Cover Songs

[Colly]

Biffy Clyro did a cover of Franz Ferdinand's Take Me Out, which shouldn't be too hard to find.

[Skummy]

Scissor Sisters' Take Me Out is also a damn good cover. I haven't heard Biffy Clyro's version, but I can't imagine it being as different as the Scissor Sisters' version

[ROC]

Mad World - Finch (Mind's gone blank again. Same people as Shout.)

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

American Woman - Lenny Kravitz (originally The Guess Who, IMO original is better)

Landslide - Dixie Chicks (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young originally sang it with a different title...can't stand either version)

Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (orginally Bruce Springsteen, might have it backwards, Springsteen's is better)

Come Together - Aerosmith (originally the Beatles, both VERY good)

Give A Little Bit - Goo Goo Dolls (originally Supertramp, the GGD version was my favourite song for a while when it first came out)

It's The End Of The World As We Know It - Great Big Sea (originally REM, GBS' cover makes the original seem sluggish)

Quinn the Eskimo - Grateful Dead (can't think of who originally sang it)

Sudbury Saturday Night - Kim Mitchell (originally sung by Stompin' Tom Connors...only play this if it's a Canadian station or you're in a silly mood)

Summer in the City - Styx (again can't remember the original artist, but both are good)

Summertime Blues - Rush (see above)

And in addition to all that, Paul Anka has a CD where he does stuff like Wonderwall, Eye of the Tiger, Smells Like Teen Spirit.

[thuganomic]

Johnny Cash - In My Life

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal

Zero, are you looking for covers that have been officially released? or do you count like live stuff?

[apsham]

Fall Out Boy - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Divison)

Fall Out Boy - Start Today (Gorilla Biscuits)

Blink 182 - Another Girl, Another Planet (The Libertines)

Blink 182 - The Longest Line (NOFX)

Goldfinger - Is She Really Going Out With Him? (Joe Jackson)

[Guest tractorkid]

Any covers done by Van Halen, they are pretty good. Johnny Cash's Hurt is up there, maybe at the top. Also, Guns N' Roses Live and Let Die and Knockin' On Heaven's Door. And one of my personal favorites, Iron Maiden's Cross-Eyed Mary, which is a cover of Jethro Tull.

[Lint]

Goldfinger- 99 Red Balloons

The Living End- Tainted Love

Social distortion- Under My Thumb and Ring Of Fire

Mike Ness- I Fought The Law

[Clawson]

Sentenced's cover of "House of the Rising Sun" (Bob Dylan)

[Ruckus]

http://www.coversproject.com/artists This is all you need

[zero]

http://www.coversproject.com/artists This is all you need

That's where I got most of my list, but there's a lot of stuff they're missing. A good portion of what isn't on there is some of the most obvious stuff.

Zero, are you looking for covers that have been officially released? or do you count like live stuff?

Prefer officially released, but I've been throwing a lot of live/rare stuff in the list. My boss just told me to find covers, she can work it out from there. As long as you can find a quality version of it - legally of course - then I'm happy.

BTW, here's the list I have so far:

30 Seconds to Mars - The Hunter (Bjork)

311 - Love Song (The Cure)

A Perfect Circle - Love Song (The Cure)

A Perfect Circle - Imagine (John Lennon)

A Perfect Circle - Freedom of Choice (Devo)

A Perfect Circle - People are People (Depeche Mode)

A Perfect Circle - What’s Goin’ On (Marvin Gaye)

A Perfect Circle - When The Levee Breaks (Led Zeppelin)

AFI - Man in a Suitcase (The Police)

AFI - Head Like a Hole (NIN)

AFI - Halloween (The Misfits)

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson)

Ataris - Boys of Summer

Atreyu - You Give Love a Bad Name (Bon Jovi)

Bad Religion - We're a Happy Family (The Ramones)

Ben Folds Five - Champagne Supernova

Cake - I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)

Coal Chamber - Shock the Monkey (Peter Gabriel)

The Clash - I Fought the Law (The Crickets)

Death Cab for Cutie - Here Comes the Rain Again (Eurythmics)

