In your opinion, the best cover song recorded?? Only 2 allowed!!

For me, "People are strange" - Echo & the Bunnymen,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT6x8bY5asw

and "Boys of summer" - The Ataris.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwpjAQPirE0

C'mon, folks - bring it on!!

2 songs that spring to mind are both from my "Indie Kid" days....

Dinosaur Jr's version of The Cure's Just Like Heaven...A classic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJLOr8S2d2E


and the Wedding Present's version of Make me smile (Come up and see me)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKuY2Ebe4So

I was a big fan of The Wedding Present in my teens and the bass player used a Thunder 1A in the bands early days!

Pretty much a no-brainer for me: Harry Nilsson, Without You:
Without You

Who was he covering you ask? Badfinger, John Ham:
Without You

Ham wrote a terrific song, but Harry made it unforgettable. He had the most brilliant vocalizations since Sinatra.

Hallelujah by VX220NA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOU_K3rT36U

Hot for teacher by 17586063

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_viRvjxGP-A&feature=related

I dare you to watch this, you could be there all night. Is it a girl is it boy, what ever, you'll be mesmerise & turned onto metal as well.

Apparently the hands are the clue,


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOx6HftlrHc&feature=related

Im sure I saw those legs already, anyway Im with Barry.

Im sure I saw those legs already, anyway Im with Barry.

Agreed, but thought I'd spice it up a bit.

Barry wrote:Pretty much a no-brainer for me: Harry Nilsson, Without You:
Without You

Who was he covering you ask? Badfinger, John Ham:
Without You

Ham wrote a terrific song, but Harry made it unforgettable. He had the most brilliant vocalizations since Sinatra.

Pete Ham; hanged himself when depressed about the shonky record deal he had which went bad. Tom Evans the bass player also hanged himself; gruesome eh! Fabulous band; on high rotate on my iPod.... Wonderful cover, Barry; I agree!

Westbone, if ever a song needed the pee taken out of it, it is Hallelujah! That said, I do like Jeff Buckley's take on it....

Come on guys; proper, commercial type covers that have had radio airtime.... we all know of people like the wee Jap lass who can do note for note copies of riffs but to take an already reasonably successful song and give it your own twist is quite a feat!

Fish, you obviously didn't play my 2nd choice.

some guitarist though.

What about this cover version for all you old rockers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wM58YXp2x0

There must be a Westone pointy in there

[quote="Barry"]Pretty much a no-brainer for me: Harry Nilsson, Without You:
Without You


Who was singing, the wolf.

No Westbone, I never went back to your post after watching your first post which led me to the legs, not surprising really.

Ye know I wondered about the Wolf?

Joe bonamassa---- A new day yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gBrLKFoTPo

Inca Roads (Frank Zappa Cover) on acoustic. It counts as a cover even though Mike Keneally (the guitarist) played with Frank for a bunch of years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8DxA1rLmo4

OK, this is'nt strictly the best cover, but they are kids after all!

Check out the skill of the lead guitarist.

Sails of Charon - Cover

depressing, is'nt it.

DAN.

Stevie Ray Vaughn version of Little Wing was pretty good!

vidmachine wrote:Stevie Ray Vaughn version of Little Wing was pretty good!

Anything by SRV was "pretty good"!

Westbone wrote:Who was singing, the wolf.

Hey now, don't be dissing my vocal hero. Harry was a true original and a tad, um, weird. No, the wolf wasn't singing, he wasn't even in the studio!
Not a lot of video on Harry, he was a bit shy about public performances, and a drunk, but God, could he friggin' sing!!

Not one of my all time greats but bloody impressive-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFqTd-CEjHM&feature=fvsr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZpD0btOZx8&NR=1

On a more serious note - i love this (not for the purist)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiBMvp4fxT4

Good ol' "Mr Scary"; I still like listening to Dokken on occasion!!

The Korean fella is clever, no question, but that whole 2 guitar thing leaves me cold; I've watched Michael Angelo do it live and whilst technically impressive, it's a bit, well, wanky, really....


I'm just jealous....

He left me shaking my head. Amazing technical ability, but...just because you can do something, doesn't necessarily mean you should.
This guy should be playing piano methinks.

I don't listen to many covers, but these are some of my favorites:

Ace Frehley, tearing up ELO's "Do Ya"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTrp02hpI2E

Red, doing a thought provoking job on Duran Duran's "Ordinary World"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQeq_T_2VE8

Hey man; both of those are very good indeed; thank you!!

Ace's "Do Ya" is great, isn't it? That's my favorite, along with "People are Strange" which someone else already took!

The Chad wrote: ... along with "People are Strange" which someone else already took!

Ah, yeah; that was me!!!

I find this to be pretty tasty:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QUWkFeGQ0A

Rush does up "The Seeker".

