Not a bad song to begin with, but I do like this cover more than the original. Well, maybe because I've listened to the original so many times and it's just a nice change.

But Crazy is a great song.

it's not an easy song especiecaly striped back to the bones. i may be doing alice russell an injustice saying it's a cover, when infact she dose it in her own style.!

time after time is the best the gandharvas could do with cindy lauphers piece of crap, best cover of a terrible song ever

I wouldent say terrible, It's decent. Cover was better though. Agreed

Metallica with Turn the Page.

I haven't actually heard it, so I can't attest to its quality. But someone told me Weezer did a good cover of Pokerface

that was me, hah.

Daughtry did a god-awful version acoustically. It will be good to see what Weezer can do to this track.

Call Me done by Cadaveria - absolutely breath taking and very originally done even though it stays true to the original song. Its heavy though and not for the squemish but at the same time has that classic iconic sound of the original.

There is something truly catharic about Rivers Cuomo saying "bluffing with my muffin".

Nickel Creek turned Brittney Speare's Toxic into a bluegrass, rock work. It was funny, and actually good.

Also John Mayer did an intro to No Such Thing with Dirty Pop, the guitar part was sick that I saw.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoqUB3UWlJo
^John's rendition

I can't go past that either... :bowdown:

This is pretty damn cool.

I think Bob Seger's version was actually better. Metallica's version is just another rock song. Seger's version sounds more dramatic and genuine.

Metallicas didn't sound genuine or dramatic? Actually...
Yeah I agree, I just prefer the Metallica version though. I always have.

I always thought STP's unplugged cover of David Bowie's "Andy Warhol" was far superior to the original, which was incoherent and unlistenable.

Honestly, I think the Metallica version is fuckin' clown shoes (no offense), and the original just sounds like whining from a guy that's living a dream. "Oh no. I have to tour around the world and make millions of dollars and bang strange women from all nationalities. Oh, poor me."

Other than that, Chris Cornell's cover of "Billie Jean" is rather impressive, the way he took a pop ballad and turned it into a smoky, bluesy and dark song which articulates the story a lot better.

do remixes count?

Bleh, the original is awesome, the Goldfinger version is really lame and generic.

Cake- I will Survive
Faith no More- easy

Gotta agree with ya there on Faith No More's cover of Easy... darn fine cover of a very otherwise middle of the road Commodores song...

By a band called Pomplamoose. They actually do a lot of these, this being my other favorite:

^Nice I like that Pomplamoose song, too. I posted it in the Beyonce thread. The girl in the video looks really scared, though.

Perhaps a bit middle of the road, but certainly not BAD. Aside from Patton's voice which I love, I don't think the song is different enough to make it that much better than the original. I like both.

Ernie Halter's cover of "See You Again" Hannah Montana song... it sounds ridiculous but it's actually good.

Prime example rightthere in the above post... any Hanna Montana song is ripe for a cover that VASTLY improves on thwe original....

The Devil Wears Prada - Still Fly
A Day To Remember - Since U Been Gone

It's a really beautiful cover, Glen puts actual meaning and emotion into it.

The Baseballs - Umbrella

Golden Shower of Hits (Jerks on 45) - The Circle Jerks

A medley of six cover songs, performed by The Circle Jerks, telling the story of a couple who meet, fall in love, have sex, have an unplanned pregnancy, get married, and wind up divorced.

Here are the songs, in order...

1.Along Comes Mary - The Association
2.Close to You - The Carpenters
3.Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band
4.Having My Baby - Paul Anka and Odia Coates
5.Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tennille
6.D-I-V-O-R-C-E - Tammy Wynette

Everytime I go to think of a cover it turns out that the original is still great, so it makes it incredibly hard to think of bad songs that people have covered...

Here are songs that I think are just as good as the original or improved:

- Johnny Cash - 'Hurt' (original by NIN)
- Pain Of Salvation - 'Yellow Raven' (original by The Scorpions)
- Transatlantic - 'The Return Of The Giant Hogweed' (original by Genesis)
- Marilyn Manson - 'Tainted Love' (original by Gloria Jones but done in the style of Soft Cells version)
- Pink - 'I Touch Myself' (original by The Divinyls)

* on a side note...
Manson seems to do a LOT of covers... and that Pink cover can be seen on her Funhouse DVD.

Ugh, Pink is awful.

Not always, she has her moments

EDIT: but she is way overplayed and over rated compared to everyone else...

I'm sorry, but I admit I love the Limp Bizkit cover of Faith, it's just so silly

I favourited this because I don't know how I feel about it yet.
I obviously like Lady Gaga. But I can appreciate good covers.
This isn't better, and Telephone wasn't a bad song.
In the cover, I feel like there's a LOT going on, and I don't know if that's good or just overwhelming.

I just find it curious that someone covered Hogweed by genesis.... very unlikely cover candidate... is there some way you could send me that cover, i am more than just a bit curious to see how it sounds..

So you are not implying the original versions of these songs are bad? Good, because if you're calling Genesis's Return of the Giant Hodweed a bad song I'd have to kick your head clean off your body.

Also, I like Cash but I think his cover of Hurt is overrated, I still prefer the original.