Annie Hall

Uptown Girl-whoever covered it.


Weezer?

[Annie Hall]

Originally posted by BubbaStrangelove
I love that version, but clearly hear the complaints that she sounds like she's asleep while singing, or jst isn't trying very hard.

I don't know...I'm not sure why I don't like it, it just doesn't have enough chutzbah for my tastes. I like that song when it's beautiful but hits ya hard.

[NumberMSO52]

Cool:
Shai Hulud - Fearless Vampire Killers (bad brains)
Shai Hulud - Linoleum (NOFX)
Shai Hulud - Damage Inc. (metallica)
Screeching Weasel - I can see clearly (not sure who)
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - I would walk 500 Miles (proclaimers)
Charles Bronson - Punch Drunk (husker du)
Snapcase - She (misfits)
NOFX - Last Caress (misfits)

Uncool:
Everything else by me first and the gimme gimmes
Face to Face - Merchandise (fugazi)
Any band who has covered Baba O Riley, EVER

[SubMethod]

Originally posted by BubbaStrangelove
Cool -

99 Red Balloons - 7 SECONDS


Uncool -

99 Red Balloons - Goldfinger.



:) Sorry Sub, it just always seemed wrong to me that Goldfinger covered that one.

It's cool, I'll have to check out the 7 seconds version.

[BakeTheMooCow]

Simon and Garfunkel's cover of Cats In The Cradle is good too

[BadCoverVersion]

Originally posted by Annie Hall
Uptown Girl-Weezer, evidently

I dunno about Weezer....but Westlife did a godawful version for Comic Relief...*shudder*...truly awful.

[NuclearMisfit]

Deadsys cover of "Just like heaven" by The Cure, Sounds cool and eerie. I also like Mrs Jackson by The Vines, its basically one of the few songs I like by the Vines

[killswitch]

Some Covers I Like

Strawberry Fields Forever - Ben Harper
She - Snapcase
How Soon Is Now - Quicksand
Glory Of Love - New Found Glory
Hurt - Johnny Cash
To Have And To Hold - Deftones

I'm sure theres others I just can't think of them...as for ones I don't dig well that goes for just about any nu-metal band who released a cover as a single.

[Caranmetiel]

cool:

across the universe- fiona apple
the devil went down to georgia- blues traveler
unchained melody- U2

uncool:

pretty woman- van halen
i'm a believer- smashmouth


undecided:

me and julio- dave matthews band
i will survive- cake

[TATU]

Cool: Highway 2 Hell- Marilyn Manson
Blizkreig Bop-Rob Zombie
SO TOTALLY NOT COOOLLLLL
Johny Cash-Hurt (Nine Inch Nails cover.)
also cool Rob Zombie-Children of The Grave

[free]

Cool:

Phish - Helter Skelter
Phish - Why Don't We do it in the Road
Phish - Revolution (pretty much all of Phish's White Album covers)
Class of '99 - Another Brick in the Wall part 2

UnCool:

Avril "Lat"rine - Chop Suey (did she even know the words?)
Jewel - Sweet Home Alabama
Madona - American Pie

[Indiana Sev]

In the uncool category there are many but the king of all awful cover versions belongs to MADONNA,who managed to cover one of my all time favourite songs and stripped it of all it's beauty, meaning and resonance. If that wasn't enough, Ciccone then used said cover song in one of her turd movies. Shame on her for covering it and shame on me for not doing everything in my power to stop that massacre. The song is...

AMERICAN PIE.

"...the day the music died." Indeed!

:mad:

[Splendiferous]

Avril Lavigne tried to sing Chop Suey? It's a sign of the Apocylypse!!! Run away!!!

Cool

Marylin Manson - Tainted Love - one of his few good songs
Eddie Murphey - I'm a believer - from Shrek.
Metallica - Whiskey in Jar
koRn - Lowrider
Limp Bizkit - Faith
Cradle of Filth - Hallowed Be Thy Name
Mr. Bean and the Smear Campaign - Elected
Ozzy Osbourne - Pictures of Matchstick Men and Staying Alive. Go to kaZaa and download them NOW, they're brilliant!

UNcool

Holly Valance - Kiss kiss. Even the Arabic version was better!!!
Puff Daddy - I'll be Missing You. I was missing the Police, that's for sure.
Reel Big Fish + A1 - Take on Me. the first was bad enough.
Atomic Kitten - Tide is high + Eternal Flame. Dear God.
Nirvana - Mrs. Robinson - Leave Simon+Garfunkel alone!!! :mad:

In fact, almost any cover nowadays is shit. I'm picky :p

[Sick Benny]

Good
marilyn manson - the kkk took my baby away / five to one/sweet dreams

smashing pumpkins - rudolph the rednosed reinder! /landslide/dreaming

Pixies - cactus

no doubt : it'd the end of the world as we know it

Sixpence none the richer - don't dream it'S oer

- Dope - you spin me right round (that song is dope!!!!!!)

- him - wicked game / rebell jell

- lemonheads - mrs robinson

- jack off jill - lovesong

- orgy - blue monday

- rammstein - stripped

- soad - metro

- love spit love - how soon is now?