Deftones - Sinatra (Helmet)

Devo - I Can’t Get No Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones)

Dillinger Escape Plan My Michelle (Guns N' Roses)

Dillinger Escape Plan - Rebel Yell (Billy Idol)

Disturbed - Shout 2000 (Tears for Fears)

Disturbed - Fade to Black (Metallica)

Disturbed - Land of Confusion (Genesis)

The Donnas - Living After Midnight (Judas Priest)

The Donnas - Strutter (KISS)

Dope - You Spin Me 'Round Like A Record (Dead Or Alive)

Dynamite Hack - Boys in the Hood (N.W.A.)

Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange (The Doors)

Electric Hellfire Club - Sunday Bloody Sunday (U2)

Evanescence - Zero (Smashing Pumpkins)

Evanescence - Thoughtless (KoRn)

Everclear - Boys Are Back In Town (Thin Lizzy)

Faith No More - War Pigs (Black Sabbath)

Faith No More - Easy (Commodores)

Fall Out Boy - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division)

Fear Factory - Cars (Gary Numan)

Foo Fighters - Baker Street (Gerry Raferty)

Foo Fighters - Have a Cigar (Pink Floyd)

Foo Fighters - Darling Nikki (Prince)

Foo Fighters - Danny Says (The Ramones)

Garbage - Butterfly Collector (The Jam)

Garbage - I Just Wanna Have Something To Do (The Ramones)

Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons (Nena)

Goldfinger - Just Like Heaven (The Cure)

Goldfinger - Is She Really Going Out With Him (The Cars)

Hard-Fi - Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes)

Helmet - Army of Me (Bjork)

Henry Rollins - Ghost Rider (Suicide)

HIM - Don’t Fear the Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult)

HIM - Wicked Game

Hole - Gold Dust Woman (Fleetwood Mac)

Iron & Wine - Such Great Heights (Postal Service)

Jack Johnson - Badfish/Boss DJ (Sublime)

Jimmy Eat World - New Religion (Duran Duran)

Jimmy Eat World - Firestarter (Prodigy)

Johnny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)

Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode)

Johnny Cash - Rusty Cage (Soundgarden)

Kid Rock - Legs (ZZ Top)

Kittie - Run Like Hell (Pink Floyd)

KMFDM - Mysterious Ways (U2)

Korn - Word Up (Cameo)

Korn - One (Metallica)

Korn - Another Brick in the Wall (Pink Floyd)

Korn - Low Rider (War)

Lemonheads - Mrs. Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel)

Lemonheads - Luka (Suzanne Vega)

Linkin Park - Wish (Nine Inch Nails)

Live - I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash)

Living Colour - Back in Black (AC/DC)

Living Colour - Crosstown Traffic (Jimi Hendrix)

Local H - It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock n’ Roll) (AC/DC)

Marilyn Manson - The KKK Took My Baby Away (The Ramones)

Marilyn Manson - Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode)

Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics)

Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love (Soft Cell)

Metallica - 53rd & 3rd (The Ramones)

Mike Ness - I Fought the Law (The Clash/The Crickets)

Mike Ness - Long Black Veil (Johnny Cash)

Mindless Self Indulgence - Bring The Pain (Method Man)

Mindless Self Indulgence - Tom Sawyer (Rush)

Moby - New Dawn Fades (Joy Division)

MxPx - Has a cover album*

My Chemical Romance - Astro Zombies (The Misfits)

My Chemical Romance & The Used - Under Pressure (Queen & David Bowie)

New Found Glory - Heaven Isn’t Too Far Away (Warrant)

Nine Inch Nails - Physical (Adam Ant)

Nine Inch Nails - Suck (Pigface) *original version featured Reznor*

Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls (Joy Division)

Nine Inch Nails - Metal (Gary Numan)

Nirvana - Lake of Fire (Meat Puppets)

Nirvana - Plateau (Meat Puppets)

NOFX - Iron Man (Black Sabbath)

Nonpoint - In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins)

Oasis - Come On Feel the Noise (Quiet Riot)

Oasis - Street Fighting Man (Rolling Stones)

Offspring - I Wanna Be Sedated (The Ramones)

Offspring - Sin City (AC/DC)

Orgy - Blue Monday (New Order)

Pantera - Cat Scratch Fever (Ted Nugent)

Pearl Jam - Baba O’Riley (The Who)

Pearl Jam - Rockin’ in the Free World (Neil Young)

Pearl Jam - Roadhouse Blues (The Doors)

Pearl Jam - Last Kiss (???)

