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I know, covers are heretical to purists.
List of decent covers:
Fast Car - Luke Combs
Original: Tracy Chapman
First Cut is the Deepest - Cheryl Crow
Original: Rod Stewart
Big Yellow Taxi - Counting Crows
Original: Joni Mitchell
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BOSSHOG
(37,926 posts)And brand spanking new: Every breath you take and Dont let the Sun go Down on me by Dolly Parton from her Rock Star CD.
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)Yeah, I know it's not really "classic", but it's one of my favorite covers.
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)dweller
(24,361 posts)is by Cat Stevens , 1972
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Cut_Is_the_Deepest
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werdna
(657 posts)'" "The First Cut Is the Deepest" is a 1967 song written by British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens, originally released by P. P. Arnold in April 1967."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Cut_Is_the_Deepest
Credit where credit is due and all that.
TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)Kind of amazing, in hindsight. £30 for a song that would eventually be a hit for half a dozen different artists.
dweller
(24,361 posts)Its a Cat Stevens composition covered by P.P Arnold in her release in 1967.
As the composer, Cat released his version as his original in 1972.
Credit is due to the composer
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TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)On the album "New Masters"
You might be seeing the Australian version on Wikipedia, which was released in 1972.
dweller
(24,361 posts)My point was the original was Cat Stevens and not Rod Stewart
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MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)TBH I always thought the song was a little deep for Rod Stewart. Now I know why.
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)This is fun. I have a million covers.
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)Keep em coming.
From The Ashes
(2,645 posts)That's one of the few Queen covers I've seen. Freddie was a hard act to follow.
SarahD
(1,732 posts)Cover by Santana. Original by Fleetwood Mac.
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)WestMichRad
(1,444 posts)
which quickly follows Santanas Black Magic Woman (on the Abraxas album), is itself a cover of the original by Gabor Szabo.
Santana did both of them better than the originals!
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)Wounded Bear
(59,457 posts)Original by Nine Inch Nails, who said it was Cash's song now.
TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)In my opinion, absolutely brilliant.
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)chowder66
(9,480 posts)From The Ashes
(2,645 posts)That is an excellent version of the song!
SarahD
(1,732 posts)Big hit for Linda Ronstadt. Written and first recorded by Warren Zevon.
I would add Desperado by Linda. Or Allison (Elvis Costello). She had a tendency to take over a song in the best way.
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)her version omits this verse:
She asked me if I'd beat her
She took me back to the Hyatt House
I don't want to talk about it, hey
... and replaces it with this:
Down in Yokohama
He picked me up and he threw me down
He said, "Please don't hurt me mama"
Warren's twisted soul.
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stopdiggin
(11,918 posts)has to be one of the most inane and infantile notions ever to be declaimed with a straight face.
Nothing 'purist' about it - just ignorant pretentiousness at it's finest.
stopdiggin
(11,918 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)unblock
(53,323 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,478 posts)then there's making it your own. An example would be With a Little Help From My Friends by the Beatles (tough band to cover) and Joe Cocker making it his own.
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,478 posts)These guys are damn near religiously dedicated to playing the Beatles' music with the intention of making it sound exactly like the original. You may recognize on bass Will Lee who played with Paul Schaefer's CBS Orchestra on the David Letterman show for decades.
The Fab Faux: (long but phenomenal)
dgauss
(918 posts)and then brilliantly expanding it.
patphil
(6,526 posts)Buzz cook
(2,517 posts)Ella Fitzgerald doing a "cover" of Mack the Knife. It was her version.
Bobstandard
(1,446 posts)Originally by the Regents
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)Good one
TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)His cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt"
Trent Reznor's reaction, in part: "Wow. I just lost my girlfriend, because that song isn't mine any more." and "different, but every bit as pure."
More on his reaction to Cash's version: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurt_(Nine_Inch_Nails_song)#Background (DU link doesn't work, but copy/paste does)
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)away and savor later.
hlthe2b
(103,776 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)Originally by Dee Dee Warwick
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)spooky3
(35,065 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)Live at the White House in 2010.
