Did Children of Bodem Ever Bring Britney Spears on Stage When They Covered Oops I Did It Again?

The world'south biggest bands have released cover songs, and in some cases whole albums. Dropping a cover vocal outside your band's usual genre tin can exist a recipe for disaster, but that hasn't stopped a lot of heavy bands from having a become.
A good cover is an art-course in itself, do you rework it entirely, do a straight-out carbon copy or just tweak it a piffling? All have their pros and cons, you could drop a hit, a miss, or become a laughingstock. Some examples of the latter are Motley Crue's accept on Madonna, Limp Bizkit losing it with 'Organized religion' and pretty much any band who tries to cover The Beatles.

Only shitty covers bated, many times the covers accept been as good every bit and in many cases actually better than the original. And so, with that in mind here is the official (unofficial) Wall Of Sound Countdown of the 20 all-time covers by heavy bands of non-heavy songs better than the originals…

#20 – Children Of Bodom – 'Oops! … I Did Information technology Again'

The Finnish masters of Melodic Expiry Metal have never shied abroad from a good cover song. So when Alexi Laiho and co ripped into this saccharin sweetness turd from 2000 it turned out exactly as expected. Aside from the chorus it's barely recognisable from the Britney Spears original, and for that we can be eternally grateful.

#19 – Breakdown of Sanity – 'Stronger'

They may have but been effectually for 10 short years, only the Swiss natives managed to release four albums and this absolutely brutal cover of Kanye West's 'Stronger'. Apparently Due west mixed the track over 75 times before he released it, only it took a metalcore group from Bern to get information technology right… Fun Fact: The lads might be making a comeback to music in 2020 which is exciting!

#18 – Cancer Bats – 'Sabotage'

Simmer down people, I'm not saying this encompass is ameliorate than the Beastie Boys original. But these Canadians bring something different to the table, their hardcore element fits the vocal perfectly, add to that a hilarious music video full of Beastie Boys Easter Eggs and you just gotta like it.

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#17 – Marilyn Manson – 'Tainted Honey'

In 1981 synthpop duo Soft Cell had a nail hitting with the Gloria Jones 1964 flop 'Tainted Dear'. In 2001 Marilyn Manson dragged the vocal boot and screaming to a whole new audience. The androgynous one added a picayune chip of danger and a touch of nasty taking the song to a new level.

#xvi – The Amity Illness – 'Dear Is A Battlefield'

Love them or hate them you have to paw information technology to the lads on this cover. They kept information technology real and delivered the appurtenances. Pat Benatar fans may disagree, but for me this metalcore treatment adds some welcome oomph missing from the original. (send all detest postal service to me c/o Wall of Audio)

#15 – Alestorm – 'I Got A Hangover'

I was actually surprised to find out this was non an Alestorm original. The lyrics are so bad information technology sounds like they were drunk when they wrote it, except they didn't. Information technology was written past someone called Taio Cruz. His version sucks, this ane is funny and infinitely ameliorate.

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#14 – Celtic Frost – 'Mexican Radio'

Extreme metallic legends Celtic Frost gave Wall Of Voodoo'due south 1982 stinker the handling it deserved. I don't know if it got them whatever airplay south of the border, simply it's a firm favourite on my playlist.

#xiii – Chaos Divine – 'Africa'

Perth prog rockers took one of the most recognisable Yacht Rock songs ever released, stayed faithful but added a nice metallic edge. It's hard to trounce the original, but I recall the boys from the west may take merely done it. With well over half a meg views on YouTube there's plenty who call back the same.

#12 – Grayscale – 'Dearest Yourself'

To quote a YouTube annotate "Is that Justin Bieber merely like a hundred times amend?" Well I'd say that about pretty much anything that isn't the Beeb. Alt-rockers Grayscale have some other throwaway song add a bit of pop-punk and evangelize a far superior product. The video is killer every bit well.

