Posted on 09/30/2006 12:53:24 PM PDT by Mr. Brightside
Hard to argue with number one, although I would probably put Jeff Buckley's Hallalujah at number 2. Where is Johnny Cash's Hurt and Rusty Cage both much better than the originals.
Excellent choice for #1, although Aretha Franklin's RESPECT is arguably just as good and should have ranked higher, imho.
I thought Rob Zombie did a great version of BLITZKRIEG BOP by the REMONES.
good pick for Hendrix.
Really though, Aretha Franklin should be #2, she really made that song....
I am listening to Dave Matthews's cover of All Along the Watchtower right now.
Personally, I like his version much better.
I'm more into the rock and roll type of things anyway though :)
For those who like covers, there is a podcast dedicated to covers. "Coverville" by Brian Ibbitt. These are usually very good shows (6 cover songs about three times a week).
I'll take Johnny Cash's version of Hurt any day of the week - one of the most haunting songs ever recorded.
And how in the HELL can you have a top 50 cover list that does not include Zep's version of When the Levee Breaks - IMO their finest song, and probably the most subsequently ripped-off drum riff in history.
Who compiled this list, anyway?
And I like U2's. Seems like everyone and their cousin has done a cover of that tune. :)
I thought they wrote that themselves. Who did it originally?
When the Levee Breaks" is a blues song written and first recorded by husband and wife Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The song is in reaction to the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
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Absolutely. It still sounds fantastic today.
I don't know why, but that version popped into my head this morning and just stuck there. Must've been on a TV commercial.
Dave Mason did an awesome cover of "All Along the Watchtower" when I saw him live many years ago. I wasn't even a fan of his and I had gone to see the headliner(who I forget), but I remember thinking Mason's version was closer to Hendrix than Dylan.
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And it's redone again, in a fun way by a young singer now.
I'll get back to you on this...(it's a great re-re-make).
L
"Mr Tambourine Man The Byrds, 1965 (orig. Bob Dylan, 1964) "
Now there's an outrage.
The best cover of "Mr. Tambourine Man" isn't mentioned.
Heck, it's even been remastered and reissued.
And also a killer cover of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"...
(/sarc)
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