What your favorite cover song?

[Revanchist]

Although I like quite a few from Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, I have to say my absolute favorite has to be from the man in black himself.

[Initech]

1. Dream Theater - Us & Them / Any Colour You Like

[NewJeffCT]

2. Van Halen's cover of "You Really Got Me"

They took a really good song and created a new hard rock version that was exciting and energetic.

[progressoid]

15. I kind of like Aztec Camera's version of Jump...

[Ahpook]

34. Ohh

What a cool record Its been played to death, but not a clunker on it?

Anyway, I always enjoyed this Black Sabbath cover.

[Raffi Ella]

3. Christina Aguilera covering 'Mother' by Lennon.

[NewJeffCT]

4. Not his best known song, but I also liked Bruce Springsteen's cover of "War"

by Edwin Starr. Great original song, changed by Bruce, but also excellent. Kind of appropriate these days with Syria on the horizon.

[NewJeffCT]

5. Just realized that Edwin Starr's version is a cover

of the original from The Temptations... I think Starr's version is also a great cover, too.

[rug]

6. Somebody That I Used to Know - Walk off the Earth

[Revanchist]

7. Wow

I wonder how long they had to rehearse that to get it down pat. That's impressive.

[rug]

9. 26 takes and 14 hours.

Starts at 1:11.

Here's another delightful one by them.

[NightWatcher]

23. I'd like to be their roadie. "Yeah, I got the guitar"

[rug]

24. Lol

[ZombieHorde]

8. If Six was Nine, covered by Funkcronomicon.

[nolabear]

10. Young @ Heart. Fix You

There's a story behind the song, for those who don't know. Young @ Heart was/is a chorus made of people whose average age is 85, I think. They perform modern songs. But at that age, things happen. There were supposed to be two men singing. One went into hospital that morning. I believe he lived through that particular crisis, but mortality and the bittersweet sadness of age is poignant.

(Btw if you haven't seen the documentary, do.)

[progressoid]

41. That was great.

Reminds me of The Zimmers.

[HarveyDarkey]

11. The Bastard Fairies - Brand New Key

[OriginalGeek]

12. Sodom - Surfin' Bird

just a few...

[Nevernose]

13. I discovered this here at DU

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&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dv-cfWYN0cZI

(Hope the link works!)

[NightWatcher]

26. Ok, that's cool

[Gravitycollapse]

14. All Along the Watchtower - Hendrix.

Probably the greatest cover of all time.

[panader0]

21. Yes

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

31. ABSOLUTELY!

[NewJeffCT]

36. probably the most famous cover song

in rock history

[livetohike]

39. Definitely! It's what I would have posted had you not beat me to it

[Taverner]

16. Midlake - Am I Going Insane (Radio)

[progressoid]

17. Sr. Coconut: Smoke on the Water

[NewJeffCT]

35. That was awesome

Never heard of it before, but they took that song and completely changed it, but it was still awesome and still recognizable.

[progressoid]

18. Kotmorn Yoop Yap (All Shook Up)

'Shock The Monkey' by Don Ho

The Folksmen - Start Me Up

And Purple Haze by Kronos Quartet

[MiddleFingerMom]

19. Two come to mind right away -- Bonni Raitt's cover of Randy Newman's "Guilty"...

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[pipi_k]

20. Well, one of them, anyway...

[Raffi Ella]

22. I tried to find a video of this last night, there isn't one. Strange.

But here's a link to Santana covering Whole Lotta Love w/ Chris Cornell. One of my favorite Zep covers. Actually, I like/love most of the covers on this page, but Whole Lotta Love, the extra rhythm and grunge element in it is just so SO good.


Hit audio and click play.

http://www.santana.com/guitarheaven/

[Texasgal]

25. Pearl Jam- Last Kiss

[Doc_Technical]

27. House of the Rising Sun- Frijid Pink

[NewJeffCT]

38. great version

of a great song. That's one song that has a ton of great covers out there (and some not so great)

[RiffRandell]

28. JC which you mentioned, Metallica Turn the Page and Ramones Needles and Pins. nt

[johnp3907]

29. Jimi Hendrix doing "Like A Rolling Stone"

Especially the Monterey Pop version: "Yes I know I missed a verse. Don't worry."

[Tom_Foolery]

30. Joan Osborne's cover...

of the The Spinners' "I'll Be Around":

Or her cover of Gladys Knight and the Pips' "Midnight Train to Georgia":

Or Jimmy Ruffin's "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted":

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

32. Changing of the Guards - Patti Smith

Several good covers here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_%28Patti_Smith_album%29

[Tuesday Afternoon]

33. Right now I have been digging on Tedeschi Trucks Band version of - Everybody's Talkin'

[Ahpook]

37. Well done

Little blues?

[nomorenomore08]

40. Afghan Whigs - "Band of Gold"

Dinosaur Jr - "Just Like Heaven"

Cowboy Junkies - "Sweet Jane"

[Demo_Chris]

42. Down with the Sickness (from Dawn of the Dead)

[Demo_Chris]

43. Don't Let it bring you down -- Anne Lennox (original by Neil Young)