Dont You (forget about me)

SpellboundByMetal · Post by **SpellboundByMetal** » Wednesday Oct 19, 2005

im kinda playing around with doing an 80's cover and making it kick ass. the definitive 80's song to me, is "dont you (forget about me)" by Simple Minds.
yes, i will admit it, the breakfast club kicked ass.
i think it will be a challenge.
hahahaha, or "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel....holy shit ...now that would be interesting.

ToonaRockGuy · Post by **ToonaRockGuy** » Wednesday Oct 19, 2005

Great idea for a topic!

What are your favorite remakes that kick ass?

I have a few...

"Hair Of The Dog" - Guns-N-Roses (Nazareth)
"Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" - Nickelback (Elton John)
"Shock The Monkey" - Coal Chamber feat. Ozzy (Peter Gabriel)
"Low Rider" - Gary Hoey (War)
"Earache My Eye" - Scatterbrain (Cheech & Chong)

Bert|Evil · Post by **Bert|Evil** » Wednesday Oct 19, 2005

"Saturday's Alright For Fighting" Flotsam & Jetsam
"Shout" (of the Tears for Fears variety) Disturbed
Dokken's "In My Dreams" by The Party (I'm kidding of course)
Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" by Faster Pussycat
Pink Floyd's "Run Like Hell" by Kittie
David Bowie/ Ziggy Stardust "Space Oddity" by Saigon Kick
Sarah McLachlan's "Possession" by Type O Negative
Berlin's "The Metro" by SOAD

Just to name a few!

Imgrimm01 · Post by **Imgrimm01** » Wednesday Oct 19, 2005

Gary Newman's " cars " By Fear Factory

nakedtwister · Post by **nakedtwister** » Wednesday Oct 19, 2005

Some of my all time favorite remakes are:

Simple Man - Shinedown
Signs - Tesla
Live and Let Die - GNR
Wiskey in a Jar - Metalica

GoneForever · Post by **GoneForever** » Wednesday Oct 19, 2005

Overkill-Changes(Black Sabbath)
Stept On-Nothing But A 'G' Thang(Snoop and Dre)
Me First And The Gimmie Gimmies-I Want To Hold Your Hand (Beatles)

I'll probably think of some more.

SpellboundByMetal · Post by **SpellboundByMetal** » Wednesday Oct 19, 2005

Type O negative never did "Possession". it was done by Dino Covelli
http://www.typeonegative.net/board/viewtopic.php?t=31

im a type o freak...so this i know

type o and ozzy did "pictures of matchstick men" by status quo damn good cover

ChaosRisingRice · Post by **ChaosRisingRice** » Wednesday Oct 19, 2005

BLACK BETTY

313 · Post by **313** » Wednesday Oct 19, 2005

SpellboundByMetal wrote:im kinda playing around with doing an 80's cover and making it kick ass. the definitive 80's song to me, is "dont you (forget about me)" by Simple Minds.
yes, i will admit it, the breakfast club kicked ass.
i think it will be a challenge.
hahahaha, or "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel....holy shit ...now that would be interesting.

Life of Agony has already covered that Simple Minds tune on their Ugly CD.

Some of my favorite covers include:
Riot "When I was Young" (Animals)
Godz "Candy's Going Bad" (Golden Earring)
UFO "Alone Again Or" (Love)
Angel "Ain't Gonna Eat Out my Heart Anymore" (Young Rascals)
Saxon "Court of the Crimson King" (King Crimson)
Seven Witches "See You in Hell" (Grim Reaper)
Ram Jam "Black Betty" (Leadbelly)

SpellboundByMetal · Post by **SpellboundByMetal** » Wednesday Oct 19, 2005

im not worried about what LOA does....and yes, i knew they did that song, thanks. im sure tons of people have...its a great song.

Punkinhead · Post by **Punkinhead** » Wednesday Oct 19, 2005

The best remake I've heard in awhile is Graveworm doing "Losing My Religion"

Nothing makes a song like that sound better than making it black metal...

Type O Negative doing Cinnamon Girl wasn't too shabby either....

Bert|Evil · Post by **Bert|Evil** » Wednesday Oct 19, 2005

SpellboundByMetal wrote:Type O negative never did "Possession". it was done by Dino Covelli
http://www.typeonegative.net/board/viewtopic.php?t=31

im a type o freak...so this i know

type o and ozzy did "pictures of matchstick men" by status quo damn good cover

Yeah, looks as if I got dupped 4 or 5 years ago when I downloaded it. There is a bit about Dino Covelli in the file.