...and many more i can' t think of......


and now the bad ones
- first of all that crappy shitty cheap techno covers....they suck!!!!
- tori amos - enjoy the silence
- no use for a name - enjoy the silence
- tatu - how soon is now?
- britney spears - i love rocknroll/ i can't get no staisfaction
- a new found glory - you're still the one
....and many many more........

[Sick Benny]

Originally posted by Splendiferous
[
UNcool

Holly Valance - Kiss kiss. Even the Arabic version was better!!!
[/B]


you mean the original TURKISH verison....not arabic.....nevertheless i thought hollys cover wasn't THAT bad !

[electriclite]

COOL


PJ Harvey - Shot of Love

PJ Harvey - Wang Dang Doodle

Liz Phair - Beginning to See the Light

U2 - Happiness is a Warm Gun

U2 - Dancing Barefoot

The Breeders - Happiness is Warm Gun

Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Passenger

Michael Hutchence - The Passenger

Eddie Vedder - You've got to Hide Your Love Away

Pete Yorn - Panic

Pearl Jam - Baba O'Riley

The Ramones - Have You Ever Seen the Rain?

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Teenager in Love

Wilco - Airline to Heaven

Travis - Hit Me Baby One More Time (Hy-fucking-sterical!)

Aimee Mann - Sweet Home Alabama (Live)




UNCOOL

Puff Daddy - Come with me (GRRRRR!)

The Wallflowers - Heroes

Whatever British tarts covered "Under the Bridge"!

P.O.D. - Bullet the Blue Sky

Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide

[Romero&Juliet]

KOOL

Sonic Youth-Into The Groove(madonna)
Smapshing Pumpkins-Girl Called Sandoz(The Animals)
Them-Its All over Now, baby Blue(Bob Dylan)
White Stripes-John The Revelator(Son House)
Albert Collins-Hoodoo Man(Vic Spivey)
Lemonheads-Mrs. Robinson(Simon And Garfunkel)
Blind Melon-Candy Says(The Velvet Underground)
Dave Bromberg-Mr. Bojangles(Jerrry Jeff Walker)
Shawn Phillips-Coal Tattoo(Billy Ed Wheeler)

[PrettyInPink]

Cool.....

Marc Almond & Gene Pitney...Something Gotta Hold
Will Young...Light My Fire
Wet Wet Wet...Love Is All Around
Blue & Elton John...Sorry Seems To Be
UB40...I Cant Help Falling In Love
UB40...Red Red Wine

Uncool....

Garath Gates...Anything
Atomic Kitten...The Tide Is High
Kelly Osbourne...Papa Dont Preach
Steps...Tragedy
The Sex Pistols...My Way

[Splendiferous]

Originally posted by Sick Benny
you mean the original TURKISH verison....not arabic.....nevertheless i thought hollys cover wasn't THAT bad !

I'm half-arab, I've heard the arabic version, and it's better than the Turkish version ;)

But still not very good :p

[BadCoverVersion]

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease tell me that somebody else (anybody else) likes Marilyn Manson's cover of GOLDEN YEARS.

Sorry, I actually like it...:(, quite a lot when all is said and done.

[Sigur509]

Cool

Johnny Cash - Hurt
Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide
Foo Fighters - Stairway to Heaven
Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana - Man Who Sold The World

Not Cool

Dixie Chicks - Landslide

[the night watchman]

Originally posted by Sigur509

Not Cool

Dixie Chicks - Landslide


Hallafuckinlooya! It's not as though the Dixie Chicks suck ass through a garden hose to begin with, but to foul The Mac with this pathetic pop-country rendition puts them in the trunk with Earl.

Kool:

Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide (how ya cover a song right)
1000 Homo DJs (Trent Reznor) - Supernaut
Cash - Hurt
Foo Fighters - Baker Street
Foo Fighters - Down in the Park (love & kisses, thedarklamb :p )

[electriclite]

Originally posted by the night watchman
but to foul The Mac with this pathetic pop-country rendition puts them in the trunk with Earl.



Nice alliteration! And I agree, except I didn't dig the Pumpkins rendition either.


Different strokes.

[Sick Benny]

Originally posted by Splendiferous
I'm half-arab, I've heard the arabic version, and it's better than the Turkish version ;)

But still not very good :p

ooh......:eek:
I didn't know that there was an arabic version too....:o

damn..... how many versions does this song have....i've heard in in soooo many languages......
well whatever....:p

[George vader]

Faith No More-War Pigs.

[the night watchman]

Originally posted by electriclite
Nice alliteration!

:) Thanks. I was drunk.

[Corporal_Hicks]

Type O Negative- Summer Breeze= Cool

[SubMethod]

Hit Me Baby One More Time - Travis

I just downloaded it and it's one of the funniest but coolest covers I've ever heard.

[the night watchman]

Originally posted by Corporal_Hicks
Type O Negative- Summer Breeze= Cool

Good call, Corporal. I also like their cover of "Black Sabbath."

[Lady Summerisle]

WAY UNCOOL

Michael Stipe -I WILL SURVIVE He sings it like Donna Summer in low key and on quaaludes.

Devo- HEAD LIKE A HOLE
My friend punished me for making him play this song.
The high falsetto "Money!" puts the turd at the top of the tier on this one.

