We love the originals, but what are some your favorite song covers?

[AllenVanAllen]

Here's four of mine.

Share your favorites with me. What's old is new.

[IDemo]

1. Somebody That I Used to Know (Gotye cover)

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[AllenVanAllen]

8. I think this version is superior to the original.

Thanks IDemo!

[solara]

49. I agree, the version by Walk Off The Earth is superior to the original, but here is another

that is right up there

This is exceptional too - the late great Etta James "Only Women Bleed"

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Cyndi Lauper doing Joni Mitchell's Carey

[IDemo]

61. Christina Grimmie's is great as well

[AllenVanAllen]

101. Those were great!

Why haven't i ever noticed how awesome Cyndi Lauper is? Thank you!

[Purrfessor]

55. Another Walk off the Earth favorite

[solara]

64. Ahh yeah

This is excellent!


How About this one?

[JudyM]

100. Wow, that is a treat to watch. n/t

[MiddleFingerMom]

2. Michael Hedges did so many incredible covers, but "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"...

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[AllenVanAllen]

9. Nice! I'll have to check out more of his music.

Thanks MFM! I wish you much health and happiness!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. Two of My Faves

[AllenVanAllen]

11. I liked those.

I particularly like the Rave On cover. I love M. Ward's music. He also did this great Daniel Johnston cover.

Thank you Tuesday Afternoon! Have an excellent Sunday!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. ah - yes. very nice, thanks!

[TwilightGardener]

4. This version of "Wichita Lineman" by a not-very-well-known

country singer with a great voice, Wade Hayes:

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[AllenVanAllen]

12. Great version. I love that tune.

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Funny thing I had never heard the original until about five years ago and I was born in the 60's! My wife played it for me and she couldn't believe I had never heard it.


Here's another version I really love.

Thanks, TwilightGardener!

[Glorfindel]

5. "Behind Blue Eyes"

The Who's originial was great, but Limp Bizkit improved it, I think

[AllenVanAllen]

13. I dig it.

Decent effort on the part of the Bizkit. Thanks, Glorfindel!

I love your name BTW. I'm a huge Tolkien fan.

[pipi_k]

6. Two totally unfamous

guys doing some Rascals

[AllenVanAllen]

14. Nice version. They're good and yes, I've never heard of them.

Thank you for sharing, pipi_k!

[Wounded Bear]

7. Even Nine Inch Nails thought this was better than the original....

[AllenVanAllen]

16. This is classic.

I read a quote where Trent Reznor said, Cash had made this song his. I do believe he did.

Thanks, Wounded Bear!

[Blue_In_AK]

35. I have trouble listening to that version.

It hurts my heart.

[sarisataka]

58. Instant classic

I also like his cover of 'Rusty Cage'

[AllenVanAllen]

71. I'm with you on 'Rusty Cage.'

It's not one of Soundgarden's best songs imo and Cash brings it to a different level.

[bigregg4838]

10. If This Isn't The Best Cover, I'll...

If this isn't the best cover of the year, I will jump into a pool of super rich, republican piss. lol

[AllenVanAllen]

17. Ha, I had not seen that yet.

Thanks, bigregg4838. Welcome to DU!

[bigregg4838]

42. I appreciate the love

Thank you, AllenVanAllen; for the welcome, and enjoying The Real Mitt Romney. I am having a blast reading posts, and articles... DU is all that!

[AllenVanAllen]

72. DU is teh awesome...

I've learned so much here and met lifelong friends to boot. It's changed my life. True story.

[DFW]

18. George Benson doing the Drifters hit "On Broadway"

But they are wrong. I know they are. 'Cause I can play this here guitar

[AllenVanAllen]

22. I dig it!

Thank you DFW!

[DFW]

86. I always liked both versions of that tune

Of course, "I can play this here guitar," too, so I'm not an impartial judge.

[Teamster Jeff]

19. Sweet Jane.....Cowboy Junkies

[AllenVanAllen]

21. Ahh, I love that version.

Thanks, Teamster Jeff!

[JudyM]

102. l o v e the junkies -- nearly everything they do. n/t

[AllenVanAllen]

20. Here's four more

Sarah Jarosz covers Radiohead

Nine Inch Nails Covers Adam Ant

Deftones cover the Cocteau Twins

The Melvins cover Paul McCartney's Let Me Roll It

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Have an excellent Halloween week DU. And those in the path of Hurricane Sandy, please be safe.

[sendero]

91. Ok so I was not...

... expecting much from a Cocteau Twins cover since they are one of my top 3 favorites of all time and there is nothing and I mean nothing else like them - but you are right, not bad, not bad at all!

[AllenVanAllen]

94. Thank you, sendero. The Deftones have done several covers,

and this is their best imo. The Cocteau Twins really are so very unique. I love their music.

