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Title: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on January 04, 2011, 07:21:58 pm: Sat here.

Bored.

About to depart for the pub.

So here's five to get you started.

Madness "It Must Be Love" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puYt7B-tKQ8#)

Blondie - Denis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahGxiSV_LH0#)

Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing (1980) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGcn15ODltA&playnext=1&list=PLD6CF453AA426EE1C&index=49#)

Roxy Music - Jealous Guy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRzGzRqNj58#)

Pinky And Perky Lets Twist Again (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNci98G25iM#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Serpico on January 04, 2011, 07:39:08 pm: Johnny Cash Hurt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clq01TXQR0s#ws)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: robertostallioni on January 04, 2011, 07:46:49 pm: That was good. (doesn't his face look lumpy in that, like a tramp living on chips?)

But it wasn't this. Concrete Blondes cover of Leonard Cohen Classic.

Pump Up the Volume Soundtrack Everybody Knows Concrete Blonde (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd94co27nTQ#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: 205Chris on January 04, 2011, 07:48:08 pm: Agree with Johnny Cash. A bit predictable but:

Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower - ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bng3agUOYiI#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Serpico on January 04, 2011, 08:09:30 pm: Just for The Stallion:
Leningrad Cowboys & Red Army Choir - SWEET HOME ALABAMA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lNFRLrP014#)

Jim "The King" Brown - Come As Are (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gThGfLDnRM#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on January 04, 2011, 08:26:08 pm: Quote from: Serpico on January 04, 2011, 08:09:30 pm
Just for The Stallion:
Leningrad Cowboys & Red Army Choir - SWEET HOME ALABAMA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lNFRLrP014#)

Jim "The King" Brown - Come As Are (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gThGfLDnRM#)

Oh come!

Leningrad Cowboys - These Boots (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRvL11JdNBE&feature=player_embedded#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: robertostallioni on January 04, 2011, 08:32:08 pm: (http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:5idbQ8FGekMHYM:http://www.tovx.com/Graphics/borat_nice.jpg&t=1)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Percy B on January 04, 2011, 08:38:47 pm: Welcome To The Jungle (cover by Richard Cheese) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr7EBuz-2xI&feature=related#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: robertostallioni on January 04, 2011, 08:48:29 pm: Pour Some Sugar On Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCEXO-uNyMU#)
Bluegrass Tribute to Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIu5Vb1hgTc&feature=related#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Serpico on January 04, 2011, 09:00:57 pm: Hayseed Dixie - Bohemian Rhapsody video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAWl5peI8HY&feature=related#ws)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: gremlin on January 04, 2011, 09:10:09 pm: Stairway to Heaven Rolf Harris (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPOIy4Kb9M4#)

ooh-ha-he-ho-ho-huha (kin ya till whut it is yit?)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: robertostallioni on January 04, 2011, 09:10:31 pm: Here you go. Suck on this phat one....

Bon Jovi - Sylvia's mother (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6rYh_o3W_U&feature=related#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: SA Chris on January 04, 2011, 09:53:38 pm: The Sea and Cake - Sound and Vision (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-kTMNwnu60#)

Gnarls Barkley - Gone Daddy Gone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZbeiXZVWbM#)

(esp for the vid)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: robertostallioni on January 04, 2011, 10:22:14 pm: Original. Easy listening lounge music

Louis Jordan - Keep A-Knockin' (but You Can't Come In) 1939 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pcve7daxNM#)

Cover : Little Richard rips it a new A-hole.

Little Richard - Keep a Knockin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYr7I4gOSXk#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Sloper on January 04, 2011, 10:29:42 pm: The Pistols, My Way.

The Sex Pistols - My Way (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIXg9KUiy00#)

:great:
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on January 04, 2011, 10:31:34 pm: Quote from: robertostallioni on January 04, 2011, 09:10:31 pm
Here you go. Suck on this phat one....

Bon Jovi - Sylvia's mother (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6rYh_o3W_U&feature=related#)

All together then...

Quote
Siiiiiiilveeeya's mother
Says
Silvia's pregnant.
So fuck off, and leave her alone
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: robertostallioni on January 04, 2011, 10:35:42 pm: Quote from: Sloper on January 04, 2011, 10:29:42 pm
The Pistols, My Way.

Really good. poignant.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Sloper on January 04, 2011, 10:38:51 pm: Indeed, my god is it nearly 32 years?

No justice, Robbie Williams alive, Sid long gone.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Serpico on January 04, 2011, 10:42:53 pm: Pretenders - Creep - White Room '95 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsYybjCnjSY#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Serpico on January 04, 2011, 10:47:16 pm: faith No More - Easy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1WAMNIunKc#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: duncan on January 04, 2011, 10:50:09 pm: James Last - Silver Machine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF2ODWluPlY#)

(sadly lacking a Stacia)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: duncan on January 04, 2011, 11:09:24 pm: Killdozer - American Pie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmKIVQsv_9I#)

Husker Du - Eight Miles High (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBKyBlJ_JN8#)

My Bloody Valentine - We Have All The Time In The World (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fajvqa50Jc#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on January 04, 2011, 11:18:00 pm: Only a matter of time I suppose...

Brian the singing miner (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCx8KQrnxX0#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: GCW on January 04, 2011, 11:22:33 pm: Kazookeylele - Ukulele - The final countdown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAg5KjnAhuU#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: dontfollowme on January 04, 2011, 11:23:26 pm: Neil Young's "On the Beach", by Radiohead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQARzXtc2ik#)

Radiohead - On the Beach (Neil Young Cover)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: robertostallioni on January 04, 2011, 11:28:05 pm: AC/DC - School Days (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBY3i_CGsb4&feature=related#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: duncan on January 04, 2011, 11:32:11 pm: A great version of a great song

MERRY CLAYTON- "GIMME SHELTER" (1970) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCyTqnizcvI#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: robertostallioni on January 04, 2011, 11:37:00 pm: Original. Frankie Ford. Slightly racy voiced rock'n'roller
Sea Cruise-Frankie Ford-original song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUSd_RYnxAY#)

Beach boys cover- slow paced rambling bollox. No place on this thread.

