Harry P. Posted May 4, 2014 Posted May 4, 2014 In case you haven't noticed yet, I'm a huge, HUGE music fan. And I know a lot of you out there are, too. So here's a thread that I think can be fun for all of us. I'd like you to post your favorite video of a cover version of a famous song. Not the original artist, but a "tribute" or cover, or however you want to define it. There are tons of great cover versions out there. I'll get us started. What if Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham were girls? What would they sound like? Well... something like this:
peter31a Posted May 4, 2014 Posted May 4, 2014 I really like this group Postmodern Jukebox led by Scott Bradlee. They do modern songs but done to rhythm & tempo from a bygone era. [YT] [/YT] [YT] [/YT]
peter31a Posted May 4, 2014 Posted May 4, 2014 I guess we can just post a couple at a time. Here are a couple more. [YT] [/YT] [YT] [/YT]
Harry P. Posted May 4, 2014 Author Posted May 4, 2014 Peter... those vintage takes on modern songs are a hoot!
Austin T Posted May 4, 2014 Posted May 4, 2014 Hands down my favorite cover is "Higher Ground" Originally by Stevie Wonder and covered by the early Red Hot Chile Peppers.
Harry P. Posted May 4, 2014 Author Posted May 4, 2014 Adam Sandler does a serious cover! Awesome! I never knew he did a "real" cover. Very faithful to the original. Pretty cool!
Harry P. Posted May 4, 2014 Author Posted May 4, 2014 Austin... can't post stuff here with swearing in it.
slusher Posted May 4, 2014 Posted May 4, 2014 I saw that video before Harry those girls are good. I think you like them as much as song
Craig Irwin Posted May 4, 2014 Posted May 4, 2014 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz9tyzizuAI This FAR exceeds the Nancy Sinatra / Lee Hazelwood original. Edited May 4, 2014 by Craig Irwin
Craig Irwin Posted May 4, 2014 Posted May 4, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnuul7s0eEI I love surfing youtube just looking for interesting cover versions. This is an interesting take on an Alice Cooper classic.
Craig Irwin Posted May 4, 2014 Posted May 4, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73hEHHdhiac Hey hey it's not the Monkees!
Harry P. Posted May 4, 2014 Author Posted May 4, 2014 I saw that video before Harry those girls are good. I think you like them as much as song That's one good looking "Jimmy Page!"
Harry P. Posted May 4, 2014 Author Posted May 4, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnuul7s0eEI I love surfing youtube just looking for interesting cover versions. This is an interesting take on an Alice Cooper classic. Nice.
Harry P. Posted May 4, 2014 Author Posted May 4, 2014 Check this out. Keith Richards and Norah Jones doing a countrified version of the the old Nazareth song "Love Hurts."
Craig Irwin Posted May 4, 2014 Posted May 4, 2014 Harry, if you liked that one try this take on a Jimi Hendrix tune. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVCHOR-rVlQ
Harry P. Posted May 4, 2014 Author Posted May 4, 2014 Harry, if you liked that one try this take on a Jimi Hendrix tune. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVCHOR-rVlQ Wow... strange to hear such a very different version of a song I like so much (and know so well). But dang! That was beautiful. A very unique take on the song, very well done. I like it. And those girls are a whole lot better looking than old Jimi was! I'm liking this thread already!
Harry P. Posted May 4, 2014 Author Posted May 4, 2014 A cover of a cover (cover squared?)... Martina McBride and Little Big Town doing a cover of Linda Ronstadt's "When Will I Be Loved?," which in itself was a cover of the original Everly Brothers song...
Craig Irwin Posted May 4, 2014 Posted May 4, 2014 This is what Richie Blackmore is doing nowadays. Old Joan Baez song.
Craig Irwin Posted May 4, 2014 Posted May 4, 2014 And there is always Hayseed Dixie's bluegrass covers of almost any rock song. Here they cover Ozzy.
Harry P. Posted May 4, 2014 Author Posted May 4, 2014 Here's something interesting. The Zeparella version of "When the Levee Breaks" that I posted to start off this thread is a cover of a Led Zeppelin song... right? Not so fast. Did you know that Led Zeppelin's version was actually a cover of the original song written by Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in the 1920s! Somehow Zep got away with crediting themselves for the song on their album. And they took credit for a lot of songs that appeared on various Zeppelin albums that were direct ripoffs of other people's songs. And they were involved in various lawsuits over the years by the people whose songs they put on their albums and took credit for, Go to youtube and type in Led Zeppelin plagiarism... you'll be surprised. This is the actual original "When the Levee Breaks"...
Craig Irwin Posted May 4, 2014 Posted May 4, 2014 And you'll never hear Pink Floyd the same way again.
JollySipper Posted May 4, 2014 Posted May 4, 2014 I don't know how to post videos, sorry..... But something you guys should check out are some covers that Phish have done (yea, them again!) When they do a Halloween show they put on what they call a "musical costume", that is they play an entire album by another artist. So far they have covered The White Album, Quadrophenia, Exile on Main Street, and several others that escape me at the moment.....
Harry P. Posted May 4, 2014 Author Posted May 4, 2014 And you'll never hear Pink Floyd the same way again. Oh my god...
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