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Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
edited June 2008 in Other Music
whats yours?


mine is Baker Street by the Foo Fighters(originally by Gary Rafferty)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=axdBNCovYBc
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZQH8X4jkSxo
  • kdpjamkdpjam Posts: 2,303
    cutback wrote:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZQH8X4jkSxo

    that's a good one. all i can come up with is hello i love you by the cure, orig. done by the doors. i am sure there is a better example. love reign over me by pj , written by the who. not a big fan of covers...
    lay down all thoughts; surrender to the void
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  • TransplantedNewfTransplantedNewf Posts: 805
    Chelsea Hotel No. 2 by Regina Spekor.
    Beautiful.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqaRnYzn4W8
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    Come is a verb"

  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    watchtower comes to mind obviously, as does cockers version of help from friends. thats a great one.


    ugly kid joe - cats in the cradle is pretty good.

    shatner's lucy in the sky.



    black crowes - hard to handle is DAMN GOOD.


    the doors - alabama song/ whiskey bar

    even hound dog by elvis presley is a damn cover song. this list could go forever.

    black magic woman by santana - fleetwood mac cover



    infact i just googled this LIST:

    http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_coversongs.html
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II '24
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Gold Dust Woman cover by Hole.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • adam42381adam42381 Posts: 2,505
    tybird wrote:
    Gold Dust Woman cover by Hole.
    That's a very solid cover. For me right now it's Warren Haynes' version of Cortez the Killer.
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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Hmmm between these

    Joe Cocker - With Alittle Help From Friends
    Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
    The Byrds - Turn, Turn, Turn
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Soulsavers - Through My Sails
    Twilight Singers - Live With Me
    Guns n Roses - Live and Let Die
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • hguz73hguz73 Posts: 245
    All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix (Bob Dylan cover)
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    adam42381 wrote:
    That's a very solid cover. For me right now it's Warren Haynes' version of Cortez the Killer.
    Interesting.....Cortez is my favorite Neil Young.

    Primus w/Ozzy singing "N.I.B." was also a way solid cover. :cool:
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • elmerelmer Posts: 1,683
    The Gun Club - Fire
    Mark Lanegan - Shiloh Town
    Faith No More - War Pigs
    Mazzy Star - Five String Serenade
    Guns N' Roses - Raw Power
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    These two come to immediate mind

    Can't Help Falling Love : performed By Elvis Presley, written byGeorge Weiss & others

    Over the Rainbow : performed by Israel Kamakawiwo Ole, written by Arlen and Harburg
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • reversedarwinismreversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    this is it:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUJGlI13KdE&feature=related

    I know no contenders.
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  • edvedderrocksedvedderrocks Posts: 1,001
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    whats yours?


    mine is Baker Street by the Foo Fighters(originally by Gary Rafferty)
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=axdBNCovYBc

    love it! Foo Fighters - Have a cigar is awesome as well!
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  • JordyWordyJordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    Damien Rice - Creep - genuinely sounds like he means it when he sings it, not like radiohead :)


    and the Ukulele Orchestra version of Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush
  • adam42381adam42381 Posts: 2,505
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    whats yours?


    mine is Baker Street by the Foo Fighters(originally by Gary Rafferty)
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=axdBNCovYBc
    I love this song. 106.5 The End out of Charlotte used to play this pretty regularly but I haven't heard it in a long time. Nice...
    I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me.
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  • piaget77piaget77 Posts: 156
    Buckley's "Hallelujah"
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    "Winterlong" -- Pixies -- original by Neil Young
    "Soul Kitchen" -- X -- original by The Doors
    "Ripple" -- Jane's Addiction -- original by Grateful Dead
    "Rock n Roll" \ "Sympathy For The Devil" -- Jane's Addiction -- originals by Velvet Underground and Rolling Stones
    "One" -- REM w\U2 -- original by U2, Stipe on vocals
    "Cryin Waitin Hopin" -- Marshall Crenshaw -- original by Buddy Holly
    "Too Much of Nothing" -- Peter Paul & Mary -- original by Bob Dylan

    Thems just some of my favorites that come to mind.
    :D
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  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Joe Strummer's version of Redemption Song may be the very best version I've heard:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRwmZ2bp_B0
  • g under pg under p Posts: 18,184
    facepollution wrote:
    Joe Strummer's version of Redemption Song may be the very best version I've heard:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRwmZ2bp_B0

    Nice.

