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This article in Salon http://www.salon.com/2014/09/13/the_12_best_cover_songs_youve_never_heard/ got me thinking about the subject of awesome, but obscure (or surprising) covers.
Here is one of my favorites...
White Stripes singing Dolly Parton's 'Jolene'
barbtries
(28,702 posts)i love this guy's version the best.
chknltl
(10,558 posts)self delete
Tikki
(14,539 posts)I love the song the song "JOLENE" by anyone...THANX
ORIGINAL
ONE of many COVERS
ORIGINAL
SONICS COVER
The Pacific Northwest owes a lot to Californian Richard Berry...
One more cover I must post..
Deborah Harry and Nick Cave...cover of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and the GUN CLUB's
Tikki
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)It's a Vancouver band and I love this cover.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)is the voice of Applejack and Rainbow Dash on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and has done a lot of other voice work. Yes, I am a brony.
This is a great take on an all time classic song and thanks for posting it.
Mosby
(16,168 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Haters gonna hate. But I like a lot of her music.
IcyPeas
(21,747 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)from Kate Bush!
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Debbie Harry covering The Castaways' "Liar Liar"
The Slickee Boys covering Status Quo's "Pictures of Matchstick Men" I have wanted to cover this cover for years.
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Fleetwood Mac - pre Buckingham Nicks - covering The Yardbirds' "For Your Love" and it SMOKES the original.
safeinOhio
(32,531 posts)applegrove
(118,021 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)applegrove
(118,021 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)Finding Forrester, 50 First Dates, Fred Claus, Happy, Happy, Meet Joe Black and IMAX: Hubble 3D.
It was also featured on TV series like Charmed, ER, Scrubs, Cold Case, Glee.
applegrove
(118,021 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)safeinOhio
(32,531 posts)as done it the movie by Judy Garland.
applegrove
(118,021 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)who died of cancer at the point at which she was about to become a huge star.
We all knew about her in the DC area.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)One of the best voices I have heard since the late, great Sandy Denny.
I can listen to her for hours and hours.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)Blecht
(3,803 posts)On crackling vinyl:
cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)jakeXT
(10,575 posts)ProfessorGAC
(64,425 posts)All his faves from the British Invasion period. And, NONE of the songs are even close to the original versions. Fantastic.
Brother Buzz
(36,216 posts)wyldwolf
(43,865 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)The triple-distilled essence of teenage heartbreak.
RLJ's cover is breathtaking as well.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Last edited Mon Sep 15, 2014, 04:17 PM - Edit history (1)
No wonder young Michael Brown was smitten. She was also the inspiration for TLB's "Pretty Ballerina" also written by Michael Brown.
She's now a classical vocal coach and singer.
gvstn
(2,805 posts)But if you are looking for surprising covers Nina Gordon's cover of NWA'a Straight out of Compton is bizarrely intriguing.
Original:
chknltl
(10,558 posts)I heard this version of the song years before I got the chance to hear the Byrd's version which at the time prompted me to think how marvelous it was that the Byrds had covered a great Golden Earring tune!
chknltl
(10,558 posts)chknltl
(10,558 posts)IMO a way better version than the one the Rolling Stones did.
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)Aztec Camera's version of Van Halen's "Jump". It captures the angst that just isn't there in the original.
progressoid
(49,825 posts)Senor Coconut: Smoke on the Water
Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
The Folksmen - Start Me Up
Kronos Quartet - Purple Haze
The Flying Lizards - Money
Don Ho - Shock The Monkey
Kotmorn Yoop Yap -All Shook Up
Yat Kha - In A Gadda Da Vida
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)They also do a scorching cover of the Clash's "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?"
Heidi
(58,237 posts)The original:
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)The original is by New Orleans musical goddess Irma Thomas. Keith in particular is a major NOLA fanatic.
KG
(28,749 posts)( i made this video.)