Favorite cover songs

[On a Pale Horse]

Which are your favorite artist covers of other artists songs?


I like:

Van Morrison doing Comfortably Numb (although Roger Waters is in it too)

Elton John @ GnR doing Bohemian Rhapsody

Mary J Blige joining U2 for ONE

U2 doing Instant Karma

John Cash doing NIN's Hurt

[zach82]

Red Hot Chili Peppers covering Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" and Nirvana's cover of "Plateau" are the two that instantly come to mind when I think of covers... with Van Halen's version of The Kinks "You Really Got Me" as a distant 3rd.

[CanadianFonzie]

-just about every cover that Van Halen did, except that one they did with Sammy on their OU812 album, great album, bad song

-Guns N' Roses' "Live and Let Die"

-Poison had some great covers on their latest cover album, one specifically is "Little Willy" and they also did a great cover of "Your Mama Don't Dance" for their second album

-Def Leppard's "Action" and "She's Too Tough"...I'm actually not sure to concider "She's Too Tough" a cover, cause Joe Elliott wrote it, just he let Helix record it, and later Def Leppard recorded it as well

-Whitesnake's "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"

-Krokus has some great covers such as "School's Out", "Ballroom Blitz", "American Woman" and Stayed Awake All Night"

[A. Remin' D.]

Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (Unplugged)
Nirvana - Lake Of Fire (Unplugged)
Nirvana - Son Of A Gun
Black Flag - Louie Louie
Van Halen - Pretty Woman

Red Hot Chili Peppers covering Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" and Nirvana's cover of "Plateau" are the two that instantly come to mind when I think of covers... with Van Halen's version of The Kinks "You Really Got Me" as a distant 3rd.

Those three are great!

Van Halen's version blows The Kinks away.

[Special Killa B]

Pantera - Cat Scratch Fever

Godsmack - Sweet Leaf and Thunderkiss 65'

Shinedown - Simple Man

Bon Jovi - Hallelajuh

Poison's Cover Album "Poison'd" from beginning to end.

Disturbed - Land of Confusion

[Wheatjedi]

The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter
Tom Petty - Feel a Whole Lot Better

I just love Tom Petty. :)

[The Tall Man]

I think Nicki French's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and Save Ferris' "Come on Eileen" kick the hell out of the originals.

T.M.

[sCabbOy]

There are so many, but some that come to mind.

Fifteen covering Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe"
Ween covering Prince's "Purple Rain"
Red Hot Chili Peppers covering Hank Williams' "Why Don't You Love Me"
Pearl Jam covering The BEatles "I've Got A Feeling"
Ween covering Nate Dogg's "Bag Of Weed"
Megadeth covering "These Boots Are Made For Walking"
Jack Of Jill covering The Cure's "Lovesong"
Marilyn Manson covering Gary Numan's "Down In The Park"

[CanadianFonzie]

oh yah, Megadeth, they did good covers of "No More Mr. Nice Guy" and "Anarchy in the UK"

[Biosynthnut v.2]

Type O Negatives : Light My Fire by the door.
Possession by Sarah McGluchlin(sp)
Paranoid by Black Sabbath
Summer Breeze by Seals n croft(sp)??
Megadeth : No more mr nice guy by Alice Cooper.

Six feet Under : War machine by Kiss

That's all I can think of off right now.

[Denzil]

The Ataris - The Boys of Summer

[CanadianFonzie]

Megadeth also did a great cover of Paranoid

[The Tall Man]

Denzil, did you hear about some convention or some such the Ataris were at where every one of them were wearing t-shirts that read "Who the FUCK is Don Henley?" Brilliance.

T.M.

[CanadianFonzie]

Don Henley is someone who these "ataris" people will never match their success with :p

Judas Priest also has some great covers, Diamonds and Rust (not that stupid acoustic version they consistently play now) and Green Manalishi are their best covers, though they've gone a few other good ones

[sCabbOy]

Speaking of Paranoid, Faith No More does a great cover of it.

