February 19, 2002, 09:50
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Well, lets just imagine my question is not hypothetical then...
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February 19, 2002, 10:23
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Great thread. My top five of the moment:
5. Sinead O'Connor's cover of Nirvanah's "All Apologies"
4. k.d. lang's cover of "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" (who did the original?)
3. Aaron Neville's cover of Randy Newman's "Louisiana 1927"
2. Sonic Youth's cover of the Carpeters' "Superstar"
And my personal top cover of all time...
Lyle Lovett's cover of Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man" 
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February 19, 2002, 10:33
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Originally posted by Sprayber
"Cats in the Cradle" covered by GNR
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GNR covered that? I thought it was Ugly Kid Joe... 
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February 19, 2002, 10:35
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Originally posted by Boddington's
Metallica - S&M version of Nothing Else Matters
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I dont think you can cover your own song... 
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February 19, 2002, 11:57
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some that come to mind
Power Station -Bang a gong(get it on) orig by T.Rex
Faith No More - War Pigs - orig by Sabbath
Tool - No Quarter - orig by Zeppelin
A really weird one here - Frankie goes to Hollywood doing Springsteen's "Born to Run", and it's not half bad....
all I can think of for now..
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February 19, 2002, 12:40
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Heres a cover of a cover - Metallica doing "Whiskey in the Jar"
Originally its an old irish pub song, but then Thin Lizzy made it rock then Metallica covered it. I like the Metallica version best. The Pogues play the traditional style well too.
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February 19, 2002, 12:44
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Originally posted by Caligastia
GNR covered that? I thought it was Ugly Kid Joe...
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I think Skid Row did it too.
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February 19, 2002, 12:46
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Wall of vodoo- Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)
The Bates - Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
Pipeline - Anthrax (The Shadows??)
Green Onions - Poison Idea (??)
Supernaut - 1000 Homo DJ´s (Sabbath)
Go West - Pet Shop Boys (The village people)
The Abba covers by Erasure
What keeps mankind alive - Pets Shop Boys (Berthold Brecht)
Laibach - Leben heisst leben (Opus´ Life is life)
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February 19, 2002, 13:18
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"Lovers in a Dangerous Time" by Bruce Cockburn covered by The Barenaked Ladies.
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February 19, 2002, 13:20
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Speaking of Metallica covers, (Bob Seger's) "Turn the Page" is also excellent.
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February 19, 2002, 13:22
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Originally posted by Ramo
Speaking of Metallica covers, (Bob Seger's) "Turn the Page" is also excellent.
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For sure! 
I see from what everyone has posted there are a few good ones I forgot to mention.
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February 19, 2002, 13:31
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Grateful Dead - Good Luvin' (I think they covered that, or were they the originators?
One excellent cover - Luna - Sweet Child O' Mine
Another one - KMFDM - Material Girl
Two more good covers: Funky Duck Brigade - I Think We're Alone Now and Take On Me
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February 19, 2002, 13:39
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Me First And The Gimmie Gimmies-- Country Road 
GNR- -Knocking on Heaven's Door, Live And Let Die
New Found Glory-- The Power Of Love
Eric Cartmen--I'm Sailing Away
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February 19, 2002, 13:42
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The Offspring - Total Immortal (AFI)
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February 19, 2002, 14:15
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Dreams by the Corrs, probably the best.
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February 19, 2002, 15:19
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Travis - Baby one more time
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February 19, 2002, 21:11
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Dreams by the Corrs, probably the best.
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Is that a cover of the Cranberries song?
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February 19, 2002, 21:13
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"Fire and Rain" and "Sympathy for the Devil", both by Blood, Sweat and Tears.
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February 19, 2002, 21:15
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Maybe not, but I like it. The original is also very good.
I just remembered another one I like, "Sympathy for the Devil" covered by Guns n Roses
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are you serious?!!?! the song is amazing, they butchered it!!! no one does it anywhere close to as good as the original!!! its almost as bad as saying britney's speare's cover of satisfaction is better!!!
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February 19, 2002, 21:22
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are you serious?!!?! the song is amazing, they butchered it!!! no one does it anywhere close to as good as the original!!! its almost as bad as saying britney's speare's cover of satisfaction is better!!!
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I guess you didnt see "Interview With The Vampire" then. Thats how I first got into the song, it was the perfect ending to the movie. Sorry, but I like GNR's version better.
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February 19, 2002, 23:43
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I guess you didnt see "Interview With The Vampire" then. Thats how I first got into the song, it was the perfect ending to the movie. Sorry, but I like GNR's version better.
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February 20, 2002, 02:15
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The best version of Sympathy was definitely done by the Stones in the live album Get Yer Ya Ya's Out.
Gotta love that incredibly perfect guitar solo! 
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February 20, 2002, 02:54
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Originally posted by Caligastia
Is that a cover of the Cranberries song?
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Nope, it's a cover of the Fleetwood Mac classic from Rumours.
But in my last post I forgot my real "best cover that improves upon the original": the two-fer that is Pet Shop Boys' "Where the Streets Have No Name/Can't Take My Eyes Off of You." It's great on it's own, but it gets bonus points because it pissed Bono off so much! 
And this may not "really" count as a cover, but on some VHS special I once saw Bruce Springsteen and Melissa Etheridge do "Thunder Road" as a duet. "Wow" doesn't even begin to cover it.
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February 24, 2002, 08:30
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Call me Mr. Picky, but as he wrote it, I find it hard to think of his version as a cover.
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Oh no he didn't. It was written by Tome Evans and Pete Ham of Badfinger.
Brilliant cover I just heard:
"No Fun" as covered by M. Hederos and M. Hellberg
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February 24, 2002, 12:19
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-Just about everything by Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies of course
-99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger
-Mario Brothers theme song by Goldfinger
-Down Under by Pennywise
-Joy to the World by Bad Religion
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February 24, 2002, 16:40
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do remixes count as covers?
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February 24, 2002, 18:45
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ANYTHING "adapted" by The Ramones.
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February 24, 2002, 19:39
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If you did a "Original songs better than their covers" thread you would bring down Apolyton
For the record, i can think of a few though -
Knocking on Heaven's door by Cold Chisel (live was even better)
Girls on Film by The Living End (not exactly difficult  )
Live and Let Die by Guns 'n' Roses
Highway to Hell by The Fargone Beauties (not better than the original, but good all the same)
The Real Thing by Midnight Oil
Most anything else done by the Fargones
Oh, and Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm deserves a mention too.
For a great collection of impressive covers you can't go past The Andrew Denton Breakfast Show - Musical Challenge volumes I & II. Unfortunately, it's only available in Australia due to it's relationship with a radio show. They got bands in to the studio, picked out a song that was totally opposite their style of music, and gave 'em 15 minutes notice Notables include Michael Jackson's Ben by Jon Stevens, Bille Jean by Neil Finn, Creep by Gina Jeffries and Country Boy by The Screaming Jets (not included, but should have been!  )
If it can be found anywhere on the net, it's definitely worth a listen
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February 24, 2002, 19:40
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ANYTHING "adapted" by The Ramones.
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I always thought the Ramones were a pretty indifferent cover band. All their covers end up soulding as slightly less inspired versions of the originals, especially Surfin' Bird which is near-identical but without quite the same energy as the Trashmen version.
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February 24, 2002, 19:54
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Originally posted by Snapcase
I always thought the Ramones were a pretty indifferent cover band. All their covers end up soulding as slightly less inspired versions of the originals, especially Surfin' Bird which is near-identical but without quite the same energy as the Trashmen version.
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