If mi amigo Manny had not posed the Q, I would probably come up with hundreds. As it is - Ring of Fire - Social Distortion Mrs Robinson - The Lemonheads I Faught the Law - The Clash Pills - New York Dolls Train Kept a Rollin - Aerosmith All the Young Dudes/Sweet Jane - Mott the Hoople Summertime Blues - Blue Cheer California Sun - The Dictators
Bob Marley - And I Love Her Jimi Hendix - Gloria Paul Anka - Eyes Without a Face DEVO - Satisfaction Earth, Wind, and Fire - Got to Get You Into My Life Foo Fighters - Down in the park Big Boys - Hollywood Swingin many more...
"2,000 Man" - KISS "Cinnamon Girl" - Type O Negative "Train Kept a Rollin" - Aerosmith "Cowboy Song" - Supersuckers "Lightning Bar Blues" - Hanoi Rocks "Rosalie" - Thin Lizzy "California Man" - Cheap Trick "Can't Explain" - Scorpions "Pump it Up" - The Wildhearts "Before They Make Me Run" - Supersuckers
Gin & Juice - The Gourds (Snoop Dogg) Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana (David Bowie) With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker (Beatles)
O M G no mention of *the* best cover in hard rock? Green Manalishi - Judas Priest (original Fleetwood Mac) also add Cats in the Cradle -- Ugly Kid Joe Knockin on Heavens Door -- GnR
Oh ****, just remembered the Pulp song William Shatner recently covered. What the hell is it? Arrghh, it's a classic.
Matchbox 20 "Time After Time" (Cyndi Lauper) Norah Jones "More Than This" (Roxy Music) Norah Jones "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" (Elvis Presley) Orgy "Blue Monday" (New Order) Ben Harper "In Your Eyes" (Peter Gabriel) Chantal Kreviazuk "Leaving on a Jetplane" (John Denver)
Gin and Juice - The Gourds (original by Snoop Doggy Dogg). Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds - William Shatner (original by the Beatles) Tainted Love - Marilyn Manson (original by SoftCell) Suck - nine inch nails (original by Pigface)
David Bowie's "Pin-Ups" was one of the first modern rock covers records. I really love his versions of "Sorrow" (by an obscure 60's band called The Merseys) and "It's Hard to be a Saint in the City" by a young Bruce Springsteen. Bowie's version of "See Emily Play" by Pink Floyd is pretty great, too. Other favorite cover versions: "You Really Got a Hold on Me" by the Beatles (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles) "Death Letter" by the White Stripes (Son House) "Delia" by Bob Dylan (traditional folk song) "In the Pines" Nirvana (Leadbelly) "Neon Lights" U2 (Kraftwek) "Sattelite of Love" U2 (Lou Reed) "Hot Burrito (I'm Your Toy) #1" Elvis Costello (Gram Parsons) "Comfortably Numb" Scissor Sisters (Pink Floyd) The Pulp song covered by William Shatner was "Common People." That is a good one, but I'll go with his version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" trippy, man.
Thanks, BMoney I could not agree with you more about 'Pinups'. For me only Alaidin Sane is a better Bowie release, and it's all covers. I thought Sorrow was a Pretty Things song. It hardly matters though; the whole lp is a lesson in great rock-n-roll. Ronson really goes off as well.
I love covers. I always like listening to how groups interpret someone else's music, especially if it's really well known. Props to A-Train for the Dynamite Hack reference. I also thought of: Gin and Juice - The Gourds (already mentioned a few times I see) Ring of Fire - Social Distortion Abracadabra - Sugar Ray (guilty pleasure of mine) Baker Street - Foo Fighters Jessie's Girl - Frickin' A Mrs. Robinson - The Lemonheads Numerous versions of "The Devil Went Down to Georiga". Try Primus' version. Even the Rednex do a couple pretty good versions. Reel Big Fish (ska/rock) do quite a few good covers, including Hungry Like the Wolf, Take On Me, and a pretty good acapella version of New York, New York.
As in "Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos?" Wild Thing - Hendrix (The Troggs) Bullet To Blue Sky - P.O.D. (U2) Sunday Bloody Sunday - Pillar (U2) Smooth Criminal - Alien Antfarm (Mike Jackson) Some of the best covers (IMO) cross genre's and styles too... perhaps even sound totally different.
The Doors- Gloria Nirvana- Man who Sold the World The Byrds- Mr. Tambourine man Janis Joplin- Little Girl Blue
Viva Las Vegas, during the closing credits of The Big Lebowski. I can't remember the chick's name that does it, but for some reason it's not on the soundtrack or on iTunes. (yes, I've done a search) It's sexy, done as a blues tune, and fabulous!
Lots of great ones already but...Madonna? Alien Ant Farm? Uhh...hope ya'll posted those in the wrong thread accidently. Across the Universe-Fionna Apple (Beatles)