    Eric Clapton..."I Shot The Sheriff" originally written and recorded by Bob Marley and when was the last time you saw a cap gun? :)

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  • godpt3godpt3 Posts: 1,020
    facepollution wrote:
    Joe Strummer's version of Redemption Song may be the very best version I've heard:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRwmZ2bp_B0

    Have you heard the version Joe did w/ Johnny Cash? It's on Cash's Unearthed box set. Completely kicks ass.
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Zwan-Number of the Beast (Iron Maiden)
    Milligram-We Are 138 (Misfits)
    Nirvana-The Man Who Sold The World (Bowie)
    Only Living Witness-Too Far Down (Husker Du)
    CKY-Bite It, You Scum (GG Allin)
    Clutch-Money (Pink Floyd)
    Murder By Death-My Baby Shot Me Down (Nacy Sinatra)
  • BrainofdzBrainofdz Posts: 1,617
    tybird wrote:
    Interesting.....Cortez is my favorite Neil Young.

    whats even more interesting is I thought of this one too, but the Built To Spill version
    also like Seaweed doing Go Your Own Way
    Marilyn Manson-Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This
    Nirvana-Love Buzz
    "Stunned by my own reflection, It's looking back, sees me too clearly and I swore I'd never go there again, Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down,down,down"

    When you see me on the street, yell out "FAVO!!!"

    I've been to alot of Pearl Jam shows;So fucking what.
  • BrainofdzBrainofdz Posts: 1,617
    JordyWordy wrote:
    Damien Rice - Creep - genuinely sounds like he means it when he sings it, not like radiohead :)

    you don't buy the sincerity of Thom Yorke singing it?

    BAFFLING!!
    "Stunned by my own reflection, It's looking back, sees me too clearly and I swore I'd never go there again, Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down,down,down"

    When you see me on the street, yell out "FAVO!!!"

    I've been to alot of Pearl Jam shows;So fucking what.
  • Brain Of EBrain Of E Posts: 499
    Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls (Joy Division)
    Johnny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)
    Metallica - Turn the Page (Bob Seger)
    Cake - I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
    RATM - Maggie's Farm (Bob Dylan)
    Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks (Memphis Minnie)
    Jack Irons - Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Pink Floyd)
    RHCP - Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)
    SRV - Voodoo Child (Jimi Hendrix)
    Audioslave - Seven Nation Army (White Stripes)
    Down in the hole, Jesus tries to crack a smile beneath another shovel load.
  • elmerelmer Posts: 1,683
    Tim Buckley - Dolphins

    ....one of the most beautiful songs ever.
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    whats yours?


    mine is Baker Street by the Foo Fighters(originally by Gary Rafferty)
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=axdBNCovYBc

    I love that too! And All Along The Watchtower!

    There's too many... the ones that spring to mind are:
    PJ - Sitting On The Dock...
    Johnny Cash - Hurt
    Sonic Youth - Let Me Be Your Dog
    Faith No More - Easy
    QOTSA - Everyone's Gonna Be Happy

    Most of those songs though, I prefer the original but I enjoy the cover too.

    Beastie Boys - Bennie And The Jets
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Brain Of E wrote:
    Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls (Joy Division)
    Johnny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)
    Metallica - Turn the Page (Bob Seger)
    Cake - I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
    RATM - Maggie's Farm (Bob Dylan)
    Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks (Memphis Minnie)
    Jack Irons - Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Pink Floyd)
    RHCP - Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)
    SRV - Voodoo Child (Jimi Hendrix)
    Audioslave - Seven Nation Army (White Stripes)

    Never heard that! And I didn't know 'Dead Souls' was a Joy Division cover. Ooops.
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    elmer wrote:
    Tim Buckley - Dolphins

    ....one of the most beautiful songs ever.
    Absolutely. The Dream Letter: Live in London 1968 version is especially brilliant.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • elmerelmer Posts: 1,683
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Absolutely. The Dream Letter: Live in London 1968 version is especially brilliant.
    Thank You!

    yeah, I love that album soooo much!!
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