Artists/Groups Who Have Not Covered A Beatles Song

They did do and release a live version of “Tomorrow Never Knows”.


if Free As A Bird counts Ade covered that as a member of KC.

 

S*** I forgot that one !
I remembered Free as a bird but that was Ade's solo spot, and it was before the Beatles version was released. So it was technically a cover of Lennon solo.

 

Burzum

 

I don't sing Genesis ever covered a Beatles song, but they did release their 1982 EP 3x3 and their 1986 single "Land Of Confusion" with covers inspired on Beatles album covers:

 

Aaaaaaand, we’re out...

 

Alien Sex Fiend
Bad Brains
R.E.M.
Stereolab
Frank Zappa (a few were performed on the 1988 tour, but none released officially)
Morphine
Faith No More
Napalm Death (a forum favorite, I hear)
I don’t think Luna have done any. They’ve covered everyone else.
2 Skinnee J’s
AC/DC
Black Flag
The Stooges
Metallica
Black Sabbath
Madness
The (English) Beat
Bob Marley

 

Tortoise
Sigur Ros
Dillinger Escape Plan

 

Anal C**t
Iggy Pop
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
Peter Gabriel

 

More than who have. Zeppelin, CCR, Lizzy, Eagles, AC/DC, Steely Dan ad nauseam.

 

Nick Drake.
Cat Stevens.
The Gaslight Anthem.
Sex Pistols.
Billy Fury.
Tom Waits?

I'm going from memory so please correct me.

 

The Pretty Things
The James Gang
Be Bop Deluxe
Camel
Caravan
Asia
Badfinger
The Yardbirds
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Jefferson Airplane
Curved Air
IQ
It Bites
Pendragon
String Driven Thing
Greenslade
Colosseum
The Move
Wizzard
And on and on and on.

 

Yeah I remember hearing it at one show. It was odd because Ade does release it 0n his solo album (or one of them) and none of the other Kc members play on it but I was spirited it wasn’t on that live album.

 

Good one!

Brinsley Schwarz, however...

 

I remember they did John's 'Imagine' in concerts a couple times in 1981. Don't know if recordings of that exist though.

No clue about Beatles covers during their fame time, but maybe in the very early days...
There's a recording of Freddie in his old band Wreckage (or Ibex) from 1969 where they performed 'Rain' live.

 

By definition, The Beatles.

 

Dylan ?

 

Depeche Mode

 

Things We Said Today.

What songs have been officially released by Queen that aren't self-penned?

There's a bootleg version of Imagine out there.

 

Also, the OP said that covers of Beatles covers were fine, so...

 

There's a poor quality recording of Imagine on YouTube, or at least there was. I wasn't aware of Rain by Wreckage. Nice one!

 

Tangerine Dream
The Necks
UK Subs
The Incapacitants
Black Leather Jesus
The Minutemen

 

Only God Save The Queen on A Night The Opera and that's more a closing theme than a song. It's something that's often overlooked with Queen, very few rock bands from their era didn't do covers on their studio albums. There's a rock n' roll medley on the Live at Wembley album though, but it was released later on.

 

Hey Big Spender and Jailhouse Rock, on the Rainbow live album.