*Best Cover Versions You've Ever Heard*

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  • gleemonex
    gleemonex Posts: 848
    Eels - Get Ur Freak On (Missy Elliott)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIeqZ3qPFWs
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • Todd76
    Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    Some of my favs:

    Rheostatics - The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Gordon Lightfoot)
    Amy Millan - I Will Follow You Into The Dark (Death Cab For Cutie)
    Arcade Fire - Born On A Train (Magnetic Fields)
    Barenaked Ladies - Lovers In A Dangerous Time (Bruce Cockburn)
    The Be Good Tanyas - When Doves Cry (Prince)
    Beck - True Love Will Find You In The End (Daniel Johnston)
    Calexico - Ocean Of Noise (Arcade Fire)
    Cat Power - Wonderwall (Oasis)
    Cat Power - Sea of Love (?)
    Crash Vegas - Pocahontas (Neil Young)
    the Dandy Warhols - Ohio (CSNY)
    Death Cab For Cutie - All Is Full Of Love (Bjork)
    the Decemberists - Human Behavior (Bjork)
    Dinosaur Jr - Just Like Heaven (the Cure)
    Faith No More - I Started A Joke (the Bee Gees)
    Feist - Secret Heart (Ron Sexsmith)
    Feist - Inside and Out (the Bee Gees)
    The Flaming Lips - Can't Get You Outta My Head (Kylie Minogue)
    The Flaming Lips - Knives Out (Radiohead)
    The Flaming Lips - Golden Age (Beck)
    The Flaming Lips & Sparklehorse - Go (Daniel Johnston)
    Grandaddy - Revolution (the Beatles)
    Iron & Wine - Such Great Heights (the Postal Service)
    the Jesus & Marychain - My Girl (?)
    the Lemonheads - Mrs Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel)
    Luther Wright & the Wrongs - One Of My Turns (Pink Floyd)
    Mogwai - Gouge Away (the Pixies)
    the National - Pretty In Pink (the Psychedelic Furs)
    Placebo - Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush)
    the Postal Service - Against All Odds (Phil Collins)
    the Postal Service - Suddenly Everything Has Changed (the Flaming Lips)
    Sarah Harmer - Will He Be Waiting For Me? (Dolly Parton)
    Sebadoh - Pink Moon (Nick Drake)
    the Shins - We Will Become Silhouettes (the Postal Service)
    Slowdive - Some Velvet Morning (?)
    Sonic Youth - Within You Without You (the Beatles)
    Sonic Youth - Superstar (the Carpenters)
    Stars - This Charming Man (the Smiths)
    Sun Kil Moon - Ocean Breathes Salty (Modest Mouse)
    Tori Amos - Angie (the Rolling Stones)
    Tori Amos - Time (Tom Waits)
    the Weakerthans - Bad Time To Be Poor (Rheostatics)
    Weeping Tile - Don't Let It Bring You Down (Neil Young)
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Diamond Sea (Sonic Youth)
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  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Todd76 wrote:
    Some of my favs:

    Rheostatics - The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Gordon Lightfoot)
    Amy Millan - I Will Follow You Into The Dark (Death Cab For Cutie)
    Arcade Fire - Born On A Train (Magnetic Fields)
    Barenaked Ladies - Lovers In A Dangerous Time (Bruce Cockburn)
    The Be Good Tanyas - When Doves Cry (Prince)
    Beck - True Love Will Find You In The End (Daniel Johnston)
    Calexico - Ocean Of Noise (Arcade Fire)
    Cat Power - Wonderwall (Oasis)
    Cat Power - Sea of Love (?)
    Crash Vegas - Pocahontas (Neil Young)
    the Dandy Warhols - Ohio (CSNY)
    Death Cab For Cutie - All Is Full Of Love (Bjork)
    the Decemberists - Human Behavior (Bjork)
    Dinosaur Jr - Just Like Heaven (the Cure)
    Faith No More - I Started A Joke (the Bee Gees)
    Feist - Secret Heart (Ron Sexsmith)
    Feist - Inside and Out (the Bee Gees)
    The Flaming Lips - Can't Get You Outta My Head (Kylie Minogue)
    The Flaming Lips - Knives Out (Radiohead)
    The Flaming Lips - Golden Age (Beck)
    The Flaming Lips & Sparklehorse - Go (Daniel Johnston)
    Grandaddy - Revolution (the Beatles)
    Iron & Wine - Such Great Heights (the Postal Service)
    the Jesus & Marychain - My Girl (?)
    the Lemonheads - Mrs Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel)
    Luther Wright & the Wrongs - One Of My Turns (Pink Floyd)
    Mogwai - Gouge Away (the Pixies)
    the National - Pretty In Pink (the Psychedelic Furs)
    Placebo - Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush)
    the Postal Service - Against All Odds (Phil Collins)
    the Postal Service - Suddenly Everything Has Changed (the Flaming Lips)
    Sarah Harmer - Will He Be Waiting For Me? (Dolly Parton)
    Sebadoh - Pink Moon (Nick Drake)
    the Shins - We Will Become Silhouettes (the Postal Service)
    Slowdive - Some Velvet Morning (?)
    Sonic Youth - Within You Without You (the Beatles)
    Sonic Youth - Superstar (the Carpenters)
    Stars - This Charming Man (the Smiths)
    Sun Kil Moon - Ocean Breathes Salty (Modest Mouse)
    Tori Amos - Angie (the Rolling Stones)
    Tori Amos - Time (Tom Waits)
    the Weakerthans - Bad Time To Be Poor (Rheostatics)
    Weeping Tile - Don't Let It Bring You Down (Neil Young)
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Diamond Sea (Sonic Youth)

    damn dude!
    thanks 4 the list. :)
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  • MotorCityMike
    MotorCityMike Posts: 73
    G'n'R - The Spaghetti Incident

    the whole thing.

