Cover Me...!! (music thread)

[naughtybkynfun2]

...while I may or may not be naked...no, this thread isn't about coverage of me!!

I'm a SUCKER for a good...(ok, its doesn't even need to be all that good,) SONG COVER!!
Thanks to some of the audiophiles (stolen word from lizardo) here i've collected some amazing covers recently...namely, The Slits' - Heard it on Grapevine and Fun Lovin' Criminals'- I'm Not In Love...

But I need more....!!!!

Would love to hear some of your favorites...or even just ones that dont make you cringe too much!!

William Shatner - Rocket Man and Lucy in the Sky
Jill Sobule - I will Survive (Cake's version rocks too) (Gloria Gaynor)
Sinead - Chiquitita (ABBA)
Pearl Jam - Crazy Mary (Victoria Williams)
Wyclef Jean - Delia's Gone (Johnny Cash)
Tuck and Patti - Castles Made of Sand (Jimi)
String Cheese Incident - Gin and Juice (Snoop)
Sublime - Scarlet Begonias (Dead)
Dylan - Blue Moon (Rodgers and Hart) and The Boxer (Paul Simon)
Bryan Ferry - Hard Rain (Dylan)
Rage Against the Machine - Ghost of Tom Joad (Bruce)
Devo - Satisfaction (Stones)
Cramps - Green Door (Shakin' Stevens)
Talking Heads - 1,2,3, Red Light (1910 Fruitgum Co.)
and of course
Beatles - Twist and Shout (Isley's)

as you can see I have a thing for cover songs too...just tell me if you want more...I got tons

 

[mrtnmoon]

Talking Heads - 1,2,3, Red Light (1910 Fruitgum Co.)

reminded me of....

take me to the river - talking heads. not sure who did the original.

 

[Zmey]

I can't believe no one posted Merilyn Mason, Personal Jesus cover. I like Masons version better

 

[naughtybkynfun2]

reminded me of....

take me to the river - talking heads. not sure who did the original.

Rev. Al Green did the original

got a few more

Louie, Louie - Stooges (kingsmen)
Only Love Can Break Your Heart - St. Etienne (Everlast does a good version too)
Be Thankful for What You Got - Massive Attack (William DeVaughn)
Dark Side of the Moon album - Easy Dub All Stars (Pink Floyd)
A House is Not a Home - Luther Vandross (Dionne Warwick)

 

[mrtnmoon]

big daddy is a band that did some interesting things. I wouldn't exactly call them favorites in that they're something I'd want to listen to all the time, but pretty cool to listen to every once in awhile.

I had a tape by them called cutting their own groove, where they took the lyrics from songs that were popular at the time (80's) and put them over the music of songs from the 50's and 60's. the ones I can recall most readily were ice, ice baby over johnny b. goode and welcome to the jungle over the lion sleeps tonight, but there were some other cool ones, too.

the next tape they put out was (I think) a reworking of sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band, but I never really got a chance to listen to that one.

 

[asian_princess]

I dunno who the jimmi is that you're talking about, but I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that whiskey in the jar was a thin lizzy song that metallica covered.

dennis de young of styx covered the old hendrix song fire on one of his solo albums. it's extremely cheesy, but by god, I like it.

on the other hand, gary moore also covered the song. .... gary's solo was pretty rocking, but I still hate the fucking song.

Hey moonie... i think Zmey mean James Hetfield, Metallica's vocalist and i know thin lizzy did it too ...that's the original?

and lol seems i was unlucky...i heard Gary Moore's Cover but not de young's...but i'll be on the look out. thanks babe

William Shatner - Rocket Man and Lucy in the Sky
Jill Sobule - I will Survive (Cake's version rocks too) (Gloria Gaynor)
Sinead - Chiquitita (ABBA)
Pearl Jam - Crazy Mary (Victoria Williams)
Wyclef Jean - Delia's Gone (Johnny Cash)
Tuck and Patti - Castles Made of Sand (Jimi)
String Cheese Incident - Gin and Juice (Snoop)
Sublime - Scarlet Begonias (Dead)
Dylan - Blue Moon (Rodgers and Hart) and The Boxer (Paul Simon)
Bryan Ferry - Hard Rain (Dylan)
Rage Against the Machine - Ghost of Tom Joad (Bruce)
Devo - Satisfaction (Stones)
Cramps - Green Door (Shakin' Stevens)
Talking Heads - 1,2,3, Red Light (1910 Fruitgum Co.)
and of course
Beatles - Twist and Shout (Isley's)

as you can see I have a thing for cover songs too...just tell me if you want more...I got tons

Naughty you and me are gonna be good friends lol

you got 3 of my favs there...devo's satisfaction (how fucking amazing is the intro) and the cramps (ok they do a fucking good cover...do you like the ones they did of Jaihouse Rock and Fever?)

i'll be off to check out the RAtM and Bryan Ferry covers asap.

