Covers

BAMFManiac · Posted: Sun May 16, 2004 2:59 pm Post subject:

mmkay i have a bit of a fascination with covers. i know there are some really bad ones out there (some of which were mentioned not too long ago in some thread or other), but there are also some really good ones! so list your favourite covers or bands you think do the best covers. or you can list the ones you hate. i don't care

[b]songs[/b]
"video killed the radio star" by the presidents of the united states of america (originally by the buggles; and thanks fallen for letting me know who did this one)
"turning japanese" by no use for a name (vapors cover)
"fraggle rock theme" by allister
"cheers theme" by lagwagon
"i'm gonna be (500 miles)" by down by law (proclaimers cover)
"man who sold the world" by nirvana (david bowie cover)
"darling nikki" by the foo fighters (prince cover)
"99 red balloons" by goldfinger (i forget who originally did it... some german woman... tani or something...)
"build me up buttercup" by the goops
"my sharona" by veruca salt (the knack cover)
"clash city rockers" by saves the day (clash cover)
"i want you to want me" by letters to cleo (cheap trick cover)
"come on eileen" by save ferris (dexy's midnight runners cover)
"blitzkrieg bop" by rob zombie (ramones cover)
"outsider" by green day (ramones cover)
"sheena is a punk rocker" by rancid (ramones cover)
"lola" by the raincoats (kinks cover)
"enter sandman" by the mighty mighty bosstones (metallica cover)
"it's the end of the world as we know it" by the riddlin kids (REM cover)
"where the streets have no name" by the reason (u2 cover)
"i'm real" by the starting line (jayz/jlo cover)
"oi to the world" by no doubt (vandals cover)

[b]bands[/b]- not cover bands, but bands that do good covers

reel big fish- a ska band, and i love ska covers. it's great to take a song and change it around using the trumpets and trombones. i especially love their "take on me", "hungry like the wolf", and "brown-eyed girl" covers

less than jake- another ska band, which does a lot of covers. "i think i love you" is my favourite

mxpx- punk band, also does a lot of covers. "oh donna" and "i saw her standing there" are my favs

get up kids- for an emo band, they do surprisingly AWESOME covers from more rock-type bands. bowie's "suffragette city", the cure's "close to me", and the pixies' "alec eiffel" are all superb

ooook that's enough for now. sorry, i listen to a LOT of covers... sometimes they're even better than the original, or equally as good

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Kikyana · Very bored Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 134

one cover i absoulutley [b]HATE[/b] is Behind Blue Eyes by Limp Bizkit.... it was much better when The Who sang it!

BAMFManiac · Posted: Sun May 16, 2004 3:09 pm Post subject:

gah limp bizkit covered that? why? ack glad i haven't heard it. that is indeed a great song. limp bizkit doesn't even deserve to [i]listen[/i] to it, much less [i]cover[/i] it
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Kikyana · Very bored Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 134

Yeah i agree.... and they cut out alot of parts and it just dosent sound right with his singinging *shiver* oh yeah and another bad one is american woman.... i forgot who coverd that.... but the guys like black and has big hair....

BAMFManiac · Posted: Sun May 16, 2004 3:20 pm Post subject:

lenny kravitz covered "american woman". lol i like that one tho simply because i love that song. great guitar.
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Kikyana · Very bored Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 134

thats right i knew it started with a L but any way i do like the song but the original better...

BAMFManiac · Posted: Sun May 16, 2004 3:23 pm Post subject:

that's true- i like the original better, too. a lot of times the original is better, but the cover can still be good. like the riddlin kids' cover of "it's the end of the world as we know it" is great, but REM's is much better. because REM rocks. yea...
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ragingflea002 · Posted: Sun May 16, 2004 3:28 pm Post subject:

"The Man Who Sold the World", origianally Bowie, covered by Nirvana along with "The Ghost of Tom Joad", originally by Springsteen, covered by Rage Against the Machine. Limp Bizkit oughta be dragged out into the streets and shot.
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Kikyana · Very bored Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 134

I'll drink to that one!

ragingflea002 · Posted: Sun May 16, 2004 4:36 pm Post subject:

Drinks are on you, though. I'm only 14.
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fallenangel · Posted: Sun May 16, 2004 5:46 pm Post subject:

Oh dear.... I won't include who originally did the songs. 'Cause I'm lazy and in some cases don't know and would have to look it up.

