So we have all listed our favorite bands, albums and songs, so what about our favorite cover versions?



Well I will start with Elbow covering Destiny’s child’s Independent Woman if you’ve not listened to it hunt it down it was recorded for BBC1’s Live Lounge and is as funny as chuff

sorry if i totally ruin the thread by saying the opposite of what im meant to but a VERY BAD cover song is a cover of buzzcocks ever fallen in love (with someone you shudnt have) by lil chris. gimmickey kid from a gimmickey "reality" tv show in england which i hate grr!

ill try and think of a good cover song and post it to make up for this rant...

I shall look for that to see how bad it is , i used to collect covers of donna summers-i feel love i had over 20 but the best was by Ballam And The Angel, where are they now?

Livin' la vida loca by Night Shift ...you need to hear this

Marilyn Manson - I put a spell on you
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls

how did i forget this

The worst is GreenDay Summer of 69.

And I have...repeatedly. That album has made it's way to my mp3 player, and has somehow refused to be removed...

That particular song has easily become one of my favorites.

Strangely enough i have a copy now, and i think i passed the link to acKev30 and you can bet he loves it
i know this may upset a few people but i cant take it serious it has to be a piss take that they financed them selfs i cant see any label putting cash for it, just not commercially viable.

well it gave the topic a much needed bump

There are several I can think of at the moment.....

Me First And The Gimme Gimmes-My Boyfriend's Back
Less Than Jake-I Think I Love You
Goldfinger-Rio/99 Red Balloons
Jorn-Fool For Your Loving/Feel Like Making Love

I personally like Placebo's cover for "i feel you" (by depeche mode). it's weird, nothing like the original

in no way is it cheesy


Another unmissable one would have to be The Beautiful souths latin version of Don't Fear the Reaper their version of Your the one that I want is kind of scary

ok, i got a couple, motley crue doing helter skelter by the beatles, its excellent!!!

and also, jim carey doing somebody to love by jefferson airplane, could possibly be better than the original

there is a rumour of a FLAC copy about

cheesy... i didn't think so. in fact i liked it (surprisingly enough)

my faves are all the hayseed dixies covers, the abba heavy metal album, and pickin' on beck (by pickin on beck), all of which i will put on here (apart from the abba, obviously) in the near future if there is any interest... you just have to hear them to believe them... even i blanche at one or two of the tracks

children of bodom covering one of britney spears... cant remember what title..

a mate sent me a link for KLF - The White Room Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Has any one heard them do 'Born Free' i nearly wet myself laughing

Get it Kev

i like the cover of the teneacious d song f@#k her gently by a band called emocapella. Though i also do like most of the covers that Me First and the Gimme Gimmes play

I love Leftover Salmon's double-time cajun slamgrass version of the Rolling Stones' Mother's Little Helper, and their "Stairway to Gilligan", which is a double-time bluegrass version of Stairway to Heaven, but with the words from the theme song of Gilligan's Island.

I agree with you

What about Johnny Cash - One?

there's a lot of good covers out there,..."the chauffeur" by deftones,bob marley's "WAR" by sepultura,"sweet dreams" by marilyn manson,....and i ain't a big erasure fan,i aint't a fan at all for that matter,but i'd like to hear a cover done for one of their songs "RESPECT",does anyone know if theres a cover for that song????

Chauffeur by deftones is great
Also Simple Man (almost better than the original) and Be Quiet and Drive by deftones as well
Anything by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes is fun
and last but not least A Perfect Circle - Imagine its not better than the original coz well lennon is lennon and you just can't beat him

Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen covered by Jeff Buckley.
All Along the Watchtower by Bobby D covered by Jimmy H :P
Such Great Heights by Postal Service covered by Iron & Wine.
With a Little Help From My Friends by The Beatles covered by Joe Cocker.
Lust For Life by Iggy Pop covered by Yo La Tengo.
Heartbeats by The Knife covered by Jose Gonzalez (he does a lot of good covers)

All Along the Watchtower by Mr. Hendrix is my favourite cover !

I'm a sucker for the cheesy stuff so I love Iron Man as covered by The Cardigans

Martin Gore's covers of Nick Cave's Loverman and Iggy Pop's Tiny Girls were pretty good. Paul Weller's cover of The Carpenters' Close To You isn't anything to sneer at either.

*Traquiz* Wheatus did a cover of Erasure's Respect.

I like Aidens cover of the Misfits song Die,die my darling.

I see no-one's mentioned Richard Cheese yet. Bloody good job too.

Iron maiden's cover of communication breakdown (Led zep) is pretty good. As is System of a down's legend of zelda theme even though it isn't strictly a cover.

It's not really System Of A Down who have "Legend of Zelda", just so you know it

tianted love original version by gloria jones - cover by soft cell and coverd again by marlyn manson

Will somebody gimme a hell yeah for Hayseed Dixie?????

