Friday OT #2 - Between the Covers

[Angie]

I think I might have done this one a few years ago, but what is your favorite cover song of another artist's work? Do you have multiple?

 

[Cyclonepride]

I thought this was going to be a naughty thread.

 

[mj4cy]

Metallica - Turn the Page

Obediah Parker - Heya

 

[klamath632]

In before someone with terrible taste in music claims to like Alien Ant Farm's cover of Smooth Criminal.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
/thread

 

[Cutlass]

I'm actually down with Smooth Criminal via Alien Ant Farm. But Lucero covering Jawbreaker's Kiss the Bottle is my favorite.

[video=youtube;9ydB8fG8Csg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ydB8fG8Csg[/video]

 

[Rabbuk]

[video=youtube;ZR6Z6q8RjBs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR6Z6q8RjBs[/video]

 

[Mr Janny]

Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
/thread

Still Hendrix. Still Dylan. Different song.
Like a Rolling Stone at Monterey Pop.

 

[3GenClone]

Save Ferris - Come on Eileen

Anything by Me First and the Gimme Gimme's

 

[BikeSkiClone]

The Dan Band's take on Total Eclipse of the Heart

ok, not really. it did make me lol though.

 

[johnstoncy]

[video=youtube;X1ZRBPA8SK0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1ZRBPA8SK0[/video]

 

[JP4CY]

I'm a Believer - Monkees (Neil Diamond)
Mony Mony - Billy Idol (Tommy James) And bringing up Tommy, Tiffany's cover of I think we're alone now absolutely blows.
Take Me to the River - Talking Heads (Al Green) It just sounds like a David Byrne song.

 

[Cyclonin]

LOVE this one:

[video=youtube;CDl9ZMfj6aE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDl9ZMfj6aE[/video]

 

[isufbcurt]

Nirvana - Man who Sold the World
Metallica - Turn the Page

 

[mdk2isu]

In before someone says Wagon Wheel by Darius Rucker...

 

[Creed11]

Heard this the other day, and it was better than I thought it would be.


[video=youtube;CFX8VJUtDgY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFX8VJUtDgY[/video]

 

[mapnerd]

I'm always partial to the pop punk type covers. It's hard for me to pick favorites.

Reel Big Fish - Take on Me
Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons
Bracket - 867-5309/Jenny

 

[djcubby]

[video=youtube;o22eIJDtKho]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho[/video]

 

[Creed11]

Others that I have also liked

Streetlight Manifesto - Such Great Heights
Forest Rangers - Bohemian Rhapsody

 

[Buster28]

One of mine would be "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right" by Barbara Mandrell. It was a #3 R&B hit for Luther Ingram in the early 70s. She recorded it in the late 70s and it was the second #1 from her Moods album (following "Sleeping Single In A Double Bed"). I think it's probably the best vocal she ever did, especially for an official single release. It didn't sound particularly 'country,' but had a nice easy R&B vibe as did much of her music from the 70s. The song was her biggest cross-over pop hit, reaching #31 Billboard and #26 Cashbox.

[video=youtube;9H24K8-xaPk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H24K8-xaPk[/video]