Friday OT #1 - Covered Up

[Pope]

About half of Linda Ronstadt's hits would fall into this category.

 

[CloneFanInKC]

STP doing Dancing Days is good IMO

 

[CloneFanInKC]

Ghost of Tom Joad - RATM
Sweet Dreams - MM

 

[viking63]

I usually rep Dr. Dogs version of Heart, It Races by Architecture In Helsinki.

But I posted this gem the other day and want to go back to it. It's the Melvins cover of Kiss's Going Blind (Hotter Than Hell, 1974). I love it and according to Dale Crover (Melvins drummer), Gene Simmons told him that Kiss had never performed it live and were inspired to do so by the Melvins cover.

Speaking Kiss Covers I like Black Diamond by The Replacements.

 

[viking63]

The Cramps did a bunch of great covers but my favorite is the one they did of Warren Smith's Uranium Rock.

Originally recorded in 1958, it discusses everything a rock-a-billy tune requires: money, Cadillacs, Geiger counters, and a f&ck off attitude. It was basically made for the Cramps but missing the sexual innuendo and explicit drug abuse.

That's great. Thanks. Had not heard Uranium Rock before. Some of their other covers I like are Strychnine - The Sonics, Surfin Bird - The Trashmen, Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis

 

[20eyes]

That's great. Thanks. Had not heard Uranium Rock before. Some of their other covers I like are Strychnine - The Sonics, Surfin Bird - The Trashmen, Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis

One more...

Mel Robbins, Save It (1959)

Another fairly innocuous rock-a-billy tune that Lux Interior totally pervs all over to transform into a properly slithering dirty Cramps song.

 

[madguy30]

I will not say this is better than the original or what Simon would ever do with it.

It's just not.

BUT this is really freaking good and I can't help but light up when the back up singers go to work.

This guy and his friends have a bunch of covers that are captured perfectly.

 

[theshadow]

Are we considering Postmodern Jukebox works as covers? If so...

 

[SaraV]

I really enjoy when artists do covers. Are they always better? Maybe not, probably not. I do enjoy the twist on the originals and have a play list full of them.
Arguably the best might be:

Jeff Buckley's cover is so well known, most people don't know it's a cover.

 

[engineer_doug]

Some creative liberties were taken with the lyrics...

 

[SaraV]

Here's one for you...

Original



Most well known



My personal favorite (Those Harmonies!)

 

[cmjh10]

Any believe I forgot about this one. The original is good, but this is just next level. I’ve been obsessed with it for awhile now.