Cover Songs.

[papershredder]

Some of my favorite covers:

Sepultura cover of New Model Army's "The Hunt" Followed by the original version




Judas Priest covering Joan Baez's "Diamonds and Rust"




Mastodon covering Alice In Chains "Again"


Clutch covering "Fortunate Son"


little known punk band from Detroit called Murder1 with Kid Rock guest vocals covering Marley's "No Woman No Cry"


Not a U2 fan, but I always liked their cover of "Paint it Black"

 

[ChezJfrey]

 

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[sirhrmechanic]

One of the great Covers Of all time…



Kris Kristoferson. Wrote it and bombed with it. Three or four other folks Recorded it. Janis Joplin recorded it hours before she died.

Sirhr

 

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Bom-Ba-Dee-Da
Bom-Ba-Dee-Da
Bom-Ba-Dee-Da
Bom-Ba-Dee-Da…

C'mon, @Alphatreedog, sing it with me!

 

[JoshPutman]

This is a pretty kick ass cover of a rock classic.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Anyone else Remember the 1980’s mall Singer craze? Well, this was one of the only really great covers to come out of a bad craze!!!

Sirhr

 

[DocRDS]

Johnny Cash "Hurt" will always be the hands down best cover (even Trent Reznor said "Its his song now). That whole album is just gold (American IV I beleive) level covers.

So as a distant second (its about to get dusty) Original: D. Bowie, Cover Peter Gabriel:

 

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STOP


THIS IS THE BEST COVER

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I CONTEND BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL.

Someone is cutting onions

 

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[TerryH]

Personally Dark side of the moon cannot be covered but a bloody good go by Atomic thus:

atom great gig in the sky - Google Search

 

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[Bender]

One of my favorites!

 

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One of my favorites!

Yep, and lots of folks don't know it's a Thin Lizzy song. In fact, I think that's one mark of a truly successful cover - when the song is far better-known by the cover than the original. Most of the ones I posted are in this category.

Edit: I should have mentioned that the song is centuries old (traditional Irish folk song). Thin Lizzy's version is closest to what Metallica was covering.

 

[Pharmseller]

Abomination.

Absolutely, irredeemably, undeniably horrible.





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[SharpsNitro]

I think Dio would approve.

Well, all of the band members are taller than Dio so that is something. Interesting, what’s the deal with follow on vids being completely different bands under the same name?

 

[Pharmseller]

I prefer this cover to the original.

 

[SharpsNitro]

How about worst cover? I would vote for Sweet Child of Mine by Sheryl Crow or Kashmir by Sean Combs (Eff his other names).

 

[Pharmseller]

How about worst cover? I would vote for Sweet Child of Mine by Sheryl Crow or Kashmir by Sean Combs (Eff his other names).

The Rush cover I mentioned is the worst, easy.




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[SharpsNitro]

Not sure I would call it a cover vs. a guest appearance but Alison Krauss singing These Dreams with Heart pretty much killed it.

 

[Eostech]

 

[SharpsNitro]

So, for all of the Bob Dylan haters out there… Yes, better performers have covered his work but without him we would be much poorer (i.e. no Hendrix cover of All Along the Watchtower). Hendrix even did an awesome Like Rolling Stone. Dude did pretty well selling his song catalog for $150M-200M at the age of 80.

That said, I like his sons work (solo and with the Wallflowers) more.

Another question is who is the best singer/songwriter. My vote would be John Hiatt, he’s had some great songs but I don’t think the artists covering him have done better.

 

[JR_77]

Not only one of the best country songs of all time but most people don’t know it was actually a cover by George Strait.

Amarillo by Morning was originally released in 1973 and sung by Terry Stafford who co-wrote it with Paul Fraser.

 

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Not only one of the best country songs of all time but most people don’t know it was actually a cover by George Strait.

Amarillo by Morning was originally released in 1973 and sung by Terry Stafford who co-wrote it with Paul Fraser.

My favorite GS song. Not at all surprising he didn't write it, but I was unaware it had been previously released by another artist. Great example of a cover so great that the covering artist "owns" the song.

 

[LawnMM]

 

[triumph001]

Anything Iron Horse does is worth a listen. I am not a bluegrass fan but these guys can always make my day better. I dont particularly enjoy Elton John‘s music but this I can listen too all day.

 

[acudaowner]

the cover song


the original song

 

[vh20]

the cover song


the original song

Isn't that the same dude?

 

[LeftyJason]

Cover


Original



Is it a cover if it's old classical?



Same group covered the same song twice with different singers. Keyboardist is the head of the group.


I like floor Jansen the second female better than tarja turunen. Floor is married to the drummer of sabaton (backward ball cap in 1916 video). I like Marko hietala the first dude and bassist better.

 

[todd]

Bom-Ba-Dee-Da
Bom-Ba-Dee-Da
Bom-Ba-Dee-Da
Bom-Ba-Dee-Da…

C'mon, @Alphatreedog, sing it with me!

 

[striped1]

the cover song


the original song

Joan Jet owns that one now. Way more than the original.

 

[vh20]

Thank you! I always thought VH covering Roy and Dale Rogers acapella was both funny and cool at the same time. I liked 'em both, but they are quite the juxtaposition.

@Alphatreedog - left me hangin', dude. So disappointed.

 

[fpgt72]

There are some really good ones in here, nice hearing the different versions. Some I like others not so much. A great many from Post Modern Jukebox are really good. I am going to link a couple here. The first one, much more famous then the original. The original is really vomit worthy, just horrid. Amazing another group saw this song and knew it could really be something. The two Postmodern the first I really like, the second they have done a few times with different singers, but I think she does it the best.

And while we are here on the second video, the postmodern, left to right 1,2 or 3. 2 has a voice that just hits me hard.

 

[Ruff 364]

Amazing cover...

 

[smithjd]

Velvet Revolver does some good covers:

 

[stemikel]

Upchurch cover for Alice In Chains’ Nutshell

 

[DocRDS]

Thou shalt not cover the Floyd (Even if one of them is a raging anti-semite)

For us blues enthusiasts:

 

[goatboy]

Driving cover of a Steve Miller classic

 

[Ronws]

Another cover that I like.

She covers "Shine" by Collective Soul.

 

[nesikabay]

This one is for frank .

 

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watch

 

[nesikabay]

A really good one

 

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watch

 

[papershredder]

The Sword covering Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song"


Corrosion of Conformity cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "On The Hunt"


Anthrax "Remember Tomorrow" originally by Iron Maiden


Ugly Kid Joe "Cats in the Cradle"

 

[SanPatHogger]

Government Mule covers a lot of musicians that I enjoy.

When I lived in NY I worked at a local tire/auto repair shop. Guy used to bring in an 80's Ford Escort diesel that he wouldn't get rid of because it was his dads.
He was the drummer for Government mule. I went and saw them at Mountain Jam.

 

[SanPatHogger]

Metallica covered "Stone cold crazy" from Queen. That one's pretty badass.
Godsmack has a few and they are all awesome.

 

[Govt Mule]

When I lived in NY I worked at a local tire/auto repair shop. Guy used to bring in an 80's Ford Escort diesel that he wouldn't get rid of because it was his dads.
He was the drummer for Government mule. I went and saw them at Mountain Jam.

Matt Aps

 

[Navy Gunner]

Cover of Rush’s “Anthem”. Never heard many good Rush covers.