re: Cover Songs that Cross Musical Genres But Still Work

Posted by auggie

Opelika, Alabama

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Posted on 2/25/23 at 7:33 am to Zappas Stache

quote:
Del Mccroury covering Richard Thompson's Vincent Black Lighting 1952

Not only did it work, they knocked it out of the park
Del McCoury is just so damn good anyway.
"I feel The Blues Moving In" is a kick arse piece of work.

I always wanted to hear them do that song- Ridin With Private Malone. It always seemed to me that song was written for Del McCoury to do.

This post was edited on 2/25/23 at 8:20 pm

Posted by auggie

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Posted on 2/25/23 at 7:51 am to RedHawk

quote:
Macy Gray - Creep

That sounds great

Posted by bisceaux

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Posted on 2/25/23 at 8:03 am to marcnbc

quote:
Hurt by Johnny Cash

This is the first thing that comes to mind for me. When I hear the NIN version now, it doesn't sound right (too slow). That Johnny Cash video might be my favorite video of all time. Went to his museum in Nashville recently and it was worth it

Posted by CatsGoneWild

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Posted on 2/25/23 at 11:01 am to bisceaux

Daughtry and Lzzy Hale just redid separate ways by journey. It's legit good

Whitney Houston I will always love you by dolly parton

Posted by kingbob

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Posted on 2/25/23 at 11:16 am to CatsGoneWild

That daughtry cover is really solid.

There’s a Hollywood Undead cover of CCR that has no business being as good as it is.

Posted by boogiewoogie1978

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Posted on 2/25/23 at 7:55 pm to HodsonTiger13

Slow Hand
Conway Twitty and The Pointer Sisters

Posted by auggie

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Posted on 2/25/23 at 8:02 pm to boogiewoogie1978

nevermind

This post was edited on 2/25/23 at 8:08 pm

Posted by FirstCityDawg

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Posted on 2/25/23 at 8:07 pm to Ace Midnight

Aretha also has a great version of The Weight.

Posted by auggie

Opelika, Alabama

Member since Aug 2013

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Posted on 2/25/23 at 8:13 pm to FirstCityDawg

quote:
Aretha also has a great version of The Weight.

and once again, it was Duane Alman on guitar and Roger Hawkins on drums, probably David Hood on Bass.

Posted by ManBearTiger

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Posted on 2/25/23 at 9:06 pm to HodsonTiger13

Gin and Juice, The Gourds

Anything by The Dan Band

Posted by Oswald

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Posted on 2/26/23 at 6:20 am to HodsonTiger13

Willie Nelson’s cover of Coldplay’s “The Scientist” is miles better than the original: YouTube video

Posted by KiwiHead

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Posted on 2/27/23 at 5:37 pm to HodsonTiger13

You forgot Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes rendition. It's pretty good.

Posted by Willie Stroker

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Posted on 2/27/23 at 10:59 pm to KiwiHead

Warren Haynes covering U2’s One.

Tab Benoit’s covering Leroux’s New Orleans Ladies

Disturbed covering Simon and Garfunkel’s Sounds of Silence

Smashing Pumpkins covering Stevie Nicks’ Landslide (acquired taste)

Five Finger Death Punch - House of the Rising Sun

Baltic House Orchestra covering John Denver’s Country Roads

Dwight Yoakum covering Elvis’ Suspicious Minds

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Posted by TFTC

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Posted on 2/28/23 at 6:44 am to Willie Stroker

This is off of Mark Lanegan's cover album Imitations, in which he covers his parents music collection..

Solitaire

It most likely introduced this Neil Sedaka song, made famous by Andy Williams/The Carpenters, to a totally different crowd...

And its Mark fricking Lanegan... so, its brilliant!

Posted by WMTigerFAN

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Posted on 2/28/23 at 8:34 pm to HodsonTiger13

Jolene-White Stripes

Odd cover but interesting nonetheless

Posted by Demshoes

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Posted on 2/28/23 at 8:57 pm to HodsonTiger13

Charles Bradley - Changes (Black Sabbath)

Ryan Adams - Wasted Years (Iron Maiden)

ETA

The Afghan Whigs - Creep (TLC)

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Cat's In The Cradle - Ugly Kid Joe

Heard It Through The Grapevine - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger

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Posted on 3/6/23 at 9:11 pm to Willie Stroker

This post was edited on 3/6/23 at 9:12 pm

Posted by tarzana

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Posted on 3/7/23 at 8:20 pm to SUB

What about Smith's (Gayle McCormick, lead singer) 1969 rock version of Hal David/ Burt Bacharach's song "Baby It's You", which had been a pop hit in the early 1960's by both the Shirelles and Beatles.

If you haven't heard it, the Smith version is a treat (can't YouTube it for some reason).