great cover songs

[Homer]

 

[funkychick2007]

Not sure if it counts as a cover Im pretty sure if it probably doesnt!! But there are some great sea shanties around at the moment!! A good see shanty always makes me smile!! 😃

[Brave Sir Robin]

Love this one, having seen it featured in the excellent HBO Euphoria show. Starts off as a fairly straight cover then goes off into its own world:

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Banging version of a banging original that's potentially tainted now given the original sunger.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Love this cover of Positively 4th Street by Johnny Rivers

 

[Homer]

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

 

[Brave Sir Robin]

Disco goes stoner garage

 

[maelzoid]

11 minutes ago, Homer said:

 

Yes, this seems to have become entangled on a quantum level existing as both a good and a bad cover version at the same time.

I bought the single when it came out and I still like it, especially when Bowie yells "YooooKayyyy". The video may be the most 80s thing ever. The portion of the budget saved for scenery was obviously spent on cocaine.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Weren't they both clean by this point?

[maelzoid]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

Weren't they both clean by this point?

I don't know. I'm just going by the evidence in the video.

[Homer]

39 minutes ago, maelzoid said:

Yes, this seems to have become entangled on a quantum level existing as both a good and a bad cover version at the same time.

I bought the single when it came out and I still like it, especially when Bowie yells "YooooKayyyy". The video may be the most 80s thing ever. The portion of the budget saved for scenery was obviously spent on cocaine.

Okay, so whose dancing is the best/worst? I think Jagger is the marginal winner/loser on that front.

Edited February 15, 2021 by Homer

[maelzoid]

Yeah, but Bowie's high-kicks are wicked. However, the best is the synchronised bum wiggle in the last shot. The totality is greater than the sum of the parts.

[Homer]

 

[Homer]

Withnail and I
 

 

[Brave Sir Robin]

8 hours ago, maelzoid said:

Yes, this seems to have become entangled on a quantum level existing as both a good and a bad cover version at the same time.

I bought the single when it came out and I still like it, especially when Bowie yells "YooooKayyyy". The video may be the most 80s thing ever. The portion of the budget saved for scenery was obviously spent on cocaine.

Agreed on all counts. The 'silent' version of the video highlights its high-camp brilliance:

 

[grumpyhack]

 

 

[OG]

4 hours ago, Brave Sir Robin said:

Agreed on all counts. The 'silent' version of the video highlights its high-camp brilliance:

 

Thats the best thing ive seen for a long time 

[maelzoid]

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

 

[grumpyhack]

I prefer the Love Affair version, even though it was recorded by Steve Ellis and a load of session players

 

[grumpyhack]

John Otway made House of the Rising Sun his own with this version

 

Though Frijid Pink gave it a very different sound

 

[kalifire]

 

 

[grumpyhack]

Great call.  I saw Rodrigo y Gabriela at Glastonbury a few years ago, having not heard of them before and was an instant convert.

[kalifire]

2 hours ago, grumpyhack said:

Great call.  I saw Rodrigo y Gabriela at Glastonbury a few years ago, having not heard of them before and was an instant convert.

2014? My first Glasto. They were the first act I ever saw on the Pyramid. Front row with other fans. Great memory.