The best ever cover version (IMO)

mctrials23 said:
best cover in my oppinion is puff daddys ill be missing you.

Much much better than the police's ill be watching you
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha ad infinitum. I think you're very much in the minority with that one :)

Some of my fave covers:

Gun - Word Up
Little Angels - Tired of Waiting
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Dixy Chicks - You Can't hurry Love (not sure why I like that one :D)
 
SOAD's cover of Berlin's Metro is pretty good IMO. I dont know waht my "best cover ever" would be, there are too many good covers to list and it seems to change from month to month.

I enjoy Sepultura's cover of Symptom of the Universe and Fear Factory's cover of Cars too, but best I dont really know.

Tough question!
 
see, theres best cover.. and then theres "cover that out-does the original"

thats a good cover no doubt, but it doesnt out-do the original :)

Guns n' Roses' - Live n let die and Nightwish's - The snowman (walking in the air) are 2 covers that i think completely beat the originals in every aspect :)
 
cleanbluesky said:
Tool's best cover is in fact a cover of one of their own song - either Third Eye or Pushit...
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Sorry, what?

How does a band go about covering their own songs exactly? If you're referrring to tracks on Salival which were live recordings then yes I agree that they're both excellent, but a band playing their own songs live can make whatever changes they like and you can't really refer to them as 'covers'.
 
I like Feeder's Power of Love, and Can't Stand Losing You isn't too shabby either.

Ms Jackson by the Vines deserves an honourable mention.
 
Thought of a couple more decent covers -

Steppenwolf Feat. Philip Steir - Magic Carpet Ride (more of a remix than a cover)
Cranberries - Go Your Own Way
 
VaderDSL said:
Children of Bodom's cover of The Trooper :)
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Their cover of Europe's The Final Countdown is far superior.

Other great covers:

Ultraviolence's cover of Sabbath's Paranoid.

Pitchshifter's cover of Big Black's Kerosene.

Easyworld's cover of Hopelessly devoted from the Grease soundrack.

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Can't believe nobody's mentioned Jeff Buckley's cover of Hallelujah :eek:

Closely followed by Ryan Adam's version of Wonderwall - love how he takes a whole different angle on it

I'm also a big fan of Ben Harper's cover of Strawberry Fields Forever and (please don't dismiss this too lightly) William Shatner and Joe Jackson's odd cover of Common People
 
j00ni said:
I'm also a big fan of Ben Harper's cover of Strawberry Fields Forever
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Where can I get hold of that? Im sure I have all his albums, but Ive never heard of that?

Cheers. :)
 
Gilly said:
A cover of Kate Wiedlin's Rush Hour.

Can't remember who it was by. Might have been Joyrider.

Also Gun's cover of Cameo's Word Up.
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Yup, Joyrider (Jane Wiedlin btw :p)

Word up is a great cover, so is AAF's smooth criminal and Metallica's go at Whisky in the Jar
 
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