What is your favorite music cover?
Mine..
Ryan Adams – Wonderwall
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I have to say, I like Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory and Reanimation albums. The Stencil and grafitti stylings look very interesting.
Though I have no idea what they sing, I’ve always like this one.
Hmmm, I thought you meant cover of another’s song.
That’s what I thought, but I just followed everyone else. I’m such a follower :)
I think the asker DID mean a song (or album). His example is Wonderwall which was originally performed by Oasis, not Ryan Adams.
GRRR allie stole my answer. So ill go with this.
Oh. I thought Wonderwall was the name of one of his albums. There was no way I could know. Who’s Ryan Adams?
That album cover tinyfaery showd us is from Derek and the
Dominoes, “Layla”. It’s really Eric Clapton.
Hey, not fair…mine is Ryan Adams Wonderwall as well. Every time the Oasis original is played by our local radio station, I phone or text the DJ to give the Adams version a try. They never do, yet It is far superior in my mind. Regarding the cover, Noel Gallagher said in an interview that he saw Adams perform the song in England and that Ryan’s version was much closer to what he intended when he wrote the song and he liked Ryan’s cover very much. Of course there are no other singer/songwriters that can match Adams proficiency, variety, masterful guitar and incredible voice {best heard in his duet with Emmylou Harris in his song “Oh My Sweet Carolina” off the Heartbreaker album, his first as a soloist following the Whiskeytown breakup).
Ok then…
U2—Helter Skelter
Mad World—Michael Andrews
Hurt—Johnny Cash
What a Wonderful World—Israel K…
Across The Universe—Fiona Apple
Sweet Jane—Cowboy Junkies
DMB does a great Watchtower, so does U2. Nothing compares to Jimmy though.
Johnny Cash – NIN’s Hurt
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Donna Summer’s I feel love (live at Slaine)
@wf where can I hear that RHCP song?
Oh!! How could I forget!!....
Guns’n’Roses – Wing’s Live and let die
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I think they included some of that concert on a DVD. Look for Slaine, Ireland, 2005
@Allie Haha. The Wonder Years.
Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah
Here’s the RHCP link. Its Funky. More like the Chili Peppers I remember.
@aa Love that one too.
@aaronou….that would be my second choice! Great Answer coming your way!
Oh, I also must say I like “Simple Man” by Shinedown, originally done by Lynyrd Skynyrd, which is also great.
@whatthefluther – Thanks! I probably love all versions of that song.
OK, 3rd choice: The Killers cover of Joy Division’s “Shadowplay”
Another good one:
Alien Ant Farm – Smooth criminal
My 4th and final choice (hey, no cheering): Pearl Jam’s cover of J. Frank Wilson’s “Last Kiss”
My 5th (due to popular demand): Smashing Pumpkins cover of Fleetwood Mac’s (Stevie Nicks) “Landslide”
I really gotta say mine is Grace Jones singing What I Did For Love. It is SO BAD that it always makes me laugh.
Sorry Grace…
I’m pretty partial to Alanis Morrisette’s cover of Seal’s “Crazy.” Also, Apocalyptica is a group of four cellos who cover hard rock/heavy metal bands, and they do a lot of Metallica stuff. Very cool. Oh, I almost forgot the 10,000 Maniacs cover of Patti Smith’s “Because The Night”.
Letters to Cleo covering Cheap Trick’s “I Want You to Want Me”
Patti Smith’s cover of Prince’s ‘When Doves Cry’ and Tricky’s cover of Public Enemy’s ‘Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos’.
I like another version of Wonderwall remade beautifully by Cat Power.
And Allie said my other favorite- Mad World by Gary Jules. It’s one of my favorite videos.
What a Wonderful World, Joey Ramone.
Okay so I don’t even know if Prince ever recorded it, though
I assume so, but:
Sinead O’Connor “Nothing Compares/ToYou”
Earth, Wind & Fire’s excellent cover of the Beatles song Got To Get You Into My Life.
i saw a few people mentioned johnny cash’s cover of nine inch nails’ hurt, which i actually don’t enjoy that much. i am a fan of cash, but a much bigger fan of nin, so maybe this is why.
@molly: That’s like when Tom Petty said that Johnny Cash’s cover of Learning to Fly was 10 times better than his own, I was like, “Huh?” because I’m such a huge Tom Petty fan… yet everyone raves about the cover. Eh. lol
@molly im a huge NIN fan as well. I just think cash’s cover was good because when he sung it i felt it took on a whole other meaning than when reznor sung the same song. So i tend to look at them as two different songs all together.
I have to change my answer, but I am not sure to what it should be. I misread and thought you meant album art or album cover, not cover song. Sometimes I don’t thnk rungs through:p
uberbatman, i must agree, actually. although i don’t musically like the song as much, i think it did take on a different meaning for cash, especially after i saw the video for the cover.
well im not saying a 90S song for once but…I like hurt- johnny cash
second song i ever learned on the guitar
anyways- 90S cover——whatta bout faith evans and Pdiddy who covered police’s “every breath you take”? I like how he added rap
Removed by Me, for stupidity.
i know i know but johnny cash sang it better…plus…NIN made it for cash
bitches ain’t shit is so good, hahah
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