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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThe cover is better than the original.
For example,
The Bangles version of 'Hazy Shade of winter' by Simona and Garfunkel.
or
'Hurt' from the NIN as covered by Johnny Cash.
Have fun.
peace,
Noodleboy
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)ceile
(8,692 posts)Huh. I'm going to have to ponder that...
Archae
(46,345 posts)Originally written and performed by her Daddy Johnny Cash.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)DutchLiberal
(5,744 posts)Or doesn't that count?
Too bad YouTube took it down. The song (among others) mysteriously didn't make it to the cd/dvd.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Bobby Z himself said it was the best ever cover of one of his tunes and that he wished he'd thought of doing it that way. It also has the greatest one-note guitar solo in history during the fade out.
Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)livetohike
(22,163 posts)lastlib
(23,286 posts)liberaltrucker
(9,130 posts)Covered by Garth Brooks. Billy said so himself.
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)pipi_k
(21,020 posts)I like this version of "Young Blood" better than the Coasters' version.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)The Doors cover version comes to mind ... and lots of others covered it too.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)right after Van Morrison with that tune.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)with its connection to Springsteen.
Lots of great songs in that time period were interconnected.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)He writes it in the late 70s ... but doesn't release it on an album until the late 80s ... the Pointer sisters do a cover around 77 or 78 ... and its a big hit.
I remember being surprised to learn that it was his song to start with after he released it on an album in the 80s.
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)More of a one off than a true cover. From the Jammies;
Grace Potter, Jo Satriani, and a few other talented people
kentauros
(29,414 posts)(There may or may not be a stupid ad at the beginning that can't be skipped..)
To me, this isn't just a cover, it's the only version of Satisfaction worth listening to. I know most of the "old hippies" here won't agree, but I don't care!
kwassa
(23,340 posts)you young uns have little sense of temporal context.
I like Devo, and met Bob Mothersbaugh. They did "Satisfaction" 12 years later than the Stones original.
But the Stones version was game-changing. One of the first protest songs on commercial radio.
When I'm drivin' in my car
And that man comes on the radio
He's tellin' me more and more
About some useless information
Supposed to fire my imagination
I can't get no, oh no no no
Hey hey hey, that's what I say
I can't get no satisfaction
I can't get no satisfaction
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no
When I'm watchin' my TV
And that man comes on to tell me
How white my shirts can be
But he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke
The same cigarrettes as me
I can't get no, oh no no no
Hey hey hey, that's what I say
kentauros
(29,414 posts)I was being facetious, considering how often there are posts around here for the music of the sixties, and they often get plenty of replies
I really don't care about when it came out, or when "hippies" came into or out of being. It doesn't really matter to me. Not my era.
That's cool you got to meet Mark Mothersbaugh. The only "famous" musician I've ever met was Mark Hosler. If you've heard of negativland, then you'll know who he is
kwassa
(23,340 posts)there were really very few hippies, just a bunch of middle class kids pretending ....
and my art school classmates did form this band after graduation called The Talking Heads ...
kentauros
(29,414 posts)I turned 51 last month. Unless you're in your 70s, I'm not really much of a "young-un"
Other than in my pre-teens and early teens, I haven't purposefully listened to the music of the 60s. I really can't stand it, and especially dislike it when it shows up in movies and so forth. But, it's a product of commercialism, and that's difficult to get away from.
Thankfully, in the mid-70s, I discovered public radio, specifically, KPFT, the local Pacifica station. I finally heard all the good stuff I'd been missing, because it wasn't "fit" for commercial airwaves. And I've never gone back to commercial radio, even online
You didn't happen to trademark your band's name, did you?
progressoid
(49,999 posts)Of course it HAD to include DEVO.
Edited to include the song list:
1. The Rolling Stones (1965)
2. Aretha Franklin
3. Otis Redding
4. The Incredible Bongo Band
5. DEVO
6. Oscar Petersen
7. Jose Feliciano
8. The Cobble Stones (Sesame Street)
9. Babies Go Rolling Stones
10. Tom Jones
11. Gabriela Anders
12. Diana Ross and the Supremes
13. Sam and Dave
14. Michelle Simonal (Bossa-n-Stones)
15. Paul Revere and the Raiders
16. The Ventures
17. Britney Spears
18. The Vienna Symphony Project
19. The Rolling Stones (live 2003)
kentauros
(29,414 posts)Although, maybe not as good as the 61 versions of Tico Tico
How about an Einstürzende Neubauten version of "Satisfaction"?
Einstürzende Neubauten & Die Sentimentale Jugend - Wollt ihr die totale Befriedigung (mp3 link)
from WFMU - Berlin Underground 1979-1983
progressoid
(49,999 posts)How is it I've never been to WFMU? I'm about to waste a lot of time there. Thanks for that link!