Status Quo - lifeless guitar driven wristslitter.

Cliff Richard - over-pronounced, christian onanism.

Shakin' Stevens - Now thats what I'm fucking talking about, Rodney.

Shakin' Stevens & The Sunsets - Sea Cruise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSqQ3BRzhOI#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: GCW on January 04, 2011, 11:48:06 pm: Quote from: duncan on January 04, 2011, 11:32:11 pm
A great version of a great song

MERRY CLAYTON- "GIMME SHELTER" (1970) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCyTqnizcvI#)

I prefer The Sisters:

gimme shelter - the sisters of mercy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxn3w_4hOeg#)

Ignore the shit images put to the music though, awful.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Serpico on January 04, 2011, 11:53:08 pm: Alanis Morissette - My Humps (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRmYfVCH2UA&feature=related#ws)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Serpico on January 05, 2011, 12:23:49 am: In memory of Gerry Rafferty, RIP.
Foo Fighters - Baker Street (B-Side - Gerry Rafferty cover) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8vXoFrKpa0#ws)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: SA Chris on January 05, 2011, 11:31:30 am: It's an inspired cover. RIP.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: fried on January 05, 2011, 11:36:15 am: Oops!... Idid it again (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAS4ltt7DzI&feature=player_detailpage#ws)

And an OBE.

Love the way people start to laugh then realise he's playing it completely straight.

RIP to Gerry too.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: slackline on January 05, 2011, 11:41:32 am: Quote from: fried on January 05, 2011, 11:36:15 am
<object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rAS4ltt7DzI?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rAS4ltt7DzI?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></object>

Just copy and paste the pages URL (and not when viewed full-screen, when its a little video in the YouTube page), don't bother with the "embed html code" link YouTube provides (these forums use BBcode for mark-up when posting anyway, unless you're an administrator), the forum software sorts everything out automagically...

Oops!... Idid it again (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAS4ltt7DzI#ws)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: fried on January 05, 2011, 11:43:32 am: Sorry, was modifying it at the same time.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: andybfreeman on January 05, 2011, 05:53:29 pm: I'm a fan of the punk cover genre and the mighty Cash so this gimme gimmes track is fave.

(Ghost) Riders in the sky - Me first and the gimme gimmes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbS5oRjIIl8#)

Hi Standard's cover of calafornia dreaming always makes me grin as well

Hi-STANDARD - California Dreamin' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVm-pTiyC48#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Duma on January 06, 2011, 01:45:06 am: Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHRFZFmEq9o#)

Ike & Tina Turner Whole Lotta Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD-6lv30KoA#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: slackline on January 06, 2011, 08:25:48 am: SomaFM : Covers (http://somafm.com/covers/played) for 24/7 cover song streaming.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: iain_cbr on January 08, 2011, 11:23:34 pm: Nobody putting up SuBo's version of wild horses?
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: SA Chris on January 09, 2011, 08:53:10 am: No because she's shit. plus you would have to see her face on the video clip.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: grumpycrumpy on January 09, 2011, 09:42:47 am: Talking of covers of Rolling Stones songs Devo's take on ( I can't get me no ) Satisfaction is possibly the finest cover ever .....

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e75BUYdZg-g#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: lagerstarfish on January 09, 2011, 10:42:17 am: This is a rather good cover

Independent Woman.mpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weXrZMBn3aY#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: grimer on January 09, 2011, 10:50:57 am: Quote from: lagerstarfish on January 09, 2011, 10:42:17 am
This is a rather good cover

Independent Woman.mpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weXrZMBn3aY#)

I love that. The first time I saw it years ago i was moved to email the creator, Joel Vetch, and tell him how great i thiought it was :)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: granticus on January 09, 2011, 12:59:27 pm: Here's four from Snuff the kings of pop punk cover versions ;D

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg1yGH1EeNg#)

Snuff - I Think We're Alone Now (1989) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw_U6UfKVeM#ws)

Snuff - Match of the Day.wmv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEy9i3kC-N0&feature=related#)

SNUFF - Soul Limbo (RUHRPOTT RODEO) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxY3IwsXj5o#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: SpanishJuan on January 09, 2011, 03:06:30 pm: Reel Big Fish - Take on Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ4S-UiNmzo&feature=fvw#)
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - Life on Mars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW0ACEOEq6w&feature=related#ws)
and the best of all
James Last - Gimme Gimme Gimme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP8j2R22M5s&feature=related#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Duma on January 09, 2011, 06:48:41 pm: Incredible Bongo Band - Apache (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY-Z6wm6TMQ#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: SA Chris on January 12, 2011, 03:13:36 pm: Hot Chicks, playing Zep. What's not to like.

Led Zeppelin When The Levee Breaks by Zepparella (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH-_9cwdLug#ws)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: slackline on January 12, 2011, 03:20:41 pm: :thumbsup: Loving the harmonica at the start, somewhat suggestive :whistle:
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: SA Chris on January 12, 2011, 04:07:39 pm: I have absolutely no idea what you mean. :whistle: :whistle:
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: SpanishJuan on January 13, 2011, 07:12:47 am: I forgot to add Spanky Wilson - Sunshine of your love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC2Je89JhS8#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Baron on January 13, 2011, 07:22:36 am: Can you tell what it is yet?
Schneider TM vs. Kpt. Michi.gan - The Light 3000 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRF4dZW9df0&feature=related#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Duma on January 17, 2011, 12:51:14 am: Quote from: SA Chris on January 12, 2011, 03:13:36 pm
Hot Chicks, playing Zep. What's not to like.

Led Zeppelin When The Levee Breaks by Zepparella (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH-_9cwdLug#ws)
Awesome. That said, if it even approached tina doing WLL It'd be truly one for the ages.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Duma on January 17, 2011, 01:01:56 am: Just cause I'm high on her right now...
Tina & Ike Turner - Proud Mary (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54XRNQ2C2x0&feature=related#)
Oh Man. I'm not sure TT could help being great at this point, but it's the backing that makes it, both pre and post the 3 minute break point...
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Soap on January 17, 2011, 03:40:14 am: I know it isn't strictly a cover and more of a sample of Steve Winwood's song but I'm guessing you won't object...

