The Best Covers In Music History

Guthrum

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Canada

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• Oct 3, 2014

• #1

Inspired by the smoking Sydney Wayser cover of Simple Mind's "Belfast Child" on the Epic Music thread, and the "Jesus" clip on Modern Abrahamic Prophets thread -- this cover of "Hotel California" eclipses the original so soundly I can't even remember the Eagles version. What great covers do you love more than the original?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l436MSlivQ

 

Guthrum

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Canada

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• Oct 3, 2014

• #2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97jkrs7IiMk

 

Otranto

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Netherlands

• Oct 3, 2014

• #3

Love the part where he licks the bowling ball. There are many covers I like better than their originals, but I'll try to keep it short.

Hank Williams original, covered by Jayke Orvis:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCSbylSMJ8E"]Jayke Orvis & The Broken Band - Kaw-Liga (Hank Williams Sr.) - YouTube[/ame]

Anything Johnny Cash touched became his, even One:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOqeobEF2N4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZSm5rmbwVo[/ame]

Calexico's cover of Guns of Brixton:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGTM2s9hfBU"]Calexico - The Guns of Brixton - YouTube[/ame]

 

diddyriddick

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A tiny hamlet in the Carolina Sandhills

• Oct 3, 2014

• #4

Sorry, Bob.....
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY]All Along The Watchtower (Audio) - YouTube[/ame]

 

Guthrum

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Canada

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• Oct 3, 2014

• #5

Oh, diddy, darn it .... I don't care what they say, you're my baby.

 

Modest Learner

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India

• Oct 3, 2014

• #6

Guthrum said:

Oh, diddy, darn it .... I don't care what they say, you're my baby.

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Diddy...a ....?? I dont know about it.


Btw, diddy +1 *thumbs up*

 

Guthrum

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Canada

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• Oct 3, 2014

• #7

Modest Learner said:

Diddy...a ....?? I dont know about it.

Ack! To paraphrase Jon Belushi: "Six and a half years of college down the drain."

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75JSC4nvIjo]Levon Helm - Atlantic City - YouTube[/ame]

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Jax Historian

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Right Here

• Oct 3, 2014

• #8

Just about everything Ray Charles sang that he didn't write.

 

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pugsville

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• Oct 3, 2014

• #9

Patti Smith "Gloria" just owns the song after this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxygqSTO1lQ

 

Zeno

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♪♬ ♫♪♩

• Oct 3, 2014

• #10

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8]Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (MTV Unplugged) - YouTube[/ame]

 

diddyriddick

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A tiny hamlet in the Carolina Sandhills

• Oct 3, 2014

• #11

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vT-VaMXsAw]Robin Williams Singing Fire by Bruce Springsteen As Elmer Fudd - YouTube[/ame]

 

Lucius

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Nebraska

• Oct 3, 2014

• #12

This is Them's cover of Big Joe Williams' Baby Please Don't Go.

http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A2KIo9gcaS9UFA4A67n7w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTB2MzdlMGpzBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDVjE3OQRncG9zAzE-?p=youtube+Them+baby+please+don%27t+go&vid=f518304b8c8918f7972b5c132b5d44bd&l=2%3A48&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DVN.608011376208905269%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8Wah7MqEHFg&...=%3Cb%3EThem+%3C%2Fb%3E-+%3Cb%3EBaby+Please+Don%3C%2Fb%3E%26%2339%3B%3Cb%3Et+Go%3C%2Fb%3E.mp4&c=0&sigr=11anccgn8&sigt=11o7dnt91&age=0&&tt=b

 

Gile na Gile

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Fireland

• Oct 3, 2014

• #13

Much livelier version than he original; besides which these ..... have definitely "got it" - at least my 14 yr old self thought so.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkcU2_Vs7Xw]Bananarama - Venus (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) - YouTube[/ame]


Shocking just looking at that Robin Williams cover Diddy. Saw a comedy of his the other night with Billy Crystal (one of his older films) which opens with him about to top himself. Just as he was about to pull the trigger an old flame rings up saying he's the father of her son who's just gone missing. She tells the same porker to Crystal and off they pop the pair of them to track him down ... not a bad diversion of an hour or two. He could be so hilarious. R.I.P.

 

Wenge

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Virginia

• Oct 3, 2014

• #14

 

Rodger

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US

• Oct 4, 2014

• #15

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go]Johnny Cash Hurt - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyN_daZrEn8"]The Clarks - The River ( Lyrics ) - YouTube[/ame]

 

Sindane

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Europe

• Oct 4, 2014

• #16

Merry Clayton - Gimme Shelter
[ame]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XCyTqnizcvI[/ame]

Gene Chandler - There Was a Time
[ame]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k5QHDDVaqA4[/ame]

 

Sindane

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Europe

• Oct 4, 2014

• #17

Dont think you can beat the original but this tribute, by a former friend and band member, is still good

The King Casuals - Purple Haze
[ame]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EjBvI0RabzM[/ame]

 

Von Ranke

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Thistleland

• Oct 4, 2014

• #18

This is a brilliant live version of Paul McCartney's Baby I'm Amazed by Rod Stewart and the Faces

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLhoLkTyNkM"]The Faces - Maybe I'm Amazed - YouTube[/ame]

 

Zeno

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♪♬ ♫♪♩

• Oct 4, 2014
• Last edited: Oct 4, 2014

• #19

Last edited: Oct 4, 2014

Sorry Sammy Davis Jr, but i do really like this version.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zif1W8fxEJU"]Robbie Williams - Mr Bojangles - YouTube[/ame]

And this i like more than the original by Dolly Parton, though she looks better.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS60oTRxh0g"]The White Stripes - Under Blackpool Lights - 10 Jolene - YouTube[/ame]

This is a great rendition of a late 19th century folksong:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pb8iLS18wo"]Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night HD - YouTube[/ame]

This was a big hit in these parts, a cover of a - here at least - obscure 50cent song.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE9IchvpOPk"]Milow - Ayo Technology (Official Music Video) - YouTube[/ame]

 

Davidius

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Pillium

• Oct 5, 2014

• #20

Zeno said:

Sorry Sammy Davis Jr, but i do really like this version.

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Don't apologize to Mr Davies jnr, he took it from [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Jeff_Walker]Jerry Jeff Walker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

Some of my favourite cover versions:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnXobICo-bo]THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS twist and shout - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLkqueR51hU]The Rezillos-I Like it - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzWHE32IxUc]Lenny Kravitz - American Woman - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMia7HJR2l4]Ane Brun - Big in Japan - YouTube[/ame]