Cover Songs That Really Took You By Surprise..

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  1. Purple Jim

    Purple Jim Senior Member

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    Purple Jim, Apr 23, 2014
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  2. c-eling

    c-eling Dinner's In The Microwave Sweety

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    Lush-Hey Hey Helen(abba), shocked me years ago
     
    c-eling, Apr 23, 2014
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  3. crazywater

    crazywater Dangerous Dreamer...

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    Absolutely love this version of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Sara Barielles....damn the girl can sing.

     
    crazywater, Apr 23, 2014
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  4. Graham

    Graham Senior Member

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    Graham, Apr 23, 2014
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  5. BIG ED

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    BIG ED, Apr 23, 2014
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  6. BIG ED

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    BIG ED, Apr 23, 2014
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  7. onionmaster

    onionmaster Tropical new waver from the future

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    It's a travesty that R.E.M.'s Fan Club cover of See No Evil hasn't been collected on CD anywhere. It really swings in a way the original Television version just doesn't.

     
    onionmaster, Apr 23, 2014
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  8. JannL

    JannL Forum Resident

    Magical Mystery Tour was my first Beatles album. I Am the Walrus is brilliant. I thought the Oasis cover was fantastic.

    Live

     
    JannL, Apr 23, 2014
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  9. Lightworker

    Lightworker Forum Resident

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    Uh...Mike Roberts' version of Oasis' "Wonderwall"?
     
    Lightworker, Apr 23, 2014
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  10. johnnyyen

    johnnyyen Senior Member

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    Patti Smith covering Prince. Surprising, but it's a great version.

     
    johnnyyen, Apr 23, 2014
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  11. Alert

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    I was pleasantly surprised how well The Band (w/o Robbie Robertson) covered Bruce Springsteen's "Atlantic City" in the 1990s.

     
    Alert, Apr 23, 2014
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  12. Say

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    Mitch Ryder's Rock and Roll blows away the Lou Reed original
     
    Say, Apr 23, 2014
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  13. Spacement Monitor

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    The Pixies, "Wild Honey Pie." They took one of the few throwaway tunes by the Beatles, and absolutely owned it.

     
    Spacement Monitor, Apr 23, 2014
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  14. Say It Right

    Say It Right Not for the Hearing Impaired

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    Barenaked Ladies going fully acoustic on Bruce Cockburn's "Lovers in a Dangerous Time."



    Perfect!
     
    Say It Right, Apr 23, 2014
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  15. Wayne Hubbard

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    Bob & The Original Wailers with Rita Marley doing The Archie's Sugar Sugar. They also did
    a version "What's New P*ssy Cat?"



    Peter Tosh & the Wailers' version of The Box Top's "The Letter" was also surprising when i first heard it..

    Edit. I guess the p word is not allowed here :shh:
     
    Wayne Hubbard, Apr 23, 2014
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  16. Spacement Monitor

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    I think you can say Pussycat. Speaking of Tom Jones, loved his cover of Leadbelly's "Black Betty."
     
    Spacement Monitor, Apr 23, 2014
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  17. Rocketdog

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    Sadly, the band's only other Top 10 hit (it went to #4, the other song being "The Flame" which is their only #1, released off the same album, Lap Of Luxury in 1988). I believe also, that Cheap Trick were one of the only (or few) band's ever to have a Top 10 hit with an Elvis Presely cover, too.
     
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    Rocketdog, Apr 23, 2014
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  18. Rocketdog

    Rocketdog Senior Member

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    Well, while on the subject of Joan Baez, this cover of her tune was always pretty cool by me...

     
    Rocketdog, Apr 23, 2014
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  19. Colin M

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    David Bowie: Knock on Wood
     
    Colin M, Apr 23, 2014
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  20. pscreed

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    Isley Bros - Summer Breeze.
     
    pscreed, Apr 23, 2014
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  21. halfjapanese

    halfjapanese Gifs moider!

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    halfjapanese, Apr 23, 2014
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  22. halfjapanese

    halfjapanese Gifs moider!

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    Sugarplum fairy, sugarplum fairy
     
    halfjapanese, Apr 23, 2014
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  23. CliffL

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    One of my favorite Beatles covers by Junior Parker:

     
    CliffL, Apr 23, 2014
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  24. mmars982

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    I remember the first time I heard Michael Hedges cover All Along the Watchtower. Had no idea who he was. Saw this long-haired guy with an acoutic guitar & thought it would sound like Dylan's original. Was blown away & have ben a huge fan ever since.
     
    mmars982, Apr 23, 2014
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  25. MickAvory

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    Um.. the Fifth Dimension's version of Every Night really shows up Paul McCartney
     
    MickAvory, Apr 23, 2014
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