OT: Best.Cover.Ever.
by S.F. Giangst on Mar 19, 2009 8:20 AM PDT
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No, not your security blanket (although it can get chilliy in Mom's basement). This is a music thread and I hope you'll /cough/ rush /cough/ to add your comments...
What do you think is the best cover version of a song you ever heard? Live or recorded, the best performance of a previously recorded song other than by the original artist-composer.
Being a fan of Louis Armstrong... I'm going to give the nod to The Ramones cover of "What A Wonderful World". Honorable mentions later in the thread.
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Easy Dylan-related answer: All Along the Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
Lesser-known Dylan-related answer: You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere – Byrds
by Grant on Mar 19, 2009 8:29 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
This
Easy Dylan-related answer: All Along the Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 19, 2009 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But so predictable!
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by S.F. Giangst on Mar 19, 2009 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
George Harrison’s cover of If Not For You is also really good
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by groug on Mar 19, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dylan covers are good but I almost always prefer the original to the cover, even if the cover is good.
One exception: Nico’s cover of “I’ll Keep it With Mine”
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by jponry on Mar 19, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I actually prefer XTC’s cover of Watchtower, but I may be the only one in the world who does.
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by EliminateMe on Mar 19, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I never knew XTC covered Watchtower.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 19, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's on their first album...
…White Music, features a totally spastic vocal and harmonica by Andy Partridge.
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by EliminateMe on Mar 19, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Grant wins.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 19, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No-talent hacks Dylan and Hendrix? What about the Smokey Robinson tune Tears of a Clown being remade by such luminaries as LaToya Jackson and Phil Collins? I think though, in those cases, the clowns were singing because of LaToya and Phil.
by biff pocoroba on Mar 20, 2009 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL….did you really just call Hendrix a “no-talent hack”?
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 20, 2009 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or by The English Beat?
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 20, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Springsteen’s cover of “Pay Me My Money Down” was pretty kickin.
by cheno on Mar 19, 2009 8:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of the Boss...
On his epic “Live 1975-1985” set, there’s a version of his own song “Fire,” which I think the Pointer Sisters recorded first in the 1970s.
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by leftymalo on Mar 19, 2009 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
a little “research” (ie Wikipedia) shows that rockabilly singer Robert Gordon recorded it, too, around the same time as the Pointer Sisters. The Sisters’ version is much better.
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by leftymalo on Mar 19, 2009 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1 for Robin Williams doing Elmer Fudd
doing Bruce Springsteen’s Fire
by Jakespaar on Mar 19, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like Robert Gordon’s version better than the Pointer Sisters’ version. The song was actually written for Gordon by Springsteen who was a big fan. After it failed to launch him into stardom, the Pointer Sisters had a hit with a pop version. To me there’s no comparison. That’s a 50 styles rock song, not a pop song.
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by rxmeister on Mar 19, 2009 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In elementary school, we did a talent show at my afterschool and my contribution was lip-synching Springsteen’s cover of “War,” which as I recall was from that same box set.
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by jcb9 on Mar 19, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You are correct, it was from that set
and it’s a nice cover. Great Song & Great Message! However, I prefer the Edwin Starr version.
by Jakespaar on Mar 19, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
His cover of Quarter to Three is awesome.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 19, 2009 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Clearly
the answer is the Kingsmen’s version of “Louie, Louie.”
Taking a virtually unknown, and thoroughly mediocre calypso semi-hit and turning it into the greatest and most recycled rock n’ roll riff ever = legendary cover status.
(2nd best is the Beatles version of "Money").
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by Roger on Mar 19, 2009 8:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Flying Lizards bashed up "Money" as well.
The Ramones released an album of covers called Acid Eaters which featured a stepped onup version of the Amboy Dukes’ Journey To The Center Of The Mind. , and many more.
Van Halen’s cover of Roy Orbison’s Oh! Pretty Woman.
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts powering up Tommy James’ Crimson And Clover.
Zeppelin spun out Willie Dixon’s You Shook Me.
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 19, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The VH version of the Kinks’ You Really Got Me.
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 19, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boo!
Absolutely not.
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by groug on Mar 19, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about Aztec Camera’s cover of “Jump”?
by Evan on Mar 19, 2009 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I'll just steal that
and whatever virii accompany it
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 19, 2009 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
as stated above, the Hendrix version of All Along the Watchtower is probably the best cover in the history of rock music.
Metallica’s covers of Budgie songs are better than the originals as is their cover of Am I Evil.
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by WTF on Mar 19, 2009 8:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Guns ‘N Roses version of ’Live and Let Die’
Stevie Wonder’s cover of ‘We Can Work It Out’
Berlin’s version of ‘The Dope Show’
by seyheystretch on Mar 19, 2009 8:51 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Good call on Live and Let Die
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by Goofus on Mar 19, 2009 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know why, but i can’t stand Guns ’N Roses. His voice annoys me.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 19, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I never really saw the appeal either.
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by jcb9 on Mar 19, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sounds like you actually do know why.
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by WTF on Mar 20, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Frank Black/Pixies
I love the Pixies version of the Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Head On,” and Black Francis/Frank Black’s solo version of the Beach Boys’ “Hang on to your Ego.”
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by leftymalo on Mar 19, 2009 8:51 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Head On does a lot of work to save Trompe Le Monde.
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by oldjacket on Mar 19, 2009 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it’s kind of their worst album.
Totally agree on “Hang On to your Ego.”
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by tk on Mar 19, 2009 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t even know that song until I heard it alot on XM channel 44, Fred. Now that Sirius has taken it over, all you hear are the same hits over and over again. No wonder they’re probably going out of business.
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by rxmeister on Mar 19, 2009 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apply directly to the forehead!
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by WalrusMan on Mar 19, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There have been a bunch of Elton John covers I thought were better than the orinal:
The Who – Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting
Rod Stewart – Your Song
George Micheal – Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me (Live Aid)
Others:
Lenny Kravitz – American Woman
Beatles – Twist and Shout
Marilyn Manson – Personal Jesus
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Higher Ground
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by Goofus on Mar 19, 2009 8:52 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'll chime in with another Who
Young Man Blues (Live at Leeds) – cover of Mose Allison
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by Larson2042 on Mar 19, 2009 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Summertime Blues of course as well.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 19, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Their “Barbara Ann” with Keith Moon singing the high part was hilarious. It’s in the movie “The Kids Are Alright”
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by Goofus on Mar 19, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I actually like the cover by the Blue Cheer better.
