Good/Interesting Cover Songs

dazedcola · 11.18.2006, 01:58 PM

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

sun city girl · 11.18.2006, 08:44 PM

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

Norma J · 11.18.2006, 09:01 PM

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

hey alex · 11.18.2006, 09:16 PM

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

zedius · 11.18.2006, 09:18 PM

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.

atari 2600 · 11.18.2006, 10:10 PM

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
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"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

jonesroad · 11.18.2006, 10:35 PM

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by dazedcola

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

davenotdead · 11.18.2006, 11:08 PM

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

luxinterior · 11.19.2006, 12:33 AM

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

Cantankerous · 11.19.2006, 12:50 AM

scarling - wave of mutilation (this is excellent)

HaydenAsche · 11.19.2006, 01:04 AM

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

luxinterior · 11.19.2006, 02:39 AM

Bryan Ferry - It's My Party

Danny Himself · 11.19.2006, 07:14 AM

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.

UVRAY · 11.19.2006, 11:11 AM

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.

LittlePuppetBoy · 11.19.2006, 12:01 PM

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

thewall91 · 11.19.2006, 04:22 PM

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

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

sun city girl · 11.19.2006, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by UVRAY

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

guitarpro · 11.20.2006, 10:42 AM

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

GravitySlips · 11.20.2006, 11:58 AM

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

hmmmm

luxinterior · 11.21.2006, 03:00 AM

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Originally Posted by thewall91

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

Oh man, is that a good one or what.

11.18.2006, 01:58 PM	#1
dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	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 __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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11.18.2006, 08:44 PM	#2
sun city girl the end of the ugly Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: finland Posts: 945	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
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11.18.2006, 09:01 PM	#3
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	The Dissociatives do a great cover of Going Out West by Tom Waits. that's all I care to name right now. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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11.18.2006, 09:16 PM	#4
hey alex the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 791	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 __________________ Duran Duran's 1995 covers album Thank You was recently voted the worst album of all time by a Q magazine poll. Although we respectfully disagree (Sonic Youth's NYC Ghosts & Flowers is clearly the worst album of all time) -Pitchfork (hahahah!) Here's a myspace of my music and 4-track ramblings the electric kites--the jamz of me n my friends
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11.18.2006, 09:18 PM	#5
zedius children of satan Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Victoria, B.C. Posts: 260	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. __________________ Do you believe in raptors?
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11.18.2006, 10:10 PM	#6
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	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
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11.18.2006, 11:08 PM	#8
davenotdead invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 7,784	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
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11.19.2006, 12:33 AM	#9
luxinterior invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Missouri, land of the free and home of the brave Posts: 2,351	I was just listening to Sisters of Mercy doing "Gimme Shelter." __________________ "I sweat like a fucking nun on Sunday...I don't even know what that means." - Sebastian Bach
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Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	scarling - wave of mutilation (this is excellent) __________________ RETIRED
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11.19.2006, 01:04 AM	#11
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	Xiu Xiu - Asleep Xiu Xiu - Ceremony Xiu Xiu - All We Ever Wanted Was Everything Animal Collective - Polly Johnny Cash - Hurt __________________ rip
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11.19.2006, 02:39 AM	#12
luxinterior invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Missouri, land of the free and home of the brave Posts: 2,351	Bryan Ferry - It's My Party __________________ "I sweat like a fucking nun on Sunday...I don't even know what that means." - Sebastian Bach
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11.19.2006, 07:14 AM	#13
Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	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.
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11.19.2006, 11:11 AM	#14
UVRAY bad moon rising Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: England Posts: 96	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. __________________ "While U.V.Ray oozes insurgence he weeps intelligence and sensitivity; an illegitimate love child of Mark Twain and John Wayne joined at the hip by the surgical wisdom of Frankenstein." www.uvray.moonfruit.com .
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LittlePuppetBoy expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Aylmer(now Gatineau), Quebec Posts: 1,756	I like Pvement's version of Killing Moon a whole lot. __________________
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11.19.2006, 04:22 PM	#16
thewall91 children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 383	jad fair and kramer's version of help by the beatles rules all. and motley crue revved up helter skelter to devil horn status.
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11.20.2006, 10:42 AM	#18
guitarpro 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 789	Nirvana - Love Buzz Sonic Youth - Beat On The Brat Mudhoney - Halloween Sex Pistols - No Fun __________________ A hundred dollars used to be more than enough and now a hundred times a day and still it's not enough
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11.20.2006, 11:58 AM	#19
GravitySlips children of satan Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 373	Killdozer - American Pie X - Los Angeles fIREHOSE - Mannequin (not too different, but I love the energy) Naked City - Lonely Woman hmmmm
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