Favorite "cover" song

[Guest avid]

Last week there was a cool thread on rock/blues guitarists.  SRV and Jimi dominated the discussion of course, but one song "little wing" came up a few times.

I was running searches on it and found a cover by Concrete Blonde that I think is great.  It focuses more on the vocals than the guitar work, but the guitar work is very crisp and makes the whole song move really well.

It's on thier "Essential" album.  

Good rock and roll.

[lunchbox508]

i just listened to it and i hate to say it but i liked it.

[Dan:]

well to go with the rock/blues genre, I'd have to go with "Crossroads" by Robert Johnson as covered by Cream.

[fishbear]

I just love the song that Milli Vanilli did of..... what???  they didnt sing thier songs??? Lip synched???????

Great,,, where have I been all these years...   ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

and for you muddy...

[Replica.]

-Deep Purples Perfect Strangers covered by Dream Theater

-JJ Cales Cocaine covered by Eric Clapton

[Guest the_muddy_man]

The Berstein Song From WEST SIDE STORY:: SOMEWHERE covered by Tom Waits

The Bob Dylan tune DEAR LANDLORD Covered by Joe Cocker

THe Huey Piano Smith toon High Blood Pressure covered by Dr.John

Jimi's Voodoo Child Revisited covered by SRV

Miles Davis with Coltrane on sax covering Thelonious Monk's ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT

and my all time favorite cover The Benny Goodman Orchestra with Gene Krupa on drums covering

SING<SING<SING by Louis Prima A GEM for sure 8-)

[Sam]

Muddy Man,

And I thought I was an old guy on this site!!!

You have made some excellent selections.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

The old mook knows his music, that's for sure.

[Troutfisher]

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I just love the song that Milli Vanilli did of..... what??? they didnt sing thier songs??? Lip synched???????

Great,,, where have I been all these years... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

and for you muddy...

Ha, that's great.  ;D  But can you top the thing I did to Muddy on the other 2 threads?

WE LOVE SHIMANO!

BACK ON TOPIC,

I usually listen mainly to bluegrass but also 70's and Southern Rock.

[Zel]

Joe Cocker's slower blues tempo cover of the Beatles' With A Little Help From My Friends has more passion in it than the media's infatuation with Britney Spears and Anna Nicole Smith combined.

[Panamoka_Bassin]

Ya know I love a good music thread, so here goes...

Brian Setzer Orch - Route 66 (Many have re-made this song, but this is the best)

Long, Tall Sally - Beatles (Originally by Little Richard, I think)

Jimmy Buffet - Uncle John's Band (Might sound corny, be he does an excellent version)

Phish - The White Album (Every year they used to cover an album for their Halloween concert, this one is way beyond amazing!)

Government Mule - She Said, She Said (Who'd have thought you could do the Beatles as Southern Rock)

-Best I could come up with at this early hour of 9:30am after being at work until 2:30 am...

[skillet]

Zel,

 IMO, any cover Joe Cocker did has more passion than anything those 2 have ever done. I almost hate to put their names in the same sentence. I'm not a real fan of any of the "newer" female singers except for Norah Jones and have always been a BIG fan of Joe Cocker. This Xmas one of my daughters found his 2nd album on CD for me. It has my favorite cover of Leonard Cohen's "Bird on a Wire"...

                                                                     As Ever,

                                                                      Skillet

[Guest avid]

Anyone who appreciates RnB covers of standards absolutely MUST listen to James Brown sing "if I ruled the world".  It is not just the best cover. it is the best version, and for those of you think JB is just another screaming soul singer.  This song will give you a glimpse of why some folks call him a musical genius.

[Crabcakes]

Here are a few really good covers made in the last 10 years or so with links if you care to check them out:

Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" (probably the best version of this song)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zLQUdHMFpBQ

Ben Harper and Jack Johnson's cover of Bob Marley's "High Tide, Low Tide"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=o5FfEqsIrtY

Jeff Buckley's cover of  Abel Meeropol's "Strange Fruit" Though it became Billie Holiday's song. This one is one of my favorites. Unfortunately I don't have any knowledge of a place where you can find this cover online.

