Favorite covers.

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

Let's just look through the old iTunes library, shall we?

Ben Folds - Bitches Ain't S (Dr. Dre)
Clash - Police On My Back (The Equals)
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros - Redemption Song (Bob Marley)
Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
Cake - I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
Counting Crows - The Ghost In You (Psychedelic Furs)
Joey Ramone - What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails) -- Maybe one of the greatest covers of all time.
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (Unplugged) - David Bowie
Sid Vicious - My Way (Frank Sinatra)
White Stripes - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (Dusty Springfield, by way of Burt Bacharach & Hal David)

...and The Greatest Cover Ever...

William Shatner - Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan)

 

[devilbat]

One - Johnny Cash, originally by U2
Hurt - Johnny Cash, originally by Nine Inch Nails
I Will Survive - Cake, Originally by Gloria Gaynor
Soul Man - Blues Brothers, originally by Sam & Dave
Fight the Power - Barenaked Ladies, originally by Public Enemy
London Calling - The Pogues, originally by the Clash
Kiss - Tom Jones, originally by Prince
Faith - Limp Bizkit, originally by George Michael

 

[mhacdebhandia]

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, original by the Rolling Stones, cover by Devo
Head Like A Hole, original by Nine Inch Nails, cover by Devo
Gin And Juice, original by Snoop Doggy Dogg, cover by the Gourds
There Ain't Nothing Like A Dame, original from South Pacific, cover by Reel Big Fish
Tainted Love, original by Soft Cell, cover by the Living End
Sympathy For The Devil, original by the Rolling Stones, cover by Natalie Merchant

 

[Meadred]

This one's a bit obscure, but anyway:
"Ballroom Blitz" by Krokus (an Austrian - I think - heavy metal band from earlier 80's); first done by Sweet.

Also, just because I just listened to it on my Ipod, Lemonheads' version of "Mrs. Robinson".

Cheers,
Meadred

 

[MonsterMash]

I love the Pet Shop Boys cover of Where the Streets have no name (U2).

Brian Ferry's version of Jealous Guy (John Lennon)

 

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A few that spring to mind:

'Hurt' by Johnny Cash
(cover of a Nine Inch Nails song)

'Without You' by Nilsson
(cover of a Badfinger song)

'Crying In The Rain' by A-ha
(cover of an Everly Brothers song)

'Nothing Compares To You' by The Blues Smarties
(a Prince song but famously also covered by Sinead O'Connor)
EDIT: Or not, apparently

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"Faith Of The Heart" by Russell Watson (original by Rod Stewart)

As in the ST:Enterprise theme? That's a Rod Stewart cover?

Well, you learn something new everyday.


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Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)

Can't believe I forgot that one, with the Smashing Pumpkins being my favourite band.

Consider it added to the list.


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Tainted Love, original by Soft Cell, cover by the Living End

Minor nitpick, but I'm pretty sure that Soft Cell's version was also a cover.

(pauses for quick google) Yes it was. The original is be Gloria Jones.


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[MrFilthyIke]

Anarchy in the UK - Megadeath
Bela Lugosi's Dead - The Electric Hellfire Club
Anatomy of Evil - A String Quartet Tribe to Iron Maiden

Many other ones have been posted by others before me, and I'm too lazy to look through my cds.