BTW these are some great vids here.... bonamassa is nothing short of fabulous, and the Inca Roads cover essentially defines "courageous".

Oh, we get to post two, yes?

Well - here's #2 from me....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FanTQ72IqDY

The Who covering a little-known Eddie Cochran tune.

YES!! Another 2 pearlers there, thanks, Ian!! I reckon I was the only person in NZ to have Feedback when it first came out, eh!! Lucy and I are going to see them in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in May... Rock on!!

I am not to sure how to link the youtube clips, however..

ATROCITY, Fade to grey. Was well vamped up. (check out the clip, makes me want to live in a cage).lol

Gary Moore, Live version of Red House. I would love to see how many times I have watched the clip.
Cheers,
Richie..

THEBARRON wrote:I am not to sure how to link the youtube clips, however..

ATROCITY, Fade to grey. Was well vamped up. (check out the clip, makes me want to live in a cage).lol

Gary Moore, Live version of Red House. I would love to see how many times I have watched the clip.
Cheers,
Richie..

Agreed; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXYjEMTQRm0

Mind, this may be a bit heavy for us old'uns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDF2RS6Rmv4 speaking for myself of course.
With you on the Cage though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ3BVsSoA2E

Caucajun great dungerees on your clip.

How about these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go&feature=related

and for the heavier persuasion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1dv5D9PFvA

mosh.............and enjoy

I know that only 2 allowed but I forgot this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp2LgqJvp8U

know it's the dreaded X factor but an astounding vocal by any standard. Check out the BBC Radio 1 live lounge version for a great live version

IanO wrote:and for the heavier persuasion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1dv5D9PFvA

I liked all of Garage Inc except that one!! I thought Extreme did a fabulous job of it at Freddy's tribute gig...

Caucajun great dungerees on your clip.

Yeah; they're good, eh!!

And if you can have 3 then so can I; "Cum feel the noize" - Quiet Riot...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2GZLRdFWVQ&feature=related

For some reason that clip reminded me of Dio - Killswitch Engage did a great cover of holy diver. Check out the guitarists lamb chops and the drummers beard - obviously to much for one man alone, I'm green with envy!

[/quote]John wrote:
"I reckon I was the only person in NZ to have Feedback when it first came out, eh!! Lucy and I are going to see them in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in May... Rock on!!"[quote]

Good job eh.... let us know how that pans out.

Ian

Hayseed Dixie? Hmmm... Hayseed Dixie. Hayseed Dixie!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muyqMrsuLXw&feature=related


WARNING: Don't have a mouthful of tea when you are watching this one.

I only need 1. Twist and Shout by The Beatles.

The way Lennon shreds his vocal cords on this cover, you could have sworn he was claiming ownership.

We may have a winnah.

Gonna be hard to beat

It certainly has the pedigree....

Thanks for putting those clips up for me FISH..
Cheers,
Richie..

Also, do the Beatles top the lot due to sales?

That... and the fact that they were a bloody good covers band, and that was a top cover!!

I'm not digging too deep here but Voodoo Chile and Chitlins con Carne by SRV always brighten my day.

I know it's a bit heretical, but I start yawning when I hear Hendrix, either played by Hendrix or by anyone else. Over-exposure, perhaps?!

Yeah, I know what you mean.
Hendrix was seminal but after 40+ years of hearing the same riffs over and over something inside gets bit numb to it all.
Pity.

corsair wrote:I know it's a bit heretical, but I start yawning when I hear Hendrix, either played by Hendrix or by anyone else. Over-exposure, perhaps?!

True, true. But how often is Kenny Burrell recorded by someone so mainstream? (He offers up valiantly in rebuttal)

While not guitar related covers I like these two.

Toad the Wet Sprocket redoing a classic Kiss song. I like this one because I think Kiss is the most overrated band ever - not a fan, and Toad changed it to a folky melodic song. They also changed it from 4/4 to 3/4 which is pretty clever I think -who changes the time signature when covering a song? awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWehJZaxqI0



The second is Rolling Stones' Wild Horses as done by The Sundays. I like this one because again I think the Stones are way over rated. While Jagger is a great performer, I'm not a fan of his voice. The gal in the sundays has an angelic voice and really brings the melody to the forefront.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9lEd5bIbbQ

@Iceman.... That's cause Burrell's music isn't exactly mainstream; I love Kenny Burrell and am still - after 15 years - trying to get to grips with Bye and bye!! I liked SRV when he took his foot off the pedal a bit...

@Sarcaster... Wow.. very nice indeed; like 'em both but especially Wild horses!!

corsair wrote:
@Sarcaster... Wow.. very nice indeed; like 'em both but especially Wild horses!!

Ya, her voice and the subtle guitar made a good song even better IMO. Wish both Toad and the Sundays were still around.