COOL

Mark Patton - The casio remake of HIT ME BABY ONE MORE TIME complete with dog barks.

Anything by Dread Zepplin. KASHMIR is awesome with an Elvis impersonator lead singer.

Pat Benatar - WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Annie Lenox- Don't Let It Bring You Down

Frente - BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE done with lovely guitar accompaniment.

[Corpse Candle]

Atari Teenage Riot-If the kids are united

TerrorVision-You really got a hold on me

Duran Duran-Perfect Day

Duran Duran-Watching the detectives

Buffalo Tom-Going Under ground

H-Blocx-The Power (you may hate it but I like it)

These next ones should be humainly destroyed:

Disturbed-Shout

Vex Red-Genie in a Bottle(They were a back up band on Terror visions last London gig and they fucking terrible).

[Kastman]

OOOH I JUST REMEMBERED A REALLY REALLY SHIT ONE.




I love rock and roll - Britney spears

[Sigur509]

A great one is on the new White Stripes CD "Elephant"
it is called "Just dont know what to do with myself"

[Horror_Master3]

Beware I like a lot of covers...

COOL
C.O.F.: Hell Awaits
Slayer: All their covers rule!
Earth Crisis: Paint it Black
Marilyn Manson: any cover
megadeth: Anarchy in The u.k.
mike patton: six pack
Gary Jules: Mad World
Mr.Bungle: One More Time
Voivod: In league With Satan
Motorhead: Enter Sandman
Ugly Kid Joe: Cats in the Cradle
various artists: Both Nativity in Black Albums
Guns n Roses: Look at Your Game Girl
Limp Bizkit: Faith
Kid Rock: Legs
Reel Big Fish:Take on me
S.O.A.D.: Metro

Uncool
Alien Ant Farm: Smooth Criminal
Hotel California: Whoever covered it with different lyrics
Kelly Osbourne: Papa Don't Preach
Smashmouth: I'm A Believer

[retardinAz]

Whoa, whoa, whoa...how can we have a discussion of covers both good and bad with absolutely nobody mentioning the greatest cover of all time. A cover so good, that when the original artist performs the song live, he performs it in the style of the cover. Of course I am talking about the classic Jimi Hendrix version of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower".


Some other sweet covers are:

- Johnny Cash "Hurt" (NIN)
- A New Found Glory "The Neverending Story"
- The Bloodhound Gang "Along Comes Mary" (The Association)
- Class of '99 "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2" (Pink Floyd)
- Foo Fighters "Baker Street" (Gerry Rafferty)
- System of a Down "Legend of Zelda"
- The Lone Rangers "Degenerated" (Reagan Youth)
- Five Knuckle Shuffle "We Want the Airwaves" (The Ramones)
- Five Knuckle Shuffle "What's My Name?" (Snoop Dogg)

Uncool:

- Madonna "American Pie"
- Avril "Chop Suey"

[electriclite]

Originally posted by NumberMSO52

Any band who has covered Baba O Riley, EVER


Hey, Pearl Jam does a great cover of it live. I swear!

[the night watchman]

Kool

"She Don't Use Jelly" - Ben Folds Five

[Kastman]

Uncool

Radiohead - Wish you were here (Pink FLoyd)

Cool

Radiohead - WOnderwall (oasis)

[Jewbo]

COOL:

White Stripes - i just dont know what to do with myself
White Stripes - farmer john
White Stripes - wayfering stranger
White Stripes - blackjack davey
White Stripes - for the love of ivy
White Stripes - stop breaking down
White Stripes - louie louie
White Stripes - one more cup of coffee
White Stripes - lovesick
White Stripes - rated X
White Stripes - jolene
White Stripes - look me over closely
White Stripes - baby blue
White Stripes - one night with you
White Stripes - death letter
White Stripes - jack the ripper
White Stripes - john the reverlator
White Stripes - cold brains
White Stripes - fragile girl
White Stripes - good to me
cKy - eye of the tiger
cKy - 12 day of christmas
cKy - santa clause is coming to town

UNCOOL
anysong by westlife

[zeppelin]

I'll just name 2 cool covers that I don't think anyone's mentioned yet:

Tool- "No Quarter" (originally by Led Zeppelin)
Rage Against the Machine- "Ghost of Tom Joad" (originally by Bruce Springsteen)...actually pretty much any song on their "Renegades" CD

And I'll name one uncool one that's already been mentioned but it's worth mentioning again:

Smashmouth- "I'm a Believer" (originally by The Monkees)

[the night watchman]

Originally posted by zeppelin

And I'll name one uncool one that's already been mentioned but it's worth mentioning again:

Smashmouth- "I'm a Believer" (originally by The Monkees)

Yeah, any song "originally" by The Monkees has got to suck.:p

[AngelaHayes]

Cool Covers:

You guys have mentioned a lot of great ones but here's a few i didn't see mentioned...

Emiliana Torrini - "Stephanie Says", "I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You", "Ruby Tuesday", "Sounds Of Silence". (Sorry, i just really like Emiliana!)

Vanessa Paradis - "Across The Universe". I Also like Fiona Apple's version, she gives it a dreamy quality.

Ben Folds - "Tiny Dancer". It's just funny as hell!

Did anyone mention Marilyn Manson's cover of "Another Brick In The Wall Part II"? Cos it totally rules.

