Songs that have been covered

[Deepless_Overground]

This thread is for tracing song's original versions and to talk about all the diferent covers made to songs.

These are the ones I remember now I put (what I believe) is the original singer/band in the left side

Aerosmith- Dream On (reinterpreted as Sing for the Moment by Eminem)

Bee Gees- I started a Joke /covered by Wallflowers

Bee Gees - To Love Somebody /covered by Eagle-Eye Cherry and Billy Corgan

Depeche Mode- Personal Jesus/ covered by Marilyn Manson

Depeche Mode- Shout/ covered by Disturbed (shout 2000)

Depeche Mode-Let me see you strip /covered by Rammstein

Gloria Jones - Tainted Love/ covered by Soft Cell and Marilyn Manson

Human League-Open Your Heart /covered by Ladytron

Michael Jackson- Smooth Killer /covered by Alien Ant Farm

Michael Jackson- Beat it /covered by Senor Coconut (the weirdest cover I've ever heard )

Simon&Garfunkel- Mrs Robinson /covered by Lemonhead.

The Animals-House of the Rising Sun/ covered by Muse

I'll add others later. Why don't you add the ones you know?

[Batman]

I hear that Hillary Duff covered "My Generation." I'm too ashamed of my generation to even listen to it, though. I'm curious, though, I'll bet it's kind of funny.

[Deepless_Overground]

"my generation" of The Who?

[Jugband_Blues]

i heard a horrible cover of "I Am the Walrus," but it was too terrible to listen through the whole thing to see who it was by.

[Batman]

i heard a horrible cover of "I Am the Walrus," but it was too terrible to listen through the whole thing to see who it was by.

It might have been Oasis, they covered it once.

"my generation" of The Who?

Yup. Sickening, I know

[edna]

Cake did a great cover of Goria Gaynor´s "I will survive". Of course, I prefer the original...

[katie_sane]

Marilyn Manson did a really good cover of 'The KKK Took My Baby Away' by The Ramones.

I also liked Metallica's versions of 'Astronomy' by Blue Oyster Cult and 'Whiskey In The Jar' by Thin Lizzy.

[Levis]

I like Mr. Big's cover of 'Wild World' by Cat Stevens

[Earth-Angel]

Hi there and welcome to Songfacts!

There are a few threads about cover songs already to check out here and here and here .

So many good covers out there, hard to choose the best!

[Uncle Joe]

Urge Overkill did a nice job on Neil Diamond's Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon.

[ImThatGuyToo]

Covers Project is a great site on this topic.

[Deepless_Overground]

Yeah, I didn't know it.. it's a great site

I'm going to add three more covers

Talk Talk-How Soon Is Now? /covered by t.A.T.u.

Scorpions- Still loving you /covered by Sonata Arctica

Chip Taylor(?)-Angel of The Morning/covered by Shaggy (as Angel) and a bunch of people (Olivia Newton John, Bonnie Tyler, Nina Simone, etc)

[Endymion1977]

Talk Talk-How Soon Is Now? /covered by t.A.T.u.

How Soon Is Now is originally by The Smiths.

The best cover ever is Jimi Hendrix' rendition of Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower".

[edna]

Mick Karn, bassist of Japan, made an incredible cover of "La Distancia" (brezilian singer Roberto Carlos) called "Sensitive". It´s briliant...

[Foxy]

'The Logical Song' ~ covered by Scooter ~ originally done by Talking Heads

'Moonlight Shadow' ~ covered by Groove Coverage ~ originally done by Mike Oldfield

'Hazy Shade Of Winter' ~ covered by The Bangles ~ originally done by Simon & Garfunkel

'Hurt' ~ covered by Johnny Cash ~ originally done by Nine Inch Nails

'Red Red Wine' ~ covered by UB40 ~ originally done by Neil Diamond

'China Girl' ~ covered by David Bowie ~ originally done Iggy Pop

'Waiting For A Star To Fall' ~ covered by Sunset Strippers ~ originaly done by Boy Meets Girl

[Foxy]

I forgot Hayseed Dixie - covering all kinds of rock songs!

You must get 'Cat Scratch Fever' by Hayseed Dixie...it's fantastic!

[edna]

Foxy, "The logical song" isn´t Supertramp? I was googling and couldn´t find it... I´m curious, maybe there´s a Logical song by TH...

[Foxy]

Yes sorry I was listening to Talking Heads and reading some lyrics at the time of writing that!! d'oh!

[edna]

I was looking for bootleg recodings already...

[Foxy]

Haha...I was reading some Talking Head lyrics to suggest for the 'Current Quote' box when I wrote this post.

Sorry for confusing anyone!!

[bazooka]

I happened upon a real cool cover of The Doors' Riders On The Storm (without lyrics) by the Jazz duo O'2L

[Tenacious_Peaches]

Bazooka, that was an interesting version. I've always liked that song. I sing it everytime it rains, which has been quite often lately.

[Earth-Angel]

I've mentioned my favourite covers in the other threads already, but a more recent one I'm really digging is Disturbed covering Genesis' "Land of confusion".

HIM covering Chris Isaak's "Wicked game" also gets a mention

Oh, and White Stripes doing "Jolene".

Edited September 1, 2005 by Guest
I'm a woman, do I need a reason to change my mind?

[daslied]

"Blackbird" - Dionne Farris/Beatles

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Tori Amos/Nirvana

"One" - Aimee Mann/Three Dog Night/Nilsson

"Song To The Siren" - This Mortal Coil/Tim Buckley (Tim's original is the best vocal ever recorded)

And my new personal favorite: "Six Months In A Leaky Boat" - The Wiggles/Split Enz (or Tim Finn)

Later edit: forgot about "Found A Reason" - Cat Power/Velvet Underground. Not a VU fan, but I love this version of that song.

Edited September 1, 2005 by Guest

[Ken]

The Ramones covered the Ronettes "Baby I love you" and did an absolutely stunning job of it. They also did a great job of the Searchers old chestnut "Needles And Pins". Joey's voice is awesome.

Ken.