Cover songs

[Tristan]

Everyone does everyone if they stay in the business long enough, LOL.

Please post some of your favorite cover songs...


Usher "Singing In The Rain" Movies Rock
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbyao3-s7Xk]YouTube - Usher "Singing In The Rain" Movies Rock[/ame]

 

[editec]

Wow!

I'm impressed.

I don't have a clue who Usher is, but anyone trying to redo what is arguably one of the best hoofing moments on film, and actually managing not to look like a damned fool, gets my respect.

Best cover song of all time? Depends on the genre, of course.

Bye Bye Blackbird, maybe.

 

[DiamondDave]

White Lion's version of Radar Love

 

[jillian]

Patti Smith... Because The Night

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoGdx3I3dPE]YouTube - Patti Smith - Because The Night[/ame]

Tori Amos ... Smells Like Teen Spirit

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcHNZVrxEts]YouTube - Tori Amos - Smells like teen spirit[/ame]

Chimes of Freedom .... Springsteen, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracey Chapman, Youssou NDour

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDBUJB7j9-c]YouTube - Bruce Springsteen, Sting - Chimes Of Freedom[/ame]

 

[Red Dawn]

A good cover song improves on the original, and in fact blows the original away:


Van Halen: You Really Got Me

Guns and Roses: Knocking on Heaven's Door

Run DMC: Walk this Way

 

[DiamondDave]

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground

 

[Jon]

Anything Eva Cassidy does: Fields of Gold, Over the Rainbow, Amazing Grace, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Time After Time. That woman had an amazing voice, too bad she is gone.

Also, the entire Across the Universe has some good Beatles remixes.

 

[AuDioFreaK39]

I did a few covers for Killswitch Engage and Bullet for My Valentine if anyone's interested. They're up on YouTube - same username.

 

[YWN666]

I saw that Vanilla Fudge covered the Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way" and I thought "what the hell were they thinking?" but the made that song listenable.

 

[Shadow]

Billy Idol's cover of Tommy James's 'Mony Mony'

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a_6MdSari0]YouTube - Billy Idol - Mony Mony[/ame]

I Like Tommy James Better but this was a very good cover song.

 

[eots]

oddly enough the greatest cover tune of all time....


Common People - William Shatner ("Cover", Lyrics & Chords)


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYHi9D1nJeM&feature=related]YouTube - Common People[/ame]

 

[Shadow]

Sting~Aint no Sunshine

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uyF3VXODPI]YouTube - Hole In The World[/ame]

 

[random3434]

Check out Buddy Miles take on "Down by the River" by Neil Young, very cool:



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cRTAy5GgVE&feature=related]YouTube - DOWN BY THE RIVER/BUDDY MILES[/ame]

 

[del]

deep purple's cover of neil diamond's kentucky woman is pretty good.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV4lL0iJSvY]YouTube - Deep Purple (Kentucky Woman)[/ame]

definitely different than what neil had in mind i think.