Covers that Rule

evh5150 · Post by **evh5150** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

I would like to know what cover everyone thought was great, the band completly nailed and took it over the top. Some of my favorites are judas priest,johnny be good,white lion radar love, van halen you really got me, sRv vodoo child, to name a few. I like some of korns covers aswell and also smooth criminal by AAF was cool . I also think that every time dream theater does a cover its great!!!!Yngwie is also a master of covers him and dio did a cool version of dream on !!!!Also check him out on MR.Crowley with ripper owens my god its great.

YankeeRose · Post by **YankeeRose** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

Even though they HAD to have sucked due to it,

Van Halen's COVER of "You Really Got Me" gets my vote!

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

Best Cover? That's easy....The cast on Anchorman doing "Afternoon Delight" Hell yea.

YankeeRose · Post by **YankeeRose** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

RobTheDrummer wrote:Best Cover? That's easy....The cast on Anchorman doing "Afternoon Delight" Hell yea.

HUH???

"The Anchorman", I take it, is a flick? I haven't seen it.

HOWEVER, "Dark Side of The Moon" STILL kicks EVERYONE'S ass! (It playeth on...

) I do sincerely apologize to anyone I may have offended, but I'm in the "zone"...and nothing is involved except MUSIC!

Bag · Post by **Bag** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

YankeeRose wrote:Even though they HAD to have sucked due to it, Van Halen's COVER of "You Really Got Me" gets my vote!

Their cover of "You're No Good" is also very ....good.

ToonaRockGuy · Post by **ToonaRockGuy** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

Some of my favorite covers, in no order, with the original artist in parentheses...

"Cars" - Fear Factory (Gary Numan)
"Tainted Love" - Marilyn Manson (Gloria Jones, not Soft Cell. Theirs was a remake, too.)
"Born To Be Wild" - Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction (Steppenwolf)
"Hard Luck Woman" - Garth Brooks (KISS)
"Hold It Right There"(live) - Big Dave & The Ultrasonics (Eddie Vinson)
"I Stand Accused"(live) - Big Dave & The Ultrasonics (Steve Ferguson)
"Jump, Jive, & Wail" - Brian Setzer Orchestra (Louis Prima)
"Oops I Did It Again" - Children Of Bodom (Britney Spears)
"18 And Life" - Nina Gordon (Skid Row)
"Smooth Criminal" - Alien Ant Farm (Michael Jackson)
"Ring of Fire" - Social Distortion (Johnny Cash)
"Down With The Sickness" - Richard Cheese (Disturbed)
"Hurt" - Johnny Cash (NIN)
"A Little Help From My Friends" - Joe Cocker (The Beatles)

And my all time favorite...

Wierd Al Yankovic's Polka Medleys from hell that he does on every album. Love him or hate him, they are friggin' brilliant.

YankeeRose · Post by **YankeeRose** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

Bag wrote:Their cover of "You're No Good" is also very ....good.

Right on... So are "Dancin' in The Streets" and "Pretty Woman". They did quite a few covers and kicked major ass with them!

"Thank You" ZZ Top (Sam and Dave)
"Gloria" The Doors (Van Morrison)
"Live and Let Die" Guns 'n Roses (Paul McCartney)
"Come Together" Aerosmith (The Beatles)
"Cat Scratch Fever" Motorhead (Ted Nugent)
Now, to the other end of the Musical spectrum:
"Mother Nature's Son" John Denver (The Beatles)
"Paradise" John Denver (John Prine)

EyesOfAnguishbassist · Post by **EyesOfAnguishbassist** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

Dillinger Escape Plan covered a Justin Timberlake song, Im not sure what its called but it sounds really good believe it or not. And yes I know I just lost 10 metal points for saying that... lol

J Michaels · Post by **J Michaels** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

Zep's "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You"
Jimi's "All Along the Watchtower"
Faith No More's "War Pigs"
Queensryche's "Scarborough Fair"
Sam Kinison's "Wild Thing"

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

Here are some of the most well known cover songs that were made and they became bigger hits by the cover artists than the original artisits ever had. The covers are so identifiable with the artists who remade them that most people think they are the original artists.

• Some Kind Of Wonderful (Grand Funk Railroad) - originally done by Soul Brothers Six
• Once Bitten, Twice Shy (Great White) – originally done by Ian Hunter
• Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett) – originally done by Mack Rice
• I Love Rock And Roll (Joan Jett) – originally done by The Arrows
• Unchained Melody (The Righteous Brothers) their version was something like the 16th or 17th remake – originally done by Todd Duncan
• Hush (Deep Purple) – originally done by Joe South
• I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone (The Monkees) – originally done by Paul Revere & The Raiders
• Walk, Don’t Run (The Ventures) – originally done by Johnny Smith
• Big Ten Inch Record (Aerosmith) – originally done by Bull Moose Jackson
• Misirlou (Dick Dale & The Deltones) – originally by Michalis Patrinos
• Crossroads (Cream) – originally done by Robert Johnson
• Move It On Over (George Thorogood & The Destroyers) – originally done by Hank Williams, Sr.
• Memphis (Johnny Rivers) – originally done by Chuck Berry
• Call Me The Breeze (Lynyrd Skynyrd) – originally done by J. J. Cale
• Cocaine (Eric Clapton) – originally done by J. J. Cale
• After Midnight (Eric Clapton) – originally done by J. J. Cale
• Hanky Panky (Tommy James & The Shondells) – originally done by The Raindrops
• Nothing Compares To You (Sinead O’Connor) – originally done by The Family and written by Prince who would also do a version
• I’m So Glad (Cream) – originally done by Skip James

Primates · Post by **Primates** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

