The Covers thread

[twonabomber]

Battleship Chains from that album is a cover as well. The Georgia Satellites covered it on their first album.

[FORD]

The whole album is covers, as far as I know. Mostly old blues songs. Apparently the back story is that the REM guys were playing on Zevon's "official" solo album at the time, and they pretty much got drunk and did a bunch of covers for the Hell of it... and somebody eventually realized they might be able to sell it as an album. Wore out the cassette copy I had of the album. Took me years to find it on CD, as it had long been out of print at the time. Finally turned up in a local record store. Not sure if they ever did a re-issue or not.

[Seshmeister]

Battleship Chains from that album is a cover as well. The Georgia Satellites covered it on their first album.

For me they are one of those bands where they only have one well known song and it's a cover.

Name other artists like that - Quiet Riot?

[twonabomber]

Hippy Hippy Shake?

I saw them that year, around Christmas. WMMS simulcast the show, it was a Sunday night. Found a recording of it a few years ago. A nice surprise.

They played Hippy Hippy Shake late in the set and 2/3rds of the crowd left right after.

Got to see Dan Baird twice over the last couple years. He's retired from touring.

[Seshmeister]

[FORD]

Hippy Hippy Shake?

I saw them that year, around Christmas. WMMS simulcast the show, it was a Sunday night. Found a recording of it a few years ago. A nice surprise.

They played Hippy Hippy Shake late in the set and 2/3rds of the crowd left right after.

Got to see Dan Baird twice over the last couple years. He's retired from touring.

Half the people who heard that song probably thought they wrote it. The original version was by some obscure Australian dude in the late 1950s. The Beatles played it in their Hamburg club sets, and during their live sessions on the BBC, but they never put it on an album. There was a one hit wonder band called "Swinging Blue Jeans" which had a hit in the UK & US, but of course they were long gone by the time Georgia Satellites showed up.

Georgia Satellites biggest hit was actually an original though. How could you forget this one?

Sounded like it COULD have been a Stones cover, but it wasn't.

[rustoffa]

Old Mr. Jackson!!

[rustoffa]

They tried and tried to break.....and watched The White Stripes win with their concept. Covering the mighty Otis Redding.

[rustoffa]

Keef famously said, "Mick and I wrote the song, but Linda owns it" Two for the price of one!!

[rustoffa]

Goddamn that woman could sing. Chuck still fucking with Keith about the bend lol

[Funkmonkey]

Time for the blues.

[Funkmonkey]

Keef famously said, "Mick and I wrote the song, but Linda owns it" Two for the price of one!!

You are two for two rustoffa. I had a crush on Linda Ronstadt back in the day. You could see the fir on my chest shake when my little monkey heart would pitter patter.

[rustoffa]

Everything smells like horseshit! Down here on the fahm!!

It takes a lot of nerve to cover a UK SUBS song, but, they didn't care. The OG lineup of GnR giving it their best shot.

[FORD]

I'm telling you this guy is Freddie's fucking kid. He has to be. And better than fucking Adam LAMEbert in every way...

[FORD]

Hard to believe Ann Wilson is 70. But her voice hasn't aged a bit....