What song is the best cover you've heard of a song? Here's one: I'll Be There

[steelemagnolia]

I'll Be There: The Jackson Five http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oT_TyK1Eh8

and Mariah Carey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52d20PK_Kyk

Love to hear what you think.

[BeachBaby]

1. Ooooohhhh, I got one!

Genesis "Land of Confusion"

Disturbed "Land of Confusion" - WOW.

[DarkTirade]

2. Best cover I can recall hearing...

was back in 2000 at my high school's 'Battle of the Bands'. This punk band did a cover of a Backstreet Boys song. (Or maybe it was N'Sync, I can't tell the two apart.) It was friggin' hilarious.

[steelemagnolia]

3. Thanks for replying...sorry didn't know this was "covered" earlier

[Inchworm]

4. Johnny Cash - Hurt

Funny you should ask.
________________________

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go

I hurt myself today
To see if i still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But i remember everything

What have i become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone i know
Goes away in the end
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear my crown of shit
On my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stain of time
The feeling disappears
You are someone else
I am still right here

What have i become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone i know
Goes away in the end
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
If i could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way
________________

:hug:

[Chovexani]

5. Johnny Cash: the only dude that could possibly out-goth Trent

On that song. The video still gives me chills.

[baldguy]

96. Ol' Johnny knew all about needles long before Trent was born.

[Chovexani]

98. I miss him.

I knew he wasn't long for the world when June died, though.

[demmiblue]

12. That is exactly what I was thinking when I read the OP!

I can only watch it on youtube every once in a great while... it is just so moving.

[SPKrazy]

16. Yes... It is without a doubt HIS SONG he owned it man!

:hug: RIP Johnny

[MonkeyFunk]

86. Almost as good as this cover

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ta7mkgrOU

[AwakeAtLast]

88. I love Sad Kermit!

:rofl:

The whole website is a hoot!

[atomic-fly]

55. amazing stuff

That song is so moving, the video actually adds to it.

[atomic-fly]

56. amazing stuff

That song is so moving, the video actually adds to it.

[atomic-fly]

57. Walk on By

Dionne Warwick

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0R-ZE-gFcBA

Stranglers

http://youtube.com/watch?v=T9cE5Gt_rnU

[WillyT]

81. Have You Heard The Isaac Hayes Version ???

It's a killa!



Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XIIivxCtzM

:bounce:

[atomic-fly]

106. I never heard that version...

Great cover! I need to get that Isaac Hayes album. Great stuff!

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

83. Long Live The Man In Black.

I love his cover of "Hurt." So moving, and as with everything he did, he made it his own.

[hellbound-liberal]

6. I think Mariah did a very nice job on that song. Here is an interesting cover

of Cold, Cold, Heart by Norah Jones. Love it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g35zS1tVO3o

[opiate69]

7. My old band's version of the Doors' "Love me two times"

No video, but you can hear the audio here:http://www.musicianforest.com/members_matches/matchDetail/?user_id=6484

[hellbound-liberal]

8. Here's another one! Joe Cocker doing Cry Me a River in 1970

It's not the highest quality video but the raw energy of the performance is great!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMwXPueu-RM

[kwassa]

9. "Respect", as redone by Aretha Franklin

of the original version written and sung by the very great Otis Redding.

Aretha's version is very different and much better.

[steelemagnolia]

14. Oh, I love Aretha's RESPECT eom

[steelemagnolia]

10. I also Love Emmy Lou's version of Here, There Everywhere

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0m9qWGAwW4

[hellbound-liberal]

11. That's a really nice version of that song.

Thanks for posting it!

[steelemagnolia]

13. 1 More: Piece of my Heart - Melissa Etheridge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM_4NR_Oee8

[flvegan]

15. This cover of "Heaven" by Bryan Adams

No idea the artist, but I found this video and the song is so well done...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv-aSHAis6w

[jgraz]

17. Latest fav is Rascal Flatts "Life is a Highway" (many more inside)

Here's some others

More Recent:
Lenny Kravitz: "American Woman"
Eva Cassidy: "Time After Time"
Eva Cassidy: "Ain't No Sunshine"
Everything but the Girl: "Alison"
Dixie Chicks: "Landslide"
Donald Fagen: "Ruby Baby"


Classics:
The Byrds: "Mr. Tambourine Man"
Ray Charles: "Night Time is the Right Time"
CCR: "Suzie Q"
James Taylor: "You've Got a Friend", "Everyday"
Joe Cocker: "With a Little Help from my Friends"
Stevie Ray Vaughan: "Voodoo Child"
Santana: "Black Magic Woman", "Oye Como Va"
Elvis Presley: "Hound Dog" (really, anything by him)
Eric Clapton: "After Midnight" and "Cocaine"
Stevie Wonder: "For Once in my Life"
Earth, Wind and Fire: "Got to Get You into My Life"
Wilson Picket: "Mustang Sally"
Aretha Franklin: "Respect"
Miles Davis: "Human Nature"

[wovenpaint]

18. Eva Cassidy..."Fields of Gold"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3YVil3Ajjs

and very close second is "Over the Rainbow"

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

[jgraz]

19. Eva Cassidy ... "Reading the Phone Book"

Has she ever recording anything that wasn't incredible?

