Cover Songs?

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 :headbang: . It got me to thinking, how many cover songs do you know that are just as good or better than the original?

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

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Originally Posted by KLG

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

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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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Richard Cheese lounges up quite a few (humorish)

Still waiting to record mah sludge version of Tax Man :P