Song cover worth sharing

I thought this was very well done.

Great production, from the singing to the facial expressions-

https://youtu.be/zclrGl_peZg


This is great too - https://youtu.be/U3RXf0E_Vuw


I like this one.
Nina Gordon covering NWA
Straight Outta Compton -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7Oehtjgeqw


Well, as long as she's not singing Baby It's Cold Outside :)

maja2 maja2
Dec '18

So I played telephone line for my wife- and apparently she has never heard that song, nor of ELO.

Given the lack of response I suppose nobody here has either.

How about Space Oddity live?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH93njnMNAc


I'm having soo much fun with this guy.

Under Pressure- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvX9GxDDPYc


i knew of the members of ELO before they were ELO, and yeah, youngsters around here may not have heard of the song 'telephone line'

anyways, i like this one from the clown guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOgNCOJ4z-0

he sings well, quite expressively, and enunciates clearly and i felt the lyric as he sang, so that makes him a good vocalist, anyone who can evoke an emotional reaction like that is doing it right. and that's what good singing is, communicating emotion

nice find josh, i just may have to reevaluate the creepy clown thing i got fixated in my head

GreyHawk GreyHawk
Dec '18

Red Hot Chili Peppers do cover songs so well. Not just a copy of the original. They make the covers their own. I will post two of my favorites with their version and then the original. and of course I will start with a Ramones cover since they are the greatest rock band ever.
Havana Affair - RHCP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd3zNZMnBfc
THE Ramones - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4lFyxs-SBo

a Hank Williams cover RHCP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gjFjVW-XPM
Hank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5uv8lrUhhE


Best cover of Simon/Garfunkel - Disturbed - Sound of Silence and its not even close.
Can 466 million people be wrong - nope.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4


and Weezer covering Africa from Toto is spot on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk5Dwg5zm2U

my personal favorite - Bobby McGee written by Chris Kristofferson made famous by Janice Joplin but Pink nailed it to the wall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlrMyDIww8s


Some of my favorite covers by Leo Moracchioli

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x0RV0kgdqJU
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MH9FyLsfDzw
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m2fk0CY7LSM

Takecareofit
Dec '18

Ru-

How about Toto covering Weezer.
https://youtu.be/9N9OM1nxdYc


Fun stuff.

Aparent
Dec '18

I'm not familiar with the aptly named band Disturbed. A good angry version of Sounds Of Silence. I will assume anger is their MO. ( could be wrong though)

A latino/reggae version of THE Ramones song I Wanna Be Sedated

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXDGmwqlaZI


I'll stick to the Puddles version - no autotune, no BS, just pure talent and voice.


sweetass chill strip down version of the JJ Cale/Lynyrd Skynyrd song They Call Me the Breeze
Brent Cobb -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esviqj2P8lw




***bonus cover track***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGHrluwh4BM


“War Pigs” covered by Faith No More: https://youtu.be/sqdJHDGSfhI

YeahRight YeahRight
Dec '18

“Cinnamon Girl” covered by Type-O Negative: https://youtu.be/BO9aD4mzSE8

YeahRight YeahRight
Dec '18

I like this one by Maxi Priest, other faves are I Can See Clearly Now by Jimmy Cliff and, of course, UB40 is the King of Covers ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4ZWD_0VRK8

Andy Loigu Andy Loigu
Dec '18

Back in 1972, this one by Blue Haze was my favorite cover, and I'm old enough to remember the original by The Platters …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TZ6xrPMwK0

Andy Loigu Andy Loigu
Dec '18

Not Fade Away --by-- Rush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDlK52SvJVY

real early in their HOF career


https://youtu.be/oO150w6iFwQ
Tom Waits

Indie Indie
Dec '18

I like Fountains of Wayne's cover of Better Things more than the Kinks' original version. Which is saying something, because I think the original is pretty darned good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n0Fc_Ik7iw

Monty Monty
Dec '18

So many of the popular Christmas tunes are covers … surprised this one hasn't been banned (I know, that's another thread) … this one is scandalous, the FBI and MSNBC (don't mess with Rachel Madow) are all over it … they have corroborating evidence :-D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2rPyQXWi_Q

Andy Loigu Andy Loigu
Dec '18

I've always though Cowboy Junkies version of Sweet Jane is wayyyy better than the original from Velvet underground.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa9nN3G2CSg

eperot eperot
Dec '18

My vote goes to Elvis Presley as the King Of Covers.

1987 Buster Poindexter is Hot Hot Hot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjO6FDCPIzA

but it's a cover song
1982 Arrow - - - Hot Hot Hot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCLjNNmOkAs


I love ELO! Spent the entire summer when I was 12 listening to ELO and Meatloaf :-D

Young people not only won't know the song, some won't know what a telephone line is.. or what that sound is in the song.

hktownie hktownie
Dec '18

A decade ago this spring, an unemployed, dowdy 47-year-old woman walked on to a stage and proclaimed she wished to be a famous singer in front of a live audience of thousands, with millions more watching from their homes.

