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- mistermanoli, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15how about the Gourds.. singin snoop dogs - gin and juice..
http://youtube.com/watch?v=a7Wen03RRYU
i dont know how this one wasnt at the top of the list.. - HardSide, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Children of Bodom - OOPS I Did it Again!
Come on...band from Finland who are melodic metal covering a american pop star song...cant get any wierder then that - teh_toaster, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Matt Weddle of Obadiah Parker covering Hey Ya by OutKast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-8nkkOA_AM
- jasonwert, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11How about Cake's cover of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive"?
- MightySlam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I third the Ben Folds' "Bitches Ain't *****," and second Cake's "I Will Survive."
Also, Fountains of Wayne's version of "Hit Me Baby (One More Time)" is sweet. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Wow, how could Ben Folds' Bitches Ain't ***** not be up there.
- superal1394, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Cash - Hurt original by Nine Inch Nails
Gary Jules - Mad World original by Tears For Fear
some of the best examles of putting a good song in new light nad making the original even better - joebrent, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Jimi Hendrix -- 'All Along the Watchtower' by Bob Dylan
- eplawless, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8I need you not to speak anymore.
- negativefx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Dude, that Gin & Juice cover is definitely not NOFX. Listen to any other nofx song on the planet and it's pretty obvious that it's not...some idiot misnamed it and it's been spreading for the last 10 years as a nofx song.
But SOAD's shame on a ***** does rock...don't know if it counts as a cover, as odb and a few others are in it. :) - BevansDesign, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Not good? It was great, and damn creative.
- knaps, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5wow, that list neglected Ben Folds' cover of Dr. Dre's "Bitches aint *****". I really don't think anybody could ever make that song as beautiful as Ben managed to.
When he performed it live at my school, he said "I wrote this song with Dr. Dre.... Actually, no I didn't. I don't think he even knows about this song. Please don't tell Dr. Dre." Genius.
The song's fantastic, I definitely recommend you check it out. (this wasn't the show at my school, but I was there too :))
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ELO0-38Xr9I - SelfAbortion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Some other contributions to the list:
Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie original)
Type O Negative - Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young)
Solar Twins - Rock the Casbah (The Clash)
Sneaker Pimps - Firestarter (Prodigy)
Primus - The Thing That Should Not Be (Metallica) [Primus does tons of awesome covers)
Foo Fighters - Down in the Park (Gary Numan
Godhead - Eleanor Rigby (Beatles)
Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
Battery - Gangsta's Paradise (Coolio) - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8This is a real thorough list. Thanks for submitting.
- SelfAbortion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Local H covering Britney Spears' "Toxic" is amazing. It's available on their myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/localh
One of my favorite weird covers. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Yeah, or how about
Type O Negative covering Cinnamon Girl by Neil Young
Phish covering Runnin' With The Devil by Van Halen
Disturbed doing Land of Confusion by Genesis
Tori Amos covering Raining Blood by Slayer
Pantera doing Planet Caravan by Black Sabbath
Johnny Cash doing Hurt by Nine Inch Nails
Those are all a billion times weirder than this POS list. - Chigaimasu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I love cover songs. Great find.
- saranagati, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Johnny Cash - Hurt
Ignite - Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Blood for Blood - Runaway
Earth Crisis - Paint it Black
Mower - All The Leaves are Brown - Scatropolis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I liked
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q02ompQhtY8&eurl=
a lot better.. - Stwo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Dynamite Hack - Boyz N tha Hood
Everlast - Bedtime Story - eplawless, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yeah, I was looking for that. Best cover I've ever heard.
- AMSRay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The definitive cover of "Baby's Got Back" is Jonathan Coulton.
- SelfAbortion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I heard they actually said that he was too good to be in Metallica. Too weird or too good, I can believe it. Les Claypool is hella awesome.
- ThetaDot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Johnny Cash's cover of "Hung my head", originally by Sting.
- eplawless, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3RHCP cover of Love Roller Coaster is great
- IvanB, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I really like Nirvana's take on The Man Who Sold The World. I think it's better than Bowie's version.
- p_o_b, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Check out Ben Folds' In Between Days, Golden Slumbers and Barrytown
- signal15, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3They are missing one of the best (and strangest) covers ever. Bitches Ain't *****, white boy version by Ben Folds. g2p.org should have it. They covered it during a Sirius radio show in the studio, and it made it's way to the net. I don't think you can buy it anywhere.
- eplawless, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The neat thing about that Primus cover is that Claypool was nearly the bassist for Metallica, but they parted ways because he was too weird for them.
- Alchemeron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2How on Earth could this list fail to include Ben Folds' "Bitches Ain't *****"
- sfmman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Take On Me is a cover?
- sphinx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2My votes have to go to the Paula Abdul cover and most definetly the cover of Crazy By Ray Lamontagne
- PuyoDead, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If you ask me, this list not having Devo's "Satisfacton" cover voids the entire list. Hell, they could have included Devo's cover of "Working in a Coal Mine" as well for oddity. But nope, neither are on there.
- eplawless, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5And with one click, my need is satisfied :)
- kgool, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3However could they forget Metallica covering Stone Cold Crazy by Queen?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt9nAD7JUIQ
I am not a huge fan of either band, but this song kills. - RCola, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL covering Tom Waits' "Downtown Train"
No way. Anything Tom Waits original is always the best. - patrickloggins, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2BUNGLE!
Also, Bungle doing the same "Drug Me" is good. - RomulusX86, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Ben Folds' cover of Such Great Heights was awesome, and with the werid percussion instruments.
- negativefx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Not a single mention of MFATGG??? wtf. Granted, some of their covers suck, but they have a ton of great ones.
RHCP - Higher Ground?!?!
Goldfinger - 99 Luft Balloons? That song has been so overplayed on commercials and segues it's ridiculous.
I call shennanigans on this article. - Maron8515, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The best covers always make you see the original song in a new light, and make you appreciate it even more. I've always loved Led Zeppelin's No Quarter, but when I heard Tool's cover (off of their Salival album), both versions became two of my favorite songs of all time. Somehow Tool managed to not only take the song and make it their own, but they also captured the magic of the original. Truly classic...
- SenatorPenguin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Phantom of the Opera by Me First and The Gimme Gimmes.
Actually, anything by Me First would fit on this list, they are a punk cover band.
But seriously, if you like Phantom of the Opera in any form, check that out on iTunes or any DRM-free substitute. - shockingbird, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Someone should make a cool torrent of these songs.
- karlschmidt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Just go to iTunes and do a search for "Hayseed Dixie".
Some of the weirdest (and coolest) bluegrass covers of rock songs ever. - Freshjive787, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Owen Pallett is a genius.
- paralleljay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm surprised some of the tracks done by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes didn't appear.
- anaesthetica, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Tainted Love is by Gloria Jones. Soft Cell covered her.
- Gundabad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Ben Folds finally did put "Bitches Ain't *****" on his most recent album, and you can pick it up on iTunes. Seriously, its the best, funniest, and most random cover song I have ever heard. While the list in the article is very good, this is a serious oversight.
- sathias, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2They missed
Devo covering "Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones
Mr Bungle covering "What the world needs now is love" by Jackie De Shannon
Sepultura covering "Drug Me" by The Dead Kennedys - grimman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxhAxlMrdIo
^-^ - eplawless, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Cash's cover of NiN's Hurt was neat too
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