Best/Worst cover songs?

What do you think are the best and worst cover songs? In my opinion, the best cover songs are the ones that make it their own, but without taking anything out of the song. For me they would be (in no order):

Best:
99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger
Black Hole Sun by Copeland
The Ghost Of Tom Joad by Rage Against The Machine
Higher Ground by Red Hot Chili Peppers
The One I Love (Live) by Bush

Worst:
Karma Police (Live) by Panic! At The Disco
I Fought The Law by Green Day
Optimistic (Live) by Hanson
Under The Bridge by Gym Class Heros
Smooth Crimminal by Alien Ant Farm

Hmm I'm not one for covers cos I don't exactly think about it but;

Best
Smooth criminal - AAF [It was a good original and good cover]
Hungry Eyes - Eyeopener [Again good origina,good coverl]
Soulfly - Roots bloody roots [ Again good original and good cover]
Gary Jules - Mad World [better than original]
Fear Factory - Cars [Good electronic sorta cover by FF]
Blink 182 - Another girl, another planet [So much better than original]

Worst
I Fought The Law by Green Day that totally was crap especially compared to original.
Trivium - Master of puppets [Never will beat Metallica]

All I can think of atm.

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Originally Posted by Craig

Hmm I'm not one for covers cos I don't exactly think about it but;

Best
Smooth criminal - AAF [It was a good original and good cover]
Hungry Eyes - Eyeopener [Again good origina,good coverl]
Soulfly - Roots bloody roots [ Again good original and good cover]
Gary Jules - Mad World [better than original]
Fear Factory - Cars [Good electronic sorta cover by FF]
Blink 182 - Another girl, another planet [So much better than original]

Worst
I Fought The Law by Green Day that totally was crap especially compared to original.
Trivium - Master of puppets [Never will beat Metallica]

All I can think of atm.

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I just thought Smooth Criminal was too rediculous:rolleyes: Almost like a joke to cover a Micheal Jackson song with rock

Best:
My Chemical Romance - Astro Zombies (I've never heard the original, but I thought this was good.)
Pearl Jam - Creep (I prefer this to the original actually)
Gary Jules - Mad World (Hated it at first, and it's not as good as the original, but it's okay.)

Worst:
Panic! At The Disco - Karma Police (Worst thing I've ever heard)
Gym Class Heroes - Under The Bridge (I love GCH but I thought this was poor.)

Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love (ew?)

Best:
new found glory - glory of love
nada surf - if you leave
rufio - like a prayer
the wallflowers - I'm looking through you
rufus wainwright - across the universe
ben folds - golden slumbers
ben harper - strawberry fields forever
the black crowes - lucy in the sky with diamonds
stereophonics - don't let me down
howie day - help!
the postal service - take a look at me now

Those are all the good ones I can think of, couldn't think of any bad ones but I'm sure they'll come to me later and I'll post them.

oh yeah, Iron & Wine - Such Great Heights is an awful cover of the Postal Service.

Best:

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
Marylin Manson - Tainted Love
The Futureheads - Hounds Of Love

Worst:

Lily Allen - Naive
PCD - Tainted Love

I'm sure i'll think of more :)

The whole Unplugged album by Nirvana. I prefer all their covers to the originals.

McFly completely murdered Mr. Brightside by the Killers though.

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Originally Posted by ..:SONNY:..

Best:

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
Marylin Manson - Tainted Love
The Futureheads - Hounds Of Love

Worst:

Lily Allen - Naive
PCD - Tainted Love

I'm sure i'll think of more :)

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Ooer, I didn't know Hounds of Love was a cover. I love that song :]