Covers of songs

semi-pro waster · 4 May 2011 at 18:32

SilverTongue said:
Would post the vids but can't work out how to do it (could somebody tell me?)

Gives me an excuse to post China Drum's fantastic cover of Wuthering Heights so why not - [ youtube]"the bit in the address bar after v= from YouTube[/ youtube] and remember to remove the spaces. e.g. [ youtube]OBviQXfuu3c[ /youtube]

vonhelmet said:
Sinead O' Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U.

It's surprising how few people seem to know that it's a cover.

On a similar note of definitive covers Jimi Hendrix's version of All Along The Watchtower was so good that Bob Dylan adopted the style for his subsequent performances of it.

Glaucus · 4 May 2011 at 18:37

Some great covers and plenty of rubbish covers.

Personally like

Dope - spin me around
Marilyn Manson - tainted love
Jimi henderix - all along the watch tower, in fact that's one of my top songs.
Metallica - whisky in the jar

SilverTongue · 4 May 2011 at 18:40

semi-pro waster said:
Gives me an excuse to post China Drum's fantastic cover of Wuthering Heights so why not - [ youtube]"the bit in the address bar after v= from YouTube[/ youtube] and remember to remove the spaces. e.g. [ youtube]OBviQXfuu3c[ /youtube]

Thanks, thought it was something like that, was putting the whole URL in the tags though.

Also

THMRK · 4 May 2011 at 19:57

Stevie Ray Vaughn's cover of Voodoo Chile is the only one that comes close to the original. Superb.

IceBus · 4 May 2011 at 20:39

explicit4u · 4 May 2011 at 20:47

^^

Doctor McNinja · 5 May 2011 at 03:04

...but seriously, there's a great version of The Beatles song Help! which I have on a blues compilation album. I'll see if I can find it tomorrow. Along the same lines-

Save the best 'til last-

Brian8bit · 6 May 2011 at 11:38

vonhelmet said:
Sinead O' Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U.

Brian8bit · 6 May 2011 at 11:41

bledd · 6 May 2011 at 14:33

I overplayed the song to myself when I was younger, but this guy just saved it

Awesome cover, it's all live beatbox loop recordings

Pighardia · 6 May 2011 at 15:16

2 best covers imo are -
Wish you were here by radiohead

Because it's one of my favourite songs ever and they obviously loved it and you can tell form that cover. it's like they want to show you how good a song it is

and

Band On The Run by the Foo's

Covers are so much better when you can obviously tell that the band performing it love the song

AGD · 6 May 2011 at 15:23

I actually quite like this live lounge cover:

TheRedZealot · 6 May 2011 at 15:45

THMRK · 6 May 2011 at 15:50

TheRedZealot said:

Win. But I prefer

and

CliffyBiro · 6 May 2011 at 15:52

Alan! · 6 May 2011 at 22:19

grez · 6 May 2011 at 22:34

Tummy said:
Jimi H - All Along the Watch Tower

semi-pro waster said:
On a similar note of definitive covers Jimi Hendrix's version of All Along The Watchtower was so good that Bob Dylan adopted the style for his subsequent performances of it.

AcidHell2 said:
Jimi henderix - all along the watch tower, in fact that's one of my top songs.

Is it only me who prefers the original?

Bumhucker · 6 May 2011 at 23:12

One of my all time favourite songs:

Sh3rlock · 6 May 2011 at 23:35

semi-pro waster · 7 May 2011 at 09:52

grez said:
Is it only me who prefers the original?

I prefer a Bob Dylan version in terms of singing (and that's not always a popular view given the general thoughts on his voice) but I prefer the arrangement that was revised after Jimi Hendrix covered it.