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Been a little while since we did this.

I heard Faith No More's version of War Pigs on the way home last night. It's a real kickass version that is true to the Sabbath original.

So post yer favorite cover songs here.

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The Dresden Dolls cover of War Pigs is hella good, too.

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Social Distortion's cover of J. Cash's Ring of Fire
Soul Asylum's cover of M. Gaye's Sexual Healing
Kid Rock's cover of Bad Co.'s Feel like makin love
The Replacements cover of Kiss' Black Diamond

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The Clash, Police and Thieves & I Fought the Law

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Emmylou Harris - Poncho and Lefty

RB

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The Ataris version of Don Henleys' "Boys of Summer".

Also, about 10 years ago some band named 10,000 [censored] DJ's did a great cover of Sabbaths' Supernaut- not that that song could ever be improved upon but it was a cool take.

They are censoring the word h o m o? Jesus...

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that reminds me of another alternative-like band (name unknown) doing a cover of Men at Work's "Urge Overkill" - I think Colin Hay joined in for the 3rd verse....

that was damned cool. - Actually, I THINK I bought the disk - should look for it...

RB

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Sparklehorse's version of Wish You Were Here and Jeff Beck's instrumental cover of Day in the Life are both really good.

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Primus covers that I like:

Behind my camel (Police)
Intruder (Peter Gabriel)
Amos Moses (Jerry Reed) - I actually like the Primus version better.

Primus covers that I don't like:
The things that should not be (Metallica)
Scissor Man (XTC)
Have a Cigar (Pink Floyd)

Edit:
Faith No More also did a great cover of The Commodores' Easy, and a funny cover of the Dead Kennedys Let's Lynch the Landlord.

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I liked their Have a Cigar.

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I suppose it was mentioned before but the best cover of all time is Jimi Hendrix' All Along the Watchtower.

Tori Amos does hella good covers IMHO. 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' is a masterpiece the way she does it.

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John Hiatt has had some good covers made of his tunes:
Buddy Guy-Feels Like Rain
Jeff Healey-Confidence Man, Angel Eyes
Bonnie Raitt-Thing Called Love
There's also a cover of a Hiatt tune called "Riding With The King," by Clapton and BB King, but I like Hiatt's better. The Clapton/King version's lyrics are changed to make it sound like they are talking about BB, but the song was originally about Elvis.

Bonnie Raitt also has a good cover of John Prine's Angel From Montgomery.

A3 (Alabama 3) has a good cover of Prine's "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" on their first record.

ZZ Top's I Thank You, originally by Sam And Dave, is a pretty good one. Not quite as good as the old Stax stuff.

Johnny Winter had a great version of "Stray Cat Blues" by the Stones.

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Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust
The Sundays - Wild Horses
William Shatner - It Was A Very Good Year

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I like their cover of Easy Like Sunday Morning.

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Yeah Hiatt is an excellent songwriter and the list you put forth could be extended extensively. He's a genius and fun to see live as well.

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Matter of fact, here's a list of Hiatt covers, both covers he's done of other people's stuff and his stuff that's been covered; I forgot he wrote, "Where Is The Next One Coming From?", which is on Buddy Guy's "Damn Right I Got The Blues" album and is a great tune.

I have a bootleg tape which has Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne doing "Across The Borderline", another great tune.

http://jdv.webhostingpal.com/html/covers.htm

hendrix owns cover songs...
 

all his covers better than the originals.

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FYC doing Suspicious Minds is one of my favorites, also Johnny Cash's version of Rusty Cage is pretty good.

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How about a fun one?!

Stretch Arm Strong- Let's Get This Party Started (Pink).

It's fun.

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Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" mixed with cover of Smiths' "I Know It's Over."

GNR - "Live and Let Die"

Metallica - "Turn the Page"

Melissa Etheridge - "Breathe"...cover of Greenwheel

Indigo Girls - "Tangled Up in Blue"

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Willie Nelson - time after time

saosin - penelope

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Fall Out Boy - Roxanne

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Also, about 10 years ago some band named 10,000 [censored] DJ's did a great cover of Sabbaths' Supernaut- not that that song could ever be improved upon but it was a cool take.


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IIRC, that band was basically Ministry. I know, at least, Al Jorgenses was on vocals...good cover.

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Metallica - "Turn the Page"



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Out of that whole album of covers, this was the one you picked? I thought it was the worst. The cover of "Whiskey In The Jar" by Thin Lizzy blew it away, as did "Last Caress" by the Misfits (who also had a cool album covering 50's standards i.e "Great Balls of Fire.")

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Nina Gordon - Straight Outta Compton

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Guns N Roses - The Spaghetti Incident

the entire album

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The cover of "Whiskey In The Jar" by Thin Lizzy blew it away,

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I hate Metallica. I think they are HORRIBLE. But this cover is amazing.

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Johnny Cash - Hurt
Dynamite Hack - Boyz N the Hood

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Blue Man Group - White Rabbit
A Perfect Circle - What's Going On

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The cover of "Whiskey In The Jar" by Thin Lizzy blew it away

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This cover is absolutely incredible even though I think that Metallica is terrible.

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Unlce Tupelo doing the Stooge's "I wanna be your dog"
Evan Dando doing "Skulls" by the Misfits
The Lemonheads doing "Different Drum" by Linda Ronstadt
The Replacements doing anything when they were drunk
The Smashing Pumpkins doing "Never Let Me Down Again" by Depeche Mode and "Lanslide" by Fleetwood Mac

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The cover of "Whiskey In The Jar" by Thin Lizzy blew it away

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This cover is absolutely incredible even though I think that Metallica is terrible.

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Soundgarden - Rusty Cage (Wasn't the original by johnny cash?)

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Soundgarden - Rusty Cage (Wasn't the original by johnny cash?)

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I think you got it backwards.

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White Stripes - Death Letter (Son House) and/or Jolene (Dolly Parton). Both great.

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Johnny Cash did a cover of the Soundgarden original. I like Cash's version more.

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Townes Van Zandt - Dead Flowers
The Holmes Brothers - When Something is Wrong With My Baby (originally a Sam and Dave tune IIRC)
Johnny Cash - Bird on a Wire
Johnny Cash - Father and Son
Ween - Let me Lick Your Pussy
Cradle of Filth - Hallowed Be Thy Name

etc etc

NT

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Jimmy Buffett - Brown Eyed Girl
ZZ Top - Viva Las Vegas

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Johnny Cash did a cover of the Soundgarden original. I like Cash's version more.

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No way! I always thought younger bands did covers of the old folk's songs, not the other way around [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
I remember hearing the Cash version on one of my local alternative rock stations and i thought "ooh this must be the original version or something, why else would they play johnny cash on this station?" Very interesting.

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Ben Folds - "B*tches ain't sh*t"

If you haven't heard it - Get it - It's phenomenal.