Favorite Covers

[VitaminG]

I'll take Great White's version.

I'll have to check it out

[javert]

I was also going to write While My Guitar Gently Weeps by Jeff Healy.

[Ben...]

Judas Priest's cover of "Diamonds and Rust".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIC7KQPDuDc&feature=related

Especially this version that they did live. It's incredible. Rob's still got it. The album version is pretty good too.

[Grandturk]

I'll have to check it out

I used to say they did Zep better live than Zep ever did...

[toejam]

I'll take Great White's version.

I'll take whoever did it before Led Zeppelin! You do know it's not a Zeppelin original, right?

[toejam]

Iron Maiden - Cross-Eyed Mary (Jethro Tull)

Cradle of Filth - Hallowed Be Thy Name (Maiden)

Death - Painkiller (Judas Priest)

Dragonlord (Eric Peterson of Testament's black metal band) - Emerald (Thin Lizzy)

Exodus - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (AC/DC)

[m2pmd70]

SRV doing Hendrix's Voodoo Child, Little Wing and Third Stone from the Sun.

Sepultura's entire (post-Max) Revolusongs EP, Bullet the Blue Sky (U2) in particular. Sepultura's (with Max) Procreation of the Wicked (Celtic Frost), Orgasmatron [Charvel content heh] (Motorhead), The Hunt (by i forget), Symptom of the Universe (Black Sabbath).

Anthrax's version of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Sabbath) and Got the Time (Joe Jackson).

Cathedral's Solitude (Sabbath).

All of Metallica's covers except Tuesday's Gone.

The majority of Nativity in Black 1&2, System of a Down's Snowblind is genius. Notsomuch Busta Rhymes... which reminds me... Sir Mixalot did a cover of Iron Man too, "back in the day" with none other than Metal Church. Also bad. lol

Ozzy and Type O Negative's Pictures of Matchstick Men (Staus Quo). Ozzy and Coal Chamber Shock the Monkey (Peter Gabriel).

Prong with Ray Manzarek's Strange Days (Doors). Prong's London Dungeon (Misfits).

Almost forgot Marilyn Manson's Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics)... ooh Golden Years (David Bowie) and Suicide is Painless (the MASH theme).

Which brings to mind Infectious Grooves doing Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin) and Fame (David Bowie).

*whew* that'll do for now.

I love cover songs done well. For years I've imagined doing a metal remake of a bajillion songs... mostly What I Like About You (the Romantics) and Who Can It Be Now (Men at Work).

[m2pmd70]

Type O Negative Summer Breeze (Seals & Croft) and Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young).

Ok I'm gonna stop now.

[Endrik]

The whole Robert Plant's Dreamland album (covers of old blues, folk, rock etc. tunes)... now that's some cool trippy shit

[RacerX]

Slayer - Inna Gadda Da Vida

Weird Al - Eat It

[Snoogans]

A few of my favourites that I've not seen mentioned yet -

Living Colour - Back in Black
Rollins Band - Are You Ready?
Stryper - Shining Star
Queensryche - Scarborough Fayre
Def Leppard - Action

And there's that old Kinks number that was done by that other band called "The Van Hallans" or something like that.....

[Accept2]

Krokus - Stayed Awake All Night
Eric Clapton - Cocaine
Eric Clapton - Layla
Slayer - Dissident Agressor
Ted Nugent - I Want to Tell You
Ramones - Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Kiss - Rock and Roll Hell..........

[VitaminG]

Jorn Lande's Whitesnake Medley

[Snoogans]

...and the absolute worst, wrong in every possible way, so bad that I can't even be bothered to post a link -

Gene Simmons' cover of Firestarter

(If you don't know this one, please don't go look for it - you'll only upset yourself.)

[Robert Hendrix]

Ok, I'll attempt this. I know I'm going to think of more later but here goes

Little Ceasar - Chain of Fools
Judas Priest - Green Manalishi (specifically the unleashed in the east version)
SRV - Voodoo Childe (slight return) and Superstition
Lynyrd Skynyrd - T for Texas
Disturbed - Land of Confusion
Armoured Saint - Saturday Night Special
Four Horsemen - Can't stop Rockin'
Motorhead - Hellraiser (It's actually better than Ozzy's version)
Van Halen - You really got me
Aerosmith - Come Together
Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
Great White - Immigrant Song (just about any zep song by Great white actually)
Great Whites version of Red House rocks too
Nonpoint - In the Air Tonight
Pantera - Cat Scratch Fever