GREAT COVERS OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS

[nyadrn]

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?

[dl73698250]

Checked it out. Pretty good. It reminds me of Dr John's Right Place Wrong Time.

[Vexed]

Great song.

[ripvanwinkle96]

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

[MaVolta]

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

[Vexed]

"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.

[ripvanwinkle96]

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

[Raynyky]

DC5 was Really a great band!

[Raynyky]

Dave Clark Five’s cover of The Contours Do You Love Me?

[ripvanwinkle96]

My first concert was the DC5, back in 64' at the Melodyland Theater cross from Disneyland. I didn't hear anything cuz all the screaming girls. 😠

[WilliamS68311]

I made a Spotify playlist a while back of great cover songs if anyone is interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3tGaNjbwmx3ESI91Mnv4L4?si=45c860e6819d4c4b

[Vexed]

"Who Do You Love" - cover by The Doors -- original by Bo Diddley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EmD32AQzaQ 

[Raynyky]

Santana’s cover of Fleetwood Mac’s Black Magic Women

[ripvanwinkle96]

Gregg Rolie, vocals & keyboards on that great cover.

[dl73698250]

What? I remember when Santana's version came out. I also remember that I heard the band Santana before I heard the Fleetwood Mac band. I always thought Fleetwood Mac was covering Santana's song. Surprise, surprise.

[MaVolta]

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) 

https://youtu.be/AMVQCHgpYmI

Queen

https://youtu.be/BjUAH7nBiko

CCR

https://youtu.be/A_yaFj0Lysc

The Statler Brothers

https://youtu.be/j-EcCKAc_iY

Led Zeppelin 

https://youtu.be/wvRxXvitACk

[ripvanwinkle96]

Written by the great Gene Pitney.

[MaVolta]

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. 

[ripvanwinkle96]

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

[Vexed]

"Some Kind of Wonderful" - Grand Funk Railroad - original by Soul Brothers Six

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMt1MnjpHC0 

[MaVolta]

Lay Lady Lay - Bryan Adams (Dylan cover)

https://youtu.be/jxiAHDofwR8

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! 😎

[dl73698250]

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.

[Raynyky]

Chris Stapleton’s cover of Metallica’s Nothing Else Matters 

[EricC227821]

Awesome sound. Really turns up the intensity. Oddly the lyrics say love song, but the tone of the music seems to say 'all is lost'.

[ripvanwinkle96]

"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

[Vexed]

"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 

[EricC227821]

Gotta put a word in for the GnR version too.

[dl73698250]

Bob and Warren sound like they're singing with one foot in the grave. But, Eric sounds like he's skipping merrily down the street. Skip to the loo, my darling. Maybe he has to go real bad.

[Vexed]

Warren was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2002 and died in 2003 after finishing the album.

[Vexed]

"Sea of Love" - The Honeydrippers  original by Phil Phillips with The Twilights 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd8WUJ9uT3o 

[LeeS6949]

A pretty good movie too.. Al Pacino and Ellen Bursten..