Cover Versions

[Richard A Thackeray]

The original
Plus, it's apparently the worlds most expensive (thus rarest??) record
I could be wrong. but I think it's been sold again since; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8028719.stm

Frank Wilson
Do I Love You (Indeed I do)


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OvaglT9EB4


A damned marvellous tribute to it!!!
Bruce Springsteen


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0jBwk71Qcw

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Holy thread resurrection!

Sorry, it's because I heard Jelly Roll, & ’Chevrolet', essentially as a reworking of 'Drift Away'

 

[kynikos]

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

The Original (but written by ’The Boss’)
Dave Edmunds (from his 'DE 7th' LP)
From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyrtOUCyN4c



As DE tells the story, he was at a Springsteen gig in 1980 (The River tour???), & was told that Springsteen wanted to see him
After the social niceties were exchanged, Bruce told DE he had wrote a song for 'The River' LP, but it wasn't used
He offered it to DE, who recorded it for 'DE 7th'

Springsteen didn't release his own song until 2003, & again in 2015, in a box-set


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8qL5_iWWag



And, together, at a 1982 Concert
The audio is off, perhaps the result of the original cassette tape stretching/deteriorating over the years?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d4CzXI7yss

 

[raleighnut]

View: https://youtu.be/2cZ_EFAmj08?si=8hTawSQKFPiYRZfv

Heart Stairway To Heaven
No pressure then when the remaining members of Led Zeppelin are watching you cover one of their most famous songs, Jason Bonham on drums, and I think we can safely say Jimmy Page enjoyed the solo!

You can tell they hadn't done their research very well, the guitar solo was done by Jimmy on his Telecaster, specifically on the Tele that Jeff Beck gave to him, Fender did a limited edition replica a few years ago..............The Dragon Telecaster

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

The original, seen here at The Grand Ol Opry

Hank Williams
Hey, Good Lookin


View: https://youtu.be/bjCoKslQOEs?si=wLXLK3tAnDV33iOD



Dave Edmunds, from his LP Get It
A slightly up-tempo version, but very much honouring the original


View: https://youtu.be/DEZhmZEhUHo?si=SW7mNwDivHpmdTzc



And, Tom Hiddleston (Loki, in the Thor movies) played Williams, in the biopic I Saw The Light



View: https://youtu.be/uDix5vWA7tQ?si=Kp20eqVb2wbJrYJB

 

[DaveReading]

 

[Paulus]

Two versions of Money.
The pink Floyd original


View: https://youtu.be/z3cg3IQzSqw?si=--kM52E4kagdLyOG


And then a new version from
Katerina Pejak


View: https://youtu.be/gjF2vZ58SdA?si=84r8kJs5RU6056Rf

 

[DRM]

You can tell they hadn't done their research very well, the guitar solo was done by Jimmy on his Telecaster, specifically on the Tele that Jeff Beck gave to him, Fender did a limited edition replica a few years ago..............The Dragon Telecaster

Doesn't really matter as a Tele can sound not too dissimilar to Les Paul, it was a tribute concert to Led Zep anyway

 

[Chromatic]

Cover versions that are better than the original are many, here's a few for you:

Devo's Satisfaction
Blancmange's The Day Before You Came
Laibach's Life is Life
Pet Shop Boy's Always on my Mind
Bill Frisell's I Heard It Through The Grapevine
David Bowie's Sorrow
Any cover of a Bob Dylan song.

Devo's Satisfaction is the greatest example of this phenomenon.

 

[Chromatic]

Another good one is Rolf Harris's Version of Stairway to Heaven, far far better than the original, which is the most over-rated song by the one of the most over-rated bands ever.

 

[DRM]

View: https://youtu.be/UEHwO_UEp7A?si=E9DZXmE57fmZfeNT

Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa I'd Rather Go Blind
They make a pretty good job of this one

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

This band perform some fantastic covers
I've chosen this at random
IMY2

Sixpence None The Richer
Kiss Me


View: https://youtu.be/M507F0cw3c0?si=iBGwfFmzzaFQTDwN

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

A cover & a duet, with the original singer (his father)
Hank Williams Jr
There's A Tear In My Beer


View: https://youtu.be/rM8tROzp4Dc?si=I0e-yWjW1CbEPrX2

 

[AndyRM]

Another good one is Rolf Harris's Version of Stairway to Heaven, far far better than the original, which is the most over-rated song by the one of the most over-rated bands ever.

I can think of a teensy issue there...