Cover Songs?

[led4urhead]

So i'm sitting here tonight listening to some streaming internet radio ... and a song comes on that just didnt seem like it was going to be any good. Just as i was about to find another station ( long freakin intro ), i heard the vocals ... "I can feel it coming in the air tonight .. ". Now being the 80's nerd that i am, i instantly knew it was "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins, but it wasnt Phil Collins. It was a band called Nonpoint. I've never heard of them, but their cover ROCKS . It got me to thinking, how many cover songs do you know that are just as good or better than the original?

[Kara]

Country Roads - punk cover by Me First & The Gimme Gimmes - BLOWS AWAY the John Denver version.
Anna Begins - Brown Derbies a cappella cover of the Counting Crows tune - harmonies on this one are so tight.

Damn skippy!

K

[led4urhead]

Country Roads - punk cover by Me First & The Gimme Gimmes - BLOWS AWAY the John Denver version.

Agreed!
Their covers of "Sweet Caroline" and "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" crack me up everytime i hear them :lol: . I personally like their cover of "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard". That one kicks major rear end.

[Ironhead]

I dont care for their music...but the one's here of re-makes I do like....
Lean on Me - Club Nouveau
Behind Blue Eye's - Limp Bizkit
Drift Away - Uncle Kracker

[elevatethis]

Not saying its better than the original song, because nothing can be better than this one, but The Atari's did a really good cover of "boys of summer" by don henley. The lead singer of the Ataris sounds a lot like don in the original song.

[Brandon.O]

jessica simpson, "take my breath away" sung originally by berlin

[mlededee]

personally i think jessica simpson sounds strained and constipated in that song. she has a great voice and all, just something about that song in particular--seems like she was struggling with it or something. it pains me a little to listen to.

[gen]

I hate cover songs, except on very rare occasions, of which I can think of very few. 311's version of The Cure's "Love Song" is okay. Iron and Wine do a good cover of Postal Service's "Such Great Heights". No Doubt's verion of "It's My Life". Mostly my philosophy is write your own darn song.

[mlededee]

ha ha, yeah gen, i'm kinda with you on that.

[Smulkin]

Richard Cheese lounges up quite a few (humorish)

Still waiting to record mah sludge version of Tax Man