What's your favorite cover? Well, depends on when you ask... There's no single choice

[The Polack MSgt]

Today, this.

So damn badass, wait for the jam session 3 minutes in...

[griffi94]

1. NRPS version of Dead Flowers

[The Polack MSgt]

16. Outstanding. Haven't heard this record in decades.

Seriously cool shit right here. Thanks for reminding me

[ZZenith]

2. Currently, and often, it's this one:

[The Polack MSgt]

14. Hard to argue against that.

[ZZenith]

3. Forgot to say...

Love that Neville Bros version!

[Enter stage left]

4. My favorite cover group of all time is Pomplamoose...

They are amazing, and if you study how they do the things they do, they are even more amazing.

I'm sorry, I don't know how to link to their songs or post videos, Please, please I beg you...look them up.

Three covers I would recommend you watch first are:
1. My Favorite Things, from sound of music,
2 Mister Sandman by The Chordettes, made really popular by "The Andrew Sisters".
3 The cover of "Angry Birds", very well done and really fun to watch.

This duo and their talents are off the charts. The number of instruments they play, the harmony the Nataly Dawn does with computers and dubbing, and the incredible talent of her husband, Jack Conte will amaze and enchant you.

Please, I beg you again, watch this huge underrated and largely unknown talent, please.

Disclaimer, I am no way connected to them, just a huge fan since about 2005.

[The Polack MSgt]

15. I dig the smashups they do. Thanks for the tip

They're sharp musicians no doubt.

[Beatlelvr]

5. These two I've seen recently

Sounds of Silence by Disturbed and When a Man Loves a Woman by Home Free.

[The Polack MSgt]

17. I hadn't heard Home Free before.

They can sing. Thanks man

[Docreed2003]

6. Here's a good one

[The Polack MSgt]

13. Elmore James owned this song

To the point that I don't even think of it as a cover

[Docreed2003]

18. Agreed!

[OilemFirchen]

7. This cover:

of this:

... or this cover:

of this cover:

of this:

[The Polack MSgt]

10. +++ Well done cousin

[LakeArenal]

8. Fine Young Cannibals. Suspicious Mind

https://m.

[The Polack MSgt]

12. Nice

Forgot that one

[The Roux Comes First]

9. OK, It Dates Me, But It's Still Hendrix' "All Along the Watchtower"

Even Dylan adopted Jimi's version!

[The Polack MSgt]

11. It's an all time great

No doubt about that

[thucythucy]

19. Freddy King "I Got the Same Old Blues"

[The Polack MSgt]

20. JJ's songs have been filling up other folks "Greatest Hits" albums since forever

This is a great pick

[thucythucy]

41. Thanks!

Freddy King covering JJ Cale. How could it get any better?

If you haven't heard it, the entire "Burglar" album is incredible, including an amazing FK instrumental, "Pulpwood."

[highplainsdem]

21. I posted a poll on mine in the Lounge, to see if other DUers would agree:

https://democraticunderground.com/10181605357

The nice thing about covers, too, is that you might always find a newer one you also love.

Which is why, when I posted an OP here the other day with T.Rex's '70s hit "20th Century Boy," I included the cover by Bowie and Placebo at the Brit Awards nearly 30 years later, for anyone who'd missed it.

https://democraticunderground.com/103466331

I love when great songs are done by other artists.

[Celerity]

22. Death Blossoms - Flock of Seagulls "Space Age Love Song".... is a good one

[jalan48]

23. Stateboro Blues

Blind Willie McTell - Statesboro Blues

The Allman Brothers Band - Statesboro Blues

[The Polack MSgt]

24. This is another song that is so thoroughly OWNED by the band that covered it

That I don't really think of it as a cover anymore...

Turns out that The Allman Brothers were covering a cover of Statesboro Blues.

Duane fell in love with slide while learning Taj Mahal's version of this song

[jalan48]

27. I agree about the cover of a cover. I hadn't heard this rendition by Taj Mahal and I can see the

similarity to the Allman's version. Thanks for posting.

[The Polack MSgt]

30. Gregg spent a chapter of "My Cross to Bear" talking about how Duane fell in love with

Taj's first album and while recovering from a bad flu used a Coricidin bottle as the slide so he could get the Statesboro Blues guitar parts down pat

Of course, once he brought the song to the rest of the band it became what it became, an ABB classic

[jalan48]

31. Interesting behind the scenes history. I've seen Taj Mahal twice, once in the late 60's

and then again in the early 90's. He put on great shows both times. I definitely can hear his influence in the Allman's cover.

[The Polack MSgt]

25. Bob Dylan approves of the Blind Willie McTell choice for sure tho

I love that guy too, such a song writer. I always pick this one if I'm introducing a noob to Mr. McTell

Bob's valentine to Willie, just to be complete

[Sewa]

26. This is a fun cover

【Cover】Iron Maiden / Aces High 【NEMOPHILA】

https://m.

[The Polack MSgt]

29. these girls kick it

[Swede]

28. Pantera - Planet Caravan

It's a great cover.

&ab_channel=IronScooby

[The Polack MSgt]

34. Agreed.

I find it interesting that I've only heard soft Sabbath songs (this one and Changes) getting redone

I think that no one wants to come out looking foolish redoing Tony's riffs or Ozzy's vocals

[ornotna]

32. This is a pretty good cover

[The Polack MSgt]

33. The gold standard for rock covers IMHO

[ProfessorGAC]

35. Can I Count The Covers I Did?

Probably not, huh?
Here's a cover I really like.

