Best Cover songs

anksta · 24 Jan 2011 at 14:28

Need some good covers for my radio show tonight.

I'd like some good ones please, not obscure songs by obscure bands, they have to be songs/artists/bands people know so even if its amazing I won't be allowed to play it.

Will play any and all decent suggestions.

Number one will obviously be All Along the Watchtower

Prophet · 24 Jan 2011 at 14:35

Do a search on here it's been covered many times before.

anksta · 24 Jan 2011 at 14:37

yeah I did a quick search but have different criteria, and I am already in my pajamas

Grandmaster Fap! · 24 Jan 2011 at 14:43

Ronan Keating - Iris

******* hate it but he's well known and the song is too....

Jumblejug · 24 Jan 2011 at 14:44

Is 'A Perfect Circle' well known enough? They did a pretty good cover of Imagine

Ceryndrion · 24 Jan 2011 at 14:59

Twilight Guardians - La isla bonita
Placebo - Running up that hill
The Used & My Chemical Romance - under pressure
Seether - Careless whisper
Novaspace - beds are burning
Helloween - Hocus Pocus
Alestorm - Wolves of the sea
A.D.A.M Feat Amy - Zombie
Within Temptation - Running up that hill
Nightwish - Over the hills and far away
Tori Amos - Enjoy the silence

Amongst many others .. coversproject.com can be handy sometimes.

Lysander · 24 Jan 2011 at 15:01

This. One of the best covers I know, you must listen to it all.

Or for something male-fronted. The Who said that this cover of theirs was so good, it's how they wanted their original to sound.

TheCenturion · 24 Jan 2011 at 15:56

UB40 - Red Red Wine, Kingston Town, Can't Help Falling In Love, I Got You Babe

nydryl · 24 Jan 2011 at 15:59

Some good ones off the top of my head:

Johnny Cash - Hurt
Biffy Clyro - When We Collide
The Birds - Mr Tambourine Man
Happy Mondays - Step On
The Clash - I Fought the Law
Ryan Adams - Wonderwall
Nina Simone - Mr Bojangles

Deep · 24 Jan 2011 at 16:20

Muse - Feeling Good

lee32uk · 24 Jan 2011 at 16:35

Hendrix - Hey Joe
Nirvana - Man who sold the world

Jumblejug · 24 Jan 2011 at 17:46

Rod Stewart - Ruby Tuesday

Fenris · 24 Jan 2011 at 17:56

Incubus - Let's Go Crazy

ElvisFan · 24 Jan 2011 at 18:22

Elvis Presley - Bridge Over Troubled Water

Ahleckz · 24 Jan 2011 at 18:32

Nils Landgren - Funky Abba. It's an album and it's awesome.

atpbx · 24 Jan 2011 at 18:33

Gun- Word up.

Aman · 24 Jan 2011 at 18:34

White Lies - Love Lockdown
Kasabian - The sweet escape
The Dead Weather - are friends electric
Oasis - I am the walrus

Chojin · 24 Jan 2011 at 18:39

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q
Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar
Disturbed - Shout 2000

semi-pro waster · 24 Jan 2011 at 18:43

China Drum - Wuthering Heights (pure dead brilliant)

30 Seconds To Mars - Stronger (infinitely better than Kanye West)

There's loads but one that few people seem to know is even a cover: Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U.

physichull · 24 Jan 2011 at 18:43

atpbx said:
Gun- Word up.

Good suggestion.

Mine to add to the list though:

Nobody Does It Better - Radiohead.

Absolutely fantastic and original cover to a fantastic song (The Spy Who Loved Me).

Best Cover songs

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