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Best Cover Songs You Probably Have Never Heard (Original Post) JCMach1 Sep 2014 OP
i got one barbtries Sep 2014 #1
oops sorry, posted in wrong spot. chknltl Sep 2014 #31
Cover song some might not have known was a cover song... Tikki Sep 2014 #2
Hey Ocean - Be My Baby sharp_stick Sep 2014 #3
The lead singer of Hey Ocean, Ashleigh Ball, hifiguy Sep 2014 #6
Miley Cyrus - The Backyard Sessions - "Jolene" Mosby Sep 2014 #4
I love her version. lovemydog Sep 2014 #22
Kate Bush doing Elton John's Rocket Man with reggae influence IcyPeas Sep 2014 #5
That's bizarre & ethereal. I would expect anything less lovemydog Sep 2014 #23
A few of my favorites hifiguy Sep 2014 #7
Iz, Somewhere over the rainbow safeinOhio Sep 2014 #8
What movie was that just in? applegrove Sep 2014 #9
50 First Dates discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #11
Nope. Never saw that. applegrove Sep 2014 #12
All I could find discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #16
Nope. Thanks for looking. applegrove Sep 2014 #17
Also The Impossible from 2012 discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #18
The Wizard of Oz safeinOhio Sep 2014 #13
Nope. I mean the version posted here. I just heard it. This past year. applegrove Sep 2014 #15
Any song covered by Eva Cassidy ... kwassa Sep 2014 #10
She was a spectacular talent. hifiguy Sep 2014 #21
YES. LWolf Sep 2014 #26
good times bad times OriginalGeek Sep 2014 #14
Killdozer -- American Pie Blecht Sep 2014 #19
David Rawlings and Gillian Welch - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. cemaphonic Sep 2014 #20
Postmodern Jukebox had some fun ones recently jakeXT Sep 2014 #24
The Whole Pin Ups Album By Bowie ProfessorGAC Sep 2014 #25
R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders cover of CHARLEY JORDAN's 'Keep It Clean' Brother Buzz Sep 2014 #27
Walk Away, Renee wyldwolf Sep 2014 #28
The original is a thing of joy and beauty forever. hifiguy Sep 2014 #39
Apparently, this is Renee, back in the day: hifiguy Sep 2014 #40
I always liked the Cowboy Junkies' cover of Lou Reed's Sweet Jane. gvstn Sep 2014 #29
Eight Miles High, by Golden Earring around 1969 or 1970 chknltl Sep 2014 #30
I Am The Walrus by Spooky Tooth (around 1970) chknltl Sep 2014 #32
Give Me Shelter as done by Grand Funk Railroad back in 1971 chknltl Sep 2014 #33
One of my favorites SwankyXomb Sep 2014 #34
For starters... progressoid Sep 2014 #35
Living Colour covering Talking Heads' "Memories Can't Wait" friendly_iconoclast Sep 2014 #36
Neutral Milk Hotel's "In The Aeroplane Over the Sea," covered by The Avett Brothers: Heidi Sep 2014 #37
Here's one you have heard, but didn't know it was a cover KamaAina Sep 2014 #38
more Walk Away, Renee KG Sep 2014 #41
yet even MORE Walk Away, Renee wyldwolf Sep 2014 #42

Tikki

(14,539 posts)
2. Cover song some might not have known was a cover song...
Sat Sep 13, 2014, 12:12 PM
Sep 2014

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

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
6. The lead singer of Hey Ocean, Ashleigh Ball,
Sat Sep 13, 2014, 04:29 PM
Sep 2014

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.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
7. A few of my favorites
Sat Sep 13, 2014, 04:39 PM
Sep 2014

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.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,470 posts)
16. All I could find
Sat Sep 13, 2014, 10:04 PM
Sep 2014

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.

kwassa

(23,340 posts)
10. Any song covered by Eva Cassidy ...
Sat Sep 13, 2014, 09:49 PM
Sep 2014

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)
21. She was a spectacular talent.
Sun Sep 14, 2014, 01:32 AM
Sep 2014

One of the best voices I have heard since the late, great Sandy Denny.

ProfessorGAC

(64,425 posts)
25. The Whole Pin Ups Album By Bowie
Sun Sep 14, 2014, 08:53 AM
Sep 2014

All his faves from the British Invasion period. And, NONE of the songs are even close to the original versions. Fantastic.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
39. The original is a thing of joy and beauty forever.
Mon Sep 15, 2014, 03:06 PM
Sep 2014

The triple-distilled essence of teenage heartbreak.

RLJ's cover is breathtaking as well.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
40. Apparently, this is Renee, back in the day:
Mon Sep 15, 2014, 03:46 PM
Sep 2014

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)
29. I always liked the Cowboy Junkies' cover of Lou Reed's Sweet Jane.
Sun Sep 14, 2014, 10:57 PM
Sep 2014


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)
30. Eight Miles High, by Golden Earring around 1969 or 1970
Mon Sep 15, 2014, 12:12 AM
Sep 2014

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)
33. Give Me Shelter as done by Grand Funk Railroad back in 1971
Mon Sep 15, 2014, 12:34 AM
Sep 2014

IMO a way better version than the one the Rolling Stones did.

SwankyXomb

(2,030 posts)
34. One of my favorites
Mon Sep 15, 2014, 12:52 AM
Sep 2014

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)
35. For starters...
Mon Sep 15, 2014, 02:01 AM
Sep 2014

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)
36. Living Colour covering Talking Heads' "Memories Can't Wait"
Mon Sep 15, 2014, 02:13 AM
Sep 2014


They also do a scorching cover of the Clash's "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?"

Heidi

(58,237 posts)
37. Neutral Milk Hotel's "In The Aeroplane Over the Sea," covered by The Avett Brothers:
Mon Sep 15, 2014, 04:26 AM
Sep 2014


The original:

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
38. Here's one you have heard, but didn't know it was a cover
Mon Sep 15, 2014, 02:16 PM
Sep 2014


The original is by New Orleans musical goddess Irma Thomas. Keith in particular is a major NOLA fanatic.
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