OK. We have a very excellent thread going on about "Deep Album Cuts"

How about one on "Cover Tunes"?

You know, songs done by someone/group other than the original artist, or at least the artist that comes to mind when you hear a particular song.

Lets also include different versions of the same song by the same artist.

I'll start:

Cover Songs:

After Midnight and Cocaine by Eric Clapton (Originals by J.J. Cale)

I have a few others, but it's late and my brain isn't working well right now!

Alternate Versions:

Hotel California - Eagles, the acoustic version from "Hell Freezes Over" I actually like this more than the original!

Layla - Eric Clapton, the acoustic version. Good also!

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Eric Burden, the version from the album "Sun Secrets". Much, much better than the version that you hear on the radio.

Knockin on heavens door- GNR
You really got me- Van Halen
Cats in the cradle- Ugly Kid Joe
Red Hot Chilli Peppers-higher ground

Superstar - Sonic Youth
Dancing Days - Stone Temple Pilots
Top of the World - Shonen Knife
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve

I KNOW we've done this thread at least 3 times before.

Oya komo va-by santana. Oreginal by El Ray-Tito Puneties(sp).Get the orginal It's HOT. Or ask someone at KMHD to play it for you. It's towards the newer stuff early 6k Numbers.

Al Kooper "Come Down In Time" (Elton John)

Led Zeppelin "I Can't Quit You Baby" (Willie Dixon)

Johnny Winter "Life Is Hard" (Fred James)

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers "Don't Bring Me Down" (Gerry Goffin/Carole King)(Eric Burdon & The Animals)

Les Paul & Friends "Let Me Roll It" (Paul McCartney & Wings)

Creedence Clearwater Revival "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong)(The Miracles)(Motown)

I'm VERY fond of covers. And Andy, I will immediately be seeking out Al Koopers version of that Elton song. That's a favorite Elton song of mine and my brother's as well.

There is no way I could list all the ones that I like - but here are my favorites;

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah ( Leonard Cohen ). I got to be on the air with Rick Emerson a while back to present my " Top 5 Teenage, Angst-Ridden, Lovelorn Moping Songs " and Rick told me this was the most covered song in Canadian history.

Ben Folds Five - Tiny Dancer ( Ben Folds coming to PDX in May. I will be there ).

Cheap Trick - ALL their Bealtes covers - Magical Mystery Tour especially.

Elliot Smith - Because - ( Beatles )

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Born To Run. ( Springsteen )

Lightning Seeds - You Showed Me. ( The Turtles )

U2 - Helter Skelter ( Beatles )

Joan Jett - Crimson and Clover ( Tommy James and the Shondells )

Dishwalla - It's Going To Take Some Time ( Carpenters )

Rage Against The Machine - Renegades Of Funk ( Afrika Bambaataa )

RHCP - Love Rollercoaster ( Ohio Players )

Sarah McLachlan - Dear God ( XTC )

Sundays - Wild Horses ( Stones )

Travis - Killer Queen ( Queen )

Van Halen - Pretty Woman ( Roy Orbison )

The Ventures "Tequila" (orig. by The Champs, omitted from our various one-hit wonder threads).

The Allman Brothers Band "Trouble No More" (McKinley (Muddy Waters) Morganfeld)

Big Sugar "Let It Ride" (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)

Blood, Sweat & Tears "Without Her" (Harry Nillson)
Blood, Sweat & Tears "Just One Smile" (Randy Newman)

The Blues Project "Parchman Farm" (Mose Allison)

Paul Butterfield "Mary,Mary" (The Monkees)(also covered by Run-DMC)

Eric Clapton "The Sky Is Crying" (Elmore James)

Jeff Beck " 'Cause We've Ended As Lovers" (Stevie Wonder)

Pink Floyd "Knocking On Heaven's Door" (Dylan)

Terry Reid "Bang, Bang" (Sonny Bono)

Paul Revere & The Raiders "High Heel Sneakers" (Tommy Tucker)
( Over 200 artists have recorded "Hi-Heel Sneakers". These include Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Sammy Davis Jr., Janis Joplin, Jose Feliciano,Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, Tom Jones, John Lee Hooker, Cleo Laine, Pharoah Sanders, Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead and Ramsey Lewis. There are many videos on youtube.com with performances by The Searchers on Shindig!, Zsa Zsa Gabor, The Mummies, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Faces, Sting and many more.)

7 Seconds "99 Red Balloons" (Nena)
The Germs/David Bowie/The Rolling Stones/who knows who else "Round & Round" (Chuck Berry under title "Around and Around" but same lyrics)

There was also some punk band I can't remember that did a pretty spirited version of "Go Your Own Way" in the early 1990s. A few years later, the Cranberries would also cover this song.

