Cover Songs?

OMG Richard Cheese covering Limp Bizkit's "Nookie" is GREAT! But Jessica Simpson trying to re-do Berlin? ewww! I gotta admit, I do enjoy Amy Ray's cover of the Violent Femmes' "Blister in the Sun" and somewhat like the Cowboy Junkies' version of Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane" (though I don't think it had the gritty impact of the original).

I've been branded a heretic by some because I personally think most of the covers of the Beatles' songs were better than the originals.

Granted, I've never really cared much for the Beatles anyway...

Of course, no one can compare to Black Sabbath, but Smulkin recently found a Faith No More cover of "War Pigs" that was quite impressive.

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Covering The Cure is heresy! I think it's like an 11th commandment...."Thou shalt not imitate Robert Smith."

Oh, I forgot to mention, I like almost any cover of a Bob Dylan song better than the original. The man knows how to write a song but his singing leaves something to be desired. Sacrilege, I'm sure. I think I'd like to hear Richard Cheese covering The Cure, though. ;)

Johnny Cash doing NIN Hurt. Gotta love it.
Any of you guys ever here Pat Boones tribute to Metallica? It is hillarious!

edit: oh and Blue Monday, Orgy
and Cinnamin Girl, Type O Negative

ooh yeah, ok you got me there. i LOVE orgy's cover of blue monday.

I forgot to mention Tori Amos's album "Strange Little Girls" which is nothing but cover songs. Tori covers everyone from Eminem to the Beatles to Slayer to Neil Young. She doesn't try to mimic the originals - the Slayer tune, "Raining Blood," is probably as much a departure as you could get from an original - but I love her versions of "Strange Little Girl" by the Stranglers, "Rattlesnakes" by Lloyd Cole, and "I Don't Like Mondays" by the Boomtown Rats.

Never heard that one... gonna have to check it out