Somewhere on a lost hard drive I had a collection of about 75 covers of "House Of The Rising Sun".
kentauros
(29,414 posts)I'll bet there are some great ones of that. Search WFMU and you might find them again
And this site will waste any time you have leftover: All Music, All Blogs
arcane1
(38,613 posts)The covers/originals are as follows:
Manfred Mann/Springsteen
Judas Priest/Joan Baez
Nicolette Larson/Neil Young
These opinions are official and cannot be disagreed with
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)But I still think it's better than Springsteen's.
Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)The Rivingtons Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow and The Bird's the Word were fine, but the Trashmen's cover had just the right hook for this dude with a hot transistor AM radio back in the day.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)"I go to sleep" by The Kinks
"Forever Young" by Bob Dylan
"I Got You Babe" by Sonny & Cher
Codeine
(25,586 posts)Here's Amanda Palmer doing her infamous ukulele version.
Response to baldguy (Reply #19)
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Systematic Chaos
(8,601 posts)Ministry covered Bob Dylan's 'Lay Lady Lay'
And Kim Carnes covered Smokey Robinson's 'More Love'
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)original by Al Green.
Also covered by the Talking Heads!
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)Never liked Rod Stewart much, never liked disco. Always loved Ministry and associates. Still love Dylan, but like 'watch tower', this is better.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)although, he does have a little help from John
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)I like the original Bob Dylan version as well, but McGuinn's compressed twelve string makes the song a classic.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)Everyone, including Jeff Buckley, uses Cale's arrangement
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)It's also closer to Cale's version.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)Billie did it in 1939.
Nina in 1965.
It was news in 1939.
Though both great jazz singers, Billie is incontestably greater, possibly the greatest ever.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)but the sonic reality doesn't match that idea
kwassa
(23,340 posts)and why is your wife an authority?
You appear to be complaining that older recording technology has less quality, which has nothing to do with the artistry of the singers.
Or do you have some other point?
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)I have observed that people often have difficulty separating ability from biography. To my ears, that is the case with both Holiday and Piaf.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)It seems to me, that you are actually arguing against it being...timeless.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)It is, of course, about lynchings. Far more radical to sing about in 1939 than 1965.
As to chops, this is a bullshit argument because Billie is generally ranked as a greater jazz singer than Nina, though I like them both as individual artists. Billie has her own unique style that many have found incredibly powerful.
In your personal taste, Nina is better. That's fine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Fruit
Strange Fruit" was a poem written by Abel Meeropol, a Jewish high-school teacher from the Bronx, about the lynching of two black men. He published under the pen name Lewis Allan, derived from two children he lost in their infancy.[3][4]
In the poem, Meeropol expressed his horror at lynchings, possibly after having seen Lawrence Beitler's photograph of the 1930 lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith in Marion, Indiana. He published the poem in 1936 in The New York Teacher, a union magazine. Though Meeropol/Allan had often asked others (notably Earl Robinson) to set his poems to music, he set "Strange Fruit" to music himself. The piece gained a certain success as a protest song in and around New York. Meeropol, his wife, and black vocalist Laura Duncan performed it at Madison Square Garden.[5] (Meeropol and his wife later adopted Robert and Michael, sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of espionage and executed by the United States.)[6]
Barney Josephson, the founder of Cafe Society in Greenwich Village, New York's first integrated nightclub, heard the song and introduced it to Billie Holiday. Other reports say that Robert Gordon, who was directing Billie Holiday's show at Cafe Society, heard the song at Madison Square Garden and introduced it to her.[7] Holiday first performed the song at Cafe Society in 1939. She said that singing it made her fearful of retaliation, but because its imagery reminded her of her father, she continued to sing it. She made the piece a regular part of her live performances.[8] Because of the poignancy of the song, Josephson drew up some rules: Holiday would close with it; second, the waiters would stop all service in advance; the room would be in darkness except for a spotlight on Holiday's face; and there would be no encore.[7]
Holiday approached her recording label, Columbia, about the song, but the company feared reaction by record retailers in the South, as well as negative reaction from affiliates of its co-owned radio network, CBS.[9] Even John Hammond, Holiday's producer, refused. She turned to friend Milt Gabler, whose Commodore label produced alternative jazz. Holiday sang "Strange Fruit" for him a cappella, and moved him to tears. Columbia allowed Holiday a one-session release from her contract in order to record it. Frankie Newton's eight-piece Cafe Society Band was used for the session. Because he was worried that the song was too short, Gabler asked pianist Sonny White to improvise an introduction. Consequently Holiday doesn't start singing until after 70 seconds.[7] Gabler worked out a special arrangement with Vocalion Records to record and distribute the song.[10]
She recorded two major sessions at Commodore, one in 1939 and one in 1944. "Strange Fruit" was highly regarded. In time, it became Holiday's biggest-selling record. Though the song became a staple of her live performances, Holiday's accompanist Bobby Tucker recalled that Holiday would break down every time after she sang it.[citation needed]
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)own "argument"
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)guitar man
(15,996 posts)Jack Mack and The Heart Attack... awesome cover IMO
kwassa
(23,340 posts)It was originally recorded by the Miracles, which no one remembers.