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by rxmeister on Mar 19, 2009 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about the George Michael/Elton John duet of “Don’t Let Your Son Go Down on Me”?
by seyheystretch on Mar 19, 2009 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Wedding Present do a great, rockin cover of Elton John’s “Step Into Christmas”.
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by Kitspool on Mar 19, 2009 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lenny Kravitz – American Woman
Beatles – Twist and Shout
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by Jakespaar on Mar 19, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lenny Kravitz – American Woman
Beatles – Twist and Shout
Fixed. Anything Lenny Kravitz is bad.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 19, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
THIS
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by UnleashTheGore on Mar 19, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well... The Guess Who version of AW was better
I can’t think of “Twist and Shout” without thinking of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
by Jakespaar on Mar 19, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some favorites
Hard to top Watchtower, but I like these:
Wayfaring Stranger – Neko Case. (Does that count as a cover?)
Dead Flowers – Townes van Zandt covering the Rolling Stones
Sad Songs & Waltzes – Cake covering Willie Nelson
Still in Love – Cat Power covering Hank Sr.
Bob Dylan Category: One More Cup of Coffee – The White Stripes
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What about covers where everybody tries it, but nobody gets it right?
Knocking on Heaven’s Door has been redone many times and is annoying every time.
St. James Infirmary Blues has been redone a bunch of times without anyone sniffing Louis Armstrong’s version.
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by oldjacket on Mar 19, 2009 8:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I really like that Townes van Zandt cover, good choice
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by theghostofjasonellison on Mar 19, 2009 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
G’N’R’s cover of “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” is outstanding.
And their cover of “Sympathy for the Devil” is neat.
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by bkrhater on Mar 19, 2009 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You are wrong on both of those.
GNR – great cover of KOHD as stated.
White Stripes version of SJIB is quite good too. Not quite as good as One more cup of coffee.
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by zenbitz on Mar 19, 2009 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/shrug
There are a lot more covers of both of those songs, those are two of the better examples.
I find the GNR cover droney and repetitive. Plus I’m always on thin ice with Axl’s singing voice and that song just has too much of it. The White Stripes version of St. James feels tossed off even for The White Stripes.
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by oldjacket on Mar 19, 2009 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I should not have written “wrong”.
It seems obvious that a good cover = “cover of some song that you might kind of like or not by a band you really like”
At least to me. There are some exceptions.
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by zenbitz on Mar 19, 2009 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s usually what it means to me too.
I really like The White Stripes, and I love Louis Armstrong, but sometimes these things just don’t work out.
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by oldjacket on Mar 19, 2009 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Landslide
Both by Smashing Pumpkins & Dixie Chicks and done poorly.
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by stevieg on Mar 19, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
umm no
Pumpkin’s version is quite awesome. see below.
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by UnleashTheGore on Mar 19, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m a big fan of Emm Gryner’s cover of the Clash song “Straight to Hell.” It’s unlikely folks have heard it, so I did some googling, and it looks like it can be found on last.fm.
Everyone already knows Johnny Cash’s cover of Hurt, so I’ll mention his cover of “I Hung My Head,” which I love despite it originally being a Sting song.
Oh, and there’s Neko Case’s “Knock Hard.”
If we’re counting traditional songs, I’ll add Neko Case’s “John Saw The Number” and Kristin Hersh’s “Poor Ellen Smith.”
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by jcb9 on Mar 19, 2009 8:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Also on the Johnny Cash front, his cover of Nick Cave’s “The Mercy Seat” is pretty damned good.
In the Somewhat Overrated But Still Quite Good category, there’s Jenny Lewis’s cover of “Hand With Care.”
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by jcb9 on Mar 19, 2009 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of Johnny Cash… Social Distortion’s cover of “Ring of Fire” gets one of my honorable mentions.
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by S.F. Giangst on Mar 19, 2009 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a whole disc of Ring of Fire covers
it goes:
Johnny Cash
Social D (and Mike Ness solo, which is basically the same)
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everyone else
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by zenbitz on Mar 19, 2009 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Social D (and Mike Ness solo, which is basically the same)
+1963
I saw Social D once. They were opening for Blink 182. :(
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by bkrhater on Mar 19, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If a band has a number tacked onto the end of their name for no apparent reason, they probably suck.
Not always, but it works as a general rule of thumb.
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by jcb9 on Mar 19, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/stamped approved
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by oldjacket on Mar 19, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is true.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 19, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ironically
while perhaps generally true, I kind of like Blink-182. I mean, for what they are (top 40 white radio music). Well, maybe top 400.
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by zenbitz on Mar 19, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does that rule apply to internet posters too?
by Evan on Mar 19, 2009 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Obviously.
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by jcb9 on Mar 19, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Absolutely.
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it’s x 1000 if it has 69 or 420 tacked on
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by chilibean_3 on Mar 19, 2009 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
worst mismatch of opening act / band
I saw the Toy Dolls and the Vandels open for No Doubt (Tragik Kingdom tour!).
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by zenbitz on Mar 19, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps
Still, I freaking love the Toy Dolls and the Vandals. That’s definitely a show where I’d show up early – and leave early.
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you would have killed yourself
Luckily, I got to see the Toy Dolls in a club within the week. Punk Rock from 500 yards away in stadium seating, surrounded by 9-year-old girls and there parents.
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by zenbitz on Mar 19, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Toy Dolls’ " Devil Went Down To Georgia" cover is righteous fun
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Blue Suede Shoes!
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 19, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not familiar with either of those bands, but
Along those same lines… Jimi Hendrix once opened for The Monkees :-O
by Jakespaar on Mar 19, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of "Ring of Fire"
I REALLY like Wall of Voodoo’s version.
