A cover song I really like is Ocean's cover of creep. It doesn't sound like Radiohead at all, but they really let loose in the song and I think they did it justice by making it entirely their own and not trying to sound anything like radiohead.
Yeah the story behind the “Africa” cover is way better than the cover itself…I still can barely tell the difference between the two songs. Weezer is an odd case though I think because it’s like the entire reason for recording that covers album was for PR & clout. And I’m strangely cool with that because Rock music needs some artists who are willing to do that.
he was phoning it in punk/grunge style. i feel like it could work if the band embraced the same no f*cks given attitude and apply it to the way they play, but the two elements being in such stark contrast just didn't work.
I kinda love Reel Big Fish’s cover of Take on Me. It’s one of the first songs I heard from them. It’s a fun cover. Don’t really see what’s wrong with it.
Alien Ant Farm is such an underrated band. Their M.Jackson cover is awesome, but so is their entire discography. Superb drumming and great songs of different genres. Attitude always gives me goosebumps.
I looked into them after one of Finns videos, and holy shit..love them!! Their cover song has nothing on the rest of their stuff , can't believe it took me so long to look into them
Pantera's cover of Black Sabbath's Planet Caravan is great. I also think Marilyn Manson's covers of Sweet Dreams and Tainted Love are both amazing. Also, Machine Head's cover of Message in a Bottle is really well done.
Planet Caravan cover was amazing, again testament to how good they were. Down initially described themselves as a Black Sabbath covers band that didn't play Sabbath songs, so really comes through Phil's love for them.
I love MH's cover of Message in a Bottle! Planet Caravan by Pantera is also great. Both in my top 10 covers ever. I would add 311 covering Leaving Babylon by Bad Brains to that list.
Manson's cover of Sweet Dreams put him on the map. KoRn's cover of Pink Floyd's ABITW was epic too, they nailed that guitar solo even Pink Floyd members love it!
The most depressing part about Johnny Cash’s cover of Hurt is that while Trent wrote the song to talk about the pain he’s going through, Johnny took the song and made it an official goodbye song especially since he ended up passing away a couple of months later.
When you watch the video of Cash’s version of Hurt keep in mind it was his final recording before he passed. The emotional aspect of that song is powerful
Also, Johnny had done some living before then. It's pretty obvious he felt a connection to what Trent wrote on a deep level, hence leading to the cover.
For a song to be iconic it has to be well known by the masses. Just bc you and your friends like the song doesn't make it iconic. It's a decent cover but not iconic by any measure. The label iconic isn't determined by your or anyone else's opinions but by the impact, being wisely known by the masses and considered the definitive version.
Some of my favorite covers ever are: - Goldfinger's cover of Nena's "99 Red Balloons" - Machinae Supremacy's cover of Britney Spears' "Gimme More" - Fear Factory's cover/collab of Gary Numan's "Cars" - Korn's cover of Cameo's "Word Up" Also, a funny note on Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt: a couple of years ago, I heard some (guessing) early 20-somethings on the metro, and one tells their friends that they found '...some emo guy doing a cover of Johnny Cash' I had to correct the record, that NIN was the original, not a cover 🤣
Johnny Cash really made the song his. It’s like one of the best covers I’ve ever heard. His voice makes the lyrics super haunting. So no wonder maybe a bunch of younger kids think it’s his song :D
Cash's Hurt is one of the most emotionally impactful songs I have ever heard. It feels less like a cover and more like a song whose message can apply to so many walks of life. I bet a hyper pop cover could be done and it would still be affecting and relevant so long as the gravitas of the original lyrics (credit to Reznor) is preserved.
Yeah, its amazing. I just hate that a load of fucking boomers had no idea that it was a cover. Johnny Cash was a legend and always stuck up for younger upcoming generations of musicians, even during the 80s when the whole Satanic Panic shit was going off, him doing a NIN cover was a statement of solidarity as much as anything, it annoys me that there seems to be a fair portion of people who think of themselves as his fans but don't get the intent there.
Being sung by a dying old man that's lived a life full of regrets just transforms the entire song to be a reflection on guilt and personal demons as you face your own judgement day. Even the censored line alters it because crown of thorns gives the impression he's mockingly comparing himself to Christ as a condemnation of the self-destructive hubris he often displayed in his youth.
I have a NIN tattoo, and I adore the original, but Cash made that song his own, it's one of the most powerful song/music video combinations you'll ever experience
When I first heard Johnny Cash do Hurt, I didn't even know it was a cover at first. I don't really like NIN so I wasn't familiar with their catalog and his version was so amazing. I was shocked when I found out it was originally a NIN song
Cash version best version. The NIN version was always impotent and whiny. It always sounded like something a edgy teen would do. The Cash version was more introspective and the pain was real.
I love the killswitch version of Holy Diver, it's on a Dio covers album on which Corey Taylor also did a great version of Rainbow in the dark. Korn are great at covers, their version of another brick in the wall is amazing and the devil went down to Georgia etc.
Fun fact: Howard Jones (former lead singer of Killswitch Engage) was a classically trained operatic singer before he was in the band. That's why his singing voice is so powerful. (I believe he trained with Melissa Cross, who's considered to be a hidden gem in the metal community.) 🤟☺️
Best covers I have evere heared by a Rock/Metalband are "Careless whisper" by Seether and Korn's cover of "One". Limp Bizkit's "Sanitarium" is awesome too.
Korn's version of One is something I still don't know how to feel about. On one hand, it's darker than the original, on the other, that original solo is something that Korn never could (and never did) play. I respect the hell outta Korn, but they aren't known for blazing solos.
20:28 I like Reel Big Fish's ska adaption of Take On Me; again, it's fun and that main keyboard/synth hook from the original translates to horns really well.
Finn just completely overlooks and shit talks ska. Idk how you can think Disturbed's cover of "Sound of Silence" is good and then tear into a perfectly good cover. Every time ska is mentioned, he always uses it as an opportunity to put it down and trivialize it. Ska was a big stepping stone for me and so many others to other kinds of music and Finn never acknowledges it. It's bullshit. He never even talks about bands like Streetlight or Arrogant Sons of Bitches that were not just some goofy ska bands. They had good lyrics and really sweet melodies. But Finn will always overlook this type of music and act like everything is better than it.
@@JarmaRooMcDoo I had a brief exchange with him about this and basically he has been given a bad impression by a lot of ska *fans* - it's got next to nothing to do with the actual music. I said something along the lines of it is better to no to let other people ruin things for you and like or dislike things for what they are, not for who else likes/dislikes it. He acknowledged that as a good point but I guess it wasn't good enough for him to change his perspective. Unless he *does* like ska at least somewhat but likes winding up ska fans even more, which probably has at least some truth to it. It gets people commenting at the very least and he does work at the mercy of that algorithm.
@@Scrinwaipwr i just don't understand how he goes into all these subgenres in great depth and just is so shallow with ska stuff. It's pretentious and disingenuous. If he made something positive with regard to ska, wouldn't it feed the algorithm in the same way? Makes me just not want to watch his videos anymore.
@@JarmaRooMcDoo aye, being positive about ska could be better algorithmically. But it antagonising at least somebody is a proven method. My take is that someone with (or at least willing to portray themselves as if with) such a wholly dismissive attitude towards a genre has only invalid opinions on said genre. So yeah, while he continues to approaches it with such silliness and shallowness, Finn has no valid opinions on ska to me. He slags ska off and I shrug it off as "well you like to wind up the ska fans so you *would* say that." I might express a disagreement in the comments but I'm not going to get upset because that would be daft - and perhaps encourage the dismissiveness.
It's so unfortunate that Alien Ant Farm had to disappear off the radar like that. All the members seemed very talented, especially the bassist, Tye Zamora. The guy had everything: stage presence, technique, and groove.
johnny cash's cover of hurt always makes me want to cry it's so emotionally well done and i love that trent is kind of like "yeah let's just call it johnny cash's song now"
great call that song is a classic. interesting it wasnt on the list since dj sammy or whoever did a cover that was really popular in the 90s or early00s
On the topic of "Last Caress". Metallica played that song live at a lot of gigs from 87 to 96, and even started some shows on the Load tour with it, something that I would think would help spread the song and the Misfits to more people than the studio version by itself.
Totally - Misfits have legions more fans because of Metallica. Basically any band metallica has covered has benefitted from greater popularity. Whether its Diamondhead or Misfits or Discharge or Motorhead.