[onestepforward]

23. Metallica - Turn The Page

[AllenVanAllen]

33. I think this one's actually better than the original.

Here's another great cover from that album.

Thank you, onestepforward!

[RiffRandell]

65. That was my first thought.

Better than the original.

[AmandaRuth]

24. I love this song, I love Jonathan Richman

I love Joan Jett, so I love this version

[AllenVanAllen]

37. I like it!

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Joan Jett has always been so cool and she is still! Thanks, AmandaRuth.

[onestepforward]

25. Luther Vandross - Impossible Dream

[AllenVanAllen]

38. I LOVE this!

Thank you so much!

[onestepforward]

39. ...

[pinboy3niner]

26. How about Clapton covering Judy Garland?

My favorite cover of this was by the late Texas folk singer Allen Wayne Damron (who was asked to record it for a Disney project), but it's not on Youtube.

And another classic cover...

[AllenVanAllen]

68. Great songs. I especially like the Clapton.

That is such a beautiful song and Clapton's genius.

Check this version out. It's my all time favorite cover of OTR.

Thanks, pinboy3niner!

[JudyM]

104. Give a listen to Eva Cassidy covering Garland...

(on edit: if you only have a minute, pick this up at around the 4 minute mark. R.I.P., Eva)

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

123. For Over The Rainbow...

this is my favorite version.

[JeffHead]

27. Junior Brown & The Beach Boys

[AllenVanAllen]

69. These guys can do almost no wrong in my book.

Thanks, JeffHead!

[JeffHead]

83. Like that? Check this one out.

[AllenVanAllen]

87. That was nice. Thanks!

How about a Bowie Beach Boys cover?

Excellent rendition imo.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

28. The tune "America" from Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story" done hard rock style

by the British group The Nice (featuring Keith Emerson), in a live performance dating from 1968.

[AllenVanAllen]

73. You just blew my mind....

That is a fun tune, indeed. Thanks, aint_no_life_nowhere!

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

29. This one still gives me chills

[AllenVanAllen]

74. That was great!

You know, it took me many years to warm up to Peal Jam but with the song 'Black' my heart was opened. Thanks, Ghost of Tom Joad! interesting DU name too!

[Crabby Appleton]

30. Alice In Chains & Gretchen Wilson

Eva Cassidy - Time After Time

[AllenVanAllen]

76. Excellent!

I've heard this version of 'Barracuda' but I didn't remember it being so good. I must be growing up.
and Time After Time simply wonderful. Thank you, Crabby Appleton!

[JeffHead]

31. Overkill- "Space Truckin"

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[AllenVanAllen]

88. I dig it!

Here's another DP cover by Metal Church.

[DearHeart]

32. Suspicious Minds by Dwight Yoakum

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[AllenVanAllen]

89. Great cover. I've always like DY.

When this came out I had a very low tolerance for country and western music (I've opened my mind much since then) but even then I dug a lot of his music. Thanks, DearHeart!

[DearHeart]

132. Hope you enjoyed the song!

I go through times when I can't stand Country music and then other times, I love it! Guess that comes from having lived up north most of my life and actually listened to Country while living her in IL, but then I refused to listen to Country when I lived in Houston. It's a love/hate thing with me, I guess

[flvegan]

34. Beastie Boys do "Sucka MCs" by Run DMC

[AllenVanAllen]

90. That was cool! I love the Besties!

Thanks, flvegan!

[kentauros]

36. Here's a couple of favorites:

Polkaholix - Das Model (orig. Kraftwerk)

This version of Das Model is longer and live:

And a great source for covers: http://somafm.com/covers/

[AllenVanAllen]

95. Dude, those were great!

I've heard the Floyd but I've never heard the Das Model cover. That is just pure musical fun! Thanks, kentauros!

[kentauros]

99. The Polkaholix are great!

They have a site, and even sell CDs, but I think everything is in Deutschmarks. They do some good ska, too

Oh, I was listening to SomaFM's Covers channel the other night and heard some great ones, including two different versions of "Dancing Queen"

[Manifestor_of_Light]

40. Twist and Shout and many other beatle songs

basically, everything on The Beatles' Second Album not by Lennon/McCartney:

Money, Roll Over Beethoven, You Really Got a Hold On Me, Devil in her Heart, Long Tall Sally, Please Mr. Postman.

Also: Bad Boy, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Kansas City/Hey,Hey,Hey,Hey, Words of Love, If Not For You, Matchbox, Act Naturally.

Mama Cass: Dream a Little Dream of Me

The Who: Young Man blues, Summertime Blues, Roadrunner.

Cream: Down at the Crossroads

Emerson, Lake &Palmer: The Great Gate of Kiev from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky

[AllenVanAllen]

96. The Beatles, what can you say...

Their music was just so good, it seems with genius material like that, you'd almost have try and make it sound bad.
Thanks, Manifestor_of_Light!

