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A Surprise LeftA Surprise Left Posts: 743
edited November 2006 in Other Music
what are your favourite covers? off the top of my head here are some of mine;

pearl jam-crazy mary
pearl jam-you've got to hide your love away
nirvana-the man who sold the world
aaron lewis-black
tool-no quarter
govt mule (featuring myles kennedy) -hunger strike (listening now and just awesome).
The wind is blowing cold
Have we lost our way tonight?
Have we lost our hope to sorrow?

Feels like were all alone
Running further from what’s right
And there are no more heroes to follow

So what are we becoming?
Where did we go wrong?
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  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    Hallelujah-Buckley

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  • A Surprise LeftA Surprise Left Posts: 743
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    Hallelujah-Buckley

    PBM


    damn i forgot that one......end of thread 'cause you can't beat that.
    The wind is blowing cold
    Have we lost our way tonight?
    Have we lost our hope to sorrow?

    Feels like were all alone
    Running further from what’s right
    And there are no more heroes to follow

    So what are we becoming?
    Where did we go wrong?
  • fadafada Posts: 1,032
    Twist the shout the beatles
    ticket to ride the Carpenters
    fool on the hill Petula Clark
    With a little help from my friends Joe Cocker
    young man blues the who
    come on feel the noize oasis
    Crown of thorns Pearl Jam
    Killing floor Jimi hendrix
    Out on the western plain Rory Gallagher
    Love machine Arctic monkees
  • PJ-SinPJ-Sin Posts: 348
    Gone Daddy Gone - Gnarles Barkley
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  • zircona1zircona1 Posts: 293
    Viva Las Vegas - Dead Kennedys
    All Along the Watchtower - Hendrix
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  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    Tori Amos - Time (Tom Waits)
    Dinosaur Jr - Just Like Heaven (the Cure)
    the Dandy Warhols - Ohio (CSNY)
    the Rheostatics - the Wreck Of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Gordon Lightfoot)
    the Flaming Lips - After The Goldrush (Neil Young)
    Sonic Youth - Superstar (the Carpenters)
    Crash Vegas - Pocahontas (Neil Young)
    Johnny Cash - Hurt (NIN)
    Hayden - Tell Me Why (Neil Young)
    Pearl Jam - Crazy Mary (Victoria Williams)
    Weeping Tile - Don't let It Bring You Down (Neil Young)
    Sarah Harmer - Will He Be Waiting For Me (Dolly Parton)
    the Barenaked Ladies (ouch) - Lovers In A Dangerous Time (Bruce Cockburn)
    the Flaming Lips - Cant Get You Out Of My Head (Kylie Minogue)
    Faith No More - Easy (Lionel Ritchie ?)
    In my world everyone is a pony,
    and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
  • whygowhygo Posts: 55
    Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (WSP)
    Mr. Soul & Walk On (WSP)
  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Check this out. Best version of the Star Spangled Banner ever, at Candlestick Park. Home of the Grateful Dead!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn7UB2FtrIE

    Off the top of my head:
    Tomorrow Never Knows - Robert Fripp and Brian Eno
    Powderfinger by The Cowboy Junkies
    Take Me to the River - Talking Heads

    Haha, Anything by Dread Zeppelin! :D

    Nothing weirder and more fun than a Reggae Led Zeppelin cover band with an Elvis impersonator lead singer.
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  • prodacakeprodacake Posts: 319
    Pearl jam, crazy mary
    PJ, rocking in the free world
    PJ, save it for later
    Evan dando, 1000$ wedding
    Evan Dando, different drum
    Eels, girl from the north country
    johnny cash, hurt
    Ben Folds, bitches aint shit
    nirvana, son of a gun
    wallflowers, i started a joker
    ryan adams, wonderwall
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (the best cover of all time. peerless...)
    Husker Du - eight miles high
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  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    A Surprise Left wrote:
    govt mule (featuring myles kennedy) -hunger strike (listening now and just awesome).

    Where can I hear this?! I gotta hear it, Kennedy has an AWESOME voice.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Only Living Witness-Too Far Down (Husker Du)
    Milligram-She (misfits), We Are 138 (misfits), Mean Machine (Motorhead), Backseat of my Car (Dwarves)
  • transplanttransplant Posts: 1,088
    Mushmouthmatt wrote:
    Only Living Witness-Too Far Down (Husker Du)
    I wish I could put into type what Too Far Down does to me. It takes balls to cover this one. I will now ponder whether or not I would want to hear someone elses take on it.

    At the moment I heard Mould do this live, I didn't care if I ever saw a concert again.
  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    a few more to add to my FANTASTIC list from earlier in the thread:

    The Jesus And Marychain - My Girl (the Temptations)
    Faith No More - I Started A Joke (the Bee Gees)......Mike Patton shines on this one
    Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
    Fiona Apple - Across the Universe (the Beatles)
    Cat Power - Sea Of Love (Phil Phillips)
    Aimee Mann - One (3 Dog Night)
    In my world everyone is a pony,
    and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
  • pearl jam = awesomepearl jam = awesome Posts: 96
    PJ-Sin wrote:
    Gone Daddy Gone - Gnarles Barkley
    good song hey
  • InHiding80InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    Stone Temple Pilots - Dancing Days
    Smashing Pumpkins - You're All I've Got Tonight,Destination Unknown,My Blue Heaven
    Foo Fighters - Darling Nikki
    David Bowie - Across the Universe
    EV - You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
    The Cure - World in My Eyes
    The Clash - I Fought the Law,Police and Thieves,Police on My Back
  • A Surprise LeftA Surprise Left Posts: 743
    facepollution wrote:
    Where can I hear this?! I gotta hear it, Kennedy has an AWESOME voice.


    its on itunes and the govt mule website although one very cool guy hooked me up with it. PM your email addy and i'll do my best to get it out to you. another great cover is the cure's "lovesong" done by the band "Ours".
    The wind is blowing cold
    Have we lost our way tonight?
    Have we lost our hope to sorrow?