Eric Prydz - Call On Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_fCqg92qks&feature=player_detailpage#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Drew on January 17, 2011, 09:54:57 pm: (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/54/Ratm_renegades.png) (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renegades_(album)?wasRedirected=true)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: grumpycrumpy on January 18, 2011, 07:58:13 am: And not forgetting the Easy Street Allstars cover of the whole of 'Dark Side of The Moon ' ...... Dubtastic stuff .......
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: SA Chris on January 18, 2011, 08:43:28 am: Easy Star? Not as good as Dub Side, but their Radiodread is pretty good too. Not heard the Lonely Hearts Dub Band yet.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: grumpycrumpy on January 18, 2011, 09:42:56 am: :oops: ..... Easy Star , of course .......
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Will Hunt on January 18, 2011, 01:32:53 pm: I think one of the most popular covers has got to be The Pogues version of Fairytale of New York. When you listen to the Christy Moore version you can see why it's not so popular!

Then there's Summer in the City by The Stranglers.

Don't forget, somewhat controversially I would imagine, All Along the Watchtower by Hendrix which I prefer to the original.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: JamieG on January 18, 2011, 01:48:39 pm: Quote from: Will Hunt on January 18, 2011, 01:32:53 pm
I think one of the most popular covers has got to be The Pogues version of Fairytale of New York. When you listen to the Christy Moore version you can see why it's not so popular!

Then there's Summer in the City by The Stranglers.

Don't forget, somewhat controversially I would imagine, All Along the Watchtower by Hendrix which I prefer to the original.

I think the Pogues' version is the original. And Christy Moore covers it on his live album. Incidentally I like both versions.

Apparently Dylan has said that he "liked Jimi Hendrix's record of this (all along the watchtower) and ever since he died I've been doing it that way... Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it's a tribute to him in some kind of way". Praise indeed.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Rocksteady on January 18, 2011, 02:04:51 pm: I'm a big fan of the Futureheads' version of Hounds of Love. The Kate Bush original version is good, but not as good.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: andy_e on January 18, 2011, 03:16:05 pm: Rockwell - Aria (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bVU5-TTP4E#)

Hell, if we're on covers which aren't covers but are in fact samples, as per Soap's slightly questionable post... Anyhoo, Cocteau Twins sampling abound.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: SA Chris on January 18, 2011, 03:37:08 pm: We aren't on covers which aren't covers.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Soap on January 24, 2011, 08:56:41 pm: I'm willing to take the flak for that video.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on January 24, 2011, 09:46:52 pm: Are you disqualified for covering your own songs?

George Baker - Una Paloma Blanca 2005 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAKMB_QCi6Y#)

(I'm almost sure I've posted that one before. But after a mellow evening on the Aberlour I care not, but apologize if it happens to be true)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Bonjoy on January 29, 2011, 09:56:33 am: Wedding Present - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) (TOTP) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=YKuY2Ebe4So#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on January 31, 2011, 08:41:51 pm: Re: Dusty Springfield-you don't have to say you love me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBwSN0Yw5l0&feature=related#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on January 31, 2011, 09:07:59 pm: Did anyone else know this was also a cover?

Nicky Thomas - Love Of The Common People - Trojan Reggae 45rpm (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnuKSz2nRDQ#)

(according to that great font of veracity, wikipedia)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: robertostallioni on January 31, 2011, 09:20:54 pm: Class video to that one. 8)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Serpico on January 31, 2011, 09:24:31 pm: A couple of versions of day Tripper:

Cheap Trick Live Day Tripper (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tSgyepdzOA&feature=related#)

Whitesnake - Day Tripper (Very Rare Video) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub8rPHBXd20#)

Whitesnake were only ever any good when they were all ugly blokes with beer guts.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: SA Chris on January 31, 2011, 09:26:15 pm: Quote from: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on January 31, 2011, 09:07:59 pm
Did anyone else know this was also a cover?

It's been covered quite a few times hasn't it?

Apparently wherever i lay my hat is a cover too :)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: nai on January 31, 2011, 09:32:58 pm: Just put that in the other thread

http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,16950.msg299620.html#msg299620 (http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,16950.msg299620.html#msg299620)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: SA Chris on January 31, 2011, 09:35:09 pm: Spooky.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on January 31, 2011, 09:40:37 pm: Quote from: SA Chris on January 31, 2011, 09:26:15 pm
Quote from: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on January 31, 2011, 09:07:59 pm
Did anyone else know this was also a cover?

It's been covered quite a few times hasn't it?

Apparently wherever i lay my hat is a cover too :)

Except when Marvin Gaye did it...

Edit: Bah. Read links as well as text of subsequent posts...
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: duncan on January 31, 2011, 09:43:33 pm: best joy division cover version in the world! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mm6ycEz2A8#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Serpico on January 31, 2011, 10:12:20 pm: Continuing the theme of covers of the recently deceased:
Faith No More - 01 - Midnight Cowboy (John Barry cover) (live) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zWp-IwfLIA&feature=related#ws)
John Barry - Legend. RIP.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Serpico on February 06, 2011, 08:35:35 pm: Fuck me, another one gone.
Yardbirds cover.
WwW.youtube.com/watch?v=QGWdkqDH0XY (http://WwW.youtube.com/watch?v=QGWdkqDH0XY)
RlP
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: nai on February 06, 2011, 08:46:12 pm: Didn't realised that was a cover, or this one:

Gary Moore - Wishing Well (Live) Sheffield (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYMB67yRt8o#ws)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on February 18, 2011, 09:58:35 pm: sammy davis jnr-you can count on me (hawaii 5 0) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-1FxQY9794&feature=related#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: robertostallioni on February 18, 2011, 10:01:23 pm: Thats what I'm talkin' about.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Teenager In Love (By the Way B-Side) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nm1s2y2SYU#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on February 18, 2011, 10:52:14 pm: seeing as "The Man in Black" has put in a guest appearance on the originals thread, I reckon it's only fair to welcome his Mrs onto this stage...