The cover George did of "Under The Milky Way" was beautiful.

Tears For Fears do a fab cover of Radiohead's "Creep", which kinda surprised me.

The Sundays - "Wild Horses". Except it reminds me of teen movies, which probably isn't a good sign!

Any cover done by Aimee Mann is brilliant! I love her "One".

Kasey Chambers does a killer cover of "True Colours" and also of "These Days" by Powderfinger, which is such a brilliant song to begin with, you wouldn't think any cover would do it justice, but Kasey's does.

Tori Amos - "I Don't Like Mondays". She also does a much better version of "Landslide" than the Dixie Chicks. Also a totally 'un-pop' version of "Losing My Religion", which is interesting, and certainly different.

Kinda liking Rufus Wainwright's version of "Across The Universe", i didn't at first, but now it's grown on me.

Rasputina - "This Little Piggy". I freaken love this!!! Download it - seriously it's a trip! They also do a kick ass version of "Wish You Were Here", which kinda makes you wonder why they never used cello in the original. OK, well it doesn't, but it's pretty good.

Cibo Matto - "About A Girl" & "Black Hole Sun" - bloody brilliant!

Fiona Apple does a cool cover of Bill Withers' "Use Me" and gives Jimi's "Angel" a good try. I like her, she rules.

The Brown Derbies - "Karma Police", love the vocals - bumbumbumbadabada!

Anything covered by Ben Harper. Especially lovin his "Get Up, Stand Up".

Eric Clapton doing "Romeo & Juliet" is fucken awesome! Still love my Dire Straits though.

Uncool:

Sarah McLachlan - "Unchained Melody". I just didn't like it, it bored me.

Robbie Williams' Sinatra covers annoy me, dunno why, i think its just him.

Wyclef Jean's version of "Wish You Were Here". It's actually not too bad but im not a fan of the 'beats' in this song, it doesn't work IMO.

Any pop covers of classic songs usually end up disasters, though unfortunately very popular among the masses. My god Attomic Kitten suck ass. Recently heard Shakaya's version of Jacko's "The Way You Make Me Feel" - what in the world were they thinking!?

[SubMethod]

a few more cool ones:

John Mayer - Message in a Bottle
Dave Grohl - his cover of Tiny Dancer and Stairway to Heaven on Craig Kilborne

[Jewbo]

Originally posted by SubMethod
a few more cool ones:


Dave Grohl - his cover of Tiny Dancer and Stairway to Heaven on Craig Kilborne

it was cool how he kept getting taylor to shout the lyrics to him. great stuff.

[SubMethod]

Just now I saw on Jimmy Kimmel Live one of the worst covers of all time. It was some new "punk", term used quite loosely, band called The Transplants. They covered White Riot by The Clash, and it was absolutely horrific. I think my ears almost started bleeding.

[TATU]

cool:
KoRn- We're Not Gonna Take It
NOFX- Iron Man- A punk tribute to Black Sabbath
NOFX-Crazy Train-A Punk Tribute to Black Sabbath
Bif Naked-We're Not Gonna Take It- A punk tribute to Twisted Sister
Slayer-Hand of Doom- A Metal tribute to Black Sabbath
Pantera-Paranoid-A Metal tribute to Black Sabbath
Cradle of Filth- Hallowed by Thy Name-A Hardcore Tribute to Iron Maiden
Motorhead- Enter Sandman
Fear Factory-Enter Sandman
Agent Orange-Seek and Destroy- A Punk Tribute to Metallica
Uncool:
Avril Lavigne-Chop Suey- A pop rock tribute to a Punk song that never should've been done.

[izombie]

Cool

Cinnamon Girl - Type O Negative

UnCool

Hiway Star - Type O Negative

They are one of my favorite bands but they just murdered the cover of that tune :(

[SIREN30]

Not sure if these have been mentioned before but some cool covers are

Angie-Tori Amos
Smells Like Teen Spirit-Tori Amos
Thank You-Tori Amos
Since You've Asked-Jane Monheit
Summer Breeze-Type O Negative
I Can't Help Falling In Love With You-Bono

Uncool Covers (that I can think of right now)

Don't You Forget About Me-Life of Agony (agony is right!)
Sarah McLachlan-Unchained Melody (whatever
:rolleyes: it's very pretentious, though I thought she could do no wrong)
Sheryl Crow-Sweet Child of Mine (unnecessary is the word)

[Kastman]

BUMP A DOODLY


HERE IS SOME COOL COVERS:

Less than Jake - I think I love you
Less than Jake - We go together (from grease, hilarious)
Starting line - I'm real (j-lo)
Yellowcard - Everywhere (Michelle branch)
Bowling for soup - summer of 69
mxpx - summer of 69

[BadCoverVersion]

Update...


