December 13, 20196 yr This is different than "greatest cover" . . . show me the greatest LIVE footage of one artist covering another's tune. For me, this is #1 in the clubhouse. It slowly unfolds and just gets more grand as the song goes on. It has everything . . . amazing core band featuring Bonzo's son, the Wilson sisters knocking it out of the park, Obama grooving, Yo Yo Ma grinning, Robert Plant crying, and then the Bonzo Choir at the end, all pulled off with incredibly good taste and phenomenal talent.
December 14, 20196 yr 17 hours ago, jimmyjazz said: This is different than "greatest cover" . . . show me the greatest LIVE footage of one artist covering another's tune. For me, this is #1 in the clubhouse. It slowly unfolds and just gets more grand as the song goes on. It has everything . . . amazing core band featuring Bonzo's son, the Wilson sisters knocking it out of the park, Obama grooving, Yo Yo Ma grinning, Robert Plant crying, and then the Bonzo Choir at the end, all pulled off with incredibly good taste and phenomenal talent. I don't even know who you are any more.
December 14, 20196 yr Hendrix watchtower, or star spangled banner if that counts.Pearl Jam has done some great covers at shows. But to win this it has to be better than the original, which I don't think the PJ songs or OPs stairway version are. Then again by the "better than the original" metric, every cover of a Dylan song ever would qualify.
December 14, 20196 yr 17 hours ago, jimmyjazz said: This is different than "greatest cover" . . . show me the greatest LIVE footage of one artist covering another's tune. For me, this is #1 in the clubhouse. It slowly unfolds and just gets more grand as the song goes on. It has everything . . . amazing core band featuring Bonzo's son, the Wilson sisters knocking it out of the park, Obama grooving, Yo Yo Ma grinning, Robert Plant crying, and then the Bonzo Choir at the end, all pulled off with incredibly good taste and phenomenal talent. I really liked this, and had posted it in the Zep thread, but I think what made it so cool was that the 3 of them were there watching it, and you could see the emotion on their faces as they probably watched that epic tune being performed by someone else thinking “damn, that really is an awesome song.”
December 14, 20196 yr Author 1 hour ago, Beau Vine said: I don't even know who you are any more. "All Along The Watchtower" Hendrix VS Dylan: go
December 14, 20196 yr 2 hours ago, Steel Shank said: Deej, this is badass. Nobody rocked harder in an argyle sweater vest than Jimmy Page.
December 14, 20196 yr May not rank among greatest live covers, but Townes Van Zandt covering Dead Flowers is my favorite
December 15, 20196 yr I'm a big fan of Elliott Smith's cover of Hooray for Tuesday by the Minders. Definitely meets the criteria of being better than the original.
December 15, 20196 yr 13 hours ago, Mighty fine said: May not rank among greatest live covers, but Townes Van Zandt covering Dead Flowers is my favorite Fuckin' A
December 15, 20196 yr Ok Jimmy, forgive me if I'm goin' off the rails here (pretty sure I am), but I just had to force this one in there b/c it's just so fucking good. As much of an impression/impressions as a cover, but fuck it. MF'er just fucking oozed talent... Edited December 15, 20196 yr by Cajun
December 15, 20196 yr I'm also submitting this one for the intro alone. I don't know what effects he was running the guitar through but it was perfect:
December 15, 20196 yr Interesting blog/site for those interested in cover songs: http://www.covermesongs.com/
December 17, 20196 yr the first I thought of was Joe Cocker's cover of With a Little Help from My Friends from Woodstock. It might not be the very best but it has to be top 5 and very iconic Edited December 17, 20196 yr by dcar00
December 17, 20196 yr Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Cover of Patti Smith's Because the Night (Live in Houston '78)
December 17, 20196 yr I could listen to the bass all day long... Love the guitar solo midway, and I'm not even a smoker, but Stan makes it cool. Edited December 17, 20196 yr by Iceman
December 17, 20196 yr 4 hours ago, washparkhorn said: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Cover of Patti Smith's Because the Night (Live in Houston '78) Good version, but Is it a cover if you wrote it? Either way I'm partial to this one:
December 18, 20196 yr 11 hours ago, TexasHooch said: Good version, but Is it a cover if you wrote it? You are right. From what I understand - Bruce wrote the music but couldn't come up with the lyrics. Patti got a demo tape of Bruce and penned the lyrics. Great song. And for Patti - the punk rock poet laureate - her only hit - not that it matters. And I love Natalie Merchant's voice . . .
