KillJoy's - BEST MUSIC COVER Thread

[KillJoy]

So... I have been getting into Cover's lately. Which ones do you like? Top of my list are:

Johney Cash - Hurt
Fall out boy - beat it
Alien Ant farm - smooth criminal
Marilyn Manson - tainted love
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams
Dope - Spin me right round
Korn - another brick in the wall
Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes
Chris Cornell - Billy Jean

These are real quick off the top of my head.

Have any you like?

:dunno:

KillJoy

[ImpalaSlayer]

definitly not a fan of covers. but i dont mind the korn cover

[Blackened300a]

Check out Mudvayne's cover of "King of pain" by the police. Type O Negative did a haunting cover of "Summer Breeze" which is really cool.

[Leadfoot281]

Dang Steve. The only one of those I've heard both versions of is Hurt. (It tops my list too.) I don't listen to much music made in the last two decades.

Others I like are;

Gloria - The Doors.
Stairway to Heaven - Frank Zappa.
Hey Jude - Tiny Tim.
Hard to Handle- Black Crowes.
All along the watchtower - Jimi Hendrix.

[Rocknthehawk]

All along the watchtower- Dave Matthews band.

seeing that song live is unbelievable.

i'm not a fan of chris cornell's billie jean, but i will be seeing him on the 16th anyways.

[CRUZTAKER]

Disturbed - Shout 2000

Rammstien = Paint it Black

[Blackened300a]

Disturbed - Shout 2000

Good song and I even like "Land of confusion" by Disturbed.

[Motorhead350]

Oh boy Steve where to start...

California Sun -Ramones
Heatbreak Hotel -Cramps
I fought The Law -Clash
I fought The Law -Stray Cats (best version ever)
Miserlu (I don't know how to spell it) -Dick Dale and His Del Tones
Sleepwalk -Ventures
Baby Let's Play House -Elvis Presley
We Are The Champions -Green Day (saw it live four years ago)
Boys In The Hood -Dynamite Hack (totally different, but no match for the original)
Come on Everybody -Sid Vicious
I keep On Dancing -The Gentrys


I have more, but I want to eat... good luck finding We Are The Champions if you look for it.

[KillJoy]

Oh boy Steve where to start...

California Sun -Ramones
Heatbreak Hotel -Cramps
I fought The Law -Clash
I fought The Law -Stray Cats (best version ever)
Miserlu (I don't know how to spell it) -Dick Dale and His Del Tones
Sleepwalk -Ventures
Baby Let's Play House -Elvis Presley
We Are The Champions -Green Day (saw it live four years ago)
Boys In The Hood -Dynamite Hack (totally different, but no match for the original)
Come on Everybody -Sid Vicious
I keep On Dancing -The Gentrys


I have more, but I want to eat... good luck finding We Are The Champions if you look for it.

Like it was hard to find??? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZYGxHVyCwI)

:dunno:

:D

KillJoy

[ImpalaSlayer]

anything by green day sucks imo

[MM2004]

Like it was hard to find??? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZYGxHVyCwI)

:dunno:

:D

KillJoy


The music score is good!

Vocals are a different story. IMHO.

Mike.

[KillJoy]

Boys In The Hood -Dynamite Hack (totally different, but no match for the original.


Hell... anything by Hayseed Dixie is good too!

:D

KillJoy

[dislexiclawyer]

Alien Ant farm - Smooth Criminal
Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes
Chris Cornell - Billy Jean


I have heard and like these. I have recently really started to like "Another Day in Paradise" by Reel Big Fish. It is a Phil Collins cover. Nothing else really comes to mind right now. I am sure that a bunch of new bands have done original covers and I am just oblivious.

[sd8683]

anything by green day sucks imo

BIG +1 they SUCK!!

I have a couple-
1- Cats in the cradel- ugly kid Joe
2- Whiskey in the jar- mettalica
3- turn the page- mettalica
4- anarchy in the U.K- megadeath
5- little wing- Stevie ray Vaughn
6- planet caravan- pantera
7- the man who sold the world- nirvana
8- one way out- allman brothers
9- one bourbon, one scotch and one beer- George thorogood
10- train kept a Rollin- aerosmith
11- call me the breeze- lynard skynard
12- house of the rising sun- the animals
13- cocaine- Eric Clapton

[KillJoy]

BIG +1 they SUCK!!

