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  • H.Chinaski
    H.Chinaski Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,600
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  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    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.

    "better" is because it's different and who covers it does it justice

    it all really comes down to personal preferences, imo

    iloveyoutube

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJi6maTueSc
    Kennedy Center Honors - Bettye LaVette - Love Reign

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSnJLSRAUcE
    Eddie Vedder My City of Ruins Bruce Springsteen at the Kennedy Center Honors

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnJgIq48C9k
    Ziggy Marley & The Chieftains - Redemption Song

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhe3vb0z7mY
    Bonnie Raitt - Angel from Montgomery (live) 1974

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlcP3FOTM0U
    susan tedeschi angel from montgomery

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXvinNxNPiE
    susan tedeschi don't think twice

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX-GJ46kiCo
    Stevie Ray Vaughan - Superstition
  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    Common People. William Shatners cover (with Ben Folds & Joe Jackson) is great. Far outshines the Pulp version.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ainyK6fXku0&feature=fvsr
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  • Kraven
    Kraven Posts: 829
    All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix (Probably the most famous/greatest cover ever)
    Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Warren Zevon
    Knockin' on Heavens Door - GNR is probably one of my least favorite covers ever
    Crazy Mary - Pearl Jam
    Love in Vain - The Rolling Stones
    Just My Imagination - The Rolling Stones
    Where Did You Sleep Last Night? - Nirvana
    I Heard It Through the Grapevine - CCR

    It may be blasphemy, and Ed would probably ask me to turn in my Ten Club membership, but I think Pearl Jam does Love Reign O'er Me better than the Who.
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  • PearlJamaholic
    PearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    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.

    when i saw this thread first thing i thought of was this song but by the waterboys. i think this version beats them all by miles. this might be one of my all time favorite covers, by any artist.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzP2-B4TueI
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  • left the porch
    left the porch Posts: 504
    Masters of War from the Bob Dylan 50th birthday show. Ed was born to sing those lyrics! (Among many others)
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,229
    KM43590 wrote:
    CAKE "War Pigs" (Black Sabbath) ...It's a great cover!

    Better then the orignal? Its a good cover, but better? I think Cake's version of this song is BETTER:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=596qaxm-u4o
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    shiningstar wrote:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXvinNxNPiE
    susan tedeschi don't think twice
    This is absolutely outstanding. Holy shit.
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  • MysteryTrain
    MysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    Hurt by Cash.
    Little Wing by Derek & The Dominoes.
  • aspoonfulweighsaton
    aspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,067
    I could have sworn that this exact topic was discussed recently, but this was the only one I could find. I'm only pointing it out in case you wanted to check it out for additional discussion.

    http://forums.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=141494&
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,788
    I think these covers are much better, although I do love the originals:

    Ryan Adams - Down In A Hole (Alice In Chains)
    MMJ - Rocket Man (Elton John) the Jim James solo version is beyond awesome
    Johnny Cash - Rusty Cage (Soundgarden)
    Johnny Cash - Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell)
    The Afghan Wigs - Creep (TLC)
    Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
    Zwan - Number of the Beast (Iron Maiden)
    Camper Van Beethoven - Pictures of Matchstick Men (Status Quo)
    Neil Young - Day In The Life (The Beatles)
    Black Crowes - Hard To Handle (Otis Redding)

    One of my all time favourites is Ryan Adams' version of "Time (The Revelator)" by Gillian Welch, a great Crazy Horse-style cover of an already great song.

    Ryan Adams - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96DJPZhNjOw
    Gillian Welch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4LdjEObjGo
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  • left the porch
    left the porch Posts: 504
    Four Strong Winds - Neil Young cover of Ian and Sylvia Tyson
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    The only one I can think of.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPOIy4Kb9M4 :lol:
  • mbangel10
    mbangel10 Posts: 548
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c9U5GHJZFE
    1000 Homo DJs - Supernaut

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOdr9FiNZoQ
    Faith No More-Easy

    http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/s/Hey+Sailor/eKlel
    The Detroit Cobras - Hey Sailor (cover of hey sah-lo-ney)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiT_jdaUWe4
    Mondo Cane - Scalinatella

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFyy3XB_3Y4
    Husker Du - Love is all Around
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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slgg_qFHnZg&ob=av2el

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X00XdLhFLSg&feature=fvst

    both pretty hot! :D
  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Any song by The Who that PJ has ever bothered to play

    oh...and Rockin' in the Free World

    Cash doing Hurt
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,907
    "With A Little Help from My Friends"- Joe Cocker.....The Beatles original is great, but this version is off the charts.
  • Loulou
    Loulou Adelaide Posts: 6,247
    ++++++++++++1 Love that song Rico, it always makes me hell emotional. I do really like the bloke from The Tea Party's version and Nine Inch Nails version too. But there's something about Johnny's old ragged voice that makes it come alive, like you can hear the pain in his voice. NIce choice! :)
    thefixer9 wrote:
    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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  • Loulou
    Loulou Adelaide Posts: 6,247
    Witchu- Queens of the Stone Age
    Lay Lady Lay- Ministry (Not better than original but great)
    Easy -Faith No More
    This Guy's in Love With You -Faith No MOre
    I Started a Joke -Faith NO MOre
    Strawberry Fields -Ben Harper
    Golden Slumbers -Ben Folds
    Drugs Don't Work -Ben Harper
    Heaps more but can't think... :lol:
    “ "Thank you Palestrina. It’s a wonderful evening, it’s great to be here and I wanna dedicate you a super sexy song." " (last words of Mark Sandman of Morphine)


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    Adelaide 2006 night 1
    Adelaide 2006 night 2
    Adelaide 2009
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    Christchurch NZ 2009
    Eddie Vedder, Adelaide 2011
    PJ20 USA 2011 night 1
    PJ20 USA 2011 night 2
    Adelaide BIG DAY OUT 2014
  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    Loulou wrote:
    Witchu- Queens of the Stone Age
    Lay Lady Lay- Ministry (Not better than original but great)
    Easy -Faith No More
    This Guy's in Love With You -Faith No MOre
    I Started a Joke -Faith NO MOre
    Strawberry Fields -Ben Harper
    Golden Slumbers -Ben Folds
    Drugs Don't Work -Ben Harper
    Heaps more but can't think... :lol:
    loulou, who did the orginal "Witchu"...one of my fav QOTSA songs
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