Favorite cover songs?

[Werewolf]

Most cover songs tend to be really bad but there are still a few out there that are just as good if not better than the originals. What are some of your favorites?

Original Gary Moore Over the Hills and Far Way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyJEytBlp1I

Nightwish cover

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bk0PlEIpa8

Sarah Brightman and Steve Harley original Phantom of the Opera music video. (It's a bit silly)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duszpweuB1I&feature=fvsr

Nightwish Phantom of the Opera (awesome)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VgLK...eature=related

[Mikey]

House of the Rising Sun - Frijid Pink version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mj8x...eature=related

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[Werewolf]

House of the Rising Sun - Frijid Pink version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mj8x...eature=related

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Too cool! I've never heard that version before. It's really rocking.

[torgospizza]

Van Halen "Where Have All the Good Times Gone"

[jimbutsu]

Guster "Two of Us"

[HardyGirl]

Shaun Cassidy- Hey Deanie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWGDij2RXkk

Shaun Cassidy- That's Rock 'N' Roll:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Emiv2DLNk

Shaun Cassidy- Do You Believe In Magic?:

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

Rick Springfield- Under The Milky Way:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkIeKsWt4dU

Rick Springfield- Waiting for a Girl Like You (General Hospital footage):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONQr39ZQXpo

[thunderbolt]

The Jam doing the 66 Bat-Theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXmPEsuipUw
U2's Everlasting Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khjAQ0mEiO8
REM We Don't Need Another Hero and Midnight Blue

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

Ramones Spider-Theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5P8l...eature=related

Can't find REm doing We Don't Need Another Hero

[thunderbolt]

Found another one thanks to the Jam link. The Who doing the Bat-Theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoiXTrjiM2s&feature=related

[madmarva]

Joe Cocker "Get by with a Little Help from My Friends"

[livnxxxl]

Here are just a few off the top....

George Michael - Careless Whisper (never gonna dance again) done by Seether

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7imqO-OBVk

Aerosmith - Walk This Way by Run DMC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM0Fl2MnV5Y

Sacred Reich version of War Pig's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Ew0-QAvqg

Slayer - Mandatory Suicide by Crown Of Thorns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x36EN-VG_WU


U2 - Still haven't Found What I am Looking For by Celtic Thunder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQs2t_uK-Js

Enjoy!

[Werewolf]

Ramones Spider-Theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5P8l...eature=related

That's awesome.

[Mikey]

The Mock Turtles doing Syd Barrett's "No Good Trying"

They took a piece of crap and made it into a coherent and catchy song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4nVABC3pXo

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[rche]

Ronstadt doing Poor Poor Pitiful Me

[jwyblejr]

^Blue Bayou too.

[torgospizza]

Almost forgot Judas Priest's version of Fleetwood Mac's "The Green Manalishi (with the Two-Prong Crown)." Absolute classic.