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)chowder66
(9,480 posts)Thank you! I miss him always.
patphil
(6,526 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)Originally by Otis Redding.
25th Anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)My two home towns -Detroit (birth)
Macon (upbringing)
Detroit for the win!
Sneederbunk
(14,644 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)NotASurfer
(2,219 posts)Cover: Tommy Emmanuel (who apparently is just having a blast, riffing into Elton John briefly around 2:30 in)
Original Grammy winner: Mason Williams
Me, now I'm doubling back to check out Fat Bottomed Girls. In this thread. The cover. Y'all knew what I meant.
TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)Rick Beato of YouTube fame calls him the world's best acoustic guitarist.
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,478 posts)Covered by Joe Cocker.
Just about any Bob Dylan song done by anyone but Bob Dylan.
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)And yes to Bob Dylan
TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)It's way better than it has any right to be.
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)AZSkiffyGeek
(11,971 posts)With Bootsy!
TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)Beausoleil
(2,900 posts)She is an amazing "cover" artist and many have covered this song, but hers is the best, IMO.
With Buddy Miller's band:
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)NBachers
(17,508 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)NBachers
(17,508 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)NBachers
(17,508 posts)period pop phenomena. I like their cover of a more recent song, Brittany Spears' Toxic:
DBoon
(22,647 posts)DBoon
(22,647 posts)original by Al Green
TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)The Weight - Aretha Franklin
Original - The Band
I Will Always Love You -Whitney Houston
Original - Dolly Parton
TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)And my apologies for spamming it. haha
This has been really fun -- the most fun I've had here in a long time. Sometimes it's the simple things in life....
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)Love to hear new versions of old stuff
lastlib
(23,817 posts)...like Jimi Hendrix. No one. (And HIS version is a cover of Bob Dylan's.) But a few years ago, I heard the recently departed Melanie (Safka), author of the roller skate song we all know and (mostly) detest, do her version of it, and it flat-out KNOCKED my SOCKS off! It was incredible! It was played on satellite radio that one single time, and sadly, I haven't heard it since. And I cannot find it ANYWHERE on the internet!
It's not quite on a par with Hendrix' version, but it's DAMN close! I really wish I could find it and hear it again!
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)Was anyone better on vinyl???
Would love to hear that version if it ever pops up
AZSkiffyGeek
(11,971 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,452 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)Artists rocking to their own song
patphil
(6,526 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)AZSkiffyGeek
(11,971 posts)Grace Jones
Siouxsie & the Banshees
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And of course, David Bowie
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TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)...and Gary Numan.
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)flying_wahini
(7,204 posts)[link:
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MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)Its European feel - so different (despite the backwards ball cap)
TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)Ok, I'm done for tonight.
Skittles
(155,196 posts)Lemonheads
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)I have a fondness for pop-punk/alt-rock covers.
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)VGNonly
(7,590 posts)[link:
|Permanut
(5,979 posts)The Animals cover, first recorded in1933 by Clarence Ashley and Gwen Foster.
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)consider_this
(2,322 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)Buzz cook
(2,517 posts)Easily the best version of the song.
spooky3
(35,065 posts)Better than the original.
Tarzanrock
(181 posts)Gut wrenching performance of a gut wrenching song.
A transcendent performance for the ages.
Niagara
(8,452 posts)Original by Adele.
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)Niagara
(8,452 posts)Original by David Bowie
Niagara
(8,452 posts)Original Dolly Parton
Niagara
(8,452 posts)Original Depeche Mode
highplainsdem
(50,284 posts)highplainsdem
(50,284 posts)AKwannabe
(5,871 posts)Chris Cornell covered. I love every one of them better than the originals.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,251 posts)A great cover of the Springstein song that almost no one gets the lyrics correct.
TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)Has to be the full version, though. The shorter (single) version just isn't the same.
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)Drum
(9,379 posts)And also The Zombies Shes Not There
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MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)Coventina
(27,427 posts)Paladin
(28,510 posts)Del Shannon did the original.
CelticCrow
(64 posts)This is one of my favorite covers, I love David Draimon's voice and how it continues to build through the song.
