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Antitonic	36 POSTED: 2 May 2012 14:21
	I prefer the Hammerfall version of Detroit Rock City better than the KISS original. Also, Disturbed's version of Shout. Detroit Rock City Shout (2000)

DanielBrown	37 POSTED: 2 May 2012 14:25
	I prefer Iced Earths cover on Cities on Flame much more than the original. Think has way more OOMPFH... you could fall asleep to Blue �yster Cults version.

Klumpfot	38 POSTED: 2 May 2012 14:31
	I prefer Strapping Young Lad's cover of Room 429 to the original by Cop Shoot Cop. Aaand, speaking of SYL, I prefer Devin Townsend's cover of Rammstein's Rammlied. It has banjos and fart percussion!

ReservoirAngel	39 POSTED: 2 May 2012 14:32
	I think the Muse cover of "Feeling Good" is better than the Nina Simone original. That said, I do still love the original.

Andy of Comix Inc	40 POSTED: 2 May 2012 14:37
	Primus' cover of Have a Cigar I like especially. It helps that Claypool is a huge fan of Floyd (he did a whole love show with nothing but their stuff when he toured with Flying Frog Brigade) Oh and while I don't like it more than the original I still love to bring this up because it's one of the best covers I've ever heard. It's absolutely bonkers and incredibly degrading and SPITEFUL of the source material instead of reverent and respectful. It's just a little bit backwards and it's brilliant because of it.

WitherVoice	41 POSTED: 2 May 2012 14:43
	Sympathy For the Devil. I preferred GnR's version over the original by the Stones.

Hazy992	42 POSTED: 2 May 2012 14:56
	I know this has been posted already but there you go Wow, Sum 41 made Nickelback tolerable

Ralen-Sharr	43 POSTED: 2 May 2012 14:58
	IMO way better than the original

Worgen	44 POSTED: 2 May 2012 15:02
	Kiss me deadly by the reel big fish

The Artificially Prolonged	45 POSTED: 2 May 2012 15:03
	Sacman: [quote="Andy Shandy" post="18.373633.14451464"] I love Dinosaur Jr's cover of Just Like Heaven... they just put there own spin on it... and J always takes the chance during the solo to melt faces as well as talk about his feelings...<.< Oh so much this! On topic I like the Manic Street Preachers cover of Been a Son more than the original by Nirvana. cautiously raises flame shield What can I say, I'm a sucker for bluesy slide guitar :D

Fijiman	46 POSTED: 2 May 2012 15:06
	This is the only one I can think of and I love it even more because my school was doing the play at the time this came out. spoilers make the threads less laggy people. USE THEM.

templar1138a	47 POSTED: 2 May 2012 15:16
	For me, it's the Moxy Fr�vous live cover of "Psycho Killer" by the Talking Heads. I can't stand the lead singer from the original. He sounds like he's whining. He doesn't sound psycho at all. And the instrumentals just feel so subdued. Moxy Fr�vous, on the other hand, had FUN with their cover. And they genuinely did sound crazy, not just in how they sang it, but in their instrumentals as well.

anthony87	48 POSTED: 2 May 2012 15:22
	Who needs The Beatles when you've got Jim Carrey?

Zetsubou-Sama	49 POSTED: 2 May 2012 15:23
	Beats the original one by far, and along with Johnny Cash's Hurt is my favourite cover

Swyftstar	50 POSTED: 2 May 2012 15:26
	I really liked Peter Gabriel's cover of The Book of Love by The Magnetic Fields.

Nerdstar	51 POSTED: 2 May 2012 15:36
	mine is less blpamashmys then some of you other heathens, iv always loved the clashes "i fought the law" and considering most people are more familiar with the clashes version then Bobby Fuller Four version its not as big a deal as saying you love alein ant farms cover of smooth criminal

suitepee7	52 POSTED: 2 May 2012 15:46
	one of my favourite songs of all time, only this version though. both halves sound brilliant in their own way edit: oh, and although i am a massive fan of the irons, this is the only cover of theirs where the cover sounds better. not by much, but ever so slightly...

