Best cover version

[Blue in Munich]

A little tiff occurred on the Prince thread regarding a certain cover version of one of his songs. Rather than drag that thread off topic, thought I'd start a new one. Simple question; what's your best cover version of a song.

I'll toss this one in to start it off; a classic track, given a new twist whilst retaining a faithfulness to the original and performed at a tribute show to the original band in the presence of the remaining band members with a familial link to the missing band member. I loved the original, but I prefer the cover version;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFxOaDeJmXk

 

[bluewolf]

Even Dylan thought that this version was better. Good enough for me.
[video=youtube_share;TLV4_xaYynY]http://youtu.be/TLV4_xaYynY[/video]

 

[HowlingGale]

That's quite spooky. I'd been thinking about starting a similar topic having listened to Disturbed's version of Sound of Silence all last week on radio 2.

 

[FairwayDodger]

Jimi's All Along the Watchtower probably gets my vote too, but here's a good one:

[video=youtube;tg-wiGlmQZg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg-wiGlmQZg[/video]

 

[Imurg]

There's a cover of Sound of Silence going round https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4

It's by Disturbed and I'm loving it!

 

[Deleted member 16999]

A little tiff occurred on the Prince thread regarding a certain cover version of one of his songs. Rather than drag that thread off topic, thought I'd start a new one. Simple question; what's your best cover version of a song.

I'll toss this one in to start it off; a classic track, given a new twist whilst retaining a faithfulness to the original and performed at a tribute show to the original band in the presence of the remaining band members with a familial link to the missing band member. I loved the original, but I prefer the cover version;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFxOaDeJmXk

Absolutely love that version, only song that comes close is below;
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dgVGaUrlXMM

Great thread by the way matey and hope you're feeling better.

 

[davemc1]

Off the top of my head...

Jose Gonzalez's heartbeats is way better than the knifes original. Totally different songs, no idea how he came up with his version after hearing theirs?

 

[phil78]

i think this is my favourite, although I love some of the covers on Nirvana's unplugged album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-zDTanpY9Q

 

[JohnnyDee]

One of my favourites has always been The Byrd's cover of Dylan's Mr Tanbourine Man. Here's an old and creaking clip.

[video=youtube_share;uPqAvgN6Tyw]http://youtu.be/uPqAvgN6Tyw[/video]

 

[palindromicbob]

[video=youtube;o3JsU3ojg_A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3JsU3ojg_A[/video]

 

[palindromicbob]

or


[video=youtube;HKnxmkOAj88]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKnxmkOAj88[/video]

 

[FairwayDodger]

This thread has me thinking.... here's another....

[video=youtube;AvxJ0TVvVzE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvxJ0TVvVzE[/video]

 

[Deleted member 1418]

Jeff Buckley 'Hallelujah' and Jimi Hendrix 'All Along the Watchtower' are superb. Another one also enjoying Disturbed's Sound of Silence. A shout out too to Gary Jules 'Mad World'.

 

[Jimaroid]

Johnny Cash - American IV - the whole album with Hurt as the standout amongst some very difficult to choose between tracks:

[video=youtube;o22eIJDtKho]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho[/video]

 

[Jimaroid]

And for something completely different. Here's "Iron Man" like you wouldn't believe.

[video=youtube;tNLHOTn81Cw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNLHOTn81Cw[/video]

 

[FairwayDodger]

And for something completely different. Here's "Iron Man" like you wouldn't believe.

Yikes - well I stuck it for 2 mins but that belongs in the "worst cover versions" thread!

 

[Norrin Radd]

its got to be jerry and the pacemakers version of ,youll never walk alone .

 

[Oxfordcomma]

I'm not sure that anything is going to beat All Along the Watchtower but these were the two that immediately jumped into my head when I read the OP:

The wonderful Siouxsie with Dear Prudence (and the added bonus of course that Robert Smith played on this)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6rrTROoZIw

And then a more recent one, a cover of the Arctic Monkeys I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor by the band Baby Charles. Starts off a bit average but wait for her to start singing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o7e66ZmGd4

Honourable mention for the Bauhaus version of Ziggy as well. And having mentioned Siouxsie, the Cure and Bauhaus in one post, no prizes for guessing what colour clothes I was wearing in the 80s ...

 

[Jimaroid]

Yikes - well I stuck it for 2 mins but that belongs in the "worst cover versions" thread!

That's jazz!

 

[FairwayDodger]

That's jazz!

Yeah.... jazz is just wrong.