    Feels like were all alone
    Running further from what’s right
    And there are no more heroes to follow

    So what are we becoming?
    Where did we go wrong?
  • righteousbaberighteousbabe Posts: 662
    Marilyn Manson-Tainted Love
  • enharmonicenharmonic Posts: 1,917
    Soundgarden's version of "Girl U Want" by Devo :)
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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Petra Haden & Bill Frissell - I Don't Want To Grow Up (Tom Waits)
    Los Lobos - Bertha - (Grateful Dead)
    Matthew Sweet & Susannah Hoffs - And Your Bird Can Sing (Beatles)
    PJ - Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys)
    Drive By Truckers - People Who Died (Jim Carroll Band)
    Israel Kamakowiwo'ole - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
    Flaming Lips - Go (Daniel Johnston)
    Social Distortion - Under My Thumb (Rolling Stones)

    I'm sure theres more, that's what pops into my head.

    I also need to recommend the Coverville Podcast, excellent podcast comes out 2-3 times a week, dedicated to the best (and worst) covers. Usually some great themes.

    http://www.coverville.com
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    there is no doubt in my mind that jeff buckley doing 'hallelujah' is quite possibly the single most beautiful experience in music.
    i have difficulty in remembering that it is actually a cover. he totally owns that song.
    i'm also a big fan of:
    lemonheads doing 'mrs robinson.' and 'different drum'
    the mess hall - 'breed'. which of course you can only hear them do live.
    nirvana - 'lake of fire'
    gram parsons - 'wild horses'
    linda ronstadt - 'tumblin' dice'
    travis - 'baby, one more time'
    ryan adams - 'wonderwall'
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • enharmonicenharmonic Posts: 1,917
    Jeff Buckley's version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.
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  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    i'm digging PJ's cover of 'i got you' :)
  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    In no particular order:

    Pearl jam- rockin in the free world (neil young), crazy mary (victoria williams), sonic reducer (the deadboys)
    Foo fighters- Baker street. (Jerry raferty) down in the park (Gary Newman)
    Nirvana- man who sold the world (David Bowie)
    joe Bonamassa- highwater everywhere (Charley Patton)
    Burden Brothers- walk all over you (AC/DC)
    Joe Cocker- with a little help from my friends (The beatles)
    The Animals- House of the rising sun (Bob Dylan)
    CCR- Heard it through the grapevine (the temptations)
    Eric clapton- Rollin and Tumblin (Muddy waters)
    Tom petty- something in the air (Thunderclap newman)
    johnny cash- Hurt (Nine inch nails)
    STP- Dancing days (Led Zeppelen)
    Gary Jules- Mad world (Tears for fears)

    can't think of anymore right now
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  • electronblueelectronblue Posts: 3,461
    anything pj covers!...~

    also these


    sweet dreams- marilyn manson

    just like heaven -AFI

    jesus wants me for a sunbeam- nirvana

    seasons in the sun- nirvana

    the man who sold the world- nirvana
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  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    red mos wrote:
    Gary Jules- Mad world (Tears for fears)

    Very haunting version.

    Good choice.

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

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  • spatspat Posts: 644
    most of everything by me first and the gimmie gimmies
    social distortion - death or glory (clash)
    brandtson - king of pain (police)
    buckcherry - anything anything (dramarama)
    Faith no more - war pigs (sabbath)
    James blunt - where is my mind (pixies)
    metallica - die die my darling (misfits) and stone cold crazy (queen)
    staind - nutshell (alice in chains)
    train - dream on (aerosmith)
    willie nelson - the harder they fall (jimmy cliff??)
    sublime - hope (decendents)
    ramones - palisades park (some 50's guy!)
    johnny cash - rusty cage (soundgarden)
    dropkick murphy's and afi - halloween (misfits)
    twilight singers - real love (mary j blige)
    type o negative - cinnamin girl (neil young)
    evan dando - i ain't missing you (john waits)
    the frames - love will tear us apart (joy division)
    My favorite Pearl Jam song: "Corporate Greed Boat Asshole Behind a Counter in the Oval Office"
  • clayton12clayton12 Athens, GA Posts: 350
    My Morning Jacket- A Quick One, It Makes No Difference, I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

    Green Day- Shout
    Pearl Jam- Sonic Reducer
    Gnarls Barkley- Gone Daddy Gone
    Drive By Truckers- Aint Talkin Bout Love
  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    clayton12 wrote:
    Drive By Truckers- Aint Talkin Bout Love

    Jason does a great version of Holland, 1945 by Neutral Milk Hotel.

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

    Wishlist Foundation: http://wishlistfoundation.org
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    One - Warren Haynes
    Statesboro Blues - The Allman Brothers
    Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
    While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Jeff Healy
    Crossroads - Cream
    Train Kept A Rollin - Aerosmith
    Hide Your Love Away - Pearl Jam
    Where Did You Sleep Last Night - Nirvana
    How Deep Is Your Love - John Frusciante
    Little Wing - SRV
    Texas Flood - SRV
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