Cover me I'm going in! - Post your favorite song covers.

[JustJones]

Something to add to an old thread.
House of the Rising Sun

 

[antcollinet]

Something to add to an old thread.
House of the Rising Sun

Magnificent!

 

[JustJones]

The drummer is sina-drums. She has a lot on YouTube but doesn't make much from them because most of these covers are still under copyright so the pennies go to the holder.

 

[antcollinet]

It's been a long time since I've heard a version of House of the Rising Sun that got the heart pumping. Prefer that version to the original.

 

[JustJones]

She has a 30 minute cover of the rock opera Tommy. It's a bit rough around the edges but it's the most fun I've had watching a youtube video. These kids( to me they're kids) are inspiring.

 

[Chubbs McCallister]

I've been playing this song in my playlist for years. Recently hit me that it's a cover of Iggy Pops I wanna be your Dog. Yes, I'm a little slow.

 

[mhardy6647]

She has a 30 minute cover of the rock opera Tommy. It's a bit rough around the edges but it's the most fun I've had watching a youtube video. These kids( to me they're kids) are inspiring.

So -- you're saying that
The Kids Are Alright

?

 

[sonitus mirus]

She has a 30 minute cover of the rock opera Tommy. It's a bit rough around the edges but it's the most fun I've had watching a youtube video. These kids( to me they're kids) are inspiring.

It is great to watch a wonderfully talented group of musicians play a fantastic rock ballad. But Keith Moon and the original recorded session is such an amazing performance that this cover just can't hope to live up to the potential of it.

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

[pavuol]

Chrystabell - Strange as Angels: The Drowning Man [the Cure cover]

 

[somebodyelse]

Something to add to an old thread.
House of the Rising Sun

John Otway has a rather different take on it.

 

[MatrixS2000]

Not sure if this has already been posted (apologies if it has):

Disturbd’s cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence"

 

[somebodyelse]

Not sure if this has already been posted (apologies if it has):

Yes, but it was back in 2019 and it's still a great cover. For videos you can search for the ID (Bk7RVw3I8eg in this case) to see if they've already been posted.

 

[Multicore]

Hurdy Gurdy Man - Butthole Surfers​

There are a lot of covers of this. The original Donovan recording is very weird and creepy and some of the covers are too. I'll see what else I can find.

 

[Multicore]

Hurdy Gurdy Man - Brix E. Smith (featuring Nigel Kennedy)​

It appears on a v/a comp called Donovan • Island Of Circles. Smith is great and captures the spirit of the song well. Nigel Kennedy does a good electric violin impression of the blissed-out guitar style of Steve Hillage who had the song in his repertoire.

 

[Multicore]

I'm gonna let someone else choose a Steve Hillage cover of Hurdy Gurdy Man. I like the sound of the studio version on L best but the videos of the band live and on TV are hilarious. So Idk what to choose.

But while we're on the topic of hurdy gurdy...

Das Model - Kraftwerk - hurdy gurdy cover version by Ariel Ninas​

 

[MatrixS2000]

Yes, but it was back in 2019 and it's still a great cover. For videos you can search for the ID (Bk7RVw3I8eg in this case) to see if they've already been posted.

DOH!!! Good point.

Here is a new one, not sure if I would call it good, but it does make me laugh...

Dread Zeppelin covering Led Zeppelin’s “Heartbreaker"

 

[ShiroKune]

I wouldn’t really say that this is one of the best but it’s one of the funniest in my opinion.

Infant annihilator covering Gangnam style

 

[bluefuzz]

I was just listening again to the Robert Wyatt album Nothing Can Stop Us and was struck by the wondrousness [sic] of Wyatt's cover of Chic's At Last I am Free.

Fire! Orchestra's version is equally wondrous: