[Closed] Great Covers

darkplunger - Member

AC/DC cover. This is genius - well worth a watch

<now listening to Iron Horse>

But since we went this direction, always room for a bit of 2Cellos

This group are awesome in their own right but this cover is epic!

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Hot 8 Brass Band

Yes. 😀

And that Nickleback cover is AWESOME.

jamj1974 - Member
That's pretty good Rob. Takes me back to part of my youth in Brum's rock clubs!

Eddies, XL's & The Costermonger! Too much snakebite & black to renember them all that clearly

There's some seriously good stuff in this thread, but seeing as we've gone in the direction of quirky, kinda fun covers that aren't worth a second listen I give you:

not sure whether great or grates

But to be fair practically everything Hellsongs have done is awesome.

Some Bob Dylan...

I actually quite like that Children of Bodom cover

Off on a PMJ tangent now.

I would have completely spazzed out if I'd been in the audience for that Walk cover. It simultaneously activates my pleasure centre and outrage lobe.

<edit- ZOMG, their version of Heaven Can Wait is incredible. THANK YOU!>

Very fond of good covers, and this has been a long-time favourite:

And the 1988 original:

AC/DC Thunderstruck covered by Steve 'n' Seagulls is a hillbilly classic!
Great spoon work.

Lizzy Hale , acoustic cover of a Heart classic

[i]a Heart classic[/i]

The phrase which invented the word oxymoron, surely!

A cover I'm particularly fond of, it manages to keep the darkness of the original, in a much simpler form:

Susanna and the Magical Orchestra

DezB - Member
a Heart classic

The phrase which invented the word oxymoron, surely!

T.a.T.u.: I don't think anyone needs to be told the title...

Because they're touring in autumn and this is epic in their set:

Blue monday

Pet Shop Boys,
You were always on my mind (Elvis)

A couple of decades passed until I found out that Queensryches 'gonna get close to you' was a cover. Damn fine one at that.

Judas priests cover of 'Diamonds and Rust' far surpasses the original.

End of thread.

chestercopperpot - Member

End of thread.

One of only two UK a cappella number ones. The other was Caravan of Love by the Housemartins. Also a cover. 🙂

[i]Well, I have to say you're not far wrong[/i]

I never am 😉

I have to say, to me "great cover" is also an oxymoron apart from very very few exceptions. None of which I can see on this thread... I mean [i]Flying Pickets[/i]? I love a novelty hit*, but come on...

*I don't really

Jimi Hendrix's version of Bob Dylan's "All along the Watchtower"
Bryan Ferry's version of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy"

I am a huge fan of Cat Power, her covers of Joni Mitchell's Blue and Satisfaction and things to behold (as are most of her Covers and Jukebox albums).

I remember being very taken with Jeffrey Lewis's 12 Crass Songs.

My most recent purchase was Bonnie Prince Billy's Best Troubador, a 'tribute' album to the late great 'Hag'.

I was also extremely partial to a Luna cover of two (Indian Summer, Bonnie & Clyde, Sweet Child of Mine...).

However, my favourite at the moment is Gillian Welch's version of Go On Downtown

And heres another just for good measure:

An oldie but goldie (and one I think I always post on covers threads):

I have to say, to me [b]"great cover" is also an oxymoron apart from very very few exceptions.[/b] None of which I can see on this thread... I mean Flying Pickets? I love a novelty hit*, but come on...

@ DezB - It's a bit of fun relax or don't whtevs man 😉

Submitted for the committees approval:

Blackballed again 😆

Walk on by

Have to agree with dez, vast majority of covers are no improvement on the original.

CZ, Wyatt wrote that yes?

Meant to post this also...dirty dirty guitar riff. I have never heard the original, but I presume this better:

This is a bit mad but I'd give them an A for effort

[i]Define 'cover'[/i]
Glad to be of assistance.
a cover version : a new performance or recording of a previously recorded song by someone other than the original artist or composer.

Some pretty "great" covers have since been mentioned, which is cool. Robert Wyatt's is one and "All Along the Watchtower".
Aside from those, my favourite is probably this, but it doesn't really [i]improve[/i] on the original, which I also love.

I've been listening to this quite a bit the last couple of weeks 🙁

As we have already, as we always do, and rightly so, had Hendrix's interpretation of All Along the Watchtower offered up, I'd just like to add that his version of Hey Joe is also pretty good..

Six of the songs on Nirvana's MTV Unplugged are covers

Grace Potter is so good in this version of cortez the killer (CTK) 😯

Recently bought the EP with this on, recorded at their 2016 Berlin concert:

Very distinctive Fripp guitar to the fore.