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D.H. Miltz · Post by **D.H. Miltz** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:27 am

Judas Priest - Diamonds and Rust (Joan Baez)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs1KHT12DUc

D.H. Miltz · Post by **D.H. Miltz** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:33 am

Sisters of Mercy - Emma (Hot Chocolate)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvoiPqdhL6A

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:34 am

PatchAdamz wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 12:37 amNah, everyone has posted some cool stuff.

I dunno, that Audrey and Japri thing is an abomination and I can't imagine anyone would find that Mexican Radio cover anything but dreadful. And if I was going to pick a Sisters cover, it would be their version of Hot Chocolate's Emma, not Gimme Shelter, which just sounds terrible.

D.H. Miltz · Post by **D.H. Miltz** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:34 am

Joe Strummer - Redemption Song (Bob Marley)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L24opbKF7GE

EdwardGivens · Post by **EdwardGivens** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 2:21 am

One of my all time favorites - Martin Newnham covering Cloudbusting by Kate Bush.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tHD023CTIM

PatchAdamz · Post by **PatchAdamz** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 2:46 am

BONES wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:34 am
PatchAdamz wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 12:37 amNah, everyone has posted some cool stuff.
I dunno, that Audrey and Japri thing is an abomination and I can't imagine anyone would find that Mexican Radio cover anything but dreadful. And if I was going to pick a Sisters cover, it would be their version of Hot Chocolate's Emma, not Gimme Shelter, which just sounds terrible.

I think most people, including myself, prefer the originals to covers 90% of the time but sometimes you get gems like Jimi Hendrix doing Bob Dylans All Along the Watchtower....

Dylan said: ""It overwhelmed me, really. He had such talent, he could find things inside a song and vigorously develop them. He found things that other people wouldn't think of finding in there. He probably improved upon it by the spaces he was using."

Also Devos version of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" is tasty.....

It really shows an artist talent when its done well......

Here are a couple career changing covers.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKTOvHw8qFM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYrXK5ek_PQ

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:15 am

Didn’t we do this recently? Anyway, here are a few covers that I prefer over the originals

https://youtu.be/9i-0FB68LoQ

https://youtu.be/rhJZrRV5YKo

https://youtu.be/o7WtavVdBCk (ok, this one is a tie with the original IMO)

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:27 am

PatchAdamz wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 2:46 amI think most people, including myself, prefer the originals to covers 90% of the time but sometimes you get gems like Jimi Hendrix doing Bob Dylans All Along the Watchtower....

Let's be honest, though, it's not hard to sound better than Dylan. All his songs sound better when someone else sings them.

Also Devos version of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" is tasty.....

That version really does nothing for me. It's easily the weakest track on their first album. It's definitely better than their version of Working in a Coal Mine, though, but not as good as Secret Agent Man.

Here are a couple career changing covers.....

I think dying young was the best thing that happened to Jeff Buckley's career. It took Hallelujah around 15 years after its (album) release to chart. For 10 of those years he'd been dead.

I think, mostly, people like the first version of a song they hear or the one they have heard the most. A cover needs to be really, really good or offer something different and good to be able to cut through that preference.

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:29 am

Oh, and I can’t forget the Trashcan Sinatras’ cover of The Smiths’ “I Know It’s Over”

https://youtu.be/6HSJ70UJJbo

PatchAdamz · Post by **PatchAdamz** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:34 am

BONES wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:27 am
PatchAdamz wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 2:46 amI think most people, including myself, prefer the originals to covers 90% of the time but sometimes you get gems like Jimi Hendrix doing Bob Dylans All Along the Watchtower....
Let's be honest, though, it's not hard to sound better than Dylan. All his songs sound better when someone else sings them.
Also Devos version of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" is tasty.....
That version really does nothing for me. It's easily the weakest track on their first album. It's definitely better than their version of Working in a Coal Mine, though, but not as good as Secret Agent Man.
Here are a couple career changing covers.....
I think dying young was the best thing that happened to Jeff Buckley's career. It took Hallelujah around 15 years after its (album) release to chart. For 10 of those years he'd been dead.

I think, mostly, people like the first version of a song they hear or the one they have heard the most. A cover needs to be really, really good or offer something different and good to be able to cut through that preference.

“Art and life are subjective. Not everybody's gonna dig what I dig, but I reserve the right to dig it.”
― Whoopi Goldberg

EdwardGivens · Post by **EdwardGivens** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 4:18 am

Corey Taylor performs Asia’s Heat of The Moment
https://youtu.be/UgZOuPL629g

EdwardGivens · Post by **EdwardGivens** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 4:21 am

Primus does Family and the Fishing Net by peter Gabriel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjnbDlamCcU

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 5:24 am

I quite like this. I find Primus very hit and miss, though. Their cover of XTC's Making Plans for Nigel leaves a bit to be desired.

EdwardGivens · Post by **EdwardGivens** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:52 pm

The amazing Randolf Arriola covers With or Without You by U2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJvTT-x8ZAI

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 5:41 pm

https://youtu.be/Co5gWhp4uG0

steve hillage - hurdy gurdy man (donovan)

Great Covers