[The Polack MSgt]

36. Heart has always been the band who can do great LZ covers

I like this one too

[ProfessorGAC]

37. Yep!

Somewhere around here I've got a bootleg CD of a tribute concert they did back in the 80s. It's a good 50 minutes long. All Zep.
Really fun. My buddy asked me if he could borrow it, but I haven't found it yet.

[MustLoveBeagles]

38. Just a few (okay a lot)

Lemonheads - Mrs Robinson

The Goo Goo Dolls - Give A Little Bit

Foo Fighters - Baker Street

Bananarama - Venus

The Power Station - Get It On (Bang A Gong)

Mötley Crüe - Smokin In The Boys Room

Twisted Sister - Leader of the Pack

and of course:

Billy Idol - Mony Mony (Live)

[The Polack MSgt]

39. Ok, it's gonna be a long response, because I'm gonna go song by song

The Lemonheads' cover of Mrs. Robinson led me to buy 2 Lemonheads' CDs - Not the best money I ever spent, but not a huge issue either

I never heard the Goo Goo Dolls redoing "Give a Little Bit" but it's pretty damn good

Love the Foo Fighters, but always thought that "Bakers Street" sucked... This cover doesn't change my opinion. They play it great tho

Bananarama's cover of "Venus" is still on my personal list of historically significant jams. More than a couple BIG memories I have feature this song as part of the soundtrack

Power Station? I argued at the time that this band should've been named Robert Palmer Perfected

Eff Motely Crew, a note for note remake of 1 hit wonder Brownsville Station's pedestrian hit is Motley Crew's artistic "Highpoint". JFC

Twisted Sisters 50s girl group take is... Well...surprisingly enough not bad at all really. So much better than Pearl Jams's try

Sorry Mony Mony is ruined by all the drunk rednecks I've had to listen to sing along to it

[MustLoveBeagles]

47. At least I had more hit's than misses

I mostly liked the Motley Crue video mostly because it made me laugh when I was a teen. Ditto with Twisted Sisters cover. I really, really like the Goo Goo Dolls Rush cover. I sometimes have trouble telling it apart from the original before the singing starts. I found more covers that I either like or love.

Cheap Trick covers of Fats Domino and Elvis Presley

Green Day covers John Lennon. Nothing beats the original but I thought this was decent and respectful remake

Phil Collins covers of The Supremes and Cyndi Lauper

Hall & Oats cover of The Everly Brothers

Gloria Estefan covers Vicki Sue Robinson

The Spinners cover The Four Seasons

Kim Wilde covers The Supremes

Eddie Murphy and Smash Mouth cover The Monkees

And finally Chicago covers...Chicago! They did a remake of their own song.

[The Polack MSgt]

48. Ok, lemme see

Cheap Trick is great. Both covers are approved. Bun E. Carlos and Tom Petersson are such a monster rhythm section. Way under rated

Working Class Hero is a good fit for Greenday's sound and image. This is a really good but not quite great take on a great song

I never heard Phil's version of True Colors. I loved the original, and it's disconcerting to hear Phil sing it TBH. It sounds like he's trying to sing it just like Cindy did. Jury is still out...

I love Hall & Oates too, but this sounds pretty hollow to me, no hook that grabs me - Not bad, John was a respectable lead singer on this, but ehh. I'll call it a B-

The Miami Sound Machine are just a flat-out better band than the studio players hired to play the original. This one beats the original like a drum, and ahem - I love to hear percussion

Because of my age, I heard the Spinners' version probably 1000 times before I even knew it was a cover. The Spinners killed this - I skated to that song throughout my high school years

Kim Wilde's take is a "No" for me. Vanilla Fudges cover was the best cover

Chicago, oh good lord. An 80s pop rock version of your best song... WHY?
I hope Terry Kath's ghost hounds all of them forever

[happybird]

40. Very hard choice.

Today I am going with this:

Edit to Add:

I like this a lot.

[The Polack MSgt]

49. Weezer - Thanks for not sharing "Africa" paranoid android is a better choice

I have seen Brian Langan on Pat Finnerty's YouTube channel so that one made me grin

[happybird]

51. Ugh. Africa

Never even liked the original.

[happybird]

42. This one popped into my head today

Add:
Always liked this one and this band:

[The Polack MSgt]

43. OAITW is well represented here. (@OAITW.r.2.0) But Status Quo? Well not so much

Unfortunately, all Status Quo music is rare on this forum, they're just not that popular here in America.

Whatever... This is a great cover of one of their best tunes - and I never heard it before

Thanks so much

[happybird]

44. Camper Van Beethoven is (was) a great band.

The first time I heard O Death, back in high school, it was their cover. I didn’t realize it was a traditional song, assumed it was theirs. Now I find that kinda crazy because there is/was a lot of bluegrass played around here and I was exposed to lots of bluegrass and Americana when I was young. Maybe because versions of it differ from artist to artist? Seems like I would have already heard it at some point?



They do a good job putting their distinctive sound on it. That whole album is pretty damn good.

[The Polack MSgt]

45. I was acquainted with Camper van Beethoven, but it looks like I shoulda been -

More of a fan. I like this one quite a bit

[happybird]

46. Oh yeah!

That’s a good one

[happybird]

50. Seeing the Sympathy for the Devil threads tonight made me think of this kick ass double header

[Tikki]

52. My favourite Cover of 2021.."There's A Ghost In My House"..

Original:
MOTOWN artist...R. Dean Taylor..(1967)

Cover:
Vincent Buchanan-Simpson aka EUGH (AU)

. (2021)

Great Cover

Tikki