[Ron]

Gatsby's American Dream - Just Like Heaven

[D-Lo]

Most of my favorite covers have already been mentioned here. I can't believe I'm saying this, but one of my favorite covers ever is by a freakin emo band:

Quietdrive - Time after Time (Cyndi Lauper, not Ozzy)

[sCabbOy]

I've always wondered why covering another band's song has not only been embraced by fans but wanted by fans. However, a good majority of fans loathe remakes of movies?

[D-Lo]

Maybe hardcore movie fans feel a closer connection to the movie. A movie does have the visual aspect and more of a story than an ablum. I get just as pissed to hear a favorite song murdered though.

[BlakeTyner]

Nirvana - "Where Did You Sleep Last Night"

I'll second The Ataris version of "Boys of Summer," because I enjoy it - not as much as Henley's original, but almost.

George Strait's "Red River Valley," "My Life's Been Grand," "Folsom Prison Blues," and "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa" are great.

I don't care for Fred Durst, but his version of "Behind Blue Eyes" was pretty good.

[DavidDunn]

I agree with that. Fred Durst isn't exactly the best at writing his own songs (Rollin', for example), but his cover of Behind Blue Eyes was awesome.

For me, it's:
One - Dokken
Crazy Train - Skid Row and Zakk Wylde
I also liked the cover of "Time of the Season" on the Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me soundtrack. I don't fully remember who did it, though.

[BlakeTyner]

Damn, I can't believe I forgot this one in my post...

Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Voodoo Chile"

SRV :bow:

[The Dream Master]

Smashing Pumpkins, "Dancing in the Moonlight"
Jimi Hendrix, "All Along the Watchtower"

As for song covers vs. remakes, I feel like the former is much different animal from the original. Maybe because a song is a smaller piece of work, perhaps? I don't know. It's actually a good question. I hate to see one of my favorite songs be butchered, don't get me wrong--but for some reason, it doesn't bother me as much as when a film gets remade.

[Lance Lives]

Pantera doing Electric Funeral dominates.

[Wheatjedi]

John Mellencamp - Wild Night

Of course, I love pretty much everything Mellencamp has done.

[The Tall Man]

A movie does have the visual aspect and more of a story than an ablum. I get just as pissed to hear a favorite song murdered though.
D-Lo, that's precisely the way I felt when I heard Jessica Simpson's craptacular rendition of "Take My Breath Away" (from Berlin, 1986).

T.M.

[Franchise]

If I had to force myself to think of some good cover songs, I could think of these and maybe a few more.

Turn the Page by Metallica
People are Strange and Joker by Twiztid

[Denzil]

Denzil, did you hear about some convention or some such the Ataris were at where every one of them were wearing t-shirts that read "Who the FUCK is Don Henley?" Brilliance.

T.M.

Yeah, i did.

Don Henley tried to stop them from playing his song because of it. The band explained why they wore the t-shirts: it's because a lot of their fans think that it is a song that The Ataris wrote.

[Special Killa B]

Pantera doing Electric Funeral dominates.

Awesome cover!

Pantera's version of Sabbath's Planet Caravan is awesome too!

[Lance Lives]

Hell yeah dude. How about when they did Hole in the Sky? That was pretty top choice too.

[Special Killa B]

Yeah another awesome cover!!

[Rich]

Metallica - entire Garage Inc. album (both discs)
Megadeth - No More Mr. Nice Guy (Alice Cooper)
Megadeth - Paranoid (Sabbath)
Static-X (and Burton C. Bell) - Burning Inside (Ministry)
Cannibal Corpse - No Remorse (Metallica)
Malevalent Creation - Piece by Piece (Slayer)
Six Feet Under - entire Graveyard Classics album
Six Feet Under - War Machine (Kiss)

[Denzil]

Scary Kids Scaring Kids - Losing My Religion (from the Punk Goes 90s album)

[Lammert]

Marilyn Manson - Personal Jesus...

but it will never top the original by Depeche Mode(my fav. band)!

