Agreed this is worth watching. I found this from a live show in Denmark. Warner Hodges is, as always, AMAZING!
Wilson Pickett and Duane Allman take on “Hey Jude” and inject a healthy dose of soul!
Billie Joe Armstrong (of Green Day) doing ‘I think we’re alone now’
Concrete Blonde & the magnificent Johnette Napolitano slow down Bob Dylan’s “Simple Twist of Fate” into an even more bittersweet dimension =>
It kind of hurts to say it, but Pat Benatar’s Wuthering Height’s, though not too different musically, is much more enjoyable (too me) than its creator’s, the amazing Kate Bush. I generally like KB’s vocals because they’re unconventional and it matches her dreamy lyrics. One of the few exceptions is WH, where it just sounds out of her vocal range. It always makes me think about how we sounded as kids, pretending to be opera singers.
It’s missing a verse, or more accurately the verse has different lyrics. If it had been the “Peekin’ through the bars” that I’ve always heard I would assume he killed her when she loved another.
I really love the minor key and the rather creepy feel to the whole thing.
I don’t know that I’d say the Uncle Tupelo cover of “I Wanna Be Your Dog” actually elevates the original, but to my ear, the song does sound very natural with the genre change. Good work, guys.
This is one of my favorite covers, hadn’t listened to it in a while, though. Great stuff.
ETA: here, enjoy a live version. Uncle Tupelo - I Wanna Be Your Dog (Stooges Cover) - Live At Beloit College (Acoustic)
Love the sound of that.
The Nutley Brass did a whole Ramones album and it sounds like a concert band version of the songs.
Dick Dale does a pretty kick-ass cover on his surf guitar.
You ain’t kidding. Sure that’s not a 45 of the Zep WtLB played on 33 1/3 speed? 
My favorite cover of Viva Las Vegas:
the stripped down version of Tears For Fears “Mad World” by Gary Jules, first appearing on the Donnie Darko movie album is absolutely haunting
Glen Campbell said that he heard John Hartford’s recording of Gentle on My Mind.
Glen claims he immediately recognized that it was too slow.
Glen changed the arrangement and tempo. It became a huge hit.
Tomorrow Never Knows by the short-lived “super group” 801. Fantastic bass playing by Bill MacCormick:
It takes some balls to attempt a live performance of that song.
Thanks for posting that. I’ve long thought that Warner deserved to be on anyone’s short list of “guitar gods”!
Jason is from central Illinois, and in the early 80s when I was attending Illinois in Champaign Urbana they often played at a local bar - Mabel’s. Jason’s whole family would be there, including his parents, aunts, uncles - even his grandmother I believe. I consider myself truly fortunate to have seen them so many times.
Flash forward 30 years, when I got my current job I had to be in DC for 4 weeks of training. Looking for live music, I saw JatS were playing, so I went to see them. New rhythm section, but Jason and Warner were still lighting it up. Was great fun catching up with them after the show.
I’m not sure if this pretty faithful cover of “What A Fool Believes” elevates it exactly, or even improves it, but it’s very well done and takes it in a radically different tempo direction for a lark. I like it, but would have preferred a cover tempo just a smidge faster than the original, instead of what we got here:
That is pretty much exactly the kind of cover that makes the thread great.
Ok. I’m going to need help on this one. Where in that insane mess of crazy high-speed guitar solo is Toccatta and Fugue in D Minor? I really clicked around quite a bit trying to find it.
For Jimi covering Bob, I prefer Like A Rolling Stone.
slow, bluesie, and when he gets to the refrain, he puts his whole existence into it.
Bob is an nobel prize winner for lyrics; he crafts amazing tunes, but his performance could definitely be improved upon.