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Topic: OT: Best/Favorite Cover Song Performances

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MrNubbz

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Re: OT: Best/Favorite Cover Song Performances
« Reply #42 on: December 11, 2023, 10:38:57 PM »
Quote from: ELA on December 11, 2023, 06:42:47 PM
Not a big Springsteen fan, but I heard his Santa Claus is Coming to Town on the radio today, and is it weird that it might be my favorite Springsteen song?
That reminds me 


https://youtu.be/Rzk3x3HZbJI
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Re: OT: Best/Favorite Cover Song Performances
« Reply #43 on: December 11, 2023, 11:25:41 PM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on December 11, 2023, 10:38:57 PM
That reminds me


https://youtu.be/Rzk3x3HZbJI
That's the rare one where the cover is way more famous, but I think the original is way better
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Re: OT: Best/Favorite Cover Song Performances
« Reply #44 on: December 12, 2023, 08:09:10 AM »
I really miss Chris Cornell.
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Re: OT: Best/Favorite Cover Song Performances
« Reply #45 on: December 12, 2023, 09:08:48 AM »
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« Reply #46 on: December 12, 2023, 09:39:20 AM »
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Re: OT: Best/Favorite Cover Song Performances
« Reply #47 on: December 12, 2023, 09:45:06 AM »
Lots of interesting covers of Wicked Game over the years.

I liked this really quirky one by Giant Drag, which was used in the opening credits for the kooky little drama "Nip/Tuck" that aired on FX in the early 2000s.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smgLC2rUlV8

The original by Chris Isaak, and I still love this video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd-qI62gNJM
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Re: OT: Best/Favorite Cover Song Performances
« Reply #48 on: December 12, 2023, 10:26:02 AM »
Since I already talked about it, here's Willie's version of Crazy, and then Patsy Cline's.  I'll leave it up to the listener to decide which they view as the original, and which is the cover. :)

Willie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnYEQbEHNZE

Patsy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKTOvHw8qFM
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Re: OT: Best/Favorite Cover Song Performances
« Reply #49 on: December 12, 2023, 11:08:30 AM »
This beautiful song has been covered by a lot of performers

Clint Black is my favorite





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvdUkef8c5w
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Re: OT: Best/Favorite Cover Song Performances
« Reply #50 on: December 12, 2023, 12:05:33 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on December 11, 2023, 04:59:21 PM
One of my favorite covers, is Stevie Ray Vaughn's version of Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing."  The original is great, but SRV was able to put so much soul into his, and having seen him perform it live on more than one occasion, it's gotta be in my top 10 favorite songs of all time.

SRV's cover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6G53BMgugo

Jimi's original:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eSBnrlCCsA

And a bonus, I also really like Sting's version from his second solo album:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t73ZTRCdIc

Don't think I've ever heard a version of that song I didn't like.  
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Re: OT: Best/Favorite Cover Song Performances
« Reply #51 on: December 12, 2023, 12:11:13 PM »
Quote from: ELA on December 11, 2023, 06:41:21 PM
Damn, great call.  SRV's version is certainly a top 5-10 song for me.  Never realized Sting covered it.  I enjoyed it, but I think I would have liked it way more as a first cover

Oddly, Sting's version is the first version I heard.  But I guess that's not overly surprising since I've been into him for years.  
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Re: OT: Best/Favorite Cover Song Performances
« Reply #52 on: December 12, 2023, 12:16:14 PM »
You don't grow up in Austin, Texas in the 80s and not hear SRV on... well, every radio station.  Including the country ones. :)
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Re: OT: Best/Favorite Cover Song Performances
« Reply #53 on: December 12, 2023, 12:20:17 PM »
Quote from: MarqHusker on December 11, 2023, 07:34:36 PM
Then....amidst an entire LP of covers of this song, emerges this one as my favorite, by Chris Stapleton.

https://youtu.be/jzN9rdvXmS4?si=ARD4FQSyQe6mAo0c
That's outstanding. I had no idea that this existed. 

Thanks!
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Re: OT: Best/Favorite Cover Song Performances
« Reply #54 on: December 12, 2023, 12:32:33 PM »
I never loved the Beatles as much as I probably should for a guy who used to play music, but I always liked the George Harrison song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."  Here's the original:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFDg-pgE0Hk


I'm a bit surprised I haven't run across more covers of it like some other Beatle's tunes, but in '02ish Toto covered it and did a good job of keeping the haunting feel of the song, the general vibe, but also updating it and putting their own spin on it, which is the sweet spot a cover song usually needs to sit in for me to like it.  They left out like half the lyrics for some reason, but here's a live version of it. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt94nXinWqs
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Re: OT: Best/Favorite Cover Song Performances
« Reply #55 on: December 12, 2023, 12:37:12 PM »
Then there's PMJ's cover of "Sweet Child O' Mine."  Their whole thing is covers, converting songs of other genres into NOLA-tinged jazz songs.  So I don't know if this fits the topic, given that maybe the point is artists who do their own thing but also the occasional cover.  They're just a cover novelty act.  I'd still rather listen to this than Sheryl Crow's version. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ3BAF_15yQ
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