I would also agree with Finn that the studio version doesn't work that well, but when they play it live it is awesome. They still play it tight the way Metallica does but it's usually faster and with more energy which makes the punky-ness of the song show a bit better.
Metallica's fan club used to have a yearly magazine for the people that actually paid the fee to be an official member. Being in the fan club got you first dibs on tickets, they sent you a special shirt every year and obviously the glossy magazine. Anyway, that magazine was called "So What" named after the Anti-Nowhere League song. Back when I used to go see them ages ago,they used to always open the show with that song! I guess they don't anymore. I don't even know if the fan club is even still a thing. I wonder what all those old shirts are worth now? I probably have 15 of them. Never worn any of em. Was anyone else in that fan club?
Seether’s “Careless Whisper” by George Michael (or Wham).. easily the best cover ever made. Highly recommended. Alien Ant Farm’s debut album is indeed a jewel. 👌🏻
Avenged Sevenfold even has a cover of Malagueña Salerosa, a mexican classic and I as a mexican myself love so much and made me appreciate A7X even more for even doing it in spanish, go give it a try it's actually good, a metal twist to a classic
Bigger amongst metal fans for sure - but in club circles it won't be. I think it's a great, tight cover though. I'd prefer to dance to the original because of the 'building up the layers gradually' and the various differences in the drums and bass .. but for a quick hit on a metal/goth dancefloor, Orgy's is great.
I remember Alien Ant Farm playing Warped Tour and they wouldn’t play the cover till the end of the set to make sure people stuck around. I saw them again a a year later and they refused to even play it. Years and years later after they were a bit past their prime they played in Richland, WA at Rays Golden Lion (RIP) and the show sold out. They did play ‘Smooth Criminal’ and the place went NUTS. Honestly one of the most fun shows I’ve ever been too. Alien Ant Farm knew how to play a small venue and make it fun.
The only experience I have with them, they were douches. They showed up an hour late to the venue, pushed everything back an hour, then threw a fit when they weren't going to go on until 1:30 AM. Their tour manager yelled at us to get our stuff of the stage, punched our tour manager and then we ended up in a brawl on stage in front of the crowd with their crew.
Would love to see another episode!! Some of my favorite covers are "Hallowed be thy Name" by Cradle of Filth, "Summer Breeze" by Type O Negative, "Room 429" by Strapping Young Lad, "Sail" by Devil Driver, and "Fields of Athenry" by Dropkick Murphys.
I respectfully disagree with you about "Take on Me" covered by Reel Big Fish. I dig it, it's fun and doesn't take itself too seriously. With that being said, please make more volumes of this discussion. There's a *LOT* of material for covers to use.
Killswitch is great cause they clearly have a sense of humor. I'm not surprised they had fun with the Holy Diver video. I saw them live a couple of years ago, the show was a few days after Christmas and the whole band came out in matching Santa costumes and had Christmas decorations all over the stage.
i know this is gonna sound like one of those "not like the other girls"-comments, but I'm no contrarian gatekeeper metalhead and i legitimately dislike what Disturbed did with the Sound of Silence. it just doesn't sound right to me.
I get where you're coming from, you're not alone. Personally I think the song got hyped so much because mainstream critics don't like metal and punk and they have always praised when punk/metal/heavy bands move away punk/metal/heavy music - even if the results are uninspiring.
Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt is amazing. And it completely hits the mark making his own. It's amazing the story it tells. I get a completely different vibe from the original, with a very similar mood. With Trent I get sadness from hopelessness. With Johnny I get sadness with regret. Both are incredible. Well done
Disturbed’s cover of Land of Confusion by Genesis has always been one of my favorites. David Draiman’s voice has always reminded me of a metal version of Phil Collins.
I personally love Seether's cover of George Michael's Careless Whisper. It goes hard to me but idk what other people think so I think it would be a great song to mention.
I’m shocked it wasn’t mentioned. I’m also surprised none of Disturbed’s earlier covers got mentioned. Although I guess Sound Of Silence was probably the most popular they did.
Dinosaur Jr.'s cover of "Just Like Heaven" is the best cover ever. So much so that Robert Smith started playing a more distorted guitar opening during live sets ever since.
One of my favorite covers by far. Love both bands. Saw the cure a few years back and I can confirm Robert ripped that guitar just a bit more like mascus version.❤️
Wow you totally nailed it! When I was 14, I got the garage days $5.98 EP cassette. When I heard Last Caress, I researched Danzig who was in the credits for the song. I then found the Misfits, and lemme tell you, my life was changed.
I saw Killswitch Engage live 4 years ago and they played Holy Diver as an Encore!!!!!! It was seriously so awesome and the live version was best! Adam adds a few little things to it live.
Thats a cover? what? no way lol I listened to chasing ghosts all the way through and never guessed that but it makes sense as amity affliction was really on fire during that era with chasing ghosts and let the ocean take me, no bad songs at all on those albums, I really wish they wouldn't have gotten as soft as they are now as the really heavy but sing along melodic thing they had going on was super good and unbeatable for a really long time
- Ice T's cover of ST's Institutionalized needs a mention - why are pretty much all GN'R covers better than the originals - MMason's cover of Eurythmics is another example of a cover song putting someone on the map - Slayer's album of punk covers Undisputed Attitude is great, I think, but also has that weird feel of punk played with metal precision
Would love a second video like this, talking about more covers, really enjoyed this :) Ideas: Nirvana - Seasons in the Sun Motorhead - Enter Sandman Sonic Youth - Moist Vagina Hi-Standard - California Dreaming
I think their cover of Land of Confusion is so much better. To me, they captured the whole vibe of the original, but in a more metal package. Even the vocals seemed to echo Phil Collins in a cool way. It's like the same line drawn a bit further into more distorted territory, but still the same direction.
For me, it's not that I can't stand the cover so much as I can't stand how much people absolutely gush over it. People acted like Draiman is the most versatile vocalist the world has ever seen because he can go from singing soft to doing his nu-metal yelling. It's just hard for me to echo that praise when I can think of like 20 metalcore vocalists that can do the same thing, but they get swept under the rug because people think screaming is scary.
It sucked, I don’t think people who say the song is supposed to be quiet and chill are contrarian. Disturbeds cover is way way way over the top and melodramatic.
@@jakeybball I completely agree and as I have not tied my soul to a specific genre, I don't see how that could be contrarian either. It's just taste I guess. I don't like Disney musical music either.
The "Still Fly" cover brings me right back to the days of fake diamond gauges and camo New Era fitteds, rolling into the high school parking lot smoking a Camel Light in my Eagle Talon with the sunroof open for no reason. Man, I miss 2005.
I still kinda felt that “you had to like one genre” mentality in my high school in early/mid 2000s. Sadly I subscribed to it and didn’t discover more stuff till like my senior year
@William Sussman. Growing up in School during the mid to late 00’s and early 2010’s was also like that. But I didn’t get into music until I left College when I was 19 back in the mid 2010’s. I just couldn’t find a sound that I liked, until I was discovering Nu-Metal on TH-cam and I finally found my sound. But growing up in School in the late 00’s and early 2010’s, you were either a 2000’s and early 10’s Rap fan, a Emo/Pop Punk fan, or a 2000’s and early 10’s PoP/R&B/Top 40 fan. And I hated all of that. I finally found my sound when I was 19 listening to Nu-Metal/Alt Metal but I’ve since branched out and like some Symphonic Metal and a like Trip Hop as well But I also don’t get those that listen to everything, I find that strange.
FINN THANK YOU, I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY CRAZY ONE WHO IS A FAN OF ALIEN ANT FARM My dad bought Anthology back in 2001, year I was born. When I found the CD I listened to it and couldn't stop listening. It was the most fresh stuff back in those days, the rest was even obnoxious of how samey everything was. Very talented and creative guys, shame that Smooth Criminal shadowed their potential.
2001. Ahh to be in High School again. My best friend lived down the street from Mike Cosgrove and we would walk down the street and watch them practice in his garage, when they were just a local garage band, back in like 98-99. Then in 2000 they started touring with Papa Roach. When Anthology came out they would come to our local Shakeys pizza place and hang out during Karaoke night, they even brought their tour bus one time.