Placebo - I Feel You (Depeche Mode)

Placebo - Big Mouth Strikes Again (The Smiths)

Placebo - Where Is My Mind (Pixies)

POD - Bullet in the Blue Sky (U2)

Postal Service - Against All Odds (Phil Collins)

Postal Service - Suddenly Everything Has Changed (The Flaming Lips)

Powerman 5000 - Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)

Presidents of the United States of America - Video Killed the Radio Star (The Buggles)

Presidents of the United States of America - Cleveland Rocks (Ian Hunter)

Primus - Have a Cigar (Pink Floyd)

Queens of Stone Age - Never Say Never (Romeo Void)

Radiohead - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)

Radiohead - Rhinestone Cowboy (???)

Rage Against the Machine - Entire Renegades Album*

Rammstein - Stripped (Depeche Mode)

Ramones - Surfin’ Safari (The Beach Boys)

Rancid - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (The Ramones)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Love Rollercoaster (Ohio Players)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Havana Affair (The Ramones)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Castles Made of Sand (Jimi Hendrix)

Reel Big Fish - Kiss Me Deadly (Lita Ford)

Rise Against - Any Way You Want It (Journey)

Rob Zombie - Blitzkrieg Bop (The Ramones)

Sevendust - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)

Shinedown - Simple Man (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Sevendust - Goin’ Back to Cali (LL Cool J)

Smashing Pumpkins - Dreaming (Blondie)

Smashing Pumpkins - Clones (Alice Cooper)

Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)

Smashing Pumpkins - Destination Unknown (Missing Person)

Smashing Pumpkins - Never Let Me Down Again (Depeche Mode)

Snake River Conspiracy - How Soon Is Now (The Smiths)

Snake River Conspiracy - Lovesong (The Cure)

Social Distortion - Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)

Social Distortion - Under My Thumb (Rolling Stones)

Static-X - Burning Inside (Ministry)

Stabbing Westward - Bizarre Love Triangle (New Order)

Staind - Black (Pearl Jam)

Stone Temple Pilots - Dancing Days (Led Zeppelin)

Sum 41 - How You Remind Me (Nickelback)

System of a Down - Metro (Berlin)

System of a Down - Snowblind (Black Sabbath)

System of a Down - Shame on a N**** (Wu-Tang Clan)

Talking Heads - Take Me to the River (Al Green)

Thrice - Send Me an Angel (Real Life)

Tom Jones & The Cardigans - Burning Down the House (Talking Heads)

Tool - No Quarter (Led Zeppelin)

Tori Amos - Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode)

Tori Amos - Raining Blood (Slayer)

Type O Negative - Summer Breeze (???)

U2 - Paint it Black (Rolling Stones)

U2 - Beat on the Brat (The Ramones)

Unwritten Law - Goodie Two Shoes (Adam Ant)

Velvet Revolver - Money (Pink Floyd)

Vines - Ms. Jackson (Outkast)

Violent Femmes - Do You Really Want to Hurt Me (Culture Club)

White Stripes - Jolene (Dolly Parton)

White Stripes - Walking with the Ghost (Tegan & Sara)

White Zombie - God of Thunder (KISS)

Edited March 3, 2006 by Zero

[Farmer Reil]

Megadeth's cover of Paranoid by Black Sabbath (even though the original is, obviously, far superior).

Also, just for a laugh, play Weird Al's version of Complicated (called A Complicated Song, from the Poodle Hat album). For comic relief, or something. It's hilarious

Oh, and I heard a great cover by Metallica of a Thin Lizzy song the other day, but strangely I can't for the life of me remember which one. I just remember it being great

[zero]

Megadeth's cover of Paranoid by Black Sabbath (even though the original is, obviously, far superior).

