I’ve always loved the Warren Zevon penned song, ‘Carmalita’. The song was originally recorded by Murray McLauchlan, but it was later recorded by Zevon himself (and by others including Linda Ronstadt and G G Alin) but yesterday I heard the Dwight Yoakam version:
Which he apparently collaborated with Flaco Jimenez on. Anyway, I love it.
Found this cool cover of Pepper by the Butthole Surfers:
It’s like a rock-a-billy style, totally digging it!
MtM
For a long time, my favorite covers of beloved songs are the Black Crowes version of Sweet Nuthin’ by the Velvet Underground:
O Sweet Nuthin
And Concrete Blonde’s cover (with vocals by Steve Wynn) of the Ship Song by Nick Cave:
The Ship Song
Doctor and the Medics covering Spirit in the Sky
Empty Pockets cover Al Stewart’s “In Brooklyn.”
Big Country doing a job on Neil Young’s “Hey Hey My My (Into the Black)”:
Nice version of Dire Straits’ Tunnel of Love by Missioned Souls from the Philippines
English Beat doing Tears of a Clown is simple happy fun.
I’m a huge Queensryche fan, but I didn’t know until recently that their song “Gonna Get Close to You” is, in fact a cover of the same song by Dalbello.
I think the Queensryche version is better.
Not obscure, but of late I have been grooving to Luther Vandross’ cover of “A House Is Not A Home”. It’s sublime.
Tom Jones and Wilson Pickett - Hey Jude
