Good covers that surprised the hell outta you? I'll go 1st

[The Polack MSgt]

[The Polack MSgt]

1. Looks like I'll go second as well

[LuvLoogie]

62. Good guitar tone

Pretty cool

[LuvLoogie]

2. I like this

[The Polack MSgt]

49. Perfect

Thanks

[LuvLoogie]

3. This one rocks

[happybird]

7. Nice!

That did rock. Wasn't expecting it to work so well. 👍

[solara]

4. I'll go fifth

[lgrnwd]

31. Really good

That is a difficult song to sing. He knocked it out of the park

[solara]

35. I thought so too.. n/t

[happybird]

5. I like this better than the original

It did surprise the hell outta me. It's so fiery.

But dang I hate this album cover. So 90's, so bad.

[LuvLoogie]

63. I really like these musicians.

"Closer to Fine" didn't hit home for me until years after they hit. I went through a personal catharsis, and that song was the medicine I needed. Healing and letting go. It came on the radio as I was heading to Colorado for a cousin's wedding. My heart and mind were in tatters, but I carried on and then this song came on...

[LuvLoogie]

6. Deep Purple doing Ike & Tina Turner

[ZZenith]

12. That's fun!

Gads, what a great sound. Old school. Yeah! Everything louder than everything else!

[The Polack MSgt]

41. Deep Purple covered Neil Diamond pretyy great

[LuvLoogie]

64. They were so good. I love the early stuff, but my first knowledge of the band

was when Made in Japan came out. To this day, the line up that had Gillan, Blackmore, Paice, Glover, Lord is who Deep Purple are to me. But the material from these founding members is special as well, much like what Syd Barret is to Pink Floyd.

[The Polack MSgt]

68. You are not alone in having a preference for that Deep Durple line up

But I kinda liked all of them.

Tommy Bolin got ripped off IMHO - Deep Purple was dysfunctional and dying when he signed on... And so was he really.

Richie Blackmore was the most famous but probably the 3rd best guitarist in band history. In my opinion, Steve Morse is the best player in Deep Purple history... Also the best in Kansas' history, but they never released a studio record with Steve.

Steve Morse has also been Deep Purple's guitarist since 1996

[Clash City Rocker]

54. Yet another great cover by Deep Purple

It seemed to be a rather superficial song, by the Beatles’ standards, until I heard this version. Then it sounded rather deep.

[LuvLoogie]

65. I would say Help was more pop anguish than superficial. But I agree with you that this treatment

gives it soul. It's so cool.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

8. This may not be what you're looking for,

but Linda Ronstadt's cover of "It doesn't matter any more"

Her version a sad lament. His is upbeat, very different. Ronstadt, to the best of my knowledge, was not a singer-songwriter, but an amazing interpreter of songs already out there.

Contrast her performance with Buddy Holly, the original:

[The Polack MSgt]

42. Thanks - Can't say I ever heard these

[LuvLoogie]

66. In the Mexican/Mexican-American community here in the United States it was somewhat underground

knowledge that Linda Ronstadt was a Latina. When she came out with her album, Conciones de mi Padre, Mexicans all over the country were thrilled. She just nails these traditional songs and makes them her own. Her voice so sweet and powerful, is a natural fit for this genre.

[The Polack MSgt]

69. I was never a fan of Linda when she sang in English

But one of my troops convinced me that she was better in Spanish, I have that CD.

She kills. Every. Single. Track.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

74. Ahh, yes. I grew up partially in Tucson and was very aware of the Ronstadt family.

She attended Tucson High, I attended the cross-town rival Amphitheater.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. Another interesting contrast between the original and a cover is this.

Roy Orbison and Don McLean, Crying.

The differences aren't so great, but for me the Don McLean version is noticeably better. It's more tender and more intimate.

[LuvLoogie]

67. And Rebekah del Rio!

[CentralMass]

10. Johnny Cash - Hurt

[The Polack MSgt]

40. Johnny owns this tune. Trent Reznor should be proud... He made so many covers his own

I'm pretty sure that even Kris Kristofferson thinks Johnny wrote "Sunday Morning Coming Down" ad his cover of Rusty Cage is a masterpiece.

What a legend.

He did OK with a Neil Diamond tune

[CentralMass]

58. +1

[ZZenith]

11. This delighted me the first time I heard it and it's never stopped...

And judging from the comments section it has had an effect on many others:

[lark]

29. This song is just one of the best, done so well by a number of people.

I love this understated version, but absolutely adore the Pentatonix version.

[Heartstrings]

32. What talent!

Gone waaaay too soon!

[NBachers]

13. Frijid Pink House of the Rising Sun

[The Polack MSgt]

39. Oh yeah - Thumbs up

Very Blue Cheer/Big Brother and The Holding Company sounding.

Thanks!

[NBachers]

14. Mother and Child Reunion- Kaptain Kopter and the Fabulous Twirly Birds {Randy California}

[NBachers]

15. Riot in Cell Block #9- Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

[NBachers]

16. Hawkwind- Gimme Shelter (Sorry- this is the last one)

[revmclaren]

17. The Sweet - Peppermint Twist.

[The Polack MSgt]

43. Cool.

I'm not at all familiar with Sweet... Ballroom Blitz kinda left me cold and I never pursued any other tunes.

Like this one tho

[LuvLoogie]

70. Oh man. Desolation Boulevard is a fuckin' great album. Yes Ballroom Blitz is on that album.

But there are several awesome tunes, which provide context to Ballroom Blitz. Great guitar and drums throughout...

[The Polack MSgt]

72. OK, i guess I'm easy to convince because that was an awesome jam

and now I need to order Desolation Boulevard.

BTW - Given that you have Richie Blackmore in your sig Line, I feel like I should apologize for my next thread.

I will be talking about how Steve Morse is the best player in DP history.

[LuvLoogie]

71. On her debut album, Pat Banatar covered The Sweet with a tune from their Desolation Boulevard album

Here she is doing it live:

[marble falls]

18. Planet Caravan - Pantera

[The Polack MSgt]

44. Oh the Irony

Pantera covering one of the 2 softest tunes in the Black Sabbath catalog...

Here's a great cover of the other softest Sabbath tune ever

[marble falls]

50. Changes probably has some of the best lyrics of any Sabath songs, too ...

I listened to it for about six months before I realized the lyