What are your all time top 3 cover versions of your favourite songs

[behindthenotes]

Hi Guys

We have posted our discussion topic this week but would like to hear your views:

What are your all time top 3 cover versions of your favourite songs?

There have been some shocking cover versions of songs as well as some great ones - what are your all time top 3 cover verisons of your favourite songs ?

Here's one of our favourites

[Moreau]

Pennywise always does great covers, like "hey ya" and "territorial pissings", but you want covers, its all about me first and the gimme gimmes. thats a cover band haha

[BB75]

3 that pop into my mind are:

Higher Ground- Red Hot Chili Peppers (Stevie Wonder)
Hard To Handle- Black Crowes (Otis Retting)
Scarlet Begonias- Sublime (Grateful Dead)

[DWBass]

There's no youtube for it but I love David Garfield's version of Steely Dan's Josie!
Wayman Tisdale's version of Kool & The Gang's Get Down On it.
Gerald Albright's version of The Staple Singer's Respect Yourself.
Local band's version of Cupid.

[wdinc01]

Blinded by the Light by Manfredd Man, All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix, and Hey Ya by Obadiah Parker. Those are really the only three covers I can think of at the moment that do it their own way without making the song sound bad.

[tmart937]

Led Zeppelin on every cover they did. Which was a lot.

[barbarbass]

Cream doing "Crossroads."

Hendrix doing "Sunshine of Your Love."

NIN doing "Dead Souls" by Joy Division.

[rarisgod]

Marcus Miller - Higher Ground
Jaco Pastorius - The Chicken (does that count?)
and the only other I can think of is Black Sabbath - Warning.
I know I have at least a few more, but I can't think of them at the time...

[CapnSev]

SRV - Voodoo chile (slight return)

Hendrix - Hey Joe

Cheap Trick - Ain't That a Shame

I don't think i have a "top 3" but these stuck out in my mind immediately.

[jrthebassguy]

Townes van Zandt - "Dead Flowers"

No Use For A Name - "Badfish"

The Offspring - "Total Immortal"



honorable mention to Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - "Goodbye Earl"

[behindthenotes]

For those who haven't seen it this is also a great cover version by a GREAT musician
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUnI9...eature=related

[chroma601]

Yes - America (Simon and Garfunkle)
Hendrix - Star Spangled Banner (F.S. Key)
Seldom Scene - I Know You Rider (Trad.)

[BassManDan101]

Guns n' Roses - Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan)
Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks
Pantera - Electric Funeral (Black Sabbath)

[Kwesi]

Into The Void - Kyuss, Orginal by Black Sabbath

Wipe Out - Gary Hoey, Original by The Surfaris


Linus & Lucy - Gary Hoey, Original by Vince Guaraldi

Low Rider - Gary Hoey, Original by War. The growl on the bass here is so freakin rad (only time i will ever use that word, lol)

Mothership Connection - Stanley Clarke & George Duke, Original by Parliament

Spain - Brad Russell, Original by Chick Corea

Man if only i had the patience to list all the awesome covers i've heard...

[fender_mod]

knockin' on heavens door- guns n roses
all along the watchtower- jimi hendrix
like a rolling stone- hendrix

bobby d was a great composer/song writer but personally id rather have an colonic than listen to him sing. this is coming from someone who has probably listened to almost ALL his material over and over again, but not by choice. my college room mate was way into dylan. im pretty much at the conclusion that everyone does his material better than he does.

[uaudio]

Originally Posted by fender_mod

knockin' on heavens door- guns n roses
all along the watchtower- jimi hendrix
like a rolling stone- hendrix

bobby d was a great composer/song writer but personally id rather have an colonic than listen to him sing. this is coming from someone who has probably listened to almost ALL his material over and over again, but not by choice. my college room mate was way into dylan. im pretty much at the conclusion that everyone does his material better than he does.

I feel the same way about Leonard Cohen. He's probably one of my favorite SONGWRITERS of all time, but I get about halfway through a typical album before I have to put something else on.

Anyway...

Hallelujah (Cohen) as performed by Jeff Buckley
Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young) as performed by Toad the Wet Sprocket
Black (Pearl Jam) as performed by Aaron Lewis of Staind

[gotmule?]

Hard to Handle- Grateful Dead
All Along the Watchtower- Jimi Hendrix
Crossroads- Cream

[JimK]

I'll throw out 4 Beatles' covers...all done in an R&B style-

"Got To Get You Into My Life"- Earth, Wind, & Fire. In a word? Smo-king.
"We Can Work It Out"- Chaka Khan. Bad-ass bass synth by Gregg Phillaganes
"Hey Jude"- Wilson Pickett. Muscle Shoals rhythm section. David Hood on bass, IIRC.
"The Long & Winding Road"- Aretha Franklin. Chuck Rainey doin' his thing.

[Bassbasixx]

Tool no quarter
Janes Addiction sympathy for the devil
Any cover Led Zeppelin did

[Dr. Feelgood]

Andy McKee is a great player! I really enjoy his stuff!

Some of my favourite covers:

Chet Atkins - Vincent and Yakety Axe

Guns N' Roses - Sympathy for the Devil - Love Slash's solo!

Victor Wooten - Amazing Grace - really nice arrangement... Beautiful