MUSIC - Favourite Remakes

[NoOne]

I used to be 100% against remakes, I have since changed my position in that some songs need to be updated, they need a second (or third) chance.

I had also discovered a band called [b]"Me First and the Gimme Gimmes"[b] a band made up of members from NoFX, Lagwagon and The FooFighters, they cover a lot of music from the '60's and '70's(totally unappealing) but add a punkish, rockin' beat - a new life to lifeless music.

Neil Diamond, Barry Manilow, Billy Joel (not Billie Joe from Green Day), Elton John and even the Beach Boys have been covered, and their songs which may/maynot have been good then are infinitely better covered by these guys.

Post your favourite remakes in this thread, name the artist covering and if possible the original artist.


A few off the top of my head include

Cradle of Filth covering Hallowed be thy Name (Iron Maiden)
Van Halen covering Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison)
Out of Your Mouth Covering Music (Madonna)
Marilyn Manson covering Sweet Dreams(Eurythmics)

[Niko_Fx]

Punk/Ska covers are awesome!! I have tons of them!

Me first and the gimme gimmes are pretty good doing punk covers.. A new found Glory too, but they lean a bit towards "Commercial music MTV style" which bothers me a bit but still I think they're good.

I highly recommend:

A New Found Glory - Karate Kid (Peter Cetera Cover)

A New Found Glory - Everything I do I do it for you (Brian Adams cover)

Me First and the Gimme gimmes - Leaving on a jet plane

Busters - We are the champions (Queen)

I against I - I want to hold your hand (The Beatles)

That's it for now, there's plenty of more.. Use the terms "Punk cover" on kazaa and you'll get a bunch.

Rock on!!

[kko]

Limp biskit _behind blue eyes....the who,
Personally i like the original better , but theirs it pretty good IMHO

[Sweeney921]

Limp biskit _behind blue eyes....the who,
Personally i like the original better , but theirs it pretty good IMHO
you took mine :(

[@wall]

red hot chillie peppers - superstition (stevie wonder) ace cover...
rage against the machine - how i could just kill a man (cypress hill) not old but very good

[Ko51n]

My favorite are:

KoRn: Word UP from Cameo (definitely)
311: Love Song from The Cure
Marylin Manson: Personal Jesus from Depeche Mode

[henk4]

The man who sold the world: Bowie and Kurt Cobain
Proud Mary CCR and Tina Turner
Summer in the City (Spoonful and Cocker)
Layla: Derek and the Domino's /Clapton (I am expecting comments here :) )

[car_fiend]

cradle of filth - entrance (CKY covering) really like the music on it.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

I found the Kylie Minogue Remake of Blue Monday to be an utter travesty. I hate her, and she ruined one of my Favourite songs.

Any Weird Al Yankovic remake of a song is funny.
EG: Michael Jacksons "Beat It" Becomes "Eat it".
they may sound crass, but remember, this is the man who managed to integrate "Absorbant and Yellow and Pourous" into the Spongebob Squarepants themesong.

[NoOne]

I agree Kylie destroyed the song, I'm not a big fan of the original New Order version, but Orgy did an awesome cover :)

[crisis]

I agree Kylie destroyed the song, I'm not a big fan of the original New Order version, but Orgy did an awesome cover :)
Thats the one. Go easy on Kylie. She started as a teenage soap star and built a creditable music career. Im not a fan of her music particularly (although we play two of her songs in our band (girl singer)) but when she started she was treated like a joke. Stock Aitken and Waterman took her for the same ride they do with all their young stars yet she persevered and has paid her dues. Much in the Madonna mould I would say.

[Renesis]

story of the year anyone?

[escort mexico]

anything by shannon noll.......not really

[IBrake4Rainbows]

I like both versions of the song (Major New Order Fan) but i do prefer the older version, if for the fact it's a techno song rather than a Metal song at my local CD Shop.

Any other butcherings we'd like to talk about? WHAT ABOUT ME.........:p

[NoOne]

Any other butcherings we'd like to talk about?
OK, top this for absolute worst cover ..... Tori Amos covering Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit.

If you haven't heard it download it, listen to it ..... curse the person who allowed it to happen, then relax and smile and think how good she looks, then delete the file and curse the person responsible again. At least thats what I did. ;) :D

[IWantAnAudiRS6]

I think that Pearl Jam's cover of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" is great- much better than the normally fantastic U2!

