Great Songs w/ 10+ Great Covers (1 Viewer)

[Apple Jack]

Willie Nelson may be the ultimate cover artist. Lamb Of God, Duke Ellington, The Ramones, Bob Marley.........doesn't matter - they all sound like Willie when he's done with the song.

He might be the ultimate covered artist too. How many versions of "Night Life" and "Crazy" and "Hello Walls" are there?

I think Dylan has this title in a runaway.

Big U2 fan, but never been a fan of One.

Beatles for the win.

I can't think of one noteworthy Beatles cover in terms of exposure or just being a standout arrangement/performance. Can you name a few?

Off the top of my head:

Hendrix's Watchtower

The Byrds' Mr. Tamborine Man and My Back Pages

Manfred Mann's Quinn the Eskimo

Them's Baby Blue

Johnny Cash's Don't Think Twice and his and June's It Ain't Me Babe

Joe Cocker's Just Like a Woman

The Flying Burrito Brothers' You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

White Stripes One More Cup of Coffee and Isis

Emmylou Harris's Every Grain of Sand

Even Mylie Cyrus had a minor hit with You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

Wagon Wheel's chorus was Dylan's, though I could live with never hearing that again

 

[Soonerman]

Willie Nelson may be the ultimate cover artist. Lamb Of God, Duke Ellington, The Ramones, Bob Marley.........doesn't matter - they all sound like Willie when he's done with the song.

He might be the ultimate covered artist too. How many versions of "Night Life" and "Crazy" and "Hello Walls" are there?

I think Dylan has this title in a runaway.

Big U2 fan, but never been a fan of One.

Beatles for the win.

I can't think of one noteworthy Beatles cover in terms of exposure or just being a standout arrangement/performance. Can you name a few?

Off the top of my head:

Hendrix's Watchtower

The Byrds' Mr. Tamborine Man and My Back Pages

Manfred Mann's Quinn the Eskimo

Them's Baby Blue

Johnny Cash's Don't Think Twice and his and June's It Ain't Me Babe

Joe Cocker's Just Like a Woman

The Flying Burrito Brothers' You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

White Stripes One More Cup of Coffee and Isis

Emmylou Harris's Every Grain of Sand

Even Mylie Cyrus had a minor hit with You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

Wagon Wheel's chorus was Dylan's, though I could live with never hearing that again

Off the top of my head:

Stevie Wonder We Can Work It Out

Otis Redding Day Tripper

Aerosmith Come Together

Jeff Beck She's A Woman

Yes Every Little Thing

Blood Sweat & Tears Got To Get You Into My Life

Elton John Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

The Vines I'm Only Sleeping

Del Shannon From Me To You

Vanilla Fudge Eleanor Rigby

Wilson Pickett Hey Jude

Jeff Healy While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Rolling Stones I Wanna Be Your Man

 

[rockaction]

Willie Nelson may be the ultimate cover artist. Lamb Of God, Duke Ellington, The Ramones, Bob Marley.........doesn't matter - they all sound like Willie when he's done with the song.

He might be the ultimate covered artist too. How many versions of "Night Life" and "Crazy" and "Hello Walls" are there?

I think Dylan has this title in a runaway.

Big U2 fan, but never been a fan of One.

Beatles for the win.

I can't think of one noteworthy Beatles cover in terms of exposure or just being a standout arrangement/performance. Can you name a few?

Off the top of my head:

Hendrix's Watchtower

The Byrds' Mr. Tamborine Man and My Back Pages

Manfred Mann's Quinn the Eskimo

Them's Baby Blue

Johnny Cash's Don't Think Twice and his and June's It Ain't Me Babe

Joe Cocker's Just Like a Woman

The Flying Burrito Brothers' You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

White Stripes One More Cup of Coffee and Isis

Emmylou Harris's Every Grain of Sand

Even Mylie Cyrus had a minor hit with You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

Wagon Wheel's chorus was Dylan's, though I could live with never hearing that again

Off the top of my head:

Stevie Wonder We Can Work It Out

Otis Redding Day Tripper

Aerosmith Come Together

Jeff Beck She's A Woman

Yes Every Little Thing

Blood Sweat & Tears Got To Get You Into My Life

Elton John Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

The Vines I'm Only Sleeping

Del Shannon From Me To You

Vanilla Fudge Eleanor Rigby

Wilson Pickett Hey Jude

Jeff Healy While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Rolling Stones I Wanna Be Your Man

Yoah. Depends on how he meant his hyphen, though. Love the Del Shannon pick. That one isn't even close, in my humble opinion. And Aerosmith killed Come Together.

