Cover Song AppreciationThread

For me this the best cover of all time.

[Jimbuna]

Warwick Avenue - Duffy

Cover by April Story

[TarJak]

Black Betty is one of my favourite most covered songs:







Tom Jones

And this is supposed to be the original first recording recorded in a Texas prison in 1933:

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by sidslotm

For me this the best cover of all time.

TBH I prefer this one:

[Penguin]

Oh, that's a thread for me:

let's start with a classic:



a very powerful version, very good fitting


instrumental cover, very beautiful, the different pace gives it a whole new direction

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One of the most beautiful pop songs from the 80s


Psychobilly version, they made the song danceable

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from one of Bruce's best albums, a single man and a 4-track recorder


country cover, nice tempo, the slow pace at the end fits the song perfectly

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American Punk classic


Acoustic cover, very intense

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And finally one of the strangest covers I know of:

[Schöneboom]

Django Reinhardt's version of "J'attendrai":

[TarJak]

A very different version of

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by TarJak

A very different version of

The uploader has not made this video available in your country.
Sorry about that.

[mr chris]

Ms Jackson originally by Outkast



Great cover by one of my favourite bands The Vines



Hurt originally by Nine Inch Nails



Covered by Johnny Cash



Jolene by Dolly Parton



Covered by The White Stripes

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Schöneboom

Django Reinhardt's version of "J'attendrai":

A must-listen, indeed.


,
Then turn the volume reasonably high :

[mr chris]

A couple of covers by Nirvana

Nirvana Cover Seasons In The Sun



Nirvana Cover The Man Who Sold The World



The Man Who Sold The World Originally by Bowie




The Who's Baba O' Riley Covered By:

Blue Man Group Cover



Pearl Jam Cover.



Pearl Jam Cover Neil Young's Rockin the Free World.

[Tchocky]

Can't understand how we've gotten so far without some Jimi







And I really like what REM did with First We Take Manhattan -

Oh! One more and probably my favourite. More leonard Cohen

[Jimbuna]

The Troggs - Love Is All Around

Original



Wet Wet Wet

Cover

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by Tchocky

which is covered by Deep Purple:
I prefer it to the Hendrix version because of the amazing intro.

Also, (Original by Uriah Heep)
I love this cover. Good guitars, fast drums, beautiful keys - what more do you need?

[Paco]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

This could develop into a good thread....better then a basic trawl on youtube like another thread I could mention

Ok, lets begin with

Patty Smith - Because the night


It is not really a cover, because he wrote the song for her, but I like his version:

Bruce Springsteen - Because the night