There are probably a ton of them. I like a couple.
My favorites are:
"Blitzkrieg Bop" by Rob Zombie (Originally The Ramones)
"Brickhouse 2000" by Rob Zombie (Originally I don't know)
"Word Up" by Korn (Originally by The Comodores?)
"Another Brick in the Wall Pts. 1-3" by Korn (Originally by Pink Floyd)
"Live and Let Die" by Guns 'N' Roses (Originally by Wings)
What are some of your favorites?
Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on :
"Smooth Criminal" by Alien Ant Farm. The original was Michael Jackson, and personally, the AAF version is a little more rock, but I think it's better.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Another one is:
"Spin Me Right Round" by Powerman 5000 (Originally by Dead or Alive)
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
"Simple Man" by Shinedown (originally Lynyrd Skynyrd) isn't bad. I personally like the Skynyrd version better, but Shinedown does a decent job.
Edit to add: I wholeheartedly agree with "Smooth Criminal". I can remember the first time me and my friend heard the Michael Jackson version ... we were repulsed.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I was very close to beating you up over cyberspace if you seriously liked the remake better.
I'll admit, it's decent. But there is no way you can compare it to the original.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Wasn't there a thread like this relatively recently?
It started some time ago, but was still active as recently as last fall.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I'm sorry, I didn't know that thread existed.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
Mark Jonathan Davis did a cover of, "Down with the Sickness," originally by Disturbed, for Dawn of the Dead. Better than the original.
The Gourds bluegrass version of "Gin and Juice," originally by Snoop Dogg. Also better than the original.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
You mean Richard Cheese?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
No problem Steve--I'm sorry for coming off so snarky.
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
Mmm...Richard Cheese. His Come Out and Play, originally by Offspring, is absolutely amazing. Though most of his covers are great, that's my current favorite (and it might be because of the xylo).
I also like Keali'i Reichel's version of In My Life better than the Beatles', and I love the Beatles.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I'd be curious to hear that, Celaeno--I've never heard a Beatles cover that held a candle to the original. I went to Keali'i Reichel's site and found what I thought was going to be a sample of the song on this page, but I'm guessing that isn't what you were talking about. Is that a lead-in for the Beatles song or something?
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
quote:You mean Richard Cheese?
I don't know. In regards to that cover, I've heard it attributed to The Gourds, Richard Cheese, Phish, and even the Dave Matthews Band. I originally thought it was Phish, but Wikipedia says The Gourds.
quote:I also like Keali'i Reichel's version of In My Life better than the Beatles', and I love the Beatles.
Ever heard Kalapana's version of Here, There, and Everywhere?
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
That's just the intro. I can email it to you if you'd like.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
"Que Sera" Done by Sly and Family Stone is up there with my favs
Also I -kind of- like the Christopher O'Riley "Radiohead" cd where he plays arragnements of alot of their songs for solo piano.
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
quote:Originally posted by Juxtapose:
quote:I also like Keali'i Reichel's version of In My Life better than the Beatles', and I love the Beatles.
Ever heard Kalapana's version of Here, There, and Everywhere?
No, but I'd love to.
So I just went to Kalapana's website. Someone really needs to redo it for them. I gave up. Do you think you could email it? I'm going to email you my email address because the forum mail thing doesn't allow attachments.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:Originally posted by Celaeno: That's just the intro. I can email it to you if you'd like.
I'd love that! I just sent you my email address.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
Trace Bundy does a song called Hot Capo Stew that's a medley of covers. I didn't recognize the song played in the clip but it could just be his outro. Right click and save as on the link, just clicking on it didn't work for me.
Check out his other videos too. They're all amazing.
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
Sent! Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
quote:So I just went to Kalapana's website. Someone really needs to redo it for them. I gave up. Do you think you could email it? I'm going to email you my email address because the forum mail thing doesn't allow attachments.
okidokee.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
Sentz0rS!
EDIT - Actually, if you can send me a copy of In My Life too, that'd be awesome.
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
quote:Originally posted by Juxtapose: Trace Bundy does a song called Hot Capo Stew that's a medley of covers. I didn't recognize the song played in the clip but it could just be his outro. Right click and save as on the link, just clicking on it didn't work for me.
Check out his other videos too. They're all amazing.
A couple years ago when erosomniac was trying to organize a tour for him, I got in contact with our student events' coordinator at my school, but the whole thing never went through. It's too bad; he would've been amazing to see.
Posted by Kristen (Member # 9200) on :
quote:The Gourds bluegrass version of "Gin and Juice," originally by Snoop Dogg. Also better than the original.
Widespread Panic does a HILARIOUS version of it as well.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
We saw him...last month? when he did a concert at some middle school (which was the nicest freaking middle school I've ever seen, by the way). We were all the way in the back row and the tallest asians ever (besides ero) were sitting in front of us, but it was still awesome. Trace is so quirky, I was laughing through most of his monologues.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:Originally posted by Celaeno: Sent!
Received and replied to!
Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
William Shatner's "Rocketman"
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Elmer's Glue, are you sure that isn't airplane glue? <grin>
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Elton John - Lucy in the Sky (With Diamonds) Elton John - Pinball Wizard Bananarama - Venus Bananarama - Help! Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter Eric Clapton (Unplugged) - Layla Blink 182 - Seasons in the Sun Judy Collins - Both Sides Now Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the Light Manfred Mann's Earth Band - (I Came) For You Joe Cocker - A Little Help from My Friends
Two points if you can name the original artists for each of these.
