Covers equal to or better than the "Original Hit"

[ryanosaur]

LOL so it was James....didn't look it up.

Stroke of genius on Michaels part to get JT involved on that. Has him sing the title track, too.
For everybody else!

 

[davidscott]

I love covers

First one that comes to mind is Jimi Hendrix' version of Dylan's All Along the Watchtower (and Hendrix' was probably the bigger hit, too)...then again I also like Michael Hedges' version of All Along the Watchtower a lot, but each are quite different. On the same album (Live on the Double Planet) Hedges also does a killer version of Prince's A Love Bizarre. Another that comes to mind is Los Lobos' version of Bertha on Deadicated (and on Deadicated are several very good covers of Grateful Dead standards).

Absolutely on All Along the Watchtower by Hendrix not even close over Dylan's. Never heard the Hedges version.

 

[lovinthehd]

Absolutely on All Along the Watchtower by Hendrix not even close over Dylan's. Never heard the Hedges version.

Here ya go, could be better SQ than youtube but....

 

[davidscott]

That is very good. Thanks man.

 

[lovinthehd]

That is very good. Thanks man.

One of my favorite acoustic guitarists...saw him live several times. Too bad he passed relatively early (in a car accident).

 

[davidscott]

This is one of the best songs ever written imho!

I was going to link the actual video, but some may find it too offensive!


Cheers,

Phil

I seem to remember a nice redo of Astronomy by Blue Oyster Cult on this album.

 

[j_garcia]

Not sure I'd call it "better", but I like this one a lot

 

[speakerman39]

I seem to remember a nice redo of Astronomy by Blue Oyster Cult on this album.

Hi David. Please fill me in as I am not familiar with Astronomy by BOC. Can you provide a link? I am interested, just not familiar. Thanks!


Cheers,

Phil

 

[Danzilla31]

Red Sun Risings cover acoustic version of Alannis Morissette's song Uninvited. Haunting chilling amazing version. His voice is incredible

 

[John Parks]

Blue Monday!

I don't know if any of them are "better" but they are all quite different and I like 'em!

 

[John Parks]

Stigmata - great song by Ministry.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

 

[davidscott]

Hi David. Please fill me in as I am not familiar with Astronomy by BOC. Can you provide a link? I am interested, just not familiar. Thanks!


Cheers,

Phil

Cant seem to make the link work but you can find it here. I have the studio version on cd but this is the best version by far IMHO. Maybe their best song ever but I have some other favorites.

 

[davidscott]

Cant seem to make the link work but you can find it here. I have the studio version on cd but this is the best version by far IMHO. Maybe their best song ever but I have some other favorites.

Ok got the link to work. Now I'm having to listen to all my BOC songs thanks a lot Phil. And I have just got to get to the Four Winds Bar. And the BOC version was better than Metallica's IMHO.

 

[speakerman39]

Cant seem to make the link work but you can find it here. I have the studio version on cd but this is the best version by far IMHO. Maybe their best song ever but I have some other favorites.

Very nice! I love it! Thanks for mentioning it to me. Always looking for some cool jams like this!


Cheers,

Phil

 

[davidscott]

Very nice! I love it! Thanks for mentioning it to me. Always looking for some cool jams like this!


Cheers,

Phil

Very nice! I love it! Thanks for mentioning it to me. Always looking for some cool jams like this!


Cheers,

Phil

Cool see you at the Four Winds bar.

 

[lovinthehd]

Just ran across this new to me version of Stairway to Heaven

 

[John Parks]

Just ran across this new to me version of Stairway to Heaven

 

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You prefer this?

 

[John Parks]

You prefer this?

Dawn Wells? Yes please!

As for StH, when one has to explain a joke...

Speaking of covers!