Best cover songs

[GearJunkie]

Torontoist put together a list of the best cover songs and I found it rather interesting, but I was wondering what, from a musicians standpoint, you guys found as great covers.

The top 3 that come to mind:

Failure- Enjoy The Silence (Depeche Mode)
Deftones- Ordinary World (Sade) (Professor Riffs gave me this a while ago and I haven't been able to get away from it)
The Darkness- Street Spirit (Radiohead)

There's about a billion on this list (Buckley's "Hallelujha" obviously included), I'm just interested to see what you say.

[Professor Riffs]

Originally Posted by GearJunkie

Torontoist put together a list of the best cover songs and I found it rather interesting, but I was wondering what, from a musicians standpoint, you guys found as great covers.

The top 3 that come to mind:

Failure- Enjoy The Silence (Depeche Mode)
Deftones- Ordinary World (Sade) (Professor Riffs gave me this a while ago and I haven't been able to get away from it)
The Darkness- Street Spirit (Radiohead)

There's about a billion on this list (Buckley's "Hallelujha" obviously included), I'm just interested to see what you say.

Don't you dare put the Deftones on a best of anything list!

This means war!!!!!!

But, for cover songs here goes:

Martin Gore - Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth (Sparks cover)
Sparks - I Wanna Hold Your Hand (Beatles cover)
Metallica - Blitzkrieg (Blitzkrieg cover)
Faith No More - I Started A Joke (Bee Gee's cover)
Cranberries - Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac cover)
Death - Painkiller (Judas Priest cover)
Mr. Bungle - 24,000 Baci - (Adriano Celetano cover)
Genital Hercules - Pee Wee's Playhouse Theme (shameless plug of my own band but we rule that song)
Merzbow - Silent Night (for the holiday season)
Cardigans - (Iron Man)

I'll stop before people start to kill me.

[dolivas]

Harry Nilsson - She's Leaving Home (Beatles Cover/Medley)

A Beatle-approved song which I would say is the original mashup. Through sheer brilliance and pop know-how he mixes the lyrics and melodies from 20 Beatles songs, something like that, into one great song.

[dagosto]

I really like Weezers cover of the Pixies song "Velouria."

Also the Red House Painters gave a similar treatment to Gene Simmons's "Shock Me" which I enjoyed.

One of my favorite bands from high school, Coalesce, did an entire album of Zeppelin covers called "There is Nothing New Under the Sun" which I thought was a great effort.

[Professor Riffs]

Originally Posted by GearJunkie

Deftones- Ordinary World (Sade) [/b](Professor Riffs gave me this a while ago and I haven't been able to get away from it)[b]

Also, I think you got it from someone other than yours truly. I would never subject anyone to Chino.

[GearJunkie]

I'm about 100 billion % accurate I got it from you. Either that or I sent it to you.

[Professor Riffs]

Originally Posted by GearJunkie

I'm about 100 billion % accurate I got it from you. Either that or I sent it to you.

I believe you sent it to me.

[GearJunkie]

did anybody see the deftones on conan the other night?

for christmas I'm buying them a pedal tuner and autotune.

holy crap.

[PaUbu]

comes to mind:

"Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley and John Cale
The Pixies' "Mr. Grieves" by TV on the Radio
"Satisfaction" by Devo (love how they completely omit the lead riff)

[mikegee]

Originally Posted by GearJunkie

did anybody see the deftones on conan the other night?

for christmas I'm buying them a pedal tuner and autotune.

holy crap.

maybe thats why they call themselves the def tones, cuz they tone def

zing!