i don't like song remakes. but i suppose that we would get bored with new songs all the time. there is already ernough songs without making them twice. like smooth criminal by jakko and aaf (alien ant farm). it is annoying when it only got popular the second time. when you try to find it to download you can't find it.

Mmmm, I generally don't like covers but here are some I am fond of:

Robert Plant - Song to the Siren
Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues
Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers - Do You Love Me?
Stereophonics - Angie
Nick Drake - Don't Think Twice, It's Allright
The White Stripes - One More Cup of Coffee
Jose Gonsalez - Heartbeats
Electric Wizard - Electric Funeral
Guitar Wolf - Rumble

I've also heard a pretty good carbon clone of Interstellar Overdrive by the Meat Puppets.

The great things about covers is that sometimes the song's very meaning gets reinterpreted by the second artist. For example, "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC is just a straight pure rock song, while Marilyn Manson's electronic cover of it adds a layer of meaning: hell for the modern age is electronic, webbed, a hell of distance from others.
Manson has done some other great covers too:
'Like A Virgin'
'Tainted Love'
'Working Class Hero'
'Get My Rocks Off'
'Sweet Dreams'
Just to name a few.
Some other good covers are:
'Sympathy for the Devil' -- Guns N' Roses
'Angry Inch', 'Cinnamon Girl', 'Paranoid' -- Type O Negative
'Hurt' -- Johnny Cash
'I'm Your Boogie Man' -- White Zombie

I really don't like the Cash version of Hurt.

Jeff Buckley's version of "Hallelujah" is phenominal.

Nirvana's "Lake of Fire" is amazing too...as is their version of "The Man Who Sold The World."

I like comparing the originals with the remakes.....made my own playlist of my favs. Some have improved, some have destroyed and some have keep it original.

His cover of "I put a Spell on you" just blew me away

No one made songs better than the originals like Van Halen did.

I like Godsmack's version of SweetLeaf
And Ozzy's version of Stayin' Alive

One thing I do sometimes is on a P2P search for "cover" and see what I get. Lots of pretty good ones.

Remember Limp Biskits cover of Faith?

Powerman 5000 did a great cover of the Cars, Let the Good Times Roll

My favorite cover has to be The Smashing Pumpkins remake of Stevie Nicks Landslide

My favorite cover of that song is by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Their version is tight.


I love Van Halen covers! I really like Pretty Woman... and You Really Got Me is absolutely fantastic, especially if Eruption is played right before it.


There are a lot of really good covers out there, like Pearl Jam's 'Last Kiss' and Hole's 'Gold Dust Woman'. And 'Summertime Blues' is best when it's The Who version.

Breaking Benjamin's cover of Queen's "Who Wants to Live Forever" is one of my absolute favorites.

Don't forget Metallica's "Whiskey In the Jar."

Velvet Revolver doing Talking Heads Psycho Killer....OMG its awesome.

me first and the gimme gimme's do nothing but cover songs,,,and they rock the hell out of them they do one of the baddest versions of "some where over the rainbow" they have coverd everything from phantom of the opera to rocketman..checkem out if you havent heard them yet..

its seems there is a running thing with punk and ska bands to do covers,,they take all the old cheese songs that use o be on the radio and trick them out and have fun with them..i dont mind covers at all,,,if its done well

who did the original "hallelujah"? i like rufus wainwrights version best but i don know who did it first

some of the best covers are:
ben folds-b****es aint sh** (originally by dr dre)
the gourdes-gin and juice (originally by snoop dogg)
embrace-how come (originally by eminem)
rufus wainwright-careless whisper (originally by george michael)
laura michelle kelly-somewhere only we know (originally by keane)
mark ronson and daniel merryweather-stop me if you think youve heard this one before (originally by the smiths)
limp bizkit-behind blue eyes (originally by the who)

No way, "You Really Got Me Going' is one of the worst covers I have ever heard! The kinks version is infinitely better in my opinion.


Haha, how did I forget that?!


If you like Summertime Blues check out Blue Cheer's version, absolutely incredible.

Well, even Ray Davies would disagree since he says their going to do the Van Halen song 'YRGM' before they play it.

I think the Sex Pistols cover of "my way" is cracking, as good as Sinatra`s in its own punked up way.

I actually think that's one of the worst covers.

I also think 311's cover of "Love Song" (The Cure) is horrible. And Madonna's "American Pie" (Don McLean).

I love Faith No More's cover of "War Pigs" (Black Sabbath), Santana's "Black Magic Woman" (Fleetwood Mac), and The Smashing Pumpkins "Never Let Me Down Again" (Depeche Mode).

I just hope we've seen the last covers of Wild Thing and Crimson and Clover

social distortion did a great cover of,,under my thumb
johnny cash version of hurt just takes on a new meaning...
cletis t judd did a great version of snoops gin an juice


i think covers songs are great if its a band you like,,its like visiting a old friend,,,the band puts a new spin on it there a lot of fun when your watchihng the band live,,,but i dig covers i guess its a punk thing,,,they have complitaion cd after cd devoted to just punk covers

Leonard Cohen.........sadly, it's trash in comparison to alot of the covers of it.