 

[FUBAR]

Willie Nelson may be the ultimate cover artist. Lamb Of God, Duke Ellington, The Ramones, Bob Marley.........doesn't matter - they all sound like Willie when he's done with the song.

He might be the ultimate covered artist too. How many versions of "Night Life" and "Crazy" and "Hello Walls" are there?

I think Dylan has this title in a runaway.

Big U2 fan, but never been a fan of One.

Beatles for the win.

I can't think of one noteworthy Beatles cover in terms of exposure or just being a standout arrangement/performance. Can you name a few?

Off the top of my head:

Hendrix's Watchtower

The Byrds' Mr. Tamborine Man and My Back Pages

Manfred Mann's Quinn the Eskimo

Them's Baby Blue

Johnny Cash's Don't Think Twice and his and June's It Ain't Me Babe

Joe Cocker's Just Like a Woman

The Flying Burrito Brothers' You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

White Stripes One More Cup of Coffee and Isis

Emmylou Harris's Every Grain of Sand

Even Mylie Cyrus had a minor hit with You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

Wagon Wheel's chorus was Dylan's, though I could live with never hearing that again

Off the top of my head:Stevie Wonder We Can Work It Out

Otis Redding Day Tripper

Aerosmith Come Together

Jeff Beck She's A Woman

Yes Every Little Thing

Blood Sweat & Tears Got To Get You Into My Life

Elton John Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

The Vines I'm Only Sleeping

Del Shannon From Me To You

Vanilla Fudge Eleanor Rigby

Wilson Pickett Hey Jude

Jeff Healy While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Rolling Stones I Wanna Be Your Man

Yoah. Depends on how he meant his hyphen, though. Love the Del Shannon pick. That one isn't even close, in my humble opinion. And Aerosmith killed Come Together.

Fwiw:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cover_versions_of_Beatles_songs

 

[rockaction]

Willie Nelson may be the ultimate cover artist. Lamb Of God, Duke Ellington, The Ramones, Bob Marley.........doesn't matter - they all sound like Willie when he's done with the song.

He might be the ultimate covered artist too. How many versions of "Night Life" and "Crazy" and "Hello Walls" are there?

I think Dylan has this title in a runaway.

Big U2 fan, but never been a fan of One.

Beatles for the win.

I can't think of one noteworthy Beatles cover in terms of exposure or just being a standout arrangement/performance. Can you name a few?

Off the top of my head:

Hendrix's Watchtower

The Byrds' Mr. Tamborine Man and My Back Pages

Manfred Mann's Quinn the Eskimo

Them's Baby Blue

Johnny Cash's Don't Think Twice and his and June's It Ain't Me Babe

Joe Cocker's Just Like a Woman

The Flying Burrito Brothers' You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

White Stripes One More Cup of Coffee and Isis

Emmylou Harris's Every Grain of Sand

Even Mylie Cyrus had a minor hit with You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

Wagon Wheel's chorus was Dylan's, though I could live with never hearing that again

Off the top of my head:Stevie Wonder We Can Work It Out

Otis Redding Day Tripper

Aerosmith Come Together

Jeff Beck She's A Woman

Yes Every Little Thing

Blood Sweat & Tears Got To Get You Into My Life

Elton John Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

The Vines I'm Only Sleeping

Del Shannon From Me To You

Vanilla Fudge Eleanor Rigby

Wilson Pickett Hey Jude

Jeff Healy While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Rolling Stones I Wanna Be Your Man

Yoah. Depends on how he meant his hyphen, though. Love the Del Shannon pick. That one isn't even close, in my humble opinion. And Aerosmith killed Come Together.

