Best cover of a song?

[funguy2121]

Cake - I Will Survive (formerly Gloria Gaynor)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Search and Destroy (formerly Iggy Pop)
Butthole Surfers - Summer in the City

 

[CloakedOne]

Smooth Criminal-Alien Ant Farm (original by Michael Jackson)

 

[The Real Sandman]

Go on. Tell me this isn't a more bad ass version.


Sue me, I just like this version a lot more.



Gotta agree with Queen Michael and MelasZepheos on this one.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

I listen to a lot of covers, so...

"Cum on Feel the Noize"-original by Slade, cover by Quiet Riot

"Chop Suey"-original by System of a Down, cover by Richard Cheese

"Hurt"-original by Nine Inch Nails, cover by Johnny Cash

"The Mercy Seat"-original by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, cover by Johnny Cash

"Ballroom Blitz"-original by Sweet, cover by Krokus

"Radar Love"-original by Golden Earring, cover by Krokus

"Misirlou"-original a 1920 Greek song, cover by Dick Dale

"Live and Let Die"-original by Paul McCartney & The Wings, cover by Guns N' Roses

And finally, in my opinion the most impressive cover...

 

[NeutralDrow]

I've always liked the Celldweller cover of "Tragedy" and the Korn cover of "Word Up," personally.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

i like the cover of Tainted Love by Soft Cell

tho i think that All Along the Watch Tower by Hendrix is better than the Dylan version

 

[Yumi_and_Erea]

"All Along The Watchtower"-Jimi Hendrix covering Bob Dylan.

"Black Magic Woman"-Santana covering Fleetwood Mac.

"Hallelujah"-Jeff Buckley covering Leonard Cohen.

"I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself"-The White Stripes covering Tommy Hunt.

"Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)"-Marilyn Manson covering Eurythmics.

"How I Could Just Kill A Man"-Rage Against The Machine covering Cypress Hill.

"Turning Japanese"-Incubus covering The Vapours.

"Jailhouse Rock"-The Blues Brothers covering Elvis.

 

[Vuljatar]

All Along the Watchtower covered by Jimi Hendrix

You Really Got Me covered by Van Halen

Turn the Page covered by Metallica

and Who Do You Love covered by George Thorogood

 

[[Kira Must Die]]

All Around The Watchtower- Jimi Hendrix (Original by Bob Dylan)

Knockin' On Heaven's Door- Gun's N' Roses (Original by Bob Dylan)

The Man Who Sold The World- Nirvana (Original by David Bowie)

Hurt- Johnny Cash (Original by Nine Inch Nails)

 

[retrochimp]

Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade's cover of the Jack Irons version of Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Also, The Mars Volta's cover of Nick Drake's Things Behind The Sun

 

[hyperdistortion]

Most of my favourite covers have been listed already, so I'll simply throw in Rihanna's Umbrella, as covered by The Baseballs [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcir9CfSlG8], who rework songs into '50s rock & roll tracks.

 

[sunami88]

Thought of another one, that throws my earlier pick into serious contention (IMO, naturally);

Spoiler: Blackbird, as performed by The Beatles

Blackbird, as performed by The Beatles

Spoiler: Blackbird, as performed by Sarah McLachlan

Blackbird, as performed by Sarah McLachlan

 

[dakota_bartsch]

Considering I pretty much hate the original song I think this cover is fantastic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIr8-f2OWhs
Pomplamoose covering single ladies by beonce.

 

[Kodlak]

Stuck In The Metal by Eagles Of Death Metal, a cover of Stuck In The Middle by Stealers Wheels.

Also on a similar note I heard the worst cover of my life the other day, it was a cover of Otherworld by The Black Mages, have a listen and compare the original with it.

 

[Toaster Hunter]

Through the Fire and the Flames- Vitamin String Quartet. I don't know if this counts as a cover, but still awesome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r3v3FkjznE

Oh, and this one too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eATcnaKs6G8

Yes, you've been Rickroll'd by strings

 

[mindclockwork]

vanilla sky - umbrella

 

[Smudge91]

Johnny Cash's cover of hurt
Placebo's version of running up that hill
Rufus Wainwrights or Jeff Buckleys version of Hallelujah.

Those are my 3 favourite covers

 

[Cilliandrew]

I think the only answer is "Hurt" by Johnny Cash.

He actually took a NIN song and made it HIS song. Trent has even admitted that that is not his song anymore..