Great Covers!

[kieranv]

Michael jackson - Come Together

Much better than the boring beatles version.

 

[simisker]

Johnny Cash, Hurt. Done, dusted, thread over.

Yes, it's a good cover, but credit where credit's due: a sizeable amount of the power of Johnny Cash's version comes from the excellent Mark Romanek-directed video.

 

[Gilly]

Mark Ronson - Valerie

 

[penski]

Ultraviolence - Paranoid

Any cover version that results in it's creator receiving death threats from hardcore Sabbath fans gets a thumbs up in my eyes.

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[semi-pro waster]

As before I think Johnny Cash - Hurt and Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower would be the best cover versions for me. Embrace - How Come cover that they did for the Live Lounge is actually pretty good though and I've also been listening to Infernal covering Self Control recently - not the best but not a bad stab at it considering they are cheesy Euro pop.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

So good, who can name the original without google?

 

[ergonomics]

beaten by the buckley one^

but still,
A Perfect Circle - Imagine

 

[Meridian]

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

So good, who can name the original without google?

Leonard Cohen?

Didn't google, but cheated a different way: read the album credits!


Janis Joplin: "Piece of My Heart".


And just to annoy the Zep fans: Ann and Nancy Wilson's live cover of "Battle of Evermore". Note that it's the version credited to Ann and Nancy Wilson, not the version credited to The Lovemongers - it works better when Ann sings in a lower register.


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[Deleted member 651465]

Live & Let Die - Guns N' Roses

 

["andy"]

the coma lilies - 4 just so right

this too

 

[MeatLoaf]

Meatloaf did a good cover of Gimmie Shelter by the Rolling Stones

 

[DaveMac]

Joy Divisions Dead Souls covered by Nine Inch Nails on The Crow OST.

 

[Outcast]

.Rod Stewart or Sheryl Crows versions of Cat Stevens "First cut is the deepest"

I like all three versions but the covers do seem to embed more emotion.

 

[khimbar]

Joy Divisions Dead Souls covered by Nine Inch Nails on The Crow OST.

Good choice.

 

[The Dread Pirate]

Nirvana - Lake Of Fire

Agreed


"Where do bad folks go when they dai..."

 

[stude1983]

another cover nirvana did i think is good is Love buzz

 

[lee32uk]

Nirvana covering Bowies The man who sold the world

And my fav cover of all is Roy Buchanan covering Down by the river (Neil Young)

 

[GeezerButler]

Another for Dead Souls by NIN.

Also liked Korn's version of Cameo's Word Up.

 

[[noodle]]

Muse's cover of Feeling Good.
Nightwish - Phantom Of The Opera.
Killswitch Engage's cover of Holy Diver, if not just for the video (

)

 

[Meridian]

Killswitch Engage's cover of Holy Diver, if not just for the video (

)

I'd file that under: why bother? He even sings like Dio. If you're going to do a cover, the point is to make it your own, not just impersonate the original surely?


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