Fwiw:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cover_versions_of_Beatles_songs

Day Tripper off of The Youth Are Getting Restless crushes the Beatles version. Now I remember the BB version vs. the Beatles. Bad Brains owned it so bad I forgot it was a Beatles song. So that covers arrangement and performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ohQwY3IGw

It's not fair to do this with a database in front of you. I try to do these things off-the-cuff. Seems more fair.

 

[FUBAR]

Willie Nelson may be the ultimate cover artist. Lamb Of God, Duke Ellington, The Ramones, Bob Marley.........doesn't matter - they all sound like Willie when he's done with the song.

He might be the ultimate covered artist too. How many versions of "Night Life" and "Crazy" and "Hello Walls" are there?

I think Dylan has this title in a runaway.

Big U2 fan, but never been a fan of One.

Beatles for the win.

I can't think of one noteworthy Beatles cover in terms of exposure or just being a standout arrangement/performance. Can you name a few?

Off the top of my head:

Hendrix's Watchtower

The Byrds' Mr. Tamborine Man and My Back Pages

Manfred Mann's Quinn the Eskimo

Them's Baby Blue

Johnny Cash's Don't Think Twice and his and June's It Ain't Me Babe

Joe Cocker's Just Like a Woman

The Flying Burrito Brothers' You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

White Stripes One More Cup of Coffee and Isis

Emmylou Harris's Every Grain of Sand

Even Mylie Cyrus had a minor hit with You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

Wagon Wheel's chorus was Dylan's, though I could live with never hearing that again

Off the top of my head:Stevie Wonder We Can Work It Out

Otis Redding Day Tripper

Aerosmith Come Together

Jeff Beck She's A Woman

Yes Every Little Thing

Blood Sweat & Tears Got To Get You Into My Life

Elton John Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

The Vines I'm Only Sleeping

Del Shannon From Me To You

Vanilla Fudge Eleanor Rigby

Wilson Pickett Hey Jude

Jeff Healy While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Rolling Stones I Wanna Be Your Man

Yoah. Depends on how he meant his hyphen, though. Love the Del Shannon pick. That one isn't even close, in my humble opinion. And Aerosmith killed Come Together.

Fwiw:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cover_versions_of_Beatles_songs

Day Tripper off of The Youth Are Getting Restless crushes the Beatles version. Now I remember the BB version vs. the Beatles. Bad Brains owned it so bad I forgot it was a Beatles song. So that covers arrangement and performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ohQwY3IGw

It's not fair to do this with a database in front of you. I try to do these things off-the-cuff. Seems more fair.

I commented that the Beatles had more covers, that seems to have been questioned. Then I do some quick research.

I won't even debate bad brains vs the Beatles.

 

[rockaction]

I commented that the Beatles had more covers, that seems to have been questioned. Then I do some quick research.

I won't even debate bad brains vs the Beatles.

No, that's not a knock on you. That's a self-reflective comment about my using it.

Sorry, man.



eta* I guess you're gonna go with the Beatles on the Day Tripper thing. Cool too.

 

[Fiddles]

I'd add "Superstar".

The Carpenters' version is the most famous and haunting, but it's been covered plenty.

Best version. Deen ween group. http://youtu.be/uPYpSTioGZs

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I'd add "Superstar".

The Carpenters' version is the most famous and haunting, but it's been covered plenty.

Best version. Deen ween group. http://youtu.be/uPYpSTioGZs

I like the Sonic Youth version

 

[FUBAR]

eta* I guess you're gonna go with the Beatles on the Day Tripper thing. Cool too.

Different strokes is all. It's one of those arguments where neither would convince the other.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Willie Nelson may be the ultimate cover artist. Lamb Of God, Duke Ellington, The Ramones, Bob Marley.........doesn't matter - they all sound like Willie when he's done with the song.

He might be the ultimate covered artist too. How many versions of "Night Life" and "Crazy" and "Hello Walls" are there?

I think Dylan has this title in a runaway.

Big U2 fan, but never been a fan of One.

Beatles for the win.

I can't think of one noteworthy Beatles cover in terms of exposure or just being a standout arrangement/performance. Can you name a few?

