The Best/Worst Song Covers Thread

[Kiki]

Paramore (who I'm getting into after my brother introduced me to them properly) covering Foo Fighters' My Hero. I've only heard the acoustic version (the only version?), which sounds a little tinny (probably due to the fact that I downloaded a pretty average-quality version), but it's soooo good, seriously.

 

[anytimepally]

Worst Covers
The Beatles - "A Taste of Honey"
Bob Dylan - "Fixin' to Die Blues"
Tina Turner - "Proud Mary"
Lenny Kravitz - "American Woman"

Best Covers
Willie Nelson's Stardust (a whole album of covers)
Herbie Hancock & Corinne Bailey Rae - "River"
Peter Tosh - "Johnny B. Goode"
The Animals - "The House of the Rising Sun"
Manfred Mann - "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" & "Blinded By the Light"

 

[Gelfling Girl]

Here's another one for best song covers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SZ6J6fjw9w

 

[AquaGGR]

Best Covers:

original artists in parenthesis

"Everybody Wants To Rule The World" by Relient K [Tears for Fears]
"You Really Got Me" by Van Halen [The Kinks]
"Desolation Row" by My Chemical Romance [Bob Dylan]
"Song 2" by My Chemical Romance [Blur]
"All Along The Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix [Bob Dylan]
"Stray Cat Strut" by Reel Big Fish [Stray Cats]
"Since U Been Gone" by A Day to Remember [Kelly Clarkston]
"His World" by Zebrahead [Crush 40]
"I Fought the Law" by Green Day [Bobby Fuller Four]

Worst Covers:



"Some Nights" by Like Moths To Flames [Fun.]
I can't really name more at the moment.

This:

Edit: Right after I posted this, my computer shut down from overheating. Thank goodness this was saved.

 

[D'Snowth]

*Patiently waits for Oscarfan to rant about the performance of "Leroy Brown" on YouTube that he loves to hate so much*

 

[Sgt Floyd]

"His World" by Zebrahead [Crush 40]

Actually, not quite. Crush 40 did their own version, but the original version in the game was performed by Zebrahead's singer, and then there was a version with the whole band.

 

[charlietheowl]

Best:
"To Sir With Love" by Al Green (originally Lulu)
"Remember (Walking In The Sand)" by Aerosmith (originally The Shangri-Las)
"Que Sera Sera" by Sly and the Family Stone (originally Doris Day)
"America" by Yes (originally Simon and Garfunkel)
"Turn Turn Turn" by The Byrds (originally Pete Seeger)

Obviously there are more, but it's early and I can't think of them all, lol.

Worst covers:
"Landslide" by the Dixie Chicks (originally by Fleetwood Mac)
"Black Dog" by Nicole Scherzinger and Jason Bonham (originally by Led Zeppelin)
"I Want You to Want Me" by Letters to Cleo (originally by Cheap Trick)

 

[mr3urious]

I really like the M&H Band cover of "Popcorn" even more so than Hot Butter's (which itself was a cover of Gershon Kingsley's original), particularly the extended remix. It's the guitar parts near the end that sell it for me.

Kingsley's, however, is my 2nd favorite. It was made back in 1969, but it sounds at least 10 years newer than that.

Gershon Kingsley:

Hot Butter:

M&H Band:

The worst, obviously, is that obnoxious Crazy Frog cover.

 

[AquaGGR]

Actually, not quite. Crush 40 did their own version, but the original version in the game was performed by Zebrahead's singer, and then there was a version with the whole band.

Darn. I keep forgetting that.

 

[Drtooth]

The worst cover of all time... I forget where I read about this... is a Beatles "tribute" album (if you can call it that) where dogs bark the melody of the songs. Just like the Barking Jingle Bells novelty song.