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I hate the way Pat Boone ripped off the pioneers of rock and roll with his "sanitized" cover versions, but his version of "Ain't That A Shame" has always been a guilty pleasure of mine. His over-the-top, melodramatic delivery just fits the song's heartbreak lyrics better than Fats Domino's deadpan style in the original.
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I like Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt". It strikes me in a way that Trent Reznor's version doesn't.
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Run DMC and Aerosmith doing Walk this way. It was years before I heard the original and I just like this version better.
I caught a video of Metallica doing Whisky in the Jar on The Hits a while back and really quite liked that. Haven't been able to work out what album it's on yet so if anyone can point me in the right direction it would be appreciated.
Thinking of Metallica, Kerrang magazine arranged for various bands to cover each of the songs on Master of Puppets as a 20th anniversary tribute thing. I particularly like Trivium doing the title track.
I've also got a tribute to Alice Cooper album called Humanary Stew which I hadn't listened to in such a long time I had forgotten how good it is. Favourites include Roger Daltrey doing No more Mr Nice Guy (featuring Slash), and Vince Neil singing on Cold Ethyl with Mick Mars on guitar(who is an underrated guitarist in my opinion, it's just that the rest of Motley Crue have such huge personalities his contribution tends to get overlooked - he did a track called Bittersuite for their Quaternary EP which blew me away when I first heard it, it's magnificent).
Guns N Roses Knockin' on Heaven's Door and Live and Let Die. But that could be my bias showing.
quote:Originally posted by Cinnamon: I caught a video of Metallica doing Whisky in the Jar on The Hits a while back and really quite liked that. Haven't been able to work out what album it's on yet so if anyone can point me in the right direction it would be appreciated.
Garage, Inc., it's a double album. I believe all the songs on it are covers.
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quote:Originally posted by Cinnamon: I caught a video of Metallica doing Whisky in the Jar on The Hits a while back and really quite liked that. Haven't been able to work out what album it's on yet so if anyone can point me in the right direction it would be appreciated.
Garage, Inc., it's a double album. I believe all the songs on it are covers.
Thanks. I'll have to add it to my ever increasing list of albums to buy.
I forgot to include this one in my previous list - Poison did a version of Cover of the Rolling Stone allegedly while stoned. It's on the album Crack a Smile...and more and I love it, it brings a smile to my face every time.
quote: Thinking of Metallica, Kerrang magazine arranged for various bands to cover each of the songs on Master of Puppets as a 20th anniversary tribute thing. I particularly like Trivium doing the title track.
Quite a number of bands/artists have done that. One of my favorites is a cover of Black Sabbath's "Sweet Leaf" by Godsmack. It was on Nativity in Black Vol. 2.
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quote:Originally posted by Ramblin' Dave, ramblin' again: Surely the Who's version of "Summertime Blues" is one of the great ones you only forgot because you were tired.
Nailed it in one, darlin'.
and their version of "Heatwave" is the best arrangement of it I've EVER heard. "Daddy Rolling Stone" isn't bad either. And I do believe they did the Rolling Stones' "Under my Thumb" and "This could be the last time" better than the Stones themselves.
But that's just me.
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On a heavier note, Mushroomhead did a great cover of "Crazy" by Seal.
And Drowning Pool's cover of "Creeping Death". They did that one live at Ozzfest '02. Gave me goosebumps when they played it, that's how good it was. Shame that Dave died later that summer.
And for those who like Disturbed's version of "Land Of Confusion", dig up the version by Prism Theory. They're a local band that have been covering that for years at their shows.
ETA Also remembered Loverboy's "Working For The Weekend" that Faith No More used to do in concert. And the "Hurting Each Other" cover from the "Wish I Was A Carpenter" album. I believe it was Concrete Blonde's lead singer?
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"Kicks" by Paul Revere and the Raiders, redone by the Monkees.
"Watchtower" by Bob Dylan, redone by Jimi Hendrix.
"Blowin in the Wind" by Bob Dylan, redone by Peter, Paul and Mary
"Leavin' on a Jet Plane" by John Denver, redone by Peter, Paul and Mary.
"Ticket to Ride" by the Beatles, redone by the Carpenters
"Is she really" by (I THINK!) Joe Jackson, redone by ...and the mind goes blank. Redone by Sugar Ray (when in doubt, ask your teenage daughter.... )
"I'm a Believer" by the Monkees, redone by Smash Mouth.
