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With Big Bang Theory about to be released I was wondering what you thought were the best covers of songs ever. The TWO best I have ever heard and like MUCH MUCH better than the orginal are:

2. Metallica - Turn The Page
1. BTO - House Of The Rising Sun - AWESOME maybe the best song they did and it was a remake.

*** Others to note include: Hall & Oats - Youve Lost That Lovin Feeling, Ugly Kid Joes- Cats In The Cradle, and Guns & Roses Since I Dont Have You, Knockin On Heavens Door.

If I am betting this will be a pretty decent CD just because their vocals are soooo strong and their styles vary soooo much.

Yogi,

Don't forget that Guns 'n' Roses redid "Live and Let Die" on 'Use Your Illusion I'. The others (except 'Knockin') were on 'The Spaghetti Incident' which was a covers album.

Scott

Our Lady Peace did and outstanding cover of The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows"!

It's featured at the beginning of the movie The Craft .

I'm also fond of DDY's cover of Hendrix's "Fire". I like DDY's version better than the original!

BTW: Who here remembers the first cover done by Styx? (Excluding the use of classical pieces like "Little Fugue" and "Fanfare")

It's actually one of my favorite covers! Anybody remember it?

Did Dennis do a cover? Only a washed up group like Styx would produce such a thing trying to leach onto the fans of other groups.

WAS it " What Has Come Between Us"?????

DeeJay....

Actually, It was.......I Write the Songs

yogi wrote:With Big Bang Theory about to be released I was wondering what you thought were the best covers of songs ever. The TWO best I have ever heard and like MUCH MUCH better than the orginal are:

2. Metallica - Turn The Page
1. BTO - House Of The Rising Sun - AWESOME maybe the best song they did and it was a remake.

The Metallica version of Turn the Page is terrible IMO

Some Great Covers and there are not that many are

Neil Diamond Unchained Melody off the Stages cd better than the original
The Who Saturday Nights Alright For Fighting
Elton Pinball Wizard and Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Behind Blue Eyes Limp Bizkit
Aerosmith Come Together

Covers are either great or terrible IMO there is no middle ground

I must admit that 'Turn the page ' by Metallica does not turn my crank either.
But their version of Queen's 'Stone cold crazy' is blinding. as in great.

gr8dane wrote:turn my crank...

I just love that! lol

Guns and Roses-Live and Let Die
Shaw/Blades-Sweet Emotion (Rocked!!!!!!!!!!)
Elton John-Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Dennis Deyoung-Fire
Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me- can't remember who sang this verison of it, but it was the closing song on the Lost Boys Soundtrack-ERIC

It was The Beatles' "Lies." And it was AWFUL. lol

The Knickerbockers, not the Beatles.

And they all hated having to do that song.

Bugsy

Abitaman wrote:Guns and Roses-Live and Let Die

What was so great about it ?
The original was the best ,



Elton John-Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds

Very close to better than the original


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Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me- can't remember who sang this verison of it, but it was the closing song on the Lost Boys Soundtrack-ERIC

Yep that was a great version
Roger Daltrey sang it
Cetainly not George Mikel

Van Halen - "You Really Got Me"

froy wrote:

Abitaman wrote:Guns and Roses-Live and Let Die

What was so great about it ?
The original was the best


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I am not a Guns and Roses fan at all, but this one song that I liked by them. Paul's song is great, but G&R's take on the song is almost savage. Adds a different take on the song-ERIC

bugsymalone wrote:

It was The Beatles' "Lies." And it was AWFUL. lol

The Knickerbockers, not the Beatles.

I stand corrected (orthopaedic shoes?). I could have sworn I actually HEARD The Beatles' version of it once...Ah well.

And they all hated having to do that song.

It showed.

Great covers:

Grand Funk Railroad - Locomotion
Van Halen - Pretty Woman
STYX - I am the Walrus

Horrible covers:

1. Someone to Watch Over Me (from "Crazy for You")
2. On the Street Where You Live (from "My Fair Lady")
3. Someone Else's Story (from "Chess")
4. Once Upon a Dream (from "Jekyll and Hyde")
5. Where I Want To Be (from "Chess")
6. Summertime (from "Porgy and Bess")
7. Pilate's Dream (from "Jesus Christ Superstar")
8. Memory (from "Cats")
9. Bring Him Home (from "Les Miserables")
10. It's In Every One of Us (from "Time:)

Denny

Here's one for Heart fans.

