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Rate any cover songs you can think of, upgrade or downgrade from the original version.

Behind Blue Eyes-Limp Bizkit- Downgrade

Fell in Love with a (Boy)-Joss Stone - Downgrade

Cars-Fear Factory ft. Gary Numan- Upgrade, especially since they keep some Gary Numan in there.

Blue Monday-Orgy-Upgrade, though the New Order version's awesome too

Hurt-Johnny Cash- Downgrade

I can't remember most of the covers I've heard right now, but here's one:

Joey Ramone - It's A Wonderful World - Definite upgrade

And Joss Stone isn't THAT bad... White Stripes did it better though.

Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Guns N' Roses - Upgrade
Live and Let Die - Guns N' Roses - Upgrade
Sympathy for the Devil - Guns N' Roses - Upgrade
Cat's in the Cradle - Guns N' Roses - Upgrade

I Love Rock & Roll - Britney Spears - Downgrade

Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm - Upgrade

Hit me baby one more time - Travis - upgrade
Fade to Black - Apocalyptica - upgrade

<a very popular song> - Westlife - Downgrade
<a very popular song> - just about any boyband - Downgrade

Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Guns N' Roses --- upgrade

Live and Let Die - Guns N' Roses --- downgrade

Sympathy for the Devil - Guns N' Roses - about even to slight down grade

Hair of the Dog - Guns N' Roses --- Severe downgrade

Helter Skelter - Mötley Crüe ---- Major Upgrade

Anarchy in the UK - Mötley Crüe --- downgrade

Come Together - Aerosmith --- about even

American Woman - Lenny Kravitz -- about even

Cinnamon Girl - Type O Negative --- Upgrade

You Really Got Me - Van Halen --- Upgrade

Pretty Woman - Van Halen --- Upgrade

I Can't Explain - The Scorpions --- Upgrade

N.I.B. - Ugly Kid Joe --- about even

Children of the Grave - White Zombie --- about even

Paranoid - Megadeth --- about even

Linus & Lucy - Gary Hoey --- upgrade

God Gave Rock-n-Roll To You - Kiss --- upgrade (really only the chorus and some of the music is the same)

Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me - Roger Daltrey --- upgrade

The Ghost of Tom Joad - Rage Against the Machine - Massive Fucking Upgrade(MFU)

I'm Housin' - Same - MFU

Maggie's Farm - Same - MFU

How I Could Just Kill A Man - Same - Upgrade

Renegades of Funk - Same - Upgrade

Shit, that whole album is amazing. It's probably the best cover album ever. Oh, and in case you were wondering about any of the songs listed above, here are in order their original artists:

Bruce Springsteen
EPMD
Bob Dylan
Cypress Hill
Afika Bambataa and the Soul Sonic Force

I invite you to give them and Rage's Renegades album a listen--most people agree that they're all amazing covers.

Knives Out- The Flaming Lips- Upgrade

Can't Get You Out of My Head- The Flaming Lips- Upgrade

What the World Needs Now- Coldplay- Upgrade

Cover songs which "upgraded" the original:

Jimi Hendrix' cover of "All Along The Watchtower"
Judas Priest's version of "Diamonds and Rust"
Weird Al Yankovic's parody covers, especially "Amish Paradise"


Cover songs which were an insult to the original: (downgrade, in your words)

Geri Halliwell's cover of "It's Raining Men"
White Lion's cover of "Radar Love"
That boyband who covered some classic Queen song a long time ago

School - Fear factory - upgrade
Domination (Pantera) - Pissing Razors -hmm, downgrade overall i think...
Domination - Apocalyptica - downgrade
Message In a Bottle - Machine Head - Upgrade
Now I'm Gonna Be Your God - Slayer - upgrade
House of the rising sun - Evereve -downgrade
Hallowed be thy name - Cradle of filth - upgrade
Hell Awaits - Cradle Of Filth - Upgrade
For Those Who Died - Cradle Of Filth -Upgrade
Zero The Hero - Cannibal Corpse - upgrade
No Remorse - Cannibal Corpse - Upgrade

Rye wrote:For Those Who Died - Cradle Of Filth -Upgrade

CoF, the ultimate metal sellouts, improving a Hammerheart-era Bathory song? How is that possible?

Peregrin Toker wrote:White Lion's cover of "Radar Love"

Isn't that "Red Eye Love"?

