Cover Songs

[Kyra.Graves]

I first heard this song in a commercial that was forwarded to me, I thought it was a beautiful cover of a classic GnR song and wanted to pass it on.

Sweet Child O' Mine

What cover songs do you enjoy?

 

[insidevoice]

Yes, I agree that it's very nice, Kyra. The lead line now on keyboards as opposed to guitar works very well.

 

[Prof. Plum]

Some of my favourites remakes (not covers)...

Niavana: The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie original)
Foo Fighters: Darling Nikki (Prince original)
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder original)
Johnny Cash: Hurt (Nine Inch Nails original)

 

[Kyra.Graves]

Maybe not an improvement on the original but definitely a dramaticand interesting cover of Pulps Common People

 

[TGirl Nikki]

How about Jimi Hendrix' version of "All Along the Watchtower?" Bob Dylan wrote the original, but you never hear it on the radio because Jimi's version is so much better.

Otherwise, anything by Richard Cheese is bound to brighten my day - he takes hard rock tunes and turns them into Lounge-y, elevator-music songs:

Welcome to the Jungle (Gn'R)
http://www.trilulilu.ro/overc/95a63797eb9360?video_google_com=

Baby Got Back (Sir Mix-a-Lot)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCv2cgIlnHA

Beat It (MJ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF7vnx479Gw&feature=related

Possibly my favourite:
Closer (NIN)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5m_CdCzKYY&feature=related

 

[nihilism]

I am a fan and collector of cover songs. A few of my recent favourites:

Milow - Ayo technology(50 cent/Justin Timberlake original)

Bif Naked - Nothing Else Matters(Metallica Original)

Cake - War Pigs(Black Sabbath original)

 

[Kyra.Graves]

Otherwise, anything by Richard Cheese is bound to brighten my day - he takes hard rock tunes and turns them into Lounge-y, elevator-music songs:

That reminds me of when Pat Boone did his album In A Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy, he did all these metal covers in his own style.

Crazy Train

or Paul Anka did Rock Swings

 

[Lagavulin2]

https://terb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?147034-Cover-songs
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[Kyra.Graves]

https://terb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?147034-Cover-songs
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Really there is no winning here, if we never repeated a topic then new members would not be able to contribute to much as everything had been previously discussed. If someone brings back a thread from years gone by someone points out that they are reviving an old thread and they should just start a new one and if you start a new one someone points out that there was an old one. Oh and I don`t see your favorites in there so feel free to add to either.



Nihilsm I have such a crush on Bif Naked.

 

[ogibowt]

i always thought that "I Can Hear Music" was a Beach Boys tune..until i discovered about a couple of years ago that it was originally done by the Ronettes, a Phil Spector girl group from the 60,s..lead singer Ronnie Spector is an underrated singer from that era..it is a great tune...Kyra..you are young and maybe not a fan of 60, or 70,s music, but this particular song is 3 minutes of sheer beauty...i have no clue how to link a youtube song, so if anyone else can......

 

[Lagavulin2]

Really there is no winning here, if we never repeated a topic then new members would not be able to contribute to much as everything had been previously discussed. If someone brings back a thread from years gone by someone points out that they are reviving an old thread and they should just start a new one and if you start a new one someone points out that there was an old one. Oh and I don't see your favorites in there so feel free to add to either.

How you get all of that out of "...." is amazing. The board software requires a minimum of four characters in a post.


Sometimes a link with four dots is just a link with four dots.

 

[Kyra.Graves]

i always thought that "I Can Hear Music" was a Beach Boys tune..until i discovered about a couple of years ago that it was originally done by the Ronettes, a Phil Spector girl group from the 60,s..lead singer Ronnie Spector is an underrated singer from that era..it is a great tune...Kyra..you are young and maybe not a fan of 60, or 70,s music, but this particular song is 3 minutes of sheer beauty...i have no clue how to link a youtube song, so if anyone else can......

Interestingly I've heard the Ronnie Spector version before but not the Beach Boys one.

 

[Noir@heart]

"Crazy Crazy Nights" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss, originally released on their 1987 album, Crazy Nights. It is recognized as their signature hit.

 

[Insidious Von]

Two of the best covers:

Johnny Cash: Rusty Cage (Soundgarden).

 

[trm]

A great cover album is Big Daddy's version of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. They did each song in the style of an artist from the 1950's. Try to imagine those classic Beatles songs in the style of Jerry Lee Lewis, Dion, and Buddy Holly. It works in a weird sort of way.

 

[Insidious Von]

Possibly the best.

Rage Against the Machine: The Ghost of Tom Joad (Bruce Springsteen)

 

[ogibowt]

Interestingly I've heard the Ronnie Spector version before but not the Beach Boys one.

nice... thanks Kyra

 

[Lagavulin2]

I know its not a cover

R.I.P. Jack

 

[Kyra.Graves]

Lagavulin2
Here's a couple of covers Clapton did. (it's an all inclusive thread your non-cover is welcome)

Both songs were originally by JJ Cale

 

[Lagavulin2]

Lagavulin2
Here's a couple of covers Clapton did. (it's an all inclusive thread your non-cover is welcome)

Both songs were originally by JJ Cale

Thank-you, and now that I have started drinking and going down memory lane for the evening I'll post a couple from 40+ years ago when I was a young man.

It was a time when we could do no wrong and the world was ours, and then time slipped by.