Quote: rainman
Well, I had no intention of a derail. I interpret (Best cover) as whats your favorite cover. Simply because there is no best when it comes to music, Just your personal favorite.There will never be consensus. So I simply stated my favorite and threw in a couple of tid bits as to why.
Anyway no harm no foul.
I meant no criticism of your post. Just pointing out the irony that a completely off topic thread returned to the site's primary topic.
Quote: JimRockfordI meant no criticism of your post. Just pointing out the irony that a completely off topic thread returned to the site's primary topic.
I see, Sometimes I find it very difficult to interpret this damn written form of communication.
Pretty much every song off Johnny Cash's American 4
Cake covering "I Will Survive"
Worst cover ever is Glen Campbell covering Dio's "Holy Diver"
Quote: Mission146I'm going to throw out, "Blue Monday," by Orgy, which was originally performed by New Order.
good one.
i guess sweet dreams by marilyn manson would be in a similar vein though i like the original better.
Quote: Miles1Willie Nelson covering Townes Van Zandt's "Poncho and Lefty"
Excellent pick. It may be my favorite. Don't know why I didn't think of it.
I really liked The Talking Heads version of Take Me to the River
Jose Feliciano covering Light My Fire. When is the last time you heard that?
Quote: FaceGadzooks and sacred bleu!
I gotta say, the first two threw me. Metallica would've been better without original vocals, and Slipknot... that was just f$#^ing weird lol. But Jepsen? Omg... that one tickled me. It made it totally listenable, as opposed to what it actually is - complete shit. It reminded me a lot of Halestorm, which is H.O.T. Good stuff =)
Also, Red Hott Chili Peppers covering Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground". Had to throw that into the ring.
Haha yeah I feel the same way. The pop songs remade with metal are better than the other way around. This guy is great at what he does though, I like the metal Taylor Swift versions too.
Quote: rdw4potusSpeaking of working well hard, that Call Me Maybe rework is great and would be unbelievable without the original vocals - imagine that orchestration with a nice growling vocal!
See I like it with the original vocals. I really like "hard" rock with female vocals though, hence a big fan of Paramour and their ilk.
Quote: Mission146I'm going to throw out, "Blue Monday," by Orgy, which was originally performed by New Order.
Great one!
Quote: Miles1Willie Nelson covering Townes Van Zandt's "Poncho and Lefty"
Let's give Merle credit on this one too. Townes is a legend in Texas, but unfortunately I suspect that nationally, few people have heard him do this song or are aware that he wrote it.
Quote: JimRockfordJose Feliciano covering Light My Fire. When is the last time you heard that?
That one was a huge hit. Thanks for reminding us of it!
Quote: Miles1
Worst cover ever is Glen Campbell covering Dio's "Holy Diver"
I meant Pat Boone, not Glen Campbell, can't believe I confused the two.
Rage Against the Machine covering Springstein's "Ghost of Tom Joad"
Not sure if the next three count.
Ray Charles was covering it too, but Willie covering "Georgia"
"Me and Bobby McGee" Kris Kristofferson wrote it, Roger Miller made it famous, then came Janis.
"Sunday Morning Coming Down" Kristofferson wrote it, Ray Stevens recorded it first, but Johnny Cash did it best.
Here's a few for the Texans
Jerry Jeff covering Gary P. Nunn's "London Homesick Blues"
Robert Earl Keen covering Terry Allen's "Amarillo Highway"
John Prine covering Blaze Foley's "Clay Pigeons"
David Allen Coe covering John Prine and Steve Goodman's "You Never Even Called Me by my Name"
Quote: Miles1Patsy Cline covering Willie's "Crazy"
I thought of this one, but Patsy was the first to record it.
Quote: Miles1Not sure if the next three count.
Ray Charles was covering it too, but Willie covering "Georgia"
"Me and Bobby McGee" Kris Kristofferson wrote it, Roger Miller made it famous, then came Janis.
"Sunday Morning Coming Down" Kristofferson wrote it, Ray Stevens recorded it first, but Johnny Cash did it best.
Of course they count. I love every song on Willie's Stardust album.