Anthology was massive in the U.K., I got burned a copy from a mate who lived on my street who wasn’t even into that kinds of music, ask most people mid-30s and the majority will be a fan of it! I remember seeing Movies on MTV2 when it came out the first time but Smooth Criminal is what blew them up, hence the rerelease of Movies with a new video (and much bigger budget!). Also want to add Zamora is an awesome bass player
The thing with the Puddle of Mudd's Nirvana cover was the fact that they've done it very well in the past. Either Wes was having a bad day or, more likely, he's somewhat having trouble accepting he's ruined his higher range, hence why he tends to go lower on Blurry nowadays. Also, good god, that Korn cover of One sounds hype as fuck. Children of Bodom actually did a LOT of covers, believe they did like one per album, plus bonus tracks. The cover compilation Skeletons In The Closet is probably the best way to hear them all
Rage Against the Machine's cover of Bruce Springsteen's The Ghost of Tom Joad is a good one. RATM actually did a good job of making it sound like an original of theirs and I'm not like a HUGE ratm fan but I was pretty impressed with that.
That whole record rules. Very original takes on the songs their covering. The bass on "How I Could Just..." is SO heavy. Drums on Street Fighting Man is killer too.
Johnny Cash's cover of Soundgarden's "Rusty Cage" is pretty damn sweet too! Anything that Me First & The Gimme Gimmes do is gold. For your "Wrecking Ball" cover, I would go with Dustin Kensrue's acoustic version. It's great. Chris Cornell covering Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U" is epic! Foo Fighters cover of Prince's "Darling Nikki" is good. RIP Taylor :( Social Distortion "Maybelline" (Chuck Berry) Mike Ness "Don't Think Twice" (Bob Dylan) Hot Water Music covering Alkaline Trio's "Radio". Ragan's a beast!! No Use For A Name covering "Beth" by Kiss. Still miss ya Mr. Sly :(
I'm 30 yo boomer so I haven't heard of these new rappers, but that Machine Gun Kelly guy definitely assasinated Aerials, his vocal performance is barely matche by the drummer barely gracing a drum with a single stick while holding a shaker on the other hand, but then I checked from Howard Stern's as well Post Malone's cover of Better Man, and that was a pallet cleanser, guy looks mean but he nailed the song and seems like a nice guy for a change.
A cover I think is so underrated is AFI's cover of head like a hole by Nine Inch Nails, Davey's scream vocals on it are some of the best that you'll find on an AFI recording
I know Sound of silence totally blew up but i LOVE Disturbed's cover of Land of confusion. Also FFDP have done the amazing cover of house of the rising sun, and the abomination of a cover that is gone away.
All of Disturbed's covers were great in my opinion. Shout I really loved as I grew up with oldies loving parents so I was already aware of Tears for Fears and loved what David did with the vocals for it. Honestly that's the song that got me hooked as it showed me that many metal musicians had appreciation for the classics (I was like 11-12 when I first heard the album).
I'm gonna get famous for covering a song by the Melvins. Since nobody ever gives them credit for being one of the best bands since the 80's...(if you've never heard of them, look up a few songs, watch a few old public access videos from their old high school, watch any documentary about Nirvana, (or one about Grunge) and jump down that rabbit hole for yourself... 🐇
One of my favorites is blink-182 covering A Letter to Elise by the Cure and also their take on “Another Girl, Another Planet” by the Only Ones. Solid covers that are great tributes to the originals in my opinion!
Your right shouldn't try to cover Pantera and Suicide silence covered blind by korn musically started good till dude opened his mouth, I'm orginal KoRn Kid been following them since 93 before first album and I'm sure John would be honored but he would say my fans probably gonna hate it and we do
Just wanna put it out there that Amon Amarth did a cover of Aerials that was actually really good. I believe it was off of their album Surtur Rising but I could be wrong. Definitely a better job doing the song justice than MGK.
I really think Alien Ant Farm is underrated. Smooth Criminal and Movies were not the best songs on that album. Also I saw them on tour with Anthology and, as a live band, they were absolutely incredible to see.
I'll drop a few favourites of mine: Mudvayne - King of Pain Sepultura - Sympton of the Universe Rammstein - Stripped Deftones - Simple Man DevilDriver - Sail Metallica - Sabbra Cadabra Soulfly - In The Meatime Pantera - The Badge Throwdown - Becoming
There's actually a older video of Puddle of Mudd performing "About A Girl" on the internet and Wes experienced no trouble singing it. It certainly isn't out of his range, he was just trying way too hard to make it intense or something.
I reckon Wes didn't warm up his voice properly (if at all) on that infamous day. That's certainly what it sounds like. Never underestimate the power and importance of pre-performance vocal warm-ups!
@ghost mall preferring the original is one thing. Taste is subjective after all. Getting irrationally angry and screaming "its shit! they fucking ruined it!" at the top of your lungs, then proceeding to be aggressive with people for the next hour or so is another.
I remember here in Aus a guy attempted to sing Holy Diver at a karaoke bar and butchered it so badly that a Dio fan was actually offended enough to walk up and punch the guy in the face. It made the news. 😂
Killswitch had the advantage of every single member of the band being extremely talented in their genre. I personally think Howard is vastly superior to Jesse but even he is pretty great. Plus Ronnie James Dio was such a talented singer that only someone as good as Howard could cover him successfully. And I think they also incorporated the metalcore riffs and the screams successfully without it just sounding like “Our Last Night- Holy Diver (metal cover)” or something
Yeah, it works surprisingly well. Going back to that Dio tribute album though, Rob Halford's take on "Man on the Silver Mountain" sucked. I was so disappointed. I think he intentionally held back because he and Ronnie respected the hell out of each other and he didn't want to step on Ronnie by oversinging. But I think that's what everyone wanted! We wanted Halford to pay respect to Ronnie by going full Halford! Just like if it were the other way around, we'd want Ronnie to pay respects to Halford by going full Ronnie! Most of that album is fantastic though. Anthrax, Tenacious D, Metallica, Doro, Biff Byford and Lemmy, Klaus Meine, Corey Taylor, Lzzy Hale, and Glenn Hughes especially put in fantastic takes
Howard Jones is a better metal vocalist, but Jesse is a better hardcore/heavier vocalist. Love them both and love them even more for the fact that they are friends despite being replacements of each other. Both really cool and good guys. They went against the grain and instead of dismissing eachother like divas, they became friends and thats super respectable.
I do think Howard is an amazing vocalist, and to me even up for discussion as being one of the top 5 metal vocals of all time, but I think Jesse is also really good, just not as talented as Howard and overshadowed because of that. He still holds his own when you compare him to other metal vocalists that have a similar style.
On the topic of the Garage Days covers: School of Rock using Metallica’s cover of the Wait by Killing Joke had a huge impact on me in the long run. First of all, it eventually lead me to Killing Joke but more importantly that cover is just killer and honestly might be better than the original imo. The opening two note riff, the chugging and Lars’ caveman drumming just enhance that song to another level energy wise.
Sevenfold has much better covers than their walk cover. Personally I really like the runaway cover they did. Taking a very straight forward old rock track and making it sound like a 90s punk rock song. Now I'll admit that its not super groundbreaking but I've always seen their covers tasteful or at least interesting cuz the covers they've done really shows their influences.
Personal favourite of mine is Ice Nine Kills covering Animals by Maroon 5. Completely changes the feel and dynamic of the song, to the point where it actually sounds better as a metalcore song
One of my favorite underrated covers is Upon a Burning Body and Ice-T covering Turn Down for What. I also dig Four Year Strong's 90s cover album, some amazing renditions on there.
bring me the horizon's cover of Slipknot's eyeless was quite funny and enjoying. It was in their count your blessings era so it wasn't that technically good, but i remember even corey taylor saying he enjoyed it
I went to the Johnny Cash museum in Nashville and at the very end they have a television that plays the Hurt music video on repeat. I swear, I walked out of there crying for two hours straight. That video just always gets to me, especially knowing that both Johnny and June would be gone in less than a year.
16:15 I think a big part of the reason 80’s and 90’s subgrenres were more restrictive and cross pollinated less is simply due to the technology. Back then if you wanted to get into an obscure genre you needed to invest a lot more time, effort and money to acquire albums. Being into everything wasn’t really feasible for a lot of people so they picked a few genres and dove into those more exclusively. Plus with the limited communication it wouldn’t surprise me if some of the more underground subgrenres were barely even aware of each others existence. Enter the internet age and all of a sudden the only thing separating you from checking out a new genre was trying to find a good torrent or download. Then TH-cam and digital distribution came along and really broke it open.