*drooooooools* and more..always want moooooooooooooore.

 

[asian_princess]

Phish did alot of good covers and I like Greenday's cover of Browneyed Girl

heya Hellfire

Phish did a Ramones over...I don't wanna grow up...that is seriously too good for words.

and speaking of browneyed girl..does anyone listen to Prairie Home Companion? Apparently Prudence Johnson did a version of the song iin the programme n '04 and i really want to get my hands on it, been looking everywhere for like 6 months

 

[mark197205]

Ginuwine's version of When Doves Cry.

 

[fade2blue]

Hey moonie... i think Zmey mean James Hetfield, Metallica's vocalist and i know thin lizzy did it too ...that's the original?

It's a very old traditional Irish folk song.. it's been done hundreds of times by a lot of peeps - but the Thin Lizzy version rocks. And is probably the best known version.....
And......:
Rosalie - Thin Lizzy (Bob Seger)
Heard It through the Grapevine - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Marvin Gaye, I believe)
He Made a Woman Out Of Me - Ry Cooder w/Amy Madigan (Bettye Lavette)
Mercury Blues - David Lindley (K. C. Douglas)
Tell Me - Stevie Ray Vaughan (Howlin' Wolf)

 

[Hellfire75]

Ginuwine's version of When Doves Cry.

It's not a cover but I love ginuwine's Pony....it's a great song for just about everything

 

[Willow123]

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[Lonely Knight]

Europa by Santana and covered by Gato Barbieri is far superior to the original

 

[asian_princess]

Holy fuckarooni

GO!

Go listen to Nirvana's cover of the Leadbelly's song Where Did You Sleep Last Night.
Goooo! what are you still doing here??

I can't believe no one posted Merilyn Mason, Personal Jesus cover. I like Masons version better

and while you're listening to that..look up Johhny Cash's version too!


lol and CT...sing away!


and oh oh! i found another in my files...NIN's Queen cover Get Down Make Love...go listen to it...and then, get down and make love, my lil lovelies

 

[naughtybkynfun2]

Naughty you and me are gonna be good friends lol

you got 3 of my favs there...devo's satisfaction (how fucking amazing is the intro) and the cramps (ok they do a fucking good cover...do you like the ones they did of Jaihouse Rock and Fever?)

i'll be off to check out the RAtM and Bryan Ferry covers asap.

*drooooooools* and more..always want moooooooooooooore.

I'm sure we will Princess

Check out Bowie's Pin-ups and Bryan Ferry's first 3 solo albums.....Bowie's is all covers, and Ferry's are mostly covers

Bjork - Leaving on a Jet Plane (Peter, Paul, & Mary)
Annie Lennox - Every Time we Say Goodbye (Cole Perter)
Feelies - Sedan Delivery (Neil Young)
Cramps - Surfin' Bird (The Trashmen) Ramones is good too

just a few for now...more to come

 

[asian_princess]

I'm sure we will Princess

Annie Lennox - Every Time we Say Goodbye (Cole Perter)


just a few for now...more to come

oooh naughty...you a hit nerve with the Annie Lennox track, i've been having an annie week...so that was superb, thank you

moreeeeeeeeeeeeee


Am listening to Johnny Cash's last album American IV: The Man Come Around, prettty much the ultimate cover album...all my favs, Hurt, Personal Jesus, First Time Ever I Saw Your Face this one grows on you)...

but there's version of Desperado (the eagles) i've never heard of before...and it's amazing.


OH! and holy shit. Has anyone heard Travis' cover of Britney Spears' (Hit Me Baby)One More Time. Listen to it..you'll want to kill yourself for enjoying it so much.

 

[EndCredits]

Ben Folds - Bitches Ain't Shit
Jonathan Coulton - Baby Got Back
Tom Jones w/ The Cardigans - Burning Down the House
Hard 'n' Phirm - Rodeohead (massive Radiohead cover)
Hayseed Dixie - Highway to Hell
Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb

I'm not sure if this counts or not, but there's some really good a cappella covers of songs... I was hardcore addicted to Rockapella's version of Kiss the Girl for a bit, and this college group did a really good cover of Africa.

