What are the best cover songs you ever heard?

[Young Steff]

Try to keep it punk and rock, no faggy R&b covers, unless they are really good

[skanky80]

Pearl Jam-Keep On Rocking In The Free World

SRV has a few Hendrix covers that are just as good, or better then the originals.

Dead Kennedys-Viva Las Vegas

Hendrix's All Along The Watchtower

Van Halens You Really Got Me

Spoonful by Cream

I'll think of more as they come.

[Young Steff]

Pearl Jam-Keep On Rocking In The Free World

SRV has a few Hendrix covers that are just as good, or better then the originals.

Dead Kennedys-Viva Las Vegas

Hendrix's All Along The Watchtower

Van Halens You Really Got Me

Spoonful by Cream

I'll think of more as they come.


Hendrix's version is 100% better, Bob Dylan is so overrated

and on the topic of overrated, nothing Van Halen ever did was good, especially with that eccentric ****** David Lee Roth

[skanky80]

and on the topic of overrated, nothing Van Halen ever did was good, especially with that eccentric ****** David Lee Roth

f*ck outta here. even if you dont like their music, Eddie Van Halen > any other guitar player who's last name isnt Hendrix.

[Young Steff]

f*ck outta here. even if you dont like their music, Eddie Van Halen > any other guitar player who's last name isnt Hendrix.


I have honest to God never liked any song by Van Halen and I've heard plenty, they have that cheesy 80's sound in alot of their $hit. BTW, I dont play guitar, so i dont listen to music and rank guitarists, Im a drum guy

[Edgecrusher]

System Of A Down - Snowblind(Sabbath)
Stevie Ray - Little Wing(Jimi)
Stevie Ray - Voodoo Child(Jimi)
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower(Dylan)
At The Drive-In - Take Up Thy Stethoscope(Pink Floyd)
Mindless Self Indulgence - Tom Sawyer(Rush)
The Blood Brothers - Under Pressure(Queen)
A Perfect Circle - When The Levee Breaks(Zepplin)
A Perfect Cirlce - Imagine(Lennon)
Primus - Master Of Puppets(Metallica)
Steve Vai - Amazing Grace
Alicia Keys - Wild Horses(Rolling Stones)
Buckethead has done a lot of great covers, too many to name
All the RATM songs on Renegades

[watthafuc]

Hendrix's version is 100% better, Bob Dylan is so overrated

and on the topic of overrated, nothing Van Halen ever did was good, especially with that eccentric ****** David Lee Roth
Van Halen was dope before it became Van Hagar

[Edgecrusher]

lol@ at the Eddie Van Halen comment...so lemme get this straight skanky you think he's better than Jimmy Page, John Petrucci, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Buckethead, Slash, Kirk Hammett, Stevie Ray Vaughn, John 5, Alexi Laiho, Larry LaLonde, Eric Clapton, Jerry Garcia, Tom Morello, John Frusciante, etc? I hope you're joking :dry:

[BigHedd]

hendrix - hey joe
otis redding - a change is gonna come
radiohead - wish you were here
ryan adams - wonderwall

[Copper Scroll]

Luther Vandross - Superstar
Jimi Hendrix - All along the watchtower
Isaac Hayes - Walk on by
Miles Davis - Round midnight; My funny valentine
Led Zep - all the blues songs they stole
Aretha Franklin - Respect
Janis Joplin - Ball & chain
John Coltrane - My favorite things
Eric Clapton - I shot the sheriff

[Young Steff]

hmmm I should went deeper into detail. I dont want cover songs that were made of songs that came out before 1960.....come on "Respect" I didnt even know that was a cover song.

Present day bands, of old songs

[skanky80]

lol@ at the Eddie Van Halen comment...so lemme get this straight skanky you think he's better than Jimmy Page, John Petrucci, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Buckethead, Slash, Kirk Hammett, Stevie Ray Vaughn, John 5, Alexi Laiho, Larry LaLonde, Eric Clapton, Jerry Garcia, Tom Morello, John Frusciante, etc? I hope you're joking :dry:

he's easily better then all of them save maybe Clapton. its pretty obvious how little you actually know about guitar playing and music.

