Best covers

[shawndavid]

The other music thread made me think of this.

What are your favorite covers? Funny, good, better, whatever...

Travis "Hit Me Baby One More Time" (Brit Brit)
Mary J Blige "One" (U2)
Dynamite Hacks "Boys in the Hood" (NWA)
Mariah Carey "Against All Odds" (Phil C)
The Gourds "Gin and Juice" (Snoop)

I have more, but need time to think...

 

[Floptical]

anything Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies have done.

 

[shawndavid]

Johnny Cash "Hurt" (NIN)
Giant Drag "Wicked Game" (Chris Isaac)
Ryan Adams "Wonderwall" (oasis)
Scissor Sisters "Comfortably Numb" (duh)
Smashing Pumpkins "Landslide" (F Mac)
Gypsy Kings "Hotel California" (Eagles)
Sarah Maclachlan "Blackbird" (beatles)
Cake "I will Survive" (Gloria Gaynor)

 

[Syrup Beaver]

G 'n R "Live and Let Die" (Wings)

 

[Syrup Beaver]

Marilyn Manson "Golden Years" (Bowie)

 

[Syrup Beaver]

Hendrix "All Along the Watchtower" (Dylan)

 

[Syrup Beaver]

Absolutely NOTHING by that hack Joe Cocker

 

[Floptical]

Pantera "Cat Scratch Fever" Nugent
Violent World: A Tribute to the Misfits (great album of various bands doing Misfits songs)
Pantera "Planet Caravan" Sabbath
Faith No More "War Pigs" Sabbath
Ice T "Hey Joe" Hendrix
Johnny Cash "Hurt' NIN
Save Ferris "Come on Eileen"
Tesla "Signs"
UB40 "Red Red Wine" Neil Diamond
G&R "Knockin' On Heavens Door"
Cake "I will survive"
RHCP "Fire" Hendrix
Santana "Black Magic Woman" Fleetwood Mac
Type O Negative "Cinnamon Girl"

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Fu Manchu "Moving in Stereo" (The Cars)

 

[Floptical]

Limp Bizkit "Faith"

 

[Floptical]

Fear Factory "Cars"

 

[Floptical]

Johnny Cash "Rusty Cage" Soundgarden

 

[Valve1138]

Limp Bizkit "Faith"

You've got to be kidding. That might be one of the worst covers ever.

edit: It's right up there with the bullshit that is Marilyn Mansons cover of "Sweet Dreams"

 

[Floptical]

Faith No More "Easy"

 

[Syrup Beaver]

Apoptygma Berzerk "Electricity" (OMD)

 

[BeerAd]

anything Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies have done.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7VTbesCeLA"]YouTube - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Only The Good Die Young[/ame]

One of my all time favorite covers... that and leavin on a jet plane

 

[Syrup Beaver]

Presidents of the United States of America "Video Killed the Radio Star" (Buggles)

 

[b_sinning]

Eva Cassidy - Fields Of Gold
Eva Cassidy - Time After Time

frou frou-holding out for a hero

Indigo Girls - Tangled Up in Blue

Marilyn Manson-Sweet Dreams
Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love

Ani DiFranco with Maceo Parker- When You Were Mine (Prince)


Foo Fighters - Down in the park

 

[BeerAd]

Mary J Blige - Back to Life (2001)

It is the remix played in the(close to) opening scene of Belly. Original done by SoulIISoul

 

[Wessels]

Deftones - No Ordinary Love (Sade cover)
Utada Hikaru - Fly me to the Moon (Frank Sinatra cover)
Utada Hikaru - Take on Me (A-Ha cover)
Utada Hikaru - With or Without You (U2 cover)

those are like the only covers i have. I can't think of any off the top of my head.