badass covers of badass songs

[C.Mongler]

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=3nvWZj3JFpM[/youtube]

i dont know why but i find pretty much any song covered by a person playing a uke fascinating. also he nearly cuts the amount of time it takes to play Paranoid Android in half 

[sans culottes]

Are you asking for yootoobs of people playing songs, or could a professional cover count too?

[me003]

Machine Head - Message in a bottle.

[C.Mongler]

Are you asking for yootoobs of people playing songs, or could a professional cover count too?

either one is cook

[sans culottes]

Cream - Crossroad (Robert Johnson)
The Rolling Stones - My Girl (Temptations; this is cover is hard to find methinks)
Led Zeppelin - Bring it on Home (Willie Dixon)
John Lennon - Stand By Me (Ben E. King)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Norman Whitfield, famous by Marvin Gaye)
The Doors - Back Door Man (Howlin' Wolf)
Guns N' Roses - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan)
George Thorogood - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer (John Lee Hooker)
Soundgarden - Fopp (Ohio Players)

I love it when bands take old songs and make them their own.

[Geno]

Metallica's smoke on the water

[Houdini]

Cream - Crossroad (Robert Johnson)

One of the first rock songs I ever heard. It's still my favorite Cream song.

Led Zeppelin - Bring it on Home (Willie Dixon)

One of the first songs I learned how to play on bass. The first one was Sunshine of Your Love.

George Thorogood - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer (John Lee Hooker)

The guitar on that song is so fucking smokin'. I spent a week trying to copy it.

[Houdini]

Anyways:

The Beatles - Twist and Shout (Eisley Brothers or someone)

The Black Keys - Grown So Ugly (Robert Pete Williams)

Captain Beefheart - Grown So Ugly (same)

Butthole Surfers - Sweet Loaf (loose cover of Sweet Leaf by Black Sabbath)

The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (I don't need to tell you this)

The Clash - I Fought the Law (Bobby Fuller Four)

Devo - Satisfaction (Rolling Stones) (my all-time favorite cover)

[Houdini]

Dinosaur Jr - Just Like Heaven (The Cure)

Faith No More - War Pigs (Sabbath again)

Jimi fucking Hendrix - Along the fucking Watchtower (Bob fucking Dylan)

Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks (Memphis Minnie)

Megadeth - I Ain't Superstitious (Willie Dixon)

Nirvana - Lake of Fire (Meat Puppets)

Primus - Master of Puppets (Metallica)

Radiohead - Ceremony (New Order)

[Houdini]

Rage Against the Machine - Maggie's Farm (Dylan again)

Rage Against the Machine - Renegades of Funk (Afrika Bambataa)

Ramones - I Don't Want to Grow Up (Tom Waits)

Leon Redbone - Ain't Misbehavin' (Fats Waller)

Sonic Youth - Superstar (The Carpenters)

Talking Heads - Take Me to the River (Al Green)

They Might Be Giants - What Makes the Sun Shine (no idea)

ZZ Top - I Thank You (no idea)

[Selkie]

that was the largest pile of shit I have ever heard 

[C.Mongler]

that was the largest pile of shit I have ever heard 

that's because its a cover of a radiohead song ,which i have yet to hear one that makes me go 'wow'.

i did find it however. not talented.

[sans culottes]

One of the first rock songs I ever heard. It's still my favorite Cream song.

The entire Wheels of Fire album is fucking godly.

One of the first songs I learned how to play on bass. The first one was Sunshine of Your Love.

coincidentally one of the first songs i did on guitar was that

The guitar on that song is so fucking smokin'. I spent a week trying to copy it.

Fucking yes. Thorogood's best, no doubt.

You picked some awesome shit, btw.

oh, i just remembered this, a damn fine talking heads cover.
[spoiler][youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=pCZFjZCPC0Y[/youtube][/spoiler]

one of vr's best

[36chambers]

The Lemonheads- Mrs. Robinson (Simon and Garfunkle cover)

Dinosaur Jr.- Just Like Heaven (The Cure cover)

Iron and Wine- Such Great Heights (Postal Service cover)

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

The Lemonheads- Mrs. Robinson (Simon and Garfunkle cover)

Dinosaur Jr.- Just Like Heaven (The Cure cover)

Iron and Wine- Such Great Heights (Postal Service cover)

I coulda swore that Iron and Wine did the original.

Anyways

Talking Heads - Take Me to the River (Al Green cover)
Depeche Mode - Dirt (Stooges Cover)
Smashing Pumpkins - Never Let Me Down Again (Depeche Mode Cover)