Been Hanging about on playlist.com (Which I love BTW)
Found Fire and Rain covered by John Denver, and Whiter Shade of Pale done by Don Everly. I love the latter espically, It’s Haunting and powerful, (Youtube has a version here.)
So have you found any unusual covers like this?
I don’t really love (or even like) Metallica but their version of Whiskey in the Jar is pretty damn good.
I really like Eddie Vedder’s cover of the Beatles You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
the brilliant green (who I may have mentioned as, like, my favourite band, ever) did covers of Blur’s Song 2 and the Kinks’ All Day and All of the Night for their most recent album (and associated singles)… Neither of them changes the arrangement, much, but they’re still worth listening to - Tommy is not Ray Davies or Damon Albarn, and she’s enough not them to make the songs worth listening to.
In her solo project, Tommy february6, she’s also covered (with much more variation in the arrangement - Tommy february is 80s-style pop) the Nolan Sisters’ I’m In the Mood For Dancing, Dusty Springfield’s I Only Want to Be With You, and Frankie Valli’s Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You.
This. ( Sadly Mr. and c0 LOVES Metallica. Go fig.)
Oh, another awesome Everly cover? Phil Singing Last Thing on my Mind. Heart wrenching.
On Econium, various bands each cover a Zep tune. Stone Temple Pilot’s Dancin’ Days is by far my favorite.
Do you have to love the original version, the cover artist, and the cover artist’s version?
Let’s see… Jimi Hendrix’s version of “All Along the Watchtower” is probably one of the archetypical examples of this.
The Ramones’ cover of the Searchers’ “Needles and Pins”.
Blind Faith’s cover of Buddy Holly’s “Well All Right”.
Joe Cocker’s cover of “She Came In Through the Bathroom Window” and Richie Havens’ version of “Here Comes the Sun” are two rare examples of covers of Beatles tunes that I like almost as much as the originals.
I’m not particularly a Smithereens fan, but I saw them in concert recently and enjoyed the selections they played from The Smithereens Play “Tommy”.
I love the Bangles’ cover of Hazy Shade of Winter as much as the original.
Metallica’s cover of Bob Seger’s “Turn the Page.” Also, Rod Stewart has recorded a cover of “It’s A Heartache” which was originally recorded by Bonnie Tyler. It was the first hit for Tyler, who at the time was likened to a female version of Rod Stewart.
Billy Idol was asked to record “Don’t You Forget (About Me)” for the motion picture The Breakfast Club but declined. It was eventually recorded by Simple Minds. Idol, however, later recorded the song for his greatest hits album.
The Pixies cover of The Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Head On” - hated it.
The Pretenders did a kickass cover of Angel Of The Morning that I like better than the twangy original.
Johnny Cash’s cover of One and Personal Jesus; John Prine’s cover of Bear Creek; to name a few.
The quintessential example for me – Cibo Matto covers “Aguas de Marcos”
Natalie Merchant +10,000’s cover of Because the Night, IMHO is the very best version of that song.
The Zutons cover “Take Your Mama Out” by the Scissor Sisters, and despite my obsession with the Scissor Sisters I think I may like the cover better.
“Go Your Own Way” by Fleetwood Mac covered by the Cranberries.
Cake’s version of “I Will Survive”
“Runnin’ Out of Fools”, also originally by Aretha Franklin, covered by Neko Case
Forgot to mention; The Cowboy Junkies done good with Sweet Jane.
Bruce Springsteen’s Atlantic City; The Band does a great version as well.
Wilson Pickett’s Hey Jude is as good as, if not better than, the original.
I adore both the Amy Winehouse version and the original version of “Valerie” by The Zutons.