December 18, 20196 yr 14 hours ago, washparkhorn said: You are right. From what I understand - Bruce wrote the music but couldn't come up with the lyrics. Patti got a demo tape of Bruce and penned the lyrics. Great song. And for Patti - the punk rock poet laureate - her only hit - not that it matters. And I love Natalie Merchant's voice . . . Natalie Merchant's voice is awesome. One of the most disappointing concerts I've been to was her in Austin ca. 2001. She was great but the crowd fucking sucked. Handful of incredibly drunk douchebags just ruined it. /csb
December 18, 20196 yr Author I saw 10K Maniacs at Liberty Lunch back at the height of their popularity. Natalie was in peak twirly form. I wanted to reach out and trip her. But, "Tigerlily" is a masterpiece.
December 23, 20196 yr Author I'm gonna put this here, even though it's a bit outside the Surly norm. This is blues guitarist Kingfish Ingram playing "Amazing Grace" at his mother's funeral. Killer tone, absolutely stellar playing, and the emotional edge is unreal. I dare anyone to hold back the allergies. The guy is only 20 years old, and has apparently opened some for Jason Isbell, among others. Sorry for the facebook link, it's all I could find: Edited December 23, 20196 yr by jimmyjazz
December 23, 20196 yr Pearl Jam 2008 - VH1 Rock Honors - The Who Love, Reign O'er Me The Real Me Both are great, but "The Real Me," is the gem.
December 23, 20196 yr Besides the performance, the context of this cover makes it even cooler. If I recall correctly, Prince replaced Radiohead as the Coachella closer, and some Radiohead fans bitched. Prince gave them some Radiohead.
December 23, 20196 yr I'm not even a real DMB fan, but this cover with Warren Haynes is one of my all-time favorite live performances.
December 24, 20196 yr How about another Cortez the Killer, with Method Acting as a bonus. Dave Rawlings kills on both of them.
December 24, 20196 yr This one is up there for me too. I'm not a Springsteen fan, but this cover is one of my favorite songs by The National.
May 27, 20214 yr Sinead O'Connor covering L7 with a full orchestra. This shouldn't work at all but it's awesome.
May 27, 20214 yr Everytime I ever saw Heart back in the day they would throw a Zep song on the setlist. And kill it.
May 27, 20214 yr Not particularly a fan of hers but woman had pipes, talent, all that shit... Aretha Franklin "Nessun Dorma" LIVE 1998 - YouTube
May 27, 20214 yr Author Sinead O'Connor has had a rough go of it. I wouldn't have known that was her until she started singing. Man, her first album was stunning.
May 28, 20214 yr Saw them do this live. Stunning. The show was announced as Gillian, David and three to be named later. They didn't introduce the band at first, but the buzz started going around when people realized it was John Paul Jones on mandolin. They took an intermissions break about 45 in. When they came back out, and the applause died down, it was deathly quiet. One dude says, in a very stoner voice, "That's John Paul fuckin' Jones, man." Edited May 28, 20214 yr by hullabelew
May 29, 20214 yr On 12/13/2019 at 4:59 PM, jimmyjazz said: This is different than "greatest cover" . . . show me the greatest LIVE footage of one artist covering another's tune. For me, this is #1 in the clubhouse. It slowly unfolds and just gets more grand as the song goes on. It has everything . . . amazing core band featuring Bonzo's son, the Wilson sisters knocking it out of the park, Obama grooving, Yo Yo Ma grinning, Robert Plant crying, and then the Bonzo Choir at the end, all pulled off with incredibly good taste and phenomenal talent. Damn that gave me goosebumps.
May 29, 20214 yr Author 12 minutes ago, Bookman said: Damn that gave me goosebumps. Can you imagine, regardless of how talented you are, playing Jimmy Page's guitar part in front of him, or singing Robert Plant's vocal part in front of him? I would not only not be talented enough to do either, I would shit my pants.
May 29, 20214 yr 13 hours ago, jimmyjazz said: Can you imagine, regardless of how talented you are, playing Jimmy Page's guitar part in front of him, or singing Robert Plant's vocal part in front of him? I would not only not be talented enough to do either, I would shit my pants. Yeah, that's what I kept thinking as I watched it. Some serious ice water to play that solo note for note in front of Page. Oh yeah, and the president lol.
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