Music: Three Best Cover Songs

[Hippasus]

Somewhere Over the Rainbow - "IZ" (from Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz")
In the Ghetto - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (from Elvis Presley)
Lake of Fire - Nirvana (from Meat Puppets)

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[Big Z Man 1990]

Contraband - All the Way from Memphis (from Mott the Hoople)
House of Lords - Can't Find My Way Home (from Blind Faith)
Ace Frehley - Do Ya (from Electric Light Orchestra)

 

[insomniac]

Johnny Cash - Hurt (from Nine Inch Nails)

 

[Mescaleroman]

Redemption Song - Joe Strummer and Johnny Cash ( Bob Marley )
Wish You Were Here - the Catherine Wheel ( Pink Floyd )
Hallelujah - John Cale ( Leonard Cohen )

this ones growing on me though

 

[NyQuil]

Somewhere Over the Rainbow - "IZ" (from Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Ozz")
In the Ghetto - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (from Elvis Presley)
Lake of Fire - Nirvana (from Meat Puppets)

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

Stairway to heaven - Heart
The man who sold the world - Nirvana
I shot the sheriff - Eric Clapton

 

[Hippasus]

Other than the R-word, that was f-in awesome.

 

[Hasbro]

When the Levee Breaks- Led Zeppelin
The Man who Sold the World- Nirvana
Rocket Man- William Shatner

 

[Hammettf2b]

All along the watchtower - Hendrix

Nothing compares to you - Sinéad O'Connor

I will always love you - Whitney Houston

 

[Chili]

Mr Tambourine Man-The Byrds (Bob Dylan)

Blinded by the Light-Manfred Mann (Bruce Springsteen)

In the Mood-John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt (a cover of JLH's own song)

 

[todeskultes]

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Devo (The Rolling Stones)
Tainted Love - Coil (Gloria Jones)
Sympathy for the Devil - Laibach (The Rolling Stones)

All with incredible music videos (for different reasons). Marc Almond from Soft Cell (whose own cover of Tainted Love is also great) appears in Coil's music video.

 

[Ghoste]

Tool - No Quarter (Led Zeppelin)

 

[angusyoung]

 

[Unholy Diver]

The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown) - Judas Priest (Fleetwood Mac)

Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison (James Ray)

Hush - Deep Purple (Billy Joe Royal)

 

[Jack Straw]

Not necessarily the best but some good ones:

Take Me to the River - Talking Heads (original by Al Green)
Proud Mary - Tina Turner (original CCR)
I Fought the Law - The Clash (original The Crickets)
All Along the Watchtower - Hendrix (original Dylan)
Turn, Turn, Turn - The Byrds (original Pete Seeger)
Red Red Wine - UB40 (original Neil Diamond)

 

[BertCorbeau]

Weezer - Africa



Chris Cornell - Nothing Compares 2 U



Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends

 

[I am not exposed]

KISS - 2000 Man.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Luke Combs cover of Tracy Chapman’s, Fast Car. Which has been all over the top of all the music lists over the last month.

 

[Hasbro]

 

[Primary Assist]

I really like Nirvana's cover of Tori Amos' "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

 

[Neil Racki]

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Didnt we recently do this?

Jolene live by White Stripes

 

[Jumptheshark]

Oh look this thread again

Traditional August thread

 

[Xelebes]

It was made in July.

 

[Hippasus]

Didnt we recently do this?

Mr. Shang Chi made this topic earlier in the summer, but then it seemed like it was temporarily deleted. Maybe I just missed it. It seemed to reappear. Anyways, that's why I made this thread soon after he made his.

 

[angusyoung]

Epic cover! multiple eargasms! Just doesn't get better than this.

The Byrds


They did a great album of covers,here's a few .

The Animals


R.Dean Taylor


The Youngbloods


James Gang


Chris Spedding