[hellbound-liberal]

21. I'm with you jgraz, Eva could do no wrong IMO. One of my favorites is People Get Ready

originally performed by Curtis Mayfield:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKqtdNxOs00

[LibDemAlways]

37. There is a Nightline special from 1999 available

on YouTube that tells her story. Well worth watching. Includes an interview with the jazz record label guy who turned her down. Probably his biggest regret. She was an amazing talent - gone way too soon.

[steelemagnolia]

75. Any Cover Eva did, she owned! Here are a couple of mine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFFo1pu4q7Q Songbird
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUwTdqPkluY Somewhere Over the Rainbow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7-haKkFnT8 Autumn Leaves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQuksPhbUMc What a Wonderful World

RIP dear Eva

[Jamastiene]

20. Joan Jett I Love Rock and Roll.

As a matter of fact, for me personally, anything Joan Jett covers kicks ass. She's fucking great. :D

[mitchum]

22. John Cale playing this one by Leonard Cohen...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUL7U-HhPvI

[Bongo Prophet]

66. That is beautiful! I love Cale (and Cohen)

[asteroid2003QQ47]

23. Top of the list

Dylan's " I'll Be Your Baby Tonight " done by Linda Ronstadt (ALL Linda's covers are superb!)
"The Committments" soundtrack, take your pick.

[hellbound-liberal]

26. Here's Linda Ronstadt doing Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6676IuLCVY

It really shows off her versatility!

[NewJeffCT]

24. Van Halen's version of "You Really Got Me"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YRqkRmRocQ

[NewJeffCT]

25. Hendrix doing "All Along the Watchtower" and

Bruce Springsteen's live version of Edwin Starr's "War"

[lightningandsnow]

27. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes: "The Rainbow Connection"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68V6Hvtgxl4

[PVnRT]

28. Goldfinger - "99 Red Balloons"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe8fGt5M3SI

[fizzgig]

104. i love that one

:thumbsup:

they are a great band

[SoxFan]

29. My favorite Dylan covers

"Mr. Tambourine Man", The Byrds
"Knockin' on Heavens Door", The Alarm
"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", Shadowlands

[Glorfindel]

30. This one...

against all my usual expectations, this version of Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush" just knocked me out; it still does.

http://www.boxxet.com/Dolly_Parton/Video_The_Trio_After_The_Goldrush_Live.1iskxk.d

[Pierre.Suave]

31. This one...

Metallica covered Thin Lizzy's "Whiskey In The Jar"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cswkEL1O4Hk

[begin_within]

32. Still the best:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DtZKwp6cjd4

[Bennyboy]

33. Atlantic City....Levon Helm Band......

One of the all timers. Levon's voice is still the best ever.

[Orsino]

34. Weirdest cover: Devo's "Satisfaction"

The bass makes their version sing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvcuaJy9OwI

[theredpen]

43. Nah... Laibach's "Sypathy for the Devil" -- an entire ALBUM of covers of ONE SONG

Slovenia's greatest industrial dirge band.

http://www.google.com/musicl?lid=_MUNv1-Ja_G&aid=eLLAylinsFH&sa=X&oi=music&ct=result

[Strawman]

77. Yes!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4_zA7nukoZA

[BOSSHOG]

35. Eleanor Rigby by Aretha Franklin

A very funky Eleanor indeed.

[PeaceNikki]

36. Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

http://youtube.com/watch?v=209ArurxVG4

[atomic-fly]

107. tru dat

there is a documentary under free movies on demand, called The Nomi Song.
It has Bowies version of that song on Saturday Night live.
I like both versions.

[terrya]

38. I quite like Annie Lennox's version of "A Whiter Shade of Pale"

[PeaceNikki]

39. Nirvana - Lake of Fire

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5KLWtUXp7qc

[DarkTirade]

59. That one's fun to play.

I'd never tried to bend a whole chord on an acoustic guitar before... :)

[WeRQ4U]

40. "Easy" by Faith No More is one of my faves...

Followed closely by the Chipmunks' version of "9 to 5".

