Top/ Bottom five covers of all time

[limelight_rush]

IMO this are the top and bottom covers

Bottom

1. Nine Inch Nails to Joy Division (Dead Souls).
2. Marylin Manson to Depeche Mode (Personal Jesus).
3. Metallica to Dire Straits (Brothers in Arms).
4. Steve Ouimette to Charlie Daniels (The Devil went down to georgia).
5. Hilary Duff to The Who (My Generation).

Top

1.The Animals to Nina Simone (House of the Rising Sun)¨* (Reportedly while the melody is without a doubt original, it shares Nina Simone's lyrics, reportedly).
2. Johnny Cash to Nine Inch Nails (Hurt).
3. Heart to Led Zepellin (Barracuda)¨*(I'm adding these cos the bass and the drums are exactly the same to Achilles last stand).
4. Oasis to The Beatles (I am the walrus).
5. Novaspace to The Police (So Lonely).

Please don't start me with Marilyn Manson and Metallica If you have heard the original version of those songs, you'll understand why they have a rightfull place in MY bottom list.

Again this is A PERSONAL OPINION.

[GodListensToSlayer]

Manson deserves to be in every bottom list IMO.

[e r r o r]

TOP

Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane (The Velvet Underground)
Nine Inch Nails - Memorabilia (Soft Cell)
Derek and the Dominos - Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix)
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren (Tim Buckley)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mUmdR69nbM



BOTTOM

William Shatner - Common People (Pulp)
Swans - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division)
Marilyn Manson - Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode)

[GodListensToSlayer]

Rock bands cover of YYZ... wth is the solo?

[e r r o r]

Whatcha going on about?

[Josh151]

In no particular order

Top
A Perfect Circle - Imagine (John Lennon)
Gary Jules - Mad World (Tears for Fears)
Melt-Banana - Surfin' USA or Uncontrollable Urge (TIE)
Faith No More - War Pigs
Stone Sour - Wicked Game

Bottom
U2 - Helter Skelter (The Beatles)
Avril Lavigne - Chop Suey! (System of a Down)

Other
Mindless Self Indulgence - Tom Sawyer (Rush)
This one you'll either love or hate, but it fits perfectly with the rest of the album and shows how a band can arrange just about any song to fit their style.

[Harveydent]

IMO this are the top and bottom covers

Bottom

1. Nine Inch Nails to Joy Division (Dead Souls).
2. Marylin Manson to Depeche Mode (Personal Jesus).
3. Metallica to Dire Straits (Brothers in Arms).
4. Steve Ouimette to Charlie Daniels (The Devil went down to georgia).
5. Hilary Duff to The Who (My Generation).

Top

1.The Animals to Nina Simone (House of the Rising Sun)¨* (Reportedly while the melody is without a doubt original, it shares Nina Simone's lyrics, reportedly).
2. Johnny Cash to Nine Inch Nails (Hurt).
3. Heart to Led Zepellin (Barracuda)¨*(I'm adding these cos the bass and the drums are exactly the same to Achilles last stand).
4. Oasis to The Beatles (I am the walrus).
5. Novaspace to The Police (So Lonely).

Please don't start me with Marilyn Manson and Metallica If you have heard the original version of those songs, you'll understand why they have a rightfull place in MY bottom list.

Again this is A PERSONAL OPINION.

Heart covered Rock and Roll by Led Zeppelin, so why not put THAT instead of a near cover.

[CCDaDon]

Rock bands cover of YYZ... wth is the solo?

what? its a master...

[sphere]

Trolls are fun eh?

I like Metallica's take on Am I Evil, personally.

[HMXDave]

Here are some of my personal favorite covers.

Devo - Head Like a Hole (NIN)
TOOL - No Quarter (Led Zepplin)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (NIN)
Soundgarden - Rusty Cage (Johnny Cash)
System of a Down - Shame (Wu Tang Clan)
Rage Against the Machine - Ghost of Tom Joad (Springsteen)
Nirvana - Man Who Sold the World (Bowie)
Penis Fly Trap - Beautiful World (Devo)

[CCDaDon]

I personally like RATMs cover(if you want to call it that) of "How I Could Just Kill A Man" by Cypress Hill... it may not technically be a cover since they did it WITH Cypress Hill but still its awesome

[topperharley]

Soundgarden - Rusty Cage (Johnny Cash)

I think you have that backwards, but I agree that it is a great cover.

I also like:

Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane (Velvet Underground)
Foo Fighters - Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty)
Fiona Apple - Across the Universe (some British band, I think...)

[theantkid12]

Anyone forget

Jimi Hendrix- All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)

One of the greatest I believe.

[HMXDave]

I think you have that backwards, but I agree that it is a great cover.

Soundgarden - Rusty Cage (Johnny Cash)


That's backwards? It's Soundgarden covering a Johnny Cash song, right?

[topperharley]

^ yes, but that was different from all of the other examples you listed, where you had the original artist in parenthesis

/anal retentitiveness

[Stewie]

Jimi Hendrix- All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)

One of the greatest I believe.

Most def and one Hendrix's best songs in my opinion

[HMXDave]

^ yes, but that was different from all of the other examples you listed, where you had the original artist in parenthesis

/anal retentitiveness

...But I did have the original artist in parenthesis. Johnny Cash.

[topperharley]

^ gah, I'm being a moron... Soundgarden was the original artist

:o

[HMXDave]

^ gah, I'm being a moron... Soundgarden was the original artist

:o

So it was Johnny Cash who covered Soundgarden? I thought it was the other way around. My bad.