If I had my way I'd never hear Reel Big Fish's cover of "Take on Me" ever again. That being said, I think it's actually a great cover; my issue is that when I was in high school, everybody played it to death. My problem with it is that I heard a lifetime's worth of plays in only a few years.
Would love another episode of this! My favorite cover has to be My Sharona by The Number Twelve Looks Like You! Would love to hear your thoughts, Finn!
Interesting what you say about Scene music. In the UK,I remember going to clubs where the first hour would be poison the well, madball, bleeding through and then later in teh night you'd hear Hey Ya and Milkshake by Kelis. Good times
I always loved A Perfect Circle's cover of The Nurse Who Loved Me and Imagine. I feel like in all their covers they incorporate their own sound to make it different from the original, but only by so much.
@ Finn: You made me smile when you described Children of Bodom as a serious metal band. Anyway, they always released cover versions. In the beginning, they took the usual suspects like Slayer or Scorpions. But later on, they covered songs by Creedance Clearwater Revival, Pat Banetar, Andrew W.K., Kenny Rogers and even Poison. And I do think that it´s always better if you take a song from another genre. I mean, how many metal bands released covers of "Angel of Death" that sound like the original? Btw, a suggestion for a video: An european metal tier list!
Nah bro, soad's singer's voice is great adding all those melodies to the song. Amon amarth's cover lacks melody. I love amon amarth but they picked not the best song for their style.
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FINN ou are the GOAT and I agreed with you 100% up until that ice cold REEL BIG FISH take... A rare L
so good to hear some people have appreciation for Alien Ant Farm... Always thought they were underrated
You gotta see this!
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...wow.talk about prophetic.
A cover song I really like is Ocean's cover of creep. It doesn't sound like Radiohead at all, but they really let loose in the song and I think they did it justice by making it entirely their own and not trying to sound anything like radiohead.
Have you ever heard of copies, clones and replicants, the cover album by powerman 5000?
That MGK cover of Aerials just aborted a child I haven't even conceived yet.
I almost fell out of my chair laughing at this.
Did you get the easy likes you wanted? I'm sure it'll have an impact on your life 😂
Can't you just say " rubbed one out" instead of always trying to make it poetic ?
the second Armenian genocide
@@thedogfromraditude5449 the dog from raditude!!!!!!!!
“What’s the point of covering a song if it’s just a slightly less good version of the original?”
As a Weezer fan I really felt that.
Godsmack - Nothing else matters. Sounds the same just no beautiful guitar solo.
Yeah the story behind the “Africa” cover is way better than the cover itself…I still can barely tell the difference between the two songs. Weezer is an odd case though I think because it’s like the entire reason for recording that covers album was for PR & clout. And I’m strangely cool with that because Rock music needs some artists who are willing to do that.
@@JA-ng7yo I’m a nu metal fan, what’s a guitar solo? I’m confused.
Weezer didn't put any change on that toto song
Kids bop
That MGK cover was hilarious. Not surprised that you could not say anything about it because just showing 5 seconds of it explains everything.
came to say this. maybe he was trying to do a horrible nick cave impression lol
It shows what a horrid singing voice he has - thank dog for studio magic
I thought it was going to be his Paramore cover that one is actually pretty good
he was phoning it in punk/grunge style. i feel like it could work if the band embraced the same no f*cks given attitude and apply it to the way they play, but the two elements being in such stark contrast just didn't work.
@@dt-hf8vz that would have been too sophisticated for him
I kinda love Reel Big Fish’s cover of Take on Me. It’s one of the first songs I heard from them. It’s a fun cover. Don’t really see what’s wrong with it.
I was thinking the same thing. That's the beauty of music, we can all have our opinions. I will forever love that cover.
Finn just has a hatred of ska lol. only reason he hates it is because it's ska. objectively speaking, i think it's a great cover
Finn hates 3rd wave. he wont touch it.
@@rcalv25 ditto ha
Yea, he’s insane. That cover is loved by everyone that hears it except for Finn
Alien Ant Farm is such an underrated band. Their M.Jackson cover is awesome, but so is their entire discography. Superb drumming and great songs of different genres. Attitude always gives me goosebumps.
I looked into them after one of Finns videos, and holy shit..love them!! Their cover song has nothing on the rest of their stuff , can't believe it took me so long to look into them
I though that was the original... Bruh
Korn has a lot of solid covers actually. I always thought their sound naturally lends its self to blending with different stuff.
Word up
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Yeah Johns voice seems to suit at least a lot or most of what he does
@@Devik666 my fav so far is would by Alice in chains
I love their cover of Another Brick in the Wall
Pantera's cover of Black Sabbath's Planet Caravan is great. I also think Marilyn Manson's covers of Sweet Dreams and Tainted Love are both amazing. Also, Machine Head's cover of Message in a Bottle is really well done.
Planet Caravan cover was amazing, again testament to how good they were. Down initially described themselves as a Black Sabbath covers band that didn't play Sabbath songs, so really comes through Phil's love for them.
I love MH's cover of Message in a Bottle! Planet Caravan by Pantera is also great. Both in my top 10 covers ever. I would add 311 covering Leaving Babylon by Bad Brains to that list.
Love their Planet Caravan cover
Manson's cover of Sweet Dreams put him on the map. KoRn's cover of Pink Floyd's ABITW was epic too, they nailed that guitar solo even Pink Floyd members love it!
99 Red Balloons better be here, Goldfinger's cover was awesome
7 Seconds had a DAMN good cover too
You could do a whole video on different covers of this one lol
But then he'd have to admit some ska bands are good instead of using reel big fish as the one and only representative band.
@@Ravazine HARD agree
@@Ravazine haha yes
And also, who didn’t love the Take on me Cover as a teenager
The most depressing part about Johnny Cash’s cover of Hurt is that while Trent wrote the song to talk about the pain he’s going through, Johnny took the song and made it an official goodbye song especially since he ended up passing away a couple of months later.
Yeah man, 100% right. That's a crazy last song for a legend like Johnny cash
To me Cash's version expressed and entire life of a pain that seemed never-ending. And then it ended.
Trent even said himself "It's not my song anymore"
I legit thought it was his own original swan song
When you watch the video of Cash’s version of Hurt keep in mind it was his final recording before he passed. The emotional aspect of that song is powerful
Also, Johnny had done some living before then. It's pretty obvious he felt a connection to what Trent wrote on a deep level, hence leading to the cover.
You should check out the YTP of that cover. "Cum" by Jojjy Smash.
"I shit myself today, it really fuckin stinks"
Killswitches version of holy diver is iconic! Ever listen to btbams whole cover album?
YES! Glad I'm not the only one who loves that version.
For a song to be iconic it has to be well known by the masses. Just bc you and your friends like the song doesn't make it iconic. It's a decent cover but not iconic by any measure. The label iconic isn't determined by your or anyone else's opinions but by the impact, being wisely known by the masses and considered the definitive version.
Honestly, it was the song that put them on the map for me.
@@FURTHER_ADO The video has 41 million views, pretty iconic.
@Jd Slim the youtube video alone has 50M views
Anybody that knows anything about metalcore knows the holy diver cover by killswitch.
You're bugging
Some of my favorite covers ever are:
- Goldfinger's cover of Nena's "99 Red Balloons"
- Machinae Supremacy's cover of Britney Spears' "Gimme More"
- Fear Factory's cover/collab of Gary Numan's "Cars"
- Korn's cover of Cameo's "Word Up"
Also, a funny note on Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt: a couple of years ago, I heard some (guessing) early 20-somethings on the metro, and one tells their friends that they found '...some emo guy doing a cover of Johnny Cash' I had to correct the record, that NIN was the original, not a cover 🤣
I favor Fear Factory covering U2 personally. I Will Follow is a jam
one of my favourite is Denzel Currys cover of bulls on parade from rage against the machine. He really nailed it!
@@stilllbornn 100%, so hype, he killed it
@@stilllbornn hell yeah he did, that cover was absolute fire
Johnny Cash really made the song his. It’s like one of the best covers I’ve ever heard. His voice makes the lyrics super haunting. So no wonder maybe a bunch of younger kids think it’s his song :D
Cash's Hurt is one of the most emotionally impactful songs I have ever heard. It feels less like a cover and more like a song whose message can apply to so many walks of life. I bet a hyper pop cover could be done and it would still be affecting and relevant so long as the gravitas of the original lyrics (credit to Reznor) is preserved.
