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#1 SuperVegeta518
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This may not be the best cover ever, but it is one of the most original.
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#2 blooddemon666
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Terrible.

I'd say that this is the best cover of any song. Its a cover of Iron Maiden's Remember Tomorrow done by Opeth

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#3 LoG-Sacrament
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emperor's cover of bathory's "a fine day to die" is good. so is iced earth's cover of iron maiden's "hallowed be thy name."
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#4 Samwel_X
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Here goes...

Get Down Make Love - Original by Queen cover Nine Inch Nails

Physical (You're So) - Original by Adam and the Ants cover Nine Inch Nails (video is segment only)

Metal - Original by Gary Numan cover by Nine Inch Nails

Dead Souls - original by Joy Division cover by Nine Inch Nails

Memorabilia - Original by Soft Cell cover by Nine Inch Nails

Sex Dwarf - Original by Soft Cell cover by Nine Inch Nails (Live only, poor quaility with dance Party segment before)

Those of the ones worthy of mention.

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#5 jonspeaks22
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Terrible.

I'd say that this is the best cover of any song. Its a cover of Iron Maiden's Remember Tomorrow done by Opeth

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Jeff Healey (RIP) ~ While My Guitar Gently Weeps

As much as I love George Harrison's original, this version is superior.
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My favorite is "Hurt" by Johnny Cash.
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Guns N Roses-Every Rose Has its Thorn (originally Poison) Metallica-Turn the Page (originally Bob Seger) Van Halen-You Really Got Me (originally The Kinks)
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#9 Samwel_X
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My favorite is "Hurt" by Johnny Cash.Ignignokt104

I waiting for that... still inferior to the original.

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Pearl Jam's cover of The Who's Love Reign O'er Me.

Placebo's cover of Depeche Mode's I Feel You.

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#11 Premier1101
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I dont know any good covers but I found this one today: Crank that screamo version 10x better than the original that I ve still never heard more than 5 seconds of!!!

Click for a good laugh

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this is the best ozzy osbourne cover ive ever heard, done by bullet for my valentine
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#13 colonel_beeb
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The best cover is undoubtedly "Hey Joe" by Jimi Hendrix: Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix

Edited because i found the version where he does a guitar solo with his teeth!! Link changed!

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Nirvana's cover of Where Did You Sleep Last Night.
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#15 cornholio157
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The best cover is undoubtedly "Hey Joe" by Jimi Hendrix: Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix

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like a rolling stone is a good cover hendrix did as well

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Guns N Roses-Every Rose Has its Thorn (originally Poison) Metallica-Turn the Page (originally Bob Seger) Van Halen-You Really Got Me (originally The Kinks)SmashBrosLegend
If I actually picked one I probably would have picked Metallica's cover of Turn the Page. It might have something to do with the fact that Mettalica and Bob Seger are two of my favorites.
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#17 rastaman219
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Here goes...

Get Down Make Love - Original by Queen cover Nine Inch Nails

Physical (You're So) - Original by Adam and the Ants cover Nine Inch Nails (video is segment only)

Metal - Original by Gary Numan cover by Nine Inch Nails

Dead Souls - original by Joy Division cover by Nine Inch Nails

Memorabilia - Original by Soft Cell cover by Nine Inch Nails

Sex Dwarf - Original by Soft Cell cover by Nine Inch Nails (Live only, poor quaility with dance Party segment before)

Those of the ones worthy of mention.

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#18 Whight_Knight
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Oh yeah , Stevie Ray Vaughan's cover of Little Wing and Voodoo Child ... originally by Jimi Hendrix.
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My Chemical Romance Song2

Manic Street Preachers Umbrella

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#20 Samwel_X
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Not biased to a certain band?

rastaman219

Totally not, how could you have made such a connection :o

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#21 LoG-Sacrament
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i forgot about this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byMWK8EwQfY

they almost topped "oops i did it again" but not quite :lol:

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i forgot about this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byMWK8EwQfY

they almost topped "oops i did it again" but not quite :lol:

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If that was supposed to be funny then it was simply amazing.
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#23 LoG-Sacrament
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[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"]

i forgot about this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byMWK8EwQfY

they almost topped "oops i did it again" but not quite :lol:

SuperVegeta518

If that was supposed to be funny then it was simply amazing.

indeed it was. moar?

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Johnny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)
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[QUOTE="rastaman219"]

Not biased to a certain band?

Samwel_X

Totally not, how could you have made such a connection :o

I don't know?

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Metallica - Turn the Page. It is without a doubt, the best ever!
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John Coltrane's cover of My Favourite Things from The Sound of Music.

Exhilarating.

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i like dis one

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TxWP7zuTCes

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Metallica - Turn the Page. It is without a doubt, the best ever!cell_dweller
Except that the original is better. Metallica did a great version (I listed it too), but they don't sing it with the same soul that Seger does.
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#30 Erasorn
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Here goes...

Get Down Make Love - Original by Queen cover Nine Inch Nails

Physical (You're So) - Original by Adam and the Ants cover Nine Inch Nails (video is segment only)

Metal - Original by Gary Numan cover by Nine Inch Nails

Dead Souls - original by Joy Division cover by Nine Inch Nails

Memorabilia - Original by Soft Cell cover by Nine Inch Nails

Sex Dwarf - Original by Soft Cell cover by Nine Inch Nails (Live only, poor quaility with dance Party segment before)

Those of the ones worthy of mention.

