Scott Stansbury said:
Absolutely, but then, I think the Beatles are wildly over-rated. Oh, and welcome to the forum, Scott.
How about:
"Black magic woman" Santana (Fleetwood Mac)
"Cocaine" Eric Clapton (J J Cale)
"Bird on a wire" Jennifer Warnes (Leonard Cohen)
And finally (ducks for cover)...
"Money" Elkie Brooks (Pink Floyd)
I love the various covers that The Cardigans have done. Lots of Black Sabbath / Ozzy covers and Burning Down the House covered with Tom Jones.
I much preffer Hurra Torpedo's cover of Total Eclipse of the Heart to Bonnie Tylers grocery store music.
Second Revcos Rod Stewart cover.
I much preffer Hurra Torpedo's cover of Total Eclipse of the Heart to Bonnie Tylers grocery store music.
Second Revcos Rod Stewart cover.
covers
I love the smoky and dark voice of Marianne Faithfull. Not for everyone´s taste, but perfect for me.
Her cover of ¨ghost song¨ -backed on guitar by Keith Richards- is wonderful. Better than the Patti Smith original for me.
Another Marianne´s great cover is Leonard Cohen´s ¨tower of song¨: 100% kosher. And very funky.
Speaking of ¨tower of song¨, another demented cover that I like a lot is done by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. There, he performs in a mixed style, sounding sometimes like Elvis, sometimes like Jim Morrison... crazy.
Cheers
I love the smoky and dark voice of Marianne Faithfull. Not for everyone´s taste, but perfect for me.
Her cover of ¨ghost song¨ -backed on guitar by Keith Richards- is wonderful. Better than the Patti Smith original for me.
Another Marianne´s great cover is Leonard Cohen´s ¨tower of song¨: 100% kosher. And very funky.
Speaking of ¨tower of song¨, another demented cover that I like a lot is done by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. There, he performs in a mixed style, sounding sometimes like Elvis, sometimes like Jim Morrison... crazy.
Cheers
Discounting situations where the cover is a better known classic, probably my 'the cover is better than the original' is Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallejuah. Also, two of my favorite CDs are John Hammond's Wicked Grin and Holly Cole's Temptation which are both completely comprised of Tom Waits covers. I especially like how Ms Cole covered Tango Til They're Sore.
"A Case of You" Diana Krall (Joni Mitchell) I saw this live before the live in Paris DVD was released and it blew me away.
My other votes go to...
Anything hendrix played but didn't write.
My other votes go to...
Anything hendrix played but didn't write.
Led Zep remix
of 'immigrant song' .... it may be heresy, but I think I prefer the remix...
Pete McK
of 'immigrant song' .... it may be heresy, but I think I prefer the remix...
Pete McK
Hi!
I always think, in order to do a great cover
a) the song to be covered has to be good in the first place and
b) the covering band / artist has to really understand the original song.
In that category fall for example:
- "Planet Caravan", orig. by Black Sabbath, redone by Pantera
- "When The Levee Breaks", orig. by Led Zeppelin, redone by A Perfect Circle
- "Painkiller", orig. by Judas Priest, redone by Death
- "Famous Blue Raincoat", orig. by Leonard Cohen (seems to be one of the most covered artists out there), redone by Tori Amos
- "Loverman", orig. by Nick Cave a.t.b.S., redone by Metallica
- "Life Is Life", orig. by Opus, redone by Laibach
- "Macht Kaputt was Euch kaputt macht", orig. by Ton Steine Scherben, redone by Totenmond
- "Halt Dich an Deiner Liebe fest", orig. by Ton Steine Scherben, redone by Freundeskreis
Just some suggestions...
Bye,
Arndt
I always think, in order to do a great cover
a) the song to be covered has to be good in the first place and
b) the covering band / artist has to really understand the original song.
In that category fall for example:
- "Planet Caravan", orig. by Black Sabbath, redone by Pantera
- "When The Levee Breaks", orig. by Led Zeppelin, redone by A Perfect Circle
- "Painkiller", orig. by Judas Priest, redone by Death
- "Famous Blue Raincoat", orig. by Leonard Cohen (seems to be one of the most covered artists out there), redone by Tori Amos
- "Loverman", orig. by Nick Cave a.t.b.S., redone by Metallica
- "Life Is Life", orig. by Opus, redone by Laibach
- "Macht Kaputt was Euch kaputt macht", orig. by Ton Steine Scherben, redone by Totenmond
- "Halt Dich an Deiner Liebe fest", orig. by Ton Steine Scherben, redone by Freundeskreis
Just some suggestions...
Bye,
Arndt
The entire album titled "If I were a Carpenter" Various artist that aren't the Carpenters- no brainer
Last night I was reacquainted with Jimmy Little’s 27th(!) album “Messenger”. This elder Aborigine was ‘discovered’ by producer Brendan Gallagher, and did an album of covers of Australian pop-rock: mellow, alternative & hard rock, from the last 20 years.
This is a concept cover album, with the theme of sweet mellow vocals, sparse subtle production, calmness spiritualty and wonder. The kind of thing if I read about, I think “what a lot of crap”. But it works very well, and won an ARIA award for Adult contemporary album.
This is a concept cover album, with the theme of sweet mellow vocals, sparse subtle production, calmness spiritualty and wonder. The kind of thing if I read about, I think “what a lot of crap”. But it works very well, and won an ARIA award for Adult contemporary album.
remix heresy
Pete McK
'I think I prefer the remix . . of 'immigrant song' '
Yes, this is heresy - but where can we hear this remix ???
Pete McK
'I think I prefer the remix . . of 'immigrant song' '
Yes, this is heresy - but where can we hear this remix ???
I'm interested if there is anyone who thinks anyone did a cover of
"you are the sunshine of my life"
that was anywhere near as good as the original.
for some reason all of the covers that I have heard sound totally naff.
"you are the sunshine of my life"
that was anywhere near as good as the original.
for some reason all of the covers that I have heard sound totally naff.