Great Cover Songs!

[loeman]

Probably been done here before but I missed it.

While posting in another thread I was reminded of the great truckin song by Lowell George/Little Feat. I always thought that Linda Ronstadt's version was fabulous! What covers can you remember that are as good or better than the original?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJHcD0kHTGk

 

[petepeterson]

Sting does a pretty cool version of Hendrix' "Little Wing" with some nice guitar work. First one that popped into my head.

BTW-The first person that says "Manfred Mann" should be banned for one week.

 

[gregintenn]

Sting does a pretty cool version of Hendrix' "Little Wing" with some nice guitar work. First one that popped into my head.

BTW-The first person that says "Manfred Mann" should be banned for one week.

Sting??!!?Did you ever hear Stevie Ray Vaughn do it?

 

[labworm]

For all the old crowd.

Nice remake of (Bob Seger's Against The Wind)

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

 

[Cdog]

For all the old crowd.

Nice remake of (Bob Seger's Against The Wind)

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

Speaking of Seger, his cover of Ann Peebles "Come To Mama" as "Come To Papa" is an old favorite.

Seger does a great job on Ms. Tina Turner's "NutBush City Limits" too. Yea, I'm an old Seger fan.

I can't name the original artist, but Joan Osborne's rendition of "Bring It On Home" is nothing short of seducing. Joan does indeed bring it on home for me.

 

[sheepdawg]

Elvis Presley's version of Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog".
The Beatles cover of The Isley Brother's "Twist and Shout".
Johnny Rivers version of Chuck Berry's "Memphis".
Bob Seger's version of Otis Clay's "Tryin' To Live My Life Without You".
The Mavericks cover of Bruce Springsteen's "All That Heaven Would Allow".

 

[rwsmith]

Linda was great.....

She was in demand from many corners. Now she has Parkinson's and says if she tries to sing it comes out as a bark. That's a real shame but at least we have a lot of recordings. I like the 'Trio' with Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris.

 

[petepeterson]

Sting??!!?Did you ever hear Stevie Ray Vaughn do it?

The SRV version is great, too. I was more trying to point out how different Sting's version was.

 

[mc5aw]

Jimi Hendrix reinvented Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" and made it something untouchable.

 

[labworm]

Speaking of Seger, his cover of Ann Peebles "Come To Mama" as "Come To Papa" is an old favorite.

Seger does a great job on Ms. Tina Turner's "NutBush City Limits" too. Yea, I'm an old Seger fan.

I can't name the original artist, but Joan Osborne's rendition of "Bring It On Home" is nothing short of seducing. Joan does indeed bring it on home for me.

Let Joan Osborne bring it home for you with this one. I'll tell ya, she did a fantastic job with this well known tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA0GcXV2njY

 

[Peak53]

Jimi Hendrix reinvented Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" and made it something untouchable.

Mc5aw beat me to it I like "untouchable"

There was also that little tune by Francis Scott Key reprised at Woodstock ...

 

[kozmic]

I never met a cover I didn't like. Here's a few 6 string slingers doin' justice to the originals. If they keep practicing maybe they'll have their own hits!!!


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[MI-LPTroll]

Just heard one last night actually. The band is called Rednex and they did a version of cotton eye joe that was pretty cool. Saw it on youtube. Ill try to come back and post a link when I get home.

http://youtu.be/JyvkiZ0Ous

 

[wbraswell]

Joe Cocker doing "A Little Help From My Friends"
The Animals wrote "Inside Looking Out", but Grand Funk Railroad made it their's.
Most of the tunes that Rare Earth was known for were covers written by earlier Motown artists. Rare Earth rocked them.
Metallica does a decent job on Seger's "Turn the Page".

 

[Jack Flash]

Anne Murray covering the Beatles' "You Won't See Me". One of the few Beatles songs that someone else did better.

[John] Lennon is said to have told Murray that her version of "You Won't See Me" was his favorite Beatles cover ever

You Won't See Me - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

 

[speedyquad]

Simple Man- Shinedown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgFQ6WmxdMs

 

[Dennis The B]

Let Joan Osborne bring it home for you with this one. I'll tell ya, she did a fantastic job with this well known tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA0GcXV2njY

All I can say is Wow!!!!

 

[loeman]

Let Joan Osborne bring it home for you with this one. I'll tell ya, she did a fantastic job with this well known tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA0GcXV2njY

cdog and labworm,
I wish I had thought of Joan Osbourne in my OP. Her covers really are fantastic! And, if I re-did my OP I would use her version of "What becomes of the Lonely Hearted". Thanks for reminding me of one of the very best cover artists ever. Go to minute 3:12 when she sings "Tell me, tell me". Joan, I'll tell you anything you want!

 

[Dennis The B]

And, speaking of Anne Murray - She covers this one better than anyone I've heard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt5k1BvX8Dw

I can listen to hear all night. What a set of pipes!

 

[JohnSW]

Another Joe Cocker cover:

"Joe Cocker - Bird on a Wire"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwbJ1Od_E7E

A lesser known cover:

John Lennon - "Stand by me" ( official video )

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

That song always touches me, because it reminds of my deceased Shetland Sheepdog.