Quote: Miles1Here's a few for the Texans
Jerry Jeff covering Gary P. Nunn's "London Homesick Blues"
Robert Earl Keen covering Terry Allen's "Amarillo Highway"
John Prine covering Blaze Foley's "Clay Pigeons"
David Allen Coe covering John Prine and Steve Goodman's "You Never Even Called Me by my Name"
For the non-Texans, if you have watched Austin City Limits on PBS you've heard London Homesick Blues as the theam. It's the one with the line "I want to go home with the armadillo," Jerry Jeff Walker covering Desperadoes Waiting for a Train is one of my favorites.
Quote: FaceYe of little faith =) Know them all, love them all. Was big into Cheese back a while ago, he did exactly what I said I like about covers.
Haha, almost no one knows about Cheese. He's not long term, but for the time that you listen, you love.
I think it gets a little murkier when you talk about something like "Pancho and Lefty". Townes didn't really have a hit with it, but he did perform it. Did Mary Chapin Carpenter cover Lucinda Williams' "Passionate Kisses", or make it a hit for the first time? Is Trisha Yearwood's version of "Those Words We Said" a cover of Kim Richey, the writer, who also had it on an album? How about Elizabeth Cook's "Not California": a cover of Hem? Or the first real exposure of a somewhat obscure band's song? (If you could call being covered by the criminally under appreciated Cook "exposure".)
If I were to make a rule for this discussion, I would say that the original would have to be somewhat known for a song to be considered "Best Cover". My reasoning is that for it to be BEST, it would have to outshine something that was already performed, and was also pretty well exposed. So, "Light My Fire", "All Along the Watchtower", "Twist and Shout", etc: those count for the discussion. For me, Willie Nelson's cover of "Pancho and Lefty", while it was far more popular than Townes' original (to the point where many people consider it Nelson's song), fails on both counts. Townes sings it better, and hardly anyone ever heard his version anyhow, outside of Texas. (the reasons being murky, but also pretty obvious when you consider the mess that was Townes Van Zandt).)
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Right now on the current tour they are closing with a 6 song encore
Battle of Evermore
The Song Remains the Same
The Rain Song
The Ocean
Kashmir
Stairway to Heaven
They all sound great. Robert Plant always had that high pitched voice so a female singer sounds great on these songs. Finally got to listen to the recordings from their last few shows . wow. On top of this, The have John Bonham's (zep original drummer) son, Jason Bonham, playing drums on the zep encores with them. (Jason was also at the Kennedy center awards)
Quote: FaceI cant say I have a best ever, I just highly enjoy covers that are completely different from the original...
The more jarring the difference, the more I seem to like it.
Quote: FaceGood tastes =) I prefer the 14th (sonata). The 3rd stanza movement especially, it's just so metal. My hockey playlist, among the Pantera, Rage, and DMX, contains its fair share of Beethoven.
I give you...
Sorry for the necropost, and some may find this blasphemous... But I Am AMPED!
Quote: FaceSorry for the necropost, and some may find this blasphemous... But I Am AMPED!
Awesome vid! Most rock interpretations of classical pieces make me cringe, but this dude was freakin incredible. Love it!
Here's Beethoven's 5th Symphony (go to 0:10):
By far the best cover. By far...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bdOefF_tyU
Don't Dream it's over: Crowded House Cover: Sixpence None The Richer
Gimme Shelter-Grand Funk Railroad
Wayward Wind-Patsy Cline
Riders in the Sky-Outlaws
And though I've listened to this Metallica song a skillion times, it wasn't until Iron Horse came along that I actually "heard" it.
I recently read a study that correlates listening to country music and increased rates of suicide. Both of these songs sort of make me understand why. They're just so beautifully painful.
blasphemyQuote: rainmanYou guys picked some great ones for sure. I'm gonna go with Paul Hardcastle's cover of (do it again). It's my rocky song. I use it to get me in the right frame of mind before stepping up to the BJ table. In particular the 3 minute and beyond mark due to all the Vegas references.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_TjCDUff-Q
Also, I saw Heart's Barracuda performed by Alice in Chains with Gretchen Wilson singing. It was the freaking bomb! I have no taste for country music, but after hearing that, I think Gretchen Wilson would be a legendary rock/metal singer.
Check em out on youtube. It's worth it.
About 4 years ago Shiny Toy Guns did a cover, and a live cover (this one became the Lincoln MKX commercial and is the version linked) that is very much better than Schiling's original.
Then there's this version. Its rather different, I found myself nearly giggling through it.