Coooooooooool~

*Jealous Guy - Bryan Ferry
*Nobody Does It Better - Radiohead
*Somewhere - Tom Waits
*Billie Jean - Ian Brown
*Disco 2000 - Nick Cave
*Don't Leave Me This Way - The Communards
*All Time High, Whiskey In The Jar - Pulp
*Step On - The Happy Mondays
*Amsterdam - David Bowie
*If You Go Away, Mathilde, Next - Scott Walker
*Tainted Love - Soft Cell
*Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart - Marc Almond & Gene Pitney
*I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself, Jack The Ripper, Louie, Louie, Jolene - The White Stripes
*Golden Years – Marilyn Manson
*Cosmic Dancer - Morrissey

[Paterfamilias]

Originally posted by the night watchman
Yeah, any song "originally" by The Monkees has got to suck.:p

AAHH, not so fast: Steppin Stone by Minor Threat kicks ass!

Some more Good:

Dead Milkmen - Rocketship (Daniel Johnston)

Henry Rollins - Ex Lion Tamer (Wire)

Dickies - Paranoid, Silent Night, many others

Johnny Cash - Hurt (NIN) The video kicks complete ass!

Royal Crescent Mob - Love Rollercoaster (Ohio Players)

Red Hot Chile Peppers - Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)

Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven (The Cure)

Jimi Hendrix - in addition to the afore mentioned All Along the Watchtower, he does great versions of Sunshine of your Love by Cream and Wild Thing.

I don't remember the band, but someone did a cover of an Easy -E song a couple of years ago that was great. They did it acoustic and slow. It started "Woke up late at about noon, just thought that I had to be in Compton soon" Great stuff!

BAD:

Any attempt to cover Fugazi. Even the Red Hot Chile Peppers, who I love, tried to do Waiting Room live and F'd it up.

[Harry Hood]

Someone up there mentioned Jolene by the White STripes. Is this a cover of the Spring Heeled Jack song? If so I'm very interested.


Oh yeh , and SHJ did a great cover of Makisupa Policeman by Phish.

[Invincible]

Originally posted by BakeTheMooCow

Avril Lavigne - Chop Suey


Yer wha de fuck? :confused: when was this?

[Invincible]

Ok, I just listened to this Chop Suey cover...what a piece of shit! :mad: her voice is so friggin annoying.

[electriclite]

COOL

Listening to Annie Lennox right now and am reminded of her all covers album "Medusa":

Train in Vain

Whiter Shade of Pale

No More I Love You's

etc...

and a b-side of Ladies of the Canyon by Joni Mitchell

John Frusciante - I Feel Love (Donna Summer) (LIVE)

He did this both times I saw the Chili Peppers live. Flea gave up a the wicked disco bassline and John just belted it out. So funny and SOOO COOL!

[POLYDISTORTION]

P - Dancing Queen (ABBA)
U2 - Pop Muzik (M)
Tears For Fears - Ashes To Ashes (Bowie)
Built To Spill - Free Byrd (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Pet Shop Boys - Girls+Boys (Blur)
Faith No More - Easy (Lionel Ritchie)
Mr Bungle - Working For The Weekend (Loverboy)
Counting Crows - The Ghost In You (Psychedelic Furs)
Edie Brickell - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (Dylan)
Failure - Enjoy The Silence (Depeche Mode)
George Michael - The First Time Ever I Saw Yor Face(Roberta Flack)
Gipsy Kings - Hotel California (Eagles)
311 - White Man In Hammersmith Palais (The Clash)
The Who - Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) (Elton John)
Gin Blossoms - Christine Sixteen (KISS)
Tori Amos - Losing My Religion (R.E.M.))
Everclear - American Girl (Tom Petty)
Cheap Trick - Cold Turkey (Lennon)
Sonic Youth - Superstar (Carpenters)
Garbage - Kick My Ass (Vic Chestnut)
Pearl Jam - Crazy Mary (Lucilda Williams)
The Sundays - Wild Horses (The Rolling Stones)
The Koobas - The First Cut Is The Deepest (Cat Stevens)
Foo Fighters - Baker's Street (Gerry Rafferty)
Fear Factory - Cars (Gary Numan)
Smashing Pumpkins - Clones (We Are All) (Alice Cooper)
Fiona Apple - Across The Universe (Beatles)
NIN - Dead Souls (Joy Division)

Uncool:
Metallica - 53 & 3rd (Ramones)
The Corrs - Dreams (Fleetwood Mac)
Cocodrile Shop - Let's Go To Bed (The Cure)
Information Society - One (U2)
Dj Sammy - Heaven (Bryan Adams)

[the night watchman]

quote:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Originally posted by the night watchman
Yeah, any song "originally" by The Monkees has got to suck.
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Originally posted by Paterfamilias
AAHH, not so fast: Steppin Stone by Minor Threat kicks ass!



Well, you know what they say about silk purses and sow's ears.;)

[Ren Hoek]

Cool Randy Newman covers:
THREE DOG NIGHT - Mama Told Me Not to Come
HARRY NILSSON - Living Without You & Vine St.

Extremely UNcool Randy Newman covers:
JOE COCKER - You Can Leave Your Hat on (actually, EVERY Joe Cocker cover version is shite)
TOM JONES & STEREOPHONICS - Mama Told Me Not to Come...ugh! :rolleyes:

[badberry]

Some cool ones:

Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons (love it)
gob - Paint it Black
Anything by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Metallica - Astronomy, Turn the Page
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams
Ataris - Boys of Summer
3rd Strike - Paranoid

[Kastman]

http://www.raceworx.com/funnypics/dumb%20people.jpg


oh wait i created it:) ;)

[kidkre0le]

Originally posted by zeppelin
Tool- "No Quarter" (originally by Led Zeppelin)
Rage Against the Machine- "Ghost of Tom Joad" (originally by Bruce Springsteen)

YEAH!

