Best Cover Songs

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Rolling Stones "Wild Horses"(Richards/Parsons) by Old and in the Way

 

Joni Mitchell "Cary" by Cyndi Lauper

 

Byrds "Eight Miles High" by Husker Du

 

Joe Cocker "Space Captain" (Matthew Moore) by Black Crowes on Freak 'n Roll and by Herbie Hancock, Tedeschi/Trucks

(killer improv)

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The discreet charm of  "( I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" covers. I sampled over 50. Far from comprehensive. Small short list that doesn't include either Britney Spears or Cher's covers:

 

for impromptu verve:

 

for historical significance as musical event:

 

 

 

And finally (envelope please):

 

"The Residents' 1976 version of The Stones' 'Satisfaction' is nearly everything the better-known version by Devo from a year later is not: loose, belligerent, violent and truly fucked-up. A real stick in the eye to everything conventionally tasteful in bicentennial America. Delightfully painful to listen to thanks to Philip Snakefinger Lithman's completely unhinged lead guitar and mystery Resident member's menacing vocal, this is a timeless piece of plastic." 

 

 

 

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Thanks to rando for bringing covers of this song to my attention (as well as raising critical consciousness about one of the covers and covers generally).

 

Here's the original performed by the songwriters:

 

 

Here's a Wiki list of covers:

 

·         Bob Wills (Vocalion 03139, 1935) (78 RPM)

·         The Shelton Brothers (Decca 6079, 1935) (78 RPM)

·         Light Crust Doughboys (Vocalion 04261, 1938) (78 RPM)

·         Ray Charles (Swingtime/Downbeat 215, 1949) (78 RPM)

·         Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (Jax 305, 1952) (78 RPM)

·         Howlin' Wolf (Chess 1679, 1957) (78 & 45 RPM)^[7]

·         Bill Monroe (Decca 30486, 1957)

·         Doc Watson on his self-titled, debut album (1964)

·         Grateful Dead from The Grateful Dead (1967 album)

·         Chet Atkins from Hometown Guitar (1968 album)

·         Cream from Wheels of Fire (1968 album)^[7]

·         Cream from Goodbye (1969 live album)

·         Howlin' Wolf from Howlin' Wolf London Sessions (1970 album featuring Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood)

·         Chris Smither from It Ain't Easy (1984 album)

·         The Seldom Scene from 15th Anniversary Celebration (1986 album)

·         Nitty Gritty Dirt Band from Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two (1989 album)

·         Bob Dylan from Good as I Been to You (1992 album)

·         Taj Mahal from Dancing the Blues (1993 album)

·         BBM a.k.a. Bruce-Baker-Moore from Around the Next Dream (1994 album)

·         Nomeansno from Mr. Right & Mr. Wrong: One Down & Two to Go (1994 album)

·         Blackfoot from After the Reign (1994 album)

·         Sweet Honey In The Rock from Selections 1976-1988 (1997 album)

·         Bill Frisell from The Willies (2002 album)

·         Jack White from Cold Mountain (2003 soundtrack album)

·         The Radiators from Earth vs. The Radiators: the First 25 (2004 album)

·         Harry Manx from West Eats Meet (2004 album)

·         James Blood Ulmer from Birthright (2005 album)

·         Richard Shindell from South of Delia (2007 album)

·         B.B. King from One Kind Favor (2008 album)

·         Jeff Healey from Mess of Blues (2008 album)

·         Willie Nelson from Willie and the Wheel (2009 album)

·         Robert Cray from Cookin' In Mobile (2010 album)

 

And here's a performance that I just discovered and like, even though one could say it may be a bit overdone by such a large band. I think it still remains true to the spirit of the song:

 

 

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Captain Beefheart covering Bo Diddley's "Diddy Wah Diddy":

 

 

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Frida Snell covering Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins) "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"

 

 

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On 1/31/2019 at 10:07 AM, Lightstream said:

Alphaville's Big in Japan covered by Anne Brun:

 

 

 

...a cover of a different "Big in Japan". No, it is not one of the Best Covers and it does not have audiophile sound, so please remain seated on your toadstools and wait for something really big to happen...🦄

 

 

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Grace Potter and Joe Satriani cover Neil Young's Cortez the Killer

 

 

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Aoife O'Donovan "You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio" (Joni Mitchell cover)

 

 

 

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Screaming Females cover Sheryl Crow, "If It Makes You Happy" [ Unofficial Audiophile Style Theme Song 😊 ]

 

 

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poor recording but fine arrangement and performance:

 

 

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The original:

 

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand

 

 

PJ Harvey - Red Right Hand | Peaky Blinders OST

 

 

Arctic Monkeys - Red Right Hand 

 

 

Red Right Hand by Laura Marling from the TV Series: Peaky Blinders

 

 

Iggy Pop & Jarvis Cocker Red Right Hand | Peaky Blinders

 

 

Finally, Snoop Dogg (Shelby) performs Peaky Blinders theme - BBC

 

 

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1 minute ago, Iving said:

 

Brilliant! Are they in chronological order 😏

 

 

Not certain but I think so.

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So true. I didn't realize that Summertime Blues was originally a rockabilly song. Love discovering the roots and tracing the stylistic changes. 

 

 

And I thought Humble Pie wrote C'mon Everybody

 

 

 

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5 hours ago, Iving said:

Haven't had Emmylou's account of this one yet ...

 

 

Chicago Style:

Mystery Train- Paul Butterfield Blues Band

 

 

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Maniiii, maniiii!

 

El Manisero (ThePeanut Vendor)-Havana Casino Orch-1930

 

 

El Manicero · Damaso Perez Prado

 

 

Buena Vista Social Club El Manicero

 

 

The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero) · YeraSon

 

 

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The original:

 

The End of the World · Skeeter Davis (1962)

 

 

 

A list of over 60 artists who have covered it:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_the_World_(song_by_Arthur_Kent_and_Sylvia_Dee)

 

Sharon Van Etten - The End of the World (2017 recording)

 

 

Sharon Van Etten - The End of the World (BBC Proms 2018)

 

 

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Songwriter Randy Weeks' "Can’t Let Go" was the sole cover song and biggest hit on Lucinda Williams’ Grammy-winning album, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, 1998

 

 

Randy Weeks' own version released 2 years later

 

 

"Can't Let Go" · Beth Hart · Joe Bonamassa, 2013

 

 

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss’ “Can’t Let Go” from their forthcoming release, ‘Raise The Roof’, out November 19th, 2021