Favortie Cover ever?

Drop The Leash 10
Drop 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
I will be what i could be
Once I get out of this town


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  • kdpjam
    kdpjam Posts: 2,303
    cutback wrote:

    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
    ~it is shining it is shining~
  • Chelsea Hotel No. 2 by Regina Spekor.
    Beautiful.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqaRnYzn4W8
  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    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, Sea I+II '24
  • tybird
    tybird 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.
  • carolinabeerguy
    carolinabeerguy Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,517
    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.
    I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me.
  • pjoasisrule
    pjoasisrule 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
  • 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.
  • hguz73
    hguz73 Posts: 245
    All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix (Bob Dylan cover)
  • tybird
    tybird 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.
  • elmer
    elmer 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
  • Gardenparty
    Gardenparty 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.”
  • reversedarwinism
    reversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    bombs, dropping down, please forgive our hometown
  • edvedderrocks
    edvedderrocks Posts: 1,001
    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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  • JordyWordy
    JordyWordy 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
  • carolinabeerguy
    carolinabeerguy Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,517
    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.
  • piaget77
    piaget77 Posts: 156
    Buckley's "Hallelujah"
  • "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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    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • facepollution
    facepollution 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 p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,238
    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.

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