Cool
Machinehead- Message in a Bottle (The Police)
Kidneythieves- Crazy (Patsy Cline, written by Willie Nelson)
Disturbed- Shout 2000 (Tears for Fears)


Uncool
Sugar Ray- Abracadabra

[SteveSzyk]

The greatest cover in the history of music IMHO is ...

Tricky's Black Steel. Martina's vocals are incredible and the music is so fuckin cool. More of an interpretation than a cover, I will even go as far as saying it demolished the great originial Public Enemy song.

Tricky has also done alot of other covers. His best are:

Tattoo
Children's Story
Mellow
Singing the Blues
1 Da Women (Cover of the Wonder Woman theme song)

However, BlowBack produced one of the most horrid covers I've heard. That of Nirvana's Something in the Way.

Other great covers include Eve's rendition of No, No, No. Not much twist, but it works great.

Mariah Carey's Bringin' On the Heartbreak is great stuff from a nosediving artist.

And Johnny Cash's version of Bride Over Troubled Water is one of the worst songs I have ever heard.

[Squid Vicious]

Cool:

Faith No More - War Pigs (Black Sabbath)
Faith No More - Easy (Lionel Richie)
Mike Patton - Six Pack (Black Flag)
Dillinger Escape Plan & Mike Patton - Like I Love You (Justin Timberlake) :D
System of a Down - Snowblind (Black Sabbath)
Machine Head - Message in a Bottle (The Police)
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Havana Affair (The Ramones)
Radiohead - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
Devo - I Can't Get No Satisfaction (Rolling Stones)
Sepultura - Bullet the Blue Sky (U2)
Rob Zombie - Blitzkrieg Bop (The Ramones)

And, most importantly...

Ed the Sock - You May Be Right (Billy Joel) :D :D :D

Uncool:

Madonna - American Pie (Don McLean)
Avril Lavigne - Chop Suey (System of a Down)
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams (The Eurythmics)
Type O Negative - Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath)
U2 - Beat on the Brat (The Ramones)
All Saints - Under the Bridge (Red Hot Chilli Peppers)
Kelly Osbourne - Papa Don't Preach (Madonna)
Smash Mouth - I'm a Believer (The Monkees)

[Kastman]

Ataris - Boys of summer
Less than Jake - Summer nights
Less than Jake - Greased Lightning
Noise Ratchet - Crush (Mandy Moore)

[Corporal_Hicks]

Tori Amos- Raining Blood was good. I like how it was slower and had gave off more feelings of sadness.

[Sparrow]

I can't stand Tori Amos in general but her cover of Joni Mitchell's "River" is very nice.

I also like:

Marilyn Manson's "Sweet Dreams"

John Meyer's "Brown Eyed Girl"

any Ramones cover

Sinead O'Connor's "The Parting Glass"

Oasis' "My Generation"

Blues Traveller/Dave Matthews "Gin and Juice"

Gary Jules' "Mad World"

[Nachokoolaid]

I always liked Manson's cover of "Sweet Dreams."

And it goes without saying, but the best cover of all time is without a doubt, "All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix. He took that song to another level.

[the night watchman]

How about Winger's "Purple Sky?" Now that's rock at its finest.

[Tommy Doyle]

lol! I'm not even gonna post a list! I'll be massacred!!

I think half of the covers that were listed as un-cool outdo the originals!!! :D I'd be stoned to death!!

Oh, I will say that I think Sarah McLachlan's cover of Dear God is one of the most fantastic cover songs I've ever heard!!

[bob]

The White Stripes have a lot of great covers, but none better than "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself".

[Quiver]

For the record, I usually dont listen to much on the radio, Alot of it (even the rock stations), sound like crap to me, mainly cause they play the same songs over and over, and then other new bands make new songs that sound the same as the old songs and they get played over and over... ad infinitum (did I use that phrase correctly?)

But I digress. I just heard the Atari's "Boys of Summer" cover, and for some reason, it really stuck with me. The best cover song that I have heard is Rob Zombie's cover of "Brick House" on the Ho1KC sound track. Just awesome!

[ANavissi500]

VERY COOL - Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies - Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

[Shatter]

Cool
Tougher Than The Rest -Chris Ledoux
Your Mama Don't Dance -Poison
Smokin' In The Boy's Room -Motley Crue
We're Not Gonna Take It -Bif Naked

Uncool
I Drove All Night -Celine Dion
Thunder Road -Frankie Goes To Hollywood

[Shakamaker]

v.cool

Yul Anderson - 'All Along The Watchtower' (Dylan) - surprisingly cool cover!

Dread Zeppelin's first album, 'Un-Led-Ed'. Very cool parody.

v.uncool

Guns N Roses - 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door'

and, of course, any covers by this man...

http://www.lauraforever.com/mbonthenet/images/mboltlg.jpg

Biggest. Wanker. Ever.

[Helter-Skelter]

I LOATHE Lenny Kravitz's "American Woman", what a far, far cry from The Guess Who's awesome orginal, which rocks harder in almost every conceivable way than Kravitz's shitty version....

