Original/Cover thread

[sunvalleylaw]

Simple. Post an original, plus a cover, of a song you enjoy. Here is mine for today:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdIvyXgM2Rg&feature=related





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQSGa8nZs8g

 

[t_ross33]

 

[duhvoodooman]

Just Got Paid by ZZ Top:



...and by Joe Bonamassa (with some Zep/Page homage thrown in):

 

[Robert]

Can't decide which is better ... :dance oke

 

[Jx2]

Slash(feat. Myles Kennedy).....Back From Cali
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plsunArPkKY

GnR....Knocking on Heavens Door
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef4Xt9mp5w0

 

[Spudman]

Beware of Darkness

 

[Jimi75]

I like both versions of Snow Patrol's song run. Leona is a chartbreaker with that song, but most people don't know it's a cover

Original:


Cover:

 

[Jx2]

Im going to try this one more time.



Sorry for the links I still cant figure out what Im doing on embedding youtube videos.

 

[R_of_G]

Beware of Darkness

Thanks Spud. That's among my favorite Harrison songs and I'd not heard that cover. I'll have to check out more of their stuff.

 

[kidsmoke]

Two of my favorites

 

[Spudman]

And two of these guys have covered it with Mr. Big. Cool tune.

 

[marnold]

Superstition by Stevie Wonder


And SRV

 

[t_ross33]

 

[R_of_G]

The original:



The cover:



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The original:



The cover:

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Those are a couple of great ones R_of_G!

Here is a classic one I nearly forgot that I absolutely love!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLO3Ny-j1AU


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-1Ihwt48EM


Adding one more version just because I can.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TOVkiBE2r4

 

[Ch0jin]

This is a cool thread. Love the Greenday version SVL! I think my favourite version of "I fought the law" is probably the DK's though, I actually knew that version before I heard the Clash.....

So off the top of my head here's some I've enjoyed..

I think we all know this one..



...and a recent live performance of the cover!

I first heard these guys way back in '94 with the mighty, mighty Robert Trujillo on bass, but this version is still totally decent



Also, for anyone who watched that, shouldn't there be a wah somewhere for that guitar sound? Could an autowah do that or am i right off track?

 

[Ch0jin]

And one more that always makes me smile (the cover I mean)....

Original



The Ramones with Traci Lords on backup vocals!



Traci Lords singing on a track called "Somebody to Love" always makes me smile.
It takes me back to those heady days before the internet was so widespread. A simple time when VHS was king, and owning an original copy of a certain film made you a "lord" amongst your teenage peers.

 

[marnold]

And just for giggles, the Slade original:


The, perhaps more well known, Quiet Riot cover:


And now, just to make it even weirder, Oasis:

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Glad to see this thread getting a workout. Loving it! Yeah, Cho, I like the DK version too and forgot to post a vid of them.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbCqwl2geQg&feature=related

 

[markb]

Original I Fought the Law.... The bobby fuller Four. Have to love those dancers too

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Original I Fought the Law.... The bobby fuller Four. Have to love those dancers too

Bobby Fuller was certainly a famous version in '65, but the Crickets in '59 were the originals, sans Buddy Holly after his death. Great song that has been covered many, many times!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Fought_the_Law

 

[markb]

Original, best avoided



Cover stripped down to the song. Hey it's not that bad!

 

[MAXIFUNK]

 

[markb]

Bobby Fuller was certainly a famous version in '65, but the Crickets in '59 were the originals, sans Buddy Holly after his death. Great song that has been covered many, many times!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Fought_the_Law

Mea culpa, Steve. My onboard encyclopedia has let me down this time :thwap

 

[Rockermann]

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Mea culpa, Steve. My onboard encyclopedia has let me down this time :thwap

No worries. Most people seem to think Bobby Fuller was the original. I just like for folks to remember the Crickets. :thumbsup

 

[R_of_G]

Part 1: The Ramones cover Tom Waits

Original:



Cover:



Part 2: Tom Waits covers the Ramones

Original:



Cover:

 

[R_of_G]

Two covers for the price of one

Though I've always appreciated the original musically, I thought the lyrics were a bit on the trite side. These covers eliminate that issue.

Original:



Cover #1:



Cover #2:



And, while we're on the subject of songs I found more enjoyable once Duane Allman took out the lyrics...

Original:



Cover:



For the remaining twenty minutes of the ABB song, see YouTube, or better yet, get yourself a copy of Eat a Peach because no music collection is complete without one.