Thursday OT - Best Covers

[oldman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Y0Xf26eSI

Tori Amos and Robert Plant -- Down By The Seaside.

 

[MoreCowbell]

Foo Fighters: Baker Street

 

[xboxfever]

[video=youtube;y8AWFf7EAc4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8AWFf7EAc4[/video]

This is by far the best version, and one of the best recordings of all time in my opinion.

 

[huntt26]

Bobaflex - Sound of Silence
[video=youtube;y-1D5N7Bzrk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-1D5N7Bzrk[/video]

 

[huntt26]

Fear Factory - Cars
[video=youtube;CSoKp6dRUH0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSoKp6dRUH0[/video]

 

[cyrocksmypants]

No mention of Joe Cocker's "With a Little Help From My Friends", the best cover of all time? A bunch of savages around here...

I see what you did there.....

 

[TXCyclones]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Y0Xf26eSI

Tori Amos and Robert Plant -- Down By The Seaside.

That Encomium album is still one of my favorite albums ever!

 

[madguy30]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Y0Xf26eSI

Tori Amos and Robert Plant -- Down By The Seaside.

Always loved Allison Krause and Plant doing Tom Waits's Trampled Rose.

 

[NorthCyd]

I don't know anything else by Alien Ant Farm, but their cover of Smooth Criminal was interesting. Red Hot Chili Peppers cover of Love Rollercoaster was fun.

 

[Cydar]

[video=youtube;B_my7pGkN_s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_my7pGkN_s[/video]

 

[urb1]

10,000 Maniacs and Michael Stipe - To Sir With Love
Cake - I Will Survive
Alice Cooper - I'm Always Chasing Rainbows

 

[flynnhicks03]

I see what you did there.....

Actually, I didn't even think about that until you mentioned it, but yeah, pretty clever on my part. :smile:

 

[flynnhicks03]

All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix. Greatest cover of all time IMO. A lot of people don't know its a cover of a Bob Dylan song.

You could certainly make that argument. This and Cocker are most definitely #1 and #2. The order is debatable.

 

[Cydar]

[video=youtube;sug89mczFIo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sug89mczFIo[/video]

 

[Clark]

Love this one!

it's the only one where hearing the original makes me sad that I'm not hearing the cover.

 

[flynnhicks03]

it's the only one where hearing the original makes me sad that I'm not hearing the cover.

I thought I read somewhere that the first time Reznor heard Cash's version he said "that's his song now", or something along those lines.

 

[sunset]

[video=youtube;AGlyBXJHoig]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGlyBXJHoig[/video]

 

[sunset]

[video=youtube;RoL0nRuHj0I]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoL0nRuHj0I[/video]

 

[sunset]

This one is cheating a little because Roger Daltrey is sitting in on vocals, but it is a great version of the song:

[video=youtube;K-wXA6_P6GI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-wXA6_P6GI[/video]

 

[sunset]

I thought I read somewhere that the first time Reznor heard Cash's version he said "that's his song now", or something along those lines.

I believe Dylan said the same thing about Jimi Hendrix and All Along the Watchtower.