Where do you prefer a band to insert a cover song?

[circus_brimstone]

Poll forthcoming.

 

[Danalieshk]

end

 

[lurch70]

up the ashen

 

[Dark One]

I seriously say "never", barring special releases - EP's, bonus albums, etc.

On regular releases, let your own music speak for itself. Period.

 

[SonOfNun]

Unless you're Type O Negative, I agree with Dark One.

 

[Chromatose]

possibly in an encore, if at all, but only as the first song in an encore if it must be so.

edit: nah, that's lame too. new answer: NEVER

 

[En Vind Av Sorg]

Alot of the times I agree that it can fuck up an album, but this is expecially true if it is placed at the beginning or end of an album. So, if at all, I say throw it in the middle.

 

[Hell Mike]

I see covers as encores as in not really part of the set, just some good friendly violent fun; put them in the end of sets as well as albums (if on albums at all)

 

[Guthrum]

Unless you're Type O Negative, I agree with Dark One.

 

[Krilons Resa]

HIDDEN TRACK FTW

 

[skeptik]

I generally prefer never, but covers are cool sometimes. Only at the end though, especially if it's a band covering a song fairly dissimilar from that of their own. Brutality covering Black Sabbath in the middle of the album, for example, is fucking stupid.

 

[Demilich]

2nd to last song is the best place for a cover! then you toss in a killer original track as a closer to seal the deal

 

[skeptik]

i'm on the

mexican

radio

Actually that's a good example of how it can sometimes work in other places...but rarely.

 

[Demonspell]

I seriously say "never", barring special releases - EP's, bonus albums, etc.

On regular releases, let your own music speak for itself. Period.

Agreed, even the most imaginative covers often don't fit in with the rest of the album (which is why the bonus track was invented), and in live performance they often come across as a way to get cheap applause...

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

Bonus tracks for obsessive fanboys, or occasionally concert closers if it's something that the whole audience knows - Overkill and Exodus being examples of good Closer Covers.