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Apologies if this has been done, but I didn't see it anywhere.

I'm not a fan of cover songs ... not normally. There are a few out there that deserve recognition for one reason or another. Obvious examples would be Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt" or Shatner's "It Was a Very Good Year", both for different reasons.

A friend on another forum shared this one and it was too good to pass up. For reasons.

What are your best / worst examples of cover tunes?
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Many years ago I spent a day on the set of Knight Rider. He was a most gracious host and very down-to-earth. I'm the blond.
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How about this one:

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Many years ago I spent a day on the set of Knight Rider. He was a most gracious host and very down-to-earth. I'm the blond.
Wow, that's a couple of years back! I'd offer to find a spare button for his shirt.... Razz emoticon
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How about this one:

Talk about channeling your inner Stevie. You could convince me it's a lip sync.
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Alison Krauss and her band of Bluegrass hotshots, Union Station, covered Richard Thompson's Dimming of the Day. Quite well, I think.

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Wow, that's a couple of years back! I'd offer to find a spare button for his shirt.... Razz emoticon
Right!?! He also started the day as a mellow blond surfer dude in board shorts and ended it looking like a conceited brunette a few gold chains shy of nasty.
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My favorite cover

Toss up as to which is better:

The Cover:

The Original:

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A close second

The Cover

The Original

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I kinda wish Captain Beefheart had recorded this version.

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Guzzi Gal wrote:
Many years ago I spent a day on the set of Knight Rider. He was a most gracious host and very down-to-earth. I'm the blond.
First of all, you've already won this thread right out of the gate. Those pictures are amazing! Thanks for sharing.

I can't even top that with Big Head Todd and the Monsters covering Looking Glass' "Brandy".

One of the best covers I've heard lately.
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Hmmm... I have tons and tons of thoughts. Will share 2 moldy oldies.

The Clash doing the Equals song Police on my back:
Dwight Yoakam and Flaco Jimenez doing Warren Z's Carmelita
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Something I recently came across.

In case I did not embed it correctly, it is Oasis doing The Who's My Generation

This has been a favorite for a long time

Ball of Confusion by Love and Rockets. Not sure if its better than the original (to me, the original is by The Temptations) but love them both.

And if you are into L&R, you might like this one

Almost as good as the original by David Bowie
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And I have to say - Lanie Gardner Holy Chit! Awesome voice.
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covering Elmore James
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Judy Collins covering Leonard Cohen:

And Jennifer Warnes also covering Leonard Cohen

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Miley Cyrus has done a number of really good covers of older songs, actually.

I think her Jolene is the best

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That Bauhaus cover is one of my all time favourite cover versions.

Running a close second is Frankie's version pumping new life into an otherwise workaday classic...

The live version is the dog's, but yet to find a decent video of it.
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I play in a band called "Strange But Surf" since 2004. We are strange as Instrumental Surf Bands go, most notably in the fact that we do not always play traditional Surf Songs. We also do many original and sing occasionally. This is from our most recent show, about 3 weeks ago. I hope you enjoy. Stay strange my friends...


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I guess some of my favorites are among the aforementioned "obvious" choices, including Hendrix's cover of Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower", Joe Cocker's "With A Little Help From My Friends", and Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah". Johnny Cash's "Hurt" always gives me goosebumps!

The most haunting, to me, are Sinead O'Conner's cover of Prince's "Nothing Compares 2U"

and Gary Jules' cover of Tears for Fears' "Mad World" (which I first saw in a video game commercial, of all places!)

Then there's a perennial favorite Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' cover of The Arrows' "I Love Rock and Roll"

Which was then covered by Brittney Spears (badly? You decide)

Worst? No question from my point of view...

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Postmodern Jukebox does great covers of songs , but in a different style.

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Yep, I've watched them for many years. I was going to mention them, but most replies were of mainstream covers. There are a lot of fantastic covers on YouTube by complete unknowns that are better than some of the crap on the radio...

A favorite PMJ cover:

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I'm a big fan of Danny Elfman, and by extension, I also enjoy a bit of Oingo Boingo. Somehow, I just can't recall hearing the original Beatles' "I am the Walrus" before discovering the cover by Oingo Boingo. Hearing the original sounds weird to me now.

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Possibly one of my very favorite covers ever. Miss you, Vito.

Those Dutch guys weren't so bad either.

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Joe Strummers rendition of Bob Marley's Redemption Song, always my fave cover..



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Though Dobsons original is pretty good the Dead's live version of "Morning Dew" is one of my favorites. It is also my 5 year old grandson Wes's favorite song right now. He likes good guitar.

So sit back, spark one up, and have a listen.

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Bonnie does an equally good version of "Dimming"

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But perhaps even better is her cover of John Prine's [RIP] "Angel from Montgomery".

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This is what I was going to post. In my opinion all things weighted here this is the best rock cover song ever played and recorded.

Nothing else comes close.

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This is what I was going to post. In my opinion all things weighted here this is the best rock cover song ever played and recorded.

Nothing else comes close.

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To add to the amazement here for those of you that don't know that is Jason Bonham covering the drums for his late father John Bonham.

Extraordinary.

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I had never seen that. I clicked on it with great trepidation.

The face of Jimmy Page said it all. For those few minutes Plant, Page and Jones were the only important people in that room. It brought tears to my eyes.

Thanks for sharing that. They nailed it.
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Well, the first post reminds me about a great band, The Jolly Boys. They also have Passenger cover, but even more I like their Rehab

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The Jolly Boys grew out of a group called the Navy Island Swamp Boys that formed on 11 April 1945, and often played at Errol Flynn's parties.[1] This group included Moses Deans on banjo and guitar, Noel Lynch on Guitar and "Papa" Brown on rumba box. After this group split in 1955, Deans and Brown formed The Jolly Boys (a name Errol Flynn is said to have coined) with Derrick "Johnny" Henry on maracas and drum, Martell Brown on guitar, and David "Sonny" Martin on guitar. One of the group's regular substitutes in this period was percussionist Allan Swymmer, who joined the group as a full member in the 1960s. This group was very popular throughout Port Antonio and earned the reputation of being the finest mento band in the parish.
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I jam this one sometimes
Just found this gem the other day. I think it's a cover too but she could tellme anything and I'd believe it.
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A way underrated version of Roll Over Beethoven by ELO

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Or, for the most covered song in the world, there's the obscure Patti Smyth version.

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