[Rich]

Manson's version of Personal Jesus is very good. So are his versions of Sweet Dreams and Nightmare Before Christmas theme.

Also, believe it or not I like KoRn's versions of Another Brick in the Wall and Word Up.

Disturbed - Shout 1000
Rob Zombie - Brick House

[Lammert]

I forgot to add, he also did a great version of Soft Cell's Tainted Love... way better then little R&B sucka Rhianna.

[Killa Pimp]

Faith No More - War pigs

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal

Limp Bizkit - Faith

Korn - Wicked

The last 3 are just too funny.

[Rich]

I forgot to add, he also did a great version of Soft Cell's Tainted Love... way better then little R&B sucka Rhianna.

Manson's version of Tainted Love is wierd but good.

P.S. Hey, I like Rhianna. That new song Umbrella is good. :)

[Lammert]

To each his own ofcourse! I'm just not into R&B... ;)

[Special Killa B]

No Doubt's version of "It's My Life" I like better then the original. I'm not sure who sings the original but I have heard both versions before.

[Lammert]

No Doubt's version of "It's My Life" I like better then the original. I'm not sure who sings the original but I have heard both versions before.

The original was by Talk Talk. I prefer the original tough.

[Shoesalesman]

Ronnie James Dio does an awsome cover of Welcome To My Nightmare.

[FinalBeyond]

Suggs' version of I'm Only Sleeping is infinitely preferrable to the original Beatles version.

And I like most of Me First And The Gimme Gimme's remakes. Especially their Science Fiction Double Feature and Phantom of The Opera.

[MaDMaNMaRz]

White Zombie - Children of the Grave (Black Sabbath)
Pantera - Planet Caravan (Black Sabbath)
Pantera - Hole in the Sky (Black Sabbath)
Metallica - Last Caress (The Misfits)
Destruction - Whiplash (Metallica)
Dark Angel - Creeping Death (Metallica)

[Kat]

Me First & the Gimmie Gimmes - Somewhere over the Rainbow (one of the coolest punk covers of a song ever)

[Violent VictiM]

Rufio does a sweet cover of Madonna - A Little Prayer. I believe that's the name of that song...

[Kat]

Rufio does a sweet cover of Madonna - A Little Prayer. I believe that's the name of that song...

It is Like a Prayer, and that is a decent cover. Nirvana did a good cover of Here She Comes Now by the Velvet Underground.

[Geomonic]

Reel Big Fish - Take on me
Manowar - Nessun Dorma
Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver
GnR - Live & Let Die
Coheed & Cambria - Siter Christian

First that come to mind, tons I love though.

[Lance Lives]

Hank III's cover of Atlantic City is so damn good.

[ChildrenoftheDamned]

Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide
Faster Pussycat - You're So Vain
Guns N' Roses - Live and Let Die
Guns N' Roses - Sympathy for the Devil
Green Day - Working Class Hero
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams
Metallica - Turn the Page

[SoulOnFire]

Another fan of Smashing Pumpkin's cover of Landslide. Just so achingly beautiful.

How about the Nativity in Black albums? Two tributes to Black Sabbath with some awesome covers. Bruce Dickinson injecting even more metal into Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Primus and Ozzy tearing up NIB, Sepultura thrashing through Symptom of the Universe and more.

Slayer has awesome covers of Inna A Gadda Da Vida and Born to Be Wild.

Paradise Lost did a great cover of Sisters of Mercy's Walk Away.

Metallica of course always does great with covers, with Astronomy being my favorite (James's vocals are just awesome in that one).

Oh, and there is a great metal tribute to Abba out there.

And Cannibal Corpse shredding Sabbath's Zero the Hero.