Also, just for a laugh, play Weird Al's version of Complicated (called A Complicated Song, from the Poodle Hat album). For comic relief, or something. It's hilarious

Oh, and I heard a great cover by Metallica of a Thin Lizzy song the other day, but strangely I can't for the life of me remember which one. I just remember it being great

Whiskey in the Jar is the Metallica/Thin Lizzy song you're thinking of.

I highly considered adding Weird Al's "Bohemian Polka" since it's the only direct cover he's ever done, but the boss would shoot it down.

[Farmer Reil]

Now I'm even less sure how I managed to forget that :$

[Steeb]

Placebo - Big Mouth Strikes Again (The Smiths)

[GoGo Yubari]

GoGo, busting out a short list of every good cover song he's got that fits for rock radio (thusly cutting out, say, all of the early Beatles covers). Booyaka.

Me First & The Gimme Gimmes - Rainbow Connection (Kermit the Frog)

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence (The Beatles)

Cibo Matto - About a Girl (Nirvana)

The Jury (members of Nirvana and members of Screaming Trees) - Ain't it a Shame (Leadbelly)

Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Leadbelly)

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie)

Stereo Total - Get Down Tonight (KC & The Sunshine Band)

Built to Spill - Linus and Lucy (Vince Guaraldi, but that one's going to be rather hard to find as it's just a live track that's been recorded, I think)

Joey Ramone - What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)

And the entire Stubbs the Zombie soundtrack, which consists of indie groups covering 50s/60s songs. Most notable is Death Cab for Cutie covering "Earth Angel."

[Liam]

Just some more to add to your list, off the top of my head:

Smashing Pumpkins - Isolation (Joy Division)

Deftones - Please Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths)

Muse - Please Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths)

Agony Scene - Paint It Black (Rolling Stones)

The Number Twelve Looks like You - My Sharona (.....can't remember)

Death Cab For Cutie - This Charming Man (The Smiths)

The Cure - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division)

A Perfect Circle - The Nurse Who Loved Me (Failure)

Failure - Enjoy The Silence (Depche Mode)

No Use For A Name - Enjoy The Silence (Depeche Mode)

Finger Eleven - Walking In My Shoes (Depeche Mode)

In Flames - Everything Counts (Depeche Mode)

Mnemic - Wild Boys (Duran Duran)

The Cure - World In My Eyes (Depeche Mode)

Ben Folds - In Between Days (The Cure)

Breaking Benjamin - Aenima (Tool)

Devo - Head Like A Hole (NIN)

Fear Factory - I Will Follow (U2)

I don't protest these to be good, and as you can see they revolve around a lot of the same bands, but some good covers here. Whether they are that popular or noteworthy is arguable though

BTW, the POD U2 cover is "Bullet The Blue Sky", and I'd stick Sepultura's cover of the same song on that list, and play is ahead of the POD version, personally.

Oh, and Rhinestone Cowboy is by Glenn Campbell.

A quick search has told me Wayne Cochran wrote Last Kiss, and it seemed to have been originally performed by either Joey Welz or Frank Wilson.

Edited March 3, 2006 by rvdwannabe

[Rage]

Arctic Monkeys- Love Machine (Girls Aloud)

The Ordinary Boys- All the things she said (TATU)

[Skummy]

Ash - Cantina Band (Star Wars soundtrack)

Spoiler - Electrifying (John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John)

Smashing Pumpkins - Stay (U2)

Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon (Neil Diamond)

Nick Cave - Disco 2000 (Pulp)

The Birthday Party - Loose (The Stooges)

Joey Ramone - 1969 (Iggy Pop)

Voltaire - Lovesong (The Cure)

Tori Amos - Raining Blood (Slayer)

Nouvelle Vague - Too Drunk To Fuck (Dead Kennedys)

Sikth - Tupelo (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds)

[MalaCloudy Black]

Joey Ramone - What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)

Hell yeah.

Umm..

Metallica's cover of Nick Cave's "Loverman" is pretty good.