Keep On The Sunny Side - June Carter Cash (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIcb9xWnr8s&feature=fvst#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: robertostallioni on February 18, 2011, 11:10:51 pm: Covered by Credence CR and Fats Domino before the Carpenters, but tell me this voice has been surpassed. As Bernard Matthews would say....

Jambalaya (on the bayou) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbxpX9SFPZk#)

Hank Williams original

Jambalaya on the Bayou - Hank Williams (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnKOVPXhlnE#)

Where's Serps?
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Serpico on February 18, 2011, 11:54:33 pm: Quote
Where's Serps?

Right here.
The irony of Karen Carpenter singing about eating seafood.
I'm not sure where to post the covers I find now - they could so easily fit into 'the worst covers' thread.
No doubt about this one though.
Luis Cardenas - Runaway (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLDY-7TUogk#)
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Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on February 24, 2011, 09:58:08 pm: The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - Life on Mars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW0ACEOEq6w#ws)
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Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on February 24, 2011, 11:46:24 pm: Thanks to the passage of nearly 20 years (?) I'd nearly forgotten just how good this treatment of a classical canon by a bunch of Scouse scallies this really was...

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf_am1hY2fw#)
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Post by: SpanishJuan on February 26, 2011, 12:22:20 pm: ROTARY CONNECTION-"I AM THE BLACK GOLD OF THE SUN" (1971) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DR_NMtBEj4#)
Nuyorican Soul - I am the black gold of the sun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqetZOhWWkY&feature=related#)
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Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on March 03, 2011, 08:15:29 pm: This must merit inclusion if only for 0:26-0:30!

Lonnie Donegan - Grand Coulee Dam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jc2efqj5Js#)
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Post by: robertostallioni on March 03, 2011, 08:30:39 pm: Smiley version. Rum and coke? Umbrella?

Prince Buster - My Girl - (Fabulous Greatest Hits) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqceqqqKwAY#)
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Post by: Serpico on March 03, 2011, 09:11:35 pm: Honestly, does it get any better than this?
William Shatner - Common People (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ainyK6fXku0#)
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Post by: robertostallioni on March 03, 2011, 09:15:54 pm: Originally by Dion and the Belmonts( Trev and Carlos), this is a far better version. Dion just looked like he'd never had a girlfriend and preferred thumbing through the lingerie section of his mums catalogues.....whereas Paul Anka actually sounds like he's experienced jizzed pants in the presence of another human. (I include the original for clarification).

Class
Paul Anka-Teenager In Love (With Lyrics) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YhScm7eIqU&feature=related#)

Not class
Dion & The Belmonts - A teenager in love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNYdcwunG7g#)
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Post by: robertostallioni on March 03, 2011, 09:35:11 pm: Written in 1927. Doors "cover"

The Doors - Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5B28w51ygQ#)
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Post by: Serpico on March 03, 2011, 09:48:07 pm: Everyone loves PUSA.
video killed the radio star (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAiGd9nTGmM#)
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Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on May 21, 2011, 08:34:25 pm: "Boring" Bob Who?

MILLIE SMALL Tom Hark (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT-SGM0O5J8&feature=related#)
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Post by: pyrosis on May 21, 2011, 08:50:53 pm: Tool, No Quarter, Salival (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfgDXd0Cc2c#)
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Post by: DaveC on June 04, 2011, 12:14:25 pm: I've been meaning to put this in here for ages. The extraordinary Elizabeth Fraser does something amazing with Chic's 'At Last I Am Free". :bow:

Elizabeth Fraser-At last i am free. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVj-BA0Zufk#)

Not that I'm a fan of Liz Fraser's or anything you know. ::)
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Post by: Andy F on June 04, 2011, 08:31:45 pm: VH1 Rock Honors: The Who - Pearl Jam performance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjB1r77JljM&feature=grec_index#)
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Post by: andy popp on June 06, 2011, 06:35:50 am: Quote from: DaveC on June 04, 2011, 12:14:25 pm
I've been meaning to put this in here for ages. The extraordinary Elizabeth Fraser does something amazing with Chic's 'At Last I Am Free". :bow:

Elizabeth Fraser-At last i am free. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVj-BA0Zufk#)

Not that I'm a fan of Liz Fraser's or anything you know. ::)

But I still prefer this:

Robert Wyatt - At Last I Am Free (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xQx4G11pRo#)

Amazing vulnerability.
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Post by: fried on June 06, 2011, 06:49:22 pm: I like that. Nice to see there's still some Robert Wyatt fans about. A complete coincidence as I was listening to Rock Bottom last night what an album.
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Post by: andy popp on June 06, 2011, 10:11:21 pm: If you ever get a chance to see The Unthanks live (and you should take it if you do) they normally do a wonderful cover of 'Sea Song' - its on their 'The Bairns' album too
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Post by: fried on June 07, 2011, 02:51:35 pm: I'd never heard them before. That's a really good version and I'd never noticed some of the lines before, completely different song, the way cover versions should be.
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Post by: andy popp on June 07, 2011, 06:16:08 pm: Glad you enjoyed it.

While we're on a Robert Wyatt tip we shouldn't forget that the song he is best known for is, of course, a cover (well he didn't write it anyway)

robert wyatt shipbuilding (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6T9qp9XbRY#)

I like this too ... YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-FmG4JTIfk&feature=related#)
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Post by: mrjonathanr on June 07, 2011, 11:19:31 pm: Can you cover yourself? Video helps the narrative quite well I think.
Elvis Costello - Shipbuilding (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuPrrdRzlxc#)
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Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on June 22, 2011, 07:57:21 pm: Mike Harding has just played June Tabor and The Oysterband singing Love Will Tear Us Apart.

It's what iPlayer/Listen again was invented for!
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Post by: simes on June 22, 2011, 08:45:13 pm: Napalm Death - Nazi Punks Fuck Off

Nazi Punks Fuck Off! - Napalm Death (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzoebhQ7hjQ#)
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Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on June 27, 2011, 11:14:12 pm: 1. I like this.