Kwil	53 POSTED: 2 May 2012 15:51
	Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit, as performed by Tori Amos.

0z0wen	54 POSTED: 2 May 2012 15:54
	Bah, double post, bad internet! Bad!

0z0wen	55 POSTED: 2 May 2012 15:55
	Rise Against's cover of Ballad Hollis Brown, original by Bob Dylan.

rdaleric	56 POSTED: 2 May 2012 15:57
	WitherVoice: Sympathy For the Devil. I preferred GnR's version over the original by the Stones. Interesting, I prefer the Neptunes remix myself Captcha - carpe diem. It's as if the internet is judging me for wasting time on the internet

Clinky	57 POSTED: 2 May 2012 15:59
	I like a lot of the covers done by Vitamin String Quartet, turning many well known songs into string focused arrangements. It's pretty cool if you ask me and a lot of songs sound gorgeous on strings alone. In particular I'm a fan of their covers of: Guns N Roses' Sweet Child O Mine Lady Gaga's Paparazzi Linkin Park's Numb

NinjaDeathSlap	58 POSTED: 2 May 2012 16:00
	Andy Shandy: Snip You /thread-ed your own thread in the first post with Johnny Cash there. That must be some kind of record.

krychek57	59 POSTED: 2 May 2012 16:03
	For me, it just fits.

Limecake	60 POSTED: 2 May 2012 16:08
	I'd be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't prefer this version: and this one is better than the original, although the original is pretty minimal:

Yopaz	61 POSTED: 2 May 2012 16:08
	anthony87: Who needs The Beatles when you've got Jim Carrey? I was actually planning to post this one. It's pretty awesome. 0z0wen: Rise Against's cover of Ballad Hollis Brown, original by Bob Dylan. Spoiler: Click to View Another ninja... At least this one isn't posted Spoiler: Click to View

TerribleAssassin	62 POSTED: 2 May 2012 16:19
	There's something about Rob Swire's voice. Anything by Aaronic Stuff

Lucian The Lugia	63 POSTED: 2 May 2012 16:21
	"Kiss Me Deadly" by Reel Big Fish...I thought it was an original song by them at first, but it surprised me when I learned it was a cover!

Aris Khandr	64 POSTED: 2 May 2012 16:23
	VonKlaw: Because who really likes Boney M? I do. I almost listed Belfast in my post, but I am not sure if it counts as a cover if a solo act brings a song written for her to the band when she joins, so I left it out. But yeah, I really like Boney M.

Colour-Scientist	65 POSTED: 2 May 2012 16:28
	Kwil: Shnip On that note: Spoiler: Click to View Sorry, Len.

Belaam	66 POSTED: 2 May 2012 16:36
	The afore mentioned Cash's Hurt and Hendrix's All Along the Watchtower. But Social D's Ring of Fire is so much more fun than Cash's

OneBrokePony	67 POSTED: 2 May 2012 16:37
	I haven't listened to all the many covers of Bob Dylan's Knockin on Heaven's Door, but I haven't found one I liked better than Warren Zevon's. Warren Zevon - Knockin on Heaven's Door Speaking of Warren Zevon, after he died there was a tribute album of covers of his songs. I thought the album was kinda disappointing, but there were some good covers. the best of those was Adam Sandler - Werewolves of London Don't know if I'd call it better than the original, but it's really close

robotam	68 POSTED: 2 May 2012 16:40
	Reel Big Fish's version of Hungry Like the wolf.

rutger5000	69 POSTED: 2 May 2012 16:47
	First and foremost Nirvana - The Man who sold the world, And at times: Guns 'N Roses - Sympathy for the Devil

sirkai007	70 POSTED: 2 May 2012 16:49
	Well I like the cover better than the original of this song. BUT, I'll let you be the judge... Poison Reel Big Fish Featuring Tatiana DeMaria Tatiana just kind of adds something to a song about phone sex


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