Music Covers

[heyabbott]

Someone here turned me on to Disturbed’s cover of The Sound of Silence. And while I can’t say it’s better than the original, it is a gorgeous piece of music.

the older I get the less I care for new music or have the inclination to discover new music. But I love really good covers of songs i already love.

please share some good covers. I define a good cover as something more than someone doing an impression of the original artist.

Hendrix’ All Along the Watchtower is an original but still a cover. Pretty sure Dylan issued a version first. Unlike Springsteen and Fire, he wrote but covered The Pointer Sisters. But his Blinded by the Light is a great cover.

Taron Egerton’s cover of I’m still Standing is merely an impression of Elton John, he didn’t add anything.

 

[TigerVols]

 

[BTExpress]

I'm hooked on foreign covers of songs I like.

 

[Oggiedoggie]

 

[heyabbott]

I'm hooked on foreign covers of songs I like.

That’s great. It’s like opera. Music I know with words I don’t understand.except I kindof understand the words.

 

[Batman]

Bonus points for Weird Al doing a near-perfect cover of Rivers Cuomo in the video.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

 

[goalmouth]

Bowie's brilliant cover of Bruce's Hard to be a Saint in the City.

Springsteen didn't see that train coming.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

 

[heyabbott]

Love this. Actually listen to this album often.
And Joe Cocker has such a distinctive voice, everything he does sounds original.

 

[swingline]

The The's album Hanky Panky is full of Hank Sr. covers with interesting takes on the songs. I wouldn't say better than the original, but worth a listen.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

 

[heyabbott]

one of my favorite scenes of any movie, ever. It’s perfect.

 

[heyabbott]

Brilliant. Thank you


and Cowboy Junkies version of Sweet Jane is stunning

 

[Tighthead]

One Dylan, one Townes, one Willie.

 

[FileNotFound]

Somebody mentioned on another thread that the lyrics to “Crazy Train” were surprisingly deep. I learned that about a month ago when I discovered Church of Roswell. Here’s a twist on “Crazy Train”:

 

[Huggy]

Jason and the Scorchers version of "Absolutely Sweet Marie" is one of the best Dylan covers done by anybody.

 

[Tighthead]

I'll take a possibly controversial opinion and offer that KD Lang's cover of "Hallelujah" is overcooked in every sense. I know it's often suggested as a great cover.

I just heard the Jennifer Warnes cover of "First We Take Manhattan" and it's still great.

 

[Huggy]

Here's a cover that turns the original inside out:

 

[cyclingwriter2]

Heard this on the road on a Beatles channel. Not saying it’s better, but a very cool take by Dolenz.