Favorite Covers

[HLAHollaback-girl]

Let me know if this thread already exists and I'll take it down (searched but didn't find anything).

Pretty self-explanatory.

These couple are the only ones that come easily to mind for me right now, but I fucking adore interesting covers.

This one is pretty simple and faithful to the original, but hearing the 90s live instrument vibe is a nice contrast to the DM sound.
Never Let me Down-Smashing Pumpkins cover of Depeche Mode

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeDiARw8q78" target="_blank">
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeDiARw8q78 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeDiARw8q78)

[HLAHollaback-girl]

This one is silly but satisfying to me for that reason.

Heart of Glass- The Bad Plus (Originally by Blondie)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjyYX9gYOis

[thevoid99]

Honestly, this is the closet thing to a cover nearly eclipsing its original.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhJZrRV5YKo

[Calla lily]

I'm going add another SP. I recently rediscovered this cover when a friend gave me her copy of Mayonaise Dream.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go4gpW5Ib9I

[thelastdisciple]

I actually prefer this over the original.

Cover of Chris Cornell's Casino Royale theme "You Know My Name" by Poets of the Fall!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcjZZIRRBNA

[gerbil]

Just a quick request. Can we post the songs, original artists, and the band doing the cover and not just the videos? I'm a mobile user and can't just click the videos. :3

[Krazy]

I know this'll sound like me being a fan-boy, but every time TR covers a song I think it's incredible.

EDIT: I'm tired and don't feel like thinking. Off top of my head:
- White Zombies Children of the Grave
- APC's cover of Imagine. I like how they turned it into a dark song.

[BRoswell]

Phew! This took a minute to type out. I basically went through my iTunes playlist of covers and selected the ones that got played the most. Also tried to include who the original artist was, or at least who popularized the song.

The Nurse Who Loved Me/What’s Going On (Marvin Gaye)/Freedom Of Choice (Devo)/Ashes To Ashes (David Bowie)-A Perfect Circle
Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometimes-Beck
Sometimes (My Bloody Valentine-Boris
Ceremony (New Order)/Blue Moon/Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper)/Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush)-Chromatics
Sweet Jane (The Velvet Underground)-Cowboy Junkies
Sherlock Holmes (Sparks)-Craig Wedren
Are Friends Electric? (Gary Numan)-The Dead Weather
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones)/Head Like A Hole (Nine Inch Nails)-Devo
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths)-The Dream Academy
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? (Nick Lowe)-Elvis Costello/A Perfect Circle
Pure Imagination (Gene Wilder)/Across The Universe (The Beatles)-Fiona Apple
Down In The Park (Gary Numan)-Foo Fighters
Mad World (Tears For Fears)-Gary Jules
Don’t Fear The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult)-Gus
Dancing In The Dark (Bruce Springsteen)/Transmission (Joy Division)-Hot Chip
Is Your Love Strong Enough? (Bryan Ferry)-How To Destroy Angels
Love Is Blindness (U2)-Jack White
Loveless (full album) (My Bloody Valentine)-Japancakes
All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)-Jimi Hendrix
With A Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles)-Joe Cocker
The Mercy Seat (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds)/Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)/Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode)/We’ll Meet Again-Johnny Cash
Goodbye Horses (Q Lazzarus)-Jon Hopkins and Hayden Thorpe
Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin)-Karen O (with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross)
Live Alone (Franz Ferdinand)/Bye Bye Bayou/No Love Lost (Joy Division)-LCD Soundsystem
When The Levee Breaks-Led Zeppelin/A Perfect Circle
Wolf Like Me (TV On The Radio)/Time (Pink Floyd)-Local H
I’m On Fire (Bruce Springsteen)/I Started A Joke (The Bee Gees)/Lord, Can You Hear Me? (Spacemen 3)/Back Home Again (John Denver)/Transmission (Joy Division)/Stay (Rihanna)/Nowhere Man (The Beatles)-Low
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (Eurythmics)/I Put A Spell On You (Screamin' Jay Hawkins)-Marilyn Manson
Zoo Station (U2)/Dead Souls (Joy Division)/Memorabilia (Soft Cell)/Get Down Make Love (Queen)/Metal (Gary Numan)-Nine Inch Nails
Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (aka In The Pines) (Leadbelly)/Molly’s Lips/Seasons In The Sun/Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam (The Vaselines)/The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie)-Nirvana
Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)-Puscifer
Back To Dungaree High (Turbonegro)/Needles In The Camel’s Eye (Brian Eno)/White Wedding (Billy Idol)/Everybody’s Gonna Be Happy-Queens Of The Stone Age
Somebody To Love (Jefferson Airplane)/Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (Creedence Clearwater Revival)-Ramones
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (The Animals)-Santa Esmeralda
Sunday Bloody Sunday (U2)-Saul Williams
Cruel Summer (Bananarama)-Scott Lucas and The Married Men
My Way (Frank Sinatra)-Sid Vicious
Baby, It’s You (The Beatles)-Smith
Superstar (The Carpenters)-Sonic Youth
Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division)-Swans
Take Me To The River-Talking Heads
Heroes (David Bowie)-TV On The Radio

[henryeatscereal]

Never been a huge Springsteen fan (i respect him, though), but this is an awesome song:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqnMrynpq9U

[ziltoid]

Just a few of my favorite covers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI06Sc9paF0

Queens of the stone age - too numerous to list but all of their covers are excellent.