Flame me for adimitting I watch American Idol, but it was country week this week and Adam Lambert covered “Ring of Fire” that bascially gave the middle finger to everything the show stands for the middle finger.
I love this guy. He’s not making any attempt to hide the fact that he’s gay, nor is he attempting to please the judges or mainstream sensibilities. He has a background in both music and theatre and is FAR more entertaining than anyone I’ve ever seen on the show. His on-stage persona is flamboyant/outrageous and his off-stage persona is basic, nice guy. A lot of America won’t get him, but it’ll be interesting social experiment to see if America is ready for something like this.
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by Goofus on Mar 19, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where’s Frank Zappa place?
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by oldjacket on Mar 19, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
EMM GRYNER FAN SIGHTING
Holy moly, I thought I was the only one. I actually like her version of “Breathless” a lot – taking a pretty cheesy pop song and turning it into something entirely different.
My favorite covers include Talking Heads’ “Take Me to the River,” Stan Ridgeway’s “Ring of Fire,” and a totally unknown Spanish electronic act called Spunky did a brilliant cover of Soft Cell’s “Loving You, Hating Me.”
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by antinous on Mar 19, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hooray for Emm Gryner fans! Even if they’re also Aaron Rowand fans.
I’ve been listening to her since 1998 or so. She has a new album, y’know.
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by jcb9 on Mar 19, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not an Aaron Rowand fan so much as a guy in the wrong place at the wrong time when he showed up.
I pre-ordered Goddess so mine’s all personalized and autographed. ;)
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by antinous on Mar 19, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I got mine pre-ordered too. It’s like the third album of hers I have autographed, ha. I haven’t gotten super into it yet, but I’ve only had the chance to listen a few times – I’ve bought a ridiculous amount of music lately.
I got to meet her once when I was living in Chicago and she was doing a rare show in the States – she noticed I was wearing one of her t-shirts and came over to talk after she played. She was super-nice.
Oh, and I like her version of “Breathless” too, but my favorite from that album is “Moorlough Shore.”
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by jcb9 on Mar 19, 2009 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Probably not the best ever, but REM did some cool covers of Velvet Underground’s “There She Goes Again” and “Pale Blue Eyes” that were B sides from their IRS days.
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Dead Letter Office
was a very cool album.
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by WTF on Mar 19, 2009 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
REM also covered Television’s “Venus” during live shows for a tour or two.
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by bgunn on Mar 19, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw ’em play “See No Evil” years ago — it was terrific.
by Evan on Mar 19, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love REM (their latest CD is great) but I didn’t like their cover of Wire’s “Strange.” Wire’s version was unique, and I was disappointed it was covered at all, let alone badly.
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by rxmeister on Mar 19, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I liked that one at the time, but that was before I heard Wire. Now it sounds lame. Same with their version of Pylon’s “Crazy.”
by Evan on Mar 20, 2009 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fellow Neko Case obsessives oldjacket and jcb9 forgot her sterling cover of Randy Newman’s “Beehive State” (which she does live but maybe hasn’t recorded).
Yo La Tengo has done so many great covers I’ve lost count, but their version of Sandy Denny’s “By The Time It Gets Dark” is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard.
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Ever heard YLT do their version of “Be My Baby”? Painfully beautiful. Also their cover of “You Can Have it All” is one of my favorite songs.
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by Roger on Mar 19, 2009 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is a reggae group called The Easy Star All-Stars that does covers of entire albums. They’ve done “Dark Side of The Moon” and “OK Computer” so far and will be releasing “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” in about a month.
They are sick. Check them out.
by Norm Median on Mar 19, 2009 9:06 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
+4:20
Dub Side of the Moon is dope.
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by S.F. Giangst on Mar 19, 2009 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Give me the original anytime, but Dub Side is alright. I’ll be looking for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely….Dub? soon.
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It’s titled “Easy Star’s Lonely Hearts Dub Band”
by Norm Median on Mar 19, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
there is an awesome cover album
of Pink Floyd’s the Wall – by “Luther Wright and the Wrongs” – all country/western.
It’s better than the original, and I don’t even like country, and I DO like Floyd.
Are there any deer in the audience tonight?
Gittup up against the wall
That one looks sqeamish…
And there’s a racoon
Who let all this wildlife into the room…
Another great floyd cover is
Wish You Were Here – by Rasputina
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by zenbitz on Mar 19, 2009 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Luther Wright used to be in the band Weeping Tile. Their singer, Sarah Harmer, has been a favorite of mine in her solo career.
(apologies for the lack of cover content)
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by jcb9 on Mar 19, 2009 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like her too!
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by tk on Mar 19, 2009 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Luther Wright and the Wrongs!
That album is so amazing.
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by tk on Mar 19, 2009 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the best thing ever
is to slip it surreptitiously into a stack of CDs at a party with a bunch of old (30s-40s) stoner head floyd fans.
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by zenbitz on Mar 19, 2009 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
THAT WAS YOU?
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Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes
That Luther Wright album = patently amazing
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Mar 19, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps that’s an idea for my dad’s birthday, thanks zenny.
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Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) by the Doors, though apparently they changed the lyrics a bit.
Smooth Criminal – Alien Ant Farm
War Pigs – Faith No More version OR Cake version
And just about anything from Nativity in Black (Sabbath tribute album) – namely “N.I.B.” — Ugly Kid Joe
Also Ugly Kid Joe’s version of Cats in the Cradle
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by nostocksjustbonds on Mar 19, 2009 9:06 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I almost forgot – Johnny Cash’s version of Rusty Cage.
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gillian welch: I’m Goin to Jackson
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by The Gene Hackman on Mar 19, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
War Pigs… not so much.
But Static-X’s cover of Behind the Wall of Sleep from Nativity in Black II… yes.
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by S.F. Giangst on Mar 19, 2009 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another honorable mention
Simon Collins’s cover of “Keep it Dark”. Yes, his dad is that Phil Collins and the song was originally done by Genesis. Probably the best pop song ever written in 3/2 time.
