Greatest cover songs of all time?

mity88 · 2011-09-25T18:41:20+00:00

what do you guys think??? Super glad that Hendrix gets top spot!!! http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/entertainment/greatest_cover_songs_of_all_time.html?...

Greatest cover songs of all time?

mity88

@Wizard...hmmm, interesting lady that..."nuff said...

X-rated Bob wrote: I KNOW that there's a wider musical world than these polls suggest.

and

singemonkey wrote: But given 100+ years of recorded music, these choices seem to have been drawn from a very small, very biased sample.

i have now come to realise that

Bob-Dubery

The RS polls are actually getting even more annoying because they only give you the top 10. If they give you the top 100 then firstly you have more to rail against, and secondly the interesting stuff, or the stuff you don't know about and can now explore, is further down the table.

Seventhson

By far one of the best covers of this over covered song 8)

deefstes

How about "You Raise Me Up"? Surely, with the plenitude of covers that's been made of this song (which in itself is a cover of "Danny Boy"), statistically one of them must have made the top 10. ?

Bob-Dubery

deefstes wrote: How about "You Raise Me Up"? Surely, with the plenitude of covers that's been made of this song (which in itself is a cover of "Danny Boy"), statistically one of them must have made the top 10. ?

Let's give thanks for small mercies.

Hammeron

Smoke on the water has been hammered to death by almost everyone who ever picked up a guitar but I heard Sepultura do a cover that breathed new life into it.

aubs1

We've been through this before ....... I fully agree with Jimi Hendrix, (but then why would'nt I? ?) and off course, Joe Cocker, but I think they got the Beatles' best/greatest cover ever wrong, it has to be .......... Chuck Berry's "Rock and Roll Music" (just my opinion....)

Bob-Dubery

Aubs1 wrote: but I think they got the Beatles' best/greatest cover ever wrong, it has to be .......... Chuck Berry's "Rock and Roll Music" (just my opinion....)

Not "Besame Mucho"?

<ducks>

aubs1

X-rated Bob wrote:
Aubs1 wrote: but I think they got the Beatles' best/greatest cover ever wrong, it has to be .......... Chuck Berry's "Rock and Roll Music" (just my opinion....)
Not "Besame Mucho"?

<ducks>

:roflmao:

Norman86

uhm... Where's the amps and cables???

Jack-Flash-Jr

I hereby present the greatest cover of all time ?

Bob-Dubery

Watch the masters and learn

Bob-Dubery

More seriously, one of my favourite covers. Richard Thompson does Duke Ellington.

deefstes

This clip just featured in another thread and it occurred to me that surely this must be a contender for one of the best covers ever.

Ram Jam - Black Betty

Jack-Flash-Jr

deefstes wrote: This clip just featured in another thread and it occurred to me that surely this must be a contender for one of the best covers ever.

Ram Jam - Black Betty

Excellent!

I'm partial to this version as well:

deefstes

Jack Flash Jr wrote: I'm partial to this version as well:

Awesome! I absolutely love Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds but I didn't even know of this song. Great stuff!

Malkav

How about some left of field prog fusion covers of popular theme songs? ?

Or the greatest cover version of Smoke on the Water ever? ?

Or maybe a djent-pop version of a modern chart topping pop song? 8)

Jack-Flash-Jr

Nice ones Chad, more than a couple of smiles to my face... ps have you heard the new Mastodon yet? Enjoying the hooky choruses.

@ Deeftes: check out their covers album Kicking Against the Pricks:
"Muddy Water" – 5:15 (Phil Rosenthal)
"I'm Gonna Kill That Woman" – 3:44 (John Lee Hooker)
"Sleeping Annaleah" – 3:18 (Mickey Newbury, Dan Folger)
"Long Black Veil" - 3:46 (Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin)
"Hey Joe" – 3:56 (Billy Roberts)
"The Singer (a.k.a. The Folksinger)" – 3:09 (Johnny Cash, Charlie Daniels)
"Black Betty" – 2:33 (Traditional) (CD only)
"Running Scared" – 2:07 (Roy Orbison, Joe Melson) (CD only)
"All Tomorrow's Parties" – 5:52 (Lou Reed)
"By the Time I Get to Phoenix" – 3:39 (Jimmy Webb)
"The Hammer Song" – 3:50 (Alex Harvey)
"Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" – 3:44 (Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook)
"Jesus Met the Woman at the Well" – 2:00 (Traditional, Arranged The Alabama Singers)
"The Carnival Is Over" – 3:16 (Tom Springfield)

deefstes

Chad Adam Browne wrote: How about some left of field prog fusion covers of popular theme songs? ?

Excellent choices there Chad. I specifically enjoyed the Simpsons cover.

If we're entering that arena, I might as well submit this one - considering the recent discussion on Theremins that we've seen.

Jack Flash Jr wrote:@ Deeftes: check out their covers album Kicking Against the Pricks:

Thanks JFJ, I'll definitely check it out. Wasn't aware of it but I can imagine I'd like it.

Malkav

deefstes wrote:
Chad Adam Browne wrote: How about some left of field prog fusion covers of popular theme songs? ?
Excellent choices there Chad. I specifically enjoyed the Simpsons cover.

Here's another cool cover of it, sticks closer to the original theme though ?

EDIT: Another take on the Super Mario theme perhaps? On 11 string bass ?