Best Cover Songs

[Chef455]

So I am going to see Primus in Vail on Saturday evening. They are continuing their summer tour of performing "A Farewell to Kings" for the first half of their set. To say that I'm looking forward to it is understated.

I do watch the "What Are You Listening To" thread in the Barbeshop regularly, I respect the vast majority of ya' all and I really do enjoy being turned on to new tunes.

In the spirit of the concert on Saturday I wanted to start a thread more specific than "what are you listening to?" and drive it towards "what have you listened to, yet who's done justice to it?".

I think we're sometimes guilty (often not our fault, necessarily) of not even knowing who the original writer/artist is.

I'll start with some fluff, I think the album version is better than the video, but all in good fun regardless...

 

[cryhavoc]

Haven't seen Primus in years but I'd love to see them do A Farewell to Kings! I saw the open for Rush on the Roll the Bones tour they played a little bit of Tom Sawyer in the middle to Tommy the Cat. Back in the early 90's I had a "Primus Sucks" bumper sticker on my car and damn near nobody understood it.

 

[Chef455]

Haven't seen Primus in years but I'd love to see them do A Farewell to Kings! I saw the open for Rush on the Roll the Bones tour they played a little bit of Tom Sawyer in the middle to Tommy the Cat. Back in the early 90's I had a "Primus Sucks" bumper sticker on my car and damn near nobody understood it.

 

[Chef455]

 

[HoosierTrooper]

Son Volts cover of Ronnie Woods Mystifies Me.
Ronnie Wood original:

Son Volt version:

 

[mdevine]

I second the Cowboy Junkies cover of Velvet Underground’s Sweet Jane. I also recommend Creep by Postmodern Jukebox.

 

[garyg]

The late Judith Durham did many covers, one has been covered by everyone .. not even sure who did the original either ..

 

[slim62]

The Detroit Cobras are the best cover band i've heard, tons of good cover songs.

 

[Phoenixkh]

Jimi doing Dylan tunes....

 

[silverlifter]

Heresy, I know... Bettye LaVette covering Dylan.

 

[LRod]

Van Halen covering The Kinks & Roy Orbison!

 

[markmc]

Metallica covering anybody.

edit: Except Bob Seger.

 

[FarmerTan]

Metallica covering anybody.

edit: Except Bob Seger.

Nobody should try to do Seger.

 

[FarmerTan]

The Georgia Satellites did a Rod Stewart song justice, but I can't remember the one..... maybe some other genius on here can post it? A truly great cover.

 

[bubo_strix]

Charles Bradley doing Black Sabbath’s Changes. This song belongs to Charles now. Ozzy can’t have it back.

 

[silverlifter]

Spaceways Inc and Zu covering Funkadelic

 

[mrlandpirate]

Georgia Satellites

Every Picture Tells a Story ... true story doggone

 

[DalShaver]

Charles Bradley doing Black Sabbath’s Changes. This song belongs to Charles now. Ozzy can’t have it back.

Floored me, the first time I heard his version of that. Incredible.

 

[DalShaver]

I'm on a Jam kick again lately, their version of "David Watts" by the Kinks is stellar.

 

[silverlifter]

Nick Cave covering a Jimmy Webb song made famous by Glen Campbell