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Best and Worst cover versions

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    #62
    Suaimhneach
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 4,436 Mod ✭✭✭✭Suaimhneach


    Joe Dolan - Everybody Hurts

    I nearly cried.


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    #63
    jonnybadd
    Registered Users Posts: 1,295 ✭✭✭jonnybadd


    IamtheKing wrote:
    Foo Fighters have done Stairway to Heaven?
    Well now I've heard everything...........

    Yeah nice accoustic version untill it gets to the solo and Dave does the solo with his voice quite impressive aswell


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    #64
    Pet
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    Jesjes wrote:
    Joe Dolan - Everybody Hurts

    I nearly cried.
    And for all the wrong reasons, too.


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    #65
    Evilution
    Closed Accounts Posts: 775 ✭✭✭Evilution


    Mushroomhead have a really good cover of Seals 'Crazy' on their 13 album. Worth checking out.


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    #66
    Sarky
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    I've never been impressed with Metallica's take on Whiskey In The Jar...

    But Tom Jones singing Black Betty took years off my life.


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    #67
    Evilution
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    Angry Inch by Type O Negative, from their latest album? Very good.


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    #68
    NotMe
    Registered Users Posts: 4,287 ✭✭✭NotMe


    DOA did a terrible cover of Communication Breakdown.


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    #69
    Crucifix
    Registered Users Posts: 3,437 ✭✭✭Crucifix


    I'd also like add Faith No More's version of 'Easy'


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    #70
    iasc
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    Good ones

    Therapy? - Diane (Adding the cello and the slowing the song really suited the theme of it

    Metallica - Sabbra Cadabra/ A National Acrobat - Liked the way they mixed the two

    AC/DC - Baby Please Don't Go

    Pearl Jam w Neil Young - Rockin in the free world at the Mtv awards

    R.A.T.M - ghost of tom joad

    Rory Gallagher - Messing with the kid

    Nirvana - Man who sold the world


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    #71
    abccormac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 477 ✭✭abccormac


    It's taken me until now to think of a good one that someone else hasn't posted, says a lot about covers... anyway , Trickys version of Black Steel is deadly


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    #72
    John
    Registered Users Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    abccormac wrote:
    It's taken me until now to think of a good one that someone else hasn't posted, says a lot about covers... anyway , Trickys version of Black Steel is deadly

    YES!!!


    Oh and as regards Therapy? doing Diane (ahem), I didn't know it was a cover. Who did the original?


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    #73
    iasc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 287 ✭✭iasc


    John2 wrote:
    YES!!!


    Oh and as regards Therapy? doing Diane (ahem), I didn't know it was a cover. Who did the original?


    Husker Du, really different sounding song the original


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    #74
    John
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    Oh right, Husker Du are one of those bands I've heard of but never heard.


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    #75
    superconor
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    RATM's covers are generally pretty damn good.
    How I Could Just Kill A Man, In My Eyes, Kick Out The Jams and Microphone Fiend are the only ones ive heard the originals of and they are excellent. Kick out the jams is great live, but boringly slow in the studio.


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    #76
    Zaph
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    I Fought the Law - The Clash (originally by the Bobby Fuller Four)

    A truly classic cover


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    #77
    Jonny Arson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,124 ✭✭✭Jonny Arson


    Best cover version ever is Rik Waller's ''I will always love you''.


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    #78
    powerage22
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    motorhead did a good version of enter sandman


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    #79
    Kersh
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    Nirvanas version of shocking blues ' love buzz'.


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    #80
    Prior Of Taize
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 603 ✭✭✭Prior Of Taize


    in fairness johnny cash made a savage attempt at that song and i thought it was excellent

    avril lavigne doing Fuel by metallica was worse than chop suey...its a **** song anyway but why flog a dead horse :eek:

    also Rory Gallaghers cover of pistol slapper blue's is definitely worth a mention...didnt like "messin with the kid" et al


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    #81
    Civilian_Target
    Registered Users Posts: 5,618 ✭✭✭Civilian_Target


    John2 wrote:
    YES!!!


