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Your Favorite Cover Songs?
One of the highest honors that can be bestowed on a rock band is to have some other well known act cover your songs.
Here are some of my favorite cover songs:
1. "Well...Alright" (Original by Buddy Holly covered by Blind Faith)
2. "LA Woman" (Original by The Doors covered by Billy Idol)
3. "Love Me 2 Times" (Original by The Doors covered by Aerosmith)
4. "Come On Everybody" (Original by Eddie Cochran covered by Led Zeppelin)
5. "Refugee" (Original by Tom Petty covered by Melissa Etheridge)
6. "The Battle Of Evermore" (Original by Led Zeppelin covered by Heart)
7. "Hard To Handle" (Original by Otis Redding covered by The Black Crowes)
What are some of your favorite covers?
Here are some of my favorite cover songs:
1. "Well...Alright" (Original by Buddy Holly covered by Blind Faith)
2. "LA Woman" (Original by The Doors covered by Billy Idol)
3. "Love Me 2 Times" (Original by The Doors covered by Aerosmith)
4. "Come On Everybody" (Original by Eddie Cochran covered by Led Zeppelin)
5. "Refugee" (Original by Tom Petty covered by Melissa Etheridge)
6. "The Battle Of Evermore" (Original by Led Zeppelin covered by Heart)
7. "Hard To Handle" (Original by Otis Redding covered by The Black Crowes)
What are some of your favorite covers?
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Yeah, great one Slaw. My all-time favorite has gotta be "I hear You Knockin" by Dave Edmunds. The original was by Smiley Lewis, though Fats Domino also did it. Edmunds' guitar solo in his version is absolutely killer---he creates the greatest tension-and-release I've ever heard in music, very sexual. |
danoroo 4. "Come On Everybody" (Original by Eddie Cochran covered by Led Zeppelin) Also covered by Humble Pie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5L-YcHcYe4 |
"Come Away Melinda" by Uriah Heep (Hellerman/Minkoff tune) "Every Little Thing" by Yes (Beatles) "America" by Yes (Paul Simon) "All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix "Rock and Roll Medley" by Uriah Heep Live (RnR classics) "Spirit in the Sky", "Green River" and many more by David Byron (Avenue) "Keep on Knocking", "Roadrunner" etc by Hurriganes Many Springsteen songs by Manfred Mann´s Earth Band "Born to Be Wild" by Blue Öyster Cult "Theme for an Imaginary Western" by Mountain (Bruce/Brown tune) "Badge" by Royals (Cream tune) ..... |
Have to cast another vote for Shel. Saw them in Northern Michigan and highly recommend them. The "Battle of Evermore" cover is really outstanding. I also enjoy "Going to California" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62L5kn1qFeY Slaw mentions Patricia Barber and while "A Taste of Honey" is one of my favorites, her cover of "Autumn Leaves" is absolutely breathtaking. If you don't want to listen to the whole thing, "Autumn Leaves" starts at the 20:50 mark... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVSV0xu0P8U And one last suggestion is unfortunately one that you will never hear but I saw a singer/songwriter out of Northern Minnesota named Andrew Newton who performed what is as far as I'm concerned, THE definitive version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. I thought it was even better than k.d. lang. This guy just got it right! Here is a more recent track from him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxLPGMgZ70M |
The Remains! Good one Slaw. I’ve always loved The Beau Brummels’ version of the Don Gibson classic "Oh Lonesome Me", which I much prefer to Neil Youngs odd take on the song. I recently for the first time heard Marshall Crenshaws recording of Dylans "My Back Pages". It is absolutely fantastic, even better than The Byrds version, and that’s really saying something. |
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"C´mon Everybody" by Humble Pie "I Wonder" by Humble Pie "Ghost Riders in the Sky" by Outlaws "Morning Dew" by Nazareth "Rope Ladder to the Moon" by COLOSSEUM (Jack Bruce) "Stormy Monday Blues" by COLOSSEUM "Runaway" by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band "Delilah" by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band "She´s Not There" by Santana (The Zombies) "Black Magic Woman" by Santana (Fleetwood Mac) |
Maybe the best cover band from the 60s was Vanilla Fudge. Perpetually overlooked and underrated, they worked their covers into entirely new arrangements with extended jams and recurring themes to the extent that they were barely covers anymore. Yes, they were accused of bombastic and hyped up deliveries of "chestnuts", not to mention Mafia connections, but they still managed to make these songs fresh and new. They did excellent Beatles tunes, including "Eleanor Rigby" and "Ticket to Ride", and gave the Supremes "You Keep Me Hanging On" an entirely new twist. They are the benchmark of how covers should be done. |
This one, originally by the Shirelles in 1961, then Carol King in 1971. Amy Winehouse - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuanbnnzXQ4 |
Joan Osborne: "What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted" (fantastic original by Jimmy Ruffin). Joan Osborne: "Shake Your Hips" (original by Slim Harpo) Bobby Fuller Four: "Loves Made A Fool Of You" (original by Buddy Holly). Phil Seymour: "Let Her Dance" (original by The Bobby Fuller Four). Buddy Miller: "That's How I Got To Memphis" (Original by Tom T. Hall). Kasey Chambers: "No Time To Cry" (original by Iris Dement). Mink DeVille: "Cadillac Walk" (original by Moon Martin). Dave Edmunds: "Let It Be Me" (original by The Everly Brothers). Dave has covered many other songs, often bettering the original. |
Another for me is The Bangles cover of Simon and Garfunkel's 1966 "A Hazy Shade of Winter". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxrwImCJCqk |
So glad I found this thread! I've already googled many of your favorites to my delight. "Killing The Blues" is one of my new favorites. Many covers; but I still like Plant & Krauss from Raising Sand. Great to see some love for Joan Osborne. She is a great talent. I'll throw out a few. "Summertime" Big Brother & The Holding Company The Zombies also do a fresh cover. Anything by Dusty Springfield - she pretty much owns anything she covered. "Hey Joe" -so many good versions. Hendrix, of course, but Black Cat Bone may be the best. "Morning Dew" - I have 15 versions. Long John Baldry is my #1, the version from his self titled EMI LP. All of Linda Ronstadt's covers of Karla Bonoff and Gary White. Respectively my favorites are "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me" and "Long, Long Time". The Siklie's version of the Beatles "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" "Down by the River" covered by the Indigo Girls. More later. I can't help myself! |
I got Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoff's Under the Covers Vol. 2 a few days ago. Pretty good. My favorite is "Go All The Way" (Eric Carmen/Raspberries), but Rundgren's "Hello It's Me" and Petty's "Here Comes My Girl" are also very good. An even better covers album is "Cinnamon Girls" wherein various female artists cover 21 Neil Young hits. Introduced me to Dala, who are beautiful! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEsIKiHOTxE |
bdgregory, " Thunder Road (Springsteen) by Cowboy Junkies Darkness, Darkness (Youngbloods) by Cowboy Junkies" Thanks for these! I consider myself a huge CJ fan; but that album totally eluded me. Their new one, All That Reckoning, is fantastic BTW. I like to collect covers of my favorite songs. A few are: Morning Dew - Long John Baldry, The National Hey Joe - Vasti Jackson, Black Cat Bone Walk Away Rene - Southside Johnny & TAJ, Vonda Shepard Summertime - Big Brother & THC (of course), would you believe Perry Como? More later. |