Best Covers

[The Monkey]

100% agree re Devo's "Satisfaction."  It was featured in either "Casino" or "Goodfellas" both of which I have seen recently and I love that version.  Totally turns the song inside out, which also was very much in keeping with Devo. 

[skullguise]

Love this thread, brings back a lot of memories of songs I haven't heard for a while.

 

Agree with Dusty on bands like the Dickies: Banana Splits theme (used in one of the best scenes in Kick-Ass), Nights In White Sating, Paranoid....all great and fun covers.

 

Husker Du does two that I love as well: Love Is All Around (Mary Tyler Moore theme) and Eight Miles High.

 

The Jam did the batman theme on their first album.....

 

And I just remembered the Flying Lizards and their "interpretive" covers (Money, Tutti Frutti....)

 

One of my favorite covers, simple but fun, was one where I didn't know the original.  A NYC band, The Lost Patrol, doing a song called "Jukebox On The Moon."

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr5E8zA1Cu8

[morphsci]

I think the Cowboy Junkies made Sweet Jane theirs, at least in my mind.

Two other covers I like:

[grawk]

I'm missing something...

[blessingx]

Find moar: http://www.coversproject.com/

[Grahame]

Yep, Carlos > Peter Green.

 

Related to Dread Zep, there are The Easy Star All Stars, and their Reggae covers of various albums

 

Starting with Dub Side of The Moon - it works for me

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uUpRCKtAw8

 

They are now onto Thrillah

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqvvQQgaMKo

[Dusty Chalk]

I've been using WhoSampled lately.

 

By the way, Dan, that link leads directly to Venetian Snares' dubstep cover (cover? remix?  those are Ozzy's vocals) of "Black Sabbath", which is almost exactly what I heard in my head when we talked about me doing a dubstep remix of "Iron Man", rendering that thought moot.  I only wish he had done "Iron Man".

[MoonShine]

 

Love it? Hate it?

 

[forbigger]

 

Does this considered as cover ? From British answer to Mariah Carey.....an extremely talented singer whom is extremely under rated......FWIR, Tomy Mottola killed her career by putting his ex wife as priority in paving a way to US music scene. If put side by side, it a very close call.... I felt she got an edge over Mariah with her majestic voice.......

[morphsci]

I'm missing something...

Is that directed at me?

[grawk]

Is that directed at me?

yup

[morphsci]

"Black Magic Woman" was originally recorded by Fleetwood Mac. "Take me to the River" was originally recorded by Al Green.

[grawk]

ok then, those definitely redefined the songs.

[Pars]

Enjoyed the Zep tribute Jim, though I thought the strings etc. were a bit over the top, but fitting I guess for the concert. Overall, I thought Heart did a very good cover though. I'll have to see about seeing more of that concert.

 

Maybe its just me, but I far prefer NIN's original Hurt to the Johnny Cash version.

[grawk]

I way prefer cash's

[morphsci]

I actually like both versions of Hurt.

[MoonShine]

[Grahame]

Indeed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_in_the_Jar

[dsavitsk]

The Dickies' cover of the Banana Splits theme

 

[The Monkey]

Not so sure this counts as a cover so much as a traditional, but who cares, "Dirty Old Town" by the Pogues really kicks the living shit out of every version that preceded it.

[Grahame]

Brits can do that too (punk cover of a childrens classic - a la banana splits) . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_the_Elephant

 

Original (it sounds so proper - what do you expect from George Martin as Producer)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlLIa8_pLpk

 

Toy Dolls , Punk Stylee

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPexTKhLQQQ

 

There's a Top Of the Pops appearance with poor sound, if you look for it, and to close the circle as a Olga (Toy Dolls bass Player) as a guest with The Dickies ...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCGYiD-nDu0

[Dusty Chalk]

Cash's version of Hurt totally redefined it and made it his own in a way that the original will never be, but I'm also a huge Nine Inch Nails fanboy, and always loved the song and the way it concluded the intense The Downward Spiral, so I'm glad I live in a world where I don't have to choose one at the expense of the other.  Other than at the same time.

[Torpedo]

Complete agreement on Black Magic Woman and Carlos. The Peter Green/Fleetwod Mac original isn't the same.

 

What about Cake's take on "I will survive"? 

 

http://youtu.be/cvsI3jc4pPA

[skullguise]

Not so sure this counts as a cover so much as a traditional, but who cares, "Dirty Old Town" by the Pogues really kicks the living shit out of every version that preceded it.

 

I think it counts quite well, and indeed is awesome; wasn't it written and performed originally by Ewan MacColl (Kirsty's father)?

[Pars]

Cash's version of Hurt totally redefined it and made it his own in a way that the original will never be, but I'm also a huge Nine Inch Nails fanboy, and always loved the song and the way it concluded the intense The Downward Spiral, so I'm glad I live in a world where I don't have to choose one at the expense of the other.  Other than at the same time.

I know I'm in the minority here, but I don't see that he really did anything with it (other than one lyric change). This always had the feel to me of going thru the motions for a CD to make some bux... As much as I respect Johnny Cash, it just never did anything for me.