Covers

[venkman]

You Really Got Me: Van Halen

[RC Vikings]

When it comes to Beatles covers I've always enjoyed the job Elton John did on "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".

[TripletDaddy]

You Really Got Me: Van Halen

What about Oingo Boingo's version?

What about Van Halen's Happy Trails?

[MartyFunkhouser]

John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
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[venkman]

You want bad covers, try New Found Glory:

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Nothing tops this abomination of a cover:


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[RC Vikings]

Johnny Cash...Hurt

The Man in black at his best.

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[venkman]

What about Oingo Boingo's version?

What about Van Halen's Happy Trails?

I like Boingo but I didn't know they had a version. Just checked it out on youtube - I'll stick with VH.

Good call on Happy Trails, bombadeeda, bombadeeda, bombadeeda....

[Tim]

I may be one of the few that does not enjoy covers....at least, not for the most part.

I'm with you, DDD. I've never been into covers, really. When I played in bands in college, I insisted that we wouldn't do a single cover. Finally after a few years I relented, but only because I wanted to re-arrange Jackson Browne's "Somebody's Baby" (which, oddly, Phantom Planet did a terrible fast cover of). I wanted to do it slower and with a piano track. It sounded pretty good.

[il Padrino Ute]

I'm witrh you on soft cell, Il Pad, but not dear prudence. I know your love for all things 80s, but I think souixies' version is an abomination.

Fair enough, as I feel some covers are abominations as well. One in particular that I find highly offensive is the cover of Tear's For Fears Mad World by Gary Jules. I want to stab my eardrums whenever I hear it.

As for Tainted Love, I only knew that Soft Cell did a cover because a neighbor of mine who used to babysit me when I was a kid loved Gloria Jones and would bring her vinyl copy of whatever album that was on and play it incessantly. I'll admit that I had forgotten that it was a cover the first few times I heard Soft Cell do it.

I do like covers, but tend to prefer the original artist almost every time. I once read somewhere that the general consensus is that Hendrix's cover of Dylan's All Along the Watchtower is the best cover ever and probably agree. I can agree with this.

[Katy Lied]

Oh yeah, I have opinions.

I see I poked the bear on this one. I give you that Gilbert OSullivan had more pathos, but he's also weighed down with his peculiar canuck phrases. Vonda is more mindless, but I like her smooth singing.

Now I'm too chicken to pull out my Roger Clinton cover of Ride Captain Ride.

[il Padrino Ute]

You Really Got Me: Van Halen

I much prefer the original by The Kinks.

[MartyFunkhouser]

Stevie Wonder - Jesus Children of America
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Soulive - Jesus Children
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[TripletDaddy]

I like Boingo but I didn't know they had a version. Just checked it out on youtube - I'll stick with VH.

Good call on Happy Trails, bombadeeda, bombadeeda, bombadeeda....

Boingo's version is not as good as the Kinks', and I love Boingo. This goes to my theory that covers are usually forgettable and not as good as the originals.

[creekster]

I see I poked the bear on this one.

You have no idea.

I give you that Gilbert OSullivan had more pathos, but he's also weighed down with his peculiar canuck phrases. Vonda is more mindless, but I like her smooth singing.

Smooth? Hmmm. Did we listen to the same video?

Now I'm too chicken to pull out my Roger Clinton cover of Ride Captain Ride.

Please do. With a tease like that you should be a DJ.

[creekster]

Now this is a good cover.

Note this is the first studio recording, not the album version. Janis was quite a talent, however.

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