Samwel_X

I believe that I see a pattern with your selection.. so I have a question.. Is Nine Inch Nails good or something? :P What album of theirs do I have to hear before I go deaf?

On Topic; Jimi Hendrix made some great covers! Hey Joe and All along the watchtower comes to mind.

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soulja boy covered by travis barker PWNZ
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Terrible.

I'd say that this is the best cover of any song. Its a cover of Iron Maiden's Remember Tomorrow done by Opeth

blooddemon666

Eww, metal.

I'd say Hurt by Johnny Cash because I hate the original and I pretty much hate NIN besides like 2 songs. :)

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[QUOTE="cell_dweller"]Metallica - Turn the Page. It is without a doubt, the best ever!SmashBrosLegend
Except that the original is better. Metallica did a great version (I listed it too), but they don't sing it with the same soul that Seger does.

I personally like the Metallica version better...less soul, maybe, but more overall badassness.
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Pearl Jam's cover of The Who's Love Reign O'er Me.

Placebo's cover of Depeche Mode's I Feel You.

LJS9502_basic

Placebo rocks as do both those songs.

I like Red Hot Chili Pepper's version of "Higher Ground"

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#35 SmashBrosLegend
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[QUOTE="SmashBrosLegend"][QUOTE="cell_dweller"]Metallica - Turn the Page. It is without a doubt, the best ever!cell_dweller
Except that the original is better. Metallica did a great version (I listed it too), but they don't sing it with the same soul that Seger does.

I personally like the Metallica version better...less soul, maybe, but more overall badassness.

I wasn't aware that one could be more badass than Bob Seger.
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#37 cell_dweller  Moderator
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I wasn't aware that one could be more badass than Bob Seger.SmashBrosLegend
O, it is possible.....and Metallica is that band.
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The Wombats Bleeding love
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I believe that I see a pattern with your selection.. so I have a question.. Is Nine Inch Nails good or something? :P What album of theirs do I have to hear before I go deaf?

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#40 Samwel_X
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I hate and original and I pretty much hate NIN

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Oh God *vomits blood* :P

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[QUOTE="Ignignokt104"]My favorite is "Hurt" by Johnny Cash.Samwel_X

I waiting for that... still inferior to the original.

Why yes, it is vastly inferior, which is why I yell when people think it's his song.

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#42 Samwel_X
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Why yes, it is vastly inferior, which is why I yell when people think it's his song.

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Trust me, I'm worse than Trent Reznor when people say "he's covering Johnny Cash" at a show... I go ballistic...

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I can't think of any at the moment, but one of my favourites is the Battery cover by Machine Head.
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#44 KLAX42
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Here goes...

Get Down Make Love - Original by Queen cover Nine Inch Nails

Physical (You're So) - Original by Adam and the Ants cover Nine Inch Nails (video is segment only)

Metal - Original by Gary Numan cover by Nine Inch Nails

Dead Souls - original by Joy Division cover by Nine Inch Nails

Memorabilia - Original by Soft Cell cover by Nine Inch Nails

Sex Dwarf - Original by Soft Cell cover by Nine Inch Nails (Live only, poor quaility with dance Party segment before)

Those of the ones worthy of mention.

Samwel_X

I counter you with these-

Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want - Muse cover of the Smiths

House Of The Rising Sun - Muse cover of Bob Dylan

Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You- Muse cover of Frankie Vallie

And of course, Feeling Good - Muse cover of Nina Simone

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#45 Samwel_X
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I counter you with these-

Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want - Muse cover of the Smiths

House Of The Rising Sun - Muse cover of Bob Dylan

Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You- Muse cover of Frankie Vallie

And of course, Feeling Good - Muse cover of Nina Simone

KLAX42

The Smiths cover was good.

House of The Rising Sun should never be covered :o

I didn't like the Frankie Vallie cover

But Feeling Good was damn good.

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#46 KLAX42
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[QUOTE="KLAX42"]

I counter you with these-

Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want - Muse cover of the Smiths

House Of The Rising Sun - Muse cover of Bob Dylan

Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You- Muse cover of Frankie Vallie

And of course, Feeling Good - Muse cover of Nina Simone

Samwel_X

The Smiths cover was good.

House of The Rising Sun should never be covered :o

I didn't like the Frankie Vallie cover

But Feeling Good was damn good.

House of the rising sun was pretty good, I thought. But Can't take my eyes off of you is just okay.

I got The Downward Spiral and With_Teeth the other day (couldn't find the fragile) and they're both really good. Downward Spiral really is awesome, might even be one of my favorite cd's after a few more listens.

The Jonny Cash song at the end is pretty good, too. [spoiler] just kiddin [/spoiler]

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Disturbed - Land of Confusion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KW8DRSvEoQ

David really managed to sound like Phil Collins and not anybody can do that.

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#48 Samwel_X
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I got The Downward Spiral and With_Teeth the other day (couldn't find the fragile) and they're both really good. Downward Spiral really is awesome, might even be one of my favorite cd's after a few more listens.

The Jonny Cash song at the end is pretty good, too. just kiddin

KLAX42

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If that spoiler hadn't been there *shakes fist* :P

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The Animals' cover of House of the Rising Sun is fantastic.
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I counter you with these-

Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want - Muse cover of the Smiths

House Of The Rising Sun - Muse cover of Bob Dylan

Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You- Muse cover of Frankie Vallie

And of course, Feeling Good - Muse cover of Nina Simone

KLAX42

That House of the Rising Sun hurt my ears.