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GREAT COVERS OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS
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GREAT COVERS OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS
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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One of my biggest musical surprises ever, for many reasons:. Some years back I heard an amazing, rocked out version of one of my favorite, softer sounding Fleetwood Mac songs. Would never have thought... Gold Dust Woman by Courtney Love and Hole.
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Saw Il Divo on a PBS special recently (though it was filmed in 2018). I was blown away by their cover of the Adele song Hello, or Hola, as performed in Spanish! Bought it on iTunes next day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zopxV9pgkzA
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Have always liked the Foo Fighters' cover of Baker Street. Ir remember an old interview with Gerry Rafferty where he said something about liking the cover better than his original They left the vocals alone and just changed the music. Second choice, Shooter Jennings' cover of Walk of Life. Countried it up and the video is pretty funny.
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This is a double cover - Whiskey in the Jar (traditional Irish folk song)
This Irish folk song became well known in the 60's as recorded and performed by The Dubliners. It's been covered by just about every band in Ireland since.
Thin Lizzy transformed the song in 1973 into a classic rock hit that forever belongs to them. They played it at every concert. Fastforward to 1998, Metallica covers Thin Lizzy with their metal version, which remains on their set list to this day. They won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock performance in 2000.
I really like both versions. It's great fit for Metallica and James Hetfield's voice, but the song is all Thin Lizzy's, and forever classic rock. Here are clips of both versions. Thin Lizzy from 1973 and Metallica from Ireland just days ago.
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This is another cover that I just happened on to. I'm not familiar with either artist, but they make a fine pairing, and harmonies are spot on. This is an Elton John cover, and like many of his songs, lends itself well to harmonizing vocals.
Can You Feel the Love Tonight - performed by Boyce Avenue ft Connie Talbot
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Iโm not a lover of cover songs as a rule and generally hate any Beatles cover but this one I really liked. He went on to win the last season of American Idol. His name is Laine Hardy singing Come Together by the Fab 4๏ธโฃ (itโs on YouTube)
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It didn't make me forget John Lennon's lead vocal. Sorry guys, with all due respect, I don't agree.
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@BeatleloverKT wrote:This was my first season watching American Idol. I am aware of the hype on these kinds of shows. I thought for a young kid he did a pretty good job, not perfect, but respectable. No one can ever do it like John Lennon. That is a given.
Agreed!
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@BeatleloverKT wrote:Iโm not a lover of cover songs as a rule and generally hate any Beatles cover but this one I really liked. He went on to win the last season of American Idol. His name is Laine Hardy singing Come Together by the Fab 4๏ธโฃ (itโs on YouTube)
I looked it up on YT, and he was really good. Beatle songs are covered a lot. Some are well done, and others, not so much. To The Beatles credit, their songs are singable, memorable, and known by everyone on the planet!
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HAVE ALSO SEEN HONEYBOY EDWARDS, GATEMOUTH BROWN, BOBBY BLUE BLAND, & BB KING SEVERAL TIMES; I'M DEFINITELY A BLUES FAN! I GOT MY INTRODUCTION TO THE BLUES WITH THIS LOCAL DALLAS BAND:
https://www.jango.com/music/Anson+Funderburgh+The+Rockets . NOT ONLY CAN ANSON REALLY PLAY, HE HAS A GREAT NAME FOR A BLUES GUITARIST! ENJOY
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but also Buddy Guy, Jr. Wells, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, and The Paul Butterfield Blues Band. One of the best blues acts I ever saw was in Buffalo, NY local act named The Shakin' Smith Blues Band, the guys blues harp was somewhere between Little Walter, and Paul Butterfield...stone cold assasin. PS Anson Funderbergh and the Rockets.....DYNAMITE!!!
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Hotel California - Eagles cover
Stumbled across this version by heavy rock / metal singer Jorn (Norway). The darkness of the song lends itself well to the heavy rock / metal influences, but it's not something easy to imagine after having listened to the melodic, harmonic ballad as performed by the Eagles for so many years. Jorn adds a chord change to the last verse, while a well done, but very different, metal guitar replaces the intricate and harmonic guitars of the Eagles. It makes for an interesting reinterpretation of a classic rock ballad into a completely different genre. He seems to be famous for reworking classic rock into heavy rock / metal songs.
This is one of my favorite songs by the Eagles, but never imagined it play like this . . .
5 Things You Might Not Know About The Eagles' Hotel California - Source:
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/things-eagles-hotel-california/story?id=36375155
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Yes, it is quite a stretch! I would never have imagined an Eaglesโ song turned into metal music. This cover is more about the reinterpretation of an iconic song by an artist who takes it to a different genre that I think is fascinating.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6CDa-z1MUY
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Street of Dreams - Rainbow, cover by Blackmore's Night featuring Joe Lynn Turner
Turner was the original vocalist with Rainbow. Nice duet here with Candice Night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxSD2Z7EWy8
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From the album -
Metallic Attack: The Ultimate Tribute
Nothing Else Matters - Joe Lynn Turner (vocals), Bruce Kulick (lead guitar), Bob Kulick (rhythm guitar), Tony Franklin (bass), Gregg Bissonette (drums).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1P8l3B4UAE
One of my favorite Metallica songs, and arguably, one of the best ever rock ballads.
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