Good/Interesting Cover Songs
 

I like when bands can cover a song and instead of doing a straight up version of it, they make it their own and add their own touch to it. I want to hear other artists interpretations of people's work.So start reccomending some...


I liked:
Nirvana- Lake of fire, Oh Me, Plateau, Man Who Sold The World
Raconteurs- A house is not a motel
Johnny Cash, Rowboat, Hurt
Sonic Youth- Within you, without you ,Hallowed be thy name, i am right, electricity, ca plane pour moi
Thurston Moore- European Son
Pixies- Head On
Jesus and Mary Chain- Vegetable Man
White Stripes- Jolene
Replacements- Black Diamond, Jean Genie
Radiohead- Nobody Does It Better
Built To Spill- Mr.Crowley, What Goes On, Whiteman in Hammersmith , Re-arrange. While My Guitar Gently Wheeps
SRC- Dear Landlord
13th Floor Elevators- Its All Over Now Baby Blue
Sex Pistols- Substitute
Bob Dylan- Rollin and Tumblin, Lost Highway
Pontiac Brothers- Brown Eyed Lady, Magneto and Titanium Man
Smashing Pumpkins- Clones, My Blue Heaven
Dinosaur Jr- Just LIke Heaven, Quicksand, Chunks

killdozer - i'm not lisa
sonic youth - superstar
human league - you've lost that loving feeling
frankie goes to hollywood - ferry cross the mersey
thinking fellers union local 282 - outhouse of the pryeeeeeee

The Dissociatives do a great cover of Going Out West by Tom Waits. that's all I care to name right now.

beck does a good cover of GG Allin's 'tough fuckin shit'-granted i haven;t heard the original.

brand new cadillac and police and theives by the clash

all along the watchtower, hendrix, of course

louie louie by black flag

I really like foetus and lydia lunch singing "Why don't we do it in the road" by the beatles.

Also Hayden covering "Gouge away" by the pixies.

And pretty much every cover psychic tv ever did. I'm blown away.

Talking Heads - Take Me to The River
Al Green - Light My Fire


---this could go on for too long...
Ring of Fire was originally written by June Carter before she married Johnny. The song is co-written by Merle Kilgore, who was the best man at the wedding.

John Coltrane Quintet - My Favorite Things
CCR - I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower
Led Zeppelin - In My Time of Dying
Led Zeppelin - Traveling Riverside Blues
The Rolling Stones - Love in Vain
The Rolling Stones - Little Queenie
The Who - Summertime Blues
Patti Smith Group - My Generation
The Beatles - A Taste Of Honey
The Beatles - Rock And Roll Music
The Beatles - Till There Was You
The Beatles - Roll Over Beethoven
The Beatles - Twist And Shout
The Beatles - Act Naturally
The Beatles - Dizzy Miss Lizzy
The Beatles - Mr. Moonlight
...

"interesting covers?"
Nico's The End
Cale's Heartbreak Hotel (or Judy Nylon's version which he based his on)
Lou's Soul Man
Moe's Hey Bo Diddley

cover songs
 

Sonic Youth did great versions of
Neil Young-Computer Age
Ramones-Beat On The Brat
Beatles-Within You Without You

Mudhoney did
Fang-Money Will Roll Right In

The Clash did
Eddie Grant-Police On My Back

X did a great version of
The Doors-Soul Kitchen.

Rolling Stones did
Temptations Songs
My Girl, Aint To Proud To Beg, Just My Imagination, Going To A Go Go
Stones also did
Chuck Berry songs
Come On, Carol, Little Queenie, Bye Bye Johnny,
& Buddy Holley-Not Fade Away

The Grateful Dead did Not Fade Away too

Peter Tosh and Mick Jagger did
Walk and Don't Look Back by Smoky Robinson

yeah,
Hendrix- All along the Watchtower (amazing)
white stripes - jolene
nirvana - man who sold the world
cat power - i found a reason (sooo beautiful) & wild is the wind (these 2 make me cry)
rage against the machine - maggie's farm, street-fightin man

I was just listening to Sisters of Mercy doing "Gimme Shelter."

scarling - wave of mutilation (this is excellent)

Xiu Xiu - Asleep
Xiu Xiu - Ceremony
Xiu Xiu - All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
Animal Collective - Polly
Johnny Cash - Hurt

Bryan Ferry - It's My Party

Johnny Cash did a good cover of Beck's 'Rowboat'. And... I think he did 'Rusty Cage' by Soundgarden too. Those were pretty good.

And of course, Hendrix's 'All Along The Watchtower' was just amazing. Same with Hey Joe, to a lesser extent.

I really like The Jesus And Mary Chain's covers of Little Red Rooster, Surfin' USA, their version of Bo Diddley's Who Do You Love and Elvis Presley's Guitar Man.

I like Pvement's version of Killing Moon a whole lot.

jad fair and kramer's version of help by the beatles rules all.

and motley crue revved up helter skelter to devil horn status.

i'd like to add My Girl and Alphabet Street, also Tower of Song. most mary chain covers are great!

Nirvana - Love Buzz
Sonic Youth - Beat On The Brat
Mudhoney - Halloween
Sex Pistols - No Fun

Killdozer - American Pie
X - Los Angeles
fIREHOSE - Mannequin (not too different, but I love the energy)
Naked City - Lonely Woman

hmmmm

Oh man, is that a good one or what.