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by S.F. Giangst on Mar 19, 2009 9:15 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Led Zeppelin’s first album and “In My Time of Dying”
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by jasomack on Mar 19, 2009 9:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Frank Black covering Dylan’s “Changing of the Guards” is my all-time favorite-favorite.
After that? Tori Amos doing “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
The Be Good Tanyas doing the abovementioned Zep’s “In My Time of Dying”
Tim O’Brien’s entire album of bluegrass Dylan covers
Deftones doing Depeche Mode’s “To Have and to Hold”
and Johnny Cash covering “Hurt.” Also, this wins for best video ever-ever.
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by tk on Mar 19, 2009 9:45 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Boy I have alot of favorite covers
In addition to Hurt/Johnny Cash, Floyd covers, and the GNR songs above…
I have to break into categories:
Covers by bands that don’t do a whole lot of covers:
- It’s All Over Now Baby Blue – Hole (there also exists a Hole cover of “Gold Dust Woman” but from what I can tell it only appeared on the soundtrack for “The Crow II” and don’t have a copy)
- Anarchy in the U.K. – Megadeth
- Living After Midnight – The Donnas
- Boys of Summer – Ataris
- Tainted Love – by Shaded Apart (also Me First and the Gimme Gimmes)
Honorable Mention
Sheer Heart Attack – by Adrenalin OD (not a super great cover… but what a bizzare choice)
Covers by bands that do many covers:
- Lonesome Town – The Cramps
- Route 66 – The Cramps
- The Crusher – The Cramps
Ramones have many many covers (not even including their cover album below) but I think my favorite is of Johnny Thunders’ “Chinese Rocks”. I also like California Sun and Time Has Come Today.
Special Category – cover albums
- anything by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
- the For Ladies Only album by Killdozer (American Pie and One Tin Soldier are high lights)
- Let It Be by Laibach (except the song, Let it Be)
- Plays Metallica By Four Cellos by Apocalyptica
- Acid Eaters by Ramones
Special Category- best pure cover band you can only see live:
Chidren of the Damned – tribute to Iron Maiden.
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by zenbitz on Mar 19, 2009 9:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Special Category- best pure cover band you can only see live:
Unauthorized Rolling Stones
They’re local and I know a couple of the guys. Lot’s of fun.
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by Goofus on Mar 19, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Along those lines
If you’re an AC/DC fan around Sacramento you should check out Riff Raff. Very fun show.
by chilibean_3 on Mar 19, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw The Sun Kings (Beatles cover band) vs. The Unauthorized Rolling Stones at Cafe Du Nord last year. It was a great time. Fake Mick Jagger was pretty incredible.
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by SF Pete on Mar 19, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
His real name is Rudy. He’s a nice guy.
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by Goofus on Mar 20, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Patti Smith covering Gloria
Joe Cocker’s version of With A Little Help From My Friends
There are more but I can’t remember it at the moment.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 19, 2009 9:59 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Joe Cocker. WRONG.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 19, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or the Doors cover of "Gloria"!
“WELL , NOW THAT WE KNOW EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT BETTER ,
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 19, 2009 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like Manfred Mann’s cover of Blinded By The Light
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by GiantBrass on Mar 19, 2009 10:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
REVVED UP LIKE A DEUCE bahdah bahdahbahdah bah
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by baetown415 on Mar 19, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pushed in like a duche…..
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by WalrusMan on Mar 19, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wierd covers
I actually like this – but Mark Kozelek of AC/DC songs sung kind of slow and poppy (not quite lounge) called “What’s Next to the Moon”.
Pat Boone’s – in a metal mood is just terrible, and I really wanted to like it. Same with London Syphony Orch. plays the Sex Pistols.
Worst cover by a band known for good covers is probably the Cramps’ version of Surfin’ Bird.
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by zenbitz on Mar 19, 2009 10:03 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Worst cover album is Tori Amos’s Strange Little Girls, which pretty much singlehandedly killed my teenaged love for Tori Amos.
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by jcb9 on Mar 19, 2009 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's the matter with you!
That’s a great album. Especially the Eminem thing.
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by tk on Mar 19, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s the one highlight. Some of the other stuff, like “Heart of Gold” and “Happiness is a Warm Gun” is just unlistenable.
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by jcb9 on Mar 19, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s my least favorite Tori album, but the cover of Waits’ “Time” is beautiful, in my opinion.
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by antinous on Mar 19, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Red House Painters’ cover of “Silly Love Songs” is insane. He basically turns this cute pop tune into a 10-minute dirge with Neil Young-type riffs.
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by Kitspool on Mar 19, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love his cover of Long Distance Runaround too. Similar thing.
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by jponry on Mar 19, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh god
How could I forget Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds by William Shatner!
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by zenbitz on Mar 19, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey Lucy!
……..
In the sky!
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by WalrusMan on Mar 19, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Reel Big Fish’s cover of “Take On Me”
Also all of Weird Al’s polka medleys
by Natto on Mar 19, 2009 10:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
+1 for Al polkas
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Mar 19, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
best ever
is the Metallica one … Enter Sandman (although it might be a medly/medly)
“off to never, never land”. toot-ta-ta-toot-toot-TOOT!
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by zenbitz on Mar 19, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some unmentioned covers that I really like:
Jeff Buckley covering Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”
Built to Spill covering Daniel Johnston’s “Some Things Last A Long Time” (or the Doug Martsch acoustic version)
Pearl Jam covering Victoria Williams’ “Crazy Mary”
Tricky covering Public Enemy’s “Black Steel”
…and if you haven’t heard the Advantage cover old 8-bit Nintendo music, then you haven’t really lived. My favorites are anything from Megaman 2, Contra, or the Castlevania games.
by neurofarm on Mar 19, 2009 10:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
+1 on the Tricky cover
And the cover of Dear God is good too. I just love Tricky, though.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Mar 19, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1 Crazy Mary
Rafael Rodriguez: Your number 8 organizational prospect before stepping a foot on American soil and has "looked just super so far," according to Felipe Alou...according to Baggs.
by BrianBokake on Mar 19, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
For sheer insanity, I present
“Like A Virgin” by Lords of the New Church
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by Goofus on Mar 19, 2009 10:41 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
“Into the Groovey” by Ciccone Youth (Sonic Youth’s take on Madonna Louise Ciccone.)
