Covers that are pretty awesome.

[zontar]

 

[5StringBlues]

Two extremes here but:


GWAR- Carry On My Wayward Son






This whole album :

Also- DEVO's "Satisfaction", Talking Heads' "Take Me To The River" , and The Flying Lizards' "Money".

 

[zontar]

 

[bluesdogblues]

I like too many....some that I can remember right now are:

in no particular order

"Hey Joe" by Jimi Hendrix


"Day Tripper" by Jimi Hendrix


"Purple Haze" by The Cure


"Third Stone From The Sun" by Pat Metheny


"Bold As Love" by Chrissie Hynde


"Wind Cries Marry" by John McLaughlin & Sting


"I Shall Be Released" by Sting


"Lately" by Jodecy


"Little Wing" by Stevie Ray Vaughan


YMMV

 

[Dominic D]

I absolutely love NRBQ's cover of "Get Rhythm" by Johnny Cash:

 

[bluesdogblues]

I like too many....and I love this thread, so I'd like to add some that I can remember right now:

in no particular order

"Love In vain" by The Rolling Stones


"Born Under A Bad SIgn" by Cream


"Born Under A Bad Sign" byJimi Hendrix


"Que Sera Sera" by Sly & The Family Stone


"It's All Over Now" by Johnny Winter


"She's A Woman" by Jeff Beck


"Oh Pretty Woman"by Van Halen


"Everytime You Go Away"by Paul Young


"You Can't Hurry Love" by Phil Collins


"Time After Time" by Miles Davis


"Can't TakeMy Eyes Off Of You" by Lauryn Hill


"Feel Like Makin' Love" by D'Angelo



I like when the cover: achieve more of 'something' than the original, or even more known/familiar than the original...or if it 'bravely' broke the boundaries of arrangements, far different, unpredictable etc, that might be risky or controversial, but at the same time (at least try to) explores more creative atmosphere than it's legacy...whatever it is, whether they're succes or fail with the result

'Copy cat' -note to note the same as the original- type of cover work, usually doesn't impress me.

YMMV

 

[Richland123]

Roberta Flack's cover of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Peggy Seeger

 

[Richland123]

Roberta Flack's cover of Killing Me Softly with His Song, which was originally done by Lori Lieberman

 

[bluesdogblues]

"You've got a Friend" By James Taylor



"I Will AlwaysLove You" by WhitneyHouston

 

[zontar]

There are other good versions of this song, but this is the best one (or at least my favorite one--and the one on which I based my own version)

 

[Richland123]

Wilson Pickett's cover of Mustang Sally, originally done by Sir Mack Rice.

The version from the movie "The Commitments" is pretty good

 

[zontar]

Wilson Pickett's cover of Mustang Sally, originally done by Sir Mack Rice.

The version from the movie "The Commitments" is pretty good

Well if you're going down that road, I need to include this version as well-

 

[zontar]

And on the topic of Jeff Beck-

 

[Richland123]

Van Halen's cover of Ice Cream Man by John Brim

 

[the harp unstrung]

We saw Leon Russell open the show last night with Ray Charles' "I Got A Woman"...were ya gonna go from THERE???
Joan Osborn's "What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted?" from "Standing In The Shadows Of Motown" leaves me speechless / brings tears to my eyes Every Time.

 

[okcrum]

Joss Stone - Some Kind Of Wonderful



Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can (Lee Dorsey)

 

[Richland123]

The Pat Travers Band studio and live covers of Boom Boom Out Go The Lights, originally recorded by Little Walter (Marion Walter Jacobs)

 

[eb3mike]

Help... Deep Purple 1968

 

[zontar]

 

[Richland123]

The McCoys cover called Hang On Sloopy, which was originally called My Girl Sloopy by The Vibrations