Comments on: WELCOME TO THE MACHINE

By: Me and me

Me and me — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:43:18 +0000

Checked out Dream Theaters cover of the whole album of Dark Side of the Moon…..Flawless

By: Stixnstond in L.A.

Stixnstond in L.A. — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:37:19 +0000

Floyd’s, way ahead of the pack.
Queensryche a distant second.
Recommended hearing: Dub Side of the Moon – Long Beach City Dub Allstars

By: RICHARD WRIGHT (PINK FLOYD) IS DEAD AT 65 | MetalSucks

RICHARD WRIGHT (PINK FLOYD) IS DEAD AT 65 | MetalSucks — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:46:34 +0000

[...] If you need further convincing (or just wanna jam to some timeless tunes), check out a post I wrote a few months back with some mp3s of metal bands covering “Welcome to the Machine.” [...]

By: The Anti-Chris

The Anti-Chris — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:44:53 +0000

Wow, someone else remembers Wrathchild America! Their version is the only Floyd cover I have ever heard that didn’t completely butcher the song.

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:14:51 +0000

Dudes, anybody else remember the awesome cover of “Time”, as performed by Wrathchild America?

By: dalenkwint

dalenkwint — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:53:16 +0000

I never really liked Queensryche besides a song or two, and the vocals have a lot to do with it. They’re always close but not all the there for me. My point is, Alec is right, Geoff is destroying the vocals. I’m still listening to it, it’s actually pretty good, I’d like to hear it with better vocals though. The shadows fall cover is pretty good, probably better. I don’t recall ever hearing a floyd cover that was even close to good enough. They usually destroy it. ESPECIALLY KORN. WTF were they thinking. I know, it’s korn, but come on!

By: mitch

mitch — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:23:17 +0000

agreed.
how about btbam’s us and them cover?

By: ezra

ezra — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:27:38 +0000

I have to agree, The queen comes up short

By: Alec Anderson

Alec Anderson — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:20:09 +0000

The best is clearly the original version. Shadow’s Fall also does a really good jod with it. Geoff Tate needs to slowly back away from the mike cuz he’s butchering the song!!

By: TJ

TJ — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:41:50 +0000

The original is far and away the best. Although I do enjoy the Shads version. Haven’t heard the Queensryche one yet, will check that out later.

You also neglected to mention how many terrible cover versions of ‘Another Brick in the Wall’ there are. Off the top of my head, I remember Korn butchering it, the Step Kings doing a terrible job, and some mid-90s ‘supergroup’ called Class of 99 also doing a horrible version.
I don’t remember who was in Class of 99, but I remember the music was a lot shittier than the pedigree of the band led you to believe…