Best cover song ever?
 

Little Wing - SRV covering Hendrix is pretty hard to beat. That song seems like it was written for Stevie Ray...like somewhere in the cosmos someone knew that SRV would cover it one day.

No Quarter - Tool covering Zeppelin is a close second for me.

Johnny Cash- Rusty Cage (Soundgarden)

Eric Clapton also did a pretty good cover of Jimi Hendrix's song Little Wing. While we're talking about Hendrix, Jimi did incredible covers himself of the Bob Dylan tunes "All Along the Watchtower", and "Like A Rolling Stone".

I think Patti Smith did a great cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Because the Night" (actually the Manfred Mann Earth Band did a good cover of Springsteen's "Spirits in the Night" too).

I really enjoy it when a musician/band can take someone else's song, re-arrange it, and then almost make it their own.

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Johnny Cash covers Nine Inch Nails, "Hurt"

Any of Richard Cheeses songs.

YARGH!

Not the best but prolly one of the more bizarre is Ozzy doing "Stayin' Alive",
or The Cranberries doing "Go Your Own Way"

A favorite of mine is Fear Factory doing Gary Numan's "Cars" Primus ' cover of YYZ is pretty cool too.

I recently am listening to "Disturbed's" new album and their cover of"Land of confusion" is amazingly good. Especially in today's political environment, they are ripping on Bush through out the album.. hehehe

Talking Heads covering Al Green's Take Me To River.

Lounge Against the Machine rocks!!!

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Man who sold the world is good

All of his covers are great. One of my favorite artists. :thumbsup

Saga's cover of Peter Gabriel's "Salisbury Hill" was good.

or FM/Nash the Slash doin' the Who's "Bubba O'Reily"

:1orglaugh :thumbsup


My vote goes to Gob - Paint it Black

Tad Morse covering ABBA's "Knowing Me, Knowing You.

all cover songs suck ass

some cover songs are even better than the original, but its very seldom. some covers make you like the rather forgettable original

Well, I like when a performer (or group of performers) puts a new spin on something old. I like how Tool didn't really try to duplicate what Zeppelin did with No Quarter as that's just...impossible. But they took the basic elements of the song, and turned it into something of their own.

Metallica- Whiskey in the Jar

And on that same note (sort of) I actually like the SRV version of Little Wing MUCH better than the original by Hendrix. Granted, Hendrix was awesome. But SRV playing Little Wing (to me) is what it sounds like when someone makes love to a guitar.

metallica - on the road again

junkie xl - A Little Less Conversation Elvis Vs Jxl remix

Johnny Cash - Hurt (NIN)

Beat me to it heh

this guy does good in cover songs. :thumbsup
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I didn't like the fact that FF did "Cars". hmmff.

Machinehead covering Message in a Bottle was killer.

Codeseven doing Boys of Summer

Manson's cover of Sweet Dreams

Perfect Circle doing Imagine

Snake River Conspiracy covering Love Song

I love lots of covers... thats all I can think of right now. ;)

What new album over the past year doesn't rip on Bush? Country? Ted Nugent maybe?

Got my top one...
So I'll add on Type O Negative "Summer Breeze" .. just makes me laugh.

and, a lot of what was on the Hendrix tribute album Stone Free.
Cure did Purple Haze... you could recognize it as the Cure... OR as "Purple Haze"

i agree withe majority

johnny cash - hurt

and also

marilyn manson - working class hero

bump for kickass covers

Marilyn Manson - "Sweet Dreams"
Johnny Cash - "Sunday Morning Coming Down"
SLAYER - "In A Gadda Da Vida"
Motely Crue - "Helter Skelter"
Joan Jett - "Crimson and Clover" and "Pretty Vacant"

Type O Negative - Cinnamon Girl
Aerosmith - Come Together, Helter Skelter
Orgy - Blue Monday
Johnny Cash - Hurt

Manfred Mann's cover of Springsteen's "For You"

Johnny Cash and Joel Strummer doing Bob Marley's Redemption Song is amazing.

Cowboy Junkies doing U2's One is also very good.

Don't forget my cover of KC & The Sunshine Band's Get Down Tonight

a funny one is when foo fighters covers Creed! :1orglaugh

The Rolling Stones, when they covered that Justine Bateman song Satisfaction...that was awesome :1orglaugh