Florence and the Machine - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Marvin Gaye)
Easy - Faith no more (Commodores)
Strapping Young Lad - Exciter (Judas Priest)
Chris Conelly covering many of David Bowie's music.
Bauhaus- The Passenger (Iggy Pop)
Fear Factory - Millennium (Killing Joke)
Led Zeppelin - In My Time of Dying (Blind Willie Johnson)
Sepultura - Orgasmatron (Motörhead)
Street Sweeper Social Club - Mama Said Knock You Out (LL Cool J)
Type O Negative - Cinnamon Girl (Niel Young)
Type O Negative - Light My Fire (The Doors cover)
Prong -Give Me the Cure (Fugazi)
Mark Lanegan - Brompton Oratory (Nick Cave)

[HLAHollaback-girl]

Phew! This took a minute to type out. I basically went through my iTunes playlist of covers and selected the ones that got played the most. Also tried to include who the original artist was, or at least who popularized the song.

The Nurse Who Loved Me/What’s Going On (Marvin Gaye)/Freedom Of Choice (Devo)/Ashes To Ashes (David Bowie)-A Perfect Circle
Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometimes-Beck
Sometimes (My Bloody Valentine-Boris
Ceremony (New Order)/Blue Moon/Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper)/Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush)-Chromatics
Sweet Jane (The Velvet Underground)-Cowboy Junkies
Sherlock Holmes (Sparks)-Craig Wedren
Are Friends Electric? (Gary Numan)-The Dead Weather
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones)/Head Like A Hole (Nine Inch Nails)-Devo
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths)-The Dream Academy
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? (Nick Lowe)-Elvis Costello/A Perfect Circle
Pure Imagination (Gene Wilder)/Across The Universe (The Beatles)-Fiona Apple
Down In The Park (Gary Numan)-Foo Fighters
Mad World (Tears For Fears)-Gary Jules
Don’t Fear The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult)-Gus
Dancing In The Dark (Bruce Springsteen)/Transmission (Joy Division)-Hot Chip
Is Your Love Strong Enough? (Bryan Ferry)-How To Destroy Angels
Love Is Blindness (U2)-Jack White
Loveless (full album) (My Bloody Valentine)-Japancakes
All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)-Jimi Hendrix
With A Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles)-Joe Cocker
The Mercy Seat (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds)/Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)/Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode)/We’ll Meet Again-Johnny Cash
Goodbye Horses (Q Lazzarus)-Jon Hopkins and Hayden Thorpe
Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin)-Karen O (with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross)
Live Alone (Franz Ferdinand)/Bye Bye Bayou/No Love Lost (Joy Division)-LCD Soundsystem
When The Levee Breaks-Led Zeppelin/A Perfect Circle
Wolf Like Me (TV On The Radio)/Time (Pink Floyd)-Local H
I’m On Fire (Bruce Springsteen)/I Started A Joke (The Bee Gees)/Lord, Can You Hear Me? (Spacemen 3)/Back Home Again (John Denver)/Transmission (Joy Division)/Stay (Rihanna)/Nowhere Man (The Beatles)-Low
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (Eurythmics)/I Put A Spell On You (Screamin' Jay Hawkins)-Marilyn Manson
Zoo Station (U2)/Dead Souls (Joy Division)/Memorabilia (Soft Cell)/Get Down Make Love (Queen)/Metal (Gary Numan)-Nine Inch Nails
Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (aka In The Pines) (Leadbelly)/Molly’s Lips/Seasons In The Sun/Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam (The Vaselines)/The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie)-Nirvana
Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)-Puscifer
Back To Dungaree High (Turbonegro)/Needles In The Camel’s Eye (Brian Eno)/White Wedding (Billy Idol)/Everybody’s Gonna Be Happy-Queens Of The Stone Age
Somebody To Love (Jefferson Airplane)/Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (Creedence Clearwater Revival)-Ramones
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (The Animals)-Santa Esmeralda
Sunday Bloody Sunday (U2)-Saul Williams
Cruel Summer (Bananarama)-Scott Lucas and The Married Men
My Way (Frank Sinatra)-Sid Vicious
Baby, It’s You (The Beatles)-Smith
Superstar (The Carpenters)-Sonic Youth
Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division)-Swans
Take Me To The River-Talking Heads
Heroes (David Bowie)-TV On The Radio

Whoah! I had no idea "Everybody's gotta learn sometime" was a cover! I actually ran into yet another cover of it the other day.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmWA7if9ESs
This one is by The Field

Very much looking forward to digging into the rest of that list though! Thanks for sharing.

[Ryan]

The Cure - Young Americans

[ldopa]

i recently found out from this forum that stone sour and lizzie hale do a (BADASS) cover of the rolling stone's 'gimmie shelter'


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEswEwiFLe8

[allegro]

The Sound of Silence, the Dickies


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ad2cyxZCE

[allegro]

Nights in White Satin, the Dickies


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aLpwtaLDw8

[muad'nin]

My favourite cover of all time, from one of my favourite vocalists of all time.

Aurora - Life on Mars


https://youtu.be/kJ095S0MmnA

[ChipRock]

I love a good cover song. Indulge me with these 90s mixtape staples:


https://youtu.be/_7r5rXWAyR0


https://youtu.be/SnR_akSSvjU


https://youtu.be/9ZJTM03UByU

[Erneuert]

Rammstein - Das Modell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zz7oQ3UhXw (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5zz7oQ3UhXw)

[Archive_Reports]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J4hVHKkY5U
It Dies Today - Come Undone (Duran Duran)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aujpX8MD50Y
Poison the Well - Soma (Smashing Pumpkins)

[bobbie solo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIdjuaTNFMA&amp;ab_channel=WarnerRecordsVault

[Soma]

https://youtu.be/5agt0cpxsKU

[MrLobster]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyAoRObacF0

[piggy]

There's something really... I dunno... comforting about this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wt-tPV_x6Q

[imail724]

Live Alone (Franz Ferdinand)/Bye Bye Bayou/No Love Lost (Joy Division)-LCD Soundsystem

No jump into the fire?

[BRoswell]

No jump into the fire?

It's good, but I like the others better.