Best Cover Songs

[Wee67]

I want to put together a file of the best cover songs. You know, songs performed or, better yet, re-interpreted by a band different from the one who made it famous. I'm NOT talking about cover songs that, in and of themselves, became more attached to the second artist than the original. Songs like Jimi Hendrix's "All Along The Watchtower" or Elvis' version of "Hound Dog."

It could just be a version that rocks out (The Ramones, "Street Fighting Man") or maybe a whole new take (Sisters of Mercy's turn on "Give Me Shelter"). I do have an affinity for 80's indy bands doing their favorites songs (Redd Kross' "Black Diamond" or Husker Du's "8 Miles High"), but I'm looking for any suggestion.

An no, William Shatner doing "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" is NOT one of the great covers :smiley1:

[Mikey]

Hmmm,

Beach Boy's Rock and Roll Music first comes to mind.
First Chuck, then Beatles, then Beach Boys

YouTube - Beach Boys - Rock Roll Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byc5S7_LoSM)

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[4NDR01D]

I do have an affinity for 80's indy bands doing their favorites songs (Redd Kross' "Black Diamond" or Husker Du's "8 Miles High")

I have a tendency to watch this repeatedly whenever I get really drunk. Bob Mould's intencity can bring me to tears. Knowing the story of the band at this point in time (managers suicide, heroin addiction, band in fighting- namely Bob and Grant trying to out do each other in concert, etc) makes me appriciate it all the more. Good call Wee!!


YouTube - Hüsker Dü - Eight Miles High (Pink Pop Festival 87) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeqyCwAeT3I)

[fallensaviour]

"Knocking on heavins door" covered by Guns and roses.
"Live and let die" covered by guns and roses.
"Whiskey in the jar-o" covered by Metallica.

[Mikey]

Move It On Over

Hank Williams
YouTube - Move it on Over - Hank Williams (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lza3NVH6Ig)

George Thorogood
YouTube - The Destroyers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG5DtVWDIxg)

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[Wee67]

I have a tendency to watch this repeatedly whenever I get really drunk. Bob Mould's intencity can bring me to tears. [/url]

They also do a pretty fun cover of the theme from 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show', "Love Is All Around."


"Knocking on heavins door" covered by Guns and roses.

To quote Mego Milk- "Aw yeah!" Doesn't Motorhead also do a pretty good version of "Born to be Wild," too?

And Mike, for some reason you reminded of the The Who's amazing version of "Summertime Blues."

[Earth 2 Chris]

Johnny Cash did some great covers in his later years. Covers of Soundgarden's "Rusty Cage" and Tom Petty's "Won't Back Down" spring to mine. Great stuff. Of course "Hurt" was a Nine Inch Nails cover, but he pretty much made it his own, so it doesn't count here.

Van Halen's "Oh, Pretty Woman" is pretty good. Jimmy Buffet's cover of Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" isn't bad either.

Chris

[kryptosmaster]

The Kinks - You Really Got Me
Van Halen---

Bob Marley - I Shot the Sheriff
Eric Clapton---

Slade - Come on feel the Noise
Quiet Riot---

Otis redding - Respect
Aretha Franklin---

Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
Soft Cell---

jackie Wilson - Higher and Higher
Rita Coolidge

Dolly parton - I will Always Love You
Whitney Houston---

Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts - Angel of the Morning
Juice Newton---

Patsy Cline - Crazy
Willie Nelson---


Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends
Joe Cocker---

Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
Alien Ant Farm---

Guess Who - American Woman
Lenny Kravitz---

Tommy James - Mony Mony
Billy Idol---

Nine Inch nails - Hurt
Johnny Cash---

Neil Diamond - Red Red Wine
UB40---

Shocking Blue - Venus
Bananarama---

Rich

[spaceace35]

you must check out cheap trick sgt peppers live cd and dvd which came out today
it hasnt left my cd player yet

[Zemo]

For me, no doubt Manfred Mann's Earth Bands version of Springsteen's Blinded by the light.

Best cover and interpetation ever. To this day Springsteen is bitter that they crushed his song.

