Favorite cover song?

[HeavenlyHalos]

Buckley's cover of Hallelujah is the best version of the song, but I feel like Leonard Cohen doesn't get enough credit for his original. For that matter, Cohen really doesn't get the fame and credit he deserves for being such an amazing song writer. My personal favorite of his being "The Partisan." 

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Knockin' On Heaven's Door- G n' R  (original Bob Dylan)

Live and Let Die - G n' R (original Sir Paul McCartney)

Nothing Compares To You - Sinead O'Connor (original Prince)

Respect - Aretha Franklin  (original Otis Redding)

I Heard It Through The Grapevine - CCR (original Marvin Gaye)

Me and Bobby McGee -Janis Joplin (original Kris Kristoferson)

Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis  (original Carl Perkins)

Crossroads - Cream (original Robert Johnson?)

Little Wing - Sting, and also Stevie Ray Vaughn version (original Jimi Hendrix)

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Also, absolutely am a HUGE Jeff Buckley and Ryan Adams fan and those tunes were on my list but didn't want to be redundant.

[Ray McKigney]

A Change is Gonna Come by The Band (original by Sam Cooke)

[ELEVEN]

A Change is Gonna Come by The Band (original by Sam Cooke)

Such an under rated version.

 

Enjoy this one!

[Ray McKigney]

Such an under rated version.

 

Enjoy this one!

 

That's really good. She's great. I love Rick Danko's voice in The Band's version so much. He's always been one of my favorite singers. 

[vlad27]

Richie Kotzen does a great cover of Sara Smile by Hall and Oates - yep I said it

[eaterfan]

Without a doubt.  When you see the way Johhny looks at his wife...wow.  I get tears.  

 

As for cover songs: Manfred Mann wins.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlBifX0H3yg

 

 

 

 

 

For comparison's sake, the original:

 

 

I actually think this is the worst cover song ever. I've always hated the Manfred Mann version of Blinded by the Light. When I was a kid I had never heard the Springsteen version and just thought the song was bad. The first time I heard the original I was blown away by the passion Springsteen had in his voice and I have been a huge fan of his ever since.

 

Props to Eric for mentioning Joe Cocker.

[Glen]

I actually think this is the worst cover song ever. I've always hated the Manfred Mann version of Blinded by the Light. When I was a kid I had never heard the Springsteen version and just thought the song was bad. The first time I heard the original I was blown away by the passion Springsteen had in his voice and I have been a huge fan of his ever since.

 

Props to Eric for mentioning Joe Cocker.

 

 

 

This may be the most wrong thing I've ever read on the internet.  Except for the Joe Cocker mention.

[tdawg87]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULmC8JTTVy0

[TobiasFunke]

Not talking random great punk and hardcore covers. My two favorites have got to be:

RAGE covering Springsteen's "The Ghost of Tom Joad"

The Animals covering Dylan's cover of Dave Van Ronk's cover of Woody Guthrie's cover of Leadbelly's cover, etc. of "House of the Rising Sun"

[Ray McKigney]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULmC8JTTVy0

 

HAHAHA!!!!! I remember seeing that on TV and laughing hysterically. 

[Pbonetheman]

Pretty much all the great songs by the Specials are covers so I am going to put them down as a whole. 

 

The Clash doing "Police and Thieves" by Junior Murvin is awesome. 

 

Lately, I really liked this Tim Armstrong cover. 

 

[Pbonetheman]

Not talking random great punk and hardcore covers. My two favorites have got to be:

RAGE covering Springsteen's "The Ghost of Tom Joad"

The Animals covering Dylan's cover of Dave Van Ronk's cover of Woody Guthrie's cover of Leadbelly's cover, etc. of "House of the Rising Sun"

 

Yeah, "House of the Rising Sun,"  is possibly one of the greatest covers ever. 

[Chimi]

Jimi Hendrix - "All Along the Watchtower"

 

I really enjoy the Dave Matthews Band version as well.

[Pbonetheman]

Symarip's "These Boots are Made for Stomping"           Blows Nancy out the water. 

 

[ELEVEN]

Not talking random great punk and hardcore covers. My two favorites have got to be:

RAGE covering Springsteen's "The Ghost of Tom Joad"

The Animals covering Dylan's cover of Dave Van Ronk's cover of Woody Guthrie's cover of Leadbelly's cover, etc. of "House of the Rising Sun"

Here's another

[TobiasFunke]

Pbone! Great choice! With a Symarip reference, you and I would get along just fine.

[Pbonetheman]

Pbone! Great choice! With a Symarip reference, you and I would get along just fine.

 

 

Hell yeah. Love them. Got the original pressing on my TT right now. 

[ELEVEN]

Symarip was at the Echoplex a couple months ago. Sounded great!

[Pbonetheman]

Ramones version of What a Wonderful World.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTjCvF4rQhI

 

Ramones do a great "Needles and Pins" too!

[Vernster52]

Manfred Mann - Demolition Man

[TobiasFunke]

Symarip was at the Echoplex a couple months ago. Sounded great!

You're kidding me?? I hate being out of the music game. I'm completely out of the loop.

[TobiasFunke]

Hell yeah. Love them. Got the original pressing on my TT right now.

I haven't been able to find an original on Trojan other than ones that are way too much from the UK.

Plus I try to steer clear of buying stuff from Europe on eBay.

[Pbonetheman]

I haven't been able to find an original on Trojan other than ones that are way too much from the UK.

Plus I try to steer clear of buying stuff from Europe on eBay.

 

Yeah I have the trojan "SH Moonstomp"... which is actually a reissue from 1980. Got a little ahead of myself. Friend gave it to me about 15 years ago when he was fried on drugs. That's one of those touch black no trade back type of deals.