Built to Last (Sick of it All Cover)- Rise Against
Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldnt've)? Buzzcock Cover - Billy Talent
and more..i can't think of anymore though

Stiff Little Fingers - Johnny Was (orig. Bob Marley)

Feeder - Can't Stand Losing You (The Police)
Radiohead - Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon)
Placebo - 20th Century Boy (T-Rex)

Children of Bodom - Oops I did it Again (Britney Spears cover)
Nightwish - High Hopes (live) (Pink Floyd cover)
and I'm also really liking Apocalyptica - Helden (cover of David Bowie's Heroes)

Trivium did Metallica's "Master Of Puppets" really great. Also, Korn did Metallica's "One" live at MTV Icon. They sounded great live.

I collect cover songs to start with but here's a couple without looking them up....

Jack Black's cover of "Let's Get It On"
Might Might Bosstones covering "Enter Sandman"
Misfits covering "The Magic Moment"
Chris Isaak covering "Solitary Man"
Johnny Cash covering "Thirteen"
Nirvana covering "Lake of Fire"
Space covering "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"
Wall of Voodoo and Universal Hall Pass covers of "Ring of Fire"
Social D's cover of "Under My Thumb"
RATM covering "Down in the Street"
Cyndi Lauper's cover of "Unchained Melody"
Most of Tori Amos' covers

and quite a few others I'm not thinking of at the moment.


*and I LOVE LTJ's cover of "I think I love you"

H.I.M. - Wicked Game
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Limp Bizkit - Faith
A Perfect Circle - Imagine
Deftones - Simple Man
Staind - Nutshell
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal

paul weller-my whole world is falling down
paul weller-i shall be released
paul weller & ocs-the poacher
cast-the seeker
the jam-get yourself together
the jam-move on up
oasis-my generation
ocs-song of a baker

just a few.........

Voxtrot covered the Talking Heads', "Heaven."
Sonic Youth covered The Carpenters', "Superstar."
and..
The Pink Mountaintops covered Joy Division's, "Atmosphere."

There will be more.

EDIT: More.
Xiu Xiu covered Queen's, "Under Pressure."
Editors covered The Gorrilaz's, "Feel Good Inc."
That one is hilarious with the accent. The chorus sounds good, though.
Death Cab for Cutie covered The Penguins', "Earth Angel" and the Smith's, "The Charming Man."
Nirvana covered David Bowie's, "Man Who Sold the World."
Radiohead covered The Smith's, "Headmaster Ritual."

There's still probably more.

You probably know this by now but Wheatus covered it.

@ Laureth: Rage, Misfits and Cash all did whole albums of covers (All of Cash's American albums were mixtures of covers, re-recordings and unreleased material)

kinda hard to find, but Angel Dust did a cover of Temple of the King by Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (with Dio singing) that blows the original away...even outdoes Dio's solo version of it

hayseed dixie - roses (outcast)
kate bush - rocket man (elton john)
luka bloom - bad (U2)
marilyn manson - golden years (david bowie)
ministry - lay lady lay (bob dylan)
primus - have a cigar (pink floyd)
stereophonics - angie (rolling stones)
tool - no quarter (zeppelin)
william shatner - common people (pulp)

there are many more i like, but these are my favs

Disturbed Covering Fade to black by metallica

Distrurbed is no cover band, but they are hell of a good band

they also cover Genisis's song Land of Confusion (which i had to sing in my head inorder for me to remember the title ;)


Disturbed lead singer has an Awesome voice, David Darmain. Wish he could sing all of metallica's stuff.

Best covers...

Carter USM - Rent (Petshop Boys cover)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (NIN)
Manic Street Preachers - Suicide is painless - Theme from MASH

Anthrax-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Badlands-Fire and Rain

Metallica-Breadfan, Am I Evil?

Marilyn Manson's cover of Down in the Park by Gary Numan
Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt by Nine Inch Nails
1000 Homo Djs' cover of Supernaut by Black Sabbath
Soft Cell's cover of Tainted Love by Gloria Jones
Orgy's cover of Blue Monday by New Order
Revolting Cock's cover of Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? by Rod Stewart.

I have to agree with you on ministry lay lady lay, I absolutely love that cover, what about Xcentrix - Ghostbusters or Acid Reign - Hanging on a telephone, ok not groundbreaking but you have to love em.

Also johnny Cash - Rusty Cage, really like that, probs cos I like Soundgarden (more so in the day).

Absolute favourite cover - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)

Children of the grave - Rob Zombie
Shout - Disturbed
Fire and rain - Badlands
Cecelia - Me first and the gimme gimmes

To name a few

Bring the noize - Limp Bizkit ( public enemy)
Faith - Limp Bizkit ( George Micheal )
The Hunt - Sepultura ( New Model Army )
Andy Warhol - Stone Temple Pilots ( David Bowie )
Rock Lobster - PETER Griffin ( B52's )
People are strange - Echo and the bunny men ( the doors)
Midnight Cowboy - Faith no more (?)
Easy - Faith no more ( commodores )
Band on the run - Foo fighters ( Wings )

got too many think me head is gonna explode.... NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!