Off the top of my head:

Hendrix's Watchtower

The Byrds' Mr. Tamborine Man and My Back Pages

Manfred Mann's Quinn the Eskimo

Them's Baby Blue

Johnny Cash's Don't Think Twice and his and June's It Ain't Me Babe

Joe Cocker's Just Like a Woman

The Flying Burrito Brothers' You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

White Stripes One More Cup of Coffee and Isis

Emmylou Harris's Every Grain of Sand

Even Mylie Cyrus had a minor hit with You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

Wagon Wheel's chorus was Dylan's, though I could live with never hearing that again

Off the top of my head:

Stevie Wonder We Can Work It Out

Otis Redding Day Tripper

Aerosmith Come Together

Jeff Beck She's A Woman

Yes Every Little Thing

Blood Sweat & Tears Got To Get You Into My Life

Elton John Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

The Vines I'm Only Sleeping

Del Shannon From Me To You

Vanilla Fudge Eleanor Rigby

Wilson Pickett Hey Jude

Jeff Healy While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Rolling Stones I Wanna Be Your Man

and pretty much every metal band ever covered Helter Skelter.

Swedish metal band Coroner does a great version of She's So Heavy

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Little Wing

This.

Can't name 10 versions off the top of my head, but the Hendrix-Derek & The Dominoes-SRV-Sting versions would be a top 4 that's hard to beat.

I used to get those cds inside of guitar magazines and it seemed like every guitar player had a version of this song.

 

[FUBAR]

how many covers were better (or bigger hits) than the original?

All Along the Watchtower - Jimi > DMB > U2 > Dylan

Won't get fooled again - Van Halen

Superstition - Widespread Panic

 

[Eephus]

how many covers were better (or bigger hits) than the original?

All Along the Watchtower - Jimi > DMB > U2 > Dylan

Won't get fooled again - Van Halen

Superstition - Widespread Panic

One out your three examples

 

[FUBAR]

how many covers were better (or bigger hits) than the original?

All Along the Watchtower - Jimi > DMB > U2 > Dylan

Won't get fooled again - Van Halen

Superstition - Widespread Panic

One out your three examples

so, pretty good. Right, baseball guy?

 

[Tau837]

how many covers were better (or bigger hits) than the original?

All Along the Watchtower - Jimi > DMB > U2 > Dylan

Won't get fooled again - Van Halen

Superstition - Widespread Panic

Are you saying you think Van Halen's version of WGFA is better than the Who's version?

 

[FUBAR]

how many covers were better (or bigger hits) than the original?

All Along the Watchtower - Jimi > DMB > U2 > Dylan

Won't get fooled again - Van Halen

Superstition - Widespread Panic

Are you saying you think Van Halen's version of WGFA is better than the Who's version?

Is it objectively better? no. but for whatever reason I like it more.

 

[Mr. Ected]

how many covers were better (or bigger hits) than the original?

All Along the Watchtower - Jimi > DMB > U2 > Dylan

Won't get fooled again - Van Halen

Superstition - Widespread Panic

Always been a fan of "And Your Bird Can Sing" by The Beatles.

One is by Guadalcanal Diary, there's another decent one by Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs.

There are more, but my favorite is the Guadalcanal Diary version, it's a little slower, darker, and less jangly which seems to fit the lyrics better. When I moved my music over to digital, I was surprised that it was a cover, I'd never heard the original before (not a huge Beatles hit) and it sounds exactly like a song Guadalcanal Diary would have written.

 

[El Floppo]

Summertime has been done by some heavy-hitters. Great tune, most of the time.

 

[DCThunder]

The Look of Love, Dusty Springfield. Written by Burt Bacharach and originally sung by Dusty.

Covered by The Zombies, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Shirley Bassey and Diana Krall.

Nice call here. That's a murderer's row of good singers. Those of you who haven't heard Diana Krall before, stop reading this post right now and seek her out.

You mean Mrs. Elvis Costello?

 

[DCThunder]

This might be a little old for some of you guys, but the song "I'll Be Seeing You", originally written in 1938 has been recorded by:

The song has been covered by well known artists.

