Cover Versions We Definitely Needed

Probably. I do often confuse those two. I don't know why. They are very different. But I do like them both a lot.

 

Kathryn Williams is generally worth a listen if you like indie-folk type stuff

 

This deserves an airing

 

Metallica covering "Last Caress/Green Hell" turned A LOT of people on to the Misfits.

 

I know how you feel. I just can't get past the vocals from Steven Tyler. I guess I was expecting him to be more faithful to the original. Maybe that's what gives it its charm?

 

Could also be age and hard living.

 

When Grace VanderWaal first appeared on America's Got Talent in 2016, Simon Cowell (in)famously called her "the next Taylor Swift." A year later, Grace did this live cover of Tay Tay's "Look What You Made Me Do," taking out all the pretentious stuff (the "she's dead" part) and giving the chorus a melody that would have avoided a pre-emptive credit to Right Said Fred if Ms. Swift had thought of it herself.

 

"Love Is A Cattle Prod" by Culturcide.

 

...and Alex Harvey ~ The New Band did an amazing cover of Shakin All Over

 

I've posted this another thread about covers but in the spirit of all the Britney Spears covers mentioned within this thread I will add this amazing cover by Richard Thompson: Oops I did it again...

 

So do I. I remember reading in the book I Hate Myself And Want To Die by Tom Reynolds that Badfinger thought that Nilsson's version was better than theirs.

 

Certified N'Olins Yacht Rocker Paul Cotton & Poco dish out a spicy cover of JJ Cale's Cajun Moon.
Featuring Rusty Young, with a guttural down & dirty blues solo on the Dobro guitar. Swamp-Spooky...

 

I'm A Believer by Robert Wyatt.

 

He always seems to play a slow version when played this later
I like the fast version.

 

'Lonely Women Make Good Lovers' was written by Steve Wariner and recorded by Bob Luman.

 

What's the ultimate one, it must be pretty good to beat the Who's version...Blue Cheer?

 

Pavement - The Killing Moon (Echo and The Bunnymen)

 

Justin Rutledge did an entire album of Tragically Hip covers. I'd love to see more acts pull a single act Pin Ups type record featuring one artist.

 

Drive by truckers - Everybody needs love

 

German Schlager duo Cindy & Bert, covering Black Sabbath's "Paranoid". I need it 'cause I almost died of laughter when I first heard this

 

1.) Good god - Kurt was a beautiful looking fella.
2.)I hope all drummers learned from this that " blasstix" (or whatever they were called) are frikkin useless on the ride cymbal.