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MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)JudyM
(29,431 posts)Neil in a moment of heartfelt prayer:
My vote for best cover (eyes closed to fully feel it) :
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)hlthe2b
(103,776 posts)Paramount Plus started playing this cover of "Go Your Own WAY" with a singer called Lissie. I actually REALLY like it (but still loyal to you, Queen Stevie...LOL )
The actual ad can be seen here:
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/5KX_/paramount-with-showtime-stream-your-own-way
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)JudyM
(29,431 posts)Her first verse was true to the original, fun to watch.
My favorite Stevie performance, she is a queen
:
TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)Perfect example of making a song your own.
TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)Originally performed by Gloria Jones in 1964.
And the Soft Cell version:
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)Brendon Urie can sign.
TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)TwilightZone
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OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)... and Lawrence's unattributed cover of Sly's cover:
... or The Pixies' cover of absolutely nobody's cover:
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)brewens
(14,212 posts)got a CD player. I held out until the price went down. It was still $100.
I bought many other CDs soon, but this was the one band I loved that had a new one out at the time.
marble falls
(59,609 posts)brewens
(14,212 posts)Best_man23
(4,965 posts)Remake of the Crosby, Stills, & Nash hit. Was part of the soundtrack for the film Steal This Movie.
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)WestMichRad
(1,444 posts)Cover of the Guns n Roses hit
great arrangement and vocals!
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TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)You've been....
MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)haha
rogerballard
(3,099 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)patphil
(6,526 posts)TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)patphil
(6,526 posts)patphil
(6,526 posts)patphil
(6,526 posts)Yeah, I know she wrote it, but everyone sees it as a CSNY song.
spooky3
(35,065 posts)I think she recorded it before they did.
patphil
(6,526 posts)It's a toss up as to who was first.
spooky3
(35,065 posts)A performer writes a song that is then recorded by a performer, versus a singer-songwriter who performed her own work.
In the case of Joni Mitchell, she was seeing Graham Nash at the time. Im sure he heard her sing it before CSNY sang it. She didnt cover her own song; she is the originator. No question that CSNYs version sold more records.
patphil
(6,526 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,065 posts)ProfessorGAC
(66,955 posts)..."First Cut..." was covered by Rod. Cat Steven's wrote it and recorded it 10 years before Rod recorded his version.
And, in the early 70s, P.P. Arnold had a big UK hit with it.
So, by the time Rod did it, it was the third generation cover.
I do like the Counting Crows version of Big Yellow Taxi, but I have a fondness for Counting Crows, so I'm biased. As a gigantic & long(!) time Joni fan, my wife may differ!
My best cover nominee is:
patphil
(6,526 posts)My daughter told me about this one.
TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)They're both pretty amazing.
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ms liberty
(9,088 posts)A Ronnie Montrose band and a really good album. This album also has one of my favorite album covers:
Brother Buzz
(36,782 posts)It helped that Jake and Elwood had wickedly good top tier session players backing them (Plus the cameo appearances didn't hurt)
TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)Glaucio Cristelo
TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)Gotta get up...
TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)Let him go!
justaprogressive
(2,317 posts)Wilson Pickett's "Hey Jude" (with Duane Allman)
Dread Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love"
malthaussen
(17,422 posts)I suppose it depends on what one considers a "cover." Prior to the 60s, it was usual for several different artists to record the same song almost simultaneously; at one point there were five versions of the same song in Britain's Top 40. So while Elvis's "Hound Dog" did come after Big Mama Thornton's, whether it was a cover or not can be argued.
Also, the Beatles's "Twist and Shout" is superior to the original, IMO. And that is unquestionably a cover.
-- Mal
Hotler
(11,669 posts)Hey Joe; Otos Taylor band.
The Sky is Crying; B. B. Coleman
The blues ain't meant to be described, it's meant to be traveled, it's the scars on your heart, it's the hole in your soul.
TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)Great band name.
TwilightZone
(26,463 posts)Written by Rudy Toombs and recorded by Amos Milburn in 1953!
The John Lee Hooker version is also good:
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