1. Catch the Wind - Sammy Hagar (Original by Donovan) is one of my favs, But I have to include Joe Cocker's version of "With a Little Help From my Friends", Janis Joplin's "Me and Bobby McGee" and Richie Havens', "Here comes the Sun".
I don't know if it counts as a cover, but Ray Charles' version of "AMERICA" is at the top.
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06/23/2013 8:20:17 PM PDT by
Baynative
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The male chorus who sang “The Ballad Of The Green Berets” for the 1966 movie starring John Wayne.
2 posted on
06/23/2013 8:22:44 PM PDT by
Old Sarge
(My "KMA List" is growing daily...)
To: Baynative
Too obvious folks! Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann Earth Band.
3 posted on
06/23/2013 8:29:56 PM PDT by
mozarky2
(Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist!)
To: Baynative
Most anything written by Dylan and performed by anyone else
4 posted on
06/23/2013 8:37:36 PM PDT by
bigbob
To: Baynative
Wes’ version of “Eleanor Rigby”.
5 posted on
06/23/2013 8:38:11 PM PDT by
dfwgator
To: Baynative
6 posted on
06/23/2013 8:38:47 PM PDT by
South40
To: Baynative
George Jones & Alan Jackson did a superb cover of Good Year for the Roses. Elvis Costello did the original.
My all time favorite cover is David Bowie singing Here Today, Gone Tomorrow. (Original was Here Today and Gone Tomorrow.) He really did it well. He did great covers of a couple of Lou Reed songs also.
To: Baynative
ELO - Roll Over Beethoven
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06/23/2013 8:41:57 PM PDT by
dfwgator
To: Baynative
Bobby Darin doing Mack the Knife!
9 posted on
06/23/2013 8:42:14 PM PDT by
Migraine
(Diversity is great -- until it happens to YOU...)
To: Baynative; a fool in paradise
Bobby “Blue” Bland passed away today. His big hit of 1961 was covered 10 years later by Ann Peebles, produced by Willie Mitchell, with the same studio crew that recorded with Al Green at the time. A masterpiece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npl3cQzWm_8
10 posted on
06/23/2013 8:42:18 PM PDT by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Baynative
If you want proof that covers can be a big improvement, check out Santana's "Guitar Heaven - The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time".
Wow!
11 posted on
06/23/2013 8:44:08 PM PDT by
Slump Tester
(What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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12 posted on
06/23/2013 8:46:16 PM PDT by
21twelve
("We've got the guns, and we got the numbers" adapted and revised from Jim M.)
To: Baynative
Metallica did a stunningly good cover of Seger’s Turn the Page.
To: Baynative
14 posted on
06/23/2013 8:46:56 PM PDT by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Baynative
15 posted on
06/23/2013 8:48:36 PM PDT by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Baynative
Viva Las Vegas by ZZ Top comes to mind.
16 posted on
06/23/2013 8:48:51 PM PDT by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: Baynative; a fool in paradise
IBEPMW (In Before Elvis Priestley’s My Way!)
17 posted on
06/23/2013 8:49:27 PM PDT by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Baynative
I liked the Bangles’ cover of Simon and Garfunkle’s “Hazy Shade of Winter.”
18 posted on
06/23/2013 8:50:03 PM PDT by
dfwgator
To: Baynative
25 posted on
06/23/2013 8:57:30 PM PDT by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(President Obama; The Slumlord of the Rentseekers)
To: Baynative
Whitney Houston’s version of “I Will Always Love You” is superior to Dolly Parton’s original.
To: Baynative
Randy Newman & Mark Knopfler doing Arthur Alexander’s “You’d Better Move On”. (Willy deVille does it even better, but good performances of it seemed to have been removed from YT.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehsOfmfN7rY
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06/23/2013 9:00:34 PM PDT by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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