Cover Tunes

[big_teee]

Another Thread for Us OnGoing Music Listening Buffs.
I would Like to Dedicate this one to Cover Songs.
Some of the big Hits are Covers of Songs that were not Hits by the Original Artist.
IMHO some of the Covers are Much better than the Hits.
I will Start it off with this one.
I will List the Cover and the Hit.
Jumping Jack Flash/YoungBlood Live From Bangladesh (LeonRussell).
Jumpin' Jack Flash/Young Blood - Leon Russell (Concert For Bangladesh) - YouTube
Hit by the Rolling Stones.
Jumpin' Jack Flash (The Rolling Stones - Introduced by John Lennon in sign language! - YouTube
Help me out Here, and Post Your Favorites...

Make Me Proud, Play it Loud!!!
B_T

[cminor9]

I love the cross genre cover. Here are two I love: The white stripes doing a dolly Parton song, and Gillian welch doing a radiohead song. Enjoy!

Gillian Welch Blackstar @ Bonnaroo 2007 - YouTube

The White Stripes - Jolene - YouTube

[tubeswell]

I love the cross genre cover. Here are two I love: The white stripes doing a dolly Parton song, and Gillian welch doing a radiohead song. Enjoy!

Gillian Welch Blackstar @ Bonnaroo 2007 - YouTube

The White Stripes - Jolene - YouTube

And lets not forget Hayseed Dixie doing Roses, and Holiday. :-)

hayseed Dixie Roses Video - YouTube

Hayseed Dixie/Green Day holiday mix - YouTube

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Here's one that Everybody that Plays the Blues Does.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd "Voodoo Child" Live - YouTube
Zakk Wylde & Slash - Voodoo Child - YouTube
Stevie Ray Vaughan(SRV)-Voodoo Child - YouTube
Last But Not Least!
Jimi Hendrix / Voodoo child (Live) - YouTube
Rock Steady!
B_T

[Mark Hammer]

Harry Manx - Voodoo Child - YouTube

No youtube, but david Torn's version of the same tune from Door X, a sample of which is here: http://www.amazon.com/Door-X-David-Torn/dp/B000008CF3

[Bill Moore]

Don't forget Jimi's mentor!

Buddy Guy - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - YouTube

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What is Your Favorite Version of Hey Joe?
Here's a couple of mine!
Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe [Live] - YouTube
Here's a version I like as Well.
Deep PurpLe - Hey Joe - YouTube
Keep Rockin!
B_T

[Brad1]

Here's a guy with a few suggestions. Just don't try to find and listen to them all in one day...or one week...or...

Ultimate Cover Song List - Best Cover Songs - Esquire

Brad1

[big_teee]

Here's another Hot Version of Hey Joe I found.
Roy Buchanan - Live From Austin Texas - YouTube
What a Sweet Wonderful Sounding Tele!
B_T

[Mark Hammer]

First version of the song I had ever heard on the radio was the single by The Leaves. The Leaves- Hey Joe - YouTube

[Corona Blue]

Howdy people... thanks for the great thread... here's another one:

Mott The Hoople's version of Sweet Jane... completely transforms the song. Plus, Mick Ralphs' fat Les Paul tone at the end...

Corona Blue

[big_teee]

Here's a couple of takes on the "The In Crowd:
Original I think.
Dobie Gray - The In Crowd (Shindig! 1965)_HQ - YouTube
And, the huge Instrumental hit, by Ramsey Lewis Trio.
The 'In' Crowd - Ramsey Lewis - YouTube

[Enzo]

A local disc jockey in the DC area decided to have a Hey Joe marathon. It was about the time of Hendrix' hit. He came up with like 41 versions of the song, and played them back to back. I called him. I had one he didn;t, brought the record to the station and he played it. SOme band called the Stillroven. On the way home from the station, I leaned over on the car seat and broke it. Oh well.

Oh my god, here it is:
The Stillroven - Hey Joe (1967) - YouTube


If you want to know who covered who, here is a perfect web site. My friend Dick Rosemont was in radio forever, and started at the same station I did. He made a career of it , I didn't.

The Originals Project. Who recorded what first. Like all the white bread Pat Boone coers of Little Richard tunes. Check it out.

The Originals Project

[Enzo]

Oh dear lord...

Take Five, the all time Dave Brubeck classic from 1959

Sachal Studios Orch (Ravi Shankar, eat your heart out)
Sachal Studios' Take Five Official Video - YouTube

Then the ultimate sin, they wedged it back into 4/4
Take 4.5 - Take 5 re-arrangement in 4/4 Drums - YouTube

XL - Take 5 - YouTube

Gives me the creeps.

[big_teee]

Good One Enzo!
Here's some more.
I really Dig the Byrd Version, with that 12 String Guitar!
Standells - Hey Joe (Live, 1966) - YouTube
The Byrds - Hey Joe (1966) - YouTube

[Enzo]

One more, and I'll wash my hands of Joe..

(Caution, this is really BAD)

Cher
Cher- Hey Joe - YouTube

[rjb]

I nominate the entire album "King Curtis Live at Fillmore West". I wouldn't claim all cuts are "better" than the originals, but most are a damn site funkier.
King Curtis - Whole Lotta Love - YouTube

Again, maybe not "better", but Devo's version of Satisfaction always makes me smile.
Devo - [I Can't Get No] Satisfaction (Video) - YouTube

[big_teee]

How many versions of Red house you got?
Jimi Hendrix - Red House - (Isle of Wight Festival, East Afton Farm, England, 31 August 1970) - YouTube
Gary Moore - Red House - YouTube
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**Here's one more!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr_9y...eature=related

[rjb]

Ooh, ooh, I've got one. "In the Pines" AKA "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" AKA "Black Girl" AKA....
Plot synopsis: A cuckolded man commits suicide by laying his head on the railroad track.

