Your Favorite Cover Versions

Subject: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 07:18 AM

Every so often an artist comes up with a cover version of one of your favourite songs and surpasses the original artist.

What are your favourites ?

Some for consideration.

All along the Watchtower, by Jimi Hendrix.

Yesterday, by Matt Monroe.

We can work it out, by Stevie Wonder.

My Way, by the Sex Pistols.

Satisfaction, by Bubblerock.

Swing low Sweet Chariot, by Eric Clapton.

Answer me, by Barbara Dickson.

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,Terry McDonald
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 07:27 AM

With a Little Help from my Friends - Joe Cocker

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 07:28 AM

Wild Thing, sung by Bernard Wrigley.

eric

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 07:33 AM

Great choice Terry, it was brilliant.

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Midchuck
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 07:57 AM

"Yesterday's Wine" (Willie Nelson) sung by Merle Haggard and George Jones.

Peter

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Bobert
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 08:21 AM

"I Am the Walrus" by Spooky Tooth... Best recorded song ever!!!

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: bobad
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 08:38 AM

"Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 09:05 AM

Absolutely brilliant selection above, there has to be an album here !

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Cool Beans
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 09:19 AM

"Clouds (Both Sides Now)," the Dave Van Ronk version of the Joni Mitchell song.

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: clueless don
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 09:26 AM

I liked John Denver's rendition of the Beatles' "Mother Nature's Son".

Don

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,HiLo
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 09:34 AM

Annie Lennox, Whiter Shade of Pale, Sinead O'Connor, Nothing Compares to You, Anne Murray, Daydream Believer, Neil Young, All Along The Watchtower, k.d. lang, Hallelulia, Diana Krall, River, Judy Collins, Joan of Arc, Rolling Stones, Love In Vain.

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: fat B****rd
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 09:35 AM

Aretha's "Respect" deserves respect.

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Mooh
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 09:36 AM

Down By The River...Roy Buchanan
Sweet Dreams...Roy Buchanan
Carol (Chuck Berry)...The Rolling Stones
Little Queenie (Chuck Berry)...The Rolling Stones
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (Dylan)...Taj Mahal
Before You Accuse Me (Bo Diddley)...Eric Clapton, CCR
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Harrison)...Jeff Healey
Badge (Clapton/Harrison)...Jeff Healey
Spooky...Atlanta Rhythm Section
Come Together (Lennon/McCartney)...Aerosmith
Superstition...Jeff Beck
Gonna Send You Back To Georgia (Hound Dog Taylor)...Gov't Mule
Stormy Monday Blues...Jethro Tull
Bring It On Down To My House (Bob Wills)...Asleep At The Wheel
Limehouse Blues...Joscho Stephan, Chet Atkins/Les Paul

Just for starters

Peace, Mooh.

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Becca72
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 09:53 AM

I don't generally care for cover versions but I am rather fond Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds as done by The Hooters.

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,Terry McDonald
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 10:41 AM

Fields of Gold - Eva Cassidy

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: pdq
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 10:41 AM

Richie Haven's version of "Here Comes The Sun" (Beatles)

Jerry Garcia's "Simple Twist Of Fate" (Bob Dylan)

Ian Tyson's "Over The Rainbow " (Judy Garland)

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 10:43 AM

Joe Cocker is my favourite too, but what about.

Light my Fire....José Feliciano?


G

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: bobad
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 10:57 AM

"Somewhere Over The Rainbow/Wonderful World" Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: patriot1314
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 11:05 AM

Richard Shindell's version of Springsteen's 4th July Asbury Park

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 08:18 PM

Wow, some great suggestions, and I have to say lots of the above covers are some of my favorite covers.

However, they aren't all, IMO, "better" than the originals. As good an interpretation of the originals, from the above list:

All Along the Watchtower - the Jimi version is the first song I heard when I turned on the radio after my daughter was born. So I am damn partial to that version. But does it supplant Dylan's and the Band's version of it on the live recording 'Before the Flood'?

Not in my world. But the two versions are, IMO, equal.

Same with Jose Feliciano's version of 'Light my Fire'. Better than the Doors? No, not IMO. Equal to the Doors, not quite but almost.

Annie Lennox's version of 'Whiter Shade of Pale', same deal. Equal to the original.

Or the song "Crazy Love". Who's version of that one is best? Or "Brown Eyed Girl"?

