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OK, to pass the time...what's the best/worst cover versions of any song...
I vote for Cat Power's superior reading of Satisfaction, Oasis''s "I am the Walrus,Fiona Apple "Across the Universe", Phish "revolution #9" , Social Distortion "Ring of Fire"

In the bad corner, you've got Britney with the same song, William Shatner with Mr Tambourine Man, Tori Amos with Teen Spirit and Orgy with Blue Monday, the guy from Quiet Riot's "Welcome to the Jungle"
and especially...

"Sweet Child Of Mine" by Sheryl Crow

she had no, absolutely no fucking place to cover a song done by G 'N' F'n R!!! She obviously did this song to get some money between albums. What's worse than Sheryl Crow ruining a classic metal ballad, was the movie it was for: Big Daddy. And don't tell me that movie was funny, cause it blew serious Stallion Sheath, one of Sandlers bad movies.

God, a lot of rubbish...

the worst cover I have ever heard would have to be the ataris ( i dunno if that's spelt right ) covering Skid Row's I Remember You...way to friggen ruin a good song.


the best....I dunno...I really haven't heard to many cover songs gnr's cover of Sympathy For The Devil was pretty good.

Good cover: wicked games by HIM (Chris Isaac cover)  : ok:
Bad cover: children of the danmed by Therion (Iron Maiden cover)  :no:
Good cover: comunication breakdown by Iron Maiden (Led Zeppelin cover)  : ok:
Bad cover: bohemian raphsody by molotov (Queen cover) it really stinks!!!  :rant:

good-Korn-one (metallica cover)

Good-Nirvana-The man who sold the world

Bad-Ataries-Boys of summer

best:  bon jovi "shout" bonjovi"twist and shout" bon jovi "shooting star" bon jovi "i dont like mondays" bon jovi "keep on rockin in the free world"

nirvana "every cover song on unpluggedin new york

guns n roses "knockin on heavens door"

limp bizkit "faith" limp bizkit "behind blue eyes"

sinead o connor "nothin compares 2 u" (prince cover)

limp bizkit "sanitarium"
korn "one"

prince "one of us" he absolutely is awesome on joan osbournes hit

prince "betcha by golly wow"
prince "la la la means i love u"
lenny kravitz "american woman"
worst
sheryl crow "sweet child o mine obviously
limp bizkit "1999"
leann rimes "purple rain"
snoop dogg "sad but true"

Worst:
MxPx - Summer Of '69... Anyone heard this? God Awful.
Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love
Guns N' Roses - Attitude
NoFx - Last Caress

Good:
Barenaked Ladies - Lovers in a Dangerous Time
Limp Bizkit - Faith (I'll give em this one)
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams
Billy Idol - Mony Mony
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
Dave Matthews Band - All Along The Watchtower (This is better than Jimi's IMO)
Beach Boys - Come Go With Me
Yoshiki - Black Diamond (It's an instrumental version of Kiss' Black Diamond by a Japanese group, fantastic)


Theres many many more, just can't think of em right now.   : ok:

it's the Ataris that sing that song..the same band that ruined the Skid Row song.

Good: Johnny Cash "Hurt", Pearl Jam every cover they've done :D , Nirvana "The Man Who Sold The World", Jimi Hendrix "Hey Joe", Soundgarden "Big Bottom"  ;) , Screaming Trees "Working Class Hero"...



/jarmo

I forgot about that one...I love that song.

Me too, Let me add that.

Good:

Aerosmith - come together ('Live bootleg' version)
Guns N Roses - Jumpin Jack Flash, Dust in the Wind
Metallica -Stone Cold Crazy
Led Zeppelin - C'mon everybody
The Who - Summertime Blues
Smashing Pumpkins - Clones (We're all)
Foo Fighters - Darling Nikki
Black Sabbath = Blue suede Shoes
Janes Addiction - Sympathy for the devil


Bad:
Alien Ant farm - Smooth criminal
Aerosmith - Cry mea river
Smashing Pumpkins - Rock on
Niel Diamond- He aint heavy (he's my brother)
William Shatner - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Blue - Sorry seems to be the hardest word
Five- We will rock you
Wyclef Jean - Another one bites the dust, Wish you were here

good
viva las vegas-zztop
david bowie and bing crosby- little drummer boy
promised land-elvis
godfather theme-slash

bad
britney spears-i love rock and roll
robbie williams-we are the champions
avril lavigne-chop suey  :rofl:

Who can blame her tho, it's a shit song by a shit band.

Good
Velvet Revolver, "Money"
Limp Bizkit, "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"
Guns N' Roses, "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
Cream, "Crossroads"
Nirvana, "Love Buzz"
John Lennon, "Stand By Me"
The Rolling Stones, "Not Fade Away"

Bad
Madonna, "American Pie"
Ataris, "Boys of Summer"
Britney Spears, "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" (totally ruined the song for me)

Which reminds me:
Britney Spears - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction..... = BAD

You are kidding, right?

Good
GN'R-KOHD (from the ritz gig)
Izzy-Please go home
Byrds-My back pages
Neil young-imagine

Shite
GN'R-KOHD (uyi era)
Will Young-LiLiLight My Fire
Garath Gays-The long and winding road..all the pop idol stuff actually
Britney-satisfaction
All of robbie williams attempts to sound like the rat pack
Madonna-american pie, im a fan of our Madge but that was just pulling the piss.

kind of embarassed i even know this one:-

moped (scooter tribute band) - sweet child of mine (guess)

in case you hadn't guessed already that was for the worst by the way

good cover: Big in Japan by Guano apes (alphaville cover)  : ok:
bad cover: sheer heart attack by helloween (queen cover) don't know why I don't like it but they are one of my faves groups.

Guns N Roses : Since I dont have you (the Skyliners) perfect Cover,Live and let die, among others .
Aerosmith .Im Down (the Beatles Cover)
Pantera: Catscratch fever (Ted Nugent cover)
Metallica : Am I Evil , Sabbra Cadabra; Stone cold Crazy etc
Megadeth . never say die ( Black Sabbath Cover) Battery :yes:
Led Zeppelin : Light my fire (The Doors Cover)
The Beatles : Roll over Beethoven (Chuckberry cover)  : ok:
SLayer dissident agressor (JUdas Priest cover)
Alice Cooper : Fire ( from jimi Hendrix)
Ozzy Osbourne : Purple Haze (From Jimi Hendrix)
Tool : you Lied (from Peach ) what a cover!  and Calling dr love from Kiss   : ok:

Dude any bad cover u ever heard??  ???

I forgot bad covers.....  ;D

Bad covers:

Creed:  some doors song , break on through i think it is , but FUCK CREED!sounds like shit to me!  :rant:

Any "Metal" Bands that covers Maiden Can suck my dick! Those Bands needs the ball to cover Maiden. come on!  : ok:

And the shit eaters who dares to cover Guns N Roses!!! Fuck 'Em All !!!! BAd covers ...assholes!  :smoking:

Good Covers:

Sebastian Bach : Children of the damned (Great Maiden Cover)
Megadeth: Anarchy in the U.K
Gn'r: Jumpin Jack Flash
The Bates: Billie Jean

Bad Covers:

Limp Bizkit: Thank you (Worst Led Zeppelin cover I've ever heard)
Hole: Paradise City

Good:

Save Ferris - Come On Eileen
Sebastian Bach - TNT
Gilby Clarke - Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Bowling For Soup - Summer of '69
Tia Carrere - Ballroom Blitz
Skid Row - C'mon And Love Me
Judas Priest - Johnny B. Goode

Bad:

Bowling For Soup - Suspcious Minds
Sheryl Crow - Sweet Child O' Mine
Avril Lavigne - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Shakira - Dude Looks Like A Lady

absolute crap...
Mariah Carey.. bringin on the heartbreak  :nervous:
Five.. we will rock you
Avril Latrine... knocking on Heavens door


good...
Nirvana.. the man who sold the world
GNR.. knocking on heavens door

Good: judas priest - paint it black (rolling stones cover)
bad: if people say that Avril did a knocking on heaven's door version amen, it's bad and i dont have to hear it to say it's bad!!  :yes:

Good:
Oasis - My Generation
Nirvana - Man Who Sold the World
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Stone Temple Pilots - Dancing Days

Bad:
Limp Bizkit  - Behind Blue Eyes
Oasis - I am The Walrus - I love Oasis but this song was not to be played that way

I got alot good ones:

Letter to Cleo      I want you to want me            
Lenny Kravitz        American Woman                  
System of down    Damnit                                
Foo Fighter           Baker Street          
Primus                  Have a cigar
Staind                   Black
Greenday              My generation
Van Halen              You really got me now
Hole                       You know you're right
Marylin Manson      Sweet Dreams
John Lennon           Stand by me
Tea Party              Paint it black
Soul Asylum         Summer of Drugs
Jeff Beck              Jailhouse rock
Motley Crew       Smoking in the boys room
Jane Addiction    Sympathy for the devil
Blues Traveler    Low Rider
Goldfinger          99 red ballons
Smash Mouth     Why can't we be friends
Eve 6                 I touch myself
Black Crowes     The Wanton Song    
Eric Clapton      I shot the shief  
Pearl Jam         Sitting on the dock of the bay
Pearl Jam         Rocking in the free world

Bad ones:

Dolly Parton            Stairway from heaven
New Found Golory  Don't wanna miss a thing
Kelly Osbourne       Papa don't breach

To my list I will add

Good:

Hurt- Johnny Cash (How could I forget it)

I am the Walrus(live)- Oingo Boingo (So kill me, I like this cover)

I am the Walrus- Jackyl

Blowing in the Wind- Me first and the Gimme Gimmes
(Actually anything by them)

Sympathy for the devil- GNR

Wake up Little Susie (Live at Central Park)- Simon and Garfunkel

Twist and Shout- Beatles

Dizzie Miss Lizzie- Beatles

Some Punk band who did a cover of down under by Men at Work

Some Metallica Esque group who did a cover of I ran
by Flock of Seagulls

I've been Everywhere- Johnny Cash

Rusty Cage- Johnny Cash

Johnny 99- Johnny Cash

Twist and Shout (Live)- Bruce Springsteen

Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye Heart (as part of the Whole Lotta Love medley)- Led Zepplin

You ain't the first- Johnny Cash (This probably never happened, but it would be cool if he covered it in the box set)

Ring of Fire- Frank Zappa (Funny as Hell)

Cum on feel the noize- Quiet Riot (As much as I hate Hair-Metal, this Slade Original was done well)

Anything from NOFX's side of the split Cover Cd of Rancid songs

Hey Joe- Either Jimi Hendrix or Love

Jesus Don't want me for a sunbeam- Nirvana

Lake of Fire- Nirvana

On a Plain (I think it's a cover)- Nirvana

Bad

Welcome to the Jungle- Kevin Dubrow from Quiet Riot

Welcome to the Jungle- Alice Cooper (As much as I like and Respect Alice)

Momma Wear all crazee now- Queit Riot (Another Slade cover, this time it sucks

Iron Man- Pantera

I wanna be your man- Rolling Stones

Everyday I get the blues- Chuck Berry

Let it Be- Elvis Presley

Mrs. Robinson- Frank Sinatra (And I like both him and S&G)

Love Bytes- Mariah Carey (The Def Leopard original sucks anyway, so go figure)

Anything from Bad Company's 1992 live album (neither the original singer nor drummer)

Boys of Summer- The Ataris

Anything from Rancid's side of the split Cover Cd of NOFX songs

When a Man loves a women- Micheal Bolton (Adult Contemporary Pap)

 ::)  Stone Temple Pilots covered "Break On Through"... Creed covered "Riders on the Storm"... The fact that you don't even know what song it was is fuckin lame, and also goes to show that you had made up your mind about the song before you even heard it (If you have even heard it, maybe you're just trying to sound like a hotshot).

Yes, I agree, FUCK CREED, they suck really bad, and Scott Stap is a fag.  However... they did a fucking good Doors cover.  The song is on the tribute CD, and dare I say it was one of the best ones on the CD.  They did a damn good job of it, get your head out of your ass and listen to the song before you say it sucks.

well I'm  gonna post a bad cover only:
Type o negative - Smell like teen spirit
if u havent heard it, then dont!!

Add: Any of the over 500,000,000 horrible versions of Happy Birthday sung over the past 100 or so years. Most of the people who sing it can hardly sing.  :rofl:

The best cover version EVER, is Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley.  :yes:

Ahh man, am I going to have to agree with this prick?  :(

And yeah...It was him that told me to download it.  :P

Is that the same "Hallelujah" that Rufus Wainwright recorded for the Shrek soundtrack?? Fantastic song... I haven't heard Jeff Buckley do it, but it would be hard to top Rufus' version.  

Who is it by originally?

I think it's by Leonard Cohen.



/jarmo

Also add to good covers:

The Twist- The Fat Boys featuring Chubby Checkers

Yeah, it is.  Buckley's is actually a cover of a cover in fact, and there's some extra verses than on Cohen's original.

worst cover - i am the walrus by oasis
that sucked ass

best cover - feeling good - muse

xox

Megadeth : Battery  ;D
Megadeth : No more mr nice guy (alice cooper )

Avril Lavigne's cover of Knockin on heavens door is truly frightful.....

yup yup!  :rant:

xox

best - hells bells - dandy warholes

xox

Hey, Avril Lavigne kicks ass!!

A good or bad cover??, for me is a good cover that Megadeth does to Metallica  :nervous:

For sure they both are great Covers   :yes:



Also a Good cover is from Slayer : Dissident Aggressor from Judas Priest   :)

Worst cover: The 69 Eyes - Call me (by Blondie)

I will also add to my list the cover of the Platters song "The Great Pretender" done by Mr. Freddy Mercury of Queen. :smoking:

Actually Creed's cover of Riders is the best on Stoned Immaculate. It really makes me mad, because I hate Creed. They did a good job, though.


Worst:
Knocking on Heaven's Door: Avril
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds: William Shatner
Britney Spears: Satisfaction (I still remember telling a friend when this came out. "She had no right to do a Stones song." She said, "It's not a Stones song, these two guys wrote it." "Keith Richards and Mick Jagger?" "Yah, that sounds familiar. I don't really remember their names." "That would, the Stones, April" "Oh"
Britney Spears: I Love Rock and Roll ("I LOVE Pat Benetar" Britney Spears, she said this is was why she covered the song.............We all know who did the song, right?)
School's Out: Sebastian Bach (This is dreadful. Beyond words)
Appetite for Reconstruction- the whole album.


Best:
Cry me a River: Aerosmith (Julie London cover)
Guns: Live and let Die
Alice Cooper: Fire
Cum on Feel the Noise: Quiet Riot, who wrote the original? I know it's a cover
Warren Zevon: Knocking on heaven's Door

I dunno, I'm not in a thinking mood

The original was by Slade, and Quiet Riot's version is way better than the original. :yes:

My all time favorite cover is Def Leppard's acoustic version of the stones " Cant Always Get What You Want " , second Neurotic Outsiders version of Duran Duran's Planet earth just rocks.

Just some more to add;

Good Covers:
Skid Row - I Remember You Two (A cover of their own 'I Remember You')
Birmingham 6 - Seek And Destroy (Metallica)
Monster Magnet - Black Celebration (Depeche Mode), There's No Way Out Of Here (Dave Gilmour)
Metallica - 53rd and 3rd (The Ramones)
Paradox - S.O.S. (ABBA)
Poison - Squeeze Box (The Who)
Bad Covers:
Dynamite Boy - Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns N' Roses)

Thank you for posting this. I just downloaded the song and I must say that you are right. its a brilliant cover song. its butter for the ears as we would say in my country( I dont know it gives any meaning in english).  

Didn't Prince actually write it for her? Or has he put it out on one of his albums/singles? As far as I know Prince has only sung it live.

Anyways, another awesome Prince cover is 'Purple Rain' by Tori Amos. Blows my mind.

'Spaceman' by The Kovenant is a lot of fun, and 'Love Buzz' by Nirvana kicks ass. Also, Sepultura's version of 'The Hunt' is great.

The Failure song 'The Nurse Who Loved Me' is brilliantly covered by A Perfect Circle, it's just larger than life.

As for bad covers, Metallica's version of 'Loverman' is pretty horrible.

Good:
Scarborough Fair - Queensryche
All Along The Watchtower - Dave Matthews Band
Love Hurts - Nazareth
Rockin In The Freeworld - Pearl Jam
Street Spirit (Fade Out) - The Darkness
Last Caress (Green Hell) - Metallica

A Perfect Circle - Diary Of A Madman (from Ozzy Osbourne) The best cover someone has done to Ozzy !  :yes:

It's an excellent cover!! Also have an excellent video!!, You have to spect the best from someone that was excellent in everything  : ok:

Jajajajajajaja Fucking Bitch (----> from back off bitch song) jajajajajaja she's so stupid!!  :hihi:

Best:
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Yoshiki - Black Diamond

Worst:
Nirvana - Do You Love Me? (KISS cover)

Gareth gates :spirit in the sky(pop i know but hey)

Lulu:Man who sold the world

Avril Lavigne:chop suey

Cher - Bang Bang, a 'metal' cover of the frankly awful Nancy Sinatra original - this tune is truly awesome

Pantera - Cat scratch Fever From ted Nugent) Great Cover!!!!  :yes:

As much as i love Backyard Babies, I didn?t like their version of Ramones Pet Cemetary.

Good:
Jesus, Don?t Want Me For a Sunbeam - Nirvana (The Vaselines)
The Man Who Sold the World - Nirvana (David Bowie)
Wicked Game - HIM (Chris Isaak)
Mommys Little Monster - Backyard Babies (Social Distortion)
Last Kiss - Pearl Jam (J. Frank Wilson)
Jailbreak - Supersuckers (Thin Lizzy)
Up Aroud the Bend - Hanoi rocks (CCR)
Whiskey in the Jar - Metallica (Thin Lizzy)
Seasons in the Sun - Me First And Gimme Gimmes (Terry Jacks)

Bad:
Seasons in the Sun - Nirvana  :P
Behind the Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit

Good:
The Pusher - Blind Melon (Originally Steppenwolf)

Bad - any band that has ever covered GN'R.  I've never heard a good GN'R cover.

Two great covers that come to mind are Def Leppard's acoustic version of the Stones "Cant Always Get What You Want" , and VR's cover of Nirvana's "Negative Creep".  All of the covers Nirvana did were damn good as well.

The worst cover that comes to mind is Mariah Carey covering Leppard's "Bringing on The Heartbreak", I dont know what is the worst part of the song her vocals or Dave Navarro totally hacking the guitar solo.