 

[mrtnmoon]

I dunno if this counts or not because I dunno if you can find it anywhere or if it was ever even recorded, but marc cohn (the walking in memphis guy) did a version of fever on a tv show called austin city limits a few years ago that is my favorite version of the song ever.

it was just him singing and a dude playing bass.... neat little bass solo including some wah-wah and a little sing along with the audience. it was really cool. damn, I think I need to dig up the videotape. hope I still have it.

I don't have the technology to DL any music so I dunno what's out there... worth listening to if you can find it.

 

[naxalite0906]

(lol someone might kill me for saying this but... )

Johnny Cash's cover of NIN's Hurt.

Holy hell.

Sometimes, listening to them back to back...you forget who is really covering who.

This one nearly always has me in tears every time I hear it.

My faves.. I think he covered them both anyway are issac hayes doing "by the time I get to phoenix" and "walk on by"

 

[naughtybkynfun2]

oooh naughty...you a hit nerve with the Annie Lennox track, i've been having an annie week...so that was superb, thank you

moreeeeeeeeeeeeee

More for you Princess:

La Vie en Rose - Grace Jones (Edith Piaf)...a great song to fuck to
Bonnie and Clyde - Luna (Serge Gainsbourg)
Don't Think Twice (It's Alright) - Mike Ness (Dylan)
Ain't Too Proud to Beg - Stones (Temptations)
Eyesight to the Blind - Who (Sonny Boy Williamson)
Peggy-O - Dylan (traditional)
Ripple - Jane's Addiction (Dead)
I Can See Clearly Now - Hothouse Flowers (Johnny Nash)
I Believe in Miracles - Tom Tom Club (Hot Chocolate)
Romeo & Juliet - Indigo Girls (Dire Straits)

more later

 

[Rusty Knife]

Don't Think Twice (It's Alright) - Mike Ness (Dylan)

Oooh, I need to hear that!

A lot of folks don't know that Rod Stewarts' Downtown Train is a mutilated cover of a (far better, IMO) Tom Waits song. Damn their eyes.

 

[naughtybkynfun2]

Oooh, I need to hear that!

A lot of folks don't know that Rod Stewarts' Downtown Train is a mutilated cover of a (far better, IMO) Tom Waits song. Damn their eyes.

How about Jersey Girl by Tom.....the greatest song about Jersey.There's a duet with Springsteen that's really good. (It's the greatest Bruce song that he never wrote)

a few more tasty covers...

Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere - Bowie (Who)
In My Life - Dave Matthews (Beatles)
After Hours - Rilo Kiley (Velvet Underground)
Hey Joe - Patti Smith, Jimi Hendrix etc (The Leaves)
Everbody's Got Something to Hide - The Feelies (Beatles)
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Frank Sinatra (Jim Croce)
Time After Time - Miles Davis (Cyndi Lauper)
Shine on You Crazy Diamond - Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade (Pink Floyd)
Don't Give Up - Willie Nelson/Sinead O'Connor (Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush)

more to come

 

[mrtnmoon]

I can't believe I haven't mentioned this one yet... one of my all-time favorite covers is atlanta rhythm section doing the classics IV's spooky. totally blows the original away... barry bailey is such a tasty guitar player.

 

[mrtnmoon]

just thought of another cool one, although I dunno if it technically qualifies as a cover.

there's a group called scatterbrain, got a bit of play on mtv centuries ago with a song called don't call me dude. on the cd they covered cheech and chong's earache my eye, which was ok. the cool one was a song called down with the ship. it was one of their songs, but interspersed with with the lines/verses of the song were famous guitar/bass/drum riffs from other classic rock songs. groovy stuff.

 

[asian_princess]

I dunno if this counts or not because I dunno if you can find it anywhere or if it was ever even recorded, but marc cohn (the walking in memphis guy) did a version of fever on a tv show called austin city limits a few years ago that is my favorite version of the song ever.

it was just him singing and a dude playing bass.... neat little bass solo including some wah-wah and a little sing along with the audience. it was really cool. damn, I think I need to dig up the videotape. hope I still have it.

I don't have the technology to DL any music so I dunno what's out there... worth listening to if you can find it.

grrrrrrrrr this one has been driving me crazy trying to find! pretty much been the first thing i ask everyone!!


damn uuuuuuuuu, mooooooooooonie

 

[mrtnmoon]

grrrrrrrrr this one has been driving me crazy trying to find! pretty much been the first thing i ask everyone!!


damn uuuuuuuuu, mooooooooooonie

sorry....

if you decide to look for the scatterbrain stuff, lemme know if you find it. I'd love to hear it again and maybe I can get someone to burn it for me.