So there are alot of covers out there. Most of them are utter shit. Either they are direct copies of the originals, or they try to put a creative spin on them that send down the spiral of hell. However, every so often a truly great cover comes along, a song that is so awesome that I cannot enjoy the original song nearly as much as I did before. Some of these are great songs covered by great bands, and some are crappy songs made great. This is my list of those songs:
- Bruce Dickinson with Godspeed - "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" - Originally by Black Sabbath
- Demons & Wizards - "Immigrant Song" - Originally by Led Zeppelin
- Dope - "You Spin Me Right Round (Like A Record)" - Originally by Dead or Alive
- Eric Clapton - "Cocaine" - Originally by J.J. Cale
- Eric Clapton - "I Shot The Sheriff" - Originally by Bob Marley
- Foo Fighters - "Darling Nikki" - Originally by Prince
- Gary Jules - "Mad World" - Originally by Tears For Fears
- Guns N' Roses - "Hair of The Dog" - Originally by Nazareth
- Guns N' Roses - "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - Originally by Bob Dylan
- Guns N' Roses - "Sympathy For The Devil" - Originally by The Rolling Stones
- GWAR - "School's Out" - Originally by Alice Cooper
- Helloween - "Hocus Pocus" - Originally by Focus
- Iced Earth - "Shooting Star" - Originally by Bad Company
- Iced Earth - "Transylvania" - Originally by Iron Maiden
- Jimi Hendrix - "All Along The Watchtower" - Originally by Bob Dylan
- Johnny Cash - Hurt" - Originally by Nine Inch Nails
- Metallica - "Sabbra Cadabra" (With "A National Acrobat" mixed in the middle) - Originally by Black Sabbath
- Tesla - "Signs" - Originally by Five Man Electrical Band
- Type O Negative - "Hey Pete" - Originally "Hey Joe" by Jimi Hendrix
- Ugly Kid Joe - "Cat's In The Cradle" - Originally by Harry Chapin
3 comments:
Nice list, 2 covers I can think of offhand that are way better than the originals are Death's cover of Painkiller by Priest and Alabama Thunderpussy's cover of All I can Do is Write About It by Skynrd.
I'm not a fan of Death Metal, so I prob will never hear the Death cover, and I really like Alabama Thunderpussy but it is so hard to find any of their stuff. I've got like 5 songs by them, and thats all I can get ahold of.
Rufio do a killer cover of Madonna's "Like A Prayer" and although I might be commiting blasphemy, Voivod's covers of 2 Pink Floyd songs "Astronomy Domine" and "The Nile Song" are awesome.
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