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 19, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just off the top of my head
Anthrax – “Got the Time” (Joe Jackson)
Vandals – “Summer Lovin” (from Grease)
RHCP – “Subterranean Homesick Blues” (Dylan)
Wesley Willis – “Girls on Film” (Duran Duran)
Pretty much anything by Richard Cheese…
…and Dread Zeppelin
Primus and Metallica have done a crapload of covers, and they’re a mixed bag, but the ones I like I REALLY like
I also like Rush’s versions of “The Seeker” and “Crossroads.” Sue me.
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Mar 19, 2009 10:42 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
vandals ftw!
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by zenbitz on Mar 19, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want...to be...a cowboy...
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 19, 2009 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you so funny because you pick random lyrics
I mean… why not:
ANARCHY BURGER! Hold the Government!
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by zenbitz on Mar 20, 2009 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because I've never heard it.
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 20, 2009 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dread, I’m still looking for an album wherever I go of theirs.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 19, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Difficult Subject (without hours of research)
Off the top of my head…
Black Magic Woman – Santana (originally done by Fleetwood Mac)
I Heard It Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye (originally done by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles). I’m a big Smokey Robinson fan, but Marvin just nailed it. Other great versions were done by Gladys Knight & the Pips and Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Crossroads – Cream (Robert Johnson)
Got to Get You into My Life – Earth, Wind & Fire (The Beatles) – I rarely like Beatles covers, but this is an exception.
Trouble No More – The Allman Brothers Band (Muddy Waters)
And… I’m not sure if this exactly qualifies, but it’s an interesting story. Simon & Garfunkel originally recorded Sounds Of Silence as an acoustic only folk song on their first album in 1964. That album flopped, and Simon & Garfunkel split up. Unbeknownst to them, their record company overdubbed the tract with electric instruments and re-released it about a year later, where it slowly climbed the charts until it reached #1. Simon & Garfunkel reunited, and that song helped propel them to stardom.
by Jakespaar on Mar 19, 2009 10:56 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I never realized “Black Magic Woman” was a cover. cool
Right there with you on “Got To Get You Into My Life” by Eartch Wind And Fire.
On another front, my wife and I were arguing “Say A Little Prayer” the other day. I like Dionne Warwick’s version more and she likes Aretha Franklin’s more. I’m not sure who covered who.
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by Goofus on Mar 19, 2009 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
According to Wikipedia,
I Say a Little Prayer was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for Dionne Warwick in 1967. Aretha Franklin recorded it in 1968. I had to listen to both versions again before weighing in. I have to give my nod to the original (although both are good).
by Jakespaar on Mar 19, 2009 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't know "Black Magic Woman" was a cover either
until I was doing research for this (shameless plug)
by Jakespaar on Mar 19, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
When Rock Band II was coming out for the Wii, I saw that “Black Magic Woman” wasn’t going to be the original artist and I was really hoping for the original Santana one. Meh.
Check out the Fleetwood Mac “Black Magic Woman,” great song.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 19, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fleetwood Mac's was the original
and, it good, but I like Santana’s much more.
by Jakespaar on Mar 19, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I realize Fleetwood Mac’s was the original. I didn’t convey it well enough.
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I guess I misconstrued what you were trying to say…
by Jakespaar on Mar 19, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah I tried to type it like 5 times and that’s the best it came out. I was hoping the Rock Band II version was Santana’s since it said “Not by original artist” which would be not by Fleetwood Mac.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 19, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good call.
Heard it Through the Grapevine!
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by oldjacket on Mar 19, 2009 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
re: Simon and Garfunkel, was that the Wednesday Morning 3 A.M. album? An old roommate of mine in college had that on vinyl. It’s funny how success in that business almost requires getting lucky like that.
by neurofarm on Mar 19, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Beatles covers…yea I’m pretty much in the park that I can only get into Aerosmith’s Come Together. Other than that, I’m not sure I’ve heard one that’s good. Bono’s version was ok, but I think it was just compared to the suck that surrounded it in the movie.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 19, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've been a Beatles fan since the mid 60s
Aerosmith’s Come Together and U2’s Helter Skelter are not bad. I don’t like them as much as the originals, or as much as Earth, Wind & Fire’s Got to Get You into My Life. Perhaps it is because I prefer that original GTGYIML to CT or HS…
I guess I’m one of the few U2 fans that really liked the Rattle and Hum album. They did a pretty good cover of All Along the Watchtower on that album (though not nearly as good as Hendrix’s).
by Jakespaar on Mar 19, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anything by Richard Cheese
Such Great Heights- Iron and Wine
Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You- Lauryn Hill
If You Want Me to Stay- RHCP
5446- Sublime
Scarlet Begonias-Sublime
Hollywood-RHCP (kind of)
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by TexasRanger on Mar 19, 2009 11:21 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Supposedly it’s Lounge Against the Machine’s’ last tour… apparently he’s threatening to do a Hawaiian band.
by Johnny Disaster on Mar 19, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about Madvillain doing Rhinestone Cowboy, does that count?
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by TexasRanger on Mar 19, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Korn – Word Up!
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Mar 19, 2009 11:23 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Another
Kinky doing Mexican Radio. Kinky is a Rock en Espanol group so that just amused me.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Mar 19, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sinead O’Connor’s “All Apologies”
PJ Harvey’s “Highway 61 Revisited”
Warren Zevon’s “Back in the High Life Again”
by Evan on Mar 19, 2009 11:25 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You reminded me
From the super obvious, nobody needs me to tell them this category: Sinead O’Connor’s Nothing Compares 2 U.
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by jcb9 on Mar 19, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's tough to call that a cover, exactly
Prince never released that under his own name – IIRC, it was released under the Family – so I almost think of it as an original-ish version. Like songs written by a label’s house writer but recorded by someone else – I don’t think anybody thinks of Aretha’s version of Natural Woman (written by Carole King) as a cover.
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by antinous on Mar 19, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looking it up on Wikipedia, the Family version came out 5 years before O’Connor’s. Her version is certainly the definitive one, though.
