Greatest Covers of all Time

[KevinmH9]

I was listening to the radio this morning when they played a cover of Wham!/George Michael's "Careless Whisper" by Seether. Afterword, there was a lengthy debate of what are the greatest covers of all time.

Thought I'd extend this to all of you SportsJournalists.com folk.

 

[HC]

Dolly Parton's cover of "Stairway to Heaven".

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Well, for starters, the Seether version of "Careless Whisper" is ****ing awful.

I think the gold standard may be Hendrix doing "All Along the Watchtower."

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Haven't we done like five threads on this?

 

[KevinmH9]

Well, for starters, the Seether version of "Careless Whisper" is ****ing awful.

I think the gold standard may be Hendrix doing "All Along the Watchtower."

I didn't care much for Seether's rendition of it, either. I've always loved Meticalla's remake of Bob Seger's "Turn the Page." Not, by any means, the greatest cover of all time, but still a great tune.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Haven't we done like five threads on this?

Conservative estimate, yes.

 

[KevinmH9]

Haven't we done like five threads on this?

I didn't find anything when I typed a few entries into the search box, but if someone finds it, then the Mods can nuke this at will.

 

[DemoChristian]

I think the gold standard may be Hendrix doing "All Along the Watchtower."

If we hadn't done this thread repeatedly -- which we have -- this would still be END. OF. THREAD.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Haven't we done like five threads on this?

Conservative estimate, yes.

I've only found two ...

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/57847/

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/40729/

 

[forever_town]

Aretha Franklin's cover of Otis Redding's "Respect" and Tina Turner's rendition of CCR's "Proud Mary" belong in the conversation.

 

[KevinmH9]

Haven't we done like five threads on this?

Conservative estimate, yes.

I've only found two ...

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/57847/

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/40729/

Oh, hell.

 

[kokane_muthashed]

Any cover by Eddie/Pearl Jam.

 

[mike311gd]

I'm a fan of Reel Big Fish's "Take on Me."

 

[Blair Waldorf]

Haven't we done like five threads on this?

Fact.

I still stand by TLC's 'Creep', covered by the Afghan Whigs/Greg Dulli.

 

[dooley_womack1]

So this thread is a cover thread, then.

 

[Buck]

I do a great version of Bob Dylan singing Pink Floyd's 'Brain Damage.'

 

[Double J]

So this thread is a cover thread, then.

Yes! :D

The answer, meanwhile, is "Twist and Shout" by the Beatles.

Lock it up. We're done here. :)

 

[Buck]

Biz Markie's a capella version of Boston's 'More Than a Feeling.'

 

[shockey]

ny cover by Eddie/Pearl Jam.

agreed.

oh, and "hurt" by johnny cash. nine inch nails the original, i believe. 8) 8) 8)

 

[ArnoldBabar]

OK, maybe a different way to approach an old topic: Name instances where a cover is the definitive version of a song in the minds of the general public.

Like, I think when most people think of "Hallelujah," they think of the Jeff Buckley version. And -- one that makes me want to pull out my own spleen -- I think most people believe "Have I Told You Lately?" is a Rod Stewart song.