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pottymouth wrote:

CaptKevMan wrote:

Sting's cover of Hendrix's "Little Wing."

Never have and probly never will hear Sting's version, but Stevie Ray Vaughan does a helluva Little Wing. It's like 7 minutes of everything that Hendrix should have done but didn't in 2 and a half minutes.

Indeed. Sting's cover isn't bad, but Stevie Ray Vaughan's cover is incredible. His is totally instrumental, and says all that needs to be said, without lyrics.

Having just listened to Sarsippius' Ark (because of this thread), I just want to reiterate Fame as done by Infectious Grooves is one of the best frackin' covers ever.  And this is coming from a person who, until December 18 of last year, made his income from performing others' songs. 

Their take on the song is incredible.  Yes, the album, as a whole, is more than slightly silly (intentionally, methinks), but this version of this song should go down in the annals of history as the best cover ever.

(edited to add link to the album on Amazon.com in case someone is interested)

Last edited by VegasACF (2006-03-15 12:21 pm)

Devo's cover of The Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction (I can't get no)" freaking rocks, as does their cover of "Workin' in a Coal Mine"
Flying Lizards' cover of James Brown's "Sex Machine" is also pretty good.

And y'all are right about SRV's cover of "Little Wing"...totally forgot about that one.

mahakali wrote:

Rolling Stones' Sympathy for the Devil by GnR

I agree. They did a great job!

The Get Up Kids - Close to Me

The Flaming Lips - Can't Get You Out of My Head

jondaris wrote:

thume wrote:

The Get Up Kids - Close to Me

The Flaming Lips - Can't Get You Out of My Head

The Flaming Lips are the best band ever. It is so past time for a new album.

I'm going to see them in England next month.

(Excuse me for going off topic.)

thume wrote:

jondaris wrote:

thume wrote:

The Get Up Kids - Close to Me

The Flaming Lips - Can't Get You Out of My Head

The Flaming Lips are the best band ever. It is so past time for a new album.

I'm going to see them in England next month.

(Excuse me for going off topic.)

I used to know them in their early days in Oklahoma City. I worked with Wayne Coyne's sister in law, who was married to his brother Kenny (believe it or not, their names were Kenny and Kitty Coyne). Kenny had a giant Frazetta knock-off painting in his living room that Wayne had painted in high school. The Lips lived in a big house on NW 16th street.

I bought their first EP, released on green vinyl. I still have it.

I liked them a lot back then, but never dreamed that they would be as huge or as good as they are now.

Hey Baby (Land Of The New Rising Sun)
M.A.C.C.
From the album Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix

FYI - McCready, Ament, Cornell, Cameron

I like the U2 cover of "paint it black" and "all along the watchtower"
I also like the U2 cover of "ruby tuesday/sympathy for the devil"
I like the Cardigans cover of "Iron Man"

justine wrote:

I Need A Lover by either Pat Benatar or John Cougar Mellencamp. I don't know who did it first, and i'm pretty much too lazy to find out, but both versions are great in my opinion.

I think JCM did it first - but Pat Benatars version was better.

Oh - the Bengal's cover of "Hazy Shade of Winter" was good.

Malkin wrote:

resedit wrote:

Malkin wrote:

Yeah, but Nelson wasn't the one who made it famous; it was first recorded by Cline.  There are lots of examples of songs written by one artist but made famous by another.  For the purposes of this thread, I wouldn't really consider that a cover.

But a great song when preformed by either artist!

Janis Joplin "Bobby McGee" is like that.
She didn't do it first. I can't name the guy who did.
The Dead also have a nice version of it, but Janis defined it.

How is it like that?  It was written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, originally performed by Kristofferson and is one of the most-covered songs of all time.  Joplin may do a great cover, but she wasn't the first one to record it by a long shot.

Exactly - the song wasn't made famous by the original recording artist.
Written by one artist, made famous by another.

Malkin wrote:

resedit wrote:

Exactly - the song wasn't made famous by the original recording artist.
Written by one artist, made famous by another.

Um, but it wasn't Joplin who first made it famous...

...he got a break when Roger Miller decided to record one of their songs, "Me and Bobby McGee," a ballad about hoboing that recalled earlier Miller hits like "King of the Road," ... "Me and Bobby McGee" was released as a single in advance of the album and it peaked in the country Top 20. etc

Country Top 20 isn't exactly famous.
Hell - pop top 20 isn't exactly famous.

A lot of songs hit top 20 lists - and then are quickly forgotten.