I could go on for days with this one.:D

[zombie extra 3]

Saxon - Ride Like the Wind (Christopher Cross Cover)
Blue Oyster Cult - Kick Out the Jams (MC5 Cover)
Blue Oyster Cult - Born to be Wild (Steppenwolf Cover)
The Who - Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran Cover)
Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran Cover)
Hammerfall - Back to Back (Pretty Maids Cover)
Anthrax - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - (Black Sabbath Cover)
Deep Purple - Hush (Joe South Cover)
Death - Painkiller (Judas Priest Cover)
Deliverance - Surrender (Stryper Cover)
Deliverance - After Forever (Black Sabbath Cover)
Great White - Substitute (The Who Cover)
Aerosmith - Come Together (The Beatles Cover)
Exodus - Low Rider (War Cover)

[Shoesalesman]

I'm going to go out on a limb here, but...

Pat Boone doing Alice Cooper's No More Mr. Nice Guy

:shifty:

[Jack Bauer]

My personal favorites are Peter Frampton doing While My Guiter Gently Weeps and Blackhole Sun and Johnny Cash's rendition of Hurt.

[MaDMaNMaRz]

Death - Painkiller (Judas Priest Cover)
Exodus - Low Rider (War Cover)

Those are great. :)

[BlakeTyner]

Johnny Cash's rendition of Hurt.

Cash did a damn good cover of "City of New Orleans," too.

Though I have to say Willie's version is my favorite.

~Blake

[El Diablo]

Stone Temple Pilots cover of Led Zeppelin's "Dancing Days."

Jimi Hendrix doing Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower."

Johnny Cash doing his version of NIN's "Hurt."

and while I may be alone in this one...

Disturbed's cover of the Tears For Fears song "Shout." (It's a rocking son, man!!!) :cool:

[Shoesalesman]

Johnny Cash doing his version of NIN's "Hurt."

I had no idea that was Trent's song when I heard Johnny singing it until a few months ago. Great cover. ;)

[sCabbOy]

Cash does a lot of GREAT covers. When he does it you feel as if HE wrote it becaus eof the emotion he'd put behind it.

Some of my favorite Cash covers;
Thirteen (Danzig)
Rowboat (beck)
I've Been Everywhere (Hank Snow)
Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode)
Memories Are Made Of This... (Dean Martin?)
Rusty Cage (Soundgarden)
Tennessee Stud (Tennessee Ernie Ford?)
Transfusion Blues (AKA Cocaine Blues) (Forgot who did that originally)
The Pistol Is The Devil's Right Hand (Again, forgot who originalld did this)
I Never Picked Cotton (Roy Clark)

and so on..

[Shoesalesman]

The Pistol Is The Devil's Right Hand (Again, forgot who originalld did this)

I have Waylon Jennings doing 'The Devil's Right Hand' on cassette. Not sure what the album's called, but it was released in 1986.

[101ant101]

United Nations - Out Of Touch

cant remeber who the original group was called.

[Geomonic]

original group was Hall & Oates baby!

C'mon man, the song is a classic. :) haha

Good cover too.

[Utellme]

Doors Light my fire done by Type o Negative
Alice Coopers Schools out by Gwar

[FallOutGirl]

Bowling for soup-summer of 69
Fall Out Boy-Roxanne

[mcilroga]

- Aretha Frankin's Respect
- Elvis Presley's Hound Dog
- Melissa Etheridge's The Weakness In Me
- Eric Clapton's I Shot The Sheriff
- Gary Jules'; Alex Parks' Mad World
- The Beatles' Twist & Shout
- Joe Cocker's With A Little Help From My Friends
- Led Zeppelin's You Shook Me
- Stevie Wonder's We Can Work It Out
- Ike & Tina Turner's Proud Mary
- The Who's Summertime Blues
- Janis Joplin's Piece Of My Heart
- The Fugees' Killing Me Softly
- Sinead O'Connor's Nothing Compares 2 U
- Johnny Cash's Hurt

[Kat]

- Everclear covering Brown Eyed Girl

I love that version more than the original (actually, I might be the only person in the world that hates the original)