2. I do not care who knows this.

3. So there!

Lick The Tins - Can't Help Falling In Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2rYozbfEV4#)
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Post by: iain_cbr on June 27, 2011, 11:21:01 pm: Quote from: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on June 27, 2011, 11:14:12 pm
1. I like this.

2. I do not care who knows this.

3. So there!

Bejaysus that takes me back! Possibly the most twee version of any song ever, but I must concur. 'Tis ace!
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Post by: Serpico on July 17, 2011, 09:52:11 am: Sgt. Pepper Live! featuring Cheap Trick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBS9MdXCDYg#ws)

Jeff Beck - Cause We've Ended As Lovers - (Live at Ronnie Scott's) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw8fBR_XiPs&feature=fvst#ws)
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Post by: Serpico on July 17, 2011, 10:13:22 am: Bohemian Rhapsody by Porkka Playboys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irLsjBDPe5c#ws)
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Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on July 19, 2011, 10:49:26 pm: Does this belong here or in the non-covers?

ABBA : Fernando - Español ((Stereo)) Spanish (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmkxV1Dyb8c#)

(And you know what I said about "Lick the Tins"? It applies to this as well.)
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Post by: fried on July 21, 2011, 09:07:06 pm: I'm 40 in a couple of hours, so obviously this...

Nico - The End (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htemHKtbkU0#)
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Post by: robertostallioni on July 21, 2011, 09:24:21 pm: Happy Birthday. Have a big toke on this phat one....

Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now TOTP (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puNOz696mn8&feature=related#)
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Post by: robertostallioni on July 21, 2011, 09:40:28 pm: if you close your eyes and listen to the voice, four and a half minutes later I bet you've got a smile on your face. :)

Mary Hopkin "Streets Of London" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQteP6oEHz8&feature=fvsr#ws)
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Post by: andy popp on July 22, 2011, 06:46:58 am: A couple of morning wake-up calls:

Hüsker Dü - Ticket To Ride (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9vCuxqBro4&feature=related#)

Husker Du - Eight Miles High (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBKyBlJ_JN8&feature=related#)
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Post by: fried on July 22, 2011, 06:19:56 pm: Quote from: robertostallioni on July 21, 2011, 09:40:28 pm
if you close your eyes and listen to the voice, four and a half minutes later I bet you've got a smile on your face. :)

Mary Hopkin "Streets Of London" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQteP6oEHz8&feature=fvsr#ws)

Reminds me of when I was 9 and a teacher played this in class ( not this version) and asked who wanted to be tramp... I was the only one who put my hand up. A defining moment of my life. Ta.
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Post by: fried on July 22, 2011, 06:23:23 pm: Quote from: andy popp on July 22, 2011, 06:46:58 am
A couple of morning wake-up calls:

Hüsker Dü - Ticket To Ride (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9vCuxqBro4&feature=related#)

Husker Du - Eight Miles High (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBKyBlJ_JN8&feature=related#)

Probably the best double cover single ever. Sonic Youth do Mudhoney and visa-versa.

Sonic Youth - Touch Me I'm Sick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TAzJXUOCGI#)

Mudhoney ~ Halloween (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn2PbVYciBc#)
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Post by: cjsheps on July 22, 2011, 10:24:50 pm: Secret Discovery's version of I Turn To You is class!

Secret Discovery - I Turn To You (Melanie C cover).mp3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6s0ZUY_Rzs#)
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Post by: robertostallioni on July 22, 2011, 10:40:00 pm: The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LBmUwi6mEo&feature=related#)

original:-

Solomon Linda&The Evening ( The First Version ) - Mbube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrrQT4WkbNE&feature=related#)
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Post by: fried on July 22, 2011, 10:56:41 pm: Missus is dancing 'round the kitchen and I'm a smiling.
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Post by: fried on July 22, 2011, 11:06:12 pm: Quote from: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on June 27, 2011, 11:14:12 pm
1. I like this.

2. I do not care who knows this.

3. So there!

Lick The Tins - Can't Help Falling In Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2rYozbfEV4#)

That was at the end of a film somewhere, what was it?
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Post by: robertostallioni on July 22, 2011, 11:10:16 pm: Wikiwahwah
Quote
The song "Can't Help Falling in Love" featured in the Irish film The Snapper. A Steven Hague remixed version of the single was also featured in the John Hughes film Some Kind of Wonderful.
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Post by: fried on July 22, 2011, 11:16:47 pm: Good Neil young covers.

Sonic Youth - Computer Age - from álbum ''lost tracks'' Neil Young cover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ0cLPSfLrg#)

"Winterlong" - Pixies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWWjMgzhbu4#)

I love some kind of wonderful.
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Post by: Serpico on July 24, 2011, 02:34:45 pm: Amy Winehouse - Valerie (live on BBC Sessions) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye5T66K4PTQ&feature=player_detailpage#)
R.I.P Amy
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Post by: Serpico on July 24, 2011, 06:32:45 pm: CHASING THE BROKEN HEARTED (http://vimeo.com/14179962)

Two covers for the price of one.
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Post by: SA Chris on July 24, 2011, 07:48:31 pm: Metallica & Ray Davies - You Really Got me/All Day and all of the Night (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH0l-Y_OKa8&feature=related#ws)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: iwasmexican on July 25, 2011, 08:00:26 pm: Quote from: DaveC on June 04, 2011, 12:14:25 pm
I've been meaning to put this in here for ages. The extraordinary Elizabeth Fraser does something amazing with Chic's 'At Last I Am Free". :bow:

Elizabeth Fraser-At last i am free. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVj-BA0Zufk#)

and lets not forget the pretty lights version (does it still count as a cover if you re a dj?)

Pretty Lights - At Last I Am Free (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vph37dJBKjE#)

also this Colour Haze - Freedom (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWdMp3zS62k#)
of the original buffalo song
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Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on July 28, 2011, 08:39:40 pm: Is it wrong to like “Walking in Memphis”?
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Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on August 13, 2011, 01:03:09 am: Is he still alive?

The Pogues - Maggie May (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPS5Gv2ZQiE&feature=related#)
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Post by: Bubba on August 13, 2011, 10:52:47 am: Quote from: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on July 28, 2011, 08:39:40 pm
Is it wrong to like “Walking in Memphis”?
Yes.