I have a couple-
1- Cats in the cradel- ugly kid Joe
2- Whiskey in the jar- mettalica
3- turn the page- mettalica
4- anarchy in the U.K- megadeath
5- little wing- Stevie ray Vaughn
6- planet caravan- pantera
7- the man who sold the world- nirvana
8- one way out- allman brothers
9- one bourbon, one scotch and one beer- George thorogood
10- train kept a Rollin- aerosmith
11- call me the breeze- lynard skynard
12- house of the rising sun- the animals
13- cocaine- Eric Clapton



Uhhhh..... are all of these covers?

:dunno:

KillJoy

[Mike Poore]

Um, what's a cover?:dunno:

[Blackened300a]

Um, what's a cover?:dunno:

Thats when a band puts out a song that was made famous by another band.

[sd8683]

Uhhhh..... are all of these covers?

:dunno:

KillJoy


Yup..........

[Marylandrauder]

Alan Jackson-Buy me a Mercury;)

[larryo340]

Faith No More's cover of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs"
Megadeath's cover of Black Sabbath's "Paranoid"

and this next one is from left field :D:

The Royal Philharmic Orchestra cover of Pink Floyd's "Money"

[justbob]

Dancing days by zepplin, Redone by stp

[sd8683]

Higher ground- red hot chili peppers

[Mike Poore]

Thats when a band puts out a song that was made famous by another band.

Thanks, Paul.
It's the first use of the term I can recollect, or if it was used in context by a DJ, I never paid any attention, or just let it pass.
Put it down to old guys learning new stuff, I guess. :)

[CRUZTAKER]

Dancing days by zepplin, Redone by stp

I heard today what the original meaning for STP was meant to be when it first came about and was later acronymed to Stone Temple Pilots.

Does anyone else know...? :P

[justbob]

standard petrolium?

[Motorhead350]

anything by green day sucks imo

Check out anything from 1994 and before... totally different band. I can't believe Steve found that version, but I mean in a form, not a youtube video.

This one was good too...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7NjQDjVe-M&feature=related

[Blackened300a]

Check out anything from 1994 and before... totally different band. I can't believe Steve found that version, but I mean in a form, not a youtube video.

This one was good too...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7NjQDjVe-M&feature=related

Do you want it in MP3 form?? I was able to find that too.

[sd8683]

Tool does an awesome version of zepplins No quarter

[CRUZTAKER]

standard petrolium?

Nope.

STP = Shirley Temple's Pu$$y :baaa:

Ity didn't go over well and was subsequentially changed.

[KillJoy]

WOW FOLKS!!! This Thread is turning out WAY better than I had expected!!

Anyone have more to add???

KillJoy

[sd8683]

*Feel like makin
love- kid rock
*mama kin- guns n roses
*live and let die- guns n roses
*shinedown- simple man
*you really got me- van halen
*pretty woman- van halen
*shotgun- vanilla fudge
*keep me hangin on- vanilla fudge
*roadhouse blues- creed and I believe STP did a version also
*she came in through the bathroom window- Joe cocker

[sd8683]

*You've got to hide your love away- pearl jam
*come togethe-aerosmith

[Bigdogjim]

Faith Hill doing "take another peice of my heart" (Heartbreaker)J.Joplin with Little bother and the holding Comany :)

[sd8683]

Mannfred Mann- blinded by the light

[Leadfoot281]

Almost forgot one...

Kentucky woman- Deep Purple.

[justbob]

Phil collins-can't hurry love ?too gay?

[sd8683]

Cars- fear factory

[Vortex]

Hey, why not?

Pictures of Matchstick Men - Camper Van Bethoven
Cant Explain - Bowie
Lonely Guy - Bryan Ferry
Wild Thing - Hendrix
Tumbling Dice - Linda Ronstat
(You know Im) Losing You - Faces w/Rod Stewart
Walk Away Renee - The Four Tops

[Mike Poore]

What if the cover becomes more famous than the original hit? In this example, I'm talking about a song written by Chris Kristofsen, performed by Roger Miller: Me and Bobby McGee, and was one of his biggest hits. Later it was recorded by Janis Joplin, and became even bigger, actually her signature song.

