Best cover you've heard?

[Japhet]

This for me;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt1Pwfnh5pc

[lojo]

I don't listen to covers , once I've heard a song once it's not original anymore and twice is too much

For some reason I love every cover I've ever heard of "hurt so bad"

[lojo]

Keeping on the Robert Wyatt theme above , this is a great take on a Nile Rogers / Edwards song

https://youtu.be/s1M9YTv3v7I

[Bolo]

Sacred Reich - War Pigs
Only cover I know that beats the original.

[Raslee]

Cake's version of 'I will survive'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9rCUQjmkxU

[PaulWarning]

[quote name='Bolo' timestamp='1503312277' post='3357035']
Sacred Reich - War Pigs
Only cover I know that beats the original.
[/quote]you've not listened to any covers of Bob Dylan songs then, especially Hendrix's All Along the Watchtower

[martthebass]

Human League cover of 'you've lost that loving feeling' - always loved that.

[jacko]

YES covering S&G's America.

[Mykesbass]

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1503315262' post='3357061']
you've not listened to any covers of Bob Dylan songs then, especially Hendrix's All Along the Watchtower
[/quote]

Absolute tosh. Next you'll be saying Adele's version of To Make You Feel My Love is better

[lojo]

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1503315262' post='3357061']
you've not listened to any covers of Bob Dylan songs then, especially Hendrix's All Along the Watchtower
[/quote]

The great thing about most Dylan covers is they are always very different from his versions , so you've got options

[EBS_freak]

[quote name='squire5' timestamp='1503228342' post='3356542']
Have a listen to this guy,if you've not already heard of him.Him and his bassist do acoustic covers of nearly everything.He has one of the best voices I've heard in years.This is a great cover of Toto's 'Africa'

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLrC7e3vSv8"]https://www.youtube....h?v=MLrC7e3vSv8[/url]
[/quote]
Just listened on headphones... great rendition... but can't get past the autotune.

[lowdown]

Posted before (a fews years back). A couple of friends of mine had a nice little project. A band called 'Skuffle'.
Unfortunately Bass player Steve McManus passed away three years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1hXegr69mQ

[PawelG]

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing/Third Stone From The Sun
http://youtu.be/H05WHV2lHEo

[leschirons]

The Communards cover of Never can say goodbye or 99 red balloons by Goldfinger

[dlloyd]

The 1-Uppers cover of the Smiths "How Soon Is Now" just makes me smile...

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkPFWcyTylw[/media]

[ZilchWoolham]

[quote name='jacko' timestamp='1503316019' post='3357074']
YES covering S&G's America.
[/quote]
Speaking of prog bands covering songs called America, The Nice did a very capable version of America from West Side Story.

[davepb24]

All About Eve doing Cliff's "Devil Woman" as a straight down the line rocker

[TrevorR]

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1503248199' post='3356678']
The Third Degree covering Duffy's Mercy. I love a bit of Northern Soul.
[/quote]

That's exactly what I was going to suggest. When I listen to it the song makes me feel like the Third Degree version must be an obscure original early 70s track which Duffy found in a second hand shop and covered!

http://youtu.be/ZQ9oT_BRNt8

P.S. the singer on this isn't the cool dude in the video but the beardie folkish, singer songwriter from Hampshire, Jon Allen.

This bloke... good singer!
http://youtu.be/vTMEYe-wpcA

[Barking Spiders]

Easy one for me, 80s German synth combo Propaganda's version of Scottish indie band Josef K's 'Sorry for laughing' , included on their epic Secret Wish album

[pmjos]

Christian McBride trio car wash..........

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwGj1tCSBpU"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwGj1tCSBpU[/url]

[gs_triumph]

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1503315262' post='3357061']
you've not listened to any covers of Bob Dylan songs then, especially Hendrix's All Along the Watchtower
[/quote]

The best cover of all time in my humble opinion

[dave_bass5]

Although not original or much different, i really like the Phil X cover videos. Not bad for a 3 piece. Love the bass tones.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59m6BoEVkng[/media]

[Ashweb]

[quote name='Rocker' timestamp='1503251633' post='3356711']
Thin Lizzie covered 'Whiskey in the Jar' in the early 1970s and it has rarely been bettered.
[/quote]
I'd largely agree with that - although Metallica's cover of the same song is, for me, the go-to version

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzPD4CTTnHE[/media]

Other notable covers would be The Slits version of Heard it Through The Grapevine...

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCr8V5wAroA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCr8V5wAroA[/url]

...and this surprisingly good version of an AC/DC classic.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc[/url]

Edited August 27, 2017 by Ashweb

[Brett]

There's not much that the Steve n Seagulls do wrong imo

https://youtu.be/YzduoBPDRMk

Always enjoyed this interpretation of wuthering heights

https://youtu.be/MZtL5LRka80

[Kevin Dean]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wynfnKBHR8