Yeah, its amazing. I just hate that a load of fucking boomers had no idea that it was a cover. Johnny Cash was a legend and always stuck up for younger upcoming generations of musicians, even during the 80s when the whole Satanic Panic shit was going off, him doing a NIN cover was a statement of solidarity as much as anything, it annoys me that there seems to be a fair portion of people who think of themselves as his fans but don't get the intent there.
Cash made that song his own even that music video it’s almost like he’s reading out his own eulogy
There are two songs in existence that are impossible for me to listen without, at the very least, shedding a tear. This song is one of them.
Being sung by a dying old man that's lived a life full of regrets just transforms the entire song to be a reflection on guilt and personal demons as you face your own judgement day.
Even the censored line alters it because crown of thorns gives the impression he's mockingly comparing himself to Christ as a condemnation of the self-destructive hubris he often displayed in his youth.
I have a NIN tattoo, and I adore the original, but Cash made that song his own, it's one of the most powerful song/music video combinations you'll ever experience
When I first heard Johnny Cash do Hurt, I didn't even know it was a cover at first. I don't really like NIN so I wasn't familiar with their catalog and his version was so amazing. I was shocked when I found out it was originally a NIN song
To be fair, Trent Reznor who was initially angry that Johnny was covering his song gave it a listen. And later stated "Yeah, that's his song now"
Cash version is so much better
Cash version best version. The NIN version was always impotent and whiny. It always sounded like something a edgy teen would do. The Cash version was more introspective and the pain was real.
I love the killswitch version of Holy Diver, it's on a Dio covers album on which Corey Taylor also did a great version of Rainbow in the dark. Korn are great at covers, their version of another brick in the wall is amazing and the devil went down to Georgia etc.
Fun fact: Howard Jones (former lead singer of Killswitch Engage) was a classically trained operatic singer before he was in the band. That's why his singing voice is so powerful. (I believe he trained with Melissa Cross, who's considered to be a hidden gem in the metal community.) 🤟☺️
Best covers I have evere heared by a Rock/Metalband are "Careless whisper" by Seether and Korn's cover of "One".
Limp Bizkit's "Sanitarium" is awesome too.
I love that Sanitarium cover. Replacing the guitar solo with turntable scratches was a stroke of genius.
They also did a good version of Behind Blue Eyes
Korn's version of One is something I still don't know how to feel about. On one hand, it's darker than the original, on the other, that original solo is something that Korn never could (and never did) play. I respect the hell outta Korn, but they aren't known for blazing solos.
That Seether cover got mainstream radio play by me. It's definitely one of the best "butt-rock" covers I've heard.
You need to evere heared? more rock then
20:28 I like Reel Big Fish's ska adaption of Take On Me; again, it's fun and that main keyboard/synth hook from the original translates to horns really well.
Agreed it’s not the best but still a good go from RBF and amazing live honestly
Finn just completely overlooks and shit talks ska. Idk how you can think Disturbed's cover of "Sound of Silence" is good and then tear into a perfectly good cover. Every time ska is mentioned, he always uses it as an opportunity to put it down and trivialize it. Ska was a big stepping stone for me and so many others to other kinds of music and Finn never acknowledges it. It's bullshit. He never even talks about bands like Streetlight or Arrogant Sons of Bitches that were not just some goofy ska bands. They had good lyrics and really sweet melodies. But Finn will always overlook this type of music and act like everything is better than it.
@@JarmaRooMcDoo I had a brief exchange with him about this and basically he has been given a bad impression by a lot of ska *fans* - it's got next to nothing to do with the actual music. I said something along the lines of it is better to no to let other people ruin things for you and like or dislike things for what they are, not for who else likes/dislikes it. He acknowledged that as a good point but I guess it wasn't good enough for him to change his perspective.
Unless he *does* like ska at least somewhat but likes winding up ska fans even more, which probably has at least some truth to it. It gets people commenting at the very least and he does work at the mercy of that algorithm.
@@Scrinwaipwr i just don't understand how he goes into all these subgenres in great depth and just is so shallow with ska stuff. It's pretentious and disingenuous. If he made something positive with regard to ska, wouldn't it feed the algorithm in the same way? Makes me just not want to watch his videos anymore.
@@JarmaRooMcDoo aye, being positive about ska could be better algorithmically. But it antagonising at least somebody is a proven method.
My take is that someone with (or at least willing to portray themselves as if with) such a wholly dismissive attitude towards a genre has only invalid opinions on said genre.
So yeah, while he continues to approaches it with such silliness and shallowness, Finn has no valid opinions on ska to me. He slags ska off and I shrug it off as "well you like to wind up the ska fans so you *would* say that."
I might express a disagreement in the comments but I'm not going to get upset because that would be daft - and perhaps encourage the dismissiveness.
That awkward moment when your band is a one hit wonder and it's a cover...
That's why they named their first album Greatest Hits lol
@@maxh9579 remo drive?
It's so unfortunate that Alien Ant Farm had to disappear off the radar like that. All the members seemed very talented, especially the bassist, Tye Zamora. The guy had everything: stage presence, technique, and groove.
johnny cash's cover of hurt always makes me want to cry it's so emotionally well done and i love that trent is kind of like "yeah let's just call it johnny cash's song now"
The Ataris' cover of Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer"
You can make the argument their cover is better than the original.
great call that song is a classic. interesting it wasnt on the list since dj sammy or whoever did a cover that was really popular in the 90s or early00s
The vocals are so much better in the cover version. Don Henley just sounds kind of whiny in the original.
@@neek1126 blasphemy. Don Henley is one of the all time great rock singers.
This one goes into the same category as AAF Smooth Criminal, it's a good cover, but unfortunately overshadowed all of their other songs.
On the topic of "Last Caress". Metallica played that song live at a lot of gigs from 87 to 96, and even started some shows on the Load tour with it, something that I would think would help spread the song and the Misfits to more people than the studio version by itself.
Metallica were massively into the Misfits because of Cliff Burton. On a side note, Guns n' Roses routinely the Misfits live.
Totally - Misfits have legions more fans because of Metallica. Basically any band metallica has covered has benefitted from greater popularity. Whether its Diamondhead or Misfits or Discharge or Motorhead.
I would also agree with Finn that the studio version doesn't work that well, but when they play it live it is awesome. They still play it tight the way Metallica does but it's usually faster and with more energy which makes the punky-ness of the song show a bit better.
Wasn't their a live version on live shit binge purge?
Metallica's fan club used to have a yearly magazine for the people that actually paid the fee to be an official member. Being in the fan club got you first dibs on tickets, they sent you a special shirt every year and obviously the glossy magazine. Anyway, that magazine was called "So What" named after the Anti-Nowhere League song. Back when I used to go see them ages ago,they used to always open the show with that song! I guess they don't anymore. I don't even know if the fan club is even still a thing. I wonder what all those old shirts are worth now? I probably have 15 of them. Never worn any of em. Was anyone else in that fan club?
Seether’s “Careless Whisper” by George Michael (or Wham).. easily the best cover ever made. Highly recommended.
Alien Ant Farm’s debut album is indeed a jewel. 👌🏻
Was looking for this comment. It's definitely way up there.
Agree. Do they have a bad cover though?
I was about to mention this. They seriously did amazing with it and gave it so much depth and emotion.
Avenged Sevenfold even has a cover of Malagueña Salerosa, a mexican classic and I as a mexican myself love so much and made me appreciate A7X even more for even doing it in spanish, go give it a try it's actually good, a metal twist to a classic
All those covers they did for the stage album extras are great
How did Finn "ADTR's Biggest Fan" McKenty neglect to mention their cover of Kelly Clarkson's Since U Been Gone? Shameful.
Good point, dude. Also, a good cover song.
Gotta be in Part 2 for sure.
Awesome cover!!!
Since Kelly Clarkson's is a cover of Since You've Been Gone by Rainbow, is it a cover of a cover, or a separate cover to Rainbow?
@@aoifemcneill3714 what are you talking about? They're different songs.
I always felt Orgy doing (a great version of) Blue Monday kind of fell into the AAF trap of the cover being a bigger hit than their original material.
Bigger amongst metal fans for sure - but in club circles it won't be. I think it's a great, tight cover though. I'd prefer to dance to the original because of the 'building up the layers gradually' and the various differences in the drums and bass .. but for a quick hit on a metal/goth dancefloor, Orgy's is great.