[New Earth]

41. New Kids On the Block did a better cover

of "I'll Be There". I believe it's on the LIVE section of their Step By Step DVD. I used to cry every time it came on. tehehehehe
:blush:

[seemunkee]

42. Satisfaction - Snakefinger and The Residents

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHWf74kg2cc

[theredpen]

44. Laibach's version of Queen's "One Vision"

Watch at least two minutes of the following two videos:

Queen's "One Vision": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJvNvBYTsGw

Laibach's "Geburt Einer Nation": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YE_j0xIsJA

Note that the Laibach version opens with a piece of the US national anthem because they believed the song to be about America. This is why they retitled it "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9UPOkIpR0A">Geburt Einer Nation".

For the record, what appears to be Nazi iconography is actually a satire on the totalitarian communist regime that the band members grew up under. The group formed in 1980's Yugoslavia and now lives in their native Slovenia (Laibach is the capital of Slovenia).

[DaDooRonRon]

45. "Rock and Roll" by Detroit

Detroit was the (short-lived) band Mitch Ryder formed after the Detroit Wheels broke up.

This is a cover of the Lou Reed/Velvets song, and (I think) Reed himself has said it is the best version of the song (his included!) that he has ever heard.

[AlCzervik]

46. Michael Andrews Mad World. so depressing but so good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v52Igdotisk

[stuntcat]

47. Springsteen's "Reason to Believe", covered by Aimee Mann and Michael Penn

Bruce's version is great but I heard the Aimee Mann one first. And I can't find it on youtbe :cry:
I love the song, it's the best lyrics.

[baldguy]

97. Its on Vox

http://smiley.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c2251e70a18e1d00cd971a52f44cd5.html

[av8rdave]

48. SRV doing Little Wing, and DMB's version of Wish You Were Here

[triguy46]

49. Stevie Ray's cover of Voodoo Child, may be better than Jimi's, IMHO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GSpbuFSr2o

[av8rdave]

50. Oh...almost forgot...

The Annie Lennox cover of Whiter Shade of Pale

[KamaAina]

51. "Time Is On My Side", The Rolling Stones.

Yes, it is a cover. The orginal artist is Irma Thomas, "The Soul Queen of New Orleans".

And it was one of Irma's B-sides!

[Mr. Blonde]

52. A few I really like

Cat Power - New York http://youtube.com/watch?v=KpFwnf6F_GY
Her new CD is all covers and all awesome.

Ryan Adams - Down in a Hole http://youtube.com/watch?v=fQ0VKcymXgU


Both of them have done other excellent covers, but these are the two I'm digging now.

[Va Lefty]

53. Metallica--Turn the Page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOibtqWo6z4

[steelemagnolia]

54. Another: Track of my Tears - Linda Ronstadt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdX42cazzCY

[Tikki]

58. "Alone Again Or"......

and the original by LOVE...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_A24cHNFMo


a tribute by The Damned....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7aoYpGAP2A


Tikki

[Lydia Leftcoast]

60. "Me and Bobby McGee" with Janis Joplin singing Kris Kristoffersen's song

:-)

I also like Jimi Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower."

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

68. Ohhhhh Good Choice!

[fizzgig]

105. good call on both

:)

[MrScorpio]

61. Bond Does James Bond

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i_VX6qYr9U

[hellbound-liberal]

62. Here's the best cover of REM's Losing My Religion that I have heard.

Masters of Chant

http://youtube.com/watch?v=A7hRnPKdQq4

[NewJeffCT]

64. that's cool - I like their Sound of Silence, too

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dySZpw4JJC4&feature=related

[hellbound-liberal]

71. I do too. I may have to buy one of there CDs someday

Just to shake people up a bit. It's kinda sad that some of the people that viewed that video considered it satanic! :shrug:

[sniffa]

63. I have many favorites

right now, my favorite is this one I discovered about 3 days ago: Death Comes Ripping, originally done by The Misfits, and redone by Cradle Of Filth for the Boondock Saints soundtrack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agc5U6Vff5c

[Tikki]

65. "Mama Weer All Crazee Now".....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubZjbmA1Id0
Quiet Riot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RTipAZuMRI
The Runaways


Tikki

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

67. Hands Down, Radar Love Redone By White Lion. TOTALLY ROCKS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVF5ZkG20dQ

Original was by Golden Earring, but this version is so much better in my opinion.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

69. I'd Also Have To Say Elvis's Cover Of 'My Way'

[steelemagnolia]

72. I may get slammed for this but for me Elvis' is the ONLY version of My Way eom

[steelemagnolia]

73. Patsy Cline's version of Willie Nelson's Crazy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wysJ7KeGpX4

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

74. Woooohoooooo!!!! I'm Not Alone!!!!!

:toast:

Every time I bring it up, it seems the person I'm talking to isn't familiar with the Elvis version. I have it on my playlist, and think it's one of the most powerful vocals ever.

