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GREAT COVERS OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS

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December 2, 2017
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For many an original song that they love cannot and will not ever be duplicated by a cover, but there are many songs that have been done equally (debatebly) well by others..

So do you have favorites?

What are your favorite covers of favorite songs?

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Raynyky

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Heard it Through The Grapevine-CCR

OscarE1968

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Awesome rendition of Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love" by Taco Sauce a local Tucson band. These Girls can Rock !!!!!!

https://youtu.be/UbnGnSialeY

DarcyFarrow

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Smells Like Teen Spirit (Tori Amos)

DarcyFarrow

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Me and Bobby McGee--Janis Joplin

DarcyFarrow

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Here's a powerful American Sign Language interpretation of Carrie Underwood's "Jesus, Take the Wheel"

DarcyFarrow

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Lady Gaga singing a jazzy, big band version of Cher's "Bang Bang"

BeatleloverKT

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Liar, 1970, originally done by Argent.
Released the same year by Three Dog

Night. Never knew it was a cover. So

much prefer the Three Dog night version!

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jm2422

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Speaking of great Three Dog Night covers, how about:"Eli's Coming",

their cover of Laura Nyro's great song. Absolutely great version.

Vocals on that cut jump off the record.

DarcyFarrow

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Maxwell's version of Kate Bush's "This Woman's Work" has received a lot of applause

JasD455899

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This may have been 'covered' here already, but I went 1/2 way and didn't find it, so....

The Jimi Hendrix song Little Wing.

Epically and majestically covered by Eric Clapton and [mostly] Duane Allman as Dominos,

came out a totally different song, raising it to the level of an anthem.

There's a youtube from back then, personally I like the studio version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G5CJFrO2Oc

Covered as instrumental by Stevie Ray Vaughan, more true to original

Covered by Steve Vai, also more true to the original.

Covered by Pearl Jam straight up [called it Maggot Brain], mixed it into Yellow Ledbetter.

Others covered it as well. What other song was turned into 'a hit' by 4 of the greatest guitar players ever [ not to mention the vastly underrated Mike McCready ] ?

DarcyFarrow

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Since we're on the subject of "Little Wing," here's Sting's version; and his bluesy "Wind Cries Mary" duet; and his rockin' version of "Purple Haze"

DarcyFarrow

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The Muppets' version of "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Because we could all use a laugh these days.

JasD455899

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Electric Mayhem

BeatleloverKT

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Black magic woman, 1969, Fleetwood

Mac. The Mac did a respectable job with

this song but the 1970 Santana cover

is where this song shines

JasD455899

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Sorry if this one's been done, but Bonnie Raitt's signature song IMO - Angel from Montgomery -

is a cover. John Prine's original is on his debut album, Bonnie took it and made it her own.

Bonnie does a tribute performance of it [ from her living room ] at the end of the charity fund raising video put together by his wife and a bunch of friends and fans. The video - musical and other tributes from Colbert, Kara Sedgewick and Kevin Bacon, Billy Bob Thornton, Vince Gill, Sturgil Simpson, Eric Church, Rita Wilson, Bill Murray, and many others - is long but worth watching

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv05dPfmx40