[ArChaos]

Celine Dion-The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face(orig. Carole King)

Gracias a la Vida-original Mercedes Sosa-I like the live versions most, the covers have a hard time catching with the original...
Gracias a la Vida-Joan Baez(not bad but not as good as one should expect from her...)
Gracias a la Vida-Rosa Leon(+piano and violin-nice vocals...)
Gracias a la Vida-Elis Regina(good)
Gracias a la Vida-Maria Jimenez(very special & "spanish"-"flamenco" style+castagnetas...)
Gracias a la Vida-Alberto Cortes(male vocals-so and so...)
Gracias a la Vida-Oscar Chavez(male vocals-too "soft")

Primus & Ozzy-N.I.B(Black Sabbath cover)
Godsmack-Sweet Leaf(Black Sabbath cover)
NOFX-Iron Man(Black Sabbath cover)
Slayer-Hand of Doom(Black Sabbath cover)

Dream Theater & Iron Maiden-Smoke on the Water
Dream Theater-The song remains the same & the big Medlay

Doro & Warlock-A Whiter Shade of Pale(awsome Procol Harum cover)

Bruce Dickinson(Iron Maiden) & Monserat Caballe-Bohemian Raphsody(awesome Queen cover)

well, enough for this round...perhaps I'll have more later...

 

[Dusty Chalk]

Good call on Marilyn Manson -- even though I am not a huge fan of his, I have always enjoyed his covers. I saw the following bit on eMpTyV or SNL (I forget which):

Comedian: (holds hand to ear like a phone) Hello, Marilyn Manson please? Yes, this is Satan. Stop it. You're scaring me.

 

[AtEase]

Death Cab For Cutie (whom I usually find boring) do an amazing cover of Bjork's All is Full of Love

Bowie's cover of the Pixie's Cactus on his latest album is sorta interesting too.

Speaking of the Pixies, their cover of Neil Young's Winterlong is really good (It's too bad Black Francis/RanskBlack didn't let Kim do anymore vocal parts in there later albums...).

 

[SumB]

Duke Nukem Forever Theme Song - Megadeth (Lee Jackson)
No More Mr. Nice Guy - Megadeth (Alice Cooper)
Paranoid - Megadeth (Black Sabbath)
Cinnamon Girl - Type O Negative (Neil Young)
Cat Scratch Fever - Pantera (Ted Nugent)
The Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana (David Bowie)

 

[Cherokee Mist]

Here are a few logs for the fire...

Machine Gun~Jean Paul Bourelly (Jimi Hendrix)
Black Magic Woman~Santana (Fleetwood Mac)
The Wind Cries Mary~Burning Water (Jimi Hendrix)
Come On In My Kitchen~Bill Perry (Robert Johnson)
Little Wing~Stevie Ray Vaughn (Jimi Hendrix)
Dig A Pony~Screaming Headless Torsos (Beatles)

 

[skippy]

color theory's cover of anything box's 'i felt the pain'

i'm pretty fond of matt good's cover of depeche mode's enjoy the silence. (thanks clumsy, where ever you are...)

 

[millerdog]

my favorite covers are:
the sundays...wild horses
devo....I can't get no satisfaction
jimi....watchtower
md

 

[mcbiff]

Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Guns N' Roses (Bob Dylan)
Sympathy for the Devil - Guns N' Roses (Rolling Stones)
Dead Flowers - Guns N' Roses (Rolling Stones)
Down on the Farm - Guns N' Roses (The UK Subs)
Ain't it Fun - Guns N' Roses (The Dead Boys)
Hair of the Dog - Guns N' Roses (Nazareth)

Oh yeah, I like Guns N' Roses.

Although it has to be said I really like the original versions of all of these songs as well.

A few other covers that I enjoy:

Am I Evil? - Metallica (Diamond Head)
The Prince - Metallica (Diamond Head)
Overkill - Metallica (Motörhead)
Highway to Hell - Iced Earth (AC/DC)

 

[hongda]

Dr Evil: Just the Two of Us.

 

[ArChaos]

Quote:

Originally posted by mcbiff Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Guns N' Roses (Bob Dylan)

YeS,yEs,YESSSSS...

...both the studio and the live versions are great!!!

 

[williamgoody]

"Creep"(TLC) by the Afghan Whigs.

 

[kerelybonto]

grinch, good call on "Where Did You Sleep Last Night." That one of my favorite Nirvana songs off MTV Unplugged. Cobain just puts so much emotion into it on that one.

Lots of other great covers in here, too. A few that haven't been mentioned:

1. "Hard to Handle," performed by The Black Crowes
2. "I Fought the Law," performed by The Clash
3. "Scarlet Begonias," performed by Sublime

kerelybonto

 

[aerius]

Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies (Lou Reed) Better than the original IMHO

Leaving on a Jet Plane - Chantal Kreviazuk (John Denver) She plays it way better live than the radio/soundtrack version

Redemption Song - Chantal Kreviazuk (Bob Marley) Performed live at a recent concert

Daniel - Tori Amos (Elton John) Heard only in live concerts

All I have to do is Dream - R.E.M. (Everly Brothers)


Tori and Chantal do some really good covers on their live concert sets. Everything from Neil Young, John Lennon, Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, U2, and quite a few others get covered.

 

[kelly]

Johnny B. Goode - Judas Priest (Chuck Berry)
Perfect Strangers - Bruce Dickinson with Dream Theater (Deep Purple)
Cross Eyed Mary - Iron Maiden (Jethro Tull)
Stayin' Alive - Ozzy with Dweazil Zappa (Bee Gees)
Dead Souls - Nine Inch Nails (Joy Division)
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Slayer (Iron Butterfly)
Richard Hung Himself - Slayer (DI)
The Hellion / Electric Eye - Helloween (Judas Priest)
Sign of the Southern Cross - Fates Warning (Black Sabbath)
Planet Caravan - Pantera (Black Sabbath)
Diary of a Lovesong - Perfect Circle (Ozzy/The Cure)
Ride On - Norah Jones (AC/DC)
Hey Joe - The Who (Jimi Hendrix)
Scarborough Fair - Queensryche (Simon & Garfunkle)
Linus And Lucy (Peanuts Theme) - Gary Hoey (Vince Guaraldi)
Can't Explain - Scorpions (The Who)
Hall of the Mountain King - Savatage (Grieg)
Devil Went Down To Georgia - Primus (Charlie Daniels Band)
Rusty Cage - Johnny Cash (Soundgarden)
Inuendo - Robert Plant (Queen)
Kraid (from the video game Metroid) - Minibosses (Tanaka)

 

[insanefred]

Hmmm, lessee now...
Smells like teen spirit - Tori Amos
Happy Talk - Captain Sensible
Anything by Richard Cheese, althought Closer is particularly good.
Andrew