Favorite Cover Songs! Yay!

I Put A Spell On You ~

Originally by Screamin' Jay Hawkins (great tune, and he sings it with such passion)

[video=youtube;PwXai-sgM-s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwXai-sgM-s[/video]

This is one of my favorite CCR tunes, but there are a LOT of them (awesome).

[video=youtube;KT3hngmQ5s8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT3hngmQ5s8[/video]

I cannot decide which one of these I like better. Both are soooo good.

 

this is a really esoteric one

Original-rare studio tape instrumental

[video=youtube;JKAIwAPZ39I]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKAIwAPZ39I[/video]

many years later-Paul Rodgers along with Jimmy Page greatly expanded this tune


[video=youtube;tuSkB3iUeVY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuSkB3iUeVY[/video]

 

Wonderful, TD! Both versions are great.

I just recently found out that this one by LZ was a cover. I never knew that!

LZ cover

[video=youtube;9NaQZojWi6U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NaQZojWi6U[/video]

The original . . .

[video=youtube;TAZPRr9xfIk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAZPRr9xfIk[/video]

I can say that I like Led Zep's version a lot better. They changed it up a bit to make it their own. One of many awesome LZ tunes.

 

john lennon for sure

 

Very difficult to tell because of the way he's "singing" there.

 

these both are "covers" of a traditional british folk tune. The Fairport Sandy Denny version is more traditional. The Steeleye Span version draws from Eastern European music and is in three parts. THe first part shows why Melody Maker said Maddy had the greatest voice in British rock

Sandy Denny was way way up there too-so good she was the only guest singer on a LZ record (the Battle for Evermore)

anyway, very different versions of an old tune

[video=youtube;jy3ihk205ew]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy3ihk205ew[/video]


[video=youtube;_e196Jsd-oQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e196Jsd-oQ[/video]

 

This one starts off with "Take Me To Church" by Hozier, but then Annie Lennox steps in and is just amazing. The last 3 minutes, IIRC, are Annie doing a cover of "I Put A Spell On You." Hozier and Annie were the saving grace for the Grammies, IMO. They gave the ceremony a lot of class, style and talent that it desperately needed. Lol.

[video=youtube;HZEChv1AaOk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZEChv1AaOk[/video]

 

She has a beautiful voice. That's very "folksy" sounding.

 

i have a natural talent to recognize voices
well for me it is obvious
also, from a character point of view
john had that nasty acerbic part of his personality
Paul was always on the sweeter side
that was the yin and yang of the beatles
this cover has the characteristic bad boy john signature

but regardless, i can recognize the voice
like i say
fir me it is obvious

 

Paul just wants to fill the world with silly love songs!

 

How about a movie's cover song

[video=youtube;sY4f_83t_rw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY4f_83t_rw[/video]


This performance really gets to me and I don't like hard, hard rock.
And the words have little to do with the emotions that swell and ebb as I listen and watch.
The words are like, more about Vikings.
Seems like the movie made the song.

Moi

Immigrant Song
Song by Led Zeppelin

A-ah-ahh-ah, ah-ah-ahh-ah
We come from the land of the ice and snow
from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow

The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands
To fight the horde and sing and cry, Valhalla, I am coming

On we sweep with, with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore

Ah-ah-ahh-ah, ah-ah-ahh-ah
We come from the land of the ice and snow
from the midnight sun where the hot springs FLOW
How soft your fields, so green
can whisper tales of gore, of how we calmed the tides of war
We are your overlords

On we sweep with, with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore

S-so now you better stop and rebuild all your ruins
for peace and trust can win the day despite of all you're losin'
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ahh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
[video=youtube;hC-T0rC6m7I]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC-T0rC6m7I[/video]


r > g

No
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Here's another interesting one that some people may not know is a cover. This is one of my favorite LZ tunes too.

Bring It On Home ~

Original ~ Sonny Boy Williamson

[video=youtube;nHpqQaf0EK8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHpqQaf0EK8[/video]

Cover ~ Led Zeppelin (Again, LZ changed it up a bit to make it their own)

[video=youtube;J2qHbEriQ6A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2qHbEriQ6A[/video]

 

[video]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R7f189Z0v0Y[/video][video]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R7f189Z0v0Y[/video]

willie nelson always on my mind

 

Great song! Thanks for participating. Who is he covering, BTW?

 

brenda lee most famous but not first with always on my mind

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ywZcPC9Uwho

 

Cream's incomparable bassist Jack Bruce wrote this song and his good friend (who produced some of Cream's top records) covered it which makes sense because Felix Pappalardi was often called America's Jack Bruce as was his band (Mountain) called America's answer to the super group Cream

This version by Jack was dedicated to Felix who was shot fatally by his wife


[video=youtube;eszCRHkI9zA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eszCRHkI9zA[/video]


this cover was much earlier with Felix doing the lead vocals (1970)


[video=youtube;0l_x0xH9fLM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l_x0xH9fLM[/video]

 

Another one from SRV, this time doing Superstition.

Original

Superstition ~ Stevie Wonder

[video=youtube;0CFuCYNx-1g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CFuCYNx-1g[/video]

Covered by SRV ~

[video=youtube;37-yFGJngPs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37-yFGJngPs[/video]

 

Lets....
[video=youtube;s8G_DGxoLT8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8G_DGxoLT8#t=261[/video]

 

Compare....
[video=youtube;nvWADo6KPzA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvWADo6KPzA[/video]

 

Damn, good song, I actually like Cash's version better.

Bob Seger, Turn the Page:

[video=youtube;XAbY2cmEsS0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAbY2cmEsS0[/video]

The Cover: Metalica

[video=youtube;sMqNFAU0tOw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMqNFAU0tOw[/video]

BONUS SONG!

Fleetwood Mac, Gold Dust Woman:

[video=youtube;Pp-dO8fN4_k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp-dO8fN4_k[/video]

The Cover: Hole (of all people)

[video=youtube;ngmhjiR3QOo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngmhjiR3QOo[/video]

 

Helter Skelter

Original by the Beatles

[video=youtube;QWuXmfgXVxY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWuXmfgXVxY[/video]


Cover by Motley Crue

[video=youtube;K2dO619pSPo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2dO619pSPo[/video]

 

Wild Horses...
I prefer The Sundays version actually.

Cover by The Sundays

[video=youtube;BiyCkSOF1pc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiyCkSOF1pc[/video]


Original by the Rolling Stones
[video=youtube;kh9EW1ymIvw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh9EW1ymIvw[/video]

 

Knocking on Heaven's Door

Original ~ Bob Dylan

[video=youtube;FalXW1HLbzo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FalXW1HLbzo[/video]

Cover ~ Guns 'N' Roses

[video=youtube;2tmc8rJgxUI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tmc8rJgxUI[/video]

 

I'll agree, the G n' R version is better.

 

Here is 2 cover songs.

Maybe I'm Amazed . . .

Paul McCartney and Wings did the original . . . .

[video=youtube;cm2YyVZBL8U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm2YyVZBL8U[/video]


The Faces with Rod Stewart covered it . . .

[video=youtube;SLhoLkTyNkM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLhoLkTyNkM[/video]

And Billy Joel covered it too . . . Ta-da!

[video=youtube;8nJZwRIy8G8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nJZwRIy8G8[/video]