Byrds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h80l4XIPJC4&feature=youtu...
Dylan: http://vimeo.com/36050070
What about you ladies and gents? Any covers you like better than the originals?
Something old -this was all oldies Something new- These were songs released that year Something Blue- These were songs with the word blue in
the title or in the bands name I was stumped on something borrowed though, then it dawned on me... COVER SONGS! By the way, if any of you are looking for a more personal gift for someone, I highly suggest this. Do it now before giving a CD seems like giving someone a movie on VHS. You've got about 1/2 a year left. As for my favorite covers, I've always liked I Fought the Law as performed by the Clash. And I mentioned elsewhere in this thread my love for Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah.
Georgia on my Mind is also a superior version imo. As you already know, I think this is one of the best albums to own. Everyone loves it.
The original version of Tainted Love by Gloria Jones isn't nearly as interesting as the covers by Soft Cell or Marylin Manson. Bob Dylan himself even preferred Jimi Hendrix's cover of All along the watchtower.
Bob's right on the money regarding Jimi.
Rufus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMrZ7lChK-g Buckley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIw0ewEsNHs Cohen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q&ob=av2e Three different and distinct interpretations of a wonderful song. I'm a fan of all three musicians but I'm not a fan of Rufus' version. He is great though and this has inspired me to post a song by him.
TMBG > Mahavishnu Orchestra :-)
Blinded by the Light, Mannfred Mann vs Bruce Springsteen Satisfaction, Rolling Stones vs Devo
But it makes it much harder to say one is better than another.
Also, Streetlight Manifesto's cover of Just. Streetlight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q98yicOE6ho Radiohead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_qMagfZtv8&ob=av2e
Original: The Knife http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcv3v6XfEvM
Cover: Jose Gonzalez http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4_4abCWw-w&feature=relat... No need for the original post, think you know it and it's not as good Nostalgia 77 and Alice Russel doing 7 nation army http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ4D273C7Ac&ob=av3n
I also have to say I'm partial to Billy Corgan's version of Stevie Nick's 'Landslide' but that's probably because that was the first version I heard. Also, any Beatles cover sucks. Bands shouldn't cover them. Anytime I hear at least a tolerable version of a Beatles song, it only makes me want the original more. Joe Cocker's "Get by with a little help..." gets a pass strictly for its affiliation with the Wonder Years. And if anyone hasn't heard Lassigue Bendthaus's cover of Bowie's Ashes to Ashes - then get on that shit....
The Neville Brothers opened up for him. Talk about a BAD cover song, listen to their version of Bird on a Wire, I'll stick with Leonard Cohen thanks.Joe Cocker's "Get by with a little help..." gets a pass strictly for its affiliation with the Wonder Years.
this cracked me up because it's so true. I actually saw Joe Cocker at the old Pine Knob in Michigan about 10 years ago. -meh.
red house painters - silly love songs much better than that dude from the Beatles. Tiny folk - Bubble guns http://www.last.fm/music/Tinyfolk/_/Bubble+Guns+%28Hello+Sha... better than the hello shark version. SFIAS - Always and forever http://www.thesixtyone.com/song/comments/list/82NhfKwM98H/#/... better than donna lewis
Wow, just like the original when "all distance has a way..." comes in it's such a fantastic transition. Awesome song!