Best Song Covers

[Galletea]

I don't like many covers but the songs Cash covered in his American Recordings records are almost all brilliant.
And Rasputin by Turisas (boney m) I know it's daft but I love it anyway.

 

[Agent Larkin]

Knocking On Heaven's Door by Guns n Roses.

 

[G1eet]

Also,

Sea of Temptation - Misery Business (Paramore)

is fantastic for a laugh.

Sea of Treachery. But yes, probably one of the only covers to be better than the original.
Oh, and Surfin' USA- Blind Guardian.

Ah crap, so it is. Thanks for pointing that out.

And yeah, definitely better than the original, I think.

No problem.

Yes, and I wish they had chosen the cover of it instead of the original for the latest Guitar Hero. The double bass would be a bit difficult, but it'd sound so much better.

 

[I Call Her Vera]

I don't know if these have been mentioned before:

Foo Fighters-Darling Nikki (Prince)
Green Day-Working Class Hero (John Lennon)

 

[slevin8989]

Alian Ant Farm-Smooth Criminal(Michael Jackson)

 

[Ghost]

Alian Ant Farm-Smooth Criminal(Michael Jackson)

haha i love it and i don't even like Michael Jackson!

 

[Trendkill6]

abit cliche and prolly already said but
Nirvana's cover of The Man Who Sold The World.

 

[EightbitMailbox]

Johnny Cash ("Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails)
A Perfect Circle ("Imagine" by John Lennon - Beatles)

 

[slevin8989]

Alian Ant Farm-Smooth Criminal(Michael Jackson)

haha i love it and i don't even like Michael Jackson!

Yeah it's because the song changed genra there are alot of those now a days like pung goes pop and punk goes crunk I like the cover that devil wears prada did for Still Fly

 

[cleverlymadeup]

Green Day-Working Class Hero (John Lennon)

the ppl who were covering it is a pretty good reason why it wasn't mentioned. it takes a special type of band to cover Lennon and frankly Green Day doesn't have it

 

[deadlyric]

This is by far the best cover ever made anywhere:

Katy Perry Hot N Cold Cover by a Ukrainian Polka Band.

 

[soren7550]

Nirvana's covers of 'Jesus Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam', 'The Man Who Sold The World', 'Where Did You Sleep Last Night', and 'They Hung Him on a Cross' (can't really remember the others they did at the moment.)

Edit: and Alien Ant Farm's 'Smooth Criminal' cover (many times better than the original)