Favorite Song Covers?

[PixieSticksandTricks]

Im not a huge fan of alot of covers. But there are a few I really love and think improve on the song. Like these.

Careless Whisper- originally by WHAM!, covered by Seether.
YouTube - Seether - Careless Whisper

Electric Avenue- covered by Skindred
YouTube - Skindred - Electric Avenue

Sea Of Love- covered by Cat Powers, originally by Phil Phillips.
YouTube - Sea of Love by Cat Power

Happieness Is A Warm Gun- covered by Joe Anderson, originally by The Beatles.
YouTube - ATU - Happiness Is A Warm Gun

If I Fell- covered by Evan Rachel Wood, originally by the beatles.
YouTube - If I Fell

Its all Coming Back To Me Now- covered by Meat Loaf (though really when the original song was written it was meant for him. But went to Celine Dion instead).
YouTube - Meat Loaf - It's All Coming Back To Me Now [Marion Raven]

I know there are a couple they just airn't coming to me right now. What are yours? Post links you have them!

 

[bnwalker2]

Its all Coming Back To Me Now- covered by Meat Loaf (though really when the original song was written it was meant for him. But went to Celine Dion instead).
YouTube - Meat Loaf - It's All Coming Back To Me Now [Marion Raven]

Ditto to that one, I LOVE that one!

I'll have to think of some more.

 

[Beanie]

YouTube - A Day To Remember - Since U Been Gone (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

More than I could even start to list by these guys:
YouTube - boyceavenue's Channel

 

[Southpaw]

I like listening to those "Punk Goes..." CDs, so I have a lot of favorites

YouTube - A Day to Remember- Over My Head(Cable Car)
(And the Since U Been Gone one Beanie posted--I LOVE A Day To Remember)

YouTube - four year strong - love song cover ***LYRICS in info***

YouTube - A Static Lullaby - Toxic (Britney Spears Cover)

YouTube - Attack Attack - I Kissed A Girl (Cover) With Lyrics

YouTube - Forever The Sickest Kids - Men In Black

YouTube - The Maine - I Wanna Love You (Akon)

YouTube - All Time Low - Umbrella (Rihanna)

 

[RD]

I don't have a link, since my internet is acting up, but I LOVE Lacuna Coil's cover of "Enjoy the Silence".

 

[Renee750il]

YouTube - U2 - Unchained Melody

Never can make up my mind on this one
YouTube - Thin Lizzy-Whiskey in the jar
YouTube - Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar

Thanks to Louie
YouTube - lucie silvas - nothing else matter

Elvis Costello and Lucinda Williams do the BEST cover of Wild Horses
Jewel did a sterling cover of Landslide.

And maybe the best cover of all time:
YouTube - Johnny Cash - Hurt

 

[Ohm]

YouTube - Crazy (Gnarls Barkley Cover) - Ray Lamontagne

i had ray sitting in my lap at a local concert. his voice is so much more provocative up close. i didn't even know this was a cover until i heard the original on the radio.

 

[Renee750il]

Oh yah . . . forgot this one

YouTube - Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane

And one for the hair bands
YouTube - Great White - Once Bitten twice Shy
(this was the original YouTube - Once Bitten Twice Shy Ian Hunter Mick Ronson )

 

[Tortilla]

I don't like many covers, but I love this one:

YouTube - The Ataris - Boys of Summer Music Video

 

[HoundedByHounds]

Siouxsie Sioux and co's cover of Dear Prudence is LOVELY.

Cake, I Will Survive is hilarious and well done.

Johnny Cash's Personal Jesus is cool.

You know what cover irritates the hades outta me these days? That stupid chick Gwen Stefani's redo of "It's My Life". Talk about messing up a perfectly good tune.

 

[~Jessie~]

My two favorites have already been listed

The Maine- I Wanna Love You
The Ataris- Boys of Summer

 

[release the hounds]

Smooth Criminal- Alien ant Farm is pretty good

Or Metallica has a bunch I like, Killing Time, Am I Evil, Breadfan, Stone Cold Crazy, So What, Die Die Darling.

 

[PretzelDog]

Uncle Cracker - "Drift Away" originally Dobie Gray
Club Nuveau - "Lean on Me" originally Bill Withers

Perhaps the most unusual cover I've heard and seen (it was on TV) was Neil Young singing "All Along the Watchtower" a Jimi Hendrix song. A bit bizarre but I still liked it.

Others, but I can't remember them right now.

 

[release the hounds]

I think Dave Matthews does a pretty good All Along the Watchtower as well, especially live

 

[PretzelDog]

I think Dave Matthews does a pretty good All Along the Watchtower as well, especially live

Just went to Video AOL and saw him singing this song at Woodstock '99 :thumbsupsmileyanim: