Best Cover Songs of All Time

[Dannyalcatraz]

This is the original Dobie Grey version of “The In Crowd”

This is the version most people know:

 

[Zardnaar]

His cover of GnR’s “Patience” is epic.

It's Cornell. He can fart into a paper bag and pull it off.


Selection of his slower work.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

The original version of Grazing In The Grass” was done by Hugh Masakela:

A little later, Friends of Distinction added lyrics to it and had a hit themselves:

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

It's Cornell. He can fart into a paper bag and pull it off.

Well…not anymore.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

The original:

The cover:

And another:

 

[Zardnaar]

Well…not anymore.

Touche o7. 4/5 of the big grunge band singers gone burger. Alive in Chains replacement singer is very good though.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I'm still a bigger fan of the original Hurt, but even Trent disagrees with

I seem to recall learning that he didn’t actually express that Cash’s version was better or anything like that, but rather that Cash fully made it his own song.

Allow me also to add Metallica's cover of Bob Seeger's "Turn the Page."

Gotta be top 10, if not top 5.

Alien Ant Farm “Smooth Criminal”
Killswitch Engaged “Holy Diver”
Aerosmith “Come Together”

Some of the first ones that came to mind!

I just encountered some covers of Daft Punk’s ”Harder Better Faster Stronger”- these were among the better ones:

Pomplamous is fantastic. Their mashup cover of Stayin Alive and Virtual Insanity is one of my favorite songs.

To add another of my own favorites to the thread, I am forever in love with Shel’s Enter Sandman.

 

[nyvinter]

Original:

The cover:

 

[payn]

Since Danny brought up GnR, how about their awful cover of Knockin on Heaven's door? My buddy and I were talking the other day about how annoying it is wiht the dumb phone dial in the middle. Also, you couldn't go anywhere for like a year without hearing it.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Since Danny brought up GnR, how about their awful cover of Knockin on Heaven's door? My buddy and I were talking the other day about how annoying it is wiht the dumb phone dial in the middle. Also, you couldn't go anywhere for like a year without hearing it.

OTOH, their take on “Live and Let Die” was pretty cool.