People=Shit By SlipKnot (Covered By Richard Cheese)
Me So Horny By 2 Live Crew (Covered By Richard Cheese)

Punkinhead · Post by **Punkinhead** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

Cradle of Filth - Hallowed Be Thy Name (Iron Maiden)
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (Dylan)
SRV - Little Wing (Hendrix)
Machine Head - Message In a Bottle (The Police)
Type O Negative - Cinnamon Girl (N. Young)

All I can get off of the top of my head, there are more but, I'll have to go back through my collection.

metalchurch · Post by **metalchurch** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

The Green Manalishi w/ the Two Pronged Crown - Priest (Fleetwood Mac)
Shame on the Night - Solitude Aeturnus (Dio)
No More Mr. Nice Guy - Megadeth (Alice Cooper)
Burning for You - Iced Earth (BOC)
Mr. Crowley - Tim Ripper Owens and Yngwie (God)
Kill The King - Primal Fear (Rainbow)
Gates of Babylon - Yngwie (Rainbow)
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Hate Theory
South Of Heaven - Pro Pain (Slayer)

It's Blaspheme to say, but some of these sound better than the originals.

drums=life · Post by **drums=life** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

Anthrax - Sabbath bloody sabbath
Motley Crue - Helter Skelter
Felix and the Hurricanes - Couldnt stand the weather

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

Black Magic Woman - Santana (Fleetwood Mac)
Hole in the Sky - Pantera (Black Sabbath)
Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix (The Leaves, Deep Purple also covered this)
North to Alaska - Dwight Yoakum (Johnny Horton)
Cinnamon Girl - Type O Negative (Neil Young)

There's probably a ton more, but I can't think of them off of the top of my head.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

Bringing It Back - Kansas (J.J. Cale)
Walking The Dog - Aerosmith (Rolling Stones)
Love Hurts - Nazareth (The Everly Brothers)
Twenty Flight Rock - Montrose (Eddie Cochran)
Little Sister - Dwight Yoakum (Elvis Presley)

metalchurch · Post by **metalchurch** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

I'm learning alot about songs and their origins.
I didn't know that Nazareth covered Love Hurts.
Interesting thread indeed.

Bag · Post by **Bag** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

I didn't know that "Walking The Dog" was a Stones song either.

slink · Post by **slink** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

Yeah Bag I remember somebody named Rufus Thomas doin Walkin the Dog before I ever heard of the Stones.

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

Rufus Thomas originally did Walking The Dog in 1964

Here are some more cover tunes that Santana did.
Oye Como Va by Tito Puente
Stormy by Dennis Yost & The Classics Four
She's Not There by The Zombies

Most people think that Love Hurts was originally done by Nazareth; but, it was done by several artists before Nazareth did it. Of Course, their version was the biggest hit of the song.

Love Hurts was written and composed by Boudleaux Bryant and recorded by the Everly Brothers in July 1960. It was released that December on the album A Date With the Everly Brothers.

Roy Orbison released Love Hurts as the B-side to "Running Scared" in March 1961. It would then appear as a track on the album Crying, released in May 1962.

The song was later recorded by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris for the Parsons album Grievous Angel, which was released in 1974.

In the fall of 1975, it would be transformed into a highly successful hard-rock ballad by Nazareth. This was the only rendition of the song to become a big hit single, reaching #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1976.

In October 1975 it was released as a single taken from the album Short Cut Draw Blood by Jim Capaldi, reaching number five in the UK chart, and also charted worldwide.

Love Hurts was also released in 1975 by Cher

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

props to j.j. cale, he has had quite a few of his songs covered.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

moxham123 wrote:Rufus Thomas originally did Walking The Dog in 1964

It was written and recorded by Rufus Thomas in 1963, but it was never released in any quantity until the Stones did it on their 1st album in 1964.

Elvis didn't write Little Sister either.

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Sunday Jul 15, 2007

One of the most famous cover songs of all time is Wild Thing by The Troggs. The first version was done by a group called The Wild Ones in 1965. The song was written by Chip Taylor, a New York City singer and songwriter who is the brother of Jon Voight and uncle of Angelina Jolie.

Chip Taylor also wrote Angel Of The Morning, a hit first for Merrilee Rush in 1968, then again in 1981 for country-pop singer Juice Newton, I Can't Let Go (The Hollies), Make Me Belong to You, I Can Make It With You (Jackie DeShannon), Any Way You Want Me (The Troggs), Step Out of Your Mind, Country Girl City Man, I'll Hold Out My Hand, and Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) (Janis Joplin), Sweet Dream Woman (Waylon Jennings), and Son of a Rotten Gambler (Emmylou Harris, the Hollies and Anne Murray).

mistikalvalkrie · Post by **mistikalvalkrie** » Monday Jul 16, 2007

This is the indefiniative list and I might add more when I remember them, but:
Warren Zevon's version of "Knocking on Heaven's Door" is one of my favorites, I think part of the reason was when he made "The Wind" he was really close to dying of cancer and you can really hear it in his voice, or at least I always thought so.
"Surrender" covered by Less Than Jake, but I think it was originally a Foreigners song.
Of course, "All Along the Watchtower" has to be on the list!
I actually thought that Green Day's cover of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" was well done despite the fact that I wanted to rip my ears off whenever I heard any of their newer crap...uh..I mean work. But this song was actually pretty good in my opinion.

There was a version of Sting's "Fields of Gold" that I heard once, it might have been the Eva Cassidy version but don't quote me on that, anyway it was absolutely breathtakingly beautiful

They aren't a national act, but Flord's cover of "House of the Rising Sun" rockses my sockses

Post by **Ron** » Monday Jul 16, 2007

Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade's cover of the entire "Animals" LP.

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