I remember Alien Ant Farm playing Warped Tour and they wouldn’t play the cover till the end of the set to make sure people stuck around. I saw them again a a year later and they refused to even play it. Years and years later after they were a bit past their prime they played in Richland, WA at Rays Golden Lion (RIP) and the show sold out. They did play ‘Smooth Criminal’ and the place went NUTS. Honestly one of the most fun shows I’ve ever been too. Alien Ant Farm knew how to play a small venue and make it fun.
AAF is actually a really good quirky fun band.
The only experience I have with them, they were douches. They showed up an hour late to the venue, pushed everything back an hour, then threw a fit when they weren't going to go on until 1:30 AM. Their tour manager yelled at us to get our stuff of the stage, punched our tour manager and then we ended up in a brawl on stage in front of the crowd with their crew.
@@PrelectXBL thats pretty rock n roll
Sound of silence blows, it's over dramatic.
Big time.
Would love to see another episode!! Some of my favorite covers are "Hallowed be thy Name" by Cradle of Filth, "Summer Breeze" by Type O Negative, "Room 429" by Strapping Young Lad, "Sail" by Devil Driver, and "Fields of Athenry" by Dropkick Murphys.
I respectfully disagree with you about "Take on Me" covered by Reel Big Fish. I dig it, it's fun and doesn't take itself too seriously. With that being said, please make more volumes of this discussion. There's a *LOT* of material for covers to use.
Ska fuckin sucks lol
For most of the reasons he doesn’t like this song, is basically the reasons I like it. And he still hits the “in a day or twoooooooo”.
Killswitch is great cause they clearly have a sense of humor. I'm not surprised they had fun with the Holy Diver video. I saw them live a couple of years ago, the show was a few days after Christmas and the whole band came out in matching Santa costumes and had Christmas decorations all over the stage.
As a huge Dio fan, I immediately noticed they pretty much recreated the original Holy Diver video and its great
I've seen KSE live too. It was great, it was around 2005 or 2006 I believe!
@@LeadMe2TheBliss Adam undoubtably running around in short shorts and a cape while playing guitar.
Of course because Adam D is a KOOKY dude. 😀 I love KSE .
i know this is gonna sound like one of those "not like the other girls"-comments, but I'm no contrarian gatekeeper metalhead and i legitimately dislike what Disturbed did with the Sound of Silence. it just doesn't sound right to me.
I get where you're coming from, you're not alone.
Personally I think the song got hyped so much because mainstream critics don't like metal and punk and they have always praised when punk/metal/heavy bands move away punk/metal/heavy music - even if the results are uninspiring.
I agree. It's awful
I actually love Disturbed's version
It was genuine
Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt is amazing. And it completely hits the mark making his own. It's amazing the story it tells. I get a completely different vibe from the original, with a very similar mood. With Trent I get sadness from hopelessness. With Johnny I get sadness with regret. Both are incredible. Well done
Genuinely surprised you didn't mention A Day to Remember's cover of Over My Head (Cable Car). It is sooooo good.
The Man In Black’s version of “Hurt” is the best cover I’ve ever heard. I think it’s safe to say it’s the best cover I ever will hear too!
You should check out Charles Bradley covering Changes by Black Sabbath. It's equally good
@@jacobprice8048 that's the one ised in the intro to Big Mouth, yeah?
God I'm the only one who disagrees
WHAT THE HELL. Reel Big Fish crushed that song. I disagree with you.
He's definitely trolling the ska fans. No way that song isnt done perfectly and fits so well with the ska style.
Yes that was blatant trolling. Sometimes I think he actually wants someone to subject him to trombone-based violence.
@@samueldesmond440 It worked on Batwoman; Finn is FINISHED.
It’s definitely one of the best covers of any genre
Disturbed’s cover of Land of Confusion by Genesis has always been one of my favorites. David Draiman’s voice has always reminded me of a metal version of Phil Collins.
Not to mention their cover of Shout from Tears for Fears.
Their cover of sound of silence is their most successful cover by far
Disturbed isn't metal
@@lionslingshotwmd8711 don't be a tool bag gatekeeper.
Jesus
I personally love Seether's cover of George Michael's Careless Whisper. It goes hard to me but idk what other people think so I think it would be a great song to mention.
Oh fuck yeah dude! I love that cover!
one of my favorite metal covers is In Flames - Everything Counts, the original is from Depeche Mode
Thanks bro. I dint even know it was a cover.
I think Seether's version of Carless Whispers is one of the best cover songs there ever is
I’m shocked it wasn’t mentioned.
I’m also surprised none of Disturbed’s earlier covers got mentioned. Although I guess Sound Of Silence was probably the most popular they did.
Meh.
hell yeah I love that cover, I also love KoRn's cover of Another Brick In the Wall
@@Nwhhhhh I mean I guess it would be impossible to mention all covers
There's a great Careless Whisper cover by this Florida punk/reggae band The Supervillians. They also do a great cover of Billy Joel's "Movin Out"
Alien Ant Farm was awesome. They were incredibly underrated. Movies is a banger. That whole album is.
Definitely one of the most underrated bands!
Dinosaur Jr.'s cover of "Just Like Heaven" is the best cover ever. So much so that Robert Smith started playing a more distorted guitar opening during live sets ever since.
I was just listening to this classic last night. Killer cover.
One of my favorite covers by far. Love both bands. Saw the cure a few years back and I can confirm Robert ripped that guitar just a bit more like mascus version.❤️
The goldfinger cover isn't too shabby either
@ghost mall - Fuck em and the horse they rode in on! The Cure RULEZZZZ! As a bunch of ppl commented above.
@ghost mall definitely not!
Wow you totally nailed it! When I was 14, I got the garage days $5.98 EP cassette. When I heard Last Caress, I researched Danzig who was in the credits for the song. I then found the Misfits, and lemme tell you, my life was changed.
I saw Killswitch Engage live 4 years ago and they played Holy Diver as an Encore!!!!!! It was seriously so awesome and the live version was best! Adam adds a few little things to it live.
The Amity Affliction's cover of Lana Del Rey's Born to Die is incredible and should have been mentioned
Agreed. That cover is absolutely amazing.
Great post. So true.
Thats a cover? what? no way lol I listened to chasing ghosts all the way through and never guessed that but it makes sense as amity affliction was really on fire during that era with chasing ghosts and let the ocean take me, no bad songs at all on those albums, I really wish they wouldn't have gotten as soft as they are now as the really heavy but sing along melodic thing they had going on was super good and unbeatable for a really long time
I always loved their cover of love is a battlefield
It is amazing! I think Amity Affliction, is one of the most underrated bands. They’re amazing! In my top 3 of favorite bands.
Was the cover of 'Sweet Dreams', by Marilyn Manson, the song that made them popular?
I was never a huge fan of that. Then again I’m not a huge marylin manson fan. Interesting tho that I love motionless in white but not manson.
It's the only Mariliyn Manson song I can name, but for a while it was ubiquitous.
Like the cover and original. Dark in their own ways
I’m surprised ADTR’s cover of Since U Been Gone wasn’t on here. I feel like that was a decent cover that really threw them more into the spotlight.
Yeah! Amazing cover!
I was about to comment this. lol
I saw them do this song live it was amazing
That one and their cover of "Over My Head" I thought was pretty amazing too!
- Ice T's cover of ST's Institutionalized needs a mention
- why are pretty much all GN'R covers better than the originals
- MMason's cover of Eurythmics is another example of a cover song putting someone on the map
- Slayer's album of punk covers Undisputed Attitude is great, I think, but also has that weird feel of punk played with metal precision
Would love a second video like this, talking about more covers, really enjoyed this :)
Ideas:
Nirvana - Seasons in the Sun
Motorhead - Enter Sandman
Sonic Youth - Moist Vagina
Hi-Standard - California Dreaming
Disturber’s version of the sound of silence is one of those songs that I can’t stand but can’t really articulate why
I think their cover of Land of Confusion is so much better. To me, they captured the whole vibe of the original, but in a more metal package. Even the vocals seemed to echo Phil Collins in a cool way. It's like the same line drawn a bit further into more distorted territory, but still the same direction.
For me, it's not that I can't stand the cover so much as I can't stand how much people absolutely gush over it. People acted like Draiman is the most versatile vocalist the world has ever seen because he can go from singing soft to doing his nu-metal yelling. It's just hard for me to echo that praise when I can think of like 20 metalcore vocalists that can do the same thing, but they get swept under the rug because people think screaming is scary.
