Your favorite cover tune

I've always liked Love Sculpture's version of "Sabre Dance".
You have to put Hendrix' version of "All Along The Watchtower" up there, simply because the composer now performs the song a la Jimi not a la Dylan.
On that basis, you could add "After Midnight". JJ Cale never did anything with the song and only saw it's quality when he heard Clapton's version.

Many have mentioned Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower", and that one is super hard to argue, but it leads directly into another great version of the same song, Dave Matthews Band. They do an incredible live version!

Zepplins When The Levee Breaks
Stones Love in Vain

my personal favorite cover is The Ataris version of THE BOYS OF SUMMER

i think my own covers are pretty darn good too, but i'm allowed to. i know they actually suck.

there are 2 other REALLY great covers I'v heard.

one is Hey Jealousy covered by Jared Campbell

and the other is The Cellarbirds version of Working Class Hero. I saw them play that live one night at a small club in the basement of a Harrisburg museum and it floored me.

I agree with almost all the covers mentioned here.

Not necessarily the best, but I liked Aerosmith's cover of Smokestack Lightning.

TOTO - Hold The Line.

Can't argue with that sentiment Bushpig. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Chris

Reminded of this in another discussion:
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down -- Joan Baez covering The Band

also:

City of New Orleans -- Arlo Guthrie covering Steve Goodman

Here's one where the versions are so different, I dig both for different reasons:

Woodstock -- written/performed by Joni Mitchell (haunting), covered (or maybe the original performance?) by CSN&Y (more of a generational anthem)

I'm also going to have to say The Ataris-Boys of Summer, I often times find myself playing along to it.

My real favourites though would have to be Pearl Jam's covers of Crazy Mary, & Soldier of Love.

Aaron Lewis does a good cover of Black by Pearl Jam, which is also great. Mariyln Mansons' version of Tainted Love, and AFI's cover of Just Like Heaven.

It's funny how some of my favourite covers are done by bands I don't really like outside of that one song.

Another one I always loved was Santana's cover version of Buddy Holly's "Well Alright".....

I also liked the Yardbirds cover of "Mannish Boy" which they titled "I'm a man" and Bowie's cover of same which he called "The Gene Genie"....well he wrote new words, but it's sure as hell the same riff!!!!

:D :D :D

Vic

Santana-"She's Not There" 8)
Patty Smith-"Gloria"
And speaking of cover tunes...Linda Ronstadt Had a very good career doing covers. " Desperado" " When Will I be Loved" and "tracks of My Tears" to name a few :D She's one of my favorite impressionists :D

Santana-"She's Not There" 8)
Patty Smith-"Gloria"
And speaking of cover tunes...Linda Ronstadt Had a very good career doing covers. " Desperado" " When Will I be Loved" and "tracks of My Tears" to name a few :D She's one of my favorite impressionists :D

plus Carlmelita and Poor Poor Pitiful Me. She does Zevon's material very well.

Ever hear Jimi's version of Gloria? I think Smith's is better, but his is pretty funny.

I heard Jimi's version just the other day for the first time. I forgot about "Poor Poor pitiful me" :D thats another good one. I love Warren Zevon 8) Have you heard his last album? Its quiet good :D --the dog

As a matter of fact.. Warren Zevon did a GREAT version of "Knocken On Heavens Door" On his last album...God bless 'em---the dog

Santana's version of Samba Pa TI

Foghat's Version of Train kept A'Rollin

Stones Version of Love in Vain

Jeff Becks version of Goodbye Porkpie Hat