Sorry I can't do something as awesome as Borna Horn, but I've been thinking about this then Danny Balis did something like on The Ticket the other day. His was actually the WORST Cover Songs of all time like LImpbizkits Behind Blue Eyes uuuuggggghhh! Some of the best IMO are: You Really Got Me and Pretty Woman - Van Halen Smokin' In the Boyz Room and Helter Skelter- Motley Crue Johnny B. Goode - Judas Priest Turn the Page - Metallica Walk This Way - Run DMC Let's hear some more. Maybe Borna Horn can do a big list?
This one is really obscure and unless you have the video you have never heard it but Natalie Cole did a great version of "Ticket To Ride" at a Lennon tribute concert back in the late 89's or early ninties. way cool!
"All Along The Watchtower" - Hendrix covering Dylan. "Missing You" - Tina Turner covering John Waite. "Respect" - Aretha Franklin covering Otis Redding. "Baby, Now That I've Found You" - Alison Krause covering The Foundations. "With A Little Help From My Friends" - Joe Cocker covering The Beatles. "Ain't That A Shame" - Cheap Trick covering Fats Domino. Linda Ronstadt deserves special mention for great covers of Roy Orbison's "Blue Bayou," Doris Troy's "Just One Look," Martha & The Vandella's "Heat Wave," Smokey Robinson's "The Tracks of My Tears" and his "Ooh Baby, Baby," The Rolling Stones' "Tumbling Dice," The Eagles' "Desperado," Dylan's "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight," Buddy Holly's "That'll Be The Day," "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" and "It's So Easy," Little Feat's Lowell George's "Willin'," Betty Everett's "You're No Good," The Everly Brothers' "When Will I Be Loved," Chuck Berry's "Back in the USA" and Warren Zevon's "Poor, Pitiful Me," plus some others.
The Byrds version of Dylans "You aint goin nowhere" is fantastic as is Eric Clapton's version of "Don't think twice its alright" from the Dylan tribute concert
Gary Jules version of Tears for Fears' Mad World is a ton better than the original. I also like Guns n Roses cover of Knockin' on Heavens Door and Metallica's cover of Turn the Page
Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing" covered by: SRV Derek and the Dominos Sting Def Leppard Carlos Santana Steve Vai Joe Satriani Eric Johnson Frank Zappa Pearl Jam etc etc... best cover = SRV.......but not as good as Jimi's original
Dinosaur Jr - The Cure's "Just Like Heaven"The Link Aztec Camera - Van Halen's "Jump" The Link The Antlers - My Bloody Valentine's "When You Sleep" Bauhaus - Pink Floyd's "Lucifer Sam" Luna - Velvet Underground's "Ride Into The Sun" Yo La Tengo - Daniel Johnston's "Speeding Motorcycle" Los Campesinos! - Black Flag's "Police Story" The Cherubs - Blondie's "Dreaming" Sixteen Deluxe - Brian Eno's "Here Come the Warm Jets" The Delgados - ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky" The Link Final Fantasy - Bloc Party's "This Modern Love" The Link Flying Saucer Attack - Sloan's "the Drowners" Jovenes y Sexys - Breeder's "Divine Hammer" Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - the Verlaines "Death of the Maiden"
Pat Boone covering Metalica - great find I'll add Austin Lounge Lizards cover of Pink Floyd's Brain Damage or Flying Lizards cover of the Beatle's I Want Money
Devo - Satisfaction Lenny Kravitz - American Woman Power Station - Bang a Gong Joe "King" Carrasco - 96 Tears UB40 - Many Rivers to Cross Eric Clapton - I Shot the Sheriff Earth, Wind & Fire - Got to Get You Into My Life Los Lobos - La Bamba
Guns N Roses covering Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door Cake covering Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive Manfred Mann's Earth Band covering Bruce Springsteen - Blinded By The Light
The Sundays - "Wild Horses" The Fugees - "Killing Me Softly" Reel Big Fish - "Take On Me" Type O Negative - "Summer Breeze"
The Fugees Killing Me Softly was HORRIBLE Dynamite Hack doing Boys in the Hood is good for comic relief.
Is Blinded by the Light an actual cover or did Springsteen just write it? I never heard the original.
Bruce recorded it on his first album and released it as a single in 1973, Mann released it in 1977. Two pretty good covers I heard live last night by Billy Idol - L.A. Woman and Mony Mony
Elton John - Pinball Wizard Linda Ronstadt - Desperado Jimmy Buffett - Brown Eyed Girl LeAnn Rimes - Me and Bobby McGee George Thorogood - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer Aerosmith - Come Together
Janis Joplin covered "Me and Bobby McGee" by Kris Kristofferson Patsy Cline covered "Crazy" by Willie Nelson Johnny Cash covered "A Boy Named Sue" by Shel Silverstein
Another great cover, second only to Pat Boone's heavy metal covers: William Shatner covers "Mr. Tambourine Man"The Link
House of the Rising Sun- The Animals Reason to Believe- Rod Stewart Hallelujah- Jeff Buckley (What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding- Elvis Costello Hurt- Johnny Cash Woodstock- CSNY After Midnight- Eric Clapton Alabama Song- The Doors Babe I'm Gonna Leave You- Led Zeppelin Black Magic Woman- Santana Blue Suede Shoes- Elvis Presley Blueberry Hill- Fats Domino China Girl- David Bowie Cocaine- Eric Clapton Cum On Feel the Noize- Quiet Riot Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood- The Animals Hound Dog- Elvis Presley I Want Candy- Bow Wow Wow It's My Life- No Doubt Last Kiss- Pearl Jam Louie Louie- The Kingsmen Love Hurts- Nazareth Mustang Sally- Wilson Pickett Night Time is the Right Time- Ray Charles Once Bitten, Twice Shy - Great White Only You- The Platters Piece of My Heart- Big Brother and Holding Company Shake, Rattle, and Roll- Bill Haley and the Comets Somebody to Love- Jefferson Airplane Statesboro Blues- The Allman Brothers Tainted Love- Soft Cell The Air That I Breathe- The Hollies Time Is on My Side- The Rolling Stones Train Kept a Rollin- The Yardbirds Turn, Turn, Turn- The Byrds Whiskey in the Jar- Thin Lizzy Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On- Jerry Lee Lewis Wild Thing- The Troggs Without You- Harry Nilsson
I agree with PFD regarding The Fugees" Killing Me Softly. I thought it was amazing. My favorite cover is Joe Cocker's A Little Help From my Friends. Rarely, in my opinion, does a cover exceed the original (almost all of them are just different, but not better) but Cocker nails it.
Texanne, are you saying you think Stringsteen's Blinded by the Light is as good as Manfred Mann? I thought you hated The Boss.
I do hate Springsteen. That's why I haven't heard his version -- I don't listen to him. There are thousands of covers I've never heard, but of the ones I have, I've thought the original was better in almost all of the cases.
