Best Cover Version?

[whitesmoke]

Grateful Dead - Good Lovin' and Not Fade Away.
Dash Rip Rock - Stairway to Freebird and Delta Dawn
Leningrad Cowboys - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
R.E.M. - Love Is All Around

[jake]

Eddie Hazel's cover of CALIFORNIA DREAMING is everything a cover should be- totally re-thought and re-constructed into a psychadelic blues song, fits lyrics to a tee. Not recognizable until the lyrics kick in ALL THE LEAVES ARE BROWN, AND THE SKY IS GREY...Outplays Hendrix. Amazing.

[Ras-pa]

Sonic Youth version of Neil Young's Computer Age (al. Trans) has more similarity to the live version of that song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2ovGHzvuWw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhS5WG9QbLM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M15RA1ft3Bc

SY version taken from very nice Bridge - A Tribute to Neil Young album: http://www.amazon.com/Bridge-Tribute-Yo ... B000000HRF

[Ras-pa]

Giant Sand - Cover Magazine (Thrill Jockey 2002.) is a wonderful all-covers album: http://www.sa-wa-ro.com/GiantSand.htm#COVER

Red Right Hand (orig. Cave And The Bad Seeds, al. Let Love In)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnA2hE2gAFY

[Ras-pa]

There are few tribute to Townes Van Zandt albums, but there is the one that I prefer among the others: There`s A Hole In Heaven Where Some Sin Slips Through, cd/dbl lp for Glitterhouse Records, 2007.

Album offers an eclectic choice of performers: Steve Wynn, Jim White, Ben Weaver, David Munyon, Johnny Dowd, Willard Grant Conspiracy, and, of course Chriss and Carla (when covering Nothin'), or should I say The Walkabouts (when playing furious version of Snake Mountain Blues).

album: http://www.glitterhouse.com/index.asp?l ... incs=false

Snake Mountain Blues by The Walkabouts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8XboJoDYe4

Kathleen by Tindersticks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CYcxN99 ... 79CA7A78B5

[Ras-pa]

when they kick at your front door, how you gonna come...

calexico - guns of brixton (think only on calexico/beirut's split single for city slang)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGTM2s9hfBU

[Ras-pa]

Southern Culture On the Skids - Come as You Are - Lucifer Sam (Nirvana Cover)

http://soundcloud.com/sanjastojanovic/s ... ucifer-sam

[Cabbage Patch Elvis]

Southern Culture On the Skids - Come as You Are - Lucifer Sam (Nirvana Cover)

http://soundcloud.com/sanjastojanovic/s ... ucifer-sam

Great choice! I have the single at home, with Los Straitjackets cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit on the flip. It's not as strong as the SCOTS side, but still a lot of fun.

Speaking of Southern Culture on the Skids, the entire Countrypolitan Favorites covers album is pretty great! Here's one of my favorites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm6SCvMii0Y

As for Los Straitjackets, they're no slouches either! This is the only way I can stomach a Celine Dion tune! :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysbscTY0n3A

[Ras-pa]

Southern Culture On the Skids - Come as You Are - Lucifer Sam (Nirvana Cover)

http://soundcloud.com/sanjastojanovic/s ... ucifer-sam

Great choice! I have the single at home, with Los Straitjackets cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit on the flip. It's not as strong as the SCOTS side, but still a lot of fun.

Speaking of Southern Culture on the Skids, the entire Countrypolitan Favorites covers album is pretty great! Here's one of my favorites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm6SCvMii0Y

As for Los Straitjackets, they're no slouches either! This is the only way I can stomach a Celine Dion tune! :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysbscTY0n3A

Don't have that single, but heard Teen Spirit cover.
You are right, it is not a Straitjacket's best moment.

Speaking of Southern Culture on the Skids, the entire Countrypolitan Favorites covers album is pretty great!

I Agree

[Johnny Thunders]

I Fought The Law - The Clash
Silent Night - Manowar (Christmas song)
Till There Was You - The Beatles
Great Big Kiss - Johnny Thunders
Got The Time - Anthrax
It's All Over Now - Rolling Stones
A Little Help From My Friend - Joe Croker
Easy - Faith No More

And too many others.

[youngdand]

Big Brother and the Holding Company - peice of my heart.

[philbrown]

Talking Heads - Take me to the river

Al Green's original was a completely different animal. Stroke of genius

The Al Green version is a cover as well. Original release was by Syl Johnson.
Phil Brown

[LicoricePizza]

My vote for best cover version goes to: Willie DeVille for his wonderfully inspired, Mariachi take of "Hey Joe".

[Johnny Thunders]

Smokin' In The Boy Room - Motley Crüe
Last Caress - Metallica
Road 66 - Rolling Stones
Paranoid - Megadeth
The Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana