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Best/Worst Cover songs - tth_fan - 08-04-2006

There's no limit of covers out there. Almost every band has done a cover, whether it be on an album or in a concert.
SO, what are the BEST and the WORST Covers out there???

To get it started:
One of the best: A little help from my friends- Joe Cocker (original The Beatles)
One of the Worst: In My Life- Ozzy Osbourne (orignial The Beatles)

- The Horrible Esthete - 08-04-2006

GREAT:

1. Stevie Ray Vaughn doing both Hendrix' "Little Wing" and "Voodoo Child"
2. Lynnard Skynnard's cover of J.J. Cale's "They Call Me the Breeze"

DEPLORABLE:

1. Rod Stewart's cover of Tom Waits' "Downtown Train"
2. Tina Turner's cover of Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love"

- lilbones - 08-04-2006

Great: The Futureheads' "Hounds of Love" (Kate Bush)
Absolutely Atrocious: All Saints "Under the Bridge" (The Peps)

- direwolf74 - 08-04-2006

Great:
Cowboy Junkies- Sweet Jane (Lou Reed)
Cowboy Junkies- Helpless (Neil Young)
Jeff Buckley- Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Johnny Cash- Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)
Johnny Cash- Rusty Cage (Soundgarden)
The Hip- Black Day in July (Gordon Lightfoot)
Steve Earle- Breed (Nirvana)
The Gourds- Gin and Juice (Snoop Dogg)
Nirvana- The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie)
Pearl Jam- Baba O'Riley (The Who)
Lowest of the Low- Come Pick Me Up (Ryan Adams)
Weeping Tile- Sabotage (Beastie Boys)
Warren Zevon- Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan)
Pearl Jam- Keep on Rockin' in the Free World (Neil Young)
Junkhouse- Fuckin' Up (Neil Young)
The Pursuit of Happiness- When Doves Cry (Prince)


Awful:
Sheryl Crow- Sweet Child O'Mine (Guns N' Roses)
Limp Bizkit- Behind Blue Eyes (The Who)
Hootie & the Blowfish- I Go Blind (54-40)
Madonna- American Pie (Don McLean)
Rod Stewart- Downtown Train (Tom Waits)
Guns N' Roses- Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan)
Avril Lavigne- Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan)
Lenny Kravitz- American Woman (The Guess Who)
Creed- Roadhouse Blues (The Doors)
Hillary Duff- My Generation (The Who)

- dreyfuss - 08-04-2006

direwolf74 Wrote:Great:

Pearl Jam- Baba O'Riley (Neil Young)

I agree with a lot of your list, but this should be "The Who", not Neil Young.

I'd like to add the PJ does a great version of Harvest Moon as well, which is by Neil Young

Here's my contribution, they're mostly live so don't expect to find them in a store somewhere. They're also ones I like

Tea Party w/Edwin - I'm Affraid of Americans (Bowie)
Rheostatics - anything by Stompin Tom
Stompin Tom - I've Been Everywhere Man (Cash, I think maybe he covered it as well)
Tea Party w/Steven Page - Under Presure (Queen/Bowie)
Big Sugar - Let It Ride (BTO, I think)
Faith No More - War Pigs (Black Sabbith)
Rage Against the Machine - Maggies Farm (Dylan)
A Perfect Circle - Fiddle and the Drum (Joni Mitchell)

Ones I don't like

A Perfect Circle - People Are People (Depeche Mode)
Oasis - anthing by the Beatles
Orgy - Isn't everything they do a cover?
Gob - Paint It Black (Rolling Stones)


That is all I've got for now.

- srb - 08-04-2006

Coverville is a fantastic podcast that plays only covers. Always an interesting selection. Check it out.

http://www.coverville.com/

- Wheat_King - 08-04-2006

Best:

moe.
- Blister In The Sun (Violent Femmes)
- After Midnight (JJ Cale)

Phish
- Layla (Derek & The Dominos)
- Brain Damage (Pink Floyd)
- Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
- Mmm Bop (Hanson)

The Tragically Hip
- Suzie Q (CCR)
- Black Day In July (Gordon Lightfoot)

Pearl Jam
- Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
- Keep On Rockin' In The Free World (Neil Young)

The Black Crowes
- Hard To Handle (The Grateful Dead)

Guns N' Roses
- Live And Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings)

CCR
- Midnight Special (Lead Belly)

Eric Clapton
- Cocaine (JJ Cale)
- After Midnight (JJ Cale)
- I Shot The Sherriff (Bob Marley)

Dave Matthews Band
- All Along The Watchtower (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)

Worst:

A Perfect Circle
- Imagine (John Lennon)

- srb - 08-04-2006

Mike Flowers Pops - Wonderwall (Oasis)

- NWOntario - 08-04-2006

A few that no one's mentioned...

Good:
-- Pearl Jam, "People Have The Power" (although really, anything they cover they cover well)
-- Bruce Springsteen, "Detroit Medley"
-- The Headstones, "Tweeter and the Monkey Man"
-- Wide Mouth Mason, "Superstition" (frigging brilliant live)
-- The Beatles covering early Motown is generally awesome; check out the Live at the BBC album to see what I mean.

Bad
-- The Wallflowers, "Heroes"
-- Britney Spears, "Satisfaction" (I know, I know...)

Steve

- cferneyh - 08-04-2006

Wheat_King Wrote:Dave Matthews Band
- All Along The Watchtower (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)

That's a Dylan tune.

- opiated - 08-05-2006

Imagine...Neil Young...best moment of the sept 11 concert

- direwolf74 - 08-05-2006

dreyfuss Wrote:
direwolf74 Wrote:Great:

Pearl Jam- Baba O'Riley (Neil Young)

I agree with a lot of your list, but this should be "The Who", not Neil Young.

:oops: oops, you're right. It's now fixed.

- direwolf74 - 08-05-2006

NWOntario Wrote:-- The Headstones, "Tweeter and the Monkey Man"

Good call! Can't believe I forgot that one. Definitely one of the greatest covers of all time.

:thumb:

- chris - 08-05-2006

What about Travis' cover of Britney's classic "Hit Me Baby One More Time"

Or "Fiddler's Green" by Stereophonics

- Gunn - 08-05-2006

Best:

Such Great Heights - Iron and Wine (Postal service cover)
Inside and Out - Feist (Beegees cover)
Darling Nikki - Foo Fighters (Prince cover)
Modern Romance - TV On The Radio (Yeah yeah yeah's cover)


worst:

too many.

let's start with Korn's version of "Lowrider" by War

make your own list from here.