HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN LENNON
Friday, October 9th, 2009 at 3:12pm by Axl RosenbergHe would have been 69 years old today.
I did an informal poll on Twitter to find good metal covers of Beatles songs, and while a number of people made creative suggestions and a lot of people were all into Beatallica n’ shit, the general consensus seemed to be that Motley Crue’s version of “Helter Skelter” still reigns supreme. So without further adieu…
Feel free to discuss your own favorite metal versions of songs originally by The Beatles below.
-AR
Nothing about motley crue is good. way to insult the memory of the Beatles and John Lennon.
That was a Paul song.
Ha! Not only was it a Paul song, it was one of his very best songs
Agreed!
He was wrong about the name but he was right about it being an insult.
this is probably the only legit metal beatles cover.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmUbfSJuTXY
and by “legit”, i mean “not very good”.
To quote the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, “I’m just here to make sure he’s dead!”
Thrice recorded a version of Helter Skelter that they released online with their new album. It’s way better than this shit.
agreed
though it isnt metal
it has better singing by far
and it is heavier than this shitty version
Here’s a live version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq_oKr6sIvg
And their newly recorded version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yogo6fJPJnE
Thrice did a pretty spiffy cover of Eleanor Rigby, back in the day.
Really? That’s the best Beatles cover you could come up with?
On that I like is “Day Tripper (Medley)” from Type O Negative’s “World Coming Down” album. There was also a “Butchering the Beatles” cover album that had Lemmy and others on it.
yeah, day tripper by type o is a nice one
god i fucking hate motley crue
Seconded.
Thirded
Fourthed?
fuck you all
here’s a fifth for your ass
I hope that “adieu” you snuck in there is a joke.
Sorry, as always, for being a dicknose.
it’s “ado” right? have i been writing it wrong all these years?
ps. Spineshank’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” rocks. but that’s a George song.
didn’t somebody metal do “I Am The Walrus”?
Yep, as in “Much Ado About Nothing.”
Maybe he was saying “adieu” again to John.
Godhead- As my guitar gently weeps (please note sarcasm)
they also covered eleanor rigby.
:facepalm:
Coroner’s I Want You (She’s So Heavy).
therrrrre we go. that’s the shit.
thats that goood shit
I totally second that !
They also covered Hendrix’s Purple Haze. I think. They weren’t your typical shit eater’s metal.
Suplecs- I want you (She’s so heavy)= awesome!
SOOO happy to share John’s birthday, happy birthday to us bud!
Thrice’s Eleanor Rigby is fantastic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAhFUXOxm_w
Glad those days are over.
Haven’t any metal bands covered “happiness is a warm gun”? That would be the perfect Beatles song for a metal band to cover.
How is it that the Beatles version of Helter Skelter is heavier and more “metal” than this “metal” cover?
Because helter skelter inspired heavy metal, and Motley Crue are responsible for killing it in a portion of the 80s.
And The Who’s “I Can See For Miles” is heavier and more metal than any version of “Helter Skelter”
Ha! Back when Mars could actually hold up a Les Paul. And how fucking thin is that sound? Vince, you used to have a metabolism!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMIKETj_GY0
Also Trouble’s Come Together is a good one.
Dear god, how to honour a legend!
1. It wasn’t even a Lennon song.
2. Motley Crue are abysmal, as is their cover.
3. Soundgarden’s Come Together is better than Trouble’s
UMM what About STPs Revolution cover???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kF05×0_334
Coroner covering “She’s so Heavy” is the best I’ve ever heard.
Boris/Merzbow covering “I Am The Walrus” is amazing.
Some of the tracks on Butchering the Beatles: A Headbashing Tribute album (which featured the likes of Lemmy, Alice Cooper, Tim “Ripper” Owens, Duff McKagan, and the bearded one himself, Billy Gibbons) were pretty good.
hell no – PAIN’s cover of eleanor rigby is phenominal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhRFFe28plo&feature=quicklist