Best/Worst Covers. (1 Viewer)

[Gregor Samsa]

As the title suggests, this is a thread to state your favourite and most-hated covers, in varying amounts...

Favourite-
Radiohead-The Thief (Can)
Jeff Buckley-Halleujah (Leonard Cohen)
R.E.M-There She Goes Again (Velvet Underground)
The Pixies-Winterlong (Neil Young)
Codeine-Atmosphere (Joy Division)
Low-Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (The Smiths)
Nirvana-The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie)
Tool-No Quarter (Led Zeppelin)

Worst
Tatu-How Soon Is Now? (The Smiths.. Sounds like an Alvin & The Chipmunks cover.)
William Shatner-Mr Tambourine Man (Although to be fair, this does have a great deal of comedic value.)

 

[um..]

good covers
RATM- fuck da police(NWA)
jeff buckley- kick out the jams(MC5)
numerous bob marley covers done by ben harper, and another one he did called 'i think i'll dust my broom' by robert johnson
glenn richards, of augie march- 'charlie', by the split enz
i know theres more but i have a mental block

bad covers
whatever band covered 'fight for your right' by the beastie boys
the various reincarnations of 'throw your arms around me', by hunters and collectors, by eddie vedder and paul mcdermott

hey gregor, are you into low? i've got the fishtank cd they did with the dirty three, its great. i also downloaded a collab. they did with gybe, it sounds like it would be good but the quality is shit so you cant really tell

 

[Generator]

Dreamworld - Something For Kate (Midnight Oil) is a great song...

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Originally posted by um..
good covers
RATM- fuck da police(NWA)
jeff buckley- kick out the jams(MC5)
numerous bob marley covers done by ben harper, and another one he did called 'i think i'll dust my broom' by robert johnson
glenn richards, of augie march- 'charlie', by the split enz
i know theres more but i have a mental block

bad covers
whatever band covered 'fight for your right' by the beastie boys
the various reincarnations of 'throw your arms around me', by hunters and collectors, by eddie vedder and paul mcdermott

hey gregor, are you into low? i've got the fishtank cd they did with the dirty three, its great. i also downloaded a collab. they did with gybe, it sounds like it would be good but the quality is shit so you cant really tell

Yeah, I'm somewhat into them..Don't own any albums yet, but it's a matter of time. And speaking of that colloboration, 'Down By The River' is a really nice cover too. Low are great for covers..I also like their version of Transmission.

They did a colloboration with GYBE!? Gadzooks!

 

[um..]

yeah down by the river is the most noteable one off it, as well as the song right after it where they do an instrumental with warren ellis

yeah like i said, the gybe collaboration thingo was recorded live, so it was heaps bad quality

 

[Mojoman]

Originally posted by Gregor Samsa
As the title suggests, this is a thread to state your favourite and most-hated covers, in varying amounts...

Favourite-
Radiohead-The Thief (Can)
Jeff Buckley-Halleujah (Leonard Cohen)
R.E.M-There She Goes Again (Velvet Underground)
The Pixies-Winterlong (Neil Young)
Codeine-Atmosphere (Joy Division)
Low-Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (The Smiths)
Nirvana-The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie)
Tool-No Quarter (Led Zeppelin)

how good is tools version!!!! its awesome
also.. metallica - sabbra cadabra
muse - can't take my eyes of you
marilyn manson - sweet dreams

 

[guy]

good:
jeff buckley: way young lovers do (james morrison)
ben harper: strawberry fields (beatles)
presidents: kick out the jams

bad:
whoever covered paved paradise... i think they called it yellow taxi or something
whoever covered under the bridge by rhcp
and when jack johnson did rocky raccon it wasn't nearly as good as original... but i dunno if it was BAD

BEST:
vince jones: if i had a hammer (some old losers)
voracity patch: be happy (bob marley)

 

[stinger]

mxpx - summer of 69
millencolin - every breath you take
nofx - i want you to want me

i wouldn't say they're the best, but i dunno, i just like em

 

[Butterfly_Wings]

Good Covers:

Paul Demspey-Truly.
Hole-It's all over now, Baby Blue
Muse-Feeling Good
Nirvana-Where did you sleep last night
Jeff Buckley-Hallelujah
The Whitlams-Tangled Up In Blue
Screemfeeder-King Of Carrot Flowers
Tori Amos-Raining Blood

I could go on and on...

 

[babydoll_]

Originally posted by guy

whoever covered paved paradise... i think they called it yellow taxi or something

vanessa carlton and some guy with a bad hat
worst song ever

 

[~ForAGoodCause~]

worst cover

shakaya with the micheal jackson song, the way u make me feel

 

[Newbie]

the worst is DJ Otzi doing Manfred Mann's Do Wah Didi

fucken what a prick
that song is a classic

 

[guy]

Originally posted by babydoll_
vanessa carlton and some guy with a bad hat
worst song ever

worst COVER ever
original song is fucking great

 

[MicK_eT]

i agree that britney with i love rockn roll is shit!
the shakaya one is shit too!

i do however like gareth gates rendition of unchained melody.... its different but still retains the flow of the song...

tatu how soon is now is truely crap!
lady marmarlade was alright... errrm wat else is there

 

[guy]

chris thomas king - hard time killing floor blues (of oh brother where out thou)

 

[Mojoman]

Originally posted by Mcdickpants
i cant beleive no one has said Garry Jules - mad world (tears for fears)

its the song that plays during the last scene of Donnie Darko.

i whole-heartedly apologise for my exclusion of that song...
its a great song aye.. fits in perfect wif the movie

 

[um..]

i didnt know it was a cover though? he sounds like micheal stype

 

[AsyLum]

[ the good ]

slayer - hall of the mountain king
finger eleven - Kane's theme song on WWF
korn - one ( metallica )
sum 41 ( altho i dont like them ) - master of puppets
the ataris ( another dont like but..) - boys of summer
bloodhound gang - along comes mary ( rundmc)
utada hikaru - with or without you (u2)
pearl jam - last kiss ( blooody awesome ) .. i kno theres heaps more thats all i can remember atm

[ the bad ]

avril - fuel...ffs grow some balls before you sing that song
anything with a new dance beat remix or some new rnb/rap/hiphop singer doing his/her rendition of a song...ffs get over it and start doing your own!!

[ the ugly ]

avril..again - chopsuey
sum 41..this is the reason i dont like them - powerslave

 

[Mojoman]

Originally posted by AsyLum

rnb/rap/hiphop singer doing his/her rendition of a song...ffs get over it and start doing your own!!

HEAR HEAR!!.. i think those who wreck classic songs by adding a dance beat to them should be shot... if not, very badly wounded

 

[Loz#1]

Originally posted by AsyLum


avril..again - chopsuey

She did that? What was she thinking?