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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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Eddie Cochran's great anthem "Summertme Blues" has been covered several times,
Blue Cheer was an American rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s.. Based in San Francisco, Blue Cheer played in a psychedelic blues rock or acid rock style, and are also credited as being some of the earliest pioneers of heavy metal, with their cover of "Summertime Blues" sometimes cited as the first in the genre. They have also been noted as influential in the development of genres as disparate as punk rock, stoner rock, doom metal, experimental rock, and grunge, and maybe even the "hair band".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as1NcX31szs&ab_channel=Beat-Club
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They definitely colored outside the lines!
The Who had a good version of this song, as well. One of the few covers they ever played, but it was a regular in the set list from 67 - 77.
https://youtu.be/kC4S13jcki4
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"I've Got My Mind Set on You" - George Harrison
original by James Ray
2 versions of videos for the song.
Version 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhat-xUQ6dw
Version 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_3P8yffABE
Putting in Cheer Up thread too.
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Now that I'm on the DC5 kick, their cover of Bobby Day's "Over & Over" was their only song that reached No.1 in the US. It seems that several other of their hits would have numero uno but Billboard says nope.
DC5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg-HMZo3ISc&ab_channel=jarichards99utube
Bobby Day (1958 - #2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCzlcR1Phcw&ab_channel=John1948TwoB1a
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I made a Spotify playlist a while back of great cover songs if anyone is interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3tGaNjbwmx3ESI91Mnv4L4?si=45c860e6819d4c4b
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"Who Do You Love" - cover by The Doors -- original by Bo Diddley
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Keeping with oldies - I don’t know the original, and haven’t found it on YouTube. I always thought it was Ricky’s song since that’s the only one I remember. So this song has had a lot of covers. My favorite is Queen, and I don’t really care for the Led Zep version (sorry LZ fans), but included it any way. Statlers version is pretty cool. Do y’all have a favorite?
Hello Mary Lou - Ricky Nelson, (Johnny Duncan cover 1960)
Queen
CCR
The Statler Brothers
Led Zeppelin
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Interesting fun fact, from Songfacts: Pitney also recorded the song, but his record label never released it because he already had a single out. They shopped it around, and Johnny Duncan released it just before Nelson, who ended up with the hit.
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Big Beat Genre Fatboy Slim's (Norman Cook) 1998 rendition of "Funk Soul Brother" {Rockefeller Skank} https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIfuq7pR_Zs&ab_channel=Whatwassampled%3F
was derived from the obscure instrumental "Sliced Tomatoe's" By Detroit band the Just Brothers (1972)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ05TOj4NYc&ab_channel=SMELLTHECRATES
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"Some Kind of Wonderful" - Grand Funk Railroad - original by Soul Brothers Six
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Lay Lady Lay - Bryan Adams (Dylan cover)
From his album, Tracks of My Years (2014) which is all covers. It has a lot of great songs, and he sings them so well. I like it a lot! 😎
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I like Brian Adams. But, this is not as good as Bob Dylan's version.
Brian has a lot of good french songs. For instance: Brian Adams; Je Suis La Me Voila (mostafa bouhlil). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SaM6S-oHMw.
He has a lot of good songs in his own right. He just didn't do a good job with Dylan's song.
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"I've Told Every Little Star" * Mary Ellis (1933) written by J Kern & O Hammerstein. This operatic song was inspired by a Cape Cod Sparrow Melospiza Melodia. No kidding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mdcvrZYE4Q&ab_channel=RReady555
Linda Scott's version (1961) is the one everyone probably identifies with, but the warbling bird was a surprise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifgpiGs_4Js&ab_channel=imanuglyfrogtoo
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"Knocking on Heavens Door" - original by Bob Dylan - 1973
Have two favorite covers.
Eric Clapton - 1975 -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIT7_1hTZ0g
Warren Zevon - 2003 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euBuVh_BUe4
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"Sea of Love" - The Honeydrippers original by Phil Phillips with The Twilights
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