[The Bat]

John Lennon-"Stand By Me"
Ramones-"Out of Time"(Rolling Stones)
Ramones- TOO MANY great 50's & 60's covers to count!:please_y:
Sid Vicious-"My Way"
The Pogues-"Danny Boy"
Social Distortion-"Ring of Fire"

[megoat]

Hey Bill, for 80's indie try:

The Feelies "Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey"

Dinosaur Jr "Show Me The Way"

Yo La Tengo "Big Sky"--the kinks song

Urge Overkill "Wichita Lineman"

Rapeman "Just Got Paid"

Killdozer "I Am I Said" they actually did a whole record of covers

The Minutemen "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" their version rules.

You mentioned Redd Kross--i have a great version of them doing "Rhiannon"

I'm sure others'll come to mind....

[Mikey]

You're Sixteen

Johnny Burnette
YouTube - Johnny Burnette - You're Sixteen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD8siCNo7b4)

Ringo Starr
YouTube - You're Sixteen - Ringo Starr (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76O6tuJPe3w)

[Bill]

If you're in any way a Smiths fan you need to dig up a copy of "The World Still Won't Listen." A bunch of grunty hardcore bands covering Morissey, very funny and surprisingly good. H20, Slapshot, Leeway, The Meatmen, Subzero and a ton of other bands really put some effort into their interpretations.

White Zombie covering Kiss, God Of Thunder...
YouTube - White Zombie - God Of Thunder (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAczaWCLhpw)

Steve Earle with The Supersuckers covering The Rolling Stones Before They Make Me Run
YouTube - Steve Earle - Before They Make Me Run (1994) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZEksLNM0GI)

The Supersuckers covering Ice Cube's Dead Homiez
YouTube - Dead Homiez - Supersuckers, The (Ice Cube Cover) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pRmJ5_eTUY)

The Meatmen covering The Smiths How Soon Is Now from the album I mentioned above
YouTube - How Soon Is Now - The Meatmen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kQ2VtHFUe8)

[Nostalgiabuff]

how about Jeff Healy band's version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps....great cover.
Joe cocker did some great covers of the Beatles too....With a Little Help from my friends, she came in through the bathroom window...etc
Cheap Trick - Don't be Cruel
Van Halen - Pretty Woman
David Lee Roth - california girls
The Beach Boys - California Dreaming

[jacsfc]

i really like the folowing

disturbed: land of confusion
seether: careless whisper

[Riffster]

you must check out cheap trick sgt peppers live cd and dvd which came out today
it hasnt left my cd player yet


Cheap Trick covers the whole Sgt Peppers album?

[Blue Meanie]

There are a lot of great covers out there....

Joan Osborne has a whole CD with covers of classic 60's and 70's soul/R&B and pop tunes called "How Sweet It Is"
Amazon.com: How Sweet It Is: Joan Osborne: Music (http://www.amazon.com/How-Sweet-Joan-Osborne/dp/B00006GNQF/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1251249847&sr=1-6)

Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs put out a covers CD that's also GREAT:
Amazon.com: Under The Covers, Vol. 1: Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs, Matthew Sweet, Susanna Hoffs: Music (http://www.amazon.com/Under-Covers-Matthew-Sweet-Susanna/dp/B000EQ5QFE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1251249977&sr=1-2)

Speaking of Susanna Hoffs...Bangles cover of Simon and Garfunkels "Hazy Shade of Winter" is kick *****

Best New Artist Grammy winner Adele does an AMAZING cover of Dylan's "To Make You Feel My Love"

Al Green does a fantastic cover of the Bee Gees "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"

Paul McCartney has 2 cover CD's..."Run Devil Run"

Amazon.com: Run Devil Run: Paul McCartney: Music (http://www.amazon.com/Run-Devil-Paul-McCartney/dp/B00001QGPH/ref=sr_1_29?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1251250464&sr=1-29)

Choba B CCCP (Back in the USSR)

Amazon.com: Choba B CCCP (Back in the USSR): Paul McCartney: Music (http://www.amazon.com/Choba-B-CCCP-Back-USSR/dp/B000002UZL/ref=sr_1_43?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1251250513&sr=1-43)

Also does a great cover of "All Things Must Pass" Live.

BTW, someone mentioned "Knockin' on Heavens Door"...2 versions to look for are Triumphs version and The Alarms version.

Gomez' cover of The Beatles "Getting Better" is great.

U2 did a cover of the Beatles "Rain" but I've only heard it on bootlegs from the Unforgetable Fire Tour.

The most interesting cover I've heard was Midge Ure's cover of Jethro Tulls "Living In The Past" on Midge's 1st solo LP called "The Gift"

Government Mule's cover of the Beatles "She Said"

There's just so many great covers out there...