LeadBelly's version just tells the story.
The mood of the Bluegrass version is trivialized with goofy "wind through the trees" sound effects.
The Louvin Brothers play a perky waltz with harmonized yodeling, and change the story so the wife leaves on a train.
In the Nirvana version, Kurt is the man in the story. Hairs up on the back of the neck.

Lead Belly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night- (1944) (TRUE STEREO) - YouTube
Bill Monroe Blue Grass Boys - In The Pines - Decca Records 78 - YouTube
In The Pines - The Louvin Brothers - YouTube
Nirvana - Where did you sleep last night - Unplugged in new york - YouTube

[rjb]

Here's a couple of takes on the "The In Crowd:

I've got to concur; the Ramsey Lewis instrumental gets my vote!

[rjb]

Take Five, the all time Dave Brubeck classic from 1959
Then the ultimate sin, they wedged it back into 4/4
XL - Take 5 - YouTube

Enzo, that last one is the horizontal version.
Note the pelvic thrusts on 2 & 4....

[rjb]

I don't know why Enzo's Take 5 covers reminded me of this, but here ya go.
Purple Haze (Kronos Quartet) - YouTube

[Jot]

What is Your Favorite Version of Hey Joe?
Here's a couple of mine!
Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe [Live] - YouTube
Here's a version I like as Well.
Deep PurpLe - Hey Joe - YouTube
Keep Rockin!
B_T

Mothers Of Invention take on Hey Joe:

[Enzo]

Oh you wanna go Zappa on us?

OK, the ULTIMATE disrespectful cover: Stairway to heaven
Stairway To Heaven / Frank Zappa 1988 - YouTube

I like the part 6 minutes in where the horn section plays the guitar solo.

[big_teee]

Oh you wanna go Zappa on us?

OK, the ULTIMATE disrespectful cover: Stairway to heaven
Stairway To Heaven / Frank Zappa 1988 - YouTube

I like the part 6 minutes in where the horn section plays the guitar solo.

Very cool version!
Zappa was a heavy thinker, and light years ahead of most!
And, didn't believe in censorship!
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[Enzo]

Stan Freberg did some great covers of OLD rock n roll.

The Great Pretender
Stan Freberg - The Great Pretender (2012) - YouTube

Heartbreak Hotel
stan freberg heartbreak hotel - YouTube

And one of my all time favorites, Old Man River (which will never be the same)
Elderly Man River- Stan Freberg and Daws Butler - YouTube

[Enzo]

Not a cover so much as a parody of the Desiderata:

Deteriorata
National Lampoon - Deteriorata (National Lampoon Radio Dinner (1972)) - YouTube

And of course those late night compilation album ads:

Those Fabulous Sixties
National Lampoon - Those Fabulous Sixties (National Lampoon Radio Dinner) (1972) - YouTube

And Mr Robert's Neighborhood talks to a musician
Bass Player interviewed on Mr. Robert's Neighborhood - YouTube

[rjb]

Sorry folks, but I felt compelled to include this.

Bill Monroe recorded his waltz Blue Moon of Kentucky in 1946.
Elvis recorded a 4/4 version in 1959.
The Elvis version was so popular that Bill Monroe then recorded a version that starts in 3/4 and switches to 4/4.

I bet you already knew that.

Bill Monroe Blue Moon Of Kentucky - YouTube (Bill Monroe 3/4)
Elvis Presley - Blue Moon of Kentucky (1954) - YouTube (Elvis)
Blue Moon of Kentucky - Bill Monroe (w/ lyrics) - YouTube (Bill Monroe 3/4 to 4/4 record)
Bill Monroe - Blue Moon of Kentucky (Live at Farm Aid 1990) - YouTube (Bill Monroe live)

[rjb]

One more, and I'll wash my hands of Joe..
(Caution, this is really BAD)

Hah, I've got ya beat: The Dinsdale Piranha Big Band (04/16) - Hey Joe / Purple Haze - YouTube

Speaking of Jimi Hendrix...
Maybe you've heard Charlie Parker with Strings?
Well, this is Jimi Hendrix with Orchestra... without Jimi Hendrix.
Jimi had planned to record with the Gil Evans Orchestra, but died before the scheduled session.
Having expended considerable time and effort writing the charts, Gil decided to go ahead with the recording.
Or something like that.
Gil Evans Orchestra Plays The Music Of Jimi Hendrix : Crosstown traffic - YouTube

Here's a nice version of Voodoo Child I found while searching for the Gil Evans.
Hiram Bullock Billy Cobham WDR Big Band - Voodoo Child - YouTube

[rjb]

And now for something completely different.
Don Ellis out-Zappas Zappa. Tune starts at 3:12.
Don Ellis "Hey Jude" 1970 - YouTube

[Jot]

Jimi Hendrix covers, you say?

[rjb]

Jimi Hendrix covers, you say?

Ho ho ho ho ho, hah, hah, hah, hah, tee-hee.
Dion, precious.

[Jot]

Cover tune twofer/aka '60s mashup:

[Jot]

One more: Bryan Ferry's 1973 version of "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall":

[rjb]

Eric Clapton, the version we all know:
Eric Clapton- Lay Down Sally - YouTube

Country version by Red Sovine (Red who?)
Red Sovine "Lay Down Sally" - YouTube

How many pickers does it take to play a guitar?
Vince Gill joined by Albert Lee, Jimmy Burton, Earl Klugh, and Keb' Mo' (plus Sheryl Crow on vocals).
Lay Down Sally (Edit) - YouTube

Bluegrass version by Seldom Scene - with topless dancers!
The Seldom Scene "Lay Down Sally" - YouTube