Nancy Wilson did a solo live acoustic CD a few years back which had a couple of stellar covers!

"A Case of You" (Joni Mitchell)
"In Your Eyes" (Peter Gabriel) She really brought something new out of this version!

It may be hard to find, but it's worth looking for.
Nancy Wilson: Live at Macabes Guitar Shop

Saturday night's alright for fighting by Nickelback

Horrible covers:

1. Someone to Watch Over Me (from "Crazy for You")
2. On the Street Where You Live (from "My Fair Lady")
3. Someone Else's Story (from "Chess")
4. Once Upon a Dream (from "Jekyll and Hyde")
5. Where I Want To Be (from "Chess")
6. Summertime (from "Porgy and Bess")
7. Pilate's Dream (from "Jesus Christ Superstar")
8. Memory (from "Cats")
9. Bring Him Home (from "Les Miserables")
10. It's In Every One of Us (from "Time:)

Sorry, Dave, but any song covered by that amazing voice is wonderful. I think he could sing the phone book and it would be better than 90% of the songs covered by anyone.



Come on, Denny! Do 10 On Broadway Part Deux!

Bugsy

bugsymalone wrote:Sorry, Dave, but any song covered by that amazing voice is wonderful. I think he could sing the phone book and it would be better than 90% of the songs covered by anyone.

Didn't he already do that in one of his phone-in interviews? Or was that the room service menu at the Hilton? *g*

Or was that the room service menu at the Hilton? *g*

Ohhhh! I would love to hear him cover THAT! Imagine how wonderful his voice would sound as he ordered ham and cheese on rye.




Bugsy

You can find BTO's rendition of House Of The Rising Sun on the CD Trial By Fire Latest & Greatest. This one song alone is worth the cost of the CD!!

Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (Starship) by Starting Line: This version is fast-paced and all guitars. It blows the original away.

Last Kiss (?????) by Pearl Jam: Don't remember who sang the original, but I've heard it and much prefer the PJ version.

You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (Righteous Bros) by Hall/Oates: I like both versions about the same, but I think the cover is well done.

Give A Little Bit (Supertramp?) by Goo Goo Dolls: I didn't even like this song until hearing the cover. Can't quite put my finger on what made such a huge difference for me, but something did!

Whiskey In The Jar (Queen?) by Metallica: Don't even know if I've heard the original but I'm pretty sure someone told me this is a cover song!

Shout (Tears For Fears) by Disturbed: Couldn't stand TFF, but I love this version.

When You Were Mine (Prince) by Cyndi Lauper: Personally, I think a lot of Prince songs would sound better by other artists

These are the ones coming to mind right at the moment; I'll probably add more later.

By the way, both Scandal and Journey did the song Only The Young? Any idea who wrote and/or recorded it first? I've always wondered, but have never found out.

Last Kiss (?????) by Pearl Jam: Don't remember who sang the original, but I've heard it and much prefer the PJ version.

Okay, now I'll give you that the original was very much in the vein of early bubblegum, but for me the Pearl Jam version was hideous. Just my opinion of course.

Carry on

By the way, both Scandal and Journey did the song Only The Young? Any idea who wrote and/or recorded it first? I've always wondered, but have never found out.

Journey wrote it. I think they even recorded it first. It was dropped off of the Frontiers album and later released as a soundtrack song. Scandal released their version before Journey, on the "Warrior" album.

Almost forgot Tesla's version of ' Signs' is really good.

yogi wrote:Almost forgot Tesla's version of ' Signs' is really good.

Your kidding Yogi correct?
The song is the exact same total garbage

sadie65 wrote:

Last Kiss (?????) by Pearl Jam: Don't remember who sang the original, but I've heard it and much prefer the PJ version.

Okay, now I'll give you that the original was very much in the vein of early bubblegum, but for me the Pearl Jam version was hideous. Just my opinion of course.

I've agreed with Sadie TWICE today! The end must be near...

Whiskey In The Jar (Queen?) by Metallica: Don't even know if I've heard the original but I'm pretty sure someone told me this is a cover song!

It's an irish folk song! LMAO!

Okay, now I'll give you that the original was very much in the vein of early bubblegum

I thought the music in the original was too upbeat for the lyrics. That's probably why I'm partial to Pearl Jam's version.

Journey wrote it. I think they even recorded it first. It was dropped off of the Frontiers album and later released as a soundtrack song. Scandal released their version before Journey, on the "Warrior" album.

Thanks for the 411. I'm glad I finally know the story!