[ChoKo]

Spiderbait - "Black Betty"

[The Dream Master]

Clones (We're All) by The Smashing Pumpkins (originally performed by Alice Cooper)

[rimbaud98]

A few covers that I like can be found on strippedmusic.com:

Beast of Burden - Lifehouse (Rolling Stones)
Rocket Man - Daughtry (Elton John)
Umbrella - Plain White T's (Rihanna)
Borderline - Rob Thomas (Madonna)
American Girl - Sugarland (Tom Petty)
Crazy - Nelly Furtado (Gnarls Barkly)
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Little Big Town (Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty)

[zombie extra 3]

Judas Priest - Diamonds and Rust (Joan Baez cover)
Judas Priest - The Green Manalashi with the Two Pronged Crown (Fleetwood Mac cover)
Megadeth - I Ain't Superstitious (Willie Dixon cover)
Lizzy Borden - Live and Let Die (Wings cover)

[Joe Strummer]

Ataris - Boys of summer

The Damned - Eloise

Devo - are you experienced?

Clash - Police and Thieves, every little bit hurts, I fought the law, pressure drop

[MaDMaNMaRz]

Exhorder - Into the Void (Black Sabbath cover)

I'd have to say that is my all-time favorite cover song. Their guitar tone was absolutely crushing.

[Utellme]

Kiss War Machine covered by 6ft under

[Ron]

Gatsby's American Dream- Just Like Heaven
Sugarcult- I Melt With You
Johnny Cash- Hurt
Fugees- Killing Me Softly

[alicefan696]

Children of Bodom doing the cover of Bed on Nails by Alice and Silent Scream by Slayer are pretty good

[Denzil]

China Drum - Wuthering Heights

[alicefan696]

Ce Soir-Iron Maiden (Cover of Golden Earring)

[zombie extra 3]

Anthrax - Parasite (KISS Cover)
Children of Bodom - Hellion (WASP Cover)

[Kat]

Tuesday's Gone - Metallica

[sCabbOy]

Waylon Jennings version of Folsom Prison Blues is pretty damn good.

[MaDMaNMaRz]

Exhorder - Into the Void (Black Sabbath cover)
Death - Painkiller (Judas Priest cover)

[God of Thunder]

Anthrax- Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath (Black Sabbath)
Anthrax- Parasite (KISS)
Anthrax- She (KISS)
Six Feet Under- the entire AC/DC Back in Black album
Cannibal Corpse- Zero the Hero (Black Sabbath)
Cannibal Corpse- The Exorcist (Possessed, and it's an absolutely incredible cover)
Cannibal Corpse- No Remorse (Metallica, also awesome)
Motley Crue- Smokin in the Boys Room (Brownsville Station)
Motley Crue- Helter Skelter (The Beatles)
Six Feet Under- T.N.T. (AC/DC)
Six Feet Under- War Machine (KISS)
Six Feet Under- Sweet Leaf (Black Sabbath)
Six Feet Under- Son of a Bitch (Accept)
Ozzy Osbourne- Rocky Mountain Way (Joe Walsh, although a lot of people don't like that cover)
Van Halen- Ice Cream Man (John Brim)
Van Halen- You Really Got Me (The Kinks)
KISS- Rock and Roll Hell (BTO)
KISS- 2,000 Man (The Rolling Stones)
KISS- God Gave Rock and Roll to You II (Argent)
Megadeth- Strange Ways (KISS)
Primus with Ozzy Osbourne- N.I.B. (Black Sabbath)
Ace Frehley- Hide Your Heart (KISS)
that version of Welcome Home (Sanitarium) by Metallica with Scott Ian and other people on it
Anthrax with Chuck D- Bring the Noize (Public Enemy)
Skid Row- Come on and Love Me (KISS)
Slayer- In a Gadda Da Vida (Iron Butterfly)
Death- God of Thunder (KISS)
Six Feet Under- Wrathchild (Iron Maiden)
Metallica- Turn the Page (Bob Seger)
and that heavy version of "Devil Went Down to Georgia" that was on Guitar Hero III. That was pretty sweet.