"Smokin' In the Boys Room" - Motley Crue
"Your Mama Don't Dance" - Poison
All the covers Billy Idol's done
"Born to be Wild" - Ozzy
"Man Who Sold the World" - Nirvana
"Black Leather" - Guns n' Roses
"Ain't It Fun" - Guns n' Roses
"California Girls" - David Lee Roth
"Stay While the Night is Young" - David Lee Roth
"If 6 was 9" - David Lee Roth
Basically his whole "Diamond Dave" record
"Cover of the Rolling Stone" - Poison (REALLY good cover. Check it out)
"Live and Let Die" - Guns n' Roses
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" - Guns n' Roses
"You're So Vain" - Faster Pussycat
"Anarchy In the UK" - Motley Crue
"Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" - David Lee Roth
"China Girl" - David Bowie
"Cum on Feel the Noize" - Quiet Riot
"Helter Skelter" - Aerosmith
"Helter Skelter" - Motley Crue
"Once Bitten Twice Shy" - Great White ([b]awesome[/b] karaoke song)
"You Really Got Me" - Van Halen

Bands:

David Lee Roth can cover anything and make it cool. (*will not make a dirty joke...will not...*)

Billy Idol is also the cover master.

Axl can make me like Beatles tunes!

More later.
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Kikyana · Very bored Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 134

Lol im only 14 too! soo drinks are on my sister actualy!

HeavenlyKunoichi · Very bored Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 182

With or Without You originally by U2
Fly Me To the Moon Originally by that famous piano player or someone I forgot.... Laughing

The versions performed by Hikaru Utada

La la La Love song by Toshinbu Sumthion Sumthin (I forgot his name)
performed by BoA*
Yume (dream) With You same guy as before but this version is Kumi Koda
Saigo No Ame (I dson't know the orignal singer) by Kumi Koda

Over the Rainbow by Crystal Kay

Namie Amuro - Remake of the song As Good As by a French Band
and Wishing on the Same Star

BAMFManiac · Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 3:50 pm Post subject:

o i forgot david lee roth's "california girls!" great cover and video. and oops i didn't know motley crue's "smokin' in the boys room" was a cover... well i like that song too. and van halen covered the kinks? awesome! i gotta find that "you really got me" cover.

o and i forgot one. i have a reeeally good cover of "what i like about you" (originally by the romantics) but i don't know who sings it! ah i hate that. and i have a good cover of "candy" by the bouncing souls. don't remember who originally sang it. lol i do know aaron carter covered it too... damn...
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ragingflea002 · Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 4:41 pm Post subject:

Red Hot Chili Peppers did a cover of "Fire".Did Hendrix an injustice, I think, but noone has said that it absolutely sucked.
And your sister is gonna have to get me some Jack Daniels. I always wanted to down a bottle of that stuff. Cool

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fallenangel · Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 5:07 pm Post subject:

[quote="BAMFManiac (Alex the Great)"] and oops i didn't know motley crue's "smokin' in the boys room" was a cover... well i like that song too. and van halen covered the kinks? awesome! i gotta find that "you really got me" cover.
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Yep, originally done by Brownsville Station. At least with Motley doin' it, you can pretty much assume they've got some experience with smokin' in the boys room...and screwin' in the boys room...shooting heroin in the boys room...and pissin' on bars and hotel lobbies. Rolling eyes

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HerFrozenVeins · Rookie Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 27

Tainted Love -Manson
Hanging Garden- AFI (*The Cure)
How Soon is Now?-TATU (*The Smiths)
No Time To Cry- Cradle of Filth (Sisters of Mercy)
and the list continues...all of these band did an awful job at covering these songs..

BAMFManiac · Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 8:34 pm Post subject:

gah tatu covered the smiths?? and afi covered the cure?! why?
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HerFrozenVeins · Rookie Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 27

I don't know, but it was a sad day as their music ran threw my ears.

ragingflea002 · Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 6:30 pm Post subject:

Listen to the entire "Renegades" album by Rage Against the Machine. he covers are as follows:
"The Ghost of Tom Joad"-Springsteen
"In My Eyes"-Minor Threat
"Maggie's Farm"-Dylan
"Street Fighting Man"-Rolling Stones*
"Renegades of Funk"(terrible)-Afrikka Bambastaa*
"How I Could Just Kill A Man"-Cypress Hill*
many others, better than the ones with asterisks beside them
I should also add Tori Amos' cover of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", but I didn't like that cover and I only heard it because of my math teacher.
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