descant Posted August 12, 2010 Posted August 12, 2010 I see lots of talk about songs, as played/sung by their creators (or the original players/singers, at least) - and that's great to hear about. Always will be. But, from time to time, someone comes along and does a pretty damn impressive (cover) version of some song or other. In this thread, I'd love to hear about those. Hopefully I'm not the only one... Fire away!
comfortablynumb Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 I Shot the Sherriff....Eric Clapton playing Bob Marley 1
Batty Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 All along the watchtower - Hendrix plays Dylan While my guitar gently weeps - Jeff Healy plays some bloke from liverpool (yeah I know Clapton played guitar). 1
comfortablynumb Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 ....and a whole bunch of Linda Ronstadt !!!! 1
Cyber_Murphy Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 Gloria by Van Morrision.. A cover version recorded live by The Doors during a "soundstage sound check" in Claifornia.. Right at the peak of Jim's carreer,, he was steaming hot! The recording is live Without crowd noise,, a magic recording
davidsss Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 (edited) Not Fade Away - Rolling Stones play Buddy Holly Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley plays someone I can't remember The Sonics, Rolling Stones, Lena Lovich and The Beatles play Money by Barrett (not Syd but the name escapes me at present). Wait a minute, was it Barrett Strong? Plenty more where these came from. DS Edited August 13, 2010 by davidsss Remembered something!
Batty Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 Gloria by Van Morrision.. A cover version recorded live by The Doors during a "soundstage sound check" in Claifornia.. Right at the peak of Jim's carreer,, he was steaming hot! The recording is live Without crowd noise,, a magic recording Heard the Hendrix version?
Nigel Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 Friends of Carlotta do very nice copies of popular songs. Nice recording quality too. I really like the Easybeat's versin of Django Reinhardt's Friday On My Mind. 2
Cyber_Murphy Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 (edited) Heard the Hendrix version? No,, I cant say I have.. I bet it would be pretty good too Edited August 13, 2010 by Cyber_Murphy spelling mistake
Nigel Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 And Eric Clapton's acoustic versions of his own songs like All Along the Boardwalk.
Jake Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 Walk On By by Dionne Warwick (embedding for this song disabled unfortunately but worth a listen) 1
emesbee Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 Gilberto Gil has done some excellent cover versions of Bob Marley songs. One Drop, No Woman No Cry, Waiting In Vain, Could You Be Loved, among others. On his Kaya N'Gan Daya CD. 1
ltmon Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 As much as I love the original, Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley is a winner for me. Something a little more obscure: Eleanor Rigby as played by Dirt Poor Robins is getting a lot of playtime on my headphones at work right now. 2
Nigel Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 Zoot did a thrash version of Elanor Rigby in the early 70s? 4
Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted August 13, 2010 Volunteer Posted August 13, 2010 Judas Priest cover of 1) Diamonds and Rust, 2) Green Manalishi Iron Maiden cover of Women in Uniform Queensryche's Gonna get close to you Rodrigo e Gabriella cover of Metallica's "Orion" Neil Young doing "Blowin in the Wind" live (reminds me of all along the watchtower somehow - an electric electrifying version of Dylan)
emesbee Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 Zoot did a thrash version of Elanor Rigby in the early 70s? I remember it.
lebowski Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 one of my favourite covers, Beastie Boys do Elton John - Benny and the Jets
jel Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 Zoot did a thrash version of Elanor Rigby in the early 70s? I remember that one, quite good. The Bangles did a good version of "Hazy shade of winter" 1
everyones_shadow Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 Tainted Love - Soft Cell covering Gloria Jones Psycho Chicken - The Fools 'covering' Talking heads The Passenger - Siouxsie and the banshees covering Iggy Pop Dear Prudence - Siouxsie covering the beatles Not a cover but... Ravel's orchestration of Satie's Gymnopedies ES
comfortablynumb Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 Tainted Love - Soft Cell covering Gloria JonesES For that matter....The Living End covering both !!!!
Guest Willow Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 Manfred Mann's Earth Band do Springsteen's - Blinded by the light Lemonheads do Simon & Garfunkel's - Mr's Robinson
Jake Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 Manfred Mann's Earth Band do Springsteen's - Blinded by the light Hell, I never knew that was a Springsteen song!
RockandorRoll Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 one of my favourite covers, Beastie Boys do Elton John - Benny and the Jets Hilarious!! actually laughing at loud Entombed - Night of the Vampire (Roky Erikson from 13th floor elevators) Enomtbed - One Track Mind (Motorhead) ZZ Top - Boom Boom Michael Bolton - Sitting on the docks of the bay George Thorogood - One Bourbon one scotch and one beer John Mayer - Bold As Love. Yep over Hendrix, thought it fit perfectly on Continuum Mott The Hoople - Laugh at me Mott The Hoople - At The Crossroads theres heaps really
comfortablynumb Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 Originally by the Kinks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnaHtXdoWUg
comfortablynumb Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 and here is a Dr. hook tune sung by someone I would never have thought of......
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