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Post by snarky on Oct 6, 2013 11:30:55 GMT
sometimes a cover is just as good or even better than the original. i'll start off with these:
beatles covering the isley bros
REM covering the troggs
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Post by snarky on Oct 6, 2013 11:40:42 GMT
ramones covering bobby freeman
chili peppers covering mr stevie wonder
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Post by ShivaTD on Oct 6, 2013 13:14:01 GMT
Covers? More Music? I'm onboard with this one. I just posted the Santana "Abraxas" album on the "Album" thread that included the cover of the Peter Green song "Black Magic Woman" that really propelled Santana into the main stream rock music scene. The studio version is on the album so here's a live version of that song by Carlos Santana.
Since I'm on covers of Peter Green songs how about the Kenny Wayne Shepperd cover of "Oh Well" that was also written by Peter Green.
But wait, that's not all. Let's also listen to the Judas Priest cover of Peter Green's song "Green Manalishi" as well.
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Post by ShivaTD on Oct 6, 2013 14:17:23 GMT
In addressing "covers" I believe that we should address the BIG GUN when it comes to who wrote the songs that have been covered more than anyone else. I believe there is one man, albeit with a very limited number of songs, that has been covered by more than anyone else and also has the one song that I believe has the one song that has been covered by more groups than any other song. That man was the immortal blues writer and singer, Robert Johnson.
I believe his song "Sweet Home Chicago" has been covered by more groups than any other blues song in history. Not only has it been recorded more it's also a song that virtually every blues guitar player knows.
"Sweet Home Chicago" - Canned Heat (live)
"Dust My Broom" - Elmore James
"Crossroad" - Cream (Live)
Entire albums have been dedicated to covering Robert Johnson's songs.
Among other songs written by Robert Johnson that have been covered by
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Post by snarky on Oct 6, 2013 15:56:55 GMT
jose feliciano covering the doors
aerosmith covering the beatles- remember this movie?
ike & tina covering CCR
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Post by ShivaTD on Oct 6, 2013 16:38:25 GMT
I ended my last post with the Cream cover of Crossroads (Blues) written by Robert Johnson but going back in time the very first song that brought Cream fame was the cover of the Skip James song "I'm So Glad" off of their first album Fresh Cream.
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Post by snarky on Oct 6, 2013 18:05:10 GMT
"Sweet Home Chicago" has been covered by more groups than any other blues song in history.
jake & elwood blues did a great cover of sweet home chicago as well as covering sam moore. RIP john...  |
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Post by dangermouse on Oct 7, 2013 20:08:12 GMT
Many saw UB40 as a covers band, though they did a lot of original material too. Elvis, Andy Williams for the first one, Sonny and Cher for the second, and finally The Equals.
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Post by snarky on Oct 7, 2013 20:34:59 GMT
Many saw UB40 as a covers band, though they did a lot of original material too. Elvis, Andy Williams for the first one, Sonny and Cher for the second, and finally The Equals. 
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Post by dangermouse on Oct 7, 2013 20:35:42 GMT
Does anyone remember the Top Notes, who originally recorded this?
Several other bands such as the Who and Springsteen sang it live in their act.
This one's somehow more suggeative...
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Post by snarky on Oct 7, 2013 20:54:20 GMT
the knack covering buddy holly
joan jett & the blackhearts covers tommy james & the shondells
the B-52s covering petula clark
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Post by ShivaTD on Oct 8, 2013 11:02:26 GMT
How about this cover of the Willie Dixon song "I can't quit you baby"........
PS I've always felt sorry for Eddie Van Halen because no matter how great he is on guitar he just couldn't be Jimmy Page.....
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Post by ShivaTD on Oct 8, 2013 11:23:27 GMT
Speaking of the great guitar work by Eddie Van Halen how about the Van Halen cover of John Brim's "Ice Cream Man" from 1978.
PS ... and no matter how hard he tried David Lee Roth could never be Robert Plant. ROFLMAO
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Post by maniacalhamster on Oct 10, 2013 17:30:43 GMT
The question is whether the cover is as good as the original or wether the interpretation can produce something as enjoyable or more enjoyable.
Can it redefine the original...think about that...here is what i am talking about.
Bruce Cockburn is a Canadian icon of music...i'll post a few hits to jog our american friends memory after the original and then the cover tune done by Bare Naked Ladies.
the first by Bruce is classic and was really loved by me and others..
now if you listen to the Bare Naked Ladies version it's almost a totally different song.
at first the sound of the cover was the disdain of the purist...lol...i kid you not...
but it grew to be the more listened to by me...lol...i bought both from iTunes...
i ask you to lend a watch or at least an ear to both...
EDIT NOTE ;REDEFINE THE ORIGINAL...
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Post by ShivaTD on Oct 12, 2013 9:10:26 GMT
It is very true that sometimes a cover completely rearranges a song offering a completely different musical interpretation. It is a great thing that can be truly appreciated by all of us.
Today I'm going to take a twist to thread theme of "covers" by coming at it from a different direction. Both Cenydd and I have been in rock bands that covered other groups songs. Today I'm going to post the original songs we covered and, as mentioned above, some we altered dramatically but these were the inspirations. My time in a rock-n-roll band was between 1965-1968 so the songs reflect that context. Our show was a combination of covers and original music.
We covered a couple of Byrds songs including Eight Miles High and this song, I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better. On this song I played a Yamaha 12-string acoustic guitar that had pick-up added.
Perhaps one of our favorite groups to cover was Arthur Lee's group Love that was an LA band that "did good" to some extent. The group was a favorite of our bass player "Dino" that was one of the first bass players I know of playing chords on bass. On this song I played my "love" (a 1962 Fender Stratocaster guitar) that I'd purchased used in 1964 for $200. That guitar is probably worth about $4,000 today.
The following is actually an old traditional folk song that I learned when I first took up guitar. My early guitar lessons taught me to play folk guitar. For the group we adopted the Animals' version of song and while I was generally the rhythm guitar player for the group I played lead on this song because I knew it so well.
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