"Dancin' in the streets" by Martha and the Vandellas, redone by David Bowie and Mick Jagger.
"With a little help from my friends" by the Beatles, redone by Joe Cocker.
And if I go any longer, the board will explode from the length of this post. So I'll end it here.
ETA to correct a spelling error.... I don't think he's John DENBER unless one has a cold....
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There's something deliciously ironic about Type O Negative's covers of "Summer Breeze" and "Oops I Did it Again."
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I'm partial to Type O's cover of "Cinnamon Girl".
BTW, I downloaded Radiohead's "Nobody Does It Better". Oh my. My dog came in, looked at me, cocked his head at the PC, and left (seemingly in disgust).
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quote:Originally posted by Lady Moon: "I'm a Believer" by the Monkees, redone by Smash Mouth.
I hate that one because (1) they replaced "when I needed sunshine" with "when I wanted sunshine" and (2) they dropped the the "de-doo-doo-de-doo" background vocal. I hate Cheap Trick's cover of "Don't Be Cruel" for the former reason, too. In both cases they were raising a want to the level of a need.
I'm with you on "Dancing in the Street," though.
animal73: Please tell me you mean the Oscar-nominated song from The Spy Who Loved Me and not the rap song from 1997.
My favorite is probably "Angel of the Morning," by Juice Newton covering Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts.
ETA: ditto to what Norton II said, except that I don't usually think of them as covers if Dylan's own version wasn't a hit.
My favorite recordings of Dylan songs other than by Dylan: "It Ain't Me, Babe" (Turtles) "If Not for You" (Olivia Newton-John) "Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)" (Manfred Mann)
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Manfred Mann seems to have made a living doing covers. Same with Linda Ronstadt.
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quote:Originally posted by Jayguar Temple: animal73: Please tell me you mean the Oscar-nominated song from The Spy Who Loved Me and not the rap song from 1997.
Yeah, they covered the Carly Simon one. Sounds like the rest of the band switched instruments and had drunken karaoke night.
It did grow on me a little, though.
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quote:Originally posted by Ramblin' Dave, ramblin' again: I don't think I've ever even heard any other Doors cover, except for the Lettermen's "Light My Fire" and "Hello I Love You." Yes, they're as bad as you'd expect!
X did a cover of "Soul Kitchen" that is quite a departure from The Doors.
I don't think Joe Cocker, Linda Rondstat or Manfred Mann ever wrote anything. Then again, it wasn't until The Beatles when you had acts that almost always composed their own songs.
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quote:Originally posted by Ramblin' Dave, ramblin' again: I don't think I've ever even heard any other Doors cover, except for the Lettermen's "Light My Fire" and "Hello I Love You." Yes, they're as bad as you'd expect!
X did a cover of "Soul Kitchen" that is quite a departure from The Doors.
Interesting - didn't Ray Menzarek produce their albums?
After writing that last message, actually, I remembered Marianne Faithfull's version of "Alabama Song," which is also pretty good, although it sounds like she's already been at the next whiskey bar for quite some time.
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quote:Originally posted by Ramblin' Dave, ramblin' again: I don't think I've ever even heard any other Doors cover, except for the Lettermen's "Light My Fire" and "Hello I Love You." Yes, they're as bad as you'd expect!
X did a cover of "Soul Kitchen" that is quite a departure from The Doors.
Interesting - didn't Ray Menzarek produce their albums?
After writing that last message, actually, I remembered Marianne Faithfull's version of "Alabama Song," which is also pretty good, although it sounds like she's already been at the next whiskey bar for quite some time.
Manzarek produced X's first four studio records, all of which are great. He also directed a short movie for the Doors song "L.A. Woman" in the mid-eighties starring X lead singer John Doe.
X also covered the Doors song "The Crystal Ship." Their version can be found on the soundtrack to the X-Files movie, but I'm pretty sure it was also used in a second-season episode titled "3", the one with vampires in Hollywood.
Max "this was supposed to be the new world" Renn
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quote:Originally posted by Jayguar Temple: animal73: Please tell me you mean the Oscar-nominated song from The Spy Who Loved Me and not the rap song from 1997.
Yeah, they covered the Carly Simon one. Sounds like the rest of the band switched instruments and had drunken karaoke night.
It did grow on me a little, though.
