Better than the orginal. Old School Freight Train - "Heart of Glass"

Sorry' I couldn't help myself. Baby Got Back - Gilbert and Sullivan Style

Rap covers got to love them. Jonathan Coulton in LA -06-Baby Got Back

Love this cover. Hey Ya Cover Obadiah Parker

Cover Songs Worth Examining: Type O Negative-Cinnamon Girl

Cover Songs Worth Examining: Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Cover Songs Worth Examining: The Ramones - Time has Come Today

Cover Songs Worth Examining: Safety Dance

I always thought it would be a great idea to start a band that would do punk / metal covers of 80s pop tunes, and the first song I thought would work really well was the safety dance. Here are some pretty good covers, with the original at the bottom.









The original:



And just for the hell of it:

Cover Songs Worth Examining: Faith No More - Easy

I remember seeing these guys open for Billy Idol at the Patriot Center and waiting for a punchline that never came.

Cover Songs Worth Examining: Seven Nation Army

Seven Nation Army has to be the best riff written in 20 years. A couple of gutsy interpretations here.

Wake Up Song: Stratovatius - Bloodstone

It's rare when a cover is as good as the original. See the post for the original by clicking "wake up songs" below.

Cover Songs Worth Examining: Stevie Ray Vaughan - Voodoo Chile

God, there are times I really miss Stevie Ray. I hesitate to call this a "cover," since it's a nearly note-for-note rendition, but man, that dude could play.

Cover Songs Worth Examining: Nirvana - Molly's Lips

Pay close atention to the chord progression of this song. That's right, there's just two of them, played over and over again. Proof that, in the right hands, the simplest works can be the most effective.

For comparison's sake, here's the original:

Cover Songs Worth Examining: Spiderbait - Black Betty

OH GEEZUS HELL YEAH THIS VERSION OF BLACK BETTY THUNDERS AND ROARS. IT'S SO DAMN LOUD I HAVE TO TYPE IN ALL CAPS TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN READ IT. TAKES THE RAM JAM VERSION OF THE SONG, SHREDS IT INTO LITTLE PIECES AND STUFFS IT DOWN YOUR EAR CANAL SO HARD THAT YOUR SINUSES ARE STILL CLOGGED THREE DAYS LATER.

The original, for comparison's sake:

Cover Songs Worth Examining: Kula Shaker - Hush

Kula Shaker put this one out a few years ago, a reexamining of one of Deep Purple's finer works. I have to say, I think I prefer the cover version, it has more of an attacking, relentless feel to it. For comparison's sake, here's the original (audio only):

Cover Songs Woth Examining: Newton Faulkner - Teardrop

Just saw this guy perform a gutsy cover of Massive Attack's Teardrop on Palladia's V-Fest show. Isn't it cool? I really dig it. Don't know much about the guy, but I'll investigate.

For comparison's sake, here's the original.

Tim Capello - I Still Believe

Song from the Lost Boys soundtrack, written and originally performed by The Call (see post below).

Nirvana - Jesus Don't want Me for a Sunbeam

The electric version of this blows away the acoustic one on the unplugged album. My favorite moment is when Dave Grohl plays so hard the cymbal stand collapses.