• Al Hirt released a version on his 1965 album, They're Playing Our Song[6]
• Andrea Corr performed "I'll Be Seeing You" on her 2011 album Lifelines
• Anne Murray recorded a version for her Greatest Hits compilation, All of Me
• Barry Manilow, on his 1991 studio album Showstoppers
• Billie Holiday sang a rendition of the song (1944)
• Bill Kenny on his 1966 album Remember Me
• Bing Crosby recorded it in 1944
• Brad Mehldau on his live album, The Art of the Trio, Vol. 4 (Back at the Vanguard)
• Brenda Lee on her 1962 album Sincerely, Brenda Lee
• Carmen McRae from her album "When You're Away" 1958
• Cass Elliot released the song on her live album Don't Call Me Mama Anymore
• Connee Boswell, Studio & Radio Broadcast Recordings, 1931 - 1946
• Engelbert Humperdinck recorded it on his 1985 album A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
• Etta James for her 1994 cover album Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday
• Françoise Hardy and Iggy Pop for the 1998 album Jazz a Saint-Germain
• Frank Sinatra recorded multiple versions of the song,[7] initially with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (1940), including one version that was more upbeat and "swinging" than later slower versions of the song
• Holly Cole on her album Blame It on My Youth
• James Darren twice on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as the character Vic Fontaine, later on also on his album This One's from the Heart
• Jimmy Durante, a song from his 60's TV show was used in the motion picture The Notebook
• Jo Stafford recorded the song on her 1958 album G.I. Jo – Songs of World War II with arrangements by Paul Weston (her husband) as the band leader
• Judy Collins, on her 1975 album Judith
• June Tabor on her A Quiet Eye CD 2000
• Linda Ronstadt on her Hummin' To Myself CD 2004
• Liza Minnelli, on her 2002 live album Liza's Back
• Louis Prima recorded two versions, first in 1944 with Lily Ann Carol, another in 1960 with Keely Smith[8]
• Mario Lanza recorded the song
• Mel Tormé recorded several studio versions of the song as well as a live performance with pianist George Shearing on the Concord Records album An Elegant Evening
• Michael Bublé recorded it on his EP First Dance
• Mina recorded and released the song on her 2012 album 12 (American Song Book)
• Neil Sedaka recorded it in 1964, but it was not released until 2005, when it was issued on his Love Songs album
• Peggy Lee recorded it on her 1972 album Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota
• Queen Latifah sang the song during the "In Memoriam" tribute during the 81st Academy Awards
• Ray Charles recorded it in 1967 on his album Invites You to Listen
• Ray Conniff recorded it in 1959 with his orchestra and singers in a very upbeat and swinging version on his album Young At Heart
• Regina Carter recorded it in 2006 on her album I'll Be Seeing You: A Sentimental Journey
• Rickie Lee Jones on her 1991 album Pop Pop
• Rod Stewart, on his 2002 album It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook
• Roseanna Vitro performed it as a Bossa Nova on her 2004 album Tropical Postcards.
• Rosemary Clooney recorded it in the early 1990s in her homage to the "War Years" on an album entitled For the Duration
• Sarah Vaughan, on her 1960 album Dreamy and her 1963 live album Sassy Swings the Tivoli
• Sonny Rollins, on his 1982 concert in Montreal
• Steve Tyrell recorded the song on his 1999 album A New Standard* The Blanks recorded an a cappella version on their 2004 album Riding the Wave
• The Five Satins recorded the song in 1959
• The Four Freshmen recorded the song in 1952 and again in 1953
• The Poni-Tails sang the song in 1959 when it reached as high as #87 in the U.S.
• The Skyliners and The Belmonts recorded the song
• The Vocal Majority recorded the song on "I'll Be Seeing You" in 1990[9]
• Tony Bennett included the song as the final track on his 1992 album Perfectly Frank
• Vera Lynn recorded the song
• Willie Nelson recorded the song on Healing Hands of Time

 

[rockaction]

Summertime has been done by some heavy-hitters. Great tune, most of the time.

First way I was introduced to the song was The Zombies. Such a nice, sweet water stone on a summer or fall day.

 

[FUBAR]

Summertime has been done by some heavy-hitters. Great tune, most of the time.

is it bad that my first thought is the Fresh Prince?