So this is pretty much a foible of mine, but cover versions rock. You know, when a band / artiste takes someone else's song and makes it sound like their own? Bloody love them.

So, what are your favourite cover versions? I'll start off with a couple here:

Dillinger Escape Plan - My Michelle (Guns 'n' Roses cover)

Reel Big Fish - Take On Me (A-Ha cover)

Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - I Believe I Can Fly (R Kelly cover)

Napalm Death - Nazi Punks Fuck Off! (Dead Kennedys cover)

TURISAS - Rasputin (Boney M cover)

Alestorm - You Are a Pirate! (Lazy Town cover)

Go.

EDIT: for clarity they don't need to be metal / punk versions, I just happen to like that type of music. Put whatever you like on. Hell, I'd love it if someone has an RnB version of Cannibal Corpse  

 

Link to tunes guys, would be awesome if people could see them.

 

Tegan and Sara - Time After Time

Also, if anyone says Walking With A Ghost by The White Stripes, I will murder you. That version is TERRIBLE.

 

The Travoltas - Major Tom - YouTube Peter Schiling cover
Goldfinger - Rio - YouTube Duran Duran Cover
NOFX - Radio - YouTube Rancid Cover
Richard Cheese whats my age again - YouTube Blink 182 cover

 

Oh man, I'd forgotten about Richard Cheese. Awesome shout Waverider!

 

The Ataris - Boys Of Summer (Don Hedley cover) The Ataris- Boys of Summer (Live) - YouTube

Poison - Your Mama Don't Dance (Loggins & Messina cover) Poison - Your Mama Don't Dance - YouTube

Great White - Once Bitten Twice Shy (Ian Hunter cover) Great White - Once Bitten Twice Shy - YouTube

Marilyn Manson - Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode cover) Marilyn Manson - Personal Jesus - YouTube

Johnny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails cover) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aF9AJm0RFc

 

You sir, have won the thread.

 

Take your pick on Joe Strummer's covers of "Redemption Song" (I believe that when Johnny Cash covers a song, it STAYS covered)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F10tP5HIpaA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz8_H5m6ymA


Obidiah Parker's cover of "Hey Ya" is pretty great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ejeEBlDESc


I always liked this cover of Bowie's "Heroes"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g2VdB4YpzQ


Anything, literally anything by Playing for Change counts as an amazing cover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xjPODksI08

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz6d60ysb-Y


And to bring this thing into WTF territory, here's a Deep Purple cover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tujga5JdP1M

 

Here is Metallica covering the Iron Maiden song "Remember Tomorrow".

Metallica's Tribute To Iron maiden - YouTube

 

I'd say that's almost the best thing I've ever heard. ALMOST.

Because this is:

20th Century Fox Flute Edition - YouTube

 

The tea party - paint it black

Motorhead - god save the queen
- enter sandman

The Dickies - Banana splits

 

Well since Metallica is doing covers, here is them doing covers from punk bands:

A couple of songs from The Misfits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttPGXIwrI2k

And one from "Anti-Nowhere League"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XoyDqFy5pU

Oh! Here is a cello version of Matellica's One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei0XIkSK86Q

 

Greg Laswell: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, a fun girl song made totally depressing:
Greg Laswell- Girls Just Want To Have Fun - YouTube

Straight Outta Compton with some feeling to it by Nina Gordon:
Straight Outta Compton - Nina Gordon - YouTube

Land of Confusion by Disturbed - which is pretty much the same/just as awesome as the original but heavier.
Disturbed - Land Of Confusion (lyrics in description) - YouTube

Electric Six: The Rubberband Man
10. Electric Six - The Rubberband Man (Zodiac) - YouTube

Eagles of Death Metal: Stuck in the Metal (Stuck in the Middle With You)
Eagles of death metal - Stuck

Whiskey in the Jar by Metallica, but I'm sure there's not a single person in the world who hasn't heard that one yet.

 

Awesome idea.  

 

There's more where that came from, in terms of Japanese Queen (Josei Tenno?):

TOKIWAZU - YouTube