Ten Favorite Musical Covers

[MrScorpio]

Courtesy of my iTunes

In no particular order

Joyful Girl - Soulive
Fell In Love With The Boy - Joss Stone
Lay, Lady, Lay - The Isley Brothers
Hello, It's me - The Isley Brothers
Les Fleur - 4Hero
Walk On By - Isaac Hayes
My Favourite Things - Ronnie Jordan
Be Thankful For What You Got - Massive Attack
Aguas de Março (Joga Bossa) - Smoke City
Golden Brown - Omar

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. My Ten

Killin the Blues...Shawn Colvin
I Will Survive...Cake
The Look Of Love ....Susanna Hoffs
You Ain't Goin Nowhere..the Byrds
Alone Again Or...UFO
She's Not There..Santana
Say a Little Prayer for You..Aretha (Dionne did it first)
Smoke Two Joints...Sublime
Stairway to Heaven...Dolly Parton
Sweet Child O Mine..Sheryl Crow

[iconoclastic cat]

2. "Free to Be You and Me" covered by Poster Children

"Stepping Stone" covered by Soul Asylum
"Head On" covered by The Pixies
"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" covered by The Germs
"Gimmie Shelter" covered by The Sisters of Mercy
"The Temple" covered by The Afghan Whigs
"Summer Breeze" covered by Type O Negative
"The Man Who Sold the World" covered by Nirvana
"The Spy Who Loved Me" covered by Radiohead
"If I Only Had a Brain" covered by Unknown

[Left Is Write]

3. Two of my favorite remakes -

The Mavericks' version of "Here Comes My Baby" and Sheryl Crow's version of "The First Cut Is The Deepest"

[flamingyouth]

4. Off the top of my head

"Free Money" - Penetration
"City Slang" - Hellacopters
"D-7" - Nirvana
"Halloween" - Mudhoney
"Jolene" - White Stripes
"I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time" - Nomads
"Are You Gonna Be There?" - Miracle Workers
"Going All The Way/Glendora" - Slickee Boys
"Communication Breakdown" - Dead Moon
"Paint It Black" - The Feelies

I've probably missed something really obvious that I'm always harping about.

[Beware the Beast Man]

5. Who did D-7 originally?

I had no idea it was a cover.

[flamingyouth]

6. The Wipers - amazing band from Portland

Really, really great band. Check 'em out. :thumbsup:

[Beware the Beast Man]

9. Yeah, I've heard of the Wipers.

I'll have to do that. thanks. :D

[BigMcLargehuge]

7. hmmmm 10 (don't know if I have 10)

The cardigans - Iron Man
The cardigans - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Jackson 5 - Rockin Robin
Jello Biafra and DOA - We gotta get outa this place
Pete Seger - Little Boxes

[Beware the Beast Man]

8. My 10, that I can think of:

1. 'Golden Shower of Hits (Along Comes Mary/Close to You/Afternoon Delight/You're Having My Baby/Love Will Keep Us Together/D-I-V-O-R-C-E" - Circle Jerks
2. "Sin's a Good Man's Brother" - Monster Magnet
3. "Chevy Van"- Fu Manchu
4. "Nobody Does It Better"- Radiohead
5. "California Sun"- Ramones
6. "Tainted Love" - Soft Cell
7. "Like a Rolling Stone" -Jimi Hendrix Experience
8. "Freedom of Choice" - Fu Manchu
9. "Rockin' is My Business"- Alabama Thunderpussy
10. "Lord of this World" Corrosion of Conformity

I thought of a couple more, for good measure:
Dead Kennedys- "Viva Las Vegas"
Metallica- "Last Caress/Green Hell"
Mudhoney- "Hate the Police"

[FrankBooth]

10. mine

in no particular order:

"Till The End of the Day" - Big Star
"Thirteen" - Elliott Smith
"Stop Your Sobbing" - Pretenders
"Head On" - Pixies
"We Will Become Silhouettes" - The Shins
"Such Great Heights" - Iron and Wine
"I Wasn't Born to Follow" - Son Volt
"Windfall" Steve Earle
"Breed" Steve Earle
"Big Bottom" - Soundgarden

[MrSlayer]