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by jcb9 on Mar 19, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, then I have been wikipediaed. Didn’t know that. :)
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by antinous on Mar 19, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
brown chicken brown cow
i saw ween do an entire set of prince songs at the warfield a few years back.
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by The Gene Hackman on Mar 19, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
She’s great with covers. I love her version of “Wake Up and Make Love with Me.”
by Evan on Mar 19, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where Did You Sleep Last Night, Lake of Fire, and The Man Who Sold The World from Nirvana’s Unplugged album.
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by groug on Mar 19, 2009 11:28 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
All those are tremendous. Grougthink!
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by BrianBokake on Mar 19, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Mar 19, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I forgot about Where Did You Sleep Last Night. another great, great version of a traditional song.
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by jcb9 on Mar 19, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree, those are all fantastic. Plateau and Jesus Don’t Want Me for A Sunbeam are pretty sweet, too. That whole album is awesome.
by neurofarm on Mar 19, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good calls
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by Kitspool on Mar 19, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isn’t “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” credited as “In the Pines”?
The Grateful Dead’s cover of that is great as well.
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by bgunn on Mar 19, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s been released under several titles, including those two and “Black Girl.”
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by jcb9 on Mar 19, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
for The Man Who Sold The World
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by UnleashTheGore on Mar 19, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
this
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by The Gene Hackman on Mar 19, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tom Waits- “Big Joe and Phantom 309”
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by BrianBokake on Mar 19, 2009 11:28 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice. It was going on my list as well.
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by bgunn on Mar 19, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Such a great song. Definitely makes my all time top 10.
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by BrianBokake on Mar 19, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hope Sandoval’s Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Drop”
by satyricrash on Mar 19, 2009 11:41 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Way You Do the Things You Do – UB40 (The Temptations)
by Jakespaar on Mar 19, 2009 12:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
a few i haven't seen mentioned
- billy corgan’s “landslide” makes me pause and think a bit
- massive attack with mos def’s “i against i” gets me wiggling
- sid vicious singing “my way” makes me want to push people around
- long before Juno i’ve been in a trance over “superstar” by sonic youth
and i’ve listened to William Shatner’s cover of “common people” by pulp hundreds of times… amazing.
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by redhornet78 on Mar 19, 2009 12:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Great call on “Landslide”. I thought it was the Smashing Pumpkins though.
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by Goofus on Mar 19, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shatner’s “Common People” is unironically awesome. I love it almost as much as I love the original.
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by antinous on Mar 19, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Landslide
one of those covers that is awesome, but I can’t decide if it’s better than the original. The same goes for Metallica’s Turn the Page.
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by UnleashTheGore on Mar 19, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
on the lighter side...
The Simpsons Sing the Blues is a fun album.
by Jakespaar on Mar 19, 2009 12:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Top 5
Cake — “Sad Songs and Waltzes” (WIlie Nelson)
Johnny Cash and June Carter — “It Ain’t Me Babe” (Dylan)
Johnny Cash and Fiona Apple — “Father and Son” (Cat Stevens)
Jonathon Coulton — “Baby Got Back” (Sir Mix-a-Lot)
Alanis Morrisette — “King of Pain” (The Police)
(Alanis gets special mention for “My Humps”)
by David Arnott on Mar 19, 2009 12:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I like JoCo but I can’t even listen to his Baby Got Back cover.
by chilibean_3 on Mar 19, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sad Songs and Waltzes is great but I don’t think it even qualifies as the best cover done by Cake. I’d have to give their version of I Will Survive the nod.
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by EliminateMe on Mar 19, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do enjoy I Will Survive, and their version of Manah Manah, but for me, Sad Songs and Waltzes is perfect, especially at the end of the album like it is.
by David Arnott on Mar 20, 2009 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not the best of all time, but a solid recent cover nonetheless: Tom Gabel – Wagon Wheel
by ignition on Mar 19, 2009 12:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Question
Lindsay Buckingham does the most intensely supremely cool acoustic version of the Fleetwood Mac song “Big Love”. Does that count?
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by Goofus on Mar 19, 2009 12:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Bauhaus’ version of Bowies’ Space Oddity is also great. Not sure if that counts as a cover because Bowie and Peter Murphy are basically the same person
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by zenbitz on Mar 19, 2009 12:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Some that have not been mentioned:
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by bgunn on Mar 19, 2009 12:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I like Neil Young’s version “Blowin in the Wind” too. Neil Young does good Dylan covers… I heard him do a cover of “Tom Thumb’s Blues” that, unlike the original, I really liked. I like Dylan as a singer, but he really butchers that one on the Highway 61 album.
by neurofarm on Mar 19, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
what.
It’s great on Highway 61. It’s greater on Live 1966.
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by groug on Mar 19, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Scott D. Davis
He does a number of Metallica (and a few GNR) piano arrangements, and it’s just fantastic.
Here’s Fade to Black, probably my favorite.
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by UnleashTheGore on Mar 19, 2009 12:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Had never heard of him. Pretty cool, thanks.
by chilibean_3 on Mar 19, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Almost everything on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds “Kicking Against the Pricks” album (with a few notable exceptions) but especially their covers of Muddy Waters, The Singer (Johnny Cash), Running Scared (Roy Orbison) and Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart (Gene Pitney.) His cover of Cohen’s Avalanche is also pretty cool, though completely inferior to the original.
Scott Walker also has done a ton of great covers, especially of Jacques Brel songs – I particularly love Funeral Tango, Sons of, If You Go Away, Amsterdam and Jackie. His cover of Tim Hardin’s “Black Sheep Boy” is great as well. And his version of Dylan’s If I Threw It All Away is beautiful.
My least favorite cover of all time… Metallica’s version of NC&TBS’s Loverman. Ugh.
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by jponry on Mar 19, 2009 12:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah that Metallica song is BRUTAL.
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by BrianBokake on Mar 19, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m a Metallica fanboy and yeah….that was god awful.
by chilibean_3 on Mar 19, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It seems so weird to me that you’d have one version of the song by Nick Cave and one by an actual like METAL BAND!!! and it’s the one by Metallica that got wimpified. WTF?
