Best Covers of Rock Songs

[meyers7]

We've had the Cowboy Junkies version. But I really like Miley's version.

Sweet Jane (originally from The Velvet Underground)

 

[meyers7]

Some more Postmodern Jukebox taking you to church.

Covering U2's I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

 

[meyers7]

Another one from Scott Bradlee, featuring Miche Braden. You can smell the smoke on the whiskey.

Sweet Child O' Mine from Guns-n-Roses

 

[Scud49]

Waylon doing Marshall Tucker's classic "Can't You See"

 

[Huskee11]

Feel a Whole Lot Better, originally done by The Byrds in 1965, this cover by Tom Petty is on the Full Moon Fever album. Tom and Roger McGuinn had a good relationship.

Some subtle differences but the two versions are hard to tell apart.

 

[bloor]

Love Mary Ramsey's voice in this rather weird 10,000 Maniacs cover of Brian Ferry/Roxy Music

 

[bloor]

many covers of this Dusty Springfield song--let's try a live on stage version

 

[cullaville]

Johnny B Goode covered by Johnny Winter

 

[cullaville]

The Jimi Hendrix epic cover of Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower".

My favorite version of this song

 

[cullaville]

These kids do a fantastic job...........

 

[psconn]

I think this live from a parking lot cover is better than the Go Go's original

Been following F&F for years. Great band that can cover a wide variety of tunes.

 

[psconn]

School of Rock has a lot of fun songs posted. I really like this one. There have been several earlier posts, I really get a kick out of seeing talented young people paying tribute to songs that came out long before they were born.

May be the best cover of this tune I heard. Listen to it regularly.

 

[psconn]

Another Foxes and Fossils (they have many). Not in a parking lot this time though. From CSN

Suite Judy Blue Eyes

Their first gig. The girls were about 15 and looked a little nervous.

 

[Kaizen]

The most famous cover song, original by Dolly Parton.
(That recording reportedly earned Parton $10 million in royalties in the 1990s, according to Forbes.)

 

[Waquoit]

Everybody sounds good covering Dylan:

 

[oldude]

For a somewhat unconventional cover with a new twist, how about L'il Nas X's version of Dolly Parton's Jolene?

 

[Kaizen]

Another cover song from Dylan,

 

[bantamlaker]

Jimmy Jones had a big hit with Handyman in 1959. It was a hit for Del Shannon in 1964 and James Taylor won a Grammy and hit #1 with it in 1977. Hard to decide between those two cover versions.

 

[Cornell Lt]

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Great Thread. I will stay away from the R&B remakes because there are a ton of them.

Remake from the original Seals and Croft version.

 

[Shenandoah]

Saw Twisted Sister at the old Arcadia Ballroom, in New Haven. This song blew me away.

 

[bantamlaker]

Chuck Berry had the original in 1956

 

[TerpWomenFan]

This is one of my all time favorite records. Originally done by Skylark.

 

[Hoops66]

As a switch, I'm putting up the original, since I'm doubting that many know that Lonnie Donegan wasn't the first to sing it. This novelty tune goes back to 1924, and the "spearmint" was the chewing gum.

 

[Ozimoto]

Another one from 10,000 maniacs. This is a cover of "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" It's hard to match the Sandy Denny version, but this one is pretty good too.

 

[Rocket009]

There's already a couple of other covers of BoRap been posted but IMO this is the best one.

 

[Aluminny69]

I'll start with one of the most well known covers. A cover of Bruce's song.

Blinded By the Light - Manfred Mann

You can start a lot of arguments with this statement. There are a lot of big hits that were actually covers, or more accurately, rerelease of the same song. Chubby Checkers The Twist or Blood Sweat and Tears You Made Me so Very Happy, (originally released by Brenda Holloway.) But I would argue that the most well known cover was Elvis Presley's Hound Dog. ( may have been before your time.) Here's the original, which the black community was very familiar with.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[Centerstream]

Cover of the Ian Hunter original, before he was in Mott The Hoople.

 

[EasyEd]

Since my favorite song that the Beatles covered was Twist and Shout. Here is a cover of a Beatle song that I might like better than the original.