Cover Tunes (1 Viewer)

[Philip Hamm]

If memory serves me, he did a great version of "Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz also.

 

[Grant B]

Dave you are correct, I copied the tracks from amazon and it gave her no credit. I also have the Laserdisc with all the videos....great!!!! The butthole surfers doing underdog is another standout.
I have a EP of Liz doing Turning Japanese by herself, you are right - it's betterthat way.

I just picked up the Cure's "Join the Dots" and it has two bizzare covers Bowie's Young Americans and Hendrick's Purple Haze

 

[Grant B]

I made a tape many years back and managed to merge Frank Sinatra's I did it my way with the Sex Pistol's version with Sid singing. I still love to listen to that one

 

[GarySI]

I think the best recent cover I've heard is Dwight Yoakam's version of Cheap Tricks "I Want You to Want Me".
Others:
E Costello- Nick Lowe's "What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding.
Tom Jones- Talking Heads' "Burning Down the House"
Talking Heads'- Al Green's "Take Me to the River"
Bryan Ferry- any of his Bob Dylan's covers especially "Hard Rain's Gonna Fall"
Stone Temple Pilots-Beatles' "Revolution" at the John Lennon Tribute Show

 

[jeff peterson]

How do artists in concert calculate royalties on cover songs they do during the show? Tally the head count and pay per head or a flat fee?

 

[Carl Miller]

Some of my favorites:

Van Halen's "You Really Got Me".
Aerosmiths "Come Together"
The Cures "Purple Haze"

There was also a remake of Norman Greenbaums' Spirit in the Sky that was pretty cool but I have no idea who did it.

I don't know how comprehensive this is, but I thought it might be of interest cover song database

 

[Richard Travale]

That was Doctor and the Medics. I saw the video the other day and I may be insane, but if you look at the lead guy closely, he could be Chris Isaak.

 

[Steve Elias]

Two more to add to the list: Metallica covering Thin Lizzy's Whiskey in the Jar and the multi-covered Suspicious Minds (I think I prefer Dwight Yoakum's version).

Steve

Oh yeah, Minor Threat's cover of The Monkees Steppin' Stone.

 

[Miles]

Has anyone mentioned Stevie Ray's versions of Hendrix tunes?

 

[Andrew 'Ange Hamm' Hamm]

Michael Hein, you get down with your bad Bruce Cockburn self!

Phil: Tom Jones' cover of "Are You Gonna Go My Way" was featured prominently in a movie recently. Was it The Jerky Boys, or does my memory totally fail me?

My favorite covers:

Soundgarden doing Devo's "Girl U Want."
Mark Heard doing The Beatles' "I'm Looking Through You."
Sheryl Crow doing Dylan's "Mississippi."
Kansas rocking the s### out of "Eleanor Rigby."
Adrian Belew doing The Traveling Wilburys' "You're Not Alone Anymore."
Bruce Cockburn doing Mark Heard's "Strong Hand of Love."
Annie Haslam and Steve Howe doing Yes' "Turn of the Century."

Worst cover:

Dan Fogelberg doing Bruce Cockburn's "Lovers in a Dangerous Time."

 

[Richard Travale]

Joey Ramone doing It's a Wonderful World is an awesome cover.

 

[Tony-B]

Here are my favorite cover songs...

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (Originally by Michael Jackson)
Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons (99 Luft Balloons) (Originally by Nena)
Fear Factory - Cars (Originally by Gary Numan)
Disturbed - Shout (Renamed to Shout 2000) (Originally by Tears For Fears)
Reel Big Fish - Monkey Man (Orignally by The Specials)
Less Than Jake - Jenny (867-5309) (Orignally by Tommy Tutone)
Bowling For Soup - I Ran (So Far Away) (Originally by Flock of Seagulls)
Less Than Jake - Surrender (Orignally by Cheap Trick)
Less Than Jake - Grease Lightning
Less Than Jake - Dukes of Hazzard theme song
Powerman 5000 - Good Times Roll (Originally by The Cars)
The Offspring - Killboy Powerhead (Originally by The Didjits)
Spineshank - While My Guitar Gently Weeps(Originally by The Beatles) (My personal favorite cover song)
Mushroomhead - Empty Spaces (Originally by Pink Floyd)
Mushroomhead - Crazy (Originally by Seal)

 

[MarkHastings]

Thanks Tony-B, I didn't know they did that...I just bought it off of iTunes, but the other 'Less than Jake' songs weren't available. What CD's are 'Greased Lightning' and 'Jenny Jenny' on? I can't seem to find it.

Oh, and don't forget the 80's covers from "Not Another Teen Movie":
If You Leave - Good Charlotte
Tainted Love - Marilyn Manson
I Melt With You - Mest

 

[Dave Bennett]

I don't think I'd like that cover of Shout at all. I can't imagine anyone but Tears for Fears singing that song.

 

[Grant B]

Sorry, not Chris but funny as a Hell
Fuzzbox does my favorite version of the song

 

[Tony-B]

Greased Lightning is on Greased, which a CD with a bunch of covers from Grease that they did. I wouldn't buy it because the album is extremely short.

Jenny is on Losers, Kings, and Other Things We Don't Understand.

 

[Khoa Tran]

Gary Jules - Mad World by Tears For Fears

much different from the original....and much better

 

[Yee-Ming]

A strange one:-
Sheryl Crow covering G'N'R's Sweet Child 'O Mine.

But GNR's cover of Knockin' On Heaven's Door was brilliant. Slash's solo of the Godfather Theme is pretty good too.

I heard a cover of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb recently on the radio, which was absolutely horrendous. No idea who's responsible for the travesty, though.

 

[MarkHastings]

Has anyone heard Save Farris' ska version of "Come on Eileen"?

 

[Philip Hamm]

As was their cover of McCartney's "Live and Let Die".