Friday Music Thread: Covers

**MisterD** · 17th February 2006, 08:24

Feeling inspired by whichever

it was at TVNZ that picked Jane's Addiction for the Winter Olympics theme, I had a bit of dig back through my old vinyl last night...jeez I'm so impressed with the taste I had even all those years ago

So my question to yous guys this sunny Friday is:

What are your top cover versions ever? Starting off...

1) Soundgarden - Come together
2) Motorhead - Motorhead (Technicality, I know)
3) Budgie - Baby Please Don't Go
4) Metallica - Breadfan
5) Jesus & Mary Chain - Surfin' USA

**MSTRS:Me** · 17th February 2006, 08:29

Budgie - an under-rated band that few have heard of......pity, they were very good in their day. I particularly liked "I aint no mountain" & "Breaking all the house rules" off the album Bandolier. I had no idea they did that cover

**ManDownUnder** · 17th February 2006, 08:34

Living Next Door to Alice - Stiff Little Fingers
God Save the Queen - Sex Pistols

funny as hell

**MSTRS:Me** · 17th February 2006, 08:37

Rolf Harris - Stairway to Heaven

**MisterD** · 17th February 2006, 08:39

Originally Posted by MSTRS

Rolf Harris - Stairway to Heaven

Saw him do Honky Tonk Woman at Glastonbury a few years back....crying with laughter

**Motu** · 17th February 2006, 09:24

I had the first Budgie LP when it came out....

Grand Funk Railroad's cover of Gimme Shelter makes that other band who did it first's version look very pale.

Sun Arise by Alice Cooper - Poor Rolf had it done to him way back....

**riffer** · 17th February 2006, 11:32

I could go on forever but here's a few off the top of my head:

Silent Scream - Children of Bodom (Slayer)
Sailin' On - No Doubt (Bad Brains)
Requiem - Foo Fighters (Killing Joke)
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen)
Pinball Wizard - Elton John (The Who)
Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus (David Bowie)

**skelstar** · 17th February 2006, 11:41

'Symapthy for the devil' - G&R (R Stones)
'With a little help from my friends' - Joe Cocker (Beatles)

**Maha** · 17th February 2006, 12:39

Great Pretender....... Freddie Mercury
Rock n Roll all night............ Toad the wet Sprocket
Turn the Page............. Metallica
Knockin' on Heavens Door............... Guns n' Roses
God gave Rock n' roll to you..............KISS

**T.W.R** · 17th February 2006, 12:40

'Crash course in brain surgery' - Metallica, G n R (Budgie)
'Breadfan' - Metallica (Budgie)
'Whiskey in the jar' - Metallica (Thin Lizzy)
'Helter Skelter' - U2 (Beatles)
'Cocaine' - Eric Clapton (J.J Cale)
'Light my Fire' - UB40 ( Jim Morrison/The Doors)
'Born to be wild' - Zodiac mindwarp & the love reaction (steppenwolf)

**Indiana_Jones** · 17th February 2006, 12:53

I fought the law - The Clash

-Indy

**Goblin** · 17th February 2006, 13:00

'Walk on By' Stranglers...dont know who did the original

'Strange Fruit' Ella Fitzgerald v Tricky, ( Billy Holiday)
'Ruby Tuesday' Strolling Bones.. (Melonie)
'Black Betty' Spiderbait. Forgot who did the original

**Damon** · 17th February 2006, 13:00

Baker Street - Foo Fighters (Gerry Rafferty)
All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix (Bob Dylan)
Hurt - Johnny Cash (Nine inch Nails)
The Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana (David Bowie)
Tuesday's Gone - Metallica (Lynyrd Skynyrd)