April 8, 20187 yr I enjoyed this topic on the other board. My submission: Whitney Houston's version of "I will always love you" was better than Dolly Parton. Although Whitney Houston was bested by Sexual Chocolate with "Children are our future".
April 8, 20187 yr and Jerry Jeff did quite well with this one and I am sure Ray Wylie appreciates that greatly
April 8, 20187 yr I think I posted this on the other board, but I enjoy it more than the Cream version.
April 9, 20187 yr Nah, no flaming on that one. I still think the edge still goes to LZ, but even they, and everyone else, knew it was a pretty damn good version. In the same spirit, I have always liked the Catherine Wheel cover of Wish You Were Here.
April 9, 20187 yr Never know which way people’s musical leanings go, but Brandi Carlile has done some solid covers. Her cover of Take Me Home, Country Roads is worth a listen.
April 9, 20187 yr 16 hours ago, nivek3 said: They are both legends, but Hendrix killed it on his cover of Dylan's song. I see your Jimi Hendrix, and I raise you one SRV.
April 9, 20187 yr Miley Cyrus' cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit. Seriously, I go back and forth on whose version of Blinded by the Light is better, Springsteen or Manfred Mann. Two totally different songs.
April 9, 20187 yr On a hair band kick lately and I’ll take Great White’s version of Once Bitten Twice Shy over the original. Original sounds like a bad karaoke song.
April 9, 20187 yr And I’m sure was posted in the other thread, Power Station’s Bang A Gong was killer.
April 9, 20187 yr 6 hours ago, tokamak said: I see your Jimi Hendrix, and I raise you one SRV. Touche dude! I know this is not a cover, but everyone should watch this. This is a sound check in 1986 back when he was still using cocaine and drinking heavy. He looks lit in this video, but his playing is so accurate & pure it's like your listening to his album. Probably no other artist I miss more than SRV.
April 9, 20187 yr 6 minutes ago, nivek3 said: Touche dude! I know this is not a cover, but everyone should watch this. This is a sound check in 1986 back when he was still using cocaine and drinking heavy. He looks lit in this video, but his playing is so accurate & pure it's like your listening to his album. Probably no other artist I miss more than SRV. ....like a boss.
April 10, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, drifter379 said: Anything Robert Earle Keen has written and someone else sings. Joe Ely's Road Goes on Forever performance off of Live at Antones. Go ahead and add Gallo Del Cielo on there too.
April 11, 20187 yr Don't really know if you can consider these better but they are fantastic for what they are.
April 11, 20187 yr The whole Live at Monterrey set is filled with covers that are better than the original. Couldn't find the Monterey version, but this one is pretty damned good. Winterland version is fine as well.
April 12, 20187 yr While I'd never say it's better than Black Sabbath's Into The Void, Soundgarden's cover using quotes from Chief Sealth is just as good. And lyrically it seems like an original song. Plus there's the whole juxtaposition of the outward looking Sabbath version and inward looking SG version.
April 21, 20187 yr Clapton--Cocaine CSNY--Woodstock Bowie--Under Pressure Joan Jett's version of The Mary Tyler Moore theme song
April 21, 20187 yr For me the default standard in this discussion is "Respect" as sung by Aretha, but it's not like Otis Redding's original is all that well known these days. It was actually a hit for him, though.
April 21, 20187 yr Eva Cassidy- Fields of GoldEva Cassidy- Time after Time Eva Cassidy- Somewhere over the Rainbow.
April 21, 20187 yr I don’t know who Eva Cassidy is but Judy Garland’s Somewhere Over The Rainbow is iconic and sublime and has stood the test of time since 1939.
April 22, 20187 yr This is a song by Victoria Williams.. if you can make it to about the 6:00 mark where McCready is jamming with Boom, it's awesome. Crazy Mary has been a staple at Pearl Jam shows for decades. https://youtu.be/RTeFoXhxJK8 Edited April 22, 20187 yr by Bender Bending Rodriguez
April 22, 20187 yr Excellent tribute I'm old enuf to have seen Bowie and Nirvana. /csb I believe Lulu actually charted higher
April 22, 20187 yr On 4/9/2018 at 9:21 AM, tokamak said: I see your Jimi Hendrix, and I raise you one SRV. While I think this conversation begins and ends with Hendrix's version of Watchtower, SRV's version of Voodoo Child is solid, but not as good as his version of Little Wing.
April 27, 20187 yr Note that the guys "who" did the original seem to agree. Edited April 27, 20187 yr by DoobieWah Comment
April 27, 20187 yr I think I put these on the original thread: Sepultura doing Motörhead’s Orgasmatron: Sepultura doing U2’s Bullet the Blue Sky
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