I'm sure I forgot a few

[TheShowstoppa]

I recently heard Nonpoint cover "In the Air Tonight" and I enjoyed it because it was different than the usual Phil Collins covers I'm used to. That and I like Nonpoint.

[FallOutGirl]

Hole- You've got no right (Nirvana's You Know You're Right)
Nirvana-Seasons In The Sun
Nirvana-The Man Who Sold The World

[sCabbOy]

Some more that I remembered:
GG Allin - Scumfuc Tradition (Adaptation of Hank Williams Jr's Family Tradition)
GG Allin - Outlaw Scumfuc (Adaptation of David Allan Coe's Longhaired Redneck)
Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat (Nick Cave)
Johnny Cash - Thirteen (Danzig)
Johnny Cash - Rusty Cage (Soundgarden)
Johnny Cash - Rowboat (Beck)
Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode)
Brujeria - Marihuana (Macarena)
John Frusciante - Tiny Dancer (Elton john)
Hank Williams III - Cocaine Blues (Woodie Guthrie, done Cash style)
Red HoT Chili Peppers - Higher Ground (Steve Wonder)

[Parasomniaa]

Cradle of Filth - Hallowed Be Thy Name (Iron Maiden)

[Denzil]

So What? - Metallica (Anti-Nowhere League)

[SlasherFreak]

Does anyone know who did the Don't Fear The Reaper cover that appeared in the Scream movie???

[sCabbOy]

Anyone remember Ugly Kid Joe's cover of "Cat's In The Cradle"?
I always thought that one was great.

[Denzil]

Does anyone know who did the Don't Fear The Reaper cover that appeared in the Scream movie???

It was a guy called Gus Black. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Black)

[SlasherFreak]

It was a guy called Gus Black. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Black)

Thanks dude!!!

[Denzil]

Thanks dude!!!

No problem mate! :)

[ChildrenoftheDamned]

Smokin' In the Boy's Room - Motley Crue (originally by Brownsville Station)
Turn the Page - Metallica (originally by Bob Seger)
Drift Away - Uncle Kracker (originally by Dobie Gray)
Simple Man - Shinedown (originally by Lynyrd Skynyrd)

[AOD]

Megadeth - No More Mr.Nice Guy (Alice Cooper)
Motorhead - Hellraiser (Ozzy Osbourne)
Iced Earth - Transylvania (Iron Maiden)
1,000 Homo DJ's - Supernaut (Black Sabbath)

[ChildrenoftheDamned]

Can't Get It Out Of My Head - Velvet Revolver (ELO)
Come Together - Aerosmith (The Beatles)

[sCabbOy]

Here's 2 of the best covers I have heard in areally long time. Both by Joaquin Phoenix.

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[ChildrenoftheDamned]

I Don't Care About You - Guns N' Roses (Fear)
Whiskey In the Jar - Metallica (Thin Lizzy)
Turn the Page - Metallica (Bob Seger)

[zombie extra 3]

I just bought the new Stryper album - The Covering (clever title huh?) and I enjoy a lot of the cover songs on it.

Especially these covers:
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Ozzy Osbourne - Over the Mountain
Deep Purple - Highway Star (I like the Metal Church cover of it better but the Stryper version is still good)
UFO - Lights Out
Van Halen - On Fire

[The Dream Master]

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[Utellme]

Simple Man - Shinedown (originally by Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Def Tones do a even better cover of it imo check it out

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

And i like these Heavy Metal Cookie Monsters Ten Masked Men

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


Isnt Hell Raiser originally Motor Heads Song first ? I like there version far better.

Alice Cooper finally going into the Hall Of Fame way past due ashame.

[Uncle Hoody]

David Cook's version of "Don't You Forget About Me" is pretty kicking.

