Covers: the sincerest form of musical flattery

[Brutalicus]

...although covers piss many people off, which I find to be delicious.

Here's a Google Doc with all the covers on my hard drive, and a couple more that I found or though of:
Let me know what you think.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkFMypprpy5XdFlpYTN3eGFPWG5FX1dFQjcwd2tLaVE&hl=en_US#gid=0

[razul]

let me add a few of my favorites

Simple man
Shinedown
Lynard Skynyrd

Hurt
Johnny cash
Nine inch nails

Turning japanese
No use of a name
The vapors

Mad World
Gary Jules
Tears for fears

Hallelujah
Jeff Buckley
Leonard Cohen

Turn the page
Metallica
Bob Seger

I shot the sheriff
Eric Clapton
Bob Marley

I'm not the biggest fan of metal, but metal bands seem often to do a good job with classic rock covers.


does this count?
slash and jacko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apXHpBozlTI

also with slight relevance:

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-cover-son ... originals/

edit: format
edit2: forgot one

[aureon]

Seriously?
No Knockin' on heaven's doors (guns and roses, original by bob dylan)
i thought that was the textbook example of well-done cover D:

[Daeren]

I love a lot of covers, sometimes they are horrible, sometimes they are better. My favorites are acoustic covers.

Here's one of the more recent ones:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaQ1FH03lIM
Grenade
Sarah Blackwood (guitar and vocals of psychobilly band Creepshow)
Bruno Mars

While the original is pretty awesome, it sounds like it's overproduced.

[Brutalicus]

I definitely missed some. I have confess that I didn't even know Knockin' on Heaven's Door was a cover. The Guns N' Roses version is too ubiquitous :/

[Arnock]

I'll just leave this here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7xAnJLAnNg


In all seriousness, though, I actually like most covers, the best usually come when a band covers something outside of their 'dominant' genre.

For example:

Ring of fire(Johnny cash cover) - Social Distortion

[Brutalicus]

You know, I had both Hurt and Ring of Fire on my hard drive. I don't know how they escaped my playlist.

[Arnock]

Funnily enough, I think ring of fire was originally a June Carter song that Cash covered and made popular.

[Pala]

I've always liked Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Four or five members from assorted punk bands got together to just play covers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_First_and_the_Gimme_Gimmes
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=me+first+and+the+gimme+gimmes&oq=me+first+&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=1742l2712l0l4265l9l7l0l2l2l1l234l814l1.2.2l5l0

[Fortius]

Not exactly the same style as most of the others already mentioned, but Pomplamoose have done a lot of great covers and pretty much everything from the triple j like a version series is worth a listen, especially when they improvise on instruments. Some of my favourites:
Art vs Science - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Ben Folds - Such Great Heights
Sarah Blasko - Hey Ya!
Owl Eyes - Pumped Up Kicks

[Aubade]

Blue Oyster Cult - Don't fear the reaper. Done by Pierce the Veil.

[Aubade]

Not exactly the same style as most of the others already mentioned, but Pomplamoose have done a lot of great covers and pretty much everything from the triple j like a version series is worth a listen, especially when they improvise on instruments. Some of my favourites:
Art vs Science - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Ben Folds - Such Great Heights
Sarah Blasko - Hey Ya!
Owl Eyes - Pumped Up Kicks

That Foster the People Cover was pretty awesome!
Weezer's version of the same song.

(I love weezer, so I had to post it =])

[Brutalicus]

Blue Oyster Cult - Don't fear the reaper. Done by Pierce the Veil.

This is pretty awesome.

[Fortius]

speaking of weezer

[Torquemada]

speaking of weezer

Speaking of speaking of weezer.

Also, Jeff Buckley.