Music thread- Post cover versions

[oVo]

This Wheel's On Fire
written by Bob Dylan for The Band and released on their album Big Pink

a few covers:
The Hollies... The Byrds... Dylan... KT Tunstall & Billy Bragg... Siouxsie and the Banshees... June Tabor... The Beards... Flake... Serena Ryder
& Julie Driscoll with a visual homage to Marcel Duchamp.

[daddy1gringo]

Now if you're going to cover a song, you need to bring something new to it. Perfect example:

Original:

Cover:

Here's another. Not in the same class, but they definitely brought something new:

Original:

Cover:

[rdsrds2120]

Careless Whispers -- Seether

originally sang by George Michaels.

-rd

[The Bison King]

[quote="daddy1gringo"]Now if you're going to cover a song, you need to bring something new to it. Perfect example:

Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmOtWyjs8iU

Cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xJWxPE8G2c

Great example!!! I love that version, and those fake subtitles were crakin me up.

However THE DEBATE IS OVER for the best cover of all time is none other than:

LED ZEPPELIN - WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS

I think most people tend to forget that it's not actually a led Zeppelin original, but some old blues musician named, Kansas Joe McCoy's song

Original

[pancakemix]

Johnny Cash did some pretty awesome covers near the end of his life. Some of them surprised me.

One (U2)

Won't Back Down (Tom Petty, who you can hear singing on the Cash recording)

Hurt (Nine Inch Nails, The Cash version is a massive improvement)

[radiojake]

Easy Dub All Stars

They re-worked whole albums in dub - Awesome - Here are two samples

Covering Pink Floyd
Time (from the album "Dub Side Of The Moon")

Covering Radiohead
Karma Police (from the album "Radiodread")

[oVo]

There's also that humor side of covers... I can't remember the name of the band that did Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven inserting the lyrics of the Gilligan's Island theme. Then there's Weird Al Yankovic songs and Richard Cheese's take on popular tunes.

Welcome to the Jungle, Smells Like Teen Spirit and Me So Horny

[Quirk]

Eek-A-Mouse "D'yer Mak'er" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqyGC6i3i0Q

Ike & Tina Turner "Whole Lotta Love" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSR9nLnPg-Q

R.E.M. "Ghost Riders in the Sky" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FPydoIRoPw

R.E.M. "King of the Road" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6daSPiRDzo

Brian Posehn "The Gambler" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJqpbEImtfA

[nagerous]

Clayhill - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I want

Personally I prefer the original Smiths version.

Muse also did an alright cover... but not as good as aninstrumental version of the song, which is in Ferris Beuller's Day Off.

[Symmetry]

Clayhill - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I want

Personally I prefer the original Smiths version.

Muse also did an alright cover... but not as good as aninstrumental version of the song, which is in Ferris Beuller's Day Off.

That was a great set of covers- I love the Smith's too, and wouldn't say a word against the original version, but those are some good covers.

[oVo]

LED ZEPPELIN - WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS

I think most people tend to forget that it's not actually a led Zeppelin original, but some old blues musician named, Kansas Joe McCoy's song

Original

Husband & wife... Kansas Joe McCoy and lyrics by Memphis Minnie (1929)
in response to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.

This song has been recorded and performed by a boatload of musicians
over the past forty years.
A few recent ones... Bob Dylan & Robert Plant & Alison Krause & Jeff Buckley's Zep cover

[daddy1gringo]

Cantata 147, Bach, 1723: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwWL8Y-qsJg

Joy, Apollo 100, 1972: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S8jd8WhxoI

[daddy1gringo]

Another favorite. Minuet in G Major 1725: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on1DDSLdDOo

A Lover's Concerto, 1965: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmJ1AqtTuyo

And that wonderful little scene from the wonderful little film, Electric Dreams, 1984: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OikgonN81A

[griller]

Long shot
In this case i heard the cover before i heard the original and i personaly think Katy Perry sounds like she's choking on the song
Katy Perry- Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD79neQbfiM
Kelly Clarkson- Cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz-c3lPe8l4

[Symmetry]

Long shot
In this case i heard the cover before i heard the original and i personaly think Katy Perry sounds like she's choking on the song
Katy Perry- Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD79neQbfiM
Kelly Clarkson- Cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz-c3lPe8l4

Changed your avatar? Symmetry sees all.