Michael Stipe of REM and Coldplay performing Joseph Arthur's "In the Sun"

[Dan:]

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Here are a few really good covers made in the last 10 years or so with links if you care to check them out:

Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" (probably the best version of this song)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zLQUdHMFpBQ

Ben Harper and Jack Johnson's cover of Bob Marley's "High Tide, Low Tide"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=o5FfEqsIrtY

Jeff Buckley's cover of  Abel Meeropol's "Strange Fruit" Though it became Billie Holiday's song. This one is one of my favorites. Unfortunately I don't have any knowledge of a place where you can find this cover online.

Michael Stipe of REM and Coldplay performing Joseph Arthur's "In the Sun"

agreed on Hallelujah. Beautiful song.

[Guest avid]

And now for some country.,

Mickey Gilley covers buddy holley's "True love ways" beautifully.

What a trajedy that Buddy died just as he was maturing as a songwriter.

[.ghoti.]

Neat thread, Avid.

You country fans are gonna laugh at me, but I'd never heard of Allison Krause. I was at BPS yesterday. Was flipping through the dial in the parking lot when I found this amazing voice. It her, and some guy, doing a cover of John Wait's Missin You. This has got to be the purest voice I've ever heard. I'm not a fan of country music. Never have been, probably never will be, but this girl knocked me out. What a voice. And a darned good cover of a song that is very difficult to sing. I know, I butchered it myself a few times.

Apparently she's been around for a while. I'm gonna go out and get a cd or two. Who knows, I may end up being a country fan after all.

Cheers,

GK

[Dan:]

ghoti, you might want to consider Allison Krauss' CD with Union Station.

[Deuceu72]

You guys are gonna love this.............I dont think its the BEST but my favorite cover song is In-a-gad-da-da-vidda by Slayer....................

Best cover song? Hmmmmmmmmm......................

I would have to go with "All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix(Written by Bob Dylan).............. ;D ;D

[Fisher of Men]

I'm with you SRV fans.  "Little Wing" and "Voodoo Chile" were far better by SRV than by Jimi.  I just think fundamentally Stevie Ray was a better guitarist.  These two tracks are cleaner and crisper than Jimi's.  I still like Hendrix, but for the enjoyment of listening, I'll take Stevie Ray anyday.

As far as nailing down a favorite, there's too many for me to think about.  I'd probably be able to come up with a least favorite much easier.

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Hey Fisher of men Stevie said in an interview that he was just making Jimi's tunes his own thing BUT JIMI WROTE THEm I don't kniow if you ever saw Jimi live, I am blessed to have seen him HE WAS THE BEST , Stevie was on the same plane with him but needed a few more years to start writing in that area 8-)

[Deuceu72]

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Hey Fisher of men Stevie said in an interview that he was just making Jimi's tunes his own thing BUT JIMI WROTE THEm I don't kniow if you ever saw Jimi live, I am blessed to have seen him HE WAS THE BEST , Stevie was on the same plane with him but needed a few more years to start writing in that area 8-)

Agreed. NOBODY even comes close to Jimi.........What he did in 3 years of recording is unbelievable!!!!

[razyrsharpe]

there are a lot of good ones to choose from so here is my list

SRV covering "superstition" by S. Wonder

Buffett covering "uncle john's band" by Grateful Dead

Hootie and the Blowfish covering "Hey Hey What Can i Do?" by Led Zep.

and finally, Shinedown covering "Simple Man" by L. Skynard

[Rattlinrogue]

Actually like SRV's cover of Voodo Child better than the original.

[edbassmaster]

There is this Korean kid on YouTube named David Choi who does acoustic covers as well as alot of original stuff. He does a cover of Brittney Spears " Hit Me Baby " that sounds nice. Check out all of his stuff, I have a feeling he is gonna be real big. He has a huge cult following...including me.

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