Although I've got a soft spot for this version:

Shut up and dance - Raving im Raving.wmv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2OdXmnlleg#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: DaveC on September 18, 2011, 01:26:31 pm: A thread on the other channel has brought this one to mind:

Sinead O'Connor "all apologies" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuHxqzgFLvQ#)

I first heard her do this live and completely unaccompanied on some BBC programme shortly after Cobain's death. An excellent and original interpretation, as good cover versions should be.
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Post by: robertostallioni on October 08, 2011, 10:14:19 pm: Rod Stewart ~ First Cut Is The Deepest (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9pnRjLfVWc#ws)

Johnny Cash - Father and Son (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KY5vqfSKUY#)
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Post by: Steve Crowe on October 09, 2011, 12:31:17 am: Some great cover versions on this thread!

I have this inch on 12 inch single

Far Corporation - Stairway To Heaven (Long Version) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71eJKnBKwNI#ws)
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Post by: Steve Crowe on October 09, 2011, 12:38:10 am: I also like two very different cover versions of the Everly Brothers "Love Hurts" (written and composed by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant)

Nazareth - Love Hurts (Lyrics) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwwpxGSBwKc#)

Emmylou Harris/Gram Parsons - Love Hurts (Cover) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zyul1skvMA#)
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Post by: Steve Crowe on October 09, 2011, 12:44:33 am: One more:

Janis Joplin-Me and Bobby McGee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYFhWV8--io#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: mrjonathanr on October 19, 2011, 08:56:42 pm: Good shout. have a wad for that.
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Post by: mark s on November 17, 2011, 06:22:28 pm: Maxence cyrin's cover of pixies where is my mind is as good as the original,just heard it on an advert
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Post by: Serpico on December 05, 2011, 10:38:46 am: Niice...

pat boone - enter sandman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z67IqrmygZY#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: DaveC on December 05, 2011, 10:52:43 am: ;D That's superb!
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Post by: slackline on December 05, 2011, 11:15:13 am: See Soma FM : Covers (http://somafm.com/covers/) for more covers than you can shake a stick at.
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Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on February 24, 2012, 07:07:45 am: What's French for "yellow"?

Maurice Chevalier - Le Sous-Marin Vert (Yellow Submarine) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5gfbE0E1_k#ws)
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Post by: clm on February 24, 2012, 08:23:48 am: Green
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Post by: SA Chris on February 24, 2012, 08:57:22 am: Green is french for yellow?
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Post by: nutcracker on February 24, 2012, 10:30:34 am: 4hero - Les Fleur (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXK60prBI_w#)

Minnie Ripperton 1972
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Serpico on February 24, 2012, 11:09:56 am: He's still got it.
Peter Frampton "Blackhole Sun" on Guitar Center Sessions on DIRECTV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU8yuWddw0E#ws)

Awesome video, maybe a bit too literal....
Alice Cooper Seven & Seven Is (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u71I_OpaKJc#ws)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: DaveC on February 24, 2012, 12:22:40 pm: I always forget this is a cover.....

Aretha Franklin - Respect [1967] (Original version) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FOUqQt3Kg0#)
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Post by: Stubbs on February 24, 2012, 04:58:55 pm: Serps that Frampton cover made me want to stab needles into my ear drums! :sick

Kyuss - Into The Void (Black Sabbath Cover) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0-G0gHKz_Q#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: ianvincent on February 24, 2012, 05:18:53 pm: I expect a bit of flaming for this one, but I like it :wavecry:

Romeo and Juliet - The Killers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87cLyBR1JTo#ws)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on February 24, 2012, 08:09:07 pm: Quote from: ianvincent on February 24, 2012, 05:18:53 pm
I expect a bit of flaming for this one, but I like it :wavecry:

Romeo and Juliet - The Killers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87cLyBR1JTo#ws)

Here you go, just for you.

(http://thesharehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/tin-hat.jpg)
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Post by: mrjonathanr on February 24, 2012, 09:51:29 pm: Thanks to Serpico for posting Peter Frampton - who I swear I haven't listened to since c1980 - because I discovered this blistering version of my favourite song from my favourite Beatle...
PETER FRAMPTON MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdN0e6syC8A#ws)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Serpico on February 24, 2012, 11:07:37 pm: Quote from: Stubbs on February 24, 2012, 04:58:55 pm
Serps that Frampton cover made me want to stab needles into my ear drums! :sick

Sometimes I feel like I'm casting pearls before swine... here's another version just for you:
Chris Cornell - Black Hole Sun (with Peter Frampton) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTQHWgpsniw#)
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Post by: clm on February 25, 2012, 10:33:25 am: Quote from: SA Chris on February 24, 2012, 08:57:22 am
Green is french for yellow?
Yes, cos it rhymes with sea.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on February 26, 2012, 06:31:51 pm: Have I done this one yet?

Love Honour and Obey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeRmYGNSvcs#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: JamieG on February 27, 2012, 10:33:35 am: West Jamaica!

Toots & The Maytals - Take Me Home, Country Roads (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M1JJ8fAXHo#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on March 09, 2012, 05:44:51 pm: Quote from: robertostallioni on January 04, 2011, 11:37:00 pm
Original. Frankie Ford. Slightly racy voiced rock'n'roller
Sea Cruise-Frankie Ford-original song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUSd_RYnxAY#)

Beach boys cover- slow paced rambling bollox. No place on this thread.

Status Quo - lifeless guitar driven wristslitter.

Cliff Richard - over-pronounced, christian onanism.

Shakin' Stevens - Now thats what I'm fucking talking about, Rodney.

Shakin' Stevens & The Sunsets - Sea Cruise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSqQ3BRzhOI#)

Frankie Ford has just [ish] been feaured on R2's "drive time all request Friday".

Rock'n'Roll-tastic!
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Post by: Duma on March 09, 2012, 05:51:21 pm: has this been on?
Gomez - Getting Better (Beatles cover) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VKDfWJsjnA#)
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Post by: adam w on March 31, 2012, 10:54:13 pm: Has this been done?

Timo Räisänen - Creep (Radiohead) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMRcle9kmeI#ws)
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Post by: Jaspersharpe on April 03, 2012, 12:57:46 pm: Haven't checked the rest of the thread but if this has been posted before then it bears a repeat because it's brilliant. Heard Huey play it on 6music at the weekend:

Wilson Pickett - Hey Jude (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6944F32lOc#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Hoseyb on April 03, 2012, 09:48:14 pm: The Apples - Killing In The Name Of (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fyVu02mDtM#)
cos it make me happy

The Bates - Billie Jean (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQyd1wN-qew#)
bit mtv but fun
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Post by: Falling Down on April 03, 2012, 11:22:33 pm: A clip from Andrew Kidman's surf film Glass Love with Cat Power covering The Velvet Underground's 'I found a reason'

:wub:

Cat Power - I Found a Reason (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEApf_FT25M#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: andy popp on June 30, 2012, 06:45:01 am: Slint- Cortez The Killer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X4alklR5q0#)

Cortez the Killer - J Mascis & the Fog at Alyeska, Girdwood, Alaska 3/31/2012 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9hPFvdDxhY#ws)

(droll 'stage invasion' incident during the one with J)

Built to Spill - Cortez the Killer (Live) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abve2atHs68#ws)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: andy popp on July 14, 2012, 07:58:50 pm: David Bowie - Port Of Amsterdam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uPZIG5BHD4#)

What do people think? I like it.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: fried on July 16, 2012, 10:39:49 am: Good effort of a Brel classic.

Woven Hand - Ain't No Sunshine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mma3I-jz1o#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on November 04, 2012, 08:46:59 pm: Like I said before, does it count if you cover your own songs?

The Saw Doctors 'Red Cortina' on the Late Late Show 2010.mp4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyz2B3WLKKc#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on November 07, 2012, 11:47:25 pm: I can't believe I missed this one off:-

The Skatalites - Guns Of Navarone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50EMaK__D0A#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Jaspersharpe on November 09, 2012, 12:27:51 pm: Quote from: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on November 04, 2012, 08:46:59 pm
Like I said before, does it count if you cover your own songs?

Or how about when it's not a cover version at all but you think it is as the famous version is actually a cover and the version you heard and thought was a brilliant cover is actually the original......

HMMMMMMM?????

The Knife - Heartbeats on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/10377992)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Stubbs on November 09, 2012, 12:37:12 pm: Quote from: Jaspersharpe on November 09, 2012, 12:27:51 pm

Or how about when it's not a cover version at all but you think it is as the famous version is actually a cover and the version you heard and thought was a brilliant cover is actually the original......

*cough cough*

http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,16950.msg299154.html#msg299154 (http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,16950.msg299154.html#msg299154)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Jaspersharpe on November 09, 2012, 12:57:53 pm: :oops: Missed that thread!
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: fried on November 10, 2012, 04:37:51 pm: Some good more Neil Young covers. I don't think 'On the beach' (original album) has been off my turntable for more than a day recently.

Another Cortez the killer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6X4alklR5q0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6X4alklR5q0)

Radiohead seem suited to mid 70s Neil.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQARzXtc2ik (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQARzXtc2ik)

And something more recent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQARzXtc2ik (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQARzXtc2ik)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Duma on November 10, 2012, 07:11:28 pm: last two are same link?

good stuff though
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: fried on November 10, 2012, 10:59:13 pm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSycSBYHitc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSycSBYHitc)

Don't know how that happened. Here's what I meant to post.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Duma on November 10, 2012, 11:07:32 pm: Ace.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: cowboyhat on November 10, 2012, 11:47:21 pm: Lets Dance M Ward (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbxQ9bvdZgU#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: mrjonathanr on November 11, 2012, 12:49:49 pm: If we're on a Neil Young tip, whilst I wouldn't say greatest, I would say worth a listen.
Dala, 'Ohio' cover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnCOswzRrF4#&fmt=18)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: mrjonathanr on November 11, 2012, 01:10:05 pm: Johnny Cash covers Bob Dylan, 42 years ago today, Nov 11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRaMTosgj3k#)
Make of it what you will.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Wood FT on November 11, 2012, 06:55:17 pm: Wonderwall - Cat Power (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B9ELipGj7Y#)

apologies if this is a repost
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: fried on November 11, 2012, 07:26:45 pm: Quote from: mrjonathanr on November 11, 2012, 01:10:05 pm
Johnny Cash covers Bob Dylan, 42 years ago today, Nov 11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRaMTosgj3k#)
Make of it what you will.

You could pretty much do this thread with just Johnny Cash covers :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: robertostallioni on November 11, 2012, 09:07:47 pm: Quote from: fried on November 11, 2012, 07:26:45 pm
Quote from: mrjonathanr on November 11, 2012, 01:10:05 pm
Johnny Cash covers Bob Dylan, 42 years ago today, Nov 11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRaMTosgj3k#)
Make of it what you will.

You could pretty much do this thread with just Johnny Cash covers :thumbsup:

agreed.

Perfectly topical cover, but I did think it a bit shit as a stand-alone. I love Cash though, he'd be doing the speaking clock and the shipping forecast if I had my way.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Muenchener on November 12, 2012, 09:37:50 am: Quote from: robertostallioni on November 11, 2012, 09:07:47 pm
Quote from: fried on November 11, 2012, 07:26:45 pm
Quote from: mrjonathanr on November 11, 2012, 01:10:05 pm
Johnny Cash covers Bob Dylan, 42 years ago today, Nov 11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRaMTosgj3k#)
Make of it what you will.

You could pretty much do this thread with just Johnny Cash covers :thumbsup:

agreed.

:agree: too. American I to V, job done.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on November 28, 2012, 08:53:30 pm: Neil Young?

Who mentioned Neil Young?

After the Goldrush… (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32wz7jiMLhM#ws)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on November 28, 2012, 09:24:22 pm: Thanks to the magic that is twitter® - I've been reminded of this -

Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5m5iNRQlvw#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on November 28, 2012, 09:52:32 pm: How did I miss this earlier?

PETER, PAUL & MARY Leaving On A Jet Plane (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BRaJ-xgDf0#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: slackline on November 29, 2012, 12:05:54 pm: Don't think it beats this though.... :P

Bert & Ernie tries Gangsta-Rap (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21OH0wlkfbc#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: Owen on November 29, 2012, 01:11:00 pm: Havn't seen this one yet:

The Unthanks - No One Knows I`m Gone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XH1UgwElaQ#ws)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: SpanishJuan on December 22, 2012, 02:56:13 pm: Right I shall start seeing how many of these feature in the "100 Greatest Cover Versions" (http://www.ultimateplaylists.co.uk/)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on December 29, 2012, 08:04:09 am: Quote from: SpanishJuan on December 22, 2012, 02:56:13 pm
Right I shall start seeing how many of these feature in the "100 Greatest Cover Versions" (http://www.ultimateplaylists.co.uk/)

More interesting to see what he's got in [in error, of course!] that we rightly regard as unworthy, surely?
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: jwi on January 01, 2013, 02:31:50 pm: Some great covers, this is a subject I can go on forever on...

The great jazz pianist and composer Billy Taylor wrote the spiritual “I wish I knew (how it would feel to be free)” to his daughter sometime in the 1950s.

Dr. Taylor himself recorded the song for his mostly forgotten 1963 album “Right Here, Right Now”. Some time later he and Dick Dallas wrote lyrics to go with the piece, and Nina Simone recorded the song (with vocals) for her album “Silk & Soul” (1968). With lyrics the song became a part of the soundtrack for the American civil rights movement.

Everybody knows what a fantastic singer Nina Simone was, and I guess everyone has heard Nina Simone's album Silk & Soul, but sometimes we forget what an awe-inspiring pianist and improviser Dr. Simone was.

Simones studio recording:
Nina Simone - I wish I knew how (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeXtfmAwvvY#ws)

"Original version":
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - Billy Taylor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brBtTluod_w#)

Simone live:
nina simone-montreux 1976 - how it feels to be free (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dlrXCYrNYI#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: nai on January 08, 2013, 12:08:01 pm: probably one that could go either way depending on your view of the original:

Heart - Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin - Kennedy Center Honors (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK_DOJa99oo#ws)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on January 20, 2013, 11:46:46 am: Quote from: jwi on January 01, 2013, 02:31:50 pm
Some great covers, this is a subject I can go on forever on...

The great jazz pianist and composer Billy Taylor wrote the spiritual “I wish I knew (how it would feel to be free)” to his daughter sometime in the 1950s.

Dr. Taylor himself recorded the song for his mostly forgotten 1963 album “Right Here, Right Now”. Some time later he and Dick Dallas wrote lyrics to go with the piece, and Nina Simone recorded the song (with vocals) for her album “Silk & Soul” (1968). With lyrics the song became a part of the soundtrack for the American civil rights movement.

Everybody knows what a fantastic singer Nina Simone was, and I guess everyone has heard Nina Simone's album Silk & Soul, but sometimes we forget what an awe-inspiring pianist and improviser Dr. Simone was.

Simones studio recording:
Nina Simone - I wish I knew how (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeXtfmAwvvY#ws)

"Original version":
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - Billy Taylor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brBtTluod_w#)

Simone live:
nina simone-montreux 1976 - how it feels to be free (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dlrXCYrNYI#)

Ever since you posted that, it's been a recurring earworm - the current one, still ongoing, since Thursday.
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: robertostallioni on January 20, 2013, 11:56:15 am: Steve Earle version of his mentor, Townes V Z's classic outlaw country track.

Steve Earle Mr Mudd & Mr Gold (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvlxzQeUsQo#)

i include the original as its also equally awesome.
Townes Van Zandt original.

Mr Mudd and Mr Gold (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y9OPOZbaVE#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: SpanishJuan on January 23, 2013, 09:37:34 pm: This may bring the tone down slightly but cake have a good offering or two.... I do like a bit of cake

Cake - Mahna, Manha (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgQAReqynOM#)

&

Ruby, Don't take your love to town (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeM7s_0R4ww#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: slackline on May 13, 2013, 12:24:20 pm: :clap2:

Space Oddity (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo#ws)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: M.R. on May 13, 2013, 12:49:18 pm: Gourds country and western cover of snoop dogg's "gin and juice"

The Gourds - Gin and Juice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4hGSR5njZE#)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: DaveC on May 13, 2013, 01:45:03 pm: Comin' Straight Outta Compton....
Straight Outta Compton (redneck version) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRPWs4V97YI#ws)
...yee-ha!
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: jwi on May 17, 2013, 02:42:15 pm: http://youtu.be/n5b6RwjyeIo (http://youtu.be/n5b6RwjyeIo)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: andy_e on May 17, 2013, 02:46:47 pm: Quote from: jwi on May 17, 2013, 02:42:15 pm
http://youtu.be/n5b6RwjyeIo (http://youtu.be/n5b6RwjyeIo)

As I posted elsewhere, but this seems relevant again: https://soundcloud.com/dumbshitthatjakazidmade/get-clucky
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: johnx2 on May 18, 2013, 10:06:43 pm: :agree:
Quote from: M.R. on May 13, 2013, 12:49:18 pm
Gourds country and western cover of snoop dogg's "gin and juice"

The Gourds - Gin and Juice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4hGSR5njZE#)

That's great, how about some Dr Dre...[url]

May have to edit phone mangled url

Balls. Job's a goodun. (http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=2_N3CK-6CHk&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D2_N3CK-6CHk)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: ianv on November 16, 2013, 02:25:10 pm: This is awesome, Columbian, Depeche Mode tribute band: :dance1:

DMK: "Everything Counts" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxQSEvHdyjQ#ws)
Title: Re: Greatest Cover Versions
Post by: slackline on February 17, 2014, 08:31:32 am: Nice :2thumbsup: :punk: :coffee:

Metallica-Enter Sandman (Smooth Jazz Version) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBmM79YadYM#ws)

Rage Against The Machine-Killing In The Name(Less Angry Version) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOE9fE72QLg#)

Bob Marley-Is This Love(Metal Version) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8k-pxQod3Q#)