The Covers thread

**FORD** · 10-17-2009, 07:27 PM

Let's start off with a little Rage Against The Machine......

(Original by Minor Threat, of course)

**FORD** · 10-17-2009, 07:28 PM

Hank Rollins and the Hard-Ons (Aussie Punk band) covering another Aussie band.....

**FORD** · 10-17-2009, 07:31 PM

The Dickies pay tribute to Sabbath

**FORD** · 10-17-2009, 07:34 PM

Go ask Alice...... (not Cooper)......

**chefcraig** · 10-17-2009, 07:38 PM

Pearl Jam covering a Split Enz tune.

A fairly stunning cover of Funkadelic's "Maggot Brain", which begins with a bit of Hendrix' "Little Wing".

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**FORD** · 10-17-2009, 07:39 PM

(much better than the original one hit wonder by "The Trashmen")

**Little Texan** · 10-17-2009, 07:42 PM

Disturbed - Land Of Confusion

**FORD** · 10-17-2009, 07:45 PM

Eddie Vedder definitely loves his covers. Pearl Jam's done some great ones over the years...

**FORD** · 10-17-2009, 07:52 PM

U2 sings Woody Guthrie

**chefcraig** · 10-17-2009, 07:54 PM

The Dickies did their share of covers as well. I still have this 45. You get the impression that they played an old Moody Blues album at 45 rpm instead of 33.

**FORD** · 10-17-2009, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by chefcraig

This is the theme from a cartoon I watched as a child in the sixties.

I'll take the Dickies version of Nights in White Satin over the original time. Curious where that version of Gigantor comes from though. Every live Dickies recording I ever heard sounded like crap, but not that one.

**FORD** · 10-17-2009, 08:03 PM

And of course, the theme from the Banana Splits

**chefcraig** · 10-17-2009, 08:07 PM

These bums weren't too shabby when it came to playin' a cover or two. True to his word, Dave only learned a bit of the words, but he did learn the tune.

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Here's an old Rainbow tune. (Sorry about the crummy sound on these vids.)

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Here's Zep's "The Rover", somewhat Van Halenized.

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**FORD** · 10-17-2009, 08:10 PM

Pistols sing The Who

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....and The Monkees!
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....and Chuck Berry & Jonathan Richman
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**chefcraig** · 10-17-2009, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by FORD

I'll take the Dickies version of Nights in White Satin over the original time. Curious where that version of Gigantor comes from though. Every live Dickies recording I ever heard sounded like crap, but not that one.

I wondered about that as well. It could be a fake, because with the exception of the guitars being mixed differently, it pretty much sounds like the studio version I have on Great Dictations.

**FORD** · 10-17-2009, 08:13 PM

Mick & Keith jump on the Love Train....

**chefcraig** · 10-17-2009, 08:21 PM

Two of the most underrated singers in rock, Ann and Nancy Wilson. This is Heart, covering Zep and one of Elton John's overlooked classics.

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**FORD** · 10-17-2009, 08:25 PM

Ann & Nancy have always been huge Zeppelin fans. They're probably the only ones who could have pulled off this cover...

**chefcraig** · 10-17-2009, 08:28 PM

Originally Posted by FORD

Ann & Nancy have always been huge Zeppelin fans.

Yep. They used to do "Stairway To Heaven", with Ann playing John Paul Jones' farfisa part on the flute.

**FORD** · 10-17-2009, 08:53 PM

Originally Posted by chan_bkny

Damn, how old is that kid? :eek:

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**chefcraig** · 10-17-2009, 09:01 PM

Two astoundingly different covers of The Beatles "A Day In The Life". I first heard the Beck version on a project producer George Martin put together called In My Life.

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And if this doesn't bring a tear to your eye, not much else will.

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**FORD** · 10-17-2009, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by chan_bkny

Ah, that was a great show!

**lesfunk** · 10-17-2009, 10:40 PM

**FORD** · 10-18-2009, 02:13 AM

**ELVIS** · 10-18-2009, 10:37 AM

**ZahZoo** · 10-18-2009, 11:05 AM

Molly Hatchet - Dreams I'll Never See - Allman Bros cover.

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Hendrix - Sgt Peppers Loney Hearts Club Band... day after it was released with George and Paul in the audience.

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**lesfunk** · 10-18-2009, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by FORD

Not familiar with that Priest cover (or I should say who did it originally) but they certainly did some other classic covers in the late 70's........
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The original was done by Spooky Tooth

**lesfunk** · 10-18-2009, 11:47 AM

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**FORD** · 10-18-2009, 01:11 PM

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**chefcraig** · 10-18-2009, 01:35 PM

Nazareth doing Roy Orbison.

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Foghat covering Big Joe Turner. The riff is one pioneered by Johnny Burnettes Rock And Roll Trio.

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Here's that riff again. Who hasn't covered "Train Kept A Rollin"?

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**Coyote** · 10-18-2009, 03:38 PM

BulletBoys doin' Tom Waits...

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**lesfunk** · 10-18-2009, 05:07 PM

Obviously....

**lesfunk** · 10-18-2009, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by lesfunk

These guys are very good. Anyone heard of them?

**lesfunk** · 10-18-2009, 05:11 PM

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