Myshkin Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Mott the Hoople's cover of The Velvet Underground's Sweet Jane Talking Heads' cover of Al Green's Take Me to the River Eric Clapton's cover of JJ Cale's Cocaine Not included are Bowie's versions of Iggy Pop's China Girl and Mott the Hoople's All the Young Dudes, since Bowie wrote both those songs, or Sinead O'Connor's version of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U, since her version came out first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 I love several of these posted thus far like the Chromatics version of- Into the Black and the Talking Heads remake of -Take Me to the River. Seeing the Wilson sisters doing Stairway with Bonhams son sent me on an over hour long journey reading articles about the songs history, came across this humorous tidbit- Robert Plant once gave $1,000 to listener-supported radio station KBOO in Portland, Oregon during a pledge drive after the disc jockey solicited donations by promising the station would never play "Stairway to Heaven". Plant was station-surfing in a rental car he was driving to the Oregon Coast after a solo performance in Portland and was impressed with the non-mainstream music the station presented. Asked later "why?" Plant replied that it wasn't that he didn't like the song, but he'd heard it before.[46] I also enjoyed MJB's cover of Stairway to Heaven. I absolutely love Patti LaBelles cover of Dylans "Forever Young", she invents the mic drop here in 1985 at Live Aid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 An Pierle - Are 'Friends' Electric? Manic Street Preachers - Suicide Is Painless (Theme From M*A*S*H) Richard Hawley - Some Candy Talking The Polyphonic Spree - Lithium, purists may disagree but I like the way they make the song feel entirely different to the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 cash's 'we'll meet again' is the greatest of all time because it's very deliberately post-dr. strangelove and acknowledges in its presentation that the song now stands for apocalyptic horror. rage against the machine's cover of eric b & rakim's 'micrphone fiend' is kickass. i've listened to disturbed's cover of 'sound of silence' way too many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lessthanluke Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 11 hours ago, Gears of the Beast said: Best studio cover Came in here to post this. Holy Diverrr. Much prefer it to the original personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lessthanluke Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 11 hours ago, Gears of the Beast said: Best live cover How have I never seen this before?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 6 hours ago, Manhole Eunuchsbane said: Alien Ant Farm-Smooth Criminal Save Ferris-Come on Eileen You are objectively wrong on both of these. You should be ashamed of yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 48 minutes ago, Myshkin said: You are objectively wrong on both of these. You should be ashamed of yourself. First off, I will admit that my musical tastes are somewhat pedestrian and vanilla. I appreciate the fact that many of you here have much more obscure examples to bring to the table. I dig the Alien Ant Farm cover because I believe it underlines the ridiculousness of the original's lyrics. Like WTF is this song even about? And it takes the already chunky guitar to another level. I am a sucker for ska covers, as you might have already discerned. I love the transformed horn line in that cover. It just works for me. And there's something novel about a woman singing lyrics that were obviously meant for a man. (and vice-versa) I've always enjoyed that dynamic for some strange reason. Travis-Hit Me Baby One More Time And oh yeah, how is that fucking MASH unit of a bullpen working out for you Gobbo? Does it make you sad inside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhom Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 2 hours ago, Manhole Eunuchsbane said: First off, I will admit that my musical tastes are somewhat pedestrian and vanilla. I appreciate the fact that many of you here have much more obscure examples to bring to the table. I dig the Alien Ant Farm cover because I believe it underlines the ridiculousness of the original's lyrics. Like WTF is this song even about? And it takes the already chunky guitar to another level. I am a sucker for ska covers, as you might have already discerned. I love the transformed horn line in that cover. It just works for me. And there's something novel about a woman singing lyrics that were obviously meant for a man. (and vice-versa) I've always enjoyed that dynamic for some strange reason. Travis-Hit Me Baby One More Time And oh yeah, how is that fucking MASH unit of a bullpen working out for you Gobbo? Does it make you sad inside? FWIW... I can't help but rock out when I hear the AAF version of Smooth Criminal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 58 minutes ago, Rhom said: FWIW... I can't help but rock out when I hear the AAF version of Smooth Criminal! Yeah, eat a bag of dicks, Gobbo! That dancing kid in the video with the surgical mask kicks ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 3 hours ago, Manhole Eunuchsbane said: First off, I will admit that my musical tastes are somewhat pedestrian and vanilla. I appreciate the fact that many of you here have much more obscure examples to bring to the table. I dig the Alien Ant Farm cover because I believe it underlines the ridiculousness of the original's lyrics. Like WTF is this song even about? And it takes the already chunky guitar to another level. I am a sucker for ska covers, as you might have already discerned. I love the transformed horn line in that cover. It just works for me. And there's something novel about a woman singing lyrics that were obviously meant for a man. (and vice-versa) I've always enjoyed that dynamic for some strange reason. And oh yeah, how is that fucking MASH unit of a bullpen working out for you Gobbo? Does it make you sad inside? I expect this kind of garbage from Trisky, but I thought better of you. Next you'll be telling us all about how awesome The Ataris' cover of Boys of Summer is. Pathetic. Also, shut your filthy mouth about our bullpen. Those guys are having a tough enough time as it is, there's no need for you to pile on. Have a little decency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lykos Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 The best cover ever is obviously Jimmy Hendrix version of Dylan's All Along the Watchtower, I guess it hasn't been mentioned because it's so self-evident. Some cover versions that are important to me are, Spirits in the Night by Springsteen done by Manfred Mann's Earth Band Sweet Jane (though it's only half a verse and the refrain, it's haunting) Cowboy Junkies Tim Hardin's If I Were a Carpenter by Joan Baez Sorry Writhen, I overread your mentioning of All Along the Watchtower, but it's so influential it won't hurt to call it again. All those who posted after you are off the hook then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 9 minutes ago, Lykos said: The best cover ever is obviously Jimmy Hendrix version of Dylan's All Along the Watchtower, I guess it hasn't been mentioned because it's so self-evident. Got mentioned upthread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 59 minutes ago, Manhole Eunuchsbane said: Got mentioned upthread. Also, it's not even the best cover version of All Along the Watchtower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Incognito covering Earth Wind & Fires "Thats the Way of the World" Also Roy Ayers "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lykos Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Polish, I know you like this version better (for the shoes ;)), but I don't even think this version tops Jimmy's (and I revere everything that Neil Young does). Jimmy reinvented it and changed Dylan's aproach to music. Btw. Jeff Healey's version is pretty cool, but he's also just expandiing Jimmy's version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Bryan Ferry > Jimi Hendrix. Me and polishgenius are two of perhaps five people total on this board who are cool enough to understand that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howdyphillip Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Believe it or not, my favorite version of All Along the Watchtower was done by The Indigo Girls. Amy Ray's voice kicks ass in this song, and the guitar work by Emily is freaking awesome. For bonus... here is another cover by them, Niel Young and Crazy Horse's Down By the River. The bass player is in the pocket, and the drummer is Jerry Marotta who played for Peter Gabriel, Stevie Nicks, Elvis Costello, Iggy Pop, and a ton of other people... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 17 hours ago, Manhole Eunuchsbane said: Save Ferris-Come on Eileen I know Monique. She rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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