Whats your favorite cover tune :?: At this time mine is : Spooky Tooth, "I Am the Walrus" --the dog
Man, that's a long list to choose from. My initial reaction is SRV's Little Wing.
Roy
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Thats a great one :!: Lots of cover tunes to choose from :D --the dog
Got to be just 'current favourite' for me too. At he moment it's Muse's v ersion of the Animals' House of the Rising Sun... I've gone all grungy again the last couple of weeks :lol:
I shall probably get "deaded" for this but my current favourite is:
"Little Wing" - by the Corrs (The sexiest band in the world, IMHO) from their Unplugged album
I think also that Jim Corr is a good guitarist and what a lucky guy, having sisters as gorgeous and talented as them!
I play their unplugged album very often.
Can you wear out a CD????
Chris
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Can you wear out a CD????
Sort of. If there is a lot of wear on the top coating of the CD (i.e. the mirrir surface), it will cease to read correctly.
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I think Hendrix's cover of All Along The Watchtower has to go down as the best ever.
Rolf Harris's cover of Stairway To Heaven deserves an honourable mention, though.
Best,
A :-)
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McFly does a good cover of "Help"
and Steven Stills does a good "In My Life"
Good thread
Keith
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I also love Jimi's version of "All Along The Watchtower" - but it's been edged out by Joe Cocker's version of "I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends" - funny, that song's been covered a few times, usually (Wet Wet Wet and Billy Bragg, for instance) in a similar style to the Beatles - Joe took the song, turned it on its head, did it completely differently and made (for me, anyway!) the definitive version....
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
I have absolutely no idea what my favorite is -- too many to count --but I'd argue that in addition to Hendrix's cover of "All Along the Watchtower" that among the greatest and most
historically significant covers are:
Elvis's cover of "That's All Right Mama";
the Beatles cover of "Twist and Shout";
and the Stones' cover of "Not Fade Away" and "It's All Over Now".
Well we all shine on--like the moon and the stars and the sun.
-- John Lennon
The Clash's covers of "Pressure Drop" (an old reggae tune) and "I Fought the Law"
Cake's cover of "Mahna Mahna" (yes, as originally done by the Muppets)
William Shatner's cover of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (uhm ... :shock: )
"Everybody got to elevate from the norm."
I like "different" covers. Right now I'm listening to Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon's cover of "Sweet Emotion". Acoustic, sort of an "islands" feel.
And I still love "Summer Breeze" as done my Type-O Negative (yes, one of my fav bands from back in my younger days) in the mid '90s.
Well how about these -
1.John lennon's cover of 'Stand by me' (Regards Ben.E.King)
2.Eric Clapton's cover of 'I shot the sheriff' (Regards Bob Marley)
Right now I'm listening to Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon's cover of "Sweet Emotion".
Oh yeah! I heard that one recently. Very cool cover.
"Everybody got to elevate from the norm."
Ooo, ooo, ooo, just thought: it's not strictly a cover but I think it counts for this purpose as it's a complete turning around - Clapton's acoustic version of Layla.