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by jponry on Mar 19, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
some good ones:
primus: have a cigar
seal/jeff beck: manic depression
greenday: tired of waiting for you
lemonheads: mrs robinson
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by The Gene Hackman on Mar 19, 2009 12:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
anybody know of any decent covers of McCartney’s “Jet”?
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by The Gene Hackman on Mar 19, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Replacements used to cover it during their * sloppy drunk cover set era *.
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by bgunn on Mar 19, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jellyfish used to cover this...
Fairley odd parent to Wendell
by WTF on Mar 20, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
jay farrar/kelly willis: rex’s blues
los lobos: cinnamon girl
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by The Gene Hackman on Mar 19, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
More Lobos covers:
Volver Volver
Dear Mr Fantasy
Down by the River
My Generation (Patti’s version is great too)
New Speedway Boogie
Are You Experienced
I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song)
La Bamba
Bertha > Not Fade Away
Sabor A Mi
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by bgunn on Mar 19, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
all that stuff from the disney cover record is crazy good.
the monkey songs is incredible.
the replacements do cruella deville well
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by The Gene Hackman on Mar 19, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tom Waits “Hi Ho”
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by bgunn on Mar 19, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
emmylou harris = goddess
sweet old world (lucinda williams)
may this be love (hendrix)
orphan girl (gillian welch)
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by The Gene Hackman on Mar 19, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eric Cartman's
Come Sail Away. Epic.
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by UnleashTheGore on Mar 19, 2009 12:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
“I don’t wanna wait, for my trapperkeeper to be over”
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 19, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One I doubt people will know: The Bevis Frond’s fantastic cover of
Arthur Lee/Love’s “Signed DC”
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by bgunn on Mar 19, 2009 1:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I know it! Great version.
Back at ya: Juliana Hatfield covering The Bevis Frond’s “(S)he’d be a diamond”
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by Kitspool on Mar 19, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Adrian Shaw (exHawkwind/current BevisFrond) covering PFunk’s Maggot Brain.
(and Mary Lou Lord probably doesnt count as Nick Saloman backs here on most of the album)
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by bgunn on Mar 19, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Señor Coconut Y Su Conjunto
Did an entire album covering Kraftwerk in a latin/jazz style. I particularly like the Neon Lights cover, but some of our silicon based members would probably prefer Home Computer.
by Johnny Disaster on Mar 19, 2009 1:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I love Senor Coconut. They did a version of Smooth Operator that cracks me up.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Mar 19, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Phish, of course
Best cover band ever. No one really comes close. Covering what, you ask? Well, how about:
The Beatles (white album). All of it.
The Who – Quadrophenia. All of it.
Talking Heads – Remain in Light. All of it.
Velvent Underground – Loaded. All of it.
Pink Floyd – DSOTM. All of it.
And then tons of covers from pretty much any genre you can think of.
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by positiveuphemism on Mar 19, 2009 1:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Their covers of Loving Cup (Stones), Peaches en Ragelia (Zappa), and Sparks (The Who) are great as well. The flip side is every original song they’ve ever written sucks.
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by bgunn on Mar 19, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Excuse me while I go stick my head in the oven.
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by jcb9 on Mar 19, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
She’s Not there – Santana (The Zombies)
by Jakespaar on Mar 19, 2009 1:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
New Category: Best Cover Songs By Predominately Gay 80s Bands.
“Don’t Leave Me This Way” – Communards
“I Feel Love” – Bronski Beat
“That’s The Way I like It” – Dead or Alive
“Born To Run” – Frankie Goes To Hollywood
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by Goofus on Mar 19, 2009 1:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Pansy Division covered:
Nirvana’s “Smells like Queer Spirit”
Ramones’ “Rock ‘n’ Roll Queer Bar”
Prince’s “Jack U Off”
Spinal Tap’s “Big Bottom”
The Velvet Underground’s “Femme Fatale”
…but they may be a 90’s (and currently reformed) band.
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by bgunn on Mar 19, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve been addicted to Led Zeppelin’s covers of C’Mon Everybody and Something Else on the DVD since I heard them. Their version of Babe I’m Gonna Leave You can be so powerful as well.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 19, 2009 2:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Fire Water Burn
Bloodhouse Gang
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by zenbitz on Mar 19, 2009 3:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe best cover ever would be a little extreme
But Cake’s version of I Will Survive is pretty ass-kick.
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by SneakToBetterSeats on Mar 19, 2009 3:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
+75
Still-proud, adoptive mama of Notgardo Alfonzo, who's back from the 50-game purgatory. He promises never to do it again. I couldn't get him to promise to hit, though. We're working on that with bribes of M&Ms, kind of like potty training.
by tk on Mar 19, 2009 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pete Townshend likes to cover “Save It For Later” in solo shows. I saw an interview with Dave Wakeling and he was so honored that Pete would sing one of his songs it almost moved him to tears.
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by Goofus on Mar 19, 2009 3:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Peal Jam often goes into Save It For Later at the end of Better Man. I wonder if that is Pete’s influence. Sometimes it seems like they just want to be a Who cover band having convered the following songs a bunch of times:
1. Baba O’Riley
2. My Generation
3. The Kids are Alright
4. Love, Reign O’er Me
6. Behind Blue Eyes
7. I Can’t Explain
and Let My Love Opent the Door
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by SF Pete on Mar 19, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m pretty sure these two songs are the best covers of any song I’ve ever heard.
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by baetown415 on Mar 19, 2009 3:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
LOL
The second link didn’t work for me. It said “We’re sorry, this video is no longer available.”
by Jakespaar on Mar 19, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Try this one
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by baetown415 on Mar 19, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
I can’t believe no one’s mentioned Shatner’s performance of Rocketman
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by UnleashTheGore on Mar 19, 2009 3:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I like Stewie Griffin’s version.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 19, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I also enjoy all of the Little Boxes covers that were used in the second season of Weeds.
by ignition on Mar 19, 2009 3:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – SRV (Hendrix) & basically everything else that SRV ever covered…
by Jakespaar on Mar 19, 2009 3:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
A couple more
A Perfect Circle – When the Levee Breaks
Throwing Muses – Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Smashing Pumpkins – Never Let Me Down Again
And…of course…
Leonard Nimoy – Proud Mary
by Louis XVI on Mar 19, 2009 4:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of "Proud Mary"
It was written by John Fogerty, and recorded by CCR. It reached #2 on the charts in 1969. It was covered by Ike & Tina Turner two years later (their version made it to #4). Both are great versions.
