dagwave Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 "I Fought The Law" The Clash, not the GD "Devil w/ a Blue Dress On /Detroit Medly" Bruce Springsteen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I love covers. A few of my favorites: Dar Williams - Comfortably NumbJack Johnson - BadfishAimee Mann - One (the 3 dog night song; not U2)Jeffrey Gaines - In Your EyesDamien Rice - CreepNeil Young - Just Like Tom Thumbs BluesEddie Vedder - You've Got to Hide Your Love Away Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAngerer09 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I can't get enough of Cat Power's version of "Stuck Inside a Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 visions of johanna - lee renaldoredemption song - johnny cash & joe strummerhurt - johnny cashi heard it through the grapevine - CCRring them bells - gordon lightfootold town - the corrsmutineer - bob dylan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Discarding the obvious answer (anything by Joe Cocker ) here's 10 that come to mind: Phish - Crosseyed and Painless (Talking Heads)Beatles - Twist and Shout (Isley Bros)Grateful Dead - Morning Dew (Bonnie Dobson)Jeff Beck - Cause We've Ended As Lovers (Stevie Wonder)Cream - Spoonful (Willie Dixon)Steven Stills (w/ Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper) - Season of the Witch (Donovan)King Crimson - Mars (from the "Planet Suite") - Gustav HolstRoxy Music - Like a Hurricane (Neil Young)SRC - In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg)Quicksilver Messenger Service - Who Do You Love? (Ellis McDaniels) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cooperissup3r Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I can't get enough of Cat Power's version of "Stuck Inside a Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again." that whole album is pretty damn good. Jim James' take on Goin to Acapulco is fantastic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 The Who- Summertime Blues Quote Link to post Share on other sites
howdjadoo Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Dixie Chicks - MississippiByrds - Eve Of DestructionMonkees - Steppin StoneSteve Earle - State TrooperSouthside Johnny/Little Steven - Like A VirginElvis Costello - What's So Funny About About.....Mike Wilhelm - Junco PartnerOtis Redding - SatisfactionSpringsteen - Bells Of RhymnyE.Clapton - Cocaine/After MidnightStones - early Don Covay etc coversLots of Yo La TengoLots of Belle & Sebastian Could go on for the rest of the day Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Saut Crapaud Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Faith no more - Easy from the "Songs to Make Love To" Ep Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 > Faith no more - Easy from the "Songs to Make Love To" Ep now, thats a good one!. made #1 on the charts here in 1993 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FourStrongWinds Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Nada Surf - All You Need Is Love , this is great Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Every time this thread comes around (again), I have to plug the Posies, the kings of the cover version (and damn fine songwriters in their own right). Their version of the Germs' "Richie Dagger's Crime" is still an all-time favorite of mine. They've also done great versions of "Ooh Child," "Surrender," "Song of the Baker," "Every Christian Lionhearted Man Will Show You," "Lady Friend," "What the World Needs Now," "I Am the Cosmos," a slew of Big Star songs, and many others. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Que Sera, Sera - Sly & The Family StoneA Hazy Shade Of Winter - BanglesTake Me Home, Country Roads - Toots & The MaytallsEight Miles High - H Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 The Who - Batman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxiebean Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 The Jam - Batman Theme Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Eight Miles High - H Quote Link to post Share on other sites
be my demon Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 The White Stripes - Death Letter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 A few favorites: Nina Simone- "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues"Dinosaur, Jr.- "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better"GD- "Visions of Johanna"Townes Van Zandt- "Dead Flowers"Black Crowes- "Silver Train," "Torn & Frayed"Phish- "Loving Cup"Jerry Joseph- "Come Together"JGB- "The Maker," "Tangled up in Blue," "Shining Star"Ween- "All of my Love"Jane's Addiction- "Ripple"Stones- "Just My Imagination" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blue_94_trooper Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Eight Miles High - H Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I like Golden Smog's Cover of David Bowies Starman! Nirvanas Man Who Sold the World is good too! Yay Bowie covers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 "I Want You To Want Me" - Dwight Yoakam works surprisingly well. And just goes to prove that a great song is a great song, no matter what genre you shoehorn it into. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moe_Syzlak Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I like Golden Smog's Cover of David Bowies Starman! Nirvanas Man Who Sold the World is good too! Yay Bowie covers!I like Seu Jorge's Life on Mars? cover from the A Life Aquatic soundtrack. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 A few favorites: Nina Simone- "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues"Dinosaur, Jr.- "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better"GD- "Visions of Johanna"Townes Van Zandt- "Dead Flowers"Black Crowes- "Silver Train," "Torn & Frayed"Phish- "Loving Cup"Jerry Joseph- "Come Together"JGB- "The Maker," "Tangled up in Blue"Ween- "All of my Love"Jane's Addiction- "Ripple"Love your choices. I'll have to look for these 2. Jerry Joseph doing Come Together sounds like a good idea Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Jerry Joseph doing Come Together sounds like a good idea I've only heard him do it in the middle of "Big Things," usually adding a very nice and melodic verse or two of The Beach Boys' " Wouldn't it be Nice" to the tail end of "Come Together" before heading back into "Big Things." ed. Here's a youtube version of the Dino, Jr. cover:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZKXRpcFcUY And here's my favorite version of Jerry Joseph and the Jack Mormons doing the "Big Things-> Come Together- Wouldn't it be Nice-> Big Things" live two years ago at Egos in Salt Lake City (off of archives):http://ia301124.us.archive.org/3/items/jjj...15d1t02_vbr.mp3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 the obvious answer (anything by Joe Cocker ) +1!!! I'm also partial to Me First And The Gimme Gimmes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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