Worst Cover: Fascination Street - The Cure ---> Metronomy
I would like to offer up The Cult's 1987 cover of Steppenwolf's Born to be Wild as worst cover.
Good covers:
Twist and Shout - The Beatles, 1963 (Top Notes, 1961)
Oye Como Va - Santana, 1970 (Tito Puente, 1963)
You're No Good - Bob Dylan, 1962 (Jesse Fuller, 1959)
Cocaine - Eric Clapton, 1977 (J.J. Cale, 1976)
Willie and the Hand Jive - Eric Clapton, 1974 (Johnny Otis, 1971)
Route 66 - The Rolling Stones, 1964 (Nat King Cole, 1946)
Let the Good Times Roll - Brad Paisley & BB King, 2008 (Louis Jordan, 1946)
I Put a Spell on You - Creedence Clearwater Revival, 1968 (Screamin Jay Hawkins, 1956)
Big Bad Bill - Van Halen, 1982 (Margaret Young, 1920s or 30s)
Hoochie Coochie Man - The Allman Brothers Band, 1970 (Muddy Waters, 1954)
Call Me the Breeze - Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1974 (J.J. Cale, 1971)
Stay All Night - Willie Nelson, 1973 (Bob Wills, 1945)
Move It on Over - George Thorogood, 1978 (Hank Williams, 1947)
Respect - Aretha Franklin, 1967 (Otis Redding, 1965)
Rock Island Line - Johnny Cash, 1957 (Kelly Pace, 1930s)
Statesboro Blues - Taj Mahal, 1968 (Blind Willie McTell, 1928)
Piece of My Heart - Big Brother & the Holding Co, 1968 (Erma Franklin, 1967)
Hard to Handle - The Black Crowes, 1990 (Otis Redding, 1968)
Shake Your Moneymaker - Fleetwod Mac, 1968 (Elmore James, 1950s?)
Guitar Man - Elvis Presley, 1968 (Jerry Reed, 1967)
All these are recordings where the cover is better than the original. THAT, of course, is a matter of taste though.
Rage Against The Machine-How I Could Just Kill A Man(Cyprus Hill)
Metallica-Whiskey In The Jar(Traditional/Thin Lizzy)
Nina Simone-Strange Fruit(Billy Holiday)
The Allman Brothers Band-Trouble No More(Muddy Waters)
The Kinks-Milk Cow Blues(Bob Wills)
At The Gates-Legion(Slaughterhold)
The Beatles-Act Naturally(Johnny Russel)
The Who-Young Man Blues(Mose Allison)
Jimi Hendrix-All Along The Watchtower(Bob Dylan)
Nina Simone-I Shall Be Released(Bob Dylan)
Japan-Don't Rain On My Parade(Barbara Streisand)
Jimi Hendrix-Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band[Live](The Beatles) _________________ I love all music. It makes you feel like living. Silence is death.
1. Smells Like Teen Spirit-Tori Amos (originally by Nirvana)
2. All Along the Watchtower-Jimi Hendrix (originally by Bob Dylan)
3. The Scientist-Avril Lavigne (originally by Coldplay)
4. Hurt-Johnny Cash (originally by NIN)
5. Paint it Black-Vanessa Carlton (originally by The Rolling Stones)
6. Hallelujah-Jeff Buckley (originally by Leonard Cohen)
7. Come Together-Michael Jackson (originally by The Beatles)
8. Big Yellow Taxi-Counting Crows (originally by Joni Mitchell)
9. The Twist-Klaus Nomi (originally by Chubby Checker)
10. Gimme More-Machinae Supremacy (originally by Britney Spears)
Nick Cave- Avalanche
Thin Lizzy- Whiskey in the Jar
CCR- Cotton Fields
Muse- Feelin Good
The Feelies- Paint it Black
Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris- Love Hurts
Mississippi John Hurt- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home
and obviously Johnny Cash- Hurt
Does anyone else think Big Star's Holocaust should be considered a cover of Yoko Ono's Mrs. Lennon. Its almost an identical melody, granted the lyrics are totally different, but its almost an exact arrangement of instruments as well.
Hm, I didn't even know that was a cover. Who's the original by? I just downloaded it last week.
EDIT: Nevermind, just looked it up. It's a showtune, and likely one I've heard before since there was something familiar about the song.
Anyway, let me add:
Cat's In the Cradle - Harry Chapin (1974) --> Ugly Kid Joe (1993)
Easy - The Commodores (1977) --> Faith No More (1992) _________________ <(: @ >
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I prefer Lenny's original version of this one. If you haven't heard the 1988 live version (as released on the 1994 compilation Cohen Live) I would recommend to do so.
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