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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,165
    BRMC- Let The Day Begin (Robert Levon Been)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmtQwtcaqLM

    The Call (Michael Been, Robert's father)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to2KasivROc

    i like BRMC's version better
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • thefixer9
    thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    SVRDhand13 said:

    keeponrockin" said:
    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.

    I totally agree
    Tres Mts- 3/16/2011
    Eddie Vedder- 7/16/11
    Brad- 4/21/12 (RSD Performance), 4/27/12, 8/10/12
    Flight To Mars- 5/23/12
    RNDM- 11/27/12

    PEARL JAM- 12/6/13 I have finally seen Pearl Jam live!
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,997
    RATM The Ghost of Tom Joad
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • thefixer9
    thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    I would also include:

    Johnny Cash- Rusty Cage
    The Killers- Romeo and Juliet
    Toadies- Someone Great
    Toadies- Don't Let Me Down
    Bruce Springsteen- High Hopes
    Tres Mts- 3/16/2011
    Eddie Vedder- 7/16/11
    Brad- 4/21/12 (RSD Performance), 4/27/12, 8/10/12
    Flight To Mars- 5/23/12
    RNDM- 11/27/12

    PEARL JAM- 12/6/13 I have finally seen Pearl Jam live!
  • jamburger
    jamburger Posts: 1,775
    catefrances said:

    Johnny Abruzzo" said:
    [quote="catefrances"]ive not heard that bangles cover.
    The hotness factor helps it out. 8-)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFRx4PkXeVM[/quote]


    hmm that was pretty darn good. :thumbup:

    Have you heard him cover Metallica's Fade to Black? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j8iIuK_0dU
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,997
    SVRDhand13 said:

    RATM The Ghost of Tom Joad

    Now I see a new version is included on Bruce's new album High Hopes... featuring Tom Morrello. WOW!
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,787
    I'm not sure how many people would agree that this is better than the original (I think it is!) but it is definitely one of the best covers I've heard in a while. I posted it in the NIN thread yesterday and I just can't stop listening to it

    Diane Birch - Copy Of A (Nine Inch Nails)

    http://youtu.be/MbXqpuaRO4c

    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Anything would be better than the original but this always cracks me up:

    http://youtu.be/bkb-1ryitXU
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    Melvins cover of Kiss' Goin Blind
    We were but stones your light made us stars
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    Man who sold the world or Where did you sleep last night, Nirvana
    Metallica has a bunch but I LOVE Breadfan
    Gloria, The Doors
    Smooth Criminal, Alien Ant Farm
    Bad Company, Five Finger Death Punch
    If I had a hammer, Trini Lopez. Peter Paul and Mary do a nice version too.


    Great thread! I'll think of some more too.

  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
    Up on the Roof - James Taylor
    You've Got A Friend - James Taylor
    Society - Eddie Vedder
    Throw your Arms Around Me - Pearl Jam
    Landslide - the Dixie Chicks, IMHO, did right by this amazing song
    Peter Gunn Theme - Emerson Lake & Palmer
    I Believe In Father Christmas - ELP cover of Greg Lake's solo version
    Me & Bobby Magee - PInk - no one is Janis - but she sings the hell out of it.
  • nickburrows14
    nickburrows14 Posts: 858
    Trapped - Bruce Springsteen
    Thank You - Chris Cornell
    Oh, Lonesome Me - Neil Young
    Crazy Mary - Pearl Jam
    Crazy - REM
    Summertime Blues - The Who
    Happy up here in my tree
  • pljam
    pljam Posts: 387
    RITFW - PJ. Trouble - ED. Hard Sun - ED. Imagine - ED. Hide your love - ED
    Growing Up - ED. Gimme Some Truth - ED/PJ. Millworker -ED. Trow Your Arms -ED
    Crazy Mary -PJ. Kick Out The Jams -PJ. Little Wing (maggot brain) -PJ
    Tuesday's Gone - METALICA. Wild Thing - COLD CHISEL. You've Lost That Lovin Feeling-
    THE FIRM. Bohemian Rhapsody- THE FOREST RANGERS. Rocky Mountain Way - GODSMACK. Planet Caravan-PANTERA. Signs -TESLA Love In Vein- TESLA
    Lola - THUNDER. Son Of A Preacher Man -KATEY SAGEL/FOREST RANGERS
    John The Revelater-CURTIS STIGERS Someday Never Comes -BILLY VALENTINE
    House Of The Rising Sun - WHITE BUFFALO
  • PearlJamaholic
    PearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    edited December 2014
    http://youtu.be/lwSK4GK6fiU

    Post edited by PearlJamaholic on
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Girl U Want (Soundgarden's cover of Devo's song)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD4dAbI4eyw
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    While talking about Devo covers... Sepultura's cover of Mongoloid is pretty good too:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCQukZaoZXQ
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    thefixer9 said:

    SVRDhand13 said:

    keeponrockin" said:
    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.
    I totally agree

    Dylan did another version of this song for his "Nashville Skyline" album with Johnny Cash - love that version too.
    PJ: 10/14/00 06/09/03 10/4/09 11/15/13 11/16/13 10/08/14
    EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,165
    edited December 2020
    nm
    Post edited by eeriepadave on
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA

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