Best Covers

[Arsen]

Death - Judas Priest's "Painkiller"
Iced Earth - Iron Maiden's "Transylvania"
Blind Guardian - Dio's "Don't Talk to Strangers"

 

[sky14kemea]

I was reading the worst covers thread and could only think of the best covers i have ever heard.

One of my favourites is Hurt by Nine Inch Nails covered by Johnny Cash. It turns an angsty song that is probably the worst i have heard from NIN in to a beautiful emotional piece.

Haleleujah coved by Jeff Buckley and Mad world covered by Gary Jules are the obvious ones and i also realy love Marilyn Manson's covers.

Nouvelle Vauge do some pretty cool French Bossa-Nova covers of post-punk and new wave songs like Bela Logoui's Dead by Bauhaus and Blue Monday by New Order.

Cake's version of Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps is great putting a modern twist on my faourite latin jazz song.

i agree with the Gary Jules one ^-^ but i like Rufus Wrainwright's version of hallelujah better
also Lost Prophets version of Cry Me A River, way better than whats-his-face XD

 

[JBarracudaL]

Jordan Rudess' cover of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer's "Tarkus" wins by a mile.

Then there's

Regina Spektor and Pain of Salvation's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah."

Anneke Van Giersbergen's cover of Damien Rice's "The Blower's Daughter."

Steven Wilson's cover of Alanis Morissette's "Thank You"

Nick Cave and the Bad Seed's (Along with several guest vocalists) cover of Bob Dylan's "Death Is Not The End."

Archie Shepp's cover of Arthur Hamilton's "Cry Me A River."

Miles Davis' cover of Jimmy Van Heusen/Eddie DeLange's "Darn That Dream."

John Zorn's cover of Ornette Coleman's "Lonely Woman."

Johnny Cash's cover of Nine Inch Nail's "Hurt."

 

[Hippobatman]

Cradle of Filth - Hallowed Be Thy Name (Iron Maiden)
Children of Bodom - Shot in the Dark (Ozzy Osbourne)
Sinergy - Gimme, Gimme, Gimme! (ABBA)

Can't remember anymore at the moment

 

[InvisibleMilk]

Dream Theater covered Master of Puppets. fucking awesome.
And Bullet for my valentine covered Crazy train. amazing covers.

 

[Gxas]

This song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxdkrzHBt3E]

Its Sea of Treachery covering Paramore's Misery Business. Hayley Williams even said herself that this version was better than the original.

Wonder what Shivari will think... hmmmm...

 

[jezz8me]

I forgot to add to my origional post Iron and Wines cover of Such reat Heights by The Postal Service. Ben Folds does a decent cover as well.

John Coltrane made a pretty good musical song "My Favourite Things" into an absolutely amazing jazz masterpiece.

 

[laikenf]

Beck's version of Bowie's "Diamond Dogs" is pretty awesome. I also like what Ministry did with Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay"; and Supergrass did a pretty kick ass version of The Smith's "Some Girls are Bigger than Others".

 

[laikenf]

I forgot to add to my origional post Iron and Wines cover of Such reat Heights by The Postal Service. Ben Folds does a decent cover as well.

John Coltrane made a pretty good musical song "My Favourite Things" into an absolutely amazing jazz masterpiece.

That one is probably one of my favorite Jazz tunes of all time.

 

[sirdanrhodes]

Cradle of Filth - Hallowed Be Thy Name (Iron Maiden)

DAMN, beat me to it.

 

[Dechef]

Current 93 - Lucifer over London covered by Rotting Christ.
Oh and Accept - Metal Heart covered by Dimmu Borgir.
Not a big Dimmu fan, but that one is awesome.

 

[fedpayne]

Johnny Cash redeems Hurt, but SLAUGHTERS Johnny 99 (Springsteen).

 

[Jonathan Hexley]

Higher Ground by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Awwww gawd, this one is AWESOME.

All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix.
Yeah... It's awesome. Why say more?

 

[soulasylum85]

tuesdays gone- metallica (lynyrd skynyrd)
king of pain- alanis morrisette (the police)
ramble on- train (led zepplin)
the battle of evermore- heart (led zepplin)
schools out and sexual healing- soul asylum (alice cooper) (marvin gaye)
this land is your land- counting crows (woodie guthrie)
brightest smile in town- gregg allman (ray charles)


*original artist is in ( )

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

All Along the Watchtower-Jimi Hendrix (cv. Bob Dylan)
Live and Let Die-Guns N' Roses (cv. The Wings)
Knockin' on Heaven's Door-Guns N' Roses (cv. Bob Dylan)
Fortunate Son-Dropkick Murphies (cv. Creedence Clearwater Revival)
White Wedding-Murderdolls (cv. Billy Idol)
Cum on Feel the Noise-Quiet Riot (cv. Slade)
Ballroom Blitz-Krokus (cv. Sweet)
Radar Love-White Lion (cv. Golden Earring)
Come Together-Aerosmith (cv. The Beatles)
Pretty Woman-Van Halen (cv. Rob Orbison)

 

[speedcoreXdandy]

Livin La Vida Loca, Blue, Sweet Like Chocolate and Beat It by Ten Masked Men.


Ohhhh yes, death metal FTW!

 

[irishstormtrooper]

My favorite cover would have to be Apocalyptica's cover of "Fade to Black" by Metallica. It turned a kinda depressing guitar song into a really depressing cello song, with a badass ending.

Also, Nirvana's cover of "Jesus Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam" was quite good, as well.

 

[BuckminsterF]

Boys in The Hood- Dynamite Hack covering E Easy
Reach out and Touch Faith- Johnny Cash covering Depeche Mode
Don't you Evah- Spoon covering The Natural History

 

[Mr Wednesday]

That Days of Future Past one, with Wolverine and Kitty pride on the front.

Now that is a legendary cover.

 

[Chancie]

There are very few covers that I like but...
Breaking Benjamin's version of "Who Wants To Live Forever" by Queen is amazing and I also like Evanescence's version of "Thoughless" by Korn. That's all I can really think of.