I concur absolutely with the principle of this post
Ref. Megadeth's extraordinarily dubious decision to cover Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid', and more or less any of the thousands of attempts to have a go at the Queen back catalogue
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:04, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

How about the RHCP cover version of Stevie Wonder's Higher Ground on Mother's Milk?
Awesome.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:07, Reply)

Oh yeah, that's a belter
No question. Love it. You have to admit that was a good choice of track though, they wouldn't have got away with Superstitious
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:09, Reply)

Indeed. This is another one for Monty to check out if he still thinks they're pish.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:10, Reply)

I cannot abide the hideous 'funk' bass playing that infests all I've heard of theirs.
I have an extensive funk collection - well over 500 records, so I am not against funk in any way, but that bloke's playing annoys the hell out of me.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:15, Reply)

Flea's bass is the backbone of every Chilis record
So I would recommend you stay the hell away from everything of theirs you haven't already heard.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:21, Reply)

This is how I understood it, and filed them under 'not for me' nearly 20 years ago.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:25, Reply)

semi-interesting factoid
Flea is a really rather good trumpet player.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:28, Reply)

See also 'Pretty Little Ditty' on Mother's Milk.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:34, Reply)

that's a good tune
ruthless ripped off and mangled by some shit band whose name escapes me but used the guitar part in a song called Butterfly.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:50, Reply)

The Pale?

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 12:23, Reply)

don't think so
my mind is telling me it's Crazy Town, but I don't know if that is right
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 12:29, Reply)

Yep

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 12:31, Reply)

Oh good
I quite like The Pale.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 12:41, Reply)

A bit like me and the Pumpkins owing to Billy Corgan having the worst singing voice in history

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:30, Reply)

Metallica's Stone Cold Crazy is pretty good

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:08, Reply)

I'll give you that one
My problem with Queen covers is that unless the song is actually performed by Freddie Mercury it almost always falls on its face due to a lack of the necessary pomp and flamboyance that he provided so effortlessly. Metallica chose their song very wisely and are also possessed of a ludicrously charismatic frontman, even if he is a bit of a cunt.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:10, Reply)

^^ This.
Queen songs without Freddie is just nonsense.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:11, Reply)

Nine Inch Nails do a great cover of Get Down Make Love

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:35, Reply)

Some covers are incredible:
'All Along The Watchtower' gets trotted out every time we talk about this, but it's a superb example of how to record a cover. No-one give two shits about Dylan's original version.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:11, Reply)

'cos Dylan is shit

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:14, Reply)

It gets trotted out every time we talk about this for exactly those reasons
Dylan's version is only alright, and no-one has ever, in the history of the world, described the Hendrix cover as "average". I think popular (uneducated) opinion is that Hendrix' is the original.

I know you're going to give me shit for this, but Pendulum's live covers of both 'Violet Hill' and 'The Catalyst' are vastly superior to the originals also. The admittedly not great originals.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:15, Reply)

Pendulum's live cover/remix of Voodoo People is immense
Better than the original, and I like early Prodigy.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:31, Reply)

I disagree
the original is the business.

Not as good as the Narcotic Suite stuff though.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:33, Reply)

The original is good
But Pendulum give it more oomph.
Claustrophobic Sting is the best of the Narcotic Suite stuff, but then that whole album is sublime.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:35, Reply)

that is very true
I have a good load of quality cover songs like A Perfect Circle's take on Imagine. Infintely better than the original pap.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:15, Reply)

God yes
Thank you for the reminder, I'm off to look that up on We7
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:22, Reply)