the Greatest Covers of all time

[iggy plop]

The Living End- Tainted Love (soft cell),)

David Bowie - See Emily Play (Pink Floyd)

 

[HevyDevy]

David Lee Roth - California Girls
David Lee Roth - Just A Gigolo
David Lee Roth - That's Life

Yep, when he does a cover he picks well and masters it

Also:

Van Halen: You Really Got Me
Type O Negative: Summer Breeze
Dream Theater: Perfect Strangers
Testament - Sails of Charon

 

[waltzing Meninga]

Pantera - Planet Caravan ( Black Sabbath)

 

[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]

Ministry - Lay,Lady,Lady (Bob Dylan) - Best Cover Of Alll Time IMO.
Madness - It Must Be Love (Labi Saffre)
Butthole Surfers - Hurdy Gurdy Man (Donovan)
Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
Frank Zappa - I Am The Walrus (Beatles)
Ramones - I Don't Wanna Grow Up (Tom Waits)
Ciccone Youth - Addicted To Love (Robert Palmer)

 

[carcharias]

David Bowie - See Emily Play (Pink Floyd)

good one!

Pinups is an entire album Bowie did of covers.

I like "where have all thegood times gone" a kinks song.

 

[Bastard Squad]

David Bowie - Lets Spend The Night Together
Brian Ferry - Hard Rain
INXS - The Loved One
Nirvana - Man Who Sold The World
Manfred Mann's Earth Band- Blinded By The Light

 

[edabomb]

Jon Stevens - Light my fire is the worst cover of all time :lol:

 

[Utey]

Pennywise - Land Down Under.

 

[Moffo]

Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams

 

[nöyd]

David Lee Roth - California Girls
David Lee Roth - Just A Gigolo
David Lee Roth - That's Life

Yep, when he does a cover he picks well and masters it

Also:

Van Halen: You Really Got Me
Type O Negative: Summer Breeze
Dream Theater: Perfect Strangers
Testament - Sails of Charon

I seem to remember hearing that Brian Wilson picked DLR's version of California Girls as the best Beach Boys cover he's ever heard...

 

[brooksy19]

Johhny Cash - Hurt
Stereophonics - Nothing Compares To you
Sarah Blasko - Flame trees.
Sarah Blasko - Don't Dream Its Over

 

[brooksy19]

RHCP - Havana Affair (Ramones)

 

[Alex28]

i quite like Sarah's cover of Flame Trees - she played it at Homebake on the weekend, sounded great.

 

[Knightmare]

Millencolin- Barbie Girl (Aqua)
The Angels- We gotta get out of this place (Can't remember who sang the original)

 

[hrundi99]

Best covers of all time are Roxy Music's cover or John Lennons Jealous Guy

- Yes

and also Guns N Roses cover of Live and Let Die.

- No

 

[hrundi99]

The Angels- We gotta get out of this place (Can't remember who sang the original)

The Animals.

 

[Alex28]

I'm kinda bored of Franz Ferdinand at the moment, but I've gotta say the covers they are doing are pretty ace - both What You Waiting For (Gwen Stefani) and Sexy Boy (Air) are at download at http://www.stereogum.com/archives/002157.html

Enjoy (links will only be there for a little while...)

 

[Bomber]

Heard the most amazing version of 'The Wild Colonial Boy' by (of all the friggin' bands in the world) Dr Hook. Top stuff!

Weezer - Mrs Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel)
Cold Chisel - Big River (Johnny Cash), from their 'Ringside' live CD
Green Day - We Are The Champions (Queen), live at Live8

A few years ago there were a series of CDs with artists doing cover versions of songs on live morning radio (Andrew Denton, I think), with each band/singer being forced to perform songs that were totally opposite or unsuited to their genre and image. Here is an example:

Dancing Queen - Jimmy Barnes
Lump - Lee Kernaghan
Wuthering Heights - James Reyne
My Heart Will Go On - The Screaming Jets
Freak - Troy Cassar-Daley
I Touch Myself - Rolf Harris (!!!!!!!)
Creep - Gina Jeffreys
Gangsta's Paradise - Richard Clapton
Down Under - The Red Army Choir (!!!!!)
Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) - James Blundell
It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock & Roll) - The Wiggles
Why Don't You Get A Job? - John Williamson
Beds Are Burning - Tenacious D
Not Pretty Enough - Grinspoon
You Can't Stop The Music - The Superjesus
I'm Like A Bird - Richard Clapton
Are You Gonna Go My Way - John Paul Young
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Willie Nelson

 

[Floods]

Hendrix - "All along the watchtower"
Cash - "Hurt"
Megadeth - "Paranoid" and "These boots were made for walking" also "Anarchy in the U.K"

 

[strewth_mate]

Those Denton 'musical challenge' CDs are a good laugh, the ones that take it half seriously usually do a very good cover. Add to that list:

Sexual Healing - Neil Finn (also Billie Jean)
S.O.S - Tonic (don't know the band but a smooth cover)
When Doves Cry - Barenaked Ladies
Kryptonite - Gina Jeffries
Teenage Dirtbag - Adam Brand
Dirty Deeds - Kerri-Anne Kennerley

I still like the idea of Are You Gonna Go My Way? being played on an accordian at Taronga Park while the monkeys dance along.