favorite/least favorite cover songs

[NAD]

i had The Final Countdown as a smell phone ring tone once.

 

[neal]

What's up with everyone covering The Final Countdown?

its the cheesiest and gayest song ever. people like that.

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

Sodom covering Ace of Spades was fucking rocking, cause Sodom is basically Evil German Motorhead On Crystal Meth. Heathen did a really badass cover of Queen's "Death On Two Legs." And I have to mention Overkill's cover of DOA's "Fuck You," because you wanna talk about making a song your own...

Oh yeah, Blue Öyster Cult's version of "We Gotta Get Out of This Place."

Worst is easily Cradle of Filth's absolute MURDER of "Hallowed Be Thy Name." Also, as much as I like Forbidden, they fucking tortured "Victim of Changes" on that live EP.

 

[Ellestin]

The Wounded - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
Secrets of the Moon - The Protagonist (Dead Can Dance)

 

[IOfTheStorm]

Favourites:
Heir Apparent - Sound Of Silence
Depressive Age - Small Town Boy
Blind Guardian - To France
Queensryche - Gonna Get Close To You
Psychotic Waltz - Diary Of A Madman

Least favourite:
Nevermore - Sound Of Silence (taking one of the most beautiful songs ever and turning it into a simple moshing "hymn".)

 

[IOfTheStorm]

I would add Watchtower covering Rush's "2112" live, it was a real shock, but its not recorded so it doesnt count.

 

[J.]

Life of Agony - Don't You (Forget About Me) (Simply Red, I think)
Type O Negative - Summer Breeze
Type O Negative - Paranoid (if you don't know, shoot yourself)
Nokturnal Mortum - Thurisaz (Graveland)
Suidakra - The One Piece Puzzle (Skyclad)

 

[spaffe]

Stumbled upon a pretty cool/odd Maiden cover done by a band called Stille Volk: http://www.myspace.com/stillevolk (third song in the list)

The first of their own songs was really good too, definitely worth checking out if your into this kind of music

 

[Det Som Engang Var]

Favorite:Vintersorg-Rainbow Demon
Least Favorite:Nevermore-Sound of Silence

 

[MajestikMøøse]

The worst cover ever:

Metallica - Turn the Page

FUCK. THAT. SHIT.

 

[Ars Magna]

Favorites:

The Gathering - When The Sun Hits (Slowdive)
Necrophobic - Die By The Sword

 

[Thanatopsis123]

Meg Baird (the chick singer from Espers) has a pretty cool cover album.

 

[JayKeeley]

Life of Agony - Don't You (Forget About Me) (Simply Red, I think)

Simple Minds, and also the theme to Breakfast Club.

Even Zod has to admit the Nevermore cover of Simon and Garfunkel is atrocious.

Maiden's cover of "Communication Breakdown" is god awful.

Can't really think of a good cover, except "All along the Watchtower" which was already mentioned in post #1. Thread ended there really. 2 years ago.

 

[JayKeeley]

Also, if you haven't heard this bunch yet, do so immediately. [It helps further if you know the 80's pop songs they cover]

 

[lurch70]

Also, if you haven't heard this bunch yet, do so immediately. [It helps further if you know the 80's pop songs they cover]

Hello ... chuga chuga chuga ...

 

[Reign in Acai]

Loss' cover of Katatonia's Brave is fucking amazing!

 

[Susperia]

Graveworm's cover of Losing My Religion always puts me in a good mood.

Edit: And whoever mentioned Life of Agony, they always put me in a good mood too..... I haven't heard that cover though I'll have to try and find it.

 

[Reign in Acai]

Graveworm's cover of Losing My Religion always puts me in a good mood.

Do something worthwhile for once, and upload it ye bint.

 

[Susperia]

Maybe I would, if you weren't such a fucking second rate worthless pile of decaying STD-infested ass.

 

[lurch70]

Jerry's going to tap that in about 6 months