NormanHaupt 0 Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 Man, I heard possibly the best cover song about a week ago and its been all over the radio.I personally collect acoustic cover versions of songs. I love all acoustics but specifically people covering others music. Like, I've got four or five versions of Tiny Dancer, Bob Dylan doing Creep from Radiohead, and, one of my favorites, Garth Brooks singing Turn The Page by Bob Seager (not that shitty Metallica version that sounds like crap). Even my Audioslave doing Seven Nation Army is great. But.. today... man I heard it twice and I'm convinced its the BEST.COVER.EVER!Simple Kind of Man.Now I've heard the original thousnads of times. I'm a huge fan of it.. But the remake.. oh my.. I don't know who the dude is! every time I've heard it, they never mention his name- but I need to find his name. I need it! He hits notes in that song... it just plain rocks.What are your favorite covers that you've heard? Link to post Share on other sites
digitalmonkey 929 Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 I'm recycling this thread. Two great covers off the top of my head are...I'm Losing You (John Lennon) by Colin JamesHey Ya (Outkast) by Obidiah Parker Link to post Share on other sites
govikes 0 Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Someone posted this somewhere else in the forum but I have no clue where....She turned a shitty song into something great. And she's gorgeous. Link to post Share on other sites
hank213 1,823 Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Man, I heard possibly the best cover song about a week ago and its been all over the radio.I personally collect acoustic cover versions of songs. I love all acoustics but specifically people covering others music. Like, I've got four or five versions of Tiny Dancer, Bob Dylan doing Creep from Radiohead, and, one of my favorites, Garth Brooks singing Turn The Page by Bob Seager (not that shitty Metallica version that sounds like crap). Even my Audioslave doing Seven Nation Army is great. But.. today... man I heard it twice and I'm convinced its the BEST.COVER.EVER!Simple Kind of Man.Now I've heard the original thousnads of times. I'm a huge fan of it.. But the remake.. oh my.. I don't know who the dude is! every time I've heard it, they never mention his name- but I need to find his name. I need it! He hits notes in that song... it just plain rocks.What are your favorite covers that you've heard?are you talking about the shinedown cover?this is goot musik Link to post Share on other sites
TRB05 1 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 are you talking about the shinedown cover?this is goot musik That's what I thought, but was that out in 2005? Maybe, hell I don't know. Link to post Share on other sites
hblask 1 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 If you like cover songs, check out the Coverville podcast. You can subscribe through iTunes or download the episodes at Coverville.comIt's one of my 3 or 4 favorite podcasts. The early episodes are unpolished but the music is edgy; now it's a bit more refined.One of the favorite covers I've heard on there is the Opie Gone Bad cover of Sympathy for the Devil. Just amazing, unfortunately, the only way I can find to get it is to buy the whole album from them, and we're sort of beyond the days of buying a whole album for one song.But Coverville has so many amazing covers it'd be hard to list them all. Another one that jumps out after a couple of years is Barb Jungr's version of Tangled Up in Blue, done with some great piano.EDIT: Quick sample of Tangled Up in Blue mentioned above: http://s0.ilike.com/play#Barb+Jungr:Tangle...32191:m13165569although the sample doesn't do it justice. Link to post Share on other sites
rocksquid 50 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Jewel did a killer version of Neil Young's 'Needle and the Damage Done' Link to post Share on other sites
keith crime 8 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 sadly it's not even a question because nothing will ever top Jimi Hendrix' All along the Watchtoweranother great Dylan cover to check out is Jason and the Scorchers Absolutely Sweet Marie Link to post Share on other sites
mk 11 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 haters gon hate but that kid was nails on a chalkboard bout 30 seconds in, the first time Link to post Share on other sites
ajs510 122 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I'm obsessed with punk covers, far too many to list but a good one that was just recently released is The Almost's cover of Free Fallin' by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It's not strictly punk, more of a pop rock thing but a damn fine version of a really great song. I can listen to Me First and the Gimme Gimme's - Ruin Johnny's Bar Mitzfah over and over again. Link to post Share on other sites
Roll the Bones 74 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 sadly it's not even a question because nothing will ever top Jimi Hendrix' All along the Watchtoweranother great Dylan cover to check out is Jason and the Scorchers Absolutely Sweet Marie Tru dat. Link to post Share on other sites
hank213 1,823 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I'm obsessed with punk covers, far too many to list but a good one that was just recently released is The Almost's cover of Free Fallin' by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It's not strictly punk, more of a pop rock thing but a damn fine version of a really great song. I can listen to Me First and the Gimme Gimme's - Ruin Johnny's Bar Mitzfah over and over again.Love me some MFGG.Also like the Lemonheads cover of Mrs. Robinson. Link to post Share on other sites
ajs510 122 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Love me some MFGG.Also like the Lemonheads cover of Mrs. Robinson.and Goldfinger's cover of 99 Red Balloons! Classic cover tune, really well done. Link to post Share on other sites
outsider13 0 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I still love Johnny Cash's version of Hurt, regardless of it being played 17 brazillion times on the radio. Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJon 175 Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Mayer performing Ray Charles' I Got a Womanhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pk5pc5loD0 Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJon 175 Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 sadly it's not even a question because nothing will ever top Jimi Hendrix' All along the Watchtoweranother great Dylan cover to check out is Jason and the Scorchers Absolutely Sweet Marie Here's a sweet Dylan cover Link to post Share on other sites
grocery_mony 8 Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston Link to post Share on other sites
Mercury69 3 Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 I'll Never Fall In Love Again, Dionne Warwick Link to post Share on other sites
Nikki_N 17 Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 I still love Johnny Cash's version of Hurt, regardless of it being played 17 brazillion times on the radio.I love this one a lot. Link to post Share on other sites
Acekob 0 Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 I still love Johnny Cash's version of Hurt, regardless of it being played 17 brazillion times on the radio.I was going to post that one.Also, Marilyn Mansons Tainted Love imo Link to post Share on other sites
gooch 0 Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 staind killing nothing else matters by metallicahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx20qA3XCtcbruddah iz somewhere over the rainbow me first and the gimme gimmies doing a little john denver no use for a name fileds of athenry, <---for the punk lovers down by law 500 miles rise against, anyway you want it Link to post Share on other sites
CobaltBlue 662 Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Someone posted this somewhere else in the forum but I have no clue where....She turned a shitty song into something great. And she's gorgeous. YouTube comments make me sad for the state of humanity.I'm obsessed with punk covers, far too many to list but a good one that was just recently released is The Almost's cover of Free Fallin' by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It's not strictly punk, more of a pop rock thing but a damn fine version of a really great song. I can listen to Me First and the Gimme Gimme's - Ruin Johnny's Bar Mitzfah over and over again.Punk covers are so good. MFGG are obviously the most well-known group, but there's another group called Ghoti Hook that has some pretty good ones. I also like Mustard Plug's version of "The Freshmen". I really wish someone would do a punk cover of "Yesterday" by The Beatles.Also...thanks for the tip on that "Free Fallin'" cover...has linked me to a bunch of others.Okay...three good chick covers..."Marie Douceur/Marie Colere" ("cover" of "Paint It Black" in French...and actually with an entirely different story) "Lost" (Coldplay) - Lights "Major Tom" (Peter Schilling) - Shiny Toy Guns Link to post Share on other sites
GoCryWolfe 0 Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 "Major Tom" (Peter Schilling) - Shiny Toy Guns This is a very good one. Hell, even the bands original material is wonderful (for the most part). Link to post Share on other sites
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