[GreenPartyVoter]

41. Three of mine

Vanilla Fudge: You Keep Me Hanging On

Aerosmith: Baby, Please Don't Go

Grand Funk Railroad: Gimme Shelter

[AllenVanAllen]

97. Excellent tunes!

I've never heard the GFR before! Thanks, GreenPartyVoter!

[GreenPartyVoter]

98. I will pass the thanks on to hubby, since the GFR one was from him. :^)

[Kingofalldems]

43. Dave Edmunds 'New York's a Lonely Town'

[AllenVanAllen]

106. Sweet and mellow. I like it.

Thanks for sharing that, Kingofalldems! Great DU name btw.

[Kingofalldems]

115. You are welcome!

[geardaddy]

44. Here's a few...

Country Roads - Toots and the Maytals

My Way - Sid Vicious

Satisfaction - Devo

[lutefisk]

48. All Along the Watchtower - a great Jimi Hendrix cover of a great Bob Dylan song

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edit: I meant to reply to the original post, but my cat distracted me...

[geardaddy]

50. I agree.

[sendero]

92. Was gonna post that one...

... because it is awesome and Dylan's lyrics with Jimi's music are hard to beat!

[lutefisk]

114. Bob plays it more like Jimi's cover version now

It's a part of his tour set list and over the years the song has moved closer to Jimi's interpretation. Of course Bob never does a song exactly the same twice.

And a cool thing is that he'll be playing this song for audiences tonight, tomorrow night, Monday night ...

[aikoaiko]

122. I think the case can be made that Hendrix's Watchtower is the best cover ever.

Ever!

[AllenVanAllen]

107. I had never heard the Denver cover before. I dig it.

I like the changes they made to it too. And I love the other two covers, they're modern classics imo. Thanks geardaddy!

[geardaddy]

116. Glad you enjoyed it!

[hifiguy]

45. Fleetwood Mac's mondo fabulous cover of

the Yardbirds' "For Your Love" (in their pre Buckingham/Nicks, Bob Welch days) of which there is no video.

Brix Smith & The Adult Net's truly marvy cover of The Strawberry Alarm Clock's "Incense and Peppermints."

[AllenVanAllen]

109. Thanks, hifiguy!

I dug the Incense cover. I'm going to see if I can find those tunes you mentioned somewhere.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

46. Cat Power's "New York."

[AllenVanAllen]

110. Oh yeah! I LOVE Cat Power!

and there's this

Thanks, WorseBeforeBetter!

[WorseBeforeBetter]

111. Hey! I hadn't heard "Sea of Love"...

thanks for that.

[SEMOVoter]

47. Joe Cocker, With a Little Help From My Friends

Hang on East Coast!

[AllenVanAllen]

112. Excellent song timeless message, simply classic.

Thank you, SEMOVoter! Welcome to DU.

[driver8]

51. Gary Jules' cover of Tears for Fears' "Mad World".

[Mopar151]

103. Spare and elegant...n/t

[AllenVanAllen]

113. I love this song. It's use in the movie 'Donna Darko' was brilliant.

And I'm a huge fan of TFF from 94' and back. GJ did an excellent job! Thanks, driver8!

[driver8]

117. I hate to say it, but I think I like the re-make better than the original!

I love how they used this song in Donnie Darko, too!

[driver8]

52. Robert Wyatt's cover of Elvis Costello's "Shipbuilding"...

[AllenVanAllen]

119. I enjoyed that!

I love EC and Robert Wyatt did a great job with it. Thank you, driver8!

[driver8]

127. Glad you liked it!! It's a great version! n/t

[Arugula Latte]

53. Gary Jules' cover of "Mad World" by Tears for Fears

[AllenVanAllen]

120. I remember the first time I heard this I thought it was Michael Stipe.

I love this version. TFF are kind of a tough band to cover imo as many of the covers I've heard don't have the same emotional weight as the originals but not this one.

Here's a couple of other good TFF covers.


He's one I think that's better than the original, by Disturbed

And this one's kind of a cheat because it's not technically not a cover, just lead vocals by the wonderful Oleta Adams.

Thanks, Arugula Latte!

[Arugula Latte]

54. Joe Cocker doing "With a Little Help from my Friends" (original by some group nobody's heard of)

[bamacrat]

118. One of my favorite covers too. Too bad the original artists never got a much pub...

[aikoaiko]

56. Charles Brown Superstar doing Gary Numan's Cars

the original which is great.

the cover which makes me dizzy with joy

[AllenVanAllen]

121. That was fun! This song has so many covers and I've never heard this one.

But another GN cover that I really love is the Foo Fighters version of...

Thank you, aikoaiko!