Dalton wrote:

Peregrin Toker wrote:White Lion's cover of "Radar Love"

Isn't that "Red Eye Love"?

I always thought it was called "Radar Love".

Peregrin Toker wrote:

Dalton wrote:

Peregrin Toker wrote:White Lion's cover of "Radar Love"

Isn't that "Red Eye Love"?

I always thought it was called "Radar Love".

I've heard of a song "Radar Love" before, so that's probably right.

The original is indeed "Radar Love", by Golden Earing.

Frank Hipper wrote:The original is indeed "Radar Love", by Golden Earing.

Yeah, I just checked, and I have it on Kazaa. My dad must've asked me to burn it for him.

Head Like A Hole-Devo-Downgrade. what. the. fuck. Possibly the oddest thing I've ever heard.

Turn the Page - Metallic (Bob Seger) - Upgrade, though it's hard to call

Whiskey in the Jar - Metallica (Thin Lizzy) - Upgrade

Back in Black - Metallica [Live performance] (AC/DC) - upgrade

Sweet Child of Mine - Sheryl Crow (Gun & Roses) - Downgrade if you're a metal fan, even otherwise

My Generation - Limp Bizkit (The Who) - Massive Downgrade

Take My Breath Away - Jessica Simpson (Berlin) Downgrade, big time

Summer Breeze - Type O Negative (who knows) - upgrade

Come Together - Aerosmith (Beatles) - upgrade, though both are awesome

Satisfaction - Britney Spears (Rolling Stones) - downgrade, hellworthy offense

Peregrin Toker wrote:

Dalton wrote:

Peregrin Toker wrote:White Lion's cover of "Radar Love"

Isn't that "Red Eye Love"?

I always thought it was called "Radar Love".

I believe Dalton is making a sexually suggestive joke. Either that or he's a perve and been hearing the lyrics wrong all these years.

Should we include Rap songs which sample large portions of other songs?

Because I would like to mention Puff Daddy's absolutely horrendous ~cover~ of Kashmir in the from of "Come With Me". It is absolutely awful. The only good thing about it is the music and Jimmy Page was doing that part. The lyrics were just absolute shit.


From the same soundtrack (Godzilla).

Heroes -Wallflowers --- about even

You spin me right round - Dope - Upgrade
Build me up Buttercup - Save ferris- upgrade

Surfin' USA - Blind Guardian - upgrade.

Peregrin Toker wrote:

Rye wrote:For Those Who Died - Cradle Of Filth -Upgrade

CoF, the ultimate metal sellouts, improving a Hammerheart-era Bathory song? How is that possible?

It sounds better. Duh.

Tsyroc wrote:

Peregrin Toker wrote:

Dalton wrote: Isn't that "Red Eye Love"?

I always thought it was called "Radar Love".

I believe Dalton is making a sexually suggestive joke. Either that or he's a perve and been hearing the lyrics wrong all these years.

No! I simply didn't think "Radar Love" made sense, so I thought I was hearing it wrong

Robbie Williams - Ant Music - Upgrade
Travis - Baby (One More Time) - Godlike upgrade
The Atari's - Boys Of Summer - Upgrade
Oasis - Cum On Feel The Noize - Downgrade
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams - Massive Upgrade
Marilyn Manson - Tained Love - evens
Muse - Feeling Good - Downgrade
Kid Rock - American Badass (Technically they took the music to Sad But True) - Shat on from a great height.
Kid Rock - Legs - Shat On Another Classic
Wheatus - A Little Respect - Downgrade.

Scissor Sisters cover of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb is suprisingly refreshing and different, while still be good. But it pales in comparison to the original. (I dunno if this has been heard outside the UK)

10 Masked Men - (Baby) One more Time - upgrade
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams - evens to upgrade
MM - Tainted Love - downgrade
Sex Pistols - My Way - upgrade
Lita Ford - Only Women Bleed - evens
Aerosmith - Theme from Spiderman - upgrade
Puff Daddy - Every Breath you Take - massive downgrade
All Saints - Under the Bridge - massive downgrade
Alice Cooper - Fire - upgrade
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Trust in Me - massive upgrade
GNR - all of The Spaghetti Incident - I don't know many of these songs, but based on how awful this album is, downgrade.
GNR - Live and Let Die - upgrade
GNR - Sympathy for the Devil - upgrade
Judas Priest - Johnny B Goode - upgrade
Various (the BBC) - Perfect Day - massive downgrade.