[Utellme]

David Cook's version of "Don't You Forget About Me" is pretty kicking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p2ce7gOcbo
ADDED:
I wish i could get a ligitamite copy of Alice Cooper Doing The Who's Pinball Wizzard . Alice did it on the VH1 Rock Band Show it was Alice vs Sebastian Bach who was doing a Cheap Trick Song.

I cant find this Alice Cooper Doing The Who's Pinball Wizzard anywhre ?

[MaDMaNMaRz]

One of my all-time favorites is Exhorder's cover of Black Sabbath's Into the Void.

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[Rivers]

The cover of "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Gus, featured in Scream.
"Sweet Child O'mine," Taken by Trees is awesome and gave me chills when I heard it in the "Last House on the Left" remakes trailer.
Billy Idol does a hellacious cover of "Don't You Forget about Me" on his greatest hits album.
I really dig several of the covers that have been done on Glee.
Here is a new question for you guys, in your opinion, covers that supersede the orginal?
For me, Shinedown's "Simple Man, " give s me chills. Blows away the Skynard version. Everytime I have seen it live, they always dedicate it to Dime Bag Darrel from Pantera. That especially hits home for me because I had tickets to the Damage Plan concert the night he got shot, but was unable to go.

[ThorOrBear]

Mastodon - Emerald (Thin Lizzy) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTKYbATHHoQ
Failure - Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO0pbPJQqoQ
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Leanord Cohen) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8AWFf7EAc4
Deftones - No Ordinary Love (Sade) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuNZGijfaZA
Faith No More - Easy (The Commodores) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9X_msJ-7OI
Reggie and the Full Effect - Raining Blood (Slayer) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RXjRKDu544

[On a Pale Horse]

In addition to my original post..

Ani Difranco and Dar Williams doing Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd)
Government Mule doing Cortez the Killer (Neil Young)
On a Pale Horse doing Resurrection (Tjames)

[Uncle Hoody]

My ole lady showed me the cast from that show "Glee" singing Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" since I've been on a Journey kick lately. I have to admit, it didn't send me into a fiery rage. It was adequate.

[WesReviews]

GnR's "Live and Let Die"

And Def Leppard does a pretty awesome version of "Rock On".

The worst cover ever... Celine Dion butchering AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long".
ADDED:
Anybody pick up Poison'd by Poison? It's a newer CD with nothing but covers of classic rock songs. It's pretty awesome, if you're a fan.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510Tf5ywZTL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

1. Little Willy
2. Suffragette City
3. I Never Cry
4. I Need to Know
5. Can't You See
6. What I Like About You
7. Dead Flowers
8. Just What I Needed
9. Rock And Roll All Nite
10. Squeeze Box
11. Don't Mess Around With Jim
12. Your Mama Don't Dance
13. We're An American Band

[WesReviews]

Steel Panther has done a couple of pretty awesome covers as well... "Don't Stop Believin" (Journey) and "Fantasy" Aldo Nova.

[WesReviews]

So, anyone know where I can find "Money" by Velvet Revolver (Pink Floyd cover)? It was featured in The Italian Job, but wasn't on the official soundtrack and it was never released on any of VR's albums. I could've sworn I heard it on the radio back in the day. Why was it never made a single?

Neither Amazon nor iTunes have it. Would love to find it sometime.

[Rivers]

Wes!

I am 99% sure I have a copy of that song floating around. You want a copy of it? Well, I need a Ken Walsh fix. Want to make a deal?

[WesReviews]

Wes!

I am 99% sure I have a copy of that song floating around. You want a copy of it? Well, I need a Ken Walsh fix. Want to make a deal?

You make a hard bargain, but... deal! :)

[On a Pale Horse]

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I thought these guys did chanting or religious songs but just realized they do covers for classic rock, heavy metal, current songs etc. Interesting twist on good songs.

[WesReviews]

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Bad. Ass.