[ghost9]

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
Oasis - Help

And Bob Dylan is the best songwriter who ever lived. Except for maybe, Lennon/ McCartney

[watthafuc]

The Atari's rendition of Boys Of Summer is pretty dope

[Copper Scroll]

hmmm I should went deeper into detail. I dont want cover songs that were made of songs that came out before 1960.....come on "Respect" I didnt even know that was a cover song.

Present day bands, of old songs
Present day bands suck for the most part. The ones that don't know better than to do cover songs for the most part.

(And "Respect" was originally by Otis Redding, I think.)

[Clem]

The Stubbs the Zombie soundtrack is sort of nice. I can't find the thread where I dropped a bunch of links to cover songs.

[Edgecrusher]

he's easily better then all of them save maybe Clapton. its pretty obvious how little you actually know about guitar playing and music.

I play 4 diff instruments 2 of them are guitar and bass. Your statement was stupid enough but you had to say "easily better" to make it officially retarded.

[skanky80]

I play 4 diff instruments 2 of them are guitar and bass. Your statement was stupid enough but you had to say "easily better" to make it officially retarded.

:dry:

Big whoop, I'm willing to be you suck, I remember you saying that you had just started a little while back. Motherf*cker probably playing Old McDonald and sh*t.

And if you think that John 5, Alexi Laiho, Larry LaLonde, Jerry Garcia, Tom Morello, John Frusciante, John Petrucci, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Buckethead, Slash, Kirk Hammett are better guitar players the EVH, you need to open your ears and understand the instrument a little more.

[Edgecrusher]

:dry:

Big whoop, I'm willing to be you suck, I remember you saying that you had just started a little while back. Motherf*cker probably playing Old McDonald and sh*t.

And if you think that John 5, Alexi Laiho, Larry LaLonde, Jerry Garcia, Tom Morello, John Frusciante, John Petrucci, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Buckethead, Slash, Kirk Hammett are better guitar players the EVH, you need to open your ears and understand the instrument a little more.

Yeah Im not that good, I've gone through a couple guitar books, no lessons or anything but I do alright, I can read music and understand music theory. Me saying Morello, Kirk, Jerry, Slash and Frusch are better than Eddie is arguable, that's just my personal preference since I'm a fan of their respective bands and dont like Van Halen. But if we're talking technical ability the rest of the guys I named are definitely better. I got a good friend who's getting his degree in music theory/composistion and can play a lot of Dream Theater stuff flawlessly who would probably agree with me there.

[Dean Martin]

anything by this band...Me first and the gimme gimmes


http://www.gimmegimmes.com/


The Clash - Police and Thieves, Armagideon Time, Pressure Drop
Voodoo Glow Skulls - I Used To Love Her (But I Had to Kill Her)
Skankin Pickle - Turnin Japanese

[Young Steff]

I Believe I can Fly, All My Lovin, and Crazy by Me First are classics, they are good in concert too

[Bone Daddy]

I have honest to God never liked any song by Van Halen , Im a drum guy
You're a drum guy and don't like one of the best rock drummers of all time? Alex Van HAlen is at least as good a drummer as his brother is gi=uitarist.

[Bone Daddy]

I play 4 diff instruments 2 of them are guitar and bass. Your statement was stupid enough but you had to say "easily better" to make it officially retarded.
Out of curiosity, why do musicians always think that makes them have better taste? Everyone I know who has to brag about their musical ability likes the absolute worst music, even worse than Clem.

[BigHedd]

Out of curiosity, why do musicians always think that makes them have better taste? Everyone I know who has to brag about their musical ability likes the absolute worst music, even worse than Clem.
and your music taste is.....?

[Edgecrusher]

Out of curiosity, why do musicians always think that makes them have better taste? Everyone I know who has to brag about their musical ability likes the absolute worst music, even worse than Clem.

I wasnt implying that playing an instrument gives me better taste in music nor was I bragging, skanky said I dont understand the guitar and I just brought that up to show that I do.

[Dean Martin]

I Believe I can Fly, All My Lovin, and Crazy by Me First are classics, they are good in concert too



the live album, "...Ruin Jonny's bar mitzvah" is absolute crack.

[Clem]

Out of curiosity, why do musicians always think that makes them have better taste? Everyone I know who has to brag about their musical ability likes the absolute worst music, even worse than Clem.
:dry:

[ItripL]

Edit...Didn't see this was in Alt music. *exits thread*