#11 – Megadeth – 'These Boots (Are Fabricated For Walkin')'

This is another song I didn't know was a cover when I first heard it on 1985's Killing Is My Concern … and Business concern Is Good! Although it's been covered by a ton of artists, and composer Lee Hazelwood hated this version, it is in my heed still the best version.

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#10 – Taberah – 'Hotel California'

The now defunct Tasmanian band were one of Australia's most entertaining live acts and their sense of fun flowed over in this encompass of The Eagles classic. Faster than the NBN, the boys rip through the song at pause-neck speed with no idea for the consequences.

#9 – Disturbed – 'The Sound Of Silence'

This one was a given. It withal astounds me when people hear this, detect Disturbed are a metal band are surprised David Draiman "can really sing". Of class he tin f*cking sing, take you not been paying attending to metal since 1969? No they haven't. Bluster aside, the band don't stray likewise far from the original and Draiman absolutely kills it!

#viii – Ice 9 Kills – 'Someone Like You'

If you're anything like me the Adele original has you bored to death by the i-minute mark. Thankfully those legends at Ice 9 Kills admittedly impale it with this cover. They have the overly sentimental, mawkish, yawn-fest and inject information technology with life-giving metal.

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#7 – Fozzy – 'Due south.O.Southward'

Driblet this into your playlist at you side by side party and you'll fill the dancefloor with unsuspecting ABBA fans and they won't know what hit them. Chris Jericho and co don't stray likewise far from the original, but add enough stone to open up the song up to non-ABBAfans.

#6 – August Burns Red – 'Wrecking Ball'

It's fair to say Miley Cyrus contribution to music has been a wrecking ball, filling an already crowded space of shitty mediocrity with more of the aforementioned.  The treatment metalcore legends and all round nice guys August Burns Reddish did to this steaming pile of popular garbage proves again, information technology doesn't matter how shit the vocal is with the right touch almost anything is listenable.

#5 – Anthrax – 'Got The Time'

The New York thrashers stayed pretty faithful to the Joe Jackson original. To be honest it'southward a cool f*cking song and didn't need a complete rebuild. Cranking the tempo a touch and adding the metal this jazz fusion became a headbanging favourite the band have made their own.

#4 – The Superjesus – 'Confide In Me'

Non considered a heavy band in any real sense of the word The Superjesus make the list purely on the back of this dirty stone rendition of Kylie's 'Confide In Me'. Information technology's almost indistinguishable from the original as Sarah McLeod absolutely shines and out-shines Kylie in every way possible.

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#3 – Lord – 'On A Night Similar This'

The lads in Lord accept covered more non-metal songs than you tin can shake a stick at, ever with respect and a good dose of humour. They did such a slap-up job on this one it'due south their most played songs on Spotify. The singing budgie never sounded improve, with 2 covers in the top 5 it just goes to bear witness you Kylie may actually sing some proficient songs, it'due south just the mode she does it that makes them suck.

#2 – sleepmakeswaves – 'Children'

Aussie prog instrumental masters sleepmakeswaves took on the Robert Miles progressive trance banger with devastating effect. Keyboards and synth are replaced past guitars, bass and drums. Information technology'southward a annotation perfect faithful rendition proving that peradventure you can play dance music with existent instruments.

#i –  Make Way For Homo – 'Fireflies'

Owl City's debut single was a quirky, sweet, unlikely hit for the electronica outfit. This cover past Make Fashion For Man gave me literal chills when I first heard it. It's yet quirky, still sweet simply the crunching heaviness volition brand the hair on the back of your neck stand up. There'south a reason this is the peak of the list. It stays faithful to the original and adds a whole bootful of F*CK Yep!

So how did we get with that list? How many did we get right, are in that location any blinding omissions? Chuck your favourite not-heavy songs covered by heavy bands in the comments.

Written past Gareth Williams (@notgareth)

UPDATE: The Spotify Playlist is below with the exception of Alestorm and Breakdown Of Sanity.

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Source: https://wallofsoundau.com/2020/09/15/20-heavy-covers-of-non-heavy-songs-that-are-better-than-the-originals/

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