Songs that have been recorded the most and sold the most copies? I'd say Dave Mann's Wee Small Hours of the Morning has to be right up there, and perhaps, Sinatra's version is about the best, I think.

Of course, some may be wondering who these people are. :D

Also wondering about when someone on the way up records a great song and gets some "play" then a big name comes along and "steals" it.

[SILVERSURFER03]

Metallica ;stone cold crazy

ill start with that one

[Mike Poore]

Metallica ;stone cold crazy

ill start with that one

Of course, speaking of Aliens, no one's gonna out-do Joe Satraini....right? :)

[Dr Caleb]

All excellent covers.

A German group - Megaherz - does a couple wicked covers too.

Flesh for Fantasy - Billy Idol
and
Rock Me Amadeus - Falco.

[JAYSILVER04]

Land of Confusion-- Disturbed

[hidperf]

We do a cover of Little River Bands "Lady". Check it out and tell me what you think of it.

I don't have a direct link to just that song, but it can be heard here: http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/407488 (http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/407488)

[Motorhead350]

King Of The Road -Reverend Horton Heat. I have no idea if this is recorded being that I heard it live, but Steve has found stuff before!

[Haggis]

All excellent covers.

A German group - Megaherz - does a couple wicked covers too.

Flesh for Fantasy - Billy Idol
and
Rock Me Amadeus - Falco.

Go finds my brother of Metal.

How about; Wraithchild America - Time (Pink Floyd)

[J D]

I've been on a ACDC trip lately, so I gotta throw this in:

Chuck Berry's School Days by AC/DC

[Mike Poore]

King Of The Road -Reverend Horton Heat. I have no idea if this is recorded being that I heard it live, but Steve has found stuff before!

It's the same guy I mentioned above.....Roger Miller.

[Motorhead350]

Thanks Mike I will check it out!

[a_d_a_m]

whoever beat me to the ramones cover of 'california sun', the vanilla fudge remakes = awesome!

i apologize for the length of this list, but i spend more money on my music collection than anyone should. i DJ on a college radio station in my spare time:

amazing royal crowns - sin city (AC/DC)
amazing royal crowns - bloodstains (naked raygun)
aerosmith - remember walkin' in the sand (shangrilas)
alice donut - war pigs (black sabbath) ---- find this one, it rules!!!
blue oyster cult - kick out the jams (MC5)
blues brothers - soul finger (bar-kays)
briefs - come dancing (kinks)
cheap trick - ain't that a shame (elvis...right?)
dead boys - tell me (rolling stones)
dead kennedys - viva las vegas (elvis)
devo - satisfaction (rolling stones)
dirtbombs - anything off the "ultraglide in black" album (old motown covers)
donnas - strutter (KISS)
dread zepplin - their whole catalog is covers
go-nuts - hot for twinkies (van halen parody)
guns 'n' roses - anything off "the spaghetti incident?" album
humble pie - i don't need no doctor (i think ray charles)
joan jett and the runaways - rock 'n' roll (velvet underground)
joey ramone - 1969 (iggy and the stooges)
L7 - this ain't the summer of love (blue oyster cult)
MC5 - ramblin' rose (uhh...pretty sure it's ray charles...?)
motorhead - beer drinkers and hellraisers (ZZ top)
mummies - shot down (sonics)
new york dolls - great big kiss (shangrilas)
nomads - boss hoss (sonics)
patti smith group - gloria (van morrison)
pretenders - stop your sobbing (kinks)
robert gordon & link wray - red hot (billy emerson)
saints - river deep, mountain high (ike & tina turner)
smugglers - kings of the party (brownsville station)
tom petty - something in the air (thunderclap newman)
violent femmes - crazy (gnarls barkley)
zeke - shout it out loud (KISS)


and any cover of the following songs has a decent chance at kicking ass:
otis redding - shake!
question mark and the mysterians - 96 tears
eddie floyd - knock on wood
edwin starr - 25 miles

[sd8683]

Aint that a shame- fats domino, I also love the vanilla fudge stuff!! And correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think Elvis had any originals

[a_d_a_m]

yeah, i don't think he had (m)any originals. probably a lot of songs were written FOR him...