    Oh and as regards Therapy? doing Diane (ahem), I didn't know it was a cover. Who did the original?

    I actually thought Diane was a pretty crap track, never heard the original but I don't like the therapy version....


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    #82
    Bottle_of_Smoke
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    Him - Wicked Game(Chris Isaak)
    also do a good cover of Neil Diamond's Solitary Man

    Metallica's version of whiskey's great aside from the guys voice


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    #83
    Numina
    Registered Users Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭Numina


    Best: Johnny cash:hurt & rusty cage
    Tori Amos: raining blood
    worst: avril lavaigne: chop suey


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    #84
    shivface
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    im so glad ive never a lot of these avril covers... i heard the first few seconds of fuel and knockin of heavens door tho... shameful


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    #85
    Gothic Warrior
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    WORST:
    Madonna - American Pie
    Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb
    Sheryl Crowe - Sweet Child O' Mine

    BEST:
    Primus - Have a Cigar
    Primus - Amos Moses
    Days of the New - LA Woman
    Blind Melon - 3 is a Magic Number
    Lemonheads - Mrs. Robinson
    Rage Against the Machine - The Ghost of Tom Joad


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    #86
    Corruptedmorals
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    Numina wrote:
    avril lavaigne: chop suey



    *sniggers*

    I can just imagine how bad that sounds...


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    #87
    The Free Man
    Registered Users Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭The Free Man


    i like:
    Sepeltura - Symptom of the Universe (black sabbath)
    RATM - Maggie's Farm (bob dylan)
    Cake - I Will Survive (gloria gaynor)

    i dislike:
    irish clubland.


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    #88
    Prior Of Taize
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 603 ✭✭✭Prior Of Taize


    Man i cant believe i forgot maggie's farm by rage....its so much more easy to listen to than bob dylans original

    anyone know the name of that song in Grosse Pointe Blank when Cusack goes into the Reunion?...its faith no more i know that...i can picture the video in my mind but the namke has slipped me


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    #89
    eljono
    Registered Users Posts: 1,767 ✭✭✭eljono


    Is it Easy?


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    #90
    NeroTheExtreme
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    Ok i'm gonna start off with the bad cos there's so f*cking many of them.

    Orgy - Blue Monday (New Order), an absolute disgrace!
    Megadeth - Paranoid (Black Sabbath). Mustaine sounded bloody terrible
    Avril Lavigne - Fuel (Metallica). Lars should have sued her, not napster users!
    Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love (Soft Cell) - I usually like his covers, but he killed that!
    David Bowie and Annie Lennox - Under Pressure (Queen/Bowie) - At the Freddie tribute, Bowie's voice wasn't up to full performance, and Annie Lennox had no business there i felt.
    Therapy? - Isolation (Joy Division) - Weird, disjointed cover with an even weirder video, and i'm not referring to the black and white promo video either.
    New Order - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division) - If you ever heard them do this live, you'd know what i mean, sad thing is, it was 3/4 members of the original band!

    I'll stop there or i'll rant forever.

    Good
    U2 - Dancing Barefoot (Patti Smith), Dark enough song, i felt U2 did it justice.
    Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Leadbelly), One of the few songs i liked on Unplugged
    Megadeth - No More Mr Nice Guy (Alice Cooper), I actually preferred this over the original. One of the few Megadeth covers i liked. Not a bad movie either.
    Rolling Stones - Like A Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan), I like this just for sheer irony.

    Nero


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    #91
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,905 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    Good:
    Opeth - Circle Of The Tyrants (celtic frost cover)
    Megadeth - Anarchy In The UK (sex pistols cover)
    Arch Enemy - Aces High (Iron Maiden cover)
    Cradle Of Filth - For All Those Who Died (sabbat cover)
    Berzerker - Corporal Jigsaw Quandary (Carcass)

    The Bad
    Anything by Avril Lavagne or Ronan Keating


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