I will agree though, Eva Cassady's version of "Fields of Gold" wipes out all others. Just blows 'em away.

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 08:34 PM

Or what about Patti Smith's versions of songs by Springsteen & Neil Young?

They are bloody brilliant, but "better than" the originals. Tough call on a cupla of 'em.

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 08:36 PM

Oops, and meant to say "...and her album of covers "Twelve"?"

Subject: RE: BS: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Arkie
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 11:11 PM

I do not care for the term "covers" since the way some people use the term it implies that a song belongs to the first person to record it, but it can be useful in some respects so I'll play. Eva Cassidy and a few other singers have the ability to make a song sound fresh and like you are hearing it for the first time.

Covers I like:

Eva Cassidy - Fever
Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves
Eva Cassidy - Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Eva Cassidy - Time After Time
Eva Cassidy - You Take My Breath Away
and I could go on...

Jon Anderson - Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
Jennifer Warnes - Ballad of the Runaway Horse
Neko Case - Buckets of Rain
Annie Haslam - Its All Over Now Baby Blue
David Grisman, John Hartford, & Mike Seeger - Maggie's Farm
Marley's Ghost - Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat
Sarah Harmer - Stormy Weather
June Tabor - Heart Like A Wheel
Kasey Chambers - True Colors
Kasey Chambers - Water In The Fuel
Emmylou Harris - Magdalene Laundries
Emmylou Harris - Nobody's Darling But Mine

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: the button
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 11:49 PM

Shipbuilding -- Robert Wyatt
By the time I get to Phoenix -- Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Hurt -- Johnny Cash
Black seam -- Swan Arcade

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Giant Folk Eyeball (inactive)
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 04:43 AM

Oi! The Button! Have you been rifling through my record collection?

I'd add 'I See a Darkness' and 'the Mercy Seat' by Johnny Cash, 'At Last I am Free' by Robert Wyatt, 'Running Scared' by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, 'Why' by the Memory Band and the sort-of cover/adaptation of 'Both Sides of the Tweed' by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy...

Cheers

Nigel

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Escapee
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 04:53 AM

Flatt and Scruggs's Last Train To Clarksville
CCR's I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Acorn4
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 06:12 AM

"I Walk the Line" - Travis Tritt- great voice, stupid name!

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,buspassed
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 06:31 AM

Eliza Carthy singing Billy Bragg's 'King James Version' and also her uncle's [Mike Waterson] song 'Jack Frost' and I do like her dad's version of 'Heartbreak Hotel'.

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: fat B****rd
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 07:12 AM

Warren Zevon "Knocking On Heavens Door"
Robert Wyatt "Shipbuilding"
Roger Chapman "Let's Spend The Night Together"

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: oldhippie
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 08:53 AM

Desolation Row - both the Audry Rose and Robyn Hitchcock versions

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Arkie
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 10:42 AM

Del McCoury has very interesting versions of The Times They Are Changing and 1952 Vincent Black Lightning.

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 11:21 AM

Kathryn Williams - Hallelujah

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Escapee
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 11:23 AM

Can you cover yourself? If so, Dylan's " Blowin' In The Wind " from the Concert for Bangladesh, if not, nevermind.
SKP

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Gene Burton
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 11:28 AM

Well, aren't ALL performances of traditional songs covers??

BTW, I like the original "All Along the Watchtower" best.

Loving the Manic Street Preachers' version of "Umbrella" at the mo.

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: the button
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 11:50 AM

Nigel -- it was difficult picking either a standout track from Nick Cave's album "Kicking against the pricks," because I think it's one of the best things he's ever done (off to see him in May, at the Hammersmith Apollo -- yay!). Same goes for the albums Johnny Cash made towards the end of his life -- anyone who can cover a U2 song, and not only stop it sounding like overblown nonsense, but turn it into a thing of beauty.... the man was clearly a genius.

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,HiLo
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 01:30 PM

Marianne Faithfull, Working Class Hero.

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,The Mole Catcher's unplugged Apprentice
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 01:44 PM

Song To A Siren (Larry Beckett, Tim Buckley) as recorded by Robert Plant and to be found on Plant's Sixty Six to Timbuktu double CD compilation

cheers

Charlotte (the view from here)

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Peter T.
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 02:03 PM

Ray Charles' Modern Sounds more or less took the prize many years ago.

