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Your Favorite Cover Songs?

One of the highest honors that can be bestowed on a rock band is to have some other well known act cover your songs.

Here are some of my favorite cover songs:
1. "Well...Alright" (Original by Buddy Holly covered by Blind Faith)
2. "LA Woman" (Original by The Doors covered by Billy Idol)
3. "Love Me 2 Times" (Original by The Doors covered by Aerosmith)
4. "Come On Everybody" (Original by Eddie Cochran covered by Led Zeppelin)
5. "Refugee" (Original by Tom Petty covered by Melissa Etheridge)
6. "The Battle Of Evermore" (Original by Led Zeppelin covered by Heart)
7. "Hard To Handle" (Original by Otis Redding covered by The Black Crowes)

What are some of your favorite covers?
danoroo
dragunski
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Maybe the best cover band from the 60s was Vanilla Fudge. Perpetually overlooked and underrated, they worked their covers into entirely new arrangements with extended jams and recurring themes to the extent that they were barely covers anymore. Yes, they were accused of bombastic and hyped up deliveries of "chestnuts", not to mention Mafia connections, but they still managed to make these songs fresh and new.

They did excellent Beatles tunes, including "Eleanor Rigby" and "Ticket to Ride", and gave the Supremes "You Keep Me Hanging On" an entirely new twist.

They are the benchmark of how covers should be done.

builder3
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This one, originally by the Shirelles in 1961, then Carol King in 1971.

Amy Winehouse - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuanbnnzXQ4

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tostadosunidos
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Thirteenth Floor Elevators' cover of Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue."  One of the two Byrds covers of this also excellent.
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bdp24
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Joan Osborne: "What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted" (fantastic original by Jimmy Ruffin).

Joan Osborne: "Shake Your Hips" (original by Slim Harpo)

Bobby Fuller Four: "Loves Made A Fool Of You" (original by Buddy Holly).

Phil Seymour: "Let Her Dance" (original by The Bobby Fuller Four).

Buddy Miller: "That's How I Got To Memphis" (Original by Tom T. Hall).

Kasey Chambers: "No Time To Cry" (original by Iris Dement).

Mink DeVille: "Cadillac Walk" (original by Moon Martin).

Dave Edmunds: "Let It Be Me" (original by The Everly Brothers). Dave has covered many other songs, often bettering the original.



nutty
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Shaman's Harvest, "Dirty Diana". (Michael Jackson)
https://youtu.be/1NHV6NUEKNU

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