There are so many lessons which can be derived from what she did. Had she given up on her childhood dream at any moment before she got to this day in mid-life, she would not have accomplished her dream. She sang before an audience of people who sat in harsh judgement of her... until the moment she belted out the first line of her song. A fine symbolism to remind us that when we are sitting on our hands in life and focusing all our attentions on judging others, we aren't fulfilling any of our own dreams, or expressing the talents we are meant to share with the world.

It's a joke of cosmic levels, I feel, that she sings a song about life crushing childhood dreams, and in singing this very song, her own most cherished lifelong dream then came true.

Is there anyone on Earth who can't find some measure of inspiration from Susan Boyle?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I31v0YE4n5c

Rebecka Rebecka
Feb '19

cool reggae version of Metallica Unforgiven
Alborosie ft. Raging Fyah

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W5IBHF98mSI


Speaking of reggae covers of rock songs... Check out Dub Side of the Moon. It’s an oldie but goodie take on Dark Side of the Moon and other Pink Floyd songs.

YeahRight YeahRight
Apr '19

also Dubber Side Of the Moon
remixes of Dub


In the Summertime --by-- Billy Idol and Slash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8ilbDwkooA


Baker Street covered by FF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO1qcWa6blQ

JWolfe75 JWolfe75
Aug '19

This version of “Won’t Get Fooled Again”, is hysterical! Very appropriate, for this day and age. Watch Pete. I think he is forgetting that it’s a toy, he’s holding, for the first couple of minutes. So serious, at first. Roger is still awesome, to! I’m sure many of you have seen this video, already, but just in case....enjoy!

https://youtu.be/Ks8s1hC9y7c

Guilty-Remnant Guilty-Remnant
Aug '19

I'm fairly sure I have not heard the original version of this song but Carolina Chocolate Drops do it up supreme

Hit 'em Up Style - Carolina Chocolate Drops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKTXJUYiAT4


Heard this cover of Green Day while watching Mr. Robot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO4RfLw35is

https://tinyurl.com/yx6y2bxp


This cover of Stairway to Heaven is really inspirational! I know this song has been overplayed, and may start a little slow....but wait for it....wait for it...you’ll see!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LFxOaDeJmXk

Guilty-Remnant Guilty-Remnant
Jan '20

Tusk a Fleetwood Mac Tribute band performing "The Chain"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHOB7HObheo&app=desktop

Jimt1058
Jan '20

This thread is disturbing, on so many levels. Homage to bands paying homage to bands. Originality neutered. In many cases, the original band ain't even dead yet.....


I don't know these old guys but they play a mean cover of The Rolling Stones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5bXwSZNLXk

Almost as good as the originals.

strangerdanger strangerdanger
Jan '20

can you dig it baby, funky Beatles

Taxman --by-- Junior Parker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byjPd28KegM


"Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana

Redone by Gamazda and friend:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVD5Et-k52o

"Toxicity" by System of a Down

Redone by Gamazda:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1g2c2760oM

I love her covers, great transcriptions and so well expressed.

Phil D. Phil D.
Feb '20

Too much fake bs, camera cuts, etc for my taste. Right at the start when she throws the picks- the music still plays.

Just like auto tune, that ruins it for me.

I’ll throw this in as a standby- https://youtu.be/Be-loLSUWT0


Beard of Harmony covering Tool's Right in Two

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E1DkgUNfBc


Great song, great cover, there is a dog barking in the background....really gets my pooch running back and forth trying to figure out where it is.

JWolfe75 JWolfe75
Feb '20

I really enjoyed that. Thanks for sharing. Well done.


Josh

I don't know if it was a lag due to the mic being more distant, since she doesn't show how she puts her videos together, but we'll have to agree to disagree on that one. Yes, sometimes the editing seems to go a bit over the top with a change in camera angles, but other times it adds to the entertainment value for me on her other ones. She's only been on Youtube about 10 months, but I definitely like her playing style and transcriptions.

While I found the clip you posted technically good, the song seemed both dull and ponderous with too much emphasis on the low end of the electronic keyboard, especially towards the end. I like the piano overtones and her transcription so much more because it brought the song more to life for me. But then again, that's my taste, obviously not yours and VKgoeswild has been on Youtube over 10 years. I tried to listen to some of her other work, like "Black Hole Sun" live, but it really did nothing for me. Her playing style and transcriptions just don't do it for me and too much of what I've heard sounds more like a funeral dirge to my ear, but then again, what do I know, I still have 2,000+ of those old vinyl disc things cluttering up my space.

But then again, I could just be going old codger, especially with the off and on Tinnitus, LOL!

JWolfe75

Thanks for that cover! Here I agree with Josh, great cover and I enjoyed the dog and city sounds, though as with one of the commenters, I'd have loved to have heard some Tabla in there too, which I realize they made up for by rapping on their instruments, but it's not quite the same.

Let me throw one of my own favorite Tool covers out, "46 and 2" by some youngsters from the O'Keefe Music Foundation. Not everyone may like young lady's vocals, but these kids have some talent IMHO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYKLvYGqaC0

Another cover by a number of the same kids with the same young lady on vocals doing Dream Theater's "Pull Me Under"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h2h4zIhwuM

Phil D. Phil D.
Feb '20

I agree she is playing low and dark, but its real. I just can't stand listening or watching stuff tried to pass off as live when it is not. And I hate 'passion theatrics'. :)

But everyone is free to like whatever they want.


a goofy cover of My Generation by Flipp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB6HmUE77Js




***bonus cover song***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbRnARq3fvg

nice end too


That's comedy Gold CBGB!

