Favorite Cover Songs

[DiscoBiscuit]

[YOUTUBE="UMlPVpXtkJY"]Boyz in the Hood[/YOUTUBE]

 

[EJCC]

Best cover of a cover?

 

[Beorn]

Man, I can't tell you how great it is to start a thread about music and have people post a bunch of videos most of which I'm familiar with and those that I'm not I can totally get into. It makes me feel less weird about my musical taste.

Here's Peter Gabriel and Hot Chip covering Vampire Weekend
"It feels so unnatural to sing your own name"

[YOUTUBE="-uhi2_oBdXM"]Peter Gabriel and Hot Chip | Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE="s4_4abCWw-w"]José González - Heartbeats (the knife cover)[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE="9MxmthbKZYU"]UB40- Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis)[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE="1XYFJUP84lE"]Elvis Costello- "What's So Funny 'Bout Peace Love & Understanding" (I don't know or care who originally sang it... Elvis made it his)[/YOUTUBE]

 

[burymecloser]

Good call on Can't Help Falling in Love, I was thinking about that one, too.

No version of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" is better than the original, but there are a lot of very decent covers, as well. I particularly enjoy the reggae-punk version by The Slits.

Best cover of a cover?

I'll vote again for Rufus doing Hallelujah. He was covering Jeff Buckley, who was covering John Cale, who was covering Leonard Cohen.

Alternatively, I'd consider the Beatles covering the The Isley Brothers covering the Top Notes.

Dave Matthews Band does a nice cover of the Jimi Hendrix version of All Along the Watchtower.

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypaH1Gj6VIs"]DMB - Watchtower[/YOUTUBE]

 

[RiderOnTheStorm]

Sorry to rain on your parade, not really.

 

[Beorn]

Wow! The last post was last month. My apologies.

I don't know why I didn't bother doing a quick search.

I'm sure a mod can merge the threads

 

[Moiety]

The Cure - A Forest

by

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ord7eGkWxVc"]Steven Wilson[/YOUTUBE]




Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

by

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdviI2Ic6PM"]Kevin Gilbert[/YOUTUBE]




Both kick the original in the nuts.

 

[Arclight]

Good call on Can't Help Falling in Love, I was thinking about that one, too.

No version of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" is better than the original, but there are a lot of very decent covers, as well. I particularly enjoy the reggae-punk version by The Slits.


I'll vote again for Rufus doing Hallelujah. He was covering Jeff Buckley, who was covering John Cale, who was covering Leonard Cohen.

Alternatively, I'd consider the Beatles covering the The Isley Brothers covering the Top Notes.

Dave Matthews Band does a nice cover of the Jimi Hendrix version of All Along the Watchtower.

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypaH1Gj6VIs"]DMB - Watchtower[/YOUTUBE]

Hendrix was covering Bob Dylan.. that is his song.. although Hendrix made it his own

 

[human101]

YouTube - Massive Attack - Blue Lines - Be Thankful For What You'

 

[The Outsider]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqzQsV8nuEs]Sunn O))) - Cursed Realms (Of The Winterdemons)[/youtube]

 

[lowtech redneck]

"Once bitten...twice shy" by Great White. I miss the eighties.

YouTube - Great White - Once Bitten Twice Shy (Video Only)

"Over the hills and far away" by Nightwish

YouTube - Nightwish - over the hills and far away (with lyrics)

"Phantom of the Opera" by Nightwish

YouTube - Nightwish - Phantom of the Opera

 

[alexshippee]

Are 'Friends' Electric-Dead Weather.. Originally by Gary Numan.
One More Cup of Coffee-White Stripes.. (Bob Dylan.)
Stop Breaking Down-White Stripes and The Rolling Stones (separately).. Originally by Robert Johnson.
A Child of a Few Hours is Burning to Death-Dead Weather..

 

[disregard]

One More Cup of Coffee-White Stripes.. (Bob Dylan.)

Yes...

And Ryan Adams: Wonderwall

 

[Beorn]

I find this humorous

[YOUTUBE="DS2z4EN1_5Y"]Ben Lee: covering Ben Lee by the Ataris[/YOUTUBE]

 

[sLiPpY]

[YOUTUBE="fregObNcHC8"]Nirvan Covers Bowie[/YOUTUBE]

The Man Who Sold The World - Bowie cover by Nirvana

 

[Aleksei]

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkKl9nbtVto"]Dimmu Borgir - Metal Heart (Accept cover)[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx-qswUnZ3Q"]Dimmu Borgir - Burn in Hell (Twisted Sister cover)[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sePQXgx4iAE"]Sol d' Menta - Oubao Moin (Roy Brown cover)[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmktE5dKwc0"]Sol d' Menta - Calle Luna, Calle Sol (Hector Lavoe cover)[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuJsvzi3WCY"]Sol d' Menta - Could you be Loved (Bob Marley cover)[/YOUTUBE]

 

[burymecloser]

[YOUTUBE="fregObNcHC8"]Nirvana Covers Bowie[/YOUTUBE]

The Man Who Sold The World - Bowie cover by Nirvana

A fine choice, but IMO Nirvana's best covers by far were

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvYsiVXBvjc"]Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam[/YOUTUBE]

and

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OlxKVa7BHA"]Son of a Gun[/YOUTUBE]

and especially (first 5 seconds NSFW)

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xHl-P_arVA&feature=related"]Where Did You Sleep Last Night[/YOUTUBE]

 

[figsfiggyfigs]

These are fantastic!!!! keep it up people I'm listening to them

 

[sLiPpY]

[YOUTUBE="7hR7bjcLmd8"]Sam Bisbee Cover[/YOUTUBE]

This one is kind of obscure...But a very talented young man from the UK, does a cover of one of my favorite American Singer/Songwriters. Sam Bisbee's "You Are Here"

 

[Beorn]

I can't believe that it's been 4 years since this cover hit youtube. It has almost as many views as the official outkast video.


Matt Weddle- Hey Ya