    yeah, i said it.
  • Todd76
    Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    damn dude!
    thanks 4 the list. :)


    yeah......I guess it's not very helpful without links - but if any of the songs peak anyones interest I can point them in the right direction

    my "covers" playlist on my iPod has 400+ songs in it
    In my world everyone is a pony,
    and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
  • JordyWordy
    JordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    Cat Power - Satisfaction
    David Gray - Streets Of Philadelphia
    Glen Hansard - Cry Me A River
    Jack Johnson - Plastic Jesus
    Lisa Hannigan - Down To The River
    Mark Lanegan - Man In The Long Black Coat
    Muse - Cant Take My Eyes Off You
    Placebo - Daddy Cool
    Rage Against The Machine - Kick Out The Jams
    RHCP - Fire / I Feel Love / Search & Destroy
    Ukulele Orchestra - Wuthering Heights
    Vyvienne Long - Purple Haze

    and also any song by Me First & The Gimme Gimmes (particularly I Believe I Can Fly, and Desperado)
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,228
    Red Hot Chili Peppers.....1989 *Higher Ground* orig by Stevie Wonder

    Peace
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  • geishagrrl
    geishagrrl Posts: 130
    Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
  • Slip Kid
    Slip Kid Posts: 1,175
    all this and no one ever picked Masters of War?

    Masters of War by Eddie Vedder Originally by Bob Dylan
    I just don't trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn't die.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Killdozer - Burnin' Love (Elvis Presley)

    Hysterical rendition.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Best cover version I ever heard is Waco Brothers doing Neil Young's Revolution Blues, it's incredible. I'm at pains to say that it's maybe even better than the original, which it isn't of course because the lyrics are so excellent and genius. But their version is much more rock n roll, more urgent, and it works a treat :)
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • searchlightsoul
    searchlightsoul Posts: 583
    Soundgarden- Helter Skeltar (Beatles)..this is amazing, totally reworked an average song into some crazy dark shit.

    Cornell- Thankyou (Led Zep). Better than the original

    Something for Kate- Harpoon (Jebediah) Prefer it to the original

    Pearl Jam -Love, Reign O'er Me (The Who) Love Eds vocals on this one.
  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    searchlightsoul wrote:

    Cornell- Thankyou (Led Zep). Better than the original

    .

    Ahem! Exsqueeze me? You're joking right? I mean Chris is a cool guy, but do me a favour.....
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    searchlightsoul wrote:
    Soundgarden- Helter Skeltar (Beatles)..this is amazing, totally reworked an average song into some crazy dark shit.
    An AVERAGE song?!?! Helter Skelter was about as heavy as the popular music scene would allow. I have no doubt that HS would be a lot heavier and darker (as would many other Beatles songs) if there was the same liberty in music as there is today. Personally, I don't think Soundgarden did much to that song other than modernised it a bit. Their cover of Come Together was a lot more adventurous.
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  • searchlightsoul
    searchlightsoul Posts: 583
    fowls wrote:
    An AVERAGE song?!?! Helter Skelter was about as heavy as the popular music scene would allow. I have no doubt that HS would be a lot heavier and darker (as would many other Beatles songs) if there was the same liberty in music as there is today. Personally, I don't think Soundgarden did much to that song other than modernised it a bit. Their cover of Come Together was a lot more adventurous.

    Nah Man. Sorry disagree with you here. The live version I have from SG are amazing. Especially the way Cornell screams "coming gown faster don't let me break you". But what I really love is the instrumental and build-up to the final chorus. I think it's their best cover actually.

    The "come together" cover does nothing for me, its just kind of what I expected it to sound like coming from Soundgarden.
  • urbanhippie
    urbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Zakk Wylde -Whiter Shade of Pale
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Ozy3w2jPA

    Zakk Wylde - Come Together
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LhTGZ1cudQ

    Zakk Wylde - Heart of Gold
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a15Vwj4keI

    Placebo - Where is My Mind
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IETfCzwSU6k
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  • searchlightsoul
    searchlightsoul Posts: 583
    jamie uk wrote:
    Ahem! Exsqueeze me? You're joking right? I mean Chris is a cool guy, but do me a favour.....

    The original has to much of Robert Plant's vocal wankery. Cornell sang and played it straight up. I actually think that a lot of Zep tunes were done better by other artists, for example Hearts cover of the Battle for Evermore.
  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    urbanhippie wrote:
    Zakk Wylde -Whiter Shade of Pale
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Ozy3w2jPA

    Zakk Wylde - Come Together
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LhTGZ1cudQ

    Zakk Wylde - Heart of Gold
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a15Vwj4keI

    Placebo - Where is My Mind
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IETfCzwSU6k


    So, how'd you get from that overly aggressive, bearded deadbeat to a band like Wintersleep ? :p
    And as for Placebo...jeez, there should be a smilie with puke coming out for me to use ;)
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • urbanhippie
    urbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    jamie uk wrote:
    So, how'd you get from that overly aggressive, bearded deadbeat to a band like Wintersleep ? :p
    And as for Placebo...jeez, there should be a smilie with puke coming out for me to use ;)
    Cheek :p

    And awesome and amazing as Wintersleep are, sometimes you need something Grrrrr.... ;)
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  • meme
    meme Posts: 4,695
    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=271098&highlight=covers+make :)
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.

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