The first one makes it look as though the camera person is filming them through a door peep hole, like they're afraid to go in there with the band. Nice ending on both, that sound on the second one though...I'm not supposed to know about such things, LOL!

Phil D. Phil D.
Feb '20

hahhah, too funny Phil


Johnny Cash covering NIN

https://youtu.be/8AHCfZTRGiI

Haunting and sad. He's so amazing.

Though not a cover Sad Man's Tongue by Volbeat is also well worth a listen!

Weebiekins Weebiekins
Feb '20

Weebiekins

That's always been one of my favorites from Johnny Cash, as well as his version of "God's Gonna Cut You Down".

Here's Charles Bradley covering Black Sabbath's "Changes":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfaOf70M4xs

While whenever I hear AC/DC doing "Thunderstruck", I always think of the movie "Battleship", I don't know if anyone's heard this cover of the song by the Swedish group "Steve'n'Seagulls"...yes, I'm sure the pun must have been intended

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc

Phil D. Phil D.
Feb '20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TZ6xrPMwK0

This is the Blue Haze cover of the old Platters classic, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes …
not only is the music different, a little faster tempo, but I get a kick out of the visuals … smoke is not good for you!

Andy Loigu Andy Loigu
Feb '20

here's your coronavirus safe cover of Guns Of Brixton THE Clash
busking on he streets of Brighton last month

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC9KrhHBOw8


Wow, so much good stuff here.

I really enjoyed Pink’s Me and Bobby McGee :)

And I definitely love ELO!!

Really??? Really???
Apr '20

Lets Go To the Hop?

nooooo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aV7CoZ84fM


Can’t get enough of this cover! Dave Matthew’s covering Buffalo Springfield

https://youtu.be/cG6ffQ_pw_c

Walking Girl Walking Girl
Dec '20

black oak Arkansas / when the band was singing shaken all over

ROBBY BABY ROBBY BABY
Dec '20

Here's a cover of Kashmir by Led Zeppelin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wij9NXHKn-g


Ace does Zep!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SUlpHbqZEaE

Roywhite Roywhite
Dec '20

This cover sounds nothing like Dexys Midnight Runners but nonetheless tis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk-4qmr7oMk


Is this really a cover of The Sex Pistols "Anarchy In The UK"

TIS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9agyz0TZuc4


Re: Song cover worth sharing

Fire and Rain ~ by Dido

"Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again"

https://youtu.be/hy4hWVL-epw

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It's been 8 years today that we lost cbel. Feeling so sad tonight thinking about her, especially when I could use someone to talk to. She would always listen and be there for me, and give her advice of course. She was definitely one of a kind. Always in my heart. ♥


I heard this cover song on Warehouse 13. I thought it made a dramatic scene even more powerful.
The original is by Kate Bush but several versions can be found.

Running Up That Hill --by-- Track and Field

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vN_67KMy9W0


Local Joe Sirotti Trio covers Greatful Dead

https://youtu.be/TLQqHjHEJso

Indie Indie
Feb '22

It Hurts Me Too an old blues standard done very well by Joe Sirotti Trio

check out what may be the first recording by Tampa Red
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34VJzHT9nuk

or the better known Elmore James version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOxKXwj-gQg


Great John Prine cover by a couple of locals.

https://youtu.be/SJkUMUsXRJc

Indie Indie
Feb '22

Nice! I am interested in learning more of the Joe Cirotti Trio's music. They are opening for the Seldom Scene ( one of my favorites ) at Roy's Hall next month. Unfortunately Roy's covid policy requires one to essentially show papers for entry so perhaps I'll catch them elsewhere soon.


Queen done with a touch of Reggae

THE MAGNETICS - LOVE OF MY LIFE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICxaZ2KwoqQ


Gregg. The trio is outstanding, they play around the area quite often. Joe also does Facebook live shows most Monday nights

Indie Indie
Mar '22

NINA HAGEN 1991 "Good Vibrations" (Beach Boys)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGT0d5qaVwE


That's far from my favorite Beach Boys song- but hearing that cover makes this video mandatory for redemption on what the real song was- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVlSVkzbJDA :)


The Needle and the Damage Done - Dave Matthews (Jewel does a kick-ass rendition as well)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SSxpoYiLcDQ

ianimal ianimal
Mar '22

Indie- You are right, the Joe Cirotti Trio was great last night at Roy's Hall! I really enjoyed him. He had a nice following there as well. He covered Van Halen then Pink Floyd to finish his set. Well done!

The Seldome Scene are up there with Bluegrass royalty in my book so naturally they were excellent as well.

I was pleased when Roy's rescinded their covid policies entirely a week or so ago. I wish they had done it a bit earlier as I would have had a large group of folks with me. A great night of music in any event. I have to admit I had not been to a show there prior to last night. I'll be back for sure.


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