11. I generally hate cover songs but there are a few decent ones.

Slayer "Undisputed Attitude" whole album, "Dissident Aggressor" (From South of Heaven), "Hand of Doom" (from Black Sabbath tribute), "InnaGaddaDavita" (From Less than Zero soundtrack).
Metallica "The $9.98 CD Garage Days re-visited" entire EP, "Stone Cold Crazy" (Queen cover)
Motorhead "Louie, Louie" (Kingsmen cover)
Jane's Addiction "Symapathy for the Devil" (Stones), "Rock n Roll" (Lou Reed)
Van Halen "You really got me" (Kinks), "Pretty Woman" (Roy Orbison)
Led Zeppelin I is almost all covers, "Whole Lotta Love" (Willie Dixon)
Megadeth "These Boots (are made for walkin)" (Nancy Sinatra)

[Chomskyite]

12. Mine

Al Green "Yesterday" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
The Beatles "Twist and Shout"
The Byrds "Mr Tambourine Man"
Cream "Crossroads"
Derek and the Dominoes "Little Wing"
Stevie Ray Vaughan "Little Wing"
John Lennon "Stand By Me"

[Burma Jones]

13. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

DK - Viva Las Vegas
Beatles - Rock and Roll Music
Beatles - Money
The Who - Summertime Blues
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things

etc......

[peekaloo]

14. .

Hurt by Johnny Cash
What's So Funny(Bout PL&U)by Elvis Costello
The Mighty Quinn by The Byrds
Because the Night by Patti Smith
I Want You Back by Graham Parker
Strange by r.e.m.
Take Me to the River by Talking Heads

can't remember if Jules Shear recorded 'If She Knew What She Wants' or just wrote it for The Bangles.

[Norbert]

22. JUles Shear wrote it.

[peekaloo]

23. Thanks.

brain fart on my part.

:hi:

[Bossy Monkey]

15. Stevie Wonder, "We Can Work It Out"

Elvis Costello, "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding"
They Might Be Giants, "New York City"
Jerry Douglas (w/ Steve Earle), "Don't Take Your Guns To Town"
Talking Heads, "Take Me To The River"
Nanci Griffith & Arlo Guthrie, "Tecumseh Valley"
Nirvana, "Jesus Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam"
Too Much Joy, "Starry Eyes"
Black Crowes, "Hard To Handle"
Steve Wynn & John Wesley Harding, "You Shook Me All Night Long" (in concert, with acoustic guitar and accordion. You never said anybody else had to have HEARD of it)

[Tikki]

16. Ten here.....

Flying Lizards......"Summertime Blues"
UB40......"Red, Red Wine"
Sonics....."Louie, Louie"
Elvis Costello...."I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down"
Damned......"Alone Again Or'
Barbra Streisand......"Somewhere (A Place For Us)"
Talking Heads....."Take Me To The River"
Rock n Roll Trio (Johnny Burnett)...."Train Kept A Rollin'"
Cream.....(I'm) Sittin' On Top Of The World"
Marvin Gaye........(I) Heard It Through The Grapevine"



THE DAMNED

Tikki

[Wickerman]

17. Ok

Little Honda - Yo La Tengo
Interstellar Overdrive - Camper Van Beethoven
Please Mr Please - Scud Mountain Boys
Paint It Black - Feelies
To Love Somebody - Slobberbone
I walk the Line - Los Lonely Boys
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (duh)
Rollercoaster - Spacemen3
I threw it all away - Yo La Tengo
Head On - Pixies

[RetroLounge]

18. Here's some

Little Wing - SRV
I will Survive - Cake
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - TMBG
Honey Don't - Beatles
Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis
King of the Road - REM

RL

[Chomskyite]

24. The great thing abt REM's King of the Road

The band was drunk when it was recorded.

[Briarius]

19. I can't think of 10 right now

but Cash's Hurt and A Perfect Circle Imagine are up there on the list!

[Norbert]

20. My ten

If Not For You - George Harrison
Roll Over Beethoven - The Beatles
Do Ya - Electric Light Orchestra
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
Wishing - Mary Chapin-Carpentar & Kevin Montgomery
Without You - Harry Nillson
Back Door Man - The Doors
Willin' - Linda Ronstadt
Desperato - Linda Ronstadt

[donheld]

21. R.E.S.P.E.C.T. - Aretha

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - Sir Elton John
Nothing Compares To You - Sinead O'Connor
I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston - sue me
Fire - Pointer Sisters
Pink Cadillac - Natalie Cole
All Along The Watchtower - Dave Matthews Band
Could It Be Magic - Donna Summer - she makes it so deliciously erotic!
Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Aretha
How Sweet It Is - James Taylor