Thread: Song Cover Versions

Hi Stinky,
Good idea for a thread, but don't know quite where to start. There have been so many good ones, and a recent spate of albums of a certain band or artist's material. (Like the excellent Women at the Well covering Paul Kelly compositions). Speaking of whom, I have a really good cover version of Aussie Crawl's Reckless by Paul Kelly, from an Oz album- early 90's-called Recovered Remade. If you see it around, grab it! Unfortunately I only have a taped copy now, but has a cracker version of AC/DC's Whole lotta Rosie...can't identify the band.
A local female singer just did a reasonable good version of Cold Chisel's Flame Trees, which I reckon was up amonsgt their best (and therefore sacred! ), who was it...Sarah Blasco??
That Johnny Cash one is really good, and speaking of Tony Bennett, did Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes cover You're just too hip baby or did I dream it?!
Cheers,

Some of my favourites:

The Delltones - Pretty Vacant (Sex Pistols)
Gina Jefferies - Creep (Radiohead)
Troy Cassar Daley - Freak (Silverchair)

A few classics.

Joe Cocker "little help from my friends" Beatles

Jimi Hendrix "All along the Watch Tower" Bob Dylan

Manfred Man "Blinded by the light" Bruce Springstein

Sid Vicious "My way" Frank Sinatra

AC/DC "Baby please dont go" Big Joe Williams

Aretha Franklin "Respect" Otis Redding

Eric Clapton "I shot the Sherrif" Bob Marley

One I particularly like:

Keb' Mo' "Folsom Prison Blues" Johnny Cash

A night in Tunisia, Lee Morgan. No idea who wrote it but every famous jazz trumpet player has done it

Orgy -Blue Monday- New Order
Marilyn Manson - Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
(No, I am NOT a Marilyn Manson or Jesus fan)
Max Graham vs Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart - ? ??
Quiet Riot- C'mon Feel the Noize - Slade
Guns N Roses - Hair of the Dog - Nazareth
Metallica - Turn the Page - Jon English

Thats about all that I can think of at the moment

Ernie Sigley and Denise Drysdale "Hey hey Paula" Ray Hildebrand and Jill Jackson

Tameriska, speaking of Metallica - Stone cold crazy - Queen
Presidents of the United States - kick out the jams - MC5

Animal from the Muppets, "Mahna Mahna", Mahna Mahna and the Snowths
(Sheet music for this is available in Australia from Alberts Publishing, in Alberts Mammoth Folio 7 "Songs from the continent."
The song was written by Piero Umiliani and is from the 1969 Avco Embassy Film, "Sweden Heaven and Hell.")

Ted Nugent - Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
ACDC - Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
Robbie Williams - My Way - Frank Sinatra

I reckon most of mine are covered here.

Henry Rollins and the Hard Ons! "Let there be ROCK!!" AC/DC

Mrs Robinson - Pennywise - Perhaps Simon and Garfunkle?

If you ever get a chance grab a copy of your favourate band getting covered by The Sting Quartet (Tribute To).

http://www.tmrpro.com/catalog.php?all=yes

I have heard Metallica, Nirvana, Tool, Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The White Stripes and they all sound great. There is some music that sounds just as good in classical.

Also good for dinner parties where you can put on something a little more contemporary without being so loud that you cant talk over it.

Summertime by George and Ira Gershwin.

Covered by - Billy Holiday, Frank Sinatra. Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sam Cooke, Billy Stewart, The Zombies, Tori Amos, Booker T & the MG`s, the Doors, Tommy Dorsy, Peter Gabriel, Herbie Hancock & Joni Mitchell, Led Zep, Paul McCartney, Marilyn Manson, Glenn Miller, Ricky Nelson, REM, Pink, Artie Shaw, Stereophonics, Maria Callis, Stephane Grappelli to name a few.

My 2nd and 3rd and 4th favorite versions are by - Nina Simone, Gerri Garcia and All Green, the obvious all time best at number 1 is by Janis and Big brother & the Holding company

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8npK1...elated&search=

this version is introduced by Maxwell Smart