Song covers

Vlad86 · Post by **Vlad86** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 1:31 am

Does anyone have a list or just know of song covers? The idea came to me when I saw the american opening for Knights of the Zodiac(Saint Seiya) and it had "I ran" by Bowling for Soup which is a cover of the same song by Flock of Seagulls. Also "Relax" by Frankie goes to Hollywood and Powerman 5000, "Blue Monday" by New Order and Orgy, "Tom Sawyer" by Rush and Deadsy, and "Paint it Black" by Rolling Stones and Gob. I personally get a kick out of hearing and comparing originals with covers. It's also neat breathing new life into old songs, but sometimes some songs shouldn't be messed with (die-hard fans of the original songs will kill ya'). Well, if anyone can think of any more than that it would be appreaciated.

I have the Zoolander soundtrack so I already know of those remakes( don't shoot me but, "Faces" by Orgy is the best song on the cd imho)

ithaqua · Post by **ithaqua** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 2:12 am

Skinny Puppy - Borderline (Madonna)
Assemblage 23 - I Ran (Flock of Seagulls)
Nine Inch Nails - Metal (Gary Numan)
Funker Vogt - Harvester of Sorrow (Metallica)

Cardinal.jpg · Post by **Cardinal.jpg** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 4:45 am

Video Killed the Radiostar- Original The Buggles
Covered by everybody else.

FoolThemAll · Post by **FoolThemAll** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 10:53 am

Foo Fighters - Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty)
Travis - Baby One More Time (Britney Spears - seriously, it's good)
Pearl Jam - It's OK (Dead Moon)
Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (Beatles)
Stone Temple Pilots - Dancing Days (Led Zeppelin)
Tom Petty - Feel A Whole Lot Better (Byrds)
System of a Down - Snowblind (Black Sabbath)

Definitely more, but I've gotta go.

Tom the Fish · Post by **Tom the Fish** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 12:52 pm

There are hundreds of thousands of covers.

Here's a pretty damn good resource:

http://www.coversproject.com/

Tom

nailz · Post by **nailz** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 12:57 pm

Blind Guardian - Don't talk to Strangers (Dio)
Blind Guardian - Beyond the Realms of Death (Judas Priest)
Blind Guardian - Surfin USA (Beach Boys)
Blind Guardian - To France (unknown)
Elvenking - Penny Dreadful (Skyclad)
Freternia - Murderer (Helloween)
Nightwish - Over the Hills and Far Away (Gary Moore)
Nightwish - Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne)
Sonata Artica - I Want Out (Helloween)

Personally, I think all of these covers are far superior to the original songs.

Farlo · Post by **Farlo** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 1:32 pm

iced earth's "tribute to the gods" album was all covers

Propyro · Post by **Propyro** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 3:19 pm

punk covers ... me first and the gimmie gimmies ... thats about all tehy do, punk covers of eveyones songs, pretty cool sometimes.

tool - Dr. love (i think it's a ted nuget(sp?) cover)
"" - No quarter (led zepplin cover)
and thats about all the godo ones i know ...

no wait ... Jimmy hendrix, he did lots of bob dylan covers, i think his best one was "All along the watch tower".

then theres G&R - knockin' on heavens door.

ok, now thats all the good ones.

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Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 3:44 pm

Heh... Covers are too common a thing... take ust one band...

King Crimson covered John Lennon's 'Free as a Bird' and Bowie's 'Heroes' (which, technically, is semi-cover, as both of the band's guitarists were Bowie's guitarists at different points, with Fripp being the author of the famous sustained guitar lines)

Too many people to list covered King Crimson, including Howard Stern's 'The Losers', who did 'In the Court of the Crimson King' (and later converted to Lord of the Anal Rings...)

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 8:51 pm

...yeah. I know of entire sites dedicated to covers of a particular band's songs... so, like, there's no way on earth I could list all of them.

Favorites:
"New Year's Day" - Front Line Assembly featuring Tiffany (yes, Tiffany) (original by U2). On the same album, Dead or Alive also did a version of "Even Better than the Real Thing" that...kind of is. Pet Shop Boys' treatment of "Where the Streets Have No Name" is also fun if you happen to like Europop. Which I do. So.

"Fly on the Windscreen" - God Lives Underwater (original by Depeche Mode). Also on THAT album was a version of "Shame" by Self that is also better than the original.

"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" - They Might Be Giants (original by Four Lads, I believe) - Have you ever heard of the original? No. See?

"Draggin' the Line" - REM (original by Tommy James and the Shondells) - So not REM-ish, but it's kind of fun and relaxing. 8)

"Whiter Shade of Pale" - Annie Lennox (original by Procol Harum) - Her entire album Medusa is covers, and in fact one of them is the music in my latest vid *plug*

"Heroes" - The Wallflowers (original by David Bowie) - This song is one of my personal favorites, though, so I'm biased.

Barenaked Ladies do massive tons of covers, from "Fight the Power" back on an old demo to medleys closing their shows, and they're a lot of fun as well. 8)