First a hit for Gladys Knight
then a huge hit for Marvin Gaye
bluesbassman
(19,379 posts)Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)Dystopian
(6,421 posts)And I did see the Turtles...
peace~
guitar man
(15,996 posts)Ok, maybe not better than the original, but a moving rendition nonetheless
bluesbassman
(19,379 posts)it is Warren Haynes, and it is a great cut.
guitar man
(15,996 posts)Warren is just so damn good, whether he's doing his own music or covering somebody else's, I've never heard him lay an egg...
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Codeine
(25,586 posts)With amusing false start.
eyepaddle
(6,352 posts)That was pretty damend good, they hve a lot of intensity--especially the drummer.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)progressoid
(49,999 posts)Also a few of their other stations.
Wish I could afford to donate to them.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)but I do like some of the trance and Goa stations, too.
I've never donated, but maybe I will when I get my tax refund
progressoid
(49,999 posts)I kinda just want to donate just to get the Somafm hoodie.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)I adore the original, but this cover is just amazing.
progressoid
(49,999 posts)LeftinOH
(5,358 posts)kaitcat
(193 posts)2nd Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt.
Pat Benatar -- I need a Lover
wysimdnwyg
(2,233 posts)Clapton:
After Midnight
Cocaine
Widespread Panic:
Travelin' Light
Lynyrd Skynyrd:
Call Me the Breeze
Many others by artists including Kansas, Carlos Santana and Captain Beefheart
lastlib
(23,286 posts)AFAIAC, that's the ONLY version!
Martin Eden
(12,875 posts)Fleetwood Mac did it first.
Martin Eden
(12,875 posts)Not sure who does it, but I think it has a ukelele and (even though Judy Garland has a beautiful voice) the rendition I'm thinking of strikes more of an emotional chord with me.
Doc_Technical
(3,527 posts)Martin Eden
(12,875 posts)annabanana
(52,791 posts)most def
Jean Louise Finch
(671 posts)I love the Who, but this is just epic:
Iris
(15,666 posts)EastTennesseeDem
(2,675 posts)If so, you know what I'm talking about. Holy shit.
darkstar3
(8,763 posts)Disturbed - Shout (2000)
Possession - Evans Blue
(and if you like that, check out their cover of "Caught a Lite Sneeze"
Every Little Thing She Does is Magic - Ra
(Sorry for the anime, but this one had better sound. Darkspouse laughs every time she hears this song.)
Fiddle and the Drum - A Perfect Circle
(Some might call this sacrilege, but I think this song deserves a minor key harmony)
Cum on Feel the Noise - Quiet Riot
(No cover list would be complete without this. It made the song famous.)
eyepaddle
(6,352 posts)I really like the Fiddle and the Drum. While it seems that Maynard has made it his life's calling to wear you down with 73 minutes of black despair per album, he really does have a vision. Those were nice harmonies.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)chknltl
(10,558 posts)as done by Spooky Tooth.
chknltl
(10,558 posts)As done by The Accused
chknltl
(10,558 posts)By Grand Funk Railroad.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D7M9E7BsbHd0&v=7M9E7BsbHd0&gl=US
marmar
(77,090 posts)chknltl
(10,558 posts)By Kate Smith
Yeah, I know...but nobody did it better!
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=_zF7a0wB-Lg
Mopar151
(9,997 posts)As covered by "Spike and the Impalers" (Spike is the sidekick of radio personality Don Rivers, who plays keyboards)
Jeff Healey (who did many excellent covers) kicks "I got a line" out of the park
Grand Funk covers Gimee Shelter 1997
1971 album version
Johnny Winter Highway 61
Jerry Reed Guitar Man
Bonus Cover - Jerry did a whole album of Jim Croce songs c. 1980
edbermac
(15,947 posts)MiddleFingerMom
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HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)Feel terrible uploading this shite two-minute shortened version, but it will give you a taste of the awesome.
Also
They played this song when I saw them live at the Agora. Don't remember the air raid sirens, though.
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Can't believe no one posted this . . .
cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)Unless I just missed it, surprised it hasn't turned up in the thread yet.
I'm also really fond of The Golden Palominos cover of "I've Been the One."