[Delmaster]

Whiskey in the jar

original an old Irish folksong I think, then Thin Lizzy covered it in the '70s
but the best version did Metallica, it's a great song

[cls12vg30]

Yeah Metallica's Whiskey in the Jar is great, I guess it's technically a cover even though like all those old drinking songs no two recordings of it are alike. They didn't do "Tuesday's Gone" half bad, either.
One of my favorites is the Goldfinger ska cover of 99 Luftballoons. The Smashmouth cover of I'm a Believer is a lot better than the "original" Monkees version (nothing they ever did was truly original)

[lithuanianmafia]

My favs

- "Crossroads" - originally by Robert Johnson, redone by Cream
- "Hotel California" - orignally by the Eagles, redone by Pennywise (not near as good, but still pretty good)
- "I Shot the Sherrif" - originally by Bob Marley, redone by Eric Clapton
- "99 Red Baloons" - not sure who did it originally, but redone by both Goldfinger and AFI


: Derek and the Domino's /Clapton (I am expecting comments here :) ) I'm hopin u do realize that Clapton was the lead guitarist and vocalist for Derek and the Domino's, right? so it's really not a remake, he just did an acoustic version of it

[johnnynumfiv]

Turn the page by Bob Segar redone by metallica, one of my favorites from metallica.

[NAZCA C2]

Johnny Cash's Burning Ring of Fire redone by Social Distortion

Guns N Roses My Michelle redone by AFI

The Smiths How Soon Is Now redone by the Meatmen

Some punk band has a good remake of "The Land Down Under" by Men at Work but I can't think of which band it is.

[Niko_Fx]

Some punk band has a good remake of "The Land Down Under" by Men at Work but I can't think of which band it is.

Awesome remake man. It's from Pennywise I have it.

[NAZCA C2]

Thanks Niko, I've been trying to think of that band all day.

[Renesis]

- "I Shot the Sherrif" - originally by Bob Marley, redone by Eric Clapton

awww naww
other way around buddy, clapton made it first, then bob marley..

[Dan Flynn]

Blue Suede Shoes - either Black Sabbath or Motorhead versions work just fine

[Bob]

Pink Panther by nofx.

[Spastik_Roach]

My favs

- "Crossroads" - originally by Robert Johnson, redone by Cream
- "Hotel California" - orignally by the Eagles, redone by Pennywise (not near as good, but still pretty good)
- "I Shot the Sherrif" - originally by Bob Marley, redone by Eric Clapton
- "99 Red Baloons" - not sure who did it originally, but redone by both Goldfinger and AFI

I'm hopin u do realize that Clapton was the lead guitarist and vocalist for Derek and the Domino's, right? so it's really not a remake, he just did an acoustic version of it

Crossroads done by Cream is great, but Robert Johnsons original is just incredible.

Well...

Day tripper, covered by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, is great.
All Along the watchtower, also covered by them.
Please come crawl out your window, also covered by them
The Sky Is Crying, covered by Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Little Wing, covered by Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Red, Red wine covered by UB40, I think it was a Neil Diamond original?
Me and Bobby Mcgee, written by Kris Kristopherson (sp?), covered by Janis Joplin (Although I think Kris actually wrote it for her)
Hendrix does a pretty good version of Sunshine of your love aswell.

There are more, but yeah... I have nothing against covers as long as they're done well. And Hendrix's covers are the best quality you can get.

[Revolution]

Black Betty by Ram Jam, then redone by Spiderbait.

[2ndclasscitizen]

Black Betty by Ram Jam, then redone by Spiderbait.
Ram Jam's one is actually a cover as well, it was written by Leadbelly in the '20's or 30s.

Any of the traditional folk tunes the Dropkick Murphy's play are great, Less Than Jake's takes on We Go Together fropm Grease and We're Not Gonna Take It are awesome, the Offsprings cover of AFI's Totalimmortal is very good, Area 7 has recorded covers of I Want To Break Free and Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again (No way, get ****ed, **** off). One of the best cover's I've heard is Bodyjar's cover of Hazy Shade of Winter. As for kick arse ska covers, you canb't go past Save Ferris doing Come on Eileen and of course RBF doing Take on Me. And for live covers, download Pennywise cover Blitzgreig Bop off their website, The Living End play Tainted Love live all the time and a band I saw on saturday night called Unpaid Debt did an f'ing rocking cover of Ruby Soho

[Esperante]

Yes-No Oppurtunity Necessary, No Experience Needed
Yes-America
Les Claypool-Pink Floyd's Animals (entire album)
Chicago-I'm A Man

Surprisingly all that comes to mind right now...

[cmcpokey]

asa big fan of covers, i'll throw some in...
covers of love song by snake river conspiracy, 311, tori amos, and collapsis (small NC band that beoke up a few years ago)
hurt covered by johnnie cash
how soon is now, also snake river, and quicksand
little red corvette coverd by athenaeum (another NC band that broke up)
wild horses by bush
this one goes out to the one i love also covered by bush
i have a ton more, but my mind is blanking right now. but thats a good start.

[Spastik_Roach]

asa big fan of covers, i'll throw some in...
covers of love song by snake river conspiracy, 311, tori amos, and collapsis (small NC band that beoke up a few years ago)
hurt covered by johnnie cash
how soon is now, also snake river, and quicksand

little red corvette coverd by athenaeum (another NC band that broke up)
wild horses by bush
this one goes out to the one i love also covered by bush
i have a ton more, but my mind is blanking right now. but thats a good start.

Johnny Cash did a great cover of U2's One, and i'm sure Wouter agrees with me on it being a very powerful song (well hes the one that said that!)