Speaking of covers of James Bond tunes, I liked GNR's cover of "Live and Let Die" very much.
Their cover of "Sympathy for the Devil" was better, though.
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quote:Originally posted by Norton II: A good cover is almost anything by Bob Dylan covered by almost anyone else. Dylan's a great songwriter and an absolutely horrible singer.
Conversely, there are precious few Dylan covers I like. Nick Drake does a good version of "don't Think Twice" but I can't stand most of them.
And "Sweet Jane" as done by the Cowboy Junkies makes me want to stick my head in the oven.
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Glad to hear I'm not the only one who doesn't like that version of "Sweet Jane."
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quote:Originally posted by Ramblin' Dave, ramblin' again: Glad to hear I'm not the only one who doesn't like that version of "Sweet Jane."
I really love that version; it was actually my introduction, in a degrees-of-separation way, to the Velvet Underground. It's radically different from the version the VU did on Loaded, but it's surprisingly close to the arrangement on the live album 1969.
The Cowboy Junkies also did a fairly decent cover of the Rolling Stones' "Dead Flowers." It was recorded for their third album then relegated to a b-side. I haven't heard it since I saw them in concert in 1989, but it's never appeared on CD to the best of my knowledge.
Max "heavenly wine and roses" Renn
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Gilby Clarke did a cover of Dead Flowers with Axl Rose on Clarke's album Pawnshop Guitars - I love that one, it's a great song and a great cover.
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Jane's Addiction have done the best cover of 'Sympathy' i've heard, Farrell imbues the song with emotion, something I always felt the Stones sorta varnished onto their records... same with Lou Reed's Rock'n'Roll.
Cinnamon - you must be the 'other' person who bought Pawnshop Guitars
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quote:Originally posted by Norton II: A good cover is almost anything by Bob Dylan covered by almost anyone else. Dylan's a great songwriter and an absolutely horrible singer.
Is Dylan a horrible singer?
I first heard him when my brother had 'Blood on the Tracks' album in the 70's. I thought his grating, gnarling voice had few likeable qualities, and that his songs were best sung by the likes of "The Byrds" or "Peter, Paul & Mary" etc.
Later on I heard Dylan's "Desire " album and the classic "Hurricane" and suddenly found myself liking his quirky voice.
Blood on the Tracks is now one of my favourite all time albums.
So is Dylan a horrible singer? He sings in tune, in time and in his own unique style. Much better than saccharine covers of his songs.
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I agree with jw here - Bob might not be the greatest technician with his voice but he has gravitas and humour in spades - I know which version of 'Mr Tambourine Man' I want to joyously sing along to and which I want to switch off immediately.
Personality goes a looong way and if yours is unique, like Bob's, your legend is secure. Bob Marley couldn't 'sing', nor can Neil Young or Van Morrison or Ray Lamontagne or Seth Lakeman etc etc but we love them all them same - you can be a great singer without having the best voice.
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quote:Originally posted by Max_Renn: "Let's Do It" by Cole Porter, covered by Paul Westerberg and Joan Jett on the Tank Girl soundtrack. The version in the movie is actually performed by Ann Magnuson, IIRC.
I have that album and I've always wondered who sang it in the film. Fantastic song.
Pikey "Cold Cape Cod Clam" Queen
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quote:Originally posted by Jay Tea: Cinnamon - you must be the 'other' person who bought Pawnshop Guitars
Possibly the third in a strictly technical sense - I bought my copy courtesy of eBay. I also have Swag and The Hangover and am looking out for Rubber. I quite like Gilby's stuff.
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Right now the one song that pops into my mind as strange cover (still trying to decide if I like it or not) is Gorefest's version of Autobahn. What makes this cover more interesting to me is that Kraftwerk is my all-time favorite band and Gorefest is also one of my favorite bands. Still, a death metal cover of Autobahn does sound a little weird.
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The band Gorefest did a death metal version of Kraftwerk's Autobahn. Still trying to decide if I like the Gorefest version of the song or not but it is definitely an interesting version of the song - especially considering that I like both bands.
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Another crazy crossover, Dolly Parton's bluegrass version of Shine was quite awesome indeed.
And heck, even Garth Brooks did a few very nice covers...one of Walkin' After Midnight, a rodeo version of Aerosmith's Fever (which in itself was a cover; Chris LeDoux did the rodeo version first, I believe), a couple of Billy Joel songs...
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