I wonder if there is another song that has a higher combined rating (between original and cover)?
by Jakespaar on Mar 19, 2009 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“Oh, Pretty Woman” was a #1 for Roy Orbison on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964, and the Van Halen cover was #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Tracks 100 in 1982 (although reaching only #12 on the Billboard Hot 100).
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by S.F. Giangst on Mar 20, 2009 4:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Glady Knight and the Pips version of “I Heard it Thru the Grapevine” (which was the third or fourth version recorded) reached #2 on the Pop Charts and became Motown’s biggest selling single up to that point (1968). The next year Marvin Gaye’s version (which had actually been recorded before Gladys but released after it) hit #1 on the charts and IT became Motown’s biggest selling single ever.
The following year, CCR’s 11 minute version helped “Cosmo’s Factory” hit the Top 10 of the Soul Album chart, which was a virtually unprecedented accomplishment for a white rock band.
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by Roger on Mar 20, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another song that was a hot three times is Dancin’ In the Streets
- Martha and the Vandellas
- Van Halen
- Jagger and Bowie
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by Goofus on Mar 20, 2009 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Even more…
Aztec Camera – Jump
Springsteen – Devil With a Blue Dress medley on “No Nukes”
Brothers Johnson – Come Together
Devo – Workin’ in a Coal Mine
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"LORD , I AM SO TIRED.
HOW LONG CAN THIS GO ON?
Or their cover of “Are You Experienced”
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The Wallflowers covered Bowie’s Heroes , and had the class to let Brian Eno sit in on it.
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And who was it (Dashboard Confessional?) that covered Men At Work’s “Overkill” and let Colin James Hay sing the last verse?
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 19, 2009 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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Patti Smith doing Gloria was mentioned above, and since covers where lyrics are drastically rewritten are apparently fair game, I’ve always loved The Pogues doing Young Ned Of The Hill (“A curse upon you Oliver Cromwell, you who raped our motherland, I hope you’re rottin’ down in hell for the horrors that you sent”)
And while I’m on the topic of the Pogues, And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda is amazing.
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by groug on Mar 19, 2009 5:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
My favorites were mentioned already, RBF’s “Take on Me” and Sid Vicious’ “My Way.” I also really like The Damned’s cover of the Beatles classic, “Help.” The Jam do a great version of “Slow Down” as well. A good recent cover is My Chemical Romance’s cover of Dylan’s “Desolation Row,” which was used in movie “Watchmen.”
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by rxmeister on Mar 19, 2009 7:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The MCR cover of Desolation Row was not good
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by jponry on Mar 19, 2009 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The MCR cover of Desolation Row wasis not good
fixed
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Mar 19, 2009 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You are correct.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 20, 2009 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do the Rutles count?
Barry, Stig, Dirk and Nasty – All You Need is Cash.
by Johnny Disaster on Mar 19, 2009 7:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Whiskey in the jar
by Metallica (Garage Inc.)
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by Giant among Angels on Mar 19, 2009 7:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
there's also
a cover of Misfits “Green Hell” and another misfits song as well.
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by zenbitz on Mar 20, 2009 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
another Dylan cover: Baby Blue
by The Chocolate Watchband (a garage psych/prog group).
I’d put it up there with Hendrix’s cover of all along the watchtower.
(i liked the 13th floor elevators version too, btw)
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by haverecords on Mar 19, 2009 8:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The best two covers I can think of off of (off of off of…) top of my head are The Clash’s cover of Junior Murvin’s “Police and Thieves” and the same group’s cover of Toots and the Maytal’s “Pressure Drop.”
This is only because very few people cover Richard and Linda Thompson, however.
by cincinnati_giant on Mar 20, 2009 9:29 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I liked The Clash cover of “I Fought the Law” as well.
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 20, 2009 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Dead Kennedys also did a good version of this song.
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 20, 2009 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
best DK cover is probabably
“Rawhide” however.
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by zenbitz on Mar 20, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Green Day doesn’t, although I’m a fan of theirs.
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by rxmeister on Mar 21, 2009 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s one of those covers that I forget IS a cover.
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by jcb9 on Mar 20, 2009 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“Police On My Back” too.
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by groug on Mar 20, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was going to say this
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by Goofus on Mar 20, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is only because very few people cover Richard and Linda Thompson, however.
Los Lobos cover “Shoot Out the Lights.”
I also omitted Tom Waits’ “Jockey Full of Burbon” from my list of Lobos covers.
Police and Thieves is a good call.
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by bgunn on Mar 20, 2009 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Richard "Vincent Black Shadow" Thompson?
That version kills , literally.
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 20, 2009 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
’52 Vincent Black Lightning.
god i hate it when i do that.
OK if I adopt Randy Johnson?
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 21, 2009 4:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
harry nilsson: without you
creeper lagoon: because (i also like elliott smith’s version as well)
by druncan on Mar 20, 2009 12:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Best Cover Band — Blues Brothers
Best Cover Singer — Linda Ronstadt
Great Cover Songs — Emmy Lou Harris, “Pancho and Lefty”, Alison Krauss “I Will”, Nancy Griffiths “Across the Great Divide”, Arlo Guthrie “City of New Orleans”, Steve Goodman “The Dutchman”
by NearestNorwich on Mar 20, 2009 12:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Judas Priest’s cover of “Diamonds and Rust”.
Tom Jones cover of “Kiss”.
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by S.F. Giangst on Mar 21, 2009 10:41 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Skankin' Pickle
Their cover of the Vapor’s “Turning Japanese.” Thanks, Delorean!!
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by rxmeister on Mar 21, 2009 10:55 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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