Fantano ripped that cover a new asshole, you might lift some ideas from him.
It sucked, I don’t think people who say the song is supposed to be quiet and chill are contrarian. Disturbeds cover is way way way over the top and melodramatic.
@@jakeybball I completely agree and as I have not tied my soul to a specific genre, I don't see how that could be contrarian either. It's just taste I guess. I don't like Disney musical music either.
The "Still Fly" cover brings me right back to the days of fake diamond gauges and camo New Era fitteds, rolling into the high school parking lot smoking a Camel Light in my Eagle Talon with the sunroof open for no reason. Man, I miss 2005.
Damn this comment gave me some flashbacks!
I remember liking that cover and owning a TDWP shirt. Hot Topic really was a helluva drug.
I still kinda felt that “you had to like one genre” mentality in my high school in early/mid 2000s. Sadly I subscribed to it and didn’t discover more stuff till like my senior year
@William Sussman. Growing up in School during the mid to late 00’s and early 2010’s was also like that. But I didn’t get into music until I left College when I was 19 back in the mid 2010’s. I just couldn’t find a sound that I liked, until I was discovering Nu-Metal on TH-cam and I finally found my sound.
But growing up in School in the late 00’s and early 2010’s, you were either a 2000’s and early 10’s Rap fan, a Emo/Pop Punk fan, or a 2000’s and early 10’s PoP/R&B/Top 40 fan. And I hated all of that.
I finally found my sound when I was 19 listening to Nu-Metal/Alt Metal but I’ve since branched out and like some Symphonic Metal and a like Trip Hop as well
But I also don’t get those that listen to everything, I find that strange.
Yeah H.S. From 04-08 and there was def a ton of gate keeping inside the tribes but from the outside we were all just punks lol
I hate Heavy Metal, Glam Metal & Thrash Metal, but I Love Metalcore which is undeniably influenced by those 3 earlier Genres of Rock Music. Peace.
Ok what about Soulfly covering Roots
Or Cavalera Conspiracy covering Roots
FINN THANK YOU, I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY CRAZY ONE WHO IS A FAN OF ALIEN ANT FARM
My dad bought Anthology back in 2001, year I was born. When I found the CD I listened to it and couldn't stop listening. It was the most fresh stuff back in those days, the rest was even obnoxious of how samey everything was. Very talented and creative guys, shame that Smooth Criminal shadowed their potential.
2001. Ahh to be in High School again. My best friend lived down the street from Mike Cosgrove and we would walk down the street and watch them practice in his garage, when they were just a local garage band, back in like 98-99. Then in 2000 they started touring with Papa Roach. When Anthology came out they would come to our local Shakeys pizza place and hang out during Karaoke night, they even brought their tour bus one time.
Anthology is one of the 2000s best rock albums!
I was fortunate to see them at warped tour. It was cool because they had this small stage that was set up like a boxing ring just like in the video.
Anthology was massive in the U.K., I got burned a copy from a mate who lived on my street who wasn’t even into that kinds of music, ask most people mid-30s and the majority will be a fan of it! I remember seeing Movies on MTV2 when it came out the first time but Smooth Criminal is what blew them up, hence the rerelease of Movies with a new video (and much bigger budget!).
Also want to add Zamora is an awesome bass player
The thing with the Puddle of Mudd's Nirvana cover was the fact that they've done it very well in the past. Either Wes was having a bad day or, more likely, he's somewhat having trouble accepting he's ruined his higher range, hence why he tends to go lower on Blurry nowadays. Also, good god, that Korn cover of One sounds hype as fuck.
Children of Bodom actually did a LOT of covers, believe they did like one per album, plus bonus tracks. The cover compilation Skeletons In The Closet is probably the best way to hear them all
Bodoms cover of Oops I Did It Again is killer. And Looking Out My Back Door.
Edit: Oh he mentioned it. Haha
Rage Against the Machine's cover of Bruce Springsteen's The Ghost of Tom Joad is a good one. RATM actually did a good job of making it sound like an original of theirs and I'm not like a HUGE ratm fan but I was pretty impressed with that.
I really liked their Renegades cover album. They covered everyone from Cypress Hill to Eric B & Rakim, EMPD to Bob Dylan. Highly recommended it.
I didn't even know it was a cover lol
@@rosserjake I’m familiar with that album and the songs covered. Pretty good for a cover album.
That whole record rules. Very original takes on the songs their covering. The bass on "How I Could Just..." is SO heavy. Drums on Street Fighting Man is killer too.
Johnny Cash's cover of Soundgarden's "Rusty Cage" is pretty damn sweet too!
Anything that Me First & The Gimme Gimmes do is gold.
For your "Wrecking Ball" cover, I would go with Dustin Kensrue's acoustic version. It's great.
Chris Cornell covering Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U" is epic!
Foo Fighters cover of Prince's "Darling Nikki" is good. RIP Taylor :(
Social Distortion "Maybelline" (Chuck Berry)
Mike Ness "Don't Think Twice" (Bob Dylan)
Hot Water Music covering Alkaline Trio's "Radio". Ragan's a beast!!
No Use For A Name covering "Beth" by Kiss. Still miss ya Mr. Sly :(
I'm 30 yo boomer so I haven't heard of these new rappers, but that Machine Gun Kelly guy definitely assasinated Aerials, his vocal performance is barely matche by the drummer barely gracing a drum with a single stick while holding a shaker on the other hand, but then I checked from Howard Stern's as well Post Malone's cover of Better Man, and that was a pallet cleanser, guy looks mean but he nailed the song and seems like a nice guy for a change.
I’m not super into metal core, but that cover of STILL FLY is amazing!
A cover I think is so underrated is AFI's cover of head like a hole by Nine Inch Nails, Davey's scream vocals on it are some of the best that you'll find on an AFI recording
Truuuuuuuuu so underated
I know Sound of silence totally blew up but i LOVE Disturbed's cover of Land of confusion.
Also FFDP have done the amazing cover of house of the rising sun, and the abomination of a cover that is gone away.
All of Disturbed's covers were great in my opinion. Shout I really loved as I grew up with oldies loving parents so I was already aware of Tears for Fears and loved what David did with the vocals for it. Honestly that's the song that got me hooked as it showed me that many metal musicians had appreciation for the classics (I was like 11-12 when I first heard the album).
@@DrDipsh1t I don't really like the original sound of silence so was surprised how popular the cover was.
I'm gonna get famous for covering a song by the Melvins. Since nobody ever gives them credit for being one of the best bands since the 80's...(if you've never heard of them, look up a few songs, watch a few old public access videos from their old high school, watch any documentary about Nirvana, (or one about Grunge) and jump down that rabbit hole for yourself... 🐇
Also, the Puddle of Mudd cover was actually GOOD...if you listen to the live version they did years prior to that.
If you dig that COB cover, Fleshgod Apocalypse also did a fun cover of Eiffel 65’s “Blue”
The Blue cover is way better than it deserves to be.
I think "making it your own" is critical when it comes to cover longevity
One of my favorites is blink-182 covering A Letter to Elise by the Cure and also their take on “Another Girl, Another Planet” by the Only Ones. Solid covers that are great tributes to the originals in my opinion!
I haven’t heard that one, but Ben Folds and Paramore both have amazing covers of The Cure’s In Between Days that are worth checking out.
@@thedogfromraditude5449 I haven’t heard those yet, I’ll definitely give ‘em a listen!
AFI's cover of Just Like Heaven from the Cure tribute show is great too. They absolutely crushed it on that one.
I had no idea Another Girl, Another Planet was cover. Wow that juts blew my mind.
Your right shouldn't try to cover Pantera and Suicide silence covered blind by korn musically started good till dude opened his mouth, I'm orginal KoRn Kid been following them since 93 before first album and I'm sure John would be honored but he would say my fans probably gonna hate it and we do
Sure Reel Big Fish's version of Take on Me wasn't great but I always thought their cover of Authority Song was pretty good.
Just wanna put it out there that Amon Amarth did a cover of Aerials that was actually really good. I believe it was off of their album Surtur Rising but I could be wrong. Definitely a better job doing the song justice than MGK.
Yes! Excellent cover song! Love Amon Amarth!
"Movies" by AAF should have been way bigger but was overshadowed by Smooth Criminal.
