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Best Covers of Rock Songs

Plebe said:
Here's a Heart classic covered masterfully by Alice in Chains (joined by Nancy Wilson) fronted by country singer Gretchen Wilson on vocals at the 2007 VH1 Rock Honors concert. One of the greatest covers ever.

Gretchen shreds the vocals and Jerry Cantrell gives a master class on lead guitar.

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Agreed, Gretchen nailed it.
 
MSGRET said:
I knew that Kristofferson and Foster wrote it, but didn't know that it was Miller that first recorded it. I also knew that it was Kris that recommend to Janet on recording the song. They had sang it together, never recorded it, and he thought her version was better than any of the others.
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One song Joplin did co-write was “Mercedes Benz” which she wrote with Michael McClure and Bob Neuwirth, a friend of Dylan and (in)famous for his scathing, mocking tongue among folkies. My oldest brother sang for a spell with a core that later morphed into The Turtles and Flo and Eddie; at the time they were a group of guys trying to become the east coast version of The Beach Boys. He would occasionally see Neuwirth in the Village and said the only person he ever knew with a more acid tongue was Danny DeVito, with whom we shared a common friend. You just didn’t want to get into it with DeVito, he was way beyond witty, downright hilarious, and lightning quick and could cut you down verbally in a heartbeat; really good guy though. This was when DeVito was at Oratory Prep in Jersey but years later we swore his Taxi character, Louis DePalma, was based on the real life DeVito.
And to get back on topic, Joplin’s version is the best, by far, IMO.
 
RockInND said:
Member of The Warning Army reporting for duty. Who would have thought my first post after years of lurking would be about The Warning. Extremely talented young sisters, ages 21, 19 and 16, from Monterrey, Mexico.
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Yeah, I have to exercise a lot of restraint not to post all the excellent covers they've done over the years.
Maybe you should post some of the Liceo performances so I don't reveal myself as an annoying fanboi. (Yeah, I know, too late...)
 
MSGRET said:
Here is a cover by Tina S., that should be considered rock even though it's Ludwig van Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (3rd Movement).
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Along the same line, Laura Lace from Latvia has some great guitar covers of pieces by Vivaldi, Pachelbel, Bach and Brahms.

Talked myself into posting one of her. I think some of those composers were rock n' roll several centuries before the phrase was coined!

 
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This one isn't even cheating. I checked out the original song, I'd call it industrial rock. This is a fun take on it.

edit--it's all about attitude, does not even matter what instruments you are playing; just wait for it, you'll know when you get there...

 
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MSGRET said:
Here's one for you @nwhoopfan and I loved yours very much.

SILENZIUM - I Was Made For Lovin' You (Kiss cover)
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Things are drifting a bit sideways but I'm ok with that, especially if you, as the OP, are.
I won't post any links but Steve'n'Seagulls cover a bunch of metal and rock classics. "Thunderstruck" seems to be the most popular.
Makes perfect sense that a Finnish newgrass band with an accordion, banjo, spoons, and an anvil should cover DIO, AC/DC, Kansas, etc.
I agree with you about Sina Drums...excellent cover of "Rosanna".
 
EasyEd said:
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.
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I was fortunate back in the day to have access to concerts galore in San Francisco. Fillmore West, Avalon Ballroom, Family Dog and Winterland (for special shows). For the first three venues, there were three acts per night, and they were big acts, not just local groups who usually were the opening act. Thursday and Sunday nights was $3.00, and Friday and Saturday was $3.50. Shows at Winterland were usually a whopping $4.00.

At Winterland, saw a show with Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs and Englishmen with Leon Russell, and Van Morrison as the opening act. I believe it was in 1970. A Phenomenal evening.
 
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Some Chicago School of Rockers covering Head East

Never Been Any Reason

 
Mary Chapin Carpenter covering Bruce

My Love Will Not Let You Down

 
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Actual cover band out of Connecticut (for you locals) covering Peter Frampton. p.s they'll be at Mohegan Sun (Wolf Den) next Thur and Fri.

Do You Feel Like I Do - Lasts Licks

 
Former Motown artist Bettye LaVette completely transforms this rock song from The Who into a soulful R&B plea.

 


bruno can, and does, cover almost any artist, from nirvana, to prince, to white stripes, to whatever. seems like he is the most popular musician on earth to day. he deserves it.
 
ya just can't have a big audience for a 'world-wide' televised music show without him. he puts up 1B+ hit views like a habit.
this year? bruno sings little richard.
 
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MSGRET said:
School of Rock's cover of Cheap Trick's "I Want You To Want Me". The bassist is really into the song.

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My absolute favorite SOR cover! Every single one of those kids blasts it out of the park. Love bass girl's sneaks.
 
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