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Covers that are pretty awesome.
- Thread starter ZBirdV8
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And to finish it of, not quite a cover, rather a remix, but what a beutiful done one:
Two of many covers....You Rascal You (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead)
Louis Armstrong -1931
Hanni El Khatib - 2011
Louis Armstrong -1931
Hanni El Khatib - 2011
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Seventeen pages in, I suppose some of these have been mentioned, but they're ones I like.
Social Distortion- Backstreet Girl, cover of a Stones song
Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris- Love Hurts
Flying Burrito Brothers - Dark End Of The Street
David Bowie - I Wish You Would
The Band - Don't Do It
Lyle Lovett - Friend Of The Devil
Honorable (dishonorable?) mention - GG Allin - Carmelita
I could blather on, but I won't.
Social Distortion- Backstreet Girl, cover of a Stones song
Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris- Love Hurts
Flying Burrito Brothers - Dark End Of The Street
David Bowie - I Wish You Would
The Band - Don't Do It
Lyle Lovett - Friend Of The Devil
Honorable (dishonorable?) mention - GG Allin - Carmelita
I could blather on, but I won't.
Now that I think on it:
Led Zep made the songs their own when they covered old blues tunes.
Of course, any Jimi Hendrix cover, but especially the Dylan songs, and the National Anthem (kids, look it up!)
When B.B. King covered Leon Russell's "Hummingbird," he kept pretty true to the original, but made it memorable by bumping the soul up just a bit.
But the penultimate cover of all time has to be Bill Monroe's cover of Elvis' cover of Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky!"
Led Zep made the songs their own when they covered old blues tunes.
Of course, any Jimi Hendrix cover, but especially the Dylan songs, and the National Anthem (kids, look it up!)
When B.B. King covered Leon Russell's "Hummingbird," he kept pretty true to the original, but made it memorable by bumping the soul up just a bit.
But the penultimate cover of all time has to be Bill Monroe's cover of Elvis' cover of Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky!"
I personally think Disturbed's cover of "Land of Confusion" (Genesis/Phil Collins) and "Sound of Silence" (Simon and Garfunkle) are really good. The former rocks and adds to the message of the original. The latter showcases powerful vocals (although I'm surprised by how low-key/non metal it is) and could put a tear to one's eyes. Also remixing is its own art and can really add to a song at times.
Still agree with my comments on page 5.
Still agree with my comments on page 5.
Well off the top of my head, and that I really like:
Eric Clapton - Cocaine, After Midnight
Rolling Stones - Not Fade Away
Beatles - Words of Love, Roll Over Beethoven
Eddie Cochran - Blue Suede Shoes
Gene Vincent - Red Blue Jeans and A Pony Tail
Searchers - Needles and Pins, Sweets for My Sweet
Buddy Holly - Brown Eyed, Handsome Man
Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought the Law
Suzanne Vega - China Doll
Burning Spear - Estimated Prophet
Linda Ronstadt - That'll Be the Day, Blue Bayou
Juice Newton - Queen of Hearts
and, last but not least;
George Jones - White Lightnin' (written and originally performed, believe it or not, by J.P. Richardson - the Big Bopper hisself).
Eric Clapton - Cocaine, After Midnight
Rolling Stones - Not Fade Away
Beatles - Words of Love, Roll Over Beethoven
Eddie Cochran - Blue Suede Shoes
Gene Vincent - Red Blue Jeans and A Pony Tail
Searchers - Needles and Pins, Sweets for My Sweet
Buddy Holly - Brown Eyed, Handsome Man
Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought the Law
Suzanne Vega - China Doll
Burning Spear - Estimated Prophet
Linda Ronstadt - That'll Be the Day, Blue Bayou
Juice Newton - Queen of Hearts
and, last but not least;
George Jones - White Lightnin' (written and originally performed, believe it or not, by J.P. Richardson - the Big Bopper hisself).
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Not much of a fan of his, but Marilyn Manson's cover of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" is pretty cool.
It's already been mentioned multiple times, but I'd feel like I was leaving something out if I didn't mention Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt... Calling it a cover seems to undervalue it, Cash so totally owns the song that it's now his and Trent Reznor should now be claiming he's covering Johnny Cash's song.
Charlie Hunter Trio covering Nirvana's Come As You Are
Revolting C*cks covering Rod Stewart's Do Ya Think I'm Sexy... Paul Barker has such rad bass tones (check Ministry's cover of Lay Lady Lay as well), no surprise he went on to co-found Malekko pedals
Primus covering XTC's Making Plans For Nigel... A stand out track from a great covers EP
Steve Earle covering Tom Waits' Way Down In The Hole, but I'll like just about anything Steve Earle puts his hand to
Anthrax covering Joe Jackson's Got The Time... Persistence of Time came out when I was just starting to play, so a thrash song with a bass solo was always going to work for me
Ghost covering ABBA's I'm a Marionette
Charlie Hunter Trio covering Nirvana's Come As You Are
Revolting C*cks covering Rod Stewart's Do Ya Think I'm Sexy... Paul Barker has such rad bass tones (check Ministry's cover of Lay Lady Lay as well), no surprise he went on to co-found Malekko pedals
Primus covering XTC's Making Plans For Nigel... A stand out track from a great covers EP
Steve Earle covering Tom Waits' Way Down In The Hole, but I'll like just about anything Steve Earle puts his hand to
Anthrax covering Joe Jackson's Got The Time... Persistence of Time came out when I was just starting to play, so a thrash song with a bass solo was always going to work for me
Ghost covering ABBA's I'm a Marionette