Super catchy, great song!
Talking about Alien Ant Farm and Conker's Bad Fur day took me back to a very happy time in my childhood haha. Really loved this video
I still jam ANThology on the reg. Lots of gems on that album
@@real30yearoldboomerhours53 the whole album was incredible. Super underrated
I really think Alien Ant Farm is underrated. Smooth Criminal and Movies were not the best songs on that album. Also I saw them on tour with Anthology and, as a live band, they were absolutely incredible to see.
I'll drop a few favourites of mine:
Mudvayne - King of Pain
Sepultura - Sympton of the Universe
Rammstein - Stripped
Deftones - Simple Man
DevilDriver - Sail
Metallica - Sabbra Cadabra
Soulfly - In The Meatime
Pantera - The Badge
Throwdown - Becoming
There's actually a older video of Puddle of Mudd performing "About A Girl" on the internet and Wes experienced no trouble singing it. It certainly isn't out of his range, he was just trying way too hard to make it intense or something.
Are you talking about the one on the chris29579 channel? That is leagues better. It also looks like he had a longer warm up time before going into it.
Yeah, that's the one. It's still a little rough, but nowhere near the 2020 version.
I reckon Wes didn't warm up his voice properly (if at all) on that infamous day. That's certainly what it sounds like. Never underestimate the power and importance of pre-performance vocal warm-ups!
There's a guy at my work who lives and breathes old metal, and he gets aggressively angry whenever I play KSEs version of Holy diver. Its hilarious
I don't like the KSE version, but if it offends a Metal Sperg, I'm all about
@ghost mall preferring the original is one thing. Taste is subjective after all. Getting irrationally angry and screaming "its shit! they fucking ruined it!" at the top of your lungs, then proceeding to be aggressive with people for the next hour or so is another.
I remember here in Aus a guy attempted to sing Holy Diver at a karaoke bar and butchered it so badly that a Dio fan was actually offended enough to walk up and punch the guy in the face. It made the news. 😂
Killswitch had the advantage of every single member of the band being extremely talented in their genre. I personally think Howard is vastly superior to Jesse but even he is pretty great. Plus Ronnie James Dio was such a talented singer that only someone as good as Howard could cover him successfully. And I think they also incorporated the metalcore riffs and the screams successfully without it just sounding like “Our Last Night- Holy Diver (metal cover)” or something
Yeah, it works surprisingly well.
Going back to that Dio tribute album though, Rob Halford's take on "Man on the Silver Mountain" sucked. I was so disappointed. I think he intentionally held back because he and Ronnie respected the hell out of each other and he didn't want to step on Ronnie by oversinging. But I think that's what everyone wanted! We wanted Halford to pay respect to Ronnie by going full Halford! Just like if it were the other way around, we'd want Ronnie to pay respects to Halford by going full Ronnie!
Most of that album is fantastic though. Anthrax, Tenacious D, Metallica, Doro, Biff Byford and Lemmy, Klaus Meine, Corey Taylor, Lzzy Hale, and Glenn Hughes especially put in fantastic takes
Howard Jones is a better metal vocalist, but Jesse is a better hardcore/heavier vocalist. Love them both and love them even more for the fact that they are friends despite being replacements of each other. Both really cool and good guys. They went against the grain and instead of dismissing eachother like divas, they became friends and thats super respectable.
I do think Howard is an amazing vocalist, and to me even up for discussion as being one of the top 5 metal vocals of all time, but I think Jesse is also really good, just not as talented as Howard and overshadowed because of that. He still holds his own when you compare him to other metal vocalists that have a similar style.
Jesse is much better at conveying emotion with his voice, definitely has more range than Howard.
Howard Jones sucks as much as David Draiman.
Terrible.
Can't hold a note for shit, hence the unremitting vibrato.
On the topic of the Garage Days covers: School of Rock using Metallica’s cover of the Wait by Killing Joke had a huge impact on me in the long run. First of all, it eventually lead me to Killing Joke but more importantly that cover is just killer and honestly might be better than the original imo. The opening two note riff, the chugging and Lars’ caveman drumming just enhance that song to another level energy wise.
Idk if tøp covering cancer by MCR count but it imo was better than the original (fan of MCR and tøp btw)
Alient Ant Farm are a Top 20 Band Of All Time band and hardly ever see that respect!!!
Sevenfold has much better covers than their walk cover. Personally I really like the runaway cover they did. Taking a very straight forward old rock track and making it sound like a 90s punk rock song. Now I'll admit that its not super groundbreaking but I've always seen their covers tasteful or at least interesting cuz the covers they've done really shows their influences.
Their cover of Flash of the Blade was legit AF.
Personal favourite of mine is Ice Nine Kills covering Animals by Maroon 5. Completely changes the feel and dynamic of the song, to the point where it actually sounds better as a metalcore song
One of my favorite underrated covers is Upon a Burning Body and Ice-T covering Turn Down for What. I also dig Four Year Strong's 90s cover album, some amazing renditions on there.
Facts. I love that they added verses, and Ice T is such a gem.
And yes. Explains It All was a great album.
@@BeerCityBandit talk about taking a cover and making it your own. 😂The music video was exactly what I imagined it would be too
Love and death - let me love you...and yes, MGK's Aerials is GARBAGE
Tool covering Led Zeppelin's No Quarter......yes please!
bring me the horizon's cover of Slipknot's eyeless was quite funny and enjoying. It was in their count your blessings era so it wasn't that technically good, but i remember even corey taylor saying he enjoyed it
I went to the Johnny Cash museum in Nashville and at the very end they have a television that plays the Hurt music video on repeat. I swear, I walked out of there crying for two hours straight. That video just always gets to me, especially knowing that both Johnny and June would be gone in less than a year.
16:15 I think a big part of the reason 80’s and 90’s subgrenres were more restrictive and cross pollinated less is simply due to the technology. Back then if you wanted to get into an obscure genre you needed to invest a lot more time, effort and money to acquire albums. Being into everything wasn’t really feasible for a lot of people so they picked a few genres and dove into those more exclusively. Plus with the limited communication it wouldn’t surprise me if some of the more underground subgrenres were barely even aware of each others existence.
Enter the internet age and all of a sudden the only thing separating you from checking out a new genre was trying to find a good torrent or download. Then TH-cam and digital distribution came along and really broke it open.
MGK's cover of Killing in the Name Of is more insulting and pretty self important.
MGK shouldve sticked to having a mediocre rap career instead of trying to make a failed rock career
If I had my way I'd never hear Reel Big Fish's cover of "Take on Me" ever again. That being said, I think it's actually a great cover; my issue is that when I was in high school, everybody played it to death. My problem with it is that I heard a lifetime's worth of plays in only a few years.
Would love another episode of this! My favorite cover has to be My Sharona by The Number Twelve Looks Like You! Would love to hear your thoughts, Finn!
Interesting what you say about Scene music. In the UK,I remember going to clubs where the first hour would be poison the well, madball, bleeding through and then later in teh night you'd hear Hey Ya and Milkshake by Kelis. Good times
I just saw a korn concert where they covered one by Metallica for a bit it sounded amazing
I didn't like the sound of silence by Disturbed originally. I've since listened to it more and now I do like it.
I always loved A Perfect Circle's cover of The Nurse Who Loved Me and Imagine. I feel like in all their covers they incorporate their own sound to make it different from the original, but only by so much.
Their cover of Led Zep's When the Levee Breaks is haunting!!!
Is there a better cover than Jimi Hendrix's rendition of "All Along the Watchtower"?
That's tough because as a kid, I had no idea it was a cover
Yes, Hurt by Johnny Cash
It's one of the best covers, that's for sure.
@ Finn: You made me smile when you described Children of Bodom as a serious metal band. Anyway, they always released cover versions. In the beginning, they took the usual suspects like Slayer or Scorpions. But later on, they covered songs by Creedance Clearwater Revival, Pat Banetar, Andrew W.K., Kenny Rogers and even Poison. And I do think that it´s always better if you take a song from another genre. I mean, how many metal bands released covers of "Angel of Death" that sound like the original?
Btw, a suggestion for a video: An european metal tier list!
Amon Amarth’s cover of Aerials is incredible. Johan Hegg sounds amazing on it
Nah bro, soad's singer's voice is great adding all those melodies to the song. Amon amarth's cover lacks melody. I love amon amarth but they picked not the best song for their style.