Favorite Song Covers

[superjohn]

Watch "Joe Cocker - Feelin' Alright" on YouTube

 

[upstater]

My favorite songs of two of my favorite bands are both covers, so naturally... these are my two favorites:

Husker Du doing the Byrds "8 Miles High":

 

[upstater]

& Pixies doing "Head On" by Jesus and Mary Chain:

 

[Madmannsucks]

Watch "Joe Cocker - Feelin' Alright" on YouTube

Could actually do a whole Joe Cocker section of the most creative covers.

 

[nygblue]

I stumbled on this the other day....

 

[nygblue]

another classic... my new favorite band!

 

[storrsroars]

I stumbled on this the other day....

Ballsy doing "Piano Man" w/o a piano.

What's next, a cover of "I'm the Scatman" going la-la-la-tra-la-la?

 

[Waquoit]

Watch "Joe Cocker - Feelin' Alright" on YouTube

That's one where the cover became the standard. Like this:

 

[Waquoit]

And this:

 

[Chin Diesel]

From his last album.....a 360 video...click and drag on it....

Whole album is great. One of my favs to play while flying.

 

[Madmannsucks]

This version brought Eddy Arnold to tears.

 

[RichZ]

I like Joe Cocker's cover of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You" better than the original, even though Hawkins was of "my" era, and I saw him do it live (at the State Theater in Hartford, some time in the late 50s.).

 

[Horatio]

My favorite jazz vocalists, Cassandra Wilson, has a entire career/ catalog of covers that are
Great.
Here’s one of my favorites from Donny Hathaway- Yesterday (Beatles)

 

[Madmannsucks]

 

[Mano]

Anything by @August_West and The Cesspool Allstars!

But really this is a fantastic cover of an already great song:

 

[Mano]

See below, choose "media".

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You can also just copy and paste the YouTube URL.

 

[CL82]

Not sure if this qualifies, mostly because I'm not sure what a cover is, but I saw this a couple weeks ago, and like it.

That was good. It reminds me of this which I think is fantastic.

 

[Kathy]

That was good. It reminds me of this which I think is fantastic.

Disturbed is one of my favorite renditions of this song.

 

[Kathy]

This is good also

 

[CL82]

Disturbed is one of my favorite renditions of this song.

Same. It's tough to improve on a Simon and Garfunkel song but the Disturbed version builds beautifully making it a really powerful rendition.

 

[Kathy]

Or this one

 

[Kathy]

Grand Funk Railroad cover by Helloween

 

[Kathy]

Titanium cover by Withjn Temptation

 

[nygblue]

 

[lonsharkin51]

Funk fans: If you've got a spare 12 minutes, do yourself a favor and check out Eric Burdon and War's cover of "Paint it Black." Incendiary.


Then, if you have 14 minutes, check out this cover of "Tobacco Road."
Eric Burdon & War - Tobacco Road (Live, 1970) HD