Sounds like Type O, though. It also sounds as if this Dino guy modeled his style after listening to Christian Woman a lot.

nakedtwister · Post by **nakedtwister** » Wednesday Oct 19, 2005

Land of Confusion - Disturbed ( Phil Collins )

SpellboundByMetal · Post by **SpellboundByMetal** » Wednesday Oct 19, 2005

yeah, he tries to rip off pete's voice....and that cannot be done. it can be somewhat emulated....but not copied. dino gets a C- , hahaha. i downloaded years ago too and thought it was type o until i researched it because it didnt sound right. theres about 5 songs thought to be by type o that arent. that link covers them all.
type o's cover of NIB is pretty badass. they only do it live though.

iceman01 · Post by **iceman01** » Wednesday Oct 19, 2005

rio remade by goldfinger
i belive i can fly by me first and the gimmie gimmies

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Wednesday Oct 19, 2005

nakedtwister wrote:Land of Confusion - Disturbed ( Phil Collins )

You can see that song on Nov 5th at City Limits...(Hint, Hint)

HurricaneBob · Post by **HurricaneBob** » Wednesday Oct 19, 2005

I'd rather hear it than see it!

UncleScabby · Post by **UncleScabby** » Wednesday Oct 19, 2005

99 Red Balloons - Goldfinger
Hallowed Be Ty Name - Cradle of Filth
F*ck The Police - Dope
Like a Prayer - Bigod 20
Tom Sawyer - Deadsey
Cat Scratch Fever - Fudge Tunnel
Take On Me - Reel Big Fish
and I think The Hunt by Sepultura is cover, never heard the original if it is, but that song rocks!

Post by **Jim Price** » Wednesday Oct 19, 2005

I could come up with a ton of them, but here are a few kickass remakes off the top of my head...

Queensryche - "Gonna Get Close To You" (Dal Bello)
Strapping Young Lad - "Room 429" (Cop Shoot Cop)
Disturbed - "Shout" (Tears for Fears)
Monster Magnet - "Into the Void" (Black Sabbath)
Radakka - "Night Crawler" (Judas Priest)
Devin Townsend - "Sinner" (Judas Priest)

SpellboundByMetal · Post by **SpellboundByMetal** » Wednesday Oct 19, 2005

Children of Bodom do a kickass cover of Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell"
Dimmu Borgir does an even more kickass cover of Twisted Sister's "Burn in Hell"

and for the WORST cover to EVER be heard by human ears...Sissor Sisters' (GAYLORD EXPRESS) cover of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb". im talking PURE butchery. MTV played the video...and i was never the same.

Punkinhead · Post by **Punkinhead** » Thursday Oct 20, 2005

Machine Head did a wicked ass cover of "Message In a Bottle"

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Thursday Oct 20, 2005

Punkinhead wrote:Machine Head did a wicked ass cover of "Message In a Bottle"

I have to disagree, that song wasn't really "wicked ass" it was more in the "pretty cool" genre...

HurricaneBob · Post by **HurricaneBob** » Thursday Oct 20, 2005

This folk version of baby got back....

http://www.jonathancoulton.com/music/th ... otBack.mp3

RAM Z · Post by **RAM Z** » Thursday Oct 20, 2005

Wasp (paint it black) The Rolling Stones
Pantera (cat scratch fever) Ted Nugent
Ratt (whole lotta rosie) AC/DC
Motley Crue(helter skelter) Beatles
GNR ( sympathy for the devil) The Rolling Stones
Every Mothers Nightmare( long haired country boy) David Allen Coe
Shadows Fall (welcome to the machine) Pink Floyd
Korn ( another brick in the wall) Pink Floyd
Distubed ( shout) Tears for Fears
Disturbed ( land of confusion ) phil collins

Geez a list of cool remakes could go on for days but, that's just some of my favs.

Bert|Evil · Post by **Bert|Evil** » Thursday Oct 20, 2005

Jim Price wrote:I could come up with a ton of them, but here are a few kickass remakes off the top of my head...

Queensryche - "Gonna Get Close To You" (Dal Bello)

Good call, Jim. I almost forgot that Queensryche song was a cover: http://www.canadianbands.com/Dalbello.html

Here's one that I forgot about:

Simon and Garfunkel's "Scarborough Fair" by Queensryche (I recommend it)

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