NFT: post a link to your favorite cover versions -

Loved the original, but this cover blows it out the water
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maybe NSFW

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

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Impossible to pick one, but I'll just say Placebo's version of Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill is pretty great.
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one fave covers another
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https://youtu.be/j0K2ll8063Y

And

Machine Head - Hallowed Be Thy Name

https://youtu.be/moqETlmNHnE

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maybe NSFW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNyvijZUDLg

wow- I love both Rickie Lee Jones and Steely Dan - thanks for posting that!

Kennedy center honors
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In comment 15403540 prh said:

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Loved the original, but this cover blows it out the water My Maria - ( New Window )

wow - don't know the original but that is sure nice

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
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The Letter
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Johnny Cash cover of Hurt by NIN
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Willie Nelson's cover of Cold Plays The Scientist

The incredible Courtney Barnett covers the Dead.
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The National covers the Dead.
Morning Dew - ( New Window )

Greensky Bluegrass covers Springsteen.
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Sloop John B

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“Because the night”

(Not my personal favorite cover but one of the best ones I thought of)
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Nirvana covers Bowie
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Jason Isbell covers Metallica
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maybe NSFW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNyvijZUDLg

+1

covering Simon and Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence"
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The National covers the Dead. Morning Dew - ( New Window )

Interestingly, the Dead covered Morning Dew. It’s a folk song, I forget who sang the original.

Let's go!
Ramones - Spider-Man - ( New Window )

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In comment 15403574 Go Terps said: Quote: The National covers the Dead. Morning Dew - ( New Window ) Interestingly, the Dead covered Morning Dew. It’s a folk song, I forget who sang the original.

about a nuclear apocalypse

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Sonic Youth - I Wanna Be Your Dog (1989) - ( New Window )

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The Clash - I Fought the Law (Official Video) - ( New Window )

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Cancer Bats - Sabotage - ( New Window )

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Sonic Youth - Superstar - ( New Window )

Sonny and Cher Needles and Pins.
Needles and Pins - Ramones - ( New Window )

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R.E.M. - The Lion Sleeps Tonight - ( New Window )

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Nirvana - Molly's Lips Live at MTV Studios, New York 1992 - ( New Window )

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'Both Sides Now'.

covered by Walk Off the Earth
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that are kind of different or you wouldn't expect but work.

Here is one linked. It's Mike Doughty from Soul Coughing covering Mary J Blige Real Love. So simple, yet mesmerizing.
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Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony and Chad Smith killing a Deep Purple classic.
Chickenfoot Highway Star - ( New Window )

for that small group that both likes blue grass and Guns N Roses...


Don't Cry - ( New Window )

covering Lennon on Imagine
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The incredible Courtney Barnett covers the Dead. New Speedway Boogie - ( New Window )

That Courtney Barnett cover I know - it is indeed great

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNFsS5pYO3A

yeah, thumbs up on this!

of Spectral Mornings. Actually a reimagining of his instrumental, so beautiful and moving. Hackett himself makes an appearance as well...

Spectral Mornings was first recorded by Steve Hackett in 1979, played on his guitar it was and still is a wonderful instrumental piece, treasured by fans of Mr Hackett since that time. Now 36 years later it has been transformed. Steve Hackett contributes to the ensemble piece playing the same guitar as he did all those years ago; David Longdon (Big Big Train) has written lyrics to go with the music and then shared the vocals with Christina Booth (Magenta). Rob Reed (who came up with the idea) contributes keyboards and guitars, Nick Beggs (almost ubiquitous in prog thes with Steve Hackett’s Band, Steven ‘5.1’ Wilson’s band and John Mitchell’s Lonely Robot, not to mention Kajagoogoo. Bother I said not to mention them) plays bass (and chapman stick?) and Nick D’Virgilio (Spock’s Beard and Big Big Train) plays with aplomb the drums (were there cowbells??).
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Hendrix, All Along the Watchtower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY

Aretha, Respect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FOUqQt3Kg0

Righteous Brothers, Unchained Melody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0EBs6uRgtw

Brooklyn Bridge, Worst That Could Happen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRDRX4Gyq6I

Joplin, Me and Bobby McGee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfjon-ZTqzU

My Actual Favorite, Dion and the Belmonts, Where or When
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfTZRpCUXc0

The Platters, from the Great American Songbook. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2di83WAOh


And an unknown, by Anastasia Petrik, the Beatles' Oh Darlin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUeJdVV8yys

Question: Are 50s and 60s versions of earlier great songs, such as by Dion and by the Platters, actually covers? Discuss.

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Here are a couple of cover songs I like you probably haven't heard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OVPACCyk8c

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

Not sure if this is a cover or not, but my kids and I played this all the time when they were little

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_sdaYVIPo4

I didn't see it immediately but somewhere there is a good video for that song.