[FujiSkunk]

My top five, in no particular order:

Mannfred Mann - "Blinded by the Light"
The Doobie Brothers - "Jesus Is Just Alright"
Jimi Hendrix - "All along the Watchtower"
The Honeydrippers - "Sea of Love"
"Weird Al" Yankovic - "Bohemian Polka"

Honorable mention:

Nichole Nordeman - "In Your Eyes"
Reinterpreting Peter Gabriel is not something I would recommend, especially if it sounds like you're playing for the pretentious coffee house demographic. And yet Nordeman does a great job with this one, sounding as sincere and introspective as Gabriel did in the original, without turning into a Gabriel-wannabe.

Worst five:

Shoot, pick just about anything on any of those "tribute" albums from the '90s. Except for the Hendrix tribute Stone Free, they're almost all crap.

Dishonorable mention:

Metallica - "Turn the Page"
Okay, this cover isn't really bad, but it strikes me as inappropriate. Bob Seger really was an up and coming artist when he first wrote and performed the song, struggling to prove himself at a time when rock musicians, especially the long-hairs, didn't get the respect they do today. By the time Metallica got their hands on the song, rock was part of the establishment, and so was Metallica, and their interpretation sounds very hollow.

[Der_Lex]

My bottom five:

Avril Lavigne - Chop Suey! (System of a Down)
Within Temptation - Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush)
Tarja Turunen - Poison (Alice Cooper)
Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes (The Who)
Fergie - Barracuda (Heart)

My top five:

Dream Theater - Highway Star (Deep Purple)
Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
Sarah McLachlan - Blackbird (The Beatles)
Smashing Pumpkins - Never Let Me Down Again (Depeche Mode)
Transatlantic - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pink Floyd)

Honorable mention goes to this cover by Marillion. See if you can guess what song it is without looking and before the chorus sets in:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__b1e00gl90

[carzynick]

My bottom five:

Avril Lavigne - Chop Suey! (System of a Down)
Within Temptation - Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush)
Tarja Turunen - Poison (Alice Cooper)
Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes (The Who)Fergie - Barracuda (Heart)




You see, even though I'm not a fan of Limp Bizkit, I really did enjoy this cover, It's a shame, he has a good voice but they play crap music, I don't understand

Oh and:

Top 5
Oasis - I am the Walrus (The Beatles)
Goo Goo Dolls - American Girl (Tom Petty)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (NIN)
Linkin Park - Wish (NIN)
Korn - Another Brick in the Wall (Pink Floyd)

Haven't heard enough crap covers to come up with 5

[Stewie]

Five Great Ones off the top of my head

With A Little Help From My Friends- Joe Cocker (The Beatles)
Hurt-Johnny Cash (NIN)
I'm Not Like Everybody Else- Camper Van Beethoven (The Kinks)
All Along The Watchtower-Jimi Hendrix (Bob Dylan)
Stand By Me-John Lennon (Ben E. King)

[DarkSide247]

You see, even though I'm not a fan of Limp Bizkit, I really did enjoy this cover, It's a shame, he has a good voice but they play crap music, I don't understand

Oh and:

Top 5
Oasis - I am the Walrus (The Beatles)
Goo Goo Dolls - American Girl (Tom Petty)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (NIN)
Linkin Park - Wish (NIN)
Korn - Another Brick in the Wall (Pink Floyd)

Haven't heard enough crap covers to come up with 5
Really? I thought that was just dreadful.


My bottom five:

Avril Lavigne - Chop Suey! (System of a Down)
Within Temptation - Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush)
Tarja Turunen - Poison (Alice Cooper)
Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes (The Who)
Fergie - Barracuda (Heart)

My top five:

Dream Theater - Highway Star (Deep Purple)
Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
Sarah McLachlan - Blackbird (The Beatles)
Smashing Pumpkins - Never Let Me Down Again (Depeche Mode)
Transatlantic - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pink Floyd)

Honorable mention goes to this cover by Marillion. See if you can guess what song it is without looking and before the chorus sets in:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__b1e00gl90
Win.

Top 5:
Come Together -- Soundgarden
All the Young Dudes -- Mott the Hoople
Smells Like Teen Spirit -- Tori Amos
21st Century Schizoid Man -- April Wine
Revolution -- STP

Worst:
Land of Confusion -- In Flames
Born to be Wild -- Slayer
21st Century Schizoid Man -- Ozzy Osbourne
I Love Rock 'N' Roll -- Britney Spears
Knockin' On Heaven's Door -- Guns 'N' Roses

[Stewie]

All the Young Dudes -- Mott the Hoople


Wow I didn't know Bowie did the original till I looked it up just now :eek: I thought it was a Mott the Hoople song. I love Mott the Hoople's version!

[AeroZeppelinSevenfold]

TOP
1. Hurt By Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails)
2. The Man Who Sold The World By Nirvana (David Bowie)
3. ANY Led Zeppelin Cover By Heart (Led Zeppelin)
4. Voodoo Chile by Stevie Ray Vaughan (Jimi Hendrix)
5. All Along The Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix (Bob Dylan)

BOTTOM
1. My Generation By Hilary Duff (The Who)
2. Behind Blue Eyes by Limp Bizkit (The Who)
3. Message In A Bottle by 30 Seconds To Mars (The Police)

I don't know that many bad covers....

COVERS WORTH MENTIONING
Crossroads by John Mayer (Cream)
Summertime Blues by The Who (Eddie Cochran)
The Joker by The Love Guru AKA Mike Myers (Steve Miller Band)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cjVgUd3wcw

There you go.