Covers

[fe_lung]

This grows out of my thoughts on VHI and You Really Got Me.....


To me a great cover version is one in which the artist embraces the song in such a way that it makes the original version seem like a crappy re-make.

With that in mind, I offer what I think are some of the best covers...


You Really Got Me - Van Halen
All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
Sweet Dreams - Marilyn Manson


Ok, now let's hear which ones I've left out.....

[Reverberator]

You're no good - VH

Where have all the good times gone - VH

Am I evil - Metallica

Angel of death - Chas & Dave (ultra rare concert performance)

[DLR_EngineRoom]

Originally posted by fe_lung
Sweet Dreams - Marilyn Manson

mkay....let's get this completely straight and out in the open, right from the get go....


Marilyn Manson sucks.

Whether he's a fake wannabe or a true satanist, bottom line, he sucks.

David Lee Roth said it best in the 80's when an interviewer asked him about 'Satanic Music'.

"I don't understand how some people can spend their hard earned cash on an artist of whom they know is pissed off at the world."

'nuff said. Manson isn't even good enough to suck boiling vomit with fish.

[fe_lung]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by DLR_EngineRoom
[B]mkay....let's get this completely straight and out in the open, right from the get go....


Marilyn Manson sucks.

Whether he's a fake wannabe or a true satanist, bottom line, he sucks.

True or not, I stand by my statement on this one. In fact, when they went on their reunion tour, the eurythmics played the song much closer to the Manson take than to the original....

[DrGrafenberg]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by fe_lung
[B][QUOTE]Originally posted by DLR_EngineRoom
[B]mkay....let's get this completely straight and out in the open, right from the get go....

Can someone please tell Fe_lung how to quote properly

[Panamark]

Roll over Beethoven, The Beatles...
Twist and Shout.. The Beatles

Both better than the originals IMO.

[Warham]

My favorite covers:

The Beatles - Twist and Shout
The Beach Boys - Do You Wanna Dance?
The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man
Grand Funk - The Locomotion
David Lee Roth - California Girls
Van Halen - You Really Got Me
The Ramones - Surfin' Safari

[Coyote]

DLR - Shoo Bop, Just A Gigolo
Hanoi Rocks - Up Around The Bend
CCR - Ooby Dooby, Good Golly Miss Molly
The Faces - Angel
The Ataris - Boys Of Summer
The Clash - Brand New Cadillac
Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (A LOT better than Titney Spheres)
Ozzy Osbourne - Stayin' Alive :D
Pantera - Hole In The Sky
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Superstition

[Matt White]

LED ZEPPELIN-I Can't Quit You Babe.
Yngwie J. Malmsteen- Gates of Babylon
Guns 'N' Roses-Knockin' on heavens Door

[Figs]

William Shattner - Mr. Tamborine Man
William Shattner - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
The Minutemen - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
Black Flag - Louie, Louie
Circle Jerks - Golden Shower of Hits (including Love Will Keep Us Together, Having My Baby, Close to You, and more in one great medley)

[bueno bob]

William Shatner?!??!?


OOOOOKay......... :D

Mine...

1: I've Got the Fire - Iron Maiden (Montrose fucking who?)
2: Green Manalishi - Judas Priest
3: Lucretia (My Reflection) - Kreator (Much better than the original)
4: In the Dead of Night - Yngwie Malmsteen (Better than U.K.s)
5: Moonage Daydream - Racer X (Better than Bowies)

[Loons The Great]

Seven Nation Army--Audioslave
Hallelujah,Night Flight,Kick Out The Jams,Lost Highway,Parchman Farm Blues,Mama You Been On My Mind,Strange Fruit,Kanga-Roo,Alligator Wine,Lilac Wine--Jeff Buckley
Crossroads--Cream
any cover that Diamond Dave has re-vetted
Shake My Tree--Page & Plant
Aberdeen--Kenny Wayne Shephard
Your Southern Can Is Mine, One More Cup Of Coffee,Jolene,Lord Send Me An Angel,Looking At You,Death Letter,Rated X,Baby Blue,John The Revelator--The White Stripes
Song To The Siren--Robert Plant
Dolphins--Tim Buckely
Little Sadie,She's Not For You--Mark Lanegan
Blue Suede Shoes--Black Sabbath
I Got You,Sonic Reducer,Little Wing,Rockin' In The Free World,Overblown,Crazy Mary,Sheraton Gibson,Know Your Rights,I Believe In Miracles,Everyday People--Pearl Jam
In The Pines,Son of a Gun,Lake of Fire,Do You Love Me--Nirvana
Song of a Baker,Peace In The Valley,Working Class Hero--The Screaming Trees
Can't You Hear Me Knocking--The Black Crowes

[Coyote]

Sea Of Love - The Honeydrippers (with Robert Plant at vocals) :D