Nickelback - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
Foo Fighters - Baker Street
Nirvana - Man Who Sold the World
Wallflowers - Heroes
DHT - Listen to Your Heart
Sergey Lazarev - Shattered Dreams
Dancing DJs - Fading Like a Flower

Heard Pat St. John on Sirius 16 say one day that "Yesterday" by the Beatles is the most recorded cover song ever.

Checked it out on Wiki and sure enough!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday_(song)

Days of the New - LA Woman

Hard to handle-black crows (Yes that was a re-make!)

Hold onto your panties... Carrie Underwood just released "Home Sweet Home"! Yes, taken from the original Motley gang.

MARIAH CAREY doing Def Leppard!!

Thats right, she did a cover of "Bringin on the heartbreak"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfqg5v5rVQk

or LIP SYNCH?

Damn Bill! This was going to be my next thread idea!

"Pink Cadillac" (Springsteen) done by local legend Steve Bradley.

"All Along The Watchtower" (Dylan) done by Jimi Hendrix.

"I Can Hear Music" (Ronettes) done by The Beach Boys.

Rave On (Buddy Holly) - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

I've always liked No Doubt's cover of Talk Talk's "It's My Life"

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Devo
Stop Your Sobbin' - Pretenders
Ring of Fire - Wall of Voodoo & Social Distortion
Hounds of Love - Futureheads
Guitar Man - Cake (among others)
Needles and Pins - Tom Petty

local legend Steve Bradley.

Mr. Bradley outplays a number of original performers. The Ventures "Walk, Don't Run" for example. And a number of Stones songs.

Yes ,Steve Bradley outplays everybody if you get a chance to see Steve, Do so immediately Steve is a long time performer here in Portland with U.S. Cadenza,Sleazy Pieces,Badley bradley, The Jim Mesi Band, and my personal favorite Los Lost great guy great performer

We Are Family - Babes in Toyland (original done by Sister Sledge)
I've Got the Music in Me - Heart (original done by Kiki Dee)
Nights in White Satin - local Portland guitarist Doug Smith (original by the Moody Blues)
Tumblin' Dice by Linda Ronstadt (actually, all of her stuff was covers, come to think of it)

Adam Sandler - Werewolves of London

Philly-

So glad you brought up Doug Smith. What an incredible talent. Saw him do a concert with John Standefer in Vancouver a couple of years ago that blew me away. Both these guys have won the international Finger Picking Award in the past few years.

Trapped-bruce springsteen{a Jimmy Cliff cover},Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers -something in the air{Thunderclap newman}

Good Vibrations Todd Rundgreen
Hound dog Elvis
Tutti Frutti Pat Boone
I've Got You Under My Skin...
Stay.. Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons
California Girls David Lee Roth

"Hey Girl" Billy Joel (excellent, Billy wasn't mentioned in the top rock singers thread, but his range and ability to stay in key is the reason his songs did so well in the 70's and 80's. This cover is even better than Ray Charles' cover of this tune (written by Goffin/King)

"You Gotta Move" Aerosmith from Honkin' On Bobo" This is the best cover of this old Rev. G. Davis tune since the Rolling Stones did it on Sticky Fingers.

It's hard to think of the longest running #1 in the Rock era as a cover version! That's what "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" was until Billboard adjusted it's methodology in 1991 and everything changed.

Lip sync??

Since it's short for "synchronization", I'd say that's the common spelling.

"Hey Mr. Tambourine Man" - William Shatner
"Downtown" - Mrs. Miller

"Downtown with Mrs. Miller" - William Shatner

didn't Shatner also do Lucy in the sky with diamonds??

Wasnt that Leonard Nimoy who did "Lucy"

So did Elton John. Good version, in my opinion.

Agreed. I'd even be bold to say it rivals the Beatles' version.

"I'd Love to Change the World" (with social comment) by Op-Critical
Original by Ten Years After

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D0bdW8Fs2U

used to think groups that only did remakes of other's records ere just 2nd or 3rd rate groups!!could not do anything origional !!!!??

Chris Taylor wrote:

***So glad you brought up Doug Smith. What an incredible talent. Saw him do a concert with John Standefer in Vancouver a couple of years ago that blew me away. Both these guys have won the international Finger Picking Award in the past few years.***

Doug is such a huge talent! I've seen him live a couple of times over the years. My all-time favorite thing that he does live is Stars and Stripes Forever. On acoustic guitar. It's truly amazing.

I'll check out John Standefer. I've never heard the name, but if he's a fingerpicking champion, I'm interested.

Yesterday, when I tuned in to 1230 to see what format they were running, I heard a Spanish song--I think in the Mexican Sinaloa style (the one that sounds like polka). A very familiar melody was coming from the singer. I turned up the volume to better hear the lyrics: ¡Sola otra vez! ¡No quiero ser sola otra vez! It took me a while to pin down the melody: Eric Carmen's "All By Myself."

No kidding, a polka "All By Myself"? If there's a youtube link I'd like a listen.

Poor Eric is doing 30 days up the road from here for the little DUI episode.