Your favorite covers

[Ohio Joe]

Kelly Reilly covering Marc Bolans Ballrooms of Mars.

[Mister Ed]

1. I like Roger Mcguinn's cover of Tom Petty's "American Girl" even better than the original.

I like the way its loping drumbeat gives it a forward momentum that I don't feel in the somewhat herky-jerky drumbeat of the original. Also gotta love Tom Scott's sax solo.

I once heard a radio interview with Petty in which he said he liked this version too. He said he'd forgotten he had given his friend McGuinn permission to record the song, and then one day heard it on his car radio

Their voices sound similar enough that Petty was mystified at first, and was asking himself, "Huh. When did I record this version?"

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[surfered]

16. And Tom Petty's cover of..

The Bryrds (Roger McGuinn) of "So You Want To Be a Rock and Roll Star."

[SKKY]

2. Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails...

...IMHO, best cover ever.

[JoseBalow]

18. Frank Zappa's cover of "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash

[Upthevibe]

30. SKKY........

Johnny Cash's Hurt is definitely one of the best covers ever!

[SKKY]

42. Upthevibe...

[lastlib]

3. Melanie (Safka)* did a cover of Dylan's "All Along The Watch Tower"......

...that almost rivalled Hendrix's. It was jaw-dropping--I never thought anybody could outdo Hendrix's, but she came close! I heard it on a satellite radio program, but I cannot find it ANYWHERE on the Internet. Wish I could--I'd love to hear it again!



(*Yes, she's the singer who gave us that silly roller-skate song ("Brand New Key&quot , the "Nickel Song", and "Lay Down (Candle In The Rain)"--quite a talent, actually.)

[mobeau69]

4. Here's one

[Upthevibe]

31. mobeau69.....

That's beautiful. I hadn't heard that before.

I adored Amy.

[mobeau69]

46. So mellow, wasn't she?

[Doc_Technical]

5. This one really annoyed the grown-ups.

[Paladin]

6. Ry Cooder's reggae version of "It's All Over Now."

Better than the Stones, or the Valentinos original.

[malthaussen]

7. The Beatles "Twist and Shout" n/t

[limbicnuminousity]

8. Dixie Chicks

[Midnight Writer]

9. Mitch Ryder and Detroit performing Lou Reed's Rock and Roll.

[JoseBalow]

10. Whipping Post

[Mad_Dem_X]

11. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

[Upthevibe]

33. Mad_Dem_X..........

Absolutely....The only other cover that comes close to this of this amazing song is K.D. Lang.

[Iggo]

41. Straight up.

[Dulcinea]

12. Woodstock--CSNY

[BOSSHOG]

13. Aretha Franklin cranks up Eleanor Rigby

And Dolly Parton takes on Every Breath You take on her new Cd Rock Star.

[Ohio Joe]

14. So... I knew of neither of those, I had to look them up

Wow… Great stuff

[Mr.Bill]

15. Feelin' Alright by Joe Cocker.

[surfered]

17. Jimi Hendrix's cover of...

...Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower"

[BOSSHOG]

21. Good Lord

Is that a freaking awesome cover. Jimi a magician

[livetohike]

28. My favorite cover, too. n/t

[av8rdave]

19. Annie Lennox cover of Whiter Shade of Pale

[Upthevibe]

34. av8rdave..

I agree. Great cover!

[bedazzled]

20. Not as classy as you guys...

"Johnny be good" by judas priest!

I like the struts "do you love me" and "we will rock you" also

[Xolodno]

22. Sound of Silence by Disturbed. Originally done by Simon and Garfunkel.

[Upthevibe]

35. Xolodno....

I agree. One of the very best...

[Ohio Joe]

38. So... About this one...

The first time I heard of Disturbed was when the remake of Dawn of the Dead came out. I loved the Richard Cheese cover of Down With the Sickness:

Then, some years later… When my brother told me Disturbed had done the cover of The Sound of Silence, I thought… Oh fuck, how badly did they screw up this masterpiece… But I was so dead wrong. It really is a brilliant cover.

[Tikki]

23. The Damned's true tribute to Love's "Alone Again Or"

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Tikki

[Niagara]

24. Adele's Rolling in the Deep, cover by Linkin Park

[Upthevibe]

36. Niagara,,,,,

Wow......... I'd never heard that. Beautiful....

[Niagara]

39. Upthevibe ....

It's my pleasure my friend!

[Niagara]

25. Dolly Parton's Jolene, cover by Jack White

[marble falls]

26. Cure - Purple Haze

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[Brother Buzz]

27. The Shaggs - Wipe Out

Helen Wiggin playing a left handed drum kit was a thing of wonders and amazement. If she had just found her backbeat, the Shaggs would have been 'better than the Beatles' (Frank Zappa). To his credit, left handed drummer, Ringo Starr playing a right handed kit found a unique backbeat that frustrated the Hell out of professional drummers trying to emulate it.

[Ohio Joe]

44. Ok... That's pretty badass

[Different Drummer]

29. Seether -- Careless Whisper

[Niagara]

40. Thank you for sharing DD!

I've never heard this version of Careless Whisper.

[lpbk2713]

32. Gladys Knight has done several.

What comes to mind right now is "The Way We Were" (Streisand).

[Upthevibe]

37. Ohio Joe..........

Great post.....

Here's one of my favorites, originally by Tears for Fears.

Gary Jules....

[ificandream]

43. Tiny Tim - I Got You Babe

[Cairycat]

45. Wild Night

John Mellencamp's cover of Van Morrison. Meshell Ndegeocello's infectious bass line really makes that version.

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