Metal bands covering pop songs

[MalaCloudy Black]

Setting DEP and the Timberlake covers (and I think they've covered a few other pop artists..) aside, what other metal bands have covered pop songs? I ask because I'm listening to Fear Factory's cover of Cars and it's fucking awesome.

[Liam]

Ahhh, a thing of beauty that I love, metal bands doing pop songs.

Off the top of my head you have In Flames "Everything Counts", Fear Factory "I Will Follow", Mnemic "Wild Boys", Crowbar "Dreamweaver" and Machine Head "Message In A Bottle".

I'd recommend all except FF and MH's efforts......I'd REALLY recommend the Crowbar cover, tis an excellent job of just making the song something different from what it was before.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Ahhh, a thing of beauty that I love, metal bands doing pop songs.

Off the top of my head you have In Flames "Everything Counts", Fear Factory "I Will Follow", Mnemic "Wild Boys", Crowbar "Dreamweaver" and Machine Head "Message In A Bottle".

I'd recommend all except FF and MH's efforts......I'd REALLY recommend the Crowbar cover, tis an excellent job of just making the song something different from what it was before.

Gotcha, chief.

[Liam]

Just for your own interest, it is Depeche Mode, U2, Duran Duran, someone I dunno and The Police

I'm sure you may have known a couple, but just in case.

Oh, and check out Between The Buried And Me's cover album. They do a really good job of "Colorblind" by Counting Crows....though it stays pretty faithful to the original.

Edited September 27, 2006 by liamwannabe

[MalaCloudy Black]

Gary Wright - Dreamweaver

[DFF]

Firegarden - "Ghostbusters"

HIM - "Solitary Man"

HIM - "Enjoy The Silence (live)"

The White Stripes - "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself"

Yngwie Malmsteen - "Gimme Gimme Gimme"

Nightwish - "Walking in the Air"

^^ ones I knew.

Within Temptation - "Running Up That Hill"

Therion - "Summernight City"

Nightwish - "The Phantom of the Opera"

Sargent Fury - "Eagle"

Beseech - "Gimme Gimme Gimme"

Moonspell - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"

^^^ ones I've found.

[The Hardcore Canuck]

Enjoy The Silence by Lacuna Coil (originally by Depeche Mode)

You Spin Me Right Round by Dope (originally by Dead or Alive)

[GhostMachine]

"Message In A Bottle" was actually one of Sting's first solo songs.

Disturbed - "Shout", "Land of Confusion" (Tears For Fears and Genesis, respectively)

Coal Chamber and Ozzy - "Shock The Monkey" (Peter Gabriel)

And I know there are one or two metal covers of "Genie In A Bottle" out there.

Those are the only good ones I can think of at the moment, but I will say this:

I'm waiting for the day that some metal band, preferrably speed or thrash metal, does a Mariah Carey cover. Someone has GOT to avenge her fucking up the Def Leppard classic, "Bringin' On The Heartbreak"!

[MalaCloudy Black]

Who cares, Def Leppard suck sooo bad.

I've heard the Disturbed covers. Can't say I like them at all.

[The Hardcore Canuck]

Who cares, Def Leppard suck sooo bad.

[Guest Grapehead]

I used to have a version of Ozzy singing Stayin' Alive... wish I could find that again.

[Evil Chase K]

Children Of Bodom - Oops...I Did It Again

Children Of Bodom - Talk Dirty To Me

[Turbo Yannis]

This thread lacks Ten Masked Men

Edited September 27, 2006 by Turbonegro

[K]

I think the Ozzy thing is called 'Disco Train' on the P2p networks.

[sirdavinator]

This thread lacks Ten Masked Men

[RandomHero]

the Ozzy Cover is on his boxset "Prince of Darkness" pretty good cover. If you want to hear it it is used in a Stickdeath video involving the Superbeast.

and to add to this topic. . .

"Black Betty" by Spiderbait (Ram Jam originally)

"On the Road Again" Buckcherry (Willie Nelson)

"Hot Rod Lincoln" Les Claypool (don't know this one)

"Wicked Game" H.I.M. (Chris Issak)

[TOG]

The Revolting Cocks cover of "If You Want My Body" is the sexiest fucking thing.

[rubbafish]

The Revolting Cocks cover of "If You Want My Body" is the sexiest fucking thing.