[steelemagnolia]

93. No! You are most definitely NOT alone on this!!! eom

[Bongo Prophet]

70. Beatles' "till there was you" - it was years before I recognized it in Music Man

Also "Tomorrow Never Knows" covered by 801 (eno, Manzanera, et al)

Star spangled banner, by hendrix...;)

[last_texas_dem]

76. "You Keep Me Hangin' on" by Vanilla Fudge

Many of their songs were pop songs that they "psychedelicized", making them longer, slower, and "heavier." Some of them work better than others; my favorites are their versions of "You Keep Me Hangin' on", "Some Velvet Morning", and "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody."

The video link here is cool, and straight out of the late-sixties. I was trying to find the full version (it's around 7-minutes long; it was cut to less than three for the single), but this is the longest one with decent sound quality that I could find.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI6OhYZ9bi0

[darkstar]

80. Cool. I was just wondering if a version of this

was available on youtube last night.

But then I forgot to look this morning.

Thanks for the link. Deep stuff. Illusions of (my) Childhood, indeed.....

:hi:

[Strawman]

78. Mean Gene Okerlund sings "Tutti Frutti"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fesI5D60hvA

[Ahpook]

79. Not sure about a best one but really enjoy

this remake:)

Sweet Jane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHRFZFmEq9o

[WillyT]

82. Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano !!!

:shrug:

[JCMach1]

84. "Satisfaction" by DEVO

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ig85R1jVBNU

[CreekDog]

85. Somebody to Love by Queen covered by George Michael

http://youtube.com/watch?v=of-7jmD7OxE

It helped that it was a live performance, but he really did justice and then some to the composer and the song.

[steelemagnolia]

94. Love this version! eom

[DFW]

87. Dylan's "Chimes of Freedom"

By the Byrds

Also the Byrds' version of Pete Seeger's "The Bells of Rhymney"

For political covers: Barack the Knife ("Mack the Knife"),
John McCain ("You're So Vain"), and The Evolution ("The
Locomotion") which are really parodies and not covers,
be The Freedom Toast: www.myspace.com/thefreedomtoast

[AwakeAtLast]

89. Cake: War Pigs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMPrpG09u90

The video is from a contest, I think. This one seemed to be pretty good.

Here's another one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMwMtcg5xt8&feature=related

[SKKY]

90. Nine Inch Nails version of "Get down, make love" by Queen is...

...pretty amazing. So is Jane's Addiction's version of "Sympathy for the Devil". Here's some other I like...


"Hurt" by Johnny Cash
"Black" by Aaron Lewis
"Crazy" by Alanis Morissette
"Come on Eileen" by Save Ferris
"Tainted Love" by Marilyn Manson
"Shout" by Disturbed

[Paladin]

91. These "Best Cover" Threads Keep Turning Up.....

...and my response is always the same: Ry Cooder's reggae version of the Stones' "It's All Over Now," off his "Paradise And Lunch" album from the 70's. I dare you to stand still when you listen to it.....

[hellbound-liberal]

92. Speaking of songs that make you move, how about Proud Mary by Ike and Tina Turner?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdg4xeK9F9Q

[baldguy]

95. The Pretenders

I Shall Be Released

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YSoDaTcH8g

Creep

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lML2N4xB9GU

and Angel of The Morning by Stephanie Schiffer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6YXISe1Fbs

[RetroLounge]

99. I will Survive

Gloria Gaynor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv6lHwWwO3w

Cake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10C68Gzd5GM

Jesus Christ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onLbeuEqNIE

RL

[LostInAnomie]

100. I have three

Rage Against the Machine: Maggie's Farm
Rage Against the Machine: The Ghost of Tom Joad
White Zombie: Children of the Grave

[Chovexani]

101. I adore Love Spit Love's version of How Soon is Now by the Smiths

Also, Juliana Hatfield's cover of Witches Song by Marianne Faithfull. The latter is light years better than the original. Both of them were on the soundtrack for The Craft, which was far better than the actual movie (though the MSTie in me loves the cheez, and Fairuza Balk). I'm still annoyed that the How Soon is Now cover was ripped off for one of the worst TV shows in the history of the medium, Charmed. :P

An honorable mention goes to goth band Collide's creepy cover of White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane. I didn't like it at first but it really grew on me. I think it's the bass line that finally did it for me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN1ELMxn1P4

[hellbound-liberal]

102. Anybody ever see Bonnie Raitt do Pride and Joy?

It's from a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughn and it's a very nice CD. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eHU7kxBCKc

[steelemagnolia]

103. Yes. Gives me chills everytime eom