Mick Harvey's two Serge Gainsbourg cover albums (
Intoxicated Man and
Pink Elephants) are brilliant in all aspects. A bit of an obscurity, but highly recommended.
I have to put this among the best covers ever, for the sheer impossibility of it.
Apocalyptica covering Sepultura's
Refuse, Resist. It rocks, with cellos! Awesome!
Since they started as a cover band (doing mostly Metallica), Apo has tons of other covers too. Here's a more recent live version of Creeping Death with a drummer.
And here's an old live version of One:
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Originally Posted by Boblobla
Does the Cake cover of War Pigs offend anyone else?
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I've never heard that one, but that reminds me that
Faith No More covered
War Pigs pretty nicely. Nothing spectacular, but Mike Patton is such an awesome vocalist, and Ozzy isn't, so there's one cover I definitely prefer over the original.
Also, some may crucify me for this, but I really like the
Scissor Sisters version of
Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd). Has a nice video too, too bad it doesn't seem to be on YouTube. I don't really like covers if they're not actually different than the original.
(As another note, I find Buckley's version of Hallelujah to be mostly irritating.)