The Beatles' covers of other people's songs were uniformly terrific: my favourite is John Lennon's Soldier of Love (Arthur Alexander). Why they never released it as a single or on one of their albums is a mystery to me.

yours,

Peter T.

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,The Mole Catcher's unplugged Apprentice
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 03:39 PM

'John Lennon's Soldier of Love (Arthur Alexander). '

I found this particular track sometime ago, on the internet and immediately saved it to the hard-drive of my computer, then 'burned' it to a CD-R along with othr assorted musical bits and pieces. It truly is a great version of the song.

Charlotte (the view from here)

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,Greg "Strings" Pearson
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 05:09 PM

Elsie`s Band group cover version of Tony Deane`s "Heligan" is a fine example of how to bring out the best of a song.

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Giant Folk Eyeball (inactive)
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 04:45 AM

Talking of Nick Cave (which I accept only the Button and I are doing!), there's a fantastic version of his 'Loom of the Land' on the Walkabouts covers album, 'Satisfied Mind'. In fact, the album as a whole is excellent and well worth seeking out.

Cheers

Nigel

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Elmore
Date: 17 Sep 18 - 06:41 PM

No Telling, written by Linda Thompson. Covered by Priscilla Herdman.

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 17 Sep 18 - 07:03 PM

"You've Really Got a Hold on Me"
is a Smokey Robinson tune, is it not?
One of my earliest memories of the Beatles,
and I think they knocked it out of the park,
as they say in Red Sox Nation.

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,kenny
Date: 18 Sep 18 - 04:56 AM

It's a bit early for Christmas [ mind you, the Christmas cards have been in our local charity shops for over a month now ], but this takes some beating : Karine Polwart

https://youtu.be/Ow8mjyKYGwY

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,kenny
Date: 18 Sep 18 - 04:57 AM

Sorry - try this :
https://youtu.be/Ow8mjyKYGwY

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,kenny
Date: 18 Sep 18 - 04:58 AM

https://youtu.be/Ow8mjyKYGwY

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,Tunesmith
Date: 18 Sep 18 - 07:26 AM

I love Bonnie Raitt's version of that great old pop/rock song "Runaway" by Del Shannon. And, be amazed at Norton Buffalo's crazy harmonica playing.

Bonnie's "Runaway"

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,George
Date: 18 Sep 18 - 08:20 AM

Neil Young - Four Strong Winds

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 18 Sep 18 - 08:28 AM

Cum On Feel The Noise - Jim Lea, Noddy Holder ...
by
Martin Carthy
https://youtu.be/PHzA_Umspqk

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,Erich
Date: 19 Sep 18 - 05:02 AM

"Sir" Oliver Mally - I ain't got no home (W. Guthrie)

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Mr Red
Date: 19 Sep 18 - 05:22 AM

French Traditional Dancing - anything by Parasol. Not the Bostonian one - but they do cover versions!



I'll get my umbrella...........

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: gillymor
Date: 19 Sep 18 - 06:45 AM

Judy Collins covering Ian Tyson's "Someday Soon". Still one of the best recordings I've ever heard.

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: gillymor
Date: 19 Sep 18 - 07:01 AM

and Leo Kottke covering Merle Haggard's "Lonesome Fugitive".

Loretta Lynn "Walking After Midnight".

John Miller covering Bob Wills/Tommy Duncan's "Time Changes Everything" .

Emmylou Harris " One of these Days" and "Pancho and Lefty".

New Riders covering the Stones "Dead Flowers"

Rosie Flores ultra-sexy reading of Dylan's "Tonight I'll be Staying Here With You"

I could go on.

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: gillymor
Date: 19 Sep 18 - 07:11 AM

Flying Burritto Brothers covering Haggard's "Sing Me Back Home".

Grateful Dead covering John Phillip's "Me and My Uncle" and Haggard's "Mama Tried".

Plus L. Bernstein did a good job on Beethoven's nine symphonies.

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 19 Sep 18 - 08:10 AM

Richard Thompson's Oops I Did It Again

:D

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: gillymor
Date: 19 Sep 18 - 08:49 AM

The RT version doesn't work for me, not enough twerking and his garb is not revealing enough.

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 19 Sep 18 - 08:57 AM

Needs to take his hat off?

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: gillymor
Date: 19 Sep 18 - 09:05 AM

That's not the kind of skin the fans want to see.

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,Pete from seven stars link
Date: 19 Sep 18 - 01:18 PM

Frigid pink - house of the rising sun.            The bonnier rait cover was a nice blues, arrangement , tunesmith

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,lefthanded guitar
Date: 20 Sep 18 - 11:55 PM

This is a great topic. I find I' m often playing those alternative cover versions
of familiar songs- and these reinterpretations bring new meaning
to the originals.

I could probably name dozens, but I' ll mention just a half dozen
favorite covers for now:

Whiskey in the Jar- Jerry Garcia and David Grisham

Killing the Blues - Robert Plant and Alison Kraus

Pilgrim - Emmy Lou Harris

Sugaree - Danny Kalb

Corrina, Corinna - Bob Dylan


And I wish I could remember the name of the person who recommended this song
on another thread some while ago - I 'd like to thank them for adding this
wonderful song to my playlist-

(Dylan's) Dark Eyes by Judy Collins

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: David Carter (UK)
Date: 21 Sep 18 - 02:42 AM

This is not a commercial cover, its on youtube though, but check out Steve Gadd's (no, not that one, a really good New Zealand guitarist) cover of Katherine Parker's Down Longford Way (a piano piece better known for Grainger's orchestral arrangement).

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,LynnH
Date: 21 Sep 18 - 03:30 AM

June Tabor & Oyster Band: Love will tear us apart again

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,Guest Tim
Date: 22 Sep 18 - 04:23 AM

Joe Cocker, little help from my friends
blood sweat and tears, Fire and Rain, absolutely brilliant

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Elmore
Date: 22 Sep 18 - 09:57 AM

Mart Fahl, Clouds.

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: JMB
Date: 24 Sep 18 - 07:29 PM

Johnny Cash covering Rowboat by Beck among other songs he did on American II: Unchained.

I heard Travis Tritt do his rendition of I Walk The Line on the tribute show the week Johnny passed, as well as John Mellancamp doing Hey, Porter! Very much different from the original. Wouldn't say they surpassed Johnny.

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Elmore
Date: 24 Sep 18 - 08:18 PM

Correction. Mary Fahl Clouds {Joni Mitchell}.

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Sep 18 - 08:52 PM

One of my longtime faves is an old (1920s) number: "Ain't No Sweet Man Worth the Salt of My Tears."" It's sung from a woman's point of view but in the link it is sung by a man, who I understand is a young Bing Crosby singing with Bix Beiderbecke. He does a brilliant and well-timed version with I presume, early scat singing. And it's a good song. I can listen to it time after time there's so much in there.

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,Tunesmith
Date: 25 Sep 18 - 03:47 PM

If that's Bing Crosby singing "There Ain't No Sweet Man Worth The Salt Of My Tears", who the hell sang "White Christmas" because it sure doesn't sound anything like the guy from 1929.

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Elmore
Date: 28 Sep 18 - 03:22 PM

The Drifters?

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Rob Naylor
Date: 01 Oct 18 - 09:58 AM

Bonzo dog Doo Dah Band's version of Doc Pomus and Mort Schuman's "Suspicion" :

Suspicion

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: MickyMan
Date: 01 Oct 18 - 07:35 PM

Hendrix brought Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower" to a much higher place!

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: John C. Bunnell
Date: 02 Oct 18 - 02:20 AM

I'm now officially fascinated; I just did a bit of Googling prior to mentioning one of my own, and what should I find but a nice bit of expert validation, in the form of a commentary with YouTube links, supported a conclusion I've held all along.

Namely, that John Denver's cover of the Steve Gillette/Scott Campbell "Darcy Farrow" is the best of all the versions, not excepting various of Gillette's own. [As it turns out, the Denver performance linked on the above-noted page is blocked; here is a replacement link.]

Now, having said that, I should add that there are a good half dozen recordings on the linked page that are brand new to me, and some of those are very nice indeed. But I think I'm always going to like John Denver's the best....

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: Rob Naylor
Date: 03 Oct 18 - 08:22 AM

Flats and Sharps' version of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?":

Flats and Sharps - Will You Still Love Me

Or Cardboard Fox's version of "Don't Think Twice It's Alright":
Carboard fox - Don't Think Twice"

Subject: RE: Your Favorite Cover Versions
From: GUEST,Tunesmith
Date: 03 Oct 18 - 10:44 AM

Bernie Leadon's "Run C&W" did some fansatic bluegrass covers of Soul/R&B material.
Here's their take on "Walkin' the Dog".

The Eagle meets R&B