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Lucy in the Sky - Beatles Pinball Wizard - The Who Venus - ? Help! - Beatles (don't know the cover, I assume it's the same Help!) Hazy Shade of Winter - Simon & Garfunkel Layla - also Clapton, in Derek & the Dominoes Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks Blinded by the Light - Bruce Springsteen (I Came) for You - ? A Little Help from my Friends - Beatles
Do I get 1 point? I could have googled the others, but figured that was cheating!
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
To be totally uncool, I actually like Disturbed's "Shout 2000." It's really different than the Tears for Fears original, but it's...fun.
And there's this part where David Draiman goes: As cold as ice (*growly kind of whispery voice* your ritual! Ice, ice, bay-bee...)
It makes me giggle.
-pH
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
Speaking of Tears for Fears, I really like the Gary Jules (Donnie Darko) version of Mad World. Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
The original Sesame Street Theme Song had a kind of jazzy syncopation to it. Then they remade it to a Latin beat. Still good, just different.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Also, the ABBA songs that were so popular when I was in high school seem to have come back a generation later, now that my kid is high school aged. It is weird for me to hear these young kids singing ABBA songs as if they were cool, which, of course, they never were.
It drives my son nuts, but I can't ever get the words to "Dancing Queen" straight in my head, so I just make them up:
Dancing Queen, tangerine, magazine! Nectarine! Tambourine! Jumping around on a big trampoline! Dancing Queen, ruptured spleen, you are the Dancing Queen." Posted by David G (Member # 8872) on :
Does anyone know the female artist who redid "Sweet Jane" by Lou Reed/Velvet Underground? I've been looking for that one.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
I really want to know who did the original of that song "I Want You."
The chorus is, "Well you do you do you do you do you do you do you do, you make me want you..."
I've heard two different versions.
-pH
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
quote:"Another Brick in the Wall Pts. 1-3" by Korn (Originally by Pink Floyd)
This makes me cry.
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
quote:Originally posted by David G: Does anyone know the female artist who redid "Sweet Jane" by Lou Reed/Velvet Underground? I've been looking for that one.
quote:Originally posted by pH: I really want to know who did the original of that song "I Want You."
According to the same site (and a google lyrics search), it's Third Eye Blind.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by Uprooted: Lucy in the Sky - Beatles Pinball Wizard - The Who Venus - ? Help! - Beatles (don't know the cover, I assume it's the same Help!) Hazy Shade of Winter - Simon & Garfunkel Layla - also Clapton, in Derek & the Dominoes Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks Blinded by the Light - Bruce Springsteen (I Came) for You - ? A Little Help from my Friends - Beatles
Do I get 1 point? I could have googled the others, but figured that was cheating!
You definitely get a point. A point and a half for Derek and the Dominos. Most people I've tried that on have said Eric Clapton.
(I Came) For You is also Springsteen, and Venus is... well, I think it's The Shocking Blue, but I'm not 100% sure if they were first.
Posted by David G (Member # 8872) on :
Celaeno: That was it. Thanks.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: The original Sesame Street Theme Song had a kind of jazzy syncopation to it. Then they remade it to a Latin beat. Still good, just different.
When I was 12, we did Sesame Street in Hebrew up at camp. I still remember the dance steps to most of the songs (as do a bunch of my friends from that year).
יום בהיר העננים בורחים בדרכי לנשום אויר נקי בבקשה מה הכיוון לרחוב ססמי
Etc.
Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
Dope, You Spin Me Right Round (originally by Dead or Alive) The Tea Party, Paint it Black (originally by the Doors) Luxt, The Safety Dance (originally by Men Without Hats) Firewater, Diamonds and Gold (originally by Tom Waits)
I really love the Richard Cheese version of "Down With The Sickness" too Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
David G, I can't follow Celaeno's link from work, but The Cowboy Junkies have a phenomenally good cover of Sweet Jane. If that wasn't what she linked you to (and so wasn't what you were thinking of) it's definitely worth checking out.
Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :
Jimmy Buffett's cover of Brown Eyed Girl.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
In terms of Beatles covers, I've never heard one that could really hold a candle to the original. The best of them take the song in a completely different direction. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones' cover of Michelle is the best example I've heard of what I'm talking about--they really own their version of it--and the Keali'i Reichel version Celaeno was talking about definitely goes in that direction too. Stanley Jordan has a cover of Elanor Rigby on his album Magic Touch that I like quite a bit, and again it's definitely an interpretation of the song rather than a rendetion of someone else's performance.
Non-Beatles examples of what I'm talking about would include Hendrix's cover of All Along the Watchtower and Crosby Stills & Nash's cover of Woodstock.
[ April 21, 2006, 03:45 PM: Message edited by: Noemon ]
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Absolutely anything and everything by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Especially One Tin Soldier. www.gimmegimmes.com Posted by David G (Member # 8872) on :
Noemon, it was in fact the Cowboy Junkies' version of "Sweet Jane" that I was looking for and which was revealed in Celaeno's link. Phenomenal indeed.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Yeah, isn't it? Surpasses the original in my book.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Celaeno, are you sure? Because I heard the Alana Davis version...let's see...I think her second CD came out in...99?
-pH
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
pH, I'm definitely not sure (being as I've never heard the song), but that's what this said.
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