A Sea Of Red

I was bored and surfing through YouTube and found some good cover songs. Got me thinking...what are the best covered songs ever?

I'd have to say Don't Stop Believing by Journey would be numero uno.

Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver

Don't Stop Believing isn't a cover song, it's a Journey original...

RubberMallet wrote:Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver

Yes. Very yes.

I didn't know that it was a cover. Who did the original?

adam42381 wrote:Don't Stop Believing isn't a cover song, it's a Journey original...

Yes, it is. But it's one of the most covered.

I'm pretty sure the most covered song ever is Paul McCartney's "Yesterday".

All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix... covered from a Bob Dylan song. I think Knocking on Heaven's Door is a Bob Dylan song that Guns N Roses covered, too...

I think my favorite cover song that isn't more popular than the original would be William Shatner's rendition of Rocket Man.

Best. Cover. Ever.

tinytim wrote:I didn't know that it was a cover. Who did the original?

ronnie james dio baby

i would also have to say that when i was in hs, ratm's fthapolice cover was one of me faves....

smashing pumpkins - landslide
dream theatre - achilles last stand
primus - have a cigar
stevie ray vaughn - look at little sister
Tool - no quarter
shine down - simple man
srv - voodoo chile
FNM - warpigs

the ones i have...

RagingTireFire wrote:Best. Cover. Ever.

Wow. I was certain that girl in the audience was crying because of the merciless slaughter of a classic. To borrow a phrase from Inigo Montoya, "That is the sound of ultimate suffering."

i've always liked orgy's cover of "blue monday"

I really like Neil Finn's cover of Throw Your Arms Around Me, originally by Hunters and Collectors.

While I will say that Killswitch Engaged's cover of the DIO classic Holy Diver is awesome it is not my favorite. (Pat Boone's cover of it was pretty good too. Other great Pat Boone Covers:
You've Got Another Thing Comin
Panama
Enter Sandman
Crazy Train (a true lounge act classic)
Paradise City
No more Mr Nice Guy)

My favorite is Metallica's Turn The Page cover of the Bob Seager classic.
Also U2 covered All ALong the Watchtower on Rattle and Hum
Tom Jones cover of Prince's KISS is good.
Fear Factory's cover of Gary Newman's Cars
Phil Collings You Can't Hurry Love
KoRn's cover of Pink FLoyd's Another Brick in the Wall
KoRn's Word Up
Pearl Jam's Love Reign O'er Me (The Who)
Rob Zombie's Brick House (Commodores)
Limp Bizkit Behind Blue Eyes (The Who)
Peter Schillling's Major Tom (David Bowie)
Van Halen Pretty Woman and Dancing in the Streets

Just to name a few

Purple Haize wrote:
My favorite is Metallica's Turn The Page cover of the Bob Seager classic.
Also U2 covered All ALong the Watchtower on Rattle and Hum
Tom Jones cover of Prince's KISS is good.
Fear Factory's cover of Gary Newman's Cars
Phil Collings You Can't Hurry Love
KoRn's cover of Pink FLoyd's Another Brick in the Wall
KoRn's Word Up
Pearl Jam's Love Reign O'er Me (The Who)
Rob Zombie's Brick House (Commodores)
Limp Bizkit Behind Blue Eyes (The Who)
Peter Schillling's Major Tom (David Bowie)
Van Halen Pretty Woman and Dancing in the Streets

Just to name a few

gross...

Here's my alphabetical list from scanning my iTunes library:

Aerosmith - Come Together (The Beatles)
The Animals - House of the Rising Sun (Traditional)
Back Door Slam - Red House (Jimi Hendrix)
Black Crowes - Hard To Handle (Otis Redding)
Blind Boys of Alabama - Give A Man A Home (Ben Harper)
Bruce Springsteen - Jersey Girl (Tom Waits)
Cream - Crossroads (Robert Johnson)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q (Dale Hawkins)
Foo Fighters - Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty)
Grateful Dead - Morning Dew (Bonnie Dobson)
Guns N' Roses - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan)
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Jeff Healey Band - Angel (Jimi Hendrix)
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)
Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (Ann Bredon)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me The Breeze (JJ Cale)
Metallica - Turn The Page (Bob Seger)
Neil Young - Imagine (John Lennon)
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie)
The Nixons - Rocket Man (Elton John)
Pearl Jam - Crazy Mary (Victoria Williams)
Rage Against The Machine - The Ghost of Tom Joad (Bruce Springsteen)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)
Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side (Norman Meade)
Sid Vicious - My Way (Paul Anka)
Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide (Stevie Nicks)
Social Distortion - Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)
Soundgarden - Smokestack Lightning (Howlin' Wolf)
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix)
Stone Temple Pilots - Dancing Days (Led Zeppelin)
Van Morrison - Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd)
Eddie Vedder - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (The Beatles)
White Stripes - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (Burt Bacharach)
The Who - Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran)

Does anyone else find that when country music covers anything outside of country that it is horrendous?

AZjonz wrote:Does anyone else find that country music is horrendous?

Yes.

Schfourteenteen wrote:

AZjonz wrote:Does anyone else find that country music is horrendous?

Yes.

Ha!

Either way - it's true!

Keith Urban - Stupid Boy

cheap trick-don't be cruel
johnny cash-hurt

I believe Cash's is better than Rezner's myself

We could do a whole thread on best Elvis covers. And I know what some of you are thinking ... yes, I realize Elvis made a living on covers.

Just seeing the Cheap Trick reset reminded me of my Z100 days in Lynchburg when that song was in rotation forever.

Sly Fox wrote:We could do a whole thread on best Elvis covers. And I know what some of you are thinking ... yes, I realize Elvis made a living on covers.

...as did UB40. Maybe the most successful cover band ever.

Has anyone listened to Seal's new album?


A ton of covers and VERY well done covers at that....I'm really starting to become a fan