[Fabius Bile]

Cool
Yngwie Malmsteen-Flight of the Bumblebee
Megadeth-Paranoid
Megadeth-No More Mr. Niceguy
Motorhead-God Save the Queen
Metallica-Whiskey in the Jar
Metallica-Die, Die, Die my Darling
The Ataris-Boys of Summer
Skid Row-Psycho Therapy
Iced Earth-Hallowed be Thy Name
Iced Earth-Burnin' for You
Blind Guardian-Surfin' USA
Nirvana-Lake of Fire


Awful
Avril Lavigne-Fuel
Limp Bizkit-Sanitarium
Limp Bizkit-Faith (the original wasn't that great either...)
Korn-One
NIN-Symphony of Destruction
Snoop Dogg-Sad but True (pure sacrelidge.....)

[Frank the Tank]

I just heard an awsome cover of Dramarama's Anything Anything by Buckcherry and it rules.

[Dorff]

I can't necessarily say I hate AFI's version of the Misfits song 'Halloween' since I practically live for AFI, but I just wasn't feeling it.

[Raoul Duke]

Good Covers
Anything by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. I like this band, it's formed from members of NOFX, Lagwagon and a couple others and they only do covers of songs. I'd recommend listening to their version of Elton John's Rocketman, great stuff!


Bad Covers
Avirl Lavigne - Chop Suey
Smash Mouth - I'm A Believer
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams & Tainted Love

[Fabius Bile]

Cool:
Anything Apocalyptica covers-mostly Metallica. Their version of Hall of the Mountain King is sweeet!!!!

Nightwish-Over the Hills and Far Away-cool opera/metal stuff

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by Fabius Bile
Cool:
Anything Apocalyptica covers-mostly Metallica. Their version of Hall of the Mountain King is sweeet!!!!

Nightwish-Over the Hills and Far Away-cool opera/metal stuff


Check out Savatage's Prelude to Madness for a great metal version of Grieg's Hall of the Mountain King; then follow it up with Savatage's original song called Hall of the Mountain King.

[electriclite]

Originally posted by Fabius Bile



Awful

Korn-One




OH! OH! OOOOOOH!!!!


Consequences and reprocussions! Consequences and reprocussions!!


When and where did this horrific act occur!! Someone must pay for this! I demand retribution!!!

[flowrchild]

That is just the end of the world right there :eek:

It's bad enough I ever have to listen to Korn while quickly flipping them off my radio dial, but now I have to risk the possibility of hearing them bastardize one of the best songs from my favorite band?

Lord have mercy.

[Frank the Tank]

Originally posted by electriclite
OH! OH! OOOOOOH!!!!


Consequences and reprocussions! Consequences and reprocussions!!


When and where did this horrific act occur!! Someone must pay for this! I demand retribution!!!

MTV ICON: Metallica

You haven't heard anything until you heard Limp Bizkit cover Sanitarium.

[asyouwish530]

Sheryl Crow. This dumb bitch has ripped songs from everyone, Led Zeppelin to Cat Stevens. I hope her desperate unoriginality embarasses her. It is noted that, yes, she does write her own songs and provides the world that's interested with some incredibly atrocious crap, but is that supposed to qualify her to cover a classic rock tune once every few years?

She might take a cue from her male counterpart, Kid Rock, and be a piece of untalented trash which belongs back in the dark forgotten realms of obscurity. Also, her teeth are fake.

[Tom Samborski]

Best

Johnny Cash- Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)
Johnny Cash- I Won't Back Down (Tom Petty)
Run DMC & Aerosmith- Walk This Way
Nirvana- The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie)


Worst

Van Halen- Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison)
Avirl Lavigne- Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan)
Kelly Osbourne- Papa Don't Preach (Madonna)
Madonna- American Pie

[SubMethod]

Anybody else heard Cat Power's version of the Oasis hit Wonderwall? I recently downloaded an album or bootleg, not sure which, of hers called Clear the Room - Rarities, and it is an extension of her covers session. Her version of Wonderwall is in my opinion even better than Ryan Adams'.

[arto_j]

The best cover songs, according to me :

Are You Lonesome Tonight? by Norah Jones
Whiskey in the Jar by Metallica
All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix
Wicked Game by HIM
Baker Street by Foo Fighters
Jolene by The White Stripes
Killing Me Softly by the Fugees
Over the Hills and Far Away by Nightwish
Gimme Gimme Gimme by Synergy
Sweet Dreams by Marilyn Manson
Fire by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Das Model by Rammstein
Still Loving You by Sonata Arctica

and

Unforgiven by Apocalyptica

Probably forgetting some, but these off the top of my head.

