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OT: Songs that are covers of another artist

One of my favorite bands covering one of my favorite songs. A Warren Zevon tune.

Lawyers, Guns and Money - Red Wanting Blue

 
I think Steven Stills would approve. Seeing these guy in a couple weeks up in Northampton.

Love The One Your With - Bywater Call

 
Wish these guy lived in my backyard. Covering Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker, (with a little Beatles and Slash)

Midnight Rider/Can't You See - Nick Stone and the Shifty Hunchbacks

 
Haley Reinhart also did an album of covers. Here’s her version of Baby It’s You, originally done by the Shirelles, covered many times since including the Beatles and most famously, Smith.

 
My favorite covers are "Twist & Shout" by the Beatles, "Last Kiss" by Pearl Jam, "Creep" by Scala (love the original Radiohead version as well), and recently "Africa" by Weezer (liked they didn't try to do too much with the original, but for me Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt" is number one.
 
Centerstream said:
I am posting this cover again because in previous threads I posted that Mott the Hoople were the original artists. I was wrong, Ian Hunter was the original artist when he was a solo artist and not a member of Mott the Hoople.
Plus it's one of my top ten cruisng songs.
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My, my, my
I’m one big white guy baby.
 
cullaville said:
The original When the Levee Breaks:



The Led Zeppelin version:

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This is a big pet peeve of mine. Zeppelin originally took credit for writing When the Levee Breaks, failing completely to recognize that Memphis Minnie and her husband Kansas Joe wrote the song in 1929. Integrity, anyone?
 
Here's Patti Smith covering a compelling Bob Dylan tune. (According to Dylan, "[The song] means something different every time I sing it...")

 
SalinasV said:
Now this is hardly original but it's a good excuse to include Emmylou's fantastic cover of Townes Van Zandt's classic
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Huskee11 said:
These boys did a pretty decent version as well. Good video also, Townes is actually in it.
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What a song! I also love the version by Willie and Bob Dylan. My husband and I are taking our three teenagers to the Outlaw Music Festival in Hartford in September, which will feature Willie and Bob, along with Waxahatchee, Cheryl Crow, and several other musical acts (though none as legendary as Willie and Bob).

 
And now for something completely different. Crack the Sky covers the Beatles "I am the Walrus."

 
Jackcatscal said:
This is a big pet peeve of mine. Zeppelin originally took credit for writing When the Levee Breaks, failing completely to recognize that Memphis Minnie and her husband Kansas Joe wrote the song in 1929. Integrity, anyone?
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Not condoning Zeppelin for not giving credit where credit is due but it appears that they got it partly right in the original release of Levee - they mentioned Memphis Minnie but forgot Kansas Joe.

Yes, Led Zeppelin acknowledged and credited blues artists for their song "When the Levee Breaks". Specifically, they credited blues artist Memphis Minnie for the lyrics. The song was an adaptation of a blues song by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy, recorded in 1929. Led Zeppelin's version also included credits for the band members themselves, reflecting their contributions to the arrangement and instrumentation, according to Louder Sound.
 
Someone posted Disturbed's version, here is Pentatonix live version.

 
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