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?

[MaVolta]

Nothing Else Matters - Agal the Bard (Bardcore), Metallica cover

https://youtu.be/wCUx9nOt9u8

The Final Countdown - Agal the Bard (Bardcore), Europe cover

https://youtu.be/E630wR0cP2M

Temple Of The King - Agal the Bard (Bardcore), Rainbow cover, & the hat! 😸
https://youtu.be/8rEWZ1yF7Ig

So I think “bardcore” is his music style, and Agal the Bard is his artist name. 

[dl73698250]

Checked them out. Bardcore? Who/What are these guys? A real band, or session players having fun? An interesting take. Don't know what to make of it yet.

[MaVolta]

@dl73698250 He’s a one man band, multi-instrumentalist, playing authentic medieval instruments. “Bardcore” is apparently a genre of music that interprets modern pop, rock, or metal into medieval styled music. Neoclassical, gothic and fantasy metal tend to work really well for obvious reasons. 

[Vexed]

Thanks for those @MaVolta . I really enjoyed his music. Always appreciate multi-instrumentalists too. He did some System of a Down covers too that were good.Haven't listen to all his stuff yet. I do love the hat. 🐱

[MaVolta]

Did not know SOAD, so I had to check out the originals. I liked them, too. 

I also found him on Apple Music. 

[Vexed]

"Friday on My Mind" - original The Easybeats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSowZcvoqr4

Cover by

Peter Frampton - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i083ChiNp7U 

[MaVolta]

Oh my! The Easybeats song, it’s been eons since I heard that one! Nice cover by Frampton. Noticed in the credits that Steve Lukather is on guitar and backing vocals.

[Vexed]

"White Wedding" - original Billy Idol - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAZQaYKZMTI 

Covers:

"White Wedding" - Leo( Moracchioli ) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WekfTZpX8Mk

"White Wedding" - Herman's Hermits - I was surprised https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vm3BvI88Pw - from the album When Pigs Fly, Songs You Never Thought You Would Hear. A collection of popular songs recorded by artists considered unlikely to cover them. Compiled by Cevin Soling

"White Wedding" - Jay Smith - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUKpFtIu-3M

[dl73698250]

Herman's Hermit's? I noticed a 2002 date on it. Original Hermit's? Hard to believe they're still playing. They're from the 1960's. Still sound good. Big departure from their bubble gum rock (which I like).

[Vexed]

@dl73698250  It was Peter Noone, I don't know how much of the group are left or if any of the hermits were on the record. Peter Noone is still touring (currently has a lineup for 2022-2023) as Herman's Hermits, like other bands that continue with the name no matter if it is the complete original line-up or not. He heard about the concept project (released in 2002) and wanted to do it as did the others on the album that were recruited. 

[MaVolta]

Herman’s Hermits! Yeah, whowuda thunk? I’ll check out that album for sure! 

[dl73698250]

Check your language. It's spelled "whooda thunk"

[MaVolta]

😹

I tried, but even spell check didn’t have a clue!

[Vexed]

@dl73698250 , in our cases it was a made up word of "Who would have thought that", regarding that song was unusual to hear from Peter Noone/Herman's Hermits. We can spell it any way we wish. I supposed we could have spelled it that way or any other close way.

We knew what we meant. 😊

Idioms can become fairly standard, such as: "Who'd a thunk it".

But as far as I am concerned, if you get your point across, who cares about proper. I may not use the best words or even proper punctuation. 

Whooda Thunk is a alternative/indie musician (that I have not listened to).

[Vexed]

I know, whowuda thunk. 

[Vexed]

"Rasputin" - original by Boney M - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl_Eo2QzqU4 

Covers:

"Rasputin" - We Are The Union - Posted in funny videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4l_yF14M4o 

"Rasputin" - Leo ( Moracchioli ) - He is a multi-instrumentalist and producer owner of Frog Leap Studio. Most of his stuff is pretty over the top.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngDZPmUBW34 

[ripvanwinkle96]

Arcade Fire's cover of  Peter Gabriel's "My Body is a Cage" {lp, Scratch My Back} Perfectly set to the gothic "Bride of Frankenstein" 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d70KxUeToMk&ab_channel=SteVin89

[MaVolta]

Diamonds And Rust - Judas Priest  (Joan Baez cover)

They have (at least) two versions of this song performed live, both very different interpretations, and both are amaaazzing!  Gotta love these guys! 

https://youtu.be/mIC7KQPDuDc

https://youtu.be/eHyl8a394-M

Here’s version 3: https://youtu.be/_DkpO9UEA3Q

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[BeatleloverKT]

Different drum, Greenbriar Boys

Covered by the Stone Poneys

Found it was written by Mike Nesmith

of Monkees fame. He had his own 

cover version also

[ripvanwinkle96]

Brian Hyland's 1970 cover of  1961's Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions, "Gypsy Woman".

{Intro & Outro "The Wolfman" 1941.}

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6nemPGqx0o&ab_channel=GodzillaSr

[MaVolta]

Downtown Train - Rod Stewart  (Tom Waits cover)

https://youtu.be/F93FZ5zLOS0

Downtown Train -  Bob Seger 

https://youtu.be/tyBLNekm_ms

Tom Waits original - https://youtu.be/qWDJIwqCXi4

I never cared for Tom Waits vocals, but he wrote some great songs. Rod Stewart made it famous, Bob Seger made it cool! Edge to Seger on this one for me. 😎

[dl73698250]

I know what you mean about his voice.  But, I can't really imagine somebody else doing this song: TOM WAITS- COLD COLD GROUND https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4UqE5c8G6E

It's kinda like Bob Dylan; he doesn't have the greatest voice either, or Ozzy Osborne. But, I wouldn't want do without their music.

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Run Runaway" * Slade [83]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMxcGaAwy-Q&ab_channel=GanarlyFilms

The Scottish glam group sampled a 1850 church hymn written by Andrew Young [1838] arranged by L B Breedlove in [1858] called "There is a Happy Land". and came away with a #1 hit. I kid you not...........

• It is sung in the film Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
• The melody is borrowed in the rock song "Run Runaway" (1983) by Slade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-fBx0jezYY&ab_channel=RojasZela-ChristianVideos

[dl73698250]

Well, what do you know? Great Big Sea also did this song (not a rock version; more of a folk/culture song).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UMV36zYs58

[Vexed]

"Lies" - Knickerbockers (65) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH9YRpz757Y 

cover by

Styx (74) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZp-fBIgYU8 

[MaVolta]

Oh yeah, that song! They (Knickerbockers) sounded so much like The Beatles. I noticed someone wrote in the YT comments that John Lennon heard it and made the remark, “ I don’t remember recording that.” 😂 

[Vexed]

I love that comment. Their cover of "I want To Hold Your Hand" was pretty good. 

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

Surprised they didn't do more Beatles covers.

[Vexed]

"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" - (1953) original by The Four Lads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcze7EGorOk 

Covers

They Might Be Giants - (1990) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0JhC3LO0-8 

Ding Dong Daddios (2004) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX2pBccURUg 

[ripvanwinkle96]

Elvis Presley's cover of "Now & Then" {there's a fool such as I"  1958

The first recording of this song written by Bill Trader and sung & played by Hank Snow in 1952.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtJz_Wm-gG0&ab_channel=DelTangBrav

 

[Vexed]

"Eternal Flame" - written by Susanna Hoffs, Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg 

   - original by The Bangles (88)

cover by Human Nature (99) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6FhICVvMnI