[griller]

Long shot
In this case i heard the cover before i heard the original and i personaly think Katy Perry sounds like she's choking on the song
Katy Perry- Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD79neQbfiM
Kelly Clarkson- Cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz-c3lPe8l4

Changed your avatar? Symmetry sees all.

Sorry about that I still had that Avi from the time my dad lost/won (i don't remeber) a game and every one in jesus freaks had to change their avi to his.

[Timminz]

Easy Dub All Stars

They re-worked whole albums in dub - Awesome - Here are two samples

Covering Pink Floyd
Time (from the album "Dub Side Of The Moon")

Covering Radiohead
Karma Police (from the album "Radiodread")

I was lucky enough to see those guys, last summer. Very good show.

Richard Cheese's take on popular tunes.

Welcome to the Jungle

Quite possibly the best intro to any song, ever.



Another of my favourite covers ever, is Muse's version of Feeling Good

[daddy1gringo]

An oldie but a goodie, and a great example of "bringing something new to it:

Lean On Me, Original, soulful, Bill Withers, 1972: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9hMLnmeNm4

...Funky, Club Nouveau, 1986: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZPY4BC0byM

...Hip-hop, DC Talk, 1992: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvDSwtr7Ihs

[daddy1gringo]

Here's one of my favorite performers from when I was a kid, Linda Ronstadt. Her cover of "When Will I Be Loved?" Is infinitely better than the Everly Brothers' original. She brings a lot more energy, and of course her phenomenal voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h--3ugScE1Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY-mTbv3 ... re=related.

The same goes for her cover of Buddy Holly's "That'll Be The Day"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk6YDzmq ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqgdPialLog

[daddy1gringo]

Btw, thanks for starting this thread, Sym. Great idea; I'm having a lot of fun with it.

[keiths31]

A few of my favourites...

Tweeter and the Monkey Man - by the Headstones, original by Traveling Wilburys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLEvl_uplUk

Memphis - by Izzy Stradlin, original by Chuck Berry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-3c-UrFr6s

Pressure Drop - by Izzy Stradlin, original by Toots & the Maytals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YdaHHtg6aE

Jessie's Girl - by the Chipmunks, original by Rick Springfield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jah_2BXOzTs

[Symmetry]

Btw, thanks for starting this thread, Sym. Great idea; I'm having a lo0t of fun with it.

Cheers- hope you post a few more classical covers too.

Glenn Gould- Goldberg Variations

First time I listened to him playing I found him speaking/singing kind of weird. Now it's just like he's in his own amazing world when he plays, and listening to it almost feels like intruding,

[oVo]

A bit of 80's new wave... with MTV video
Thomas Dolby... She Blinded Me With Science
Heard a recent acoustic cover of this song I liked a lot... but not youtubed.
so instead here's a few other covers.
Consortium of Genius ... B.H.M. ... Tenchi Muyo mix ... a touch of burlesque

[The Bison King]

A bit of 80's new wave... with MTV video
Thomas Dolby... She Blinded Me With Science
Heard a recent acoustic cover of this song I liked a lot... but not youtubed.
so instead here's a few other covers.
Consortium of Genius ... B.H.M. ... Tenchi Muyo mix ... a touch of burlesque

This live performance of Blinded me with Science is about the saddest thing I've ever seen.

Thomas Dolby embarrassing himself

[daddy1gringo]

Btw, thanks for starting this thread, Sym. Great idea; I'm having a lo0t of fun with it.

Cheers- hope you post a few more classical covers too.

Well, here's one. One of the most beautiful and beloved pieces ever composed, Pachelbel's Canon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvNQLJ1_HQ0

And George Winston's piano version. Now it starts out sounding like it's going to be another sleepy elevator-music version, but stick with it to hear some of the wonderful things Winston does with it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kllZlF6mB2s