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Black Pearl
Black Pearl Posts: 116
edited December 2013 in Other Music
Quite straightforward I think ... I'll start off with this one.

One by Johnny Cash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4dlqVlj6UA

Edit! Do you agree or disagree?
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  • theserialthrilla
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  • pearl jamGIRL87
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    Trouble by Cat Stevens...Eddie Vedder rocked that song! :)
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Girl From The North Country - The Black Crowes

    Just perfect.
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  • thefixer9
    thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    Black Pearl wrote:
    Quite straightforward I think ... I'll start off with this one.

    One by Johnny Cash
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4dlqVlj6UA

    I agree, also Hurt by Johnny Cash. One of the most emotional song ever.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho
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  • dimitrispearljam
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    take a bottle ,drink it down ,pass it around
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  • Mr Rocko
    Mr Rocko Posts: 647
    Jet Airliner by Steve Miller Band, awesome cover!
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  • left the porch
    left the porch Posts: 504
    Hard Sun
  • MB347
    MB347 Posts: 3
    Sympathy For The Devil - Jane's Addiction. No contest...
  • KM43590
    KM43590 Posts: 298
    CAKE "War Pigs" (Black Sabbath) ...It's a great cover!
  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    MMJ - Tyrone
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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    This is a great thread...I'll have to post many! :D

    Might not get agreement on this one, seeing how awesome the original is
    but I adore this man and wish he hadn't left this world wanting more

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8ATQccd ... re=related
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,997
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Girl From The North Country - The Black Crowes

    Just perfect.

    Have you ever heard Dylan's version? (from The Freewheelin Bob Dylan)

    No cover can ever come anywhere close to this.
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  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,997
    Covers of Sympathy for the Devil and War Pigs better than the originals? What is going on in this thread here? lol

    I can see someone saying these covers are good, but saying they are better than the original versions, which are classics, is preposterous.
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Girl From The North Country - The Black Crowes

    Just perfect.

    Have you ever heard Dylan's version? (from The Freewheelin Bob Dylan)

    No cover can ever come anywhere close to this.
    Of course I have, and I love the original. I just think the jam on the Crowes version I have is awesome,a nd adds to the song!
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    Jack Iron's version of Shine on You Crazy Diamond may not be better the Pink Floyd's version, but it is damn good
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  • caifan82
    caifan82 Mexico City Posts: 321
    I'd say "Baby it's you" by Smith... Nothing personnal against The Shirelles, or The Beatles, but Smith's cover is just amazing...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08uSz2M-LhI
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  • Model Roll Model
    Model Roll Model Posts: 215
    will get flamed but I like Come Together by Aerosmith.
  • left the porch
    left the porch Posts: 504
    Wonderwall by Ryan Adams
  • H.Chinaski
    H.Chinaski Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,600
    the 2 meat puppets songs Nirvana covered on unplugged were done beatifully.
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  • left the porch
    left the porch Posts: 504
    H.Chinaski wrote:
    the 2 meat puppets songs Nirvana covered on unplugged were done beatifully.

    3 don't forget Oh Me :)

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