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Well whats your Favorite all time Cover Version  :icon_scratch:
(Be interesting to see just how many great versions there are about the place)

Mine is this great Aussie Band 'The Zoot' from the 60's - 70's .....
Featuring ... Rick Springfield, Beeb Birtles, Darryl Cotton & Rick Brewer. Doing the Beatles classic Eleanor Rigby

OK so I was only a 10yo then (& loved it then) but still to this day can't find anything that tops this version !!

Hope you enjoy  :icon_biggrin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_3IUASoqfM
 
Love this cover of a Dire Straits song

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jYH_V7osBg[/youtube]
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzAektg101M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li580259YwU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eMyAbg6CWQ


that.
 
Updown said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_3IUASoqfM
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That's an awesome cover. Here are a few of my favourites:

The amazing Devin Townsend bringing his delightful lunacy to New York New York:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkjpFKE2_xM[/youtube]

Folk metal nutjobs Turisas doing Boney M's Rasputin:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdkBs0VCSX0[/youtube]

Head Control System (featuring Garm, formerly of Arcturus and Borknagar) rocking Seal's Kiss From a Rose:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvAB08BC5UE[/youtube]

The now defunct Nevermore's take on Simon and Garfunkel's The Sound of Silence:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uG7sd-YPmE[/youtube]

Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish doing Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZMraAGlpwc[/youtube]

Australian / British Drum n Bass outfit Pendulum doing the ABC News theme:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iysSJ51sRc[/youtube]
 
Jason & The Scorchers doing John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads."

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6MceKS6Wic[/youtube]

Shakalabbits do a great cover of Toots & the Maytals' "Pressure Drop" on their last album (Phasemeter Trippin' Bug Shake), but there's no video.

But they did do this cover, which isn't bad:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhUpqC_dYnM[/youtube]
 
there are probably more, but this has the best solo in it.. ever! and also, I really like anything involving portnoy and morse...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKJi3MJtjSU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqbEKkD8Os0
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d-Tth4xciE

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This cover is always the first one I think of when the topic arises.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAO8ue4wjkM

I won't argue if it's better or not, or if Roddy is better or worse than Eddie.

I just can't stand DLR.

p.s. There is no video, but if you listen through to the end, there's a pretty nifty guitar solo.

Here's my second favorite cover ever. Johnny completely owns this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQcNiD0Z3MU



Enjoy!
 
Although the title gives it away, I love this version of the song.  It always takes 30 second for people to figure out what it is...

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uv0c9kMcf0[/youtube]

Patrick

 
This was an odd one to run across when it came out a few years ago.  Wait for it...I deliberately chose a video that takes a while to get to the "reveal".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=288hkjlHjzE
 
I almost forgot this one as well...  Makes me laugh every time.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeL9gagV_VA[/youtube]

Patrick

 
Well, every once in a while it's appropriate to show one's age:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88rF8T2S3Dk&feature=related

and your sensitivity: :toothy12:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0BmzbWg85g&feature=related

 
whoa. I love a handful of the tunes from Johnny Cash's American Recordings series, but I didn't like that version of Personal Jesus at all...
That version of Eleanor Rigby on the other hand, I really enjoyed!
 
This is a great cover of Roxy Music's "More Than This":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oixRtues5c
 
Ghost, a new Swedish black metal band - I'm seeing them here in Malmö in about a week. Not sure how "metal" they are, but the "black" part is true enough. This is a great cover!
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8oFlXnnwKI[/youtube]

Patti Smith, doing "Smells Like Teen Spirit". Absolutely mindblowingly good. The way she says "Yeah." after each chorus curls my toes with pleasure.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn7voloX6JI[/youtube]

 
Alien Ant Farm's cover of MJ's Smooth Criminal
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RwlWeFTq4c&feature=fvsr[/youtube]

My favorite Metallica cover, Blue Oyster Cult's Astronomy
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCE98guaH5A[/youtube]
 
anorakDan, I haven't herd the AC version of "Jump" in about 25 years, but hearing it again I am reminded why I loved it. Thanks for posting that!
 
No particular order...

1. Evergrey- I'm Sorry

2. W.A.S.P.- I Don't Need No Doctor

3. Korn- Word Up

4. Disturbed- Land Of Confusion

5. Metallica- Last Caress/Green Hell

6. Garth Brooks- Hard Luck Woman

7. Type O Negative- Cinnamon Girl

8. White Zombie- I'm Your Boogieman

9. Tesla- Signs

10. Warrant- Train, Train

11. Raintime- Beat It

12. Firewind- Maniac (She's a Maniac?)

13. Megadeth- Anarchy in the U.K.

14. Flotsam & Jetsam- Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting

15. Alien Ant Farm- Smooth Criminal

16. Nonpoint- In the Air Tonight

17. Exodus- Low Rider

18. Testament- Nobody's Fault
 
A friend pointed me towards this, and I have to admit I really enjoy it.  No it won't win any awards, or get much cred outside of a certain circle or two, but it is quite fun.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98ew0VtHmik[/youtube]

Patrick

 
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