yamayamayama 2 Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Lots of cover versions are totally drab, and insult to the original and just show a total lack of imagination and skill. Some though are excellent. Lets collecting. Here's a cracker to start off with, better than the original deffo Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Good subject. Talking of crackers Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Its a fat Jack Nicholson Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 You mean "slightly fatter"? Nice vids them. Hard to accept any version of The Final Countdown could be better than the original though Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 excellent Link to post Share on other sites
journey_man 0 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Love that song. I didn't realise the Soft Cell version was only a cover too. Great vid! Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Oh yes a cover indeed. And the one you got above is actually a later-released remixed version of Tainted Love. The original (Soft Cell) version was better I reckon. (Although a quick look on youtube and I can't find what I thought was their original version ) They lost TONS of cash on that single purely because they put another cover version as the b-side. If they had put one of their own songs on the b-side, they would have been much much happier. ( Link to post Share on other sites
ssar 0 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Here's a list I have compiled a while back, on just this topic. Cover Songs of Note --- Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell", covered by Children of Bodom - Pretty good. Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower", covered by Jimi Hendrix - Outstanding. Bob Dylan's "Maggie's Farm", covered by Rage Against The Machine - Excellent. Britney Spears' "Baby hit me one more Time", covered by Type O Negative - The only version worth listening to/owning. Britney Spears' "Oops I did it Again", covered by Children of Bodom - The only version worth listening to/owning. Bruce Springsteen's "The Ghost of Tom Joad", covered by Rage Against The Machine - Excellent, and outdoes the original. Deep Purple's "Perfect Strangers", covered by Dream Theater & Bruce Dickinson - Outstanding. Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water", covered by Metallica - Pretty good. Dio's "Holy Diver", covered by Killswitch Engage - Excellent. Dolly Parton's "Jolene", covered by The White Stripes - Very good, outdoes the original for mine. Eurithmics' "Sweet Dreams", covered by Cradle of Filth & HIM - Not bad. Eurithmics' "Sweet Dreams", covered by Marilyn Manson - Not bad. Europe's "The Final Countdown", covered by Children of Bodom - Fast, & not bad. Frank Sinatra's "I did it my way", covered by The Sex Pistols/Sid Vicious - Great. Ice T's "Colors", covered by Machine Head - Fantastic, outdoes the original. Iron Maiden's "Aces High", covered by Children of Bodom - Very good. Iron Maiden's "Powerslave", covered by Children of Bodom - Very good. Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit", covered by The Damned - Great. John Lennon's "Working Class Hero", covered by Green Day - Excellent. Kate Bush's "Running up that Hill", covered by Placebo - Most would fail miserably to do justice to this classic, but Placebo manage to make it thier own in a unique way which deserves it's own respect. Led Zepplin's "No Quarter", covered by Crowbar - Outstanding, almost made it thier own. Led Zepplin's "No Quarter", covered by Tool - Great. Marvin Moore's "The Green Door", covered by The Cramps - Pretty good. Metallica's "Battery", covered by Machine Head - Pretty good. Metallica's "Enter Sandman", covered by Motorhead - As you would expect from Motorhead, and pretty good. Metallica's "Fade to Black", covered by Disturbed - Not bad. Metallica's "For Whom the Bell Tolls", covered by Trivum - Not bad. Metallica's "Master of Puppets", covered by Dream Theater - Pretty good. Metallica's "Master of Puppets", covered by Primus - Pretty good. Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters", covered by Savatage - Not bad. Metallica's "One", covered by Children of Bodom - Pretty good. Metallica's "Seek and Destroy", covered by Pantera & Jason Newstead - Pretty good. Metallica's "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", covered by Anthrax - A good effort, none can outdo Metallica on it, but worth a mention. Metallica's "Whiplash", covered by Pantera - Heavy, fast, & wicked. Misfits Beware's "Last Caress", covered by Metallica - Great. Neil Diamond's "Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon", covered by Urge Overkill - Very good. Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", covered by Type O Negative - Not Bad. Pantera's "Walk", covered by Disturbed - Not bad. Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall", covered by Korn - Excellent. Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb", covered by Tool - Fantastic. Pink Floyd's "Have a Cigar", covered by Primus - Pretty good. Pink Floyd's "Hey You", covered by Dream Theater - Pretty good. Pink Floyd's "Welcome to the Machine", covered by The Orb (Trance Remix) - Pretty good. Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here", covered by Radiohead & Sparklehorse - Pretty good. Sepultura's "Cut Throat", covered by Gardenian - Outstanding, even heavier than the original. Sepultura's "Roots Bloody Roots", covered by Cannibal Corpse. Slayer's "Angel of Death", covered by Sepultura - Pretty good. Soundgarden's "Rusty Cage", covered by Johnny Cash - Funny in a way, but cool. The Beatles' "Helter Skelter", covered by U2 - Very good. The Beatles' "With a Little Help from my Friends", covered by Joe Cocker - Outstanding. The Damned's "New Rose", covered by Guns 'N Roses - Pretty good. The Doors' "Hello I Love You", covered by The Cure - Not bad. The Doors' "Light my Fire", covered by Type O Negative - Pretty good. The Dr. Who Theme, covered by Orbital - Fantastic. The Irish Folk Song "Whiskey in the Jar", covered by Metallica - Great. The Trashmen's "Surfin' Bird", covered by The Cramps - Outstanding, outdoes the original. The Xmas Carol "Jingle Bells", covered by Korn (Death Metal Version) - Awesome. Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren", covered by This Mortal Coil - Timeless, Haunting, Classic. (Might not be a cover as such, Tim Buckley may have just written it for This Mortal Coil). Umberto Tozzi's "Ti Amo", covered by Laura Branigan - Pretty good, for it's time. Wings' "Live and let die", covered by Guns 'N Roses. --- Link to post Share on other sites
journey_man 0 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Another Fav Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 So hard to find that Soft Cell original version! But it is in this documentary (as well as the proper original) at 2:50 Actually Soft Cell story is quite interesting, above is 2nd part, this is first part Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Marc Almond is like the definition of camp. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 B'z Love Phantom........... Link to post Share on other sites
journey_man 0 Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Thats a special kind of bad! Link to post Share on other sites
ShinyDiscoBall 2 Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 He sure knows how to work a crowd Link to post Share on other sites
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