Favorite Song Covers

[phoenixx]

Many times when an artist covers a song, you cringe - it's not better than the original, and often worse. But sometimes a cover turns a song into something entirely new for you. What are your favorite covers?

A few of mine:

Johnny Cash covering Hurt by Nine Inch Nails/Trent Reznor

The Cover Video

Fiona Apple covering Across The Universe by The Beatles



Tori Amos covering I'm On Fire by Bruce Springsteen

[phoenixx]

Oh, and I almost forgot: Green Day's cover of Working Class Hero by John Lennon. John Lennon And Plastic Ono Band is one of my favorite records, and this cover actually gave the song an undertone of anger that it seemed to be missing before. In a nod to Wivabef I posted the Darfur version of the video .

[lynnzop[$]]

I just heard the U2 cover of Instant Karma a couple of days ago from the Dafur CD...it was awesome. Thanks for the reminder, I do want to pick up that CD.

Aerosmith "Big Ten Inch" is one of my favorite covers.

[taurusmoon]

Annie Lennox's cover of Whiter Shade of Pale.

[pippadaisy[$]]

Oho! You know me and my collection of eclectic covers...

Tori's Angie is still my fave, although I love nearly all her covers:



BNL's When Doves Cry

The Innocence Mission's Moon River

10,000 Maniacs with Jimmy Dale Gilmore's Dallas

[phoenixx]

I like Barenaked Ladies version of When Doves Cry, but I think I like the one by The Be Good Tanyas better:

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[lynnzop[$]]

I need to find that BNL version.

I heard someone cover Darling Nikki...who the heck was it? Not a bad cover.

[magenta321]

lynnzop said

I heard someone cover Darling Nikki...who the heck was it? Not a bad cover.

I'd pay money to have a version of Al and Tipper Gore covering Darling Nikki

[lynnzop[$]]

Oh yeah, like that'd happen.

It was Foo Fighters, BTW. I had to google it, but it really was an excellent version.

[brian_igo]

Some of my favorites

I could listen to Keith Richards' guitar work on this all day long. Brilliant.


It's her song, but Otis wrote it and recorded it first...


Delia's favorite gangsta rap song ever...


Is a performance at a tribute concert a cover? Does it matter if Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty and others are playing?


Great cover by U2


And one just for Lynn...

[brian_igo]

phoenixx said

Oh, and I almost forgot: Green Day's cover of Working Class Hero by John Lennon. John Lennon And Plastic Ono Band is one of my favorite records, and this cover actually gave the song an undertone of anger that it seemed to be missing before. In a nod to Wivabef I posted the Darfur version of the video .

Agreed. I never liked the Lennon version, but Green Day got to the anger boiling underneath.

And Cash's "Hurt" is one of the best songs, ever.

[lynnzop[$]]

Well, unfortunately for us technologically challenged (read DIAL UP), Brian's post is worthless.

but somehow I don't think I'm missing anything

[brian_igo]

lynnzop said

Well, unfortunately for us technologically challenged (read DIAL UP), Brian's post is worthless.

but somehow I don't think I'm missing anything

I thought you got DSL?

No worries, I can send it to you on a disc. No problem, really.

[lynnzop[$]]

That's okay. You don't have to. I probably already have it.

[theworm[$]]

lynnzop said

That's okay. You don't have to. I probably already have it.

I'm fairly certain you don't!

[pippadaisy[$]]

That... that... that... rap... thing... OMG! My EARS!

[Flamepillar]

Hey, long time no see folks

First one that comes to mind every time I hear this question is Everclear's cover of "Brown Eyed Girl". It's a lot slower than the original but when it gets loud it rocks my FACE OFF!

YouTube - Everclear: Brown Eyed Girl

[theworm[$]]

Flamepillar! There's a name from the past!
Welcome back!!!

[phoenixx]

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