Your Favorite Covers! (of All Time)

[whero]

I love me a good cover version. So many come to mind. A few off the top of my head:

• Hendrix's "All Along The Watch Tower",
• CSNY's "Woodstock",
• The Clash's "I Fought The Law",
• Skynyrd's "Call Me The Breeze",
• Simply Red's "Heaven",
• Manfred Mann's "Blinded By The Light",
• Frankie Goes To Hollywood's [debut album version] "Born To Run",
• Harry Nilsson's "Without You",
• Johnny Cash's "Hurt"...

 

[biguglyman]

Dreams I'll Never See - Molly Hatchet (written by Greg Allman)

 

[Manticore]

So many great covers. Who's cover of the Temptations' "Shakey Ground" is best? Delbert McClinton, Etta James, Phoebe Snow, Fishbone?

 

[The Rage]

 

[JimmyM]

I'd have to say my favorite cover is the English cover for Hendrix' "Electric Ladyland."

 

[charlie monroe]

Johnny Cash's "Hurt"...

This one can be very venue sensitive

Also, SRV did Little Wing justice

 

[JonnyTFunk]

If there are any Deftones fans reading this, I loved this cover of Knife Party from Blanket.

 

[Kmonk]

Don Henley's "Boys of Summer" covered by The Ataris.

Sammy Hagar's "I've Done Everything For Your" covered by Rick Springfield. Sammy Hagar has also said that Rick's version is much better.

Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman" covered by Van Halen.

"Twist and Shout" By The Beatles. It was written by Phil Medley and Bert Berns later credited as Bert Russell. It was originally recorded by the Top Notes but it became a chart hit as a single by the Isley Brothers in 1962.

 

[Spupilup]

"In the Pines" covered by Nirvana as recorded on their MTV Unplugged performance.



Considering what the songs about, Cobain's singing is pretty bone-chilling.

 

[dpaul]

I always loved Voivod's cover of Pink Floyd's 'Astronomy Domine'. GREAT bass tone!

 

[DoctorZee]

I recently learned that Aretha Franklin's "Respect" is a cover; I had never heard of the original Otis Redding version before. That's gotta qualify as one of the greatest covers ever (although now I really like Otis' version, too)

 

[Cardsfan_69]

Black Crows "Hard to Handle"

 

[4001]

GREAT song. GREAT version too. Some of Squire's best bass tones...

 

[The Owl]

Colosseum doing this Jack Bruce tune

 

[obimark]

Ain't Too Proud To Beg (Man I miss playing in a horn band.)

Your Love -The Outfield (If I had a dime for every time I sang that song. There was a time I had to do it twice a show. It kills every time.)

Cowboy Song - Thin Lizzy (Something about that song grabs every audience every time. Love the breakdown in the middle. Love the harmonies in both vocals and guitar.)

Power of Love - Huey Lewis (From Back to the Future. Great groove and layered parts. Never fails to please the crowd. Gotta have a tight band to pull it off right.)

Takin It to the Streets - Doobies. (Michael McDonald is a funky white man. What a great groove. Ridiculously good layered parts. Killer piano.)

Shoot Me Straight - Brothers Osborne (My current favorite. Straight up rock with a little bit of funk for fun....oddly enough done by a "country band". Gets the redneck ladies on the dance floor INSTANTLY.)

Those aren't covers- those are the bands original songs. But I get you were probably saying these are YOUR favorite covers to play.

 

[Dellers]

This is an easy one. Earth, Wind & Fire - Got To Get You Into My Life.

 

[The Owl]

This version of T Rex's Telegram Sam cracks me up every time

 

[two fingers]

Those aren't covers- those are the bands original songs. But I get you were probably saying these are YOUR favorite covers to play.

Ah! You meant famous bands doing covers of other famous bands. I probably read the title and started typing. My apologies.

 

[Yup]

Green day's cover of operation Ivy's "knowledge". Also literally any cover that nirvana has ever done ever.

 

[MVE]

I love Aretha's version of The Weight.