[A.J. Hakari]

Best: "Ben" by Crispin Glover
Worst: Just look at the tracks on any Kidz Bop CD

[darchangel]

cool:

"american woman"- lenny kravitz
"killing me softly"- the fugees
"pretty woman"- van halen
"live and let die"- guns n roses
"knockin' on heaven's door"- guns n roses
"tiny dancer"- dave grohl
"all along the watchtower"- jimi hendrix
"hard to handle"- the black crowes
"nothing compares 2 U"- sinead o'connor
"hurt"- johnny cash
"boys of summer"- the ataris
"keep on lovin' you"- the donnas
"strutter"- the donnas
"99 red balloons"- goldfinger
"tainted love"- marilyn manson
"cinnamon girl"- type o negative
"message in a bottle"- john mayer
"wild thing"- joan jett
"go your own way"- cranberries

uncool:

"i love rock and roll"- britney spears (otherwise known as the worst cover of all time)
"papa don't preach"- kelly osbourne
"crazy train" (techno shit mix)- madonna
"american pie"- madonna
"drift away"- uncle kracker
"i drove all night"- celine dion
"iron man"- busta rhymes
"landslide"- dixie chicks
"enter sandman"- nirvana (before anyone freaks out, just download it and see ;))


"talk hard. steal the air."

~darchangel~

[Grouchu]

Originally posted by BakeTheMooCow
Uncool
Avril Lavigne - Chop Suey
[/B]

Wow. I hadn't realized she'd done a cover. I guess it's good that up until today, I had no idea. But now...knowledge of it is eating away at my brain. Out, I say!

Cool
System of a Down - The Metro
:)

[Hucksta G]

Cool

Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Deftones - The Chauffer
Gary Jules - Mad World
Limp Bizkit - Faith
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams
Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World

[notchreturns]

Radiohead rarely does covers, but when they do, they're quite awesome.

So...

Radiohead - The Thief (Can)
Radiohead - Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon)

Oh and,

Pixies - Wild Honey Pie (The Beatles)
Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
Jeff Buckley - Hallejuah (Leonard Cohen)
Pearl Jam - Baba O' Reilly - (The Who)

[SubMethod]

I just downloaded a very weird yet cool cover it's

The Darkness - Street Spirit (Fade Out)

Apparently they do it a lot because its in many of their live shows. I got this copy off of that bootleg site that Romero posted.

[Luke-Abbott]

Foo Fighters feat. Brain May - Have a Cigar
A cover from Pink Floyd, aint heard the original so I don't know how this one compares to it but its still a cool song nonetheless (can be found on the Mission Impossible 2 soundtrack).

[Tayzlor]

Here's some recent good/bad covers released as singles.

Good:
Eddie Vedder: You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Foo Fighters: Darling Nikki
Johnny Cash: Hurt
Michael Andews: Mad World
No Doubt: It's My Life
White Stripes: I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

Bad:
311: Love Song
Alien Ant Farm: Smooth Criminal
Ataris: The Boys Of Summer
Limp Bizkit: Behind Blue Eyes
Marilyn Manson: Tainted Love

[Frank the Tank]

Thought of a few more good covers

Iced Earth's Transylvania (Iron Maiden)
Both Iced Earth and Cradle Of Filth's covers of Hallowed Be Thy Name
In Flames - Eye Of The Beholder (Metallica)

[Spacey_Norton21]

Originally posted by BloodiedCelticVengeance
I TOTALLY agree... Siouxsie is way to cool to be covering such a lame-ass fuckin' tune...


Dear Prudence is a a great fucking song! It's on of my favorites of off White Album Disc 1. I don't see why you don't like it...

anyways.

Cool Covers-

Hendrix- All Along the Watchtower

Nirvana- Man Who Sold the World/ all of the covers on MTV unplugged cause thats a great fuckin album!

Eddie Vedder- Hide your Love Away

Gary Jules & Michael Andrews- Mad World

Twist And Shout- The Beatles

Bad Covers

Anything by Limp Bizkit or shitty bands like that, (ie-kidz bop, etc)

[Raymond Babbit]

Good covers:
Orgy- Blue Monday
Nirvana- Man Who Sold the World
R.E.M.- Superman
R.E.M.- Love Is All Around
Eddie Vedder- Hide Your Love Away
Foo Fighters- Darling Nikki


Bad covers
When I Come Around (not the Green Day version, some slow, shitty piano version I heard. Don't know who did it, but it was a woman)
Fell in Love with a Boy (once again, don't know the singer, didn't like it enough to find out)

[Dead Halloween]

Cool
Mad World - Gary Jules
The Man who sold the world - Nirvana
Boys of summer - The Ataris
Wicked Game - HIM
Big in Japan - Guano Apes
Bizarre Love Triangle - Frente!
I wanna be sedated - The Offspring
Enjoy the Silence - ??? (It was in the Depeche Mode Tribute)
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Faith - Limp Biskit
Feelings - The Offspring
Knocking on Heaven's door - Guns n' Roses
Sweet Dreams - Marilyn Manson

Uncool
Take my breath away - Jessica Simpson
I love rock n' roll - Britney Spears
Anything from Puff Daddy/P diddy
Little respect - Weathus (sp?)

[chasingbanky]

Cool

Hey Joe - Led Zeppelin (Hendrix)

It's All Over now - Social Distortion (Stones)

Ball and chain - Eddie Vedder, Beck, and Mike Ness (Social Distortion)

Telling them - Face to face (Social D)

KKK took my baby away - Misfits (Ramones)

Brown eyed girl - Pennywise (Van Morison)



Not cool

Another brick in the wall - Marliyn Manson (Floyd)

Fight for your right - Pennywise (Beastie Boys)



Those are all ones I've been listening to recently