Amazing performance covering traditional middle eastern music.
Here is an American that cant speak the language and is now the favorite to win 1st place with her beautiful voice.
The Arab Susan Boyle but a lot prettier.
Amazing, an American from New England crushing it on Lebanon based tv show Arabs got talent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziunN9It-dY
http://www.music.com/video/whitney-houston/i-will-always-love-you/42672205001
Quote: HunterhillBrooks and Dunne. My Maria
Yup, heard it. Top shelf cover.
Steve Martin once said that you can't play a sad song with a Banjo. It's just not possible. He then tried to demonstrate by playing a song he called, "Death and Grief and Sorrow and Murder". I couldn't find that clip but here's another:Quote: FaceI recently read a study that correlates listening to country music and increased rates of suicide. Both of these songs sort of make me understand why. They're just so beautifully painful.
Quote: s2dbakerSteve Martin once said that you can't play a sad song with a Banjo. It's just not possible. He then tried to demonstrate by playing a song he called, "Death and Grief and Sorrow and Murder". I couldn't find that clip but here's another:
Steve Martin
6:56 if you only want that part, 4:13 if you want all his banjo playing and 2:24 if you want to sit through the whole monologue.
(Susanna Hoffs might be the hottest 54 year old on the planet.)
Quote: s2dbakerSteve Martin once said that you can't play a sad song with a Banjo. It's just not possible. He then tried to demonstrate by playing a song he called, "Death and Grief and Sorrow and Murder". I couldn't find that clip but here's another...
Thanks s2d for the offer and Perdition for the find, but I have to strongly disagree. Like any other instrument, it can be bent to the will of the song. Happy, love filled, manic, joyful on one hand, but sad, lonely, aching, and painful on the other.
Take that cover of "Time" I posted. That song brings tears to my eyes. It, to me, is so despondent, so dripping with melancholia, I can physically feel the tug at my heart. It reminds me of Indian summer, that brief respite from the cold before everything goes permanently dark and dead and grey. It feels like that last connection with a long time lover, like a little glimpse of everything you have been together where you feel all the love you have ever felt with them, right at the point you realize that it is destined to fail. It is an agony you want to drown in, like repeatedly poking an open wound in your mouth with your tongue. It is sadness in its purest form, it just happens to be one from which you don't wish to escape.
Off topic, but your offering caused me to dig, and I also love some good a capella. I thought this was cute and that you (s2d) might get a kick out of it =)
Quote: PerditionYou might be right. Remember this is the woman that Price was going after for a while and even gave her one of his songs. I'll always go with Prince on what he knows about guitars and women.
"Manic Monday".
There is a youtube audio only track of The Bangles and Prince covering "Whole Lotta Shakin'". The fidelity is poor, but aficionados can look it up.
Quote: MoscaI've been listening to Sid & Susie, aka Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs. They have a series of albums called Under the Covers: volume 1 is the '60s, 2 is the '70s, and 3 is the '80s. The concept is that you are listening to the best cover band in the world, faithfully covering the hits of the day.
(Susanna Hoffs might be the hottest 54 year old on the planet.)
Very nice.
You may like this as well, Allanah Myles singing Black Velvet
http://youtu.be/tkXNEmtf9tk
Here's the Original...
and here's the cover...
White Christmas, step aside please. ;o)
Shatner version
much better than the original
Pulp
Say Lou Lou - Instant Crush (Daft Punk Cover)
Skid Row Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix cover)
Mogwai Don't cry (Guns`n`Roses cover)
Neal Morse / Mike Portnoy / Paul Gilbert Crazy Horses
Asking Alexandria Youth Gone Wild (Skid Row Cover)
First Aid Kit Tiger Mountain Peasant Song (Fleet Foxes Cover)
Ellie Goulding High For This (The Weeknd Cover)
Swollen Members Californication (RHCP cover)
The Cure Hello I Love You (The Doors Cover)
Bad Rabbits Sextape (Deftones Cover)
Deftones Simple Man (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover)
Deftones Do You Believe (The Cardigans cover)
Bob Segers version of 'You Never Can Tell' by Chuck Berry, his version title C'est La Vie. Personally I like Chuck Berry's better. It was used in the dance scene in the movie Pulp Fiction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoDPPgWbfXY
Bob Seger version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDle0aVv13o