Pulling out the Covers

[tboy]

I don't know how this thread can exist without talking about Johnny Cash's version of Hurt by Nine Inch Nails. After they released it, Trent Reznor said he thought Cash did such a phenomenal job with it that he considered the song his from now on and wouldn't touch the song again. Personally, I like both but the menaing changes for me depending on the version (even though the words don't change).

I like the covers that Marilyn Manson does even though I think the man is a retard. He gives the songs a dirtier quality that gives them a fresh spin and peel back the raw core of what is in the lyrics that was only being obscured in the originals.

If you want a painful cover, try to find Tainted Love redone by Coil. Now that takes the cake in my books.

Yeah, I forgot about Cash's version of Hurt. That thing kicked ass.

I know what you mean about manson, a whackjob of the first order but he does have a way with "cutting to the core" as you so aptly put it.....

I also forgot the following covers that are cool:

Marvin Gaye "Sexual Healing" Shaggy
Marvin Gaye "Let's Get it On" Jack Black (believe it or not)

 

[The Daulfin]

I thought about it more and I'm going to throw an obscure one out there that I liked more than the original.

Metallica "Fade to Black" Apoptygma Berzerk

 

[Hammerstein]

I don't know how this thread can exist without talking about Johnny Cash's version of Hurt by Nine Inch Nails.

man I forgot all about that one it was truely awesome

The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack - Twisted Sister