Cover Versions You Like Better Than The Originals

[KaptPowers]

Who's bored at work?

01.) The Flamin' Groovies- "Absolutely Sweet Marie" (Bob Dylan)
02.) Stiff Little Fingers- "Mr. Fire Coal Man" (Wailing Souls)
03.) Eddie & The Hot Rods- "Get Out Of Denver" (Bob Seger)
04.) The Business- "Streets Of London (Boston)" (Dropkick Murphys)
05.) The Specials- "Maggie's Farm" (Bob Dylan again)
06.) The Inmates- "Midnight To Six Man" (Pretty Things)
07.) Dave Edmunds- "Crying In The Rain" (Everly Brothers)
08.) The Jam- "David Watts" (The Kinks)
09.) Mott The Hoople- "Sweet Jane" (Velvet Underground)
10.) The Dictators- "Moon Upstairs" (Mott The Hoople)

[ngower]

"The Green Manalishi" by the Melvins that was originally a Fleetwood Mac song.

[KaptPowers]

"The Green Manalishi" by the Melvins that was originally a Fleetwood Mac song.

Judas Priest does a pretty good version as well...I used to freak out my metalhead friends by telling them the band that did "Rumours" also did that (albeit in their blues/Mick Green days). Good call.

[Chowda]

Manfred Man- "Blinded By The Light" (Bruce Springsteen)
Whatever Jam Band did "Gin and Juice" (I actually liked a lot of Snoop's work in that era. G&J wasn't a favorite)
Animals- "House of the Rising Sun" (Dylan singing from the whore's perspective is eerie)
Black Crowes- "Hard To Handle" (Otis Reading- I like both, but the BC's version taook it into overdrive)
Stevie Ray Vaughn- "The Sky Is Cryin" (Elmore James- the artist who got me into blues a decade ago with the song "Dust My Blues" which was an alteration of his own classic "Dust My Broom")



Worst Covers Ever That Almost Ruined The Orginals For Me:

Sheryl Crow- "Sweet Child Of Mine"
Eric Clapton's acoustic "Layla"
Goo Goo Dolls- "Give A Little Bit"


It's "take his hand, you'll be surprised" you ********ing a***** pieces of ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KaptPowers]

I believe Phish is responsible for the "Gin & Juice" cover.

[Chowda]

Judas Priest does a pretty good version as well...I used to freak out my metalhead friends by telling them the band that did "Rumours" also did that (albeit in their blues/Mick Green days). Good call.

I carry around a dvd copy of their 1997 VH1 performance to do the same. Fleetwood Mac never looked lamer.

[Chowda]

I believe Phish is responsible for the "Gin & Juice" cover.

I thought they did, but I kept forgetting to ask my uncle's cousin who's their sound guy. I can't find it on any CD's or bootlegs, only online where the artist credited is never the same.

I used to pull girls by promising Phish tickets. After a quick smell check, of course.

[ngower]

Just remembered about "All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix (as if you didn't know). Probably THE greatest cover song EVER!!!!

[Chowda]

Just remembered about "All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix (as if you didn't know). Probably THE greatest cover song EVER!!!!

Good one. Dylan's cord progression laid the groundwork, but it was all Jimi after that. I love the line that sounds like "plowman dig my herb".

[KaptPowers]

Just remembered about "All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix (as if you didn't know). Probably THE greatest cover song EVER!!!!

Dylan actually admitted Hendrix did it better. He said something like, "It's his song" or something along those lines. I like Dylan's songs...just done by someone else hhaha..

[Chowda]

Dylan actually admitted Hendrix did it better. He said something like, "It's his song" or something along those lines. I like Dylan's songs...just done by someone else hhaha..
Springsteen got up on his kitchen table and danced the first time he heard Manfred Mann's "Blinded By The Light" on the radio.

On a similar note, Freddy Mercury pulled his own plug when he heard "Ice, Ice, Baby".

[KaptPowers]

Springsteen got up on his kitchen table and danced the first time he heard Manfred Mann's "Blinded By The Light" on the radio.


Speaking of Springsteen, I suppose it's not technically a cover because it was written by the Boss for him but Dave Edmunds reading of "From Small Things, Big Things Come" is r-r-r-rocking. Ditto Any Trouble's cover of "Growing Up" from their "Girls Are Always Right" album.

[Ann]

Common People done by William Shatner and Joe Jackson, originally by Pulp.

Shatner rocks my world.

[Chowda]

Common People done by William Shatner and Joe Jackson, originally by Pulp.

Shatner rocks my world.

I saw that album in a Borders a little over a year ago and couldn't believe it. I had to buy it and was shocked at how much I liked it. It also led me down the path of understanding the family guy clip with Stewie doing a "Rocket Man" spoken word.

[KaptPowers]

A few more...

01.) The Lyres- "Tired Of Waiting" (The Kinks)
02.) The Lyres- "Let's Talk About Girls" (you might know The Undertones' version but it's originally by Texas' very own The Grodes from 1966)
03.) Joe Jackson- "Jumpin' Jive" (Cab Calloway)
04.) Nine Below Zero- "Tore Down" (Freddy King)
05.) The Polecats- "John, I'm Only Dancing" (David Bowie)

[Chowda]

There's an album of Who covers out there that has David Bowie doing "Pictures of Lily" in his own style. Simply awesome, but I don't think I'd put it over the original. Was there another popular song in the decades surrounding it that dealt with that subjrct matter?

It was almost thirty years until "Longview" was released.

[Ann]

I thought of another one. "I Need Love", the L.L. Cool J song done by Luka Bloom (a nice Irish guy with a guitar).

[Chowda]

I thought of another one. "I Need Love", the L.L. Cool J song done by Luka Bloom (a nice Irish guy with a guitar).

That LL song takes me back to jr. high school dances.:)

[KaptPowers]

There's an album of Who covers out there that has David Bowie doing "Pictures of Lily" in his own style. Simply awesome, but I don't think I'd put it over the original. Was there another popular song in the decades surrounding it that dealt with that subjrct matter?


That's Bowie's "Pin-Ups" album (to the best of my knowledge), all covers of 60s London-area bands he used to play with when he was first starting out. Good stuff!

[Chowda]

That's Bowie's "Pin-Ups" album (to the best of my knowledge), all covers of 60s London-area bands he used to play with when he was first starting out. Good stuff!

Well, the album that I had and lost was a Who cover album. The version on it is a live cut. It may very well be the same one. I'm going to go look up that Bowie Album. Thanks for the heads up, Seamus.