[jackson5677]

VIRGINIA CREEPER........Motley Crue Cover: SHOUT AT THE DEVIL
VIRGINIA CREEPER (The Final Prophet) on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads
(http://www.myspace.com/virginiacreepermusic)

[WannabeMego]

Who's Makin Love? - Originally by Johnnie Taylor - Best Covered by The Blues Brothers

Hell...ANYTHING covered by the Blues Brothers is Awesome...can't go wrong there.

[MIB41]

Hands down - Ace Frehley's cover of ELO's song "Do Ya".

Here's Ace's version -

YouTube - Ace Frehley - Do Ya (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTrp02hpI2E)

Here's ELO's version -

YouTube - Do Ya - Electric Light Orchestra (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUqtHkn-k-4)


I think Ace buried ELO on that tune...Amazing isn't it? :please_y:

[madmarva]

Aerosmith's version of Come Together

Don Henley's Unclouded Day

Zeppelin's Babe I'm gonna leave You

[jwyblejr]

Does Ozzy's cover of Paranoid count? Just think the one he did with Randy Rhoads is better than his Black Sabbath version.

[Mikey]

That'll Be The Day
---Buddy Holly
---Linda Ronstadt

The Night They Drove Ole Dixie Down
---The Band
---Joan Baez

[Mikey]

Green Green Grass Of Home
---Tom Jones
---Charlie Pride

Working My Way Back to You, Babe
---The Four Seasons
---The Spinners

[The Bat]

Billy Idol-"Got to be a Lover"(Booker T & The MG's)
Elvis Presleys's Sun Sessions-(all old Blues & Counrty covers)

[ctc]

>disturbed: land of confusion

Oh YEAH! Heavier, grimier and best of all; no Phil!

Gamma Ray's version of "It's A Sin" was pretty good too.

>An no, William Shatner doing "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" is NOT one of the great covers

Sez you!

Don C.

[Mikey]

One cover I do not like is Metalic doing Turn the Page

I don't know why but I just don't like their version

[Wee67]

Good Stuff!

Does anyone remember (maybe you do, Matt) the name of the band made up of memebers of the Minutemen and Sonic Youth who put out a 7-inch with covers of Madonna? Haven't heard that in years.

[megoat]

Good Stuff!

Does anyone remember (maybe you do, Matt) the name of the band made up of memebers of the Minutemen and Sonic Youth who put out a 7-inch with covers of Madonna? Haven't heard that in years.\


Ciccone Youth

[Sowth]

Easily my favourite cover:

Frente's version of Bizarre Love Triangle by New Order (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ1c9ErCn7w)

Try to get that out of your head :grin:

Will

[Werewolf]

William Shatner's Lucy in the Sky. Absolutely brilliant. Works on a lot of levels.

[Bill]

\


Ciccone Youth

Ha!
Beat me to it.

[Riffster]

Stevie Ray Vaughn doing Voodoo Chile(Slight Return)
YouTube - Stevie Ray Vaughan - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GSpbuFSr2o)
Stevie Ray Vaughn Superstition
YouTube - Stevie Ray Vaughan - Superstition (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX-GJ46kiCo&feature=related)

[EMCE Hammer]

I'm late to the party. Most of my faves have already been mentioned. I didn't see Where have all the good times gone? - VH cover of the Kinks. I like that one better than Pretty Woman or Dancing in the Street. I despise the crap metal covers of Careless Whisper and Behind Blue Eyes, but I do like the Disturbed version of Land of Confusion and I loved G'n'R's version of Knockin' on Heaven's Door. Billy Idol does a mean Mony Mony......Gretchen Wilson does an awesome cover of Heart's Barracuda.

[MegoMonk]

George Harrison did a great cover of the Shirelle's "He's so Fine". He changed the title to "my sweet lord".

[apes3978]

Elvis Presley's Sun Sessions-(all old Blues & Country covers)

The SUN recordings aren't all covers... Three that aren't are :"I Forgot to Remember to Forget", "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone", and "You're a Heartbreaker"...

[The Bat]

The SUN recordings aren't all covers... Three that aren't are :"I Forgot to Remember to Forget", "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone", and "You're a Heartbreaker"...


Thank you...I have the Album, but was too lazy to look it up.:grin: All GREAT Songs BTW!!!