[Bigleaf]

57. Rush doing "The Seeker" by The Who

[sarisataka]

59. My guilty pleasure is

Bad Romance by Halestorm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=8vmhnxVF1GU

[workinclasszero]

60. Stevie Ray Vaughan,Kelly, Five Finger Death Punch and CCR

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[michaelslomo]

129. CCR's cover of "I Put a Spell on You"

I was going to mention that, and then I noticed that you did!

[workinclasszero]

134. Great tune eh? :) /nt

[KamaAina]

62. Two you'd never suspect were covers

The originals are by New Orleans legend Irma Thomas, and The Arrows (whoever they are), respectively.

[Spider Jerusalem]

63. Here are a few:

[sendero]

93. Wet blanket time...

.... the Iggy original of China Girl was not outdone in the slightest by the Bowie cover. boo hiss.

And Jimmy just you shut your mouth becoming baby just you shut your mouth ---- well we know who actually wrote the lyrics to THIS song

[AllenVanAllen]

135. Ah, come on now. It's in the title "We love the originals"

Funny I had no idea this was a cover! I'm not very steeped in Iggy Pop but the original is most excellent! Thanks, sendero!

[Myrina]

66. Ray LaMontagne's cover of "Crazy" (Gnarls Barkley)

So, so much better. It's available on YouTube ... Do yourself a favor & look it up.

[AllenVanAllen]

67. Excellent take on it!

Here it is,

I also dig this somber version of it by The Dø. These guys are a great French/Finnish band, with a lot of stuff worth checking out. I highly recommend them.

Thanks for sharing with me, Myrina!

[Zorra]

70. Ataris ~ "Boys of Summer, The White Stripes ~ "Jolene", Smith ~ "Baby It's You",

Willie Nelson's cover of Townes Van Zandts' Pancho & Lefty, and these live covers of "Somebody To Love" and "Keep On Rockin' In the Free World, some obscure jams recorded by some group of unknown itinerant musicians.

[AllenVanAllen]

75. Here are four more.

Korn covers Radiohead

Fait No More covers Richey

K.D. Lang Covers The Orb

and Devotchka covers Siouxsie

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

77. Eddie Vedder joining Tom Petty for "The Waiting"

already my favorite Petty song, and I love Pearl Jam, so this is perfect:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

80. and Radiohead doing "Rhinestone Cowboy"

from back before Thom and the lads became too serious and pretentious for their own good:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

78. Jesus and Mary Chain doing Leonard Cohen's "Tower of Song"

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

79. and my favorite ever:

[Spike89]

125. Elvis even covers himself extremely well

I am an embarrassingly rabid fan of his and every time I hear a new arrangement of one of his songs, it is my favorite, until I hear the original again. His alternate versions from studio sessions are great songs in their own rights.

[Spike89]

126. I tend to like way uptempo music (punk, ska)

No surprise then that I like most of the gimme gimme's punk covers, Goldfinger is great too. More surprising I suppose is that I can listen to Nouvelle Vogue do slowed down, jazzy, torch-singer versions of some great 80s songs. My favorite Nouvelle Vague covers are "Dance with me" (great video), "killing moon", and the hilarious cover of the Dead Kennedy's "Too Drunk to Fuck"

[AllenVanAllen]

81. Fiona Apple covers Sally

Happy Halloween, everybody!



And for those of you effected by Sandy, stay strong. We've got your back!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

82. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

124. I prefer Rufus Wainwright's version.

Despite being a guitarist I like the piano much better as a solo instrument.

[BlueMan Votes]

85. Flunk does New Order...blue monday

[JudyM]

105. Some soulful favorites of mine

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(on edit, had to add this one - Sinead covering Elton's Sacrifice)

[kwassa]

108. Aretha Franklin's version of "Respect", and Cream's version of "Crossroads"

Otis Redding wrote and first performed "Respect".

Robert Johnson wrote and first performed "Crossroads".

[michaelslomo]

128. The Byrds had two great covers of Dylan songs...

"Mr. Tambourine Man" and "My Back Pages."

[Bennyboy]

130. The Dead / Jerry Garcia covering Dylan....

Even Dylan said he loves the Dead covers.

[michaelslomo]

131. "I Heard It through the Grapevine"

But the question is, who was covering whom? Smoky Robinson recorded it first, then Marvin Gaye, but neither was released by Motown. Then Gladys Knight recorded it, it was released, and it was a hit. But then Marvin Gaye's version was finally released, and it became the classic version of them all. Then CCR did a cover, and it was fine, too. Gladys Knight, Marvin Gaye, CCR--all have great versions of "Grapevine," with Marvin Gaye's being the best.

[AllenVanAllen]

133. Here are four more .

Jeff Buckley covers Jevetta Steele

Dala covers The Smiths

Jose Gonzalez covers The Knife

Concrete Blonde covers Roxy Music

Have a great weekend DU. The coming week brings good tidings....I can feel it.