[Motorhead350]

Aint that a shame- fats domino, I also love the vanilla fudge stuff!! And correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think Elvis had any originals

Check out the album A Date With Elvis... classic Sun Records Rockabilly at it's best!!!

Ya I forgot to mention I Don't Care About You (Fear) covered by Guns and Roses.

Palasades Park -Ramones also a very fun one!

Also I prefer the New York Dolls version of Give Him A Great Big Kiss over the original. Nothing like hearing that open C chord and A minor on a vinyl!!!

[a_d_a_m]

re: "great big kiss", i like the dolls' version a bit better too. but sometimes i just like hearing mary weiss's (shangri-las singer) voice. she has a new project with the memphis garage band REIGNING SOUND that's a pretty good listen.

[Motorhead350]

My favorite song by Shangri-Las has got to be Long Live Our Love... I don't care what anyone says, that song is so sweet and later The Beatles stole the melody and called it I'll Get You (in the end)

Both are good, but 60's girl groups are one of my favorites. Crystals doing Da Do Ron Ron (Oh I forgot The Rolling Stones did that one and did a great job too) and let's not forget The Loco Motion... screw Grand Funk Rail Road... they should have left it alone!!!

[sd8683]

My favorite song by Shangri-Las has got to be Long Live Our Love... I don't care what anyone says, that song is so sweet and later The Beatles stole the melody and called it I'll Get You (in the end)

Both are good, but 60's girl groups are one of my favorites. Crystals doing Da Do Ron Ron (Oh I forgot The Rolling Stones did that one and did a great job too) and let's not forget The Loco Motion... screw Grand Funk Rail Road... they should have left it alone!!!

Man I love all that old doowop stuff! To me it is timeless, I especially like the drifters and Dion and the belmonts, GREAT STUFF!!

[a_d_a_m]

My favorite song by Shangri-Las has got to be Long Live Our Love

that one's not bad, but i'm torn between "out in the streets" and "past, present, and future"...i like the sad ones, what can i say?


screw Grand Funk Rail Road

i like that "inside looking out" song.

[Motorhead350]

I'm not saying Grand Funk Rail Road is bad... I don't like them, but they really shouldn't have covered The Loco Motion thats all.

Doo Wop is the best nighttime crusing music ever! Nothing like hearing those same 4 chords over and over with nice melodys and the bassman vocals backing everyone up. I like The Students, Edsels, and The Belmonts had some good stuff too. I wish I had my CDs because I had about 7 or 8 Doo Wop CDs until they were stolen this year.

[Motorhead350]

Oh ya The Drifters doing There Goes My Baby......... ahhhhhhh the best!

[a_d_a_m]

back on track with the covers:

spyder turner - "stand by me"

[sd8683]

back on track with the covers:

spyder turner - "stand by me"

Jon Lennon- stand by me
And I'm not sure who did it first the drifters or Ben e. King

[sd8683]

Oh ya The Drifters doing There Goes My Baby......... ahhhhhhh the best!

Yeah that's my favorite but save the last dance for me comes in at a very close 2nd

[sd8683]

Tuesdays gone- metallica

[KillJoy]

I cannot believe I forgot one of my FAVORITE COVERS!!!!

Spiderbait - (Ghost) Riders in the sky

:beer:

:up:

KillJoy

[sd8683]

I cannot believe I forgot one of my FAVORITE COVERS!!!!

Spiderbait - (Ghost) Riders in the sky

:beer:

:up:

KillJoy


The outlaws covered it too, I believe it is a Johny cash original

[KillJoy]

The outlaws covered it too, I believe it is a Johny cash original

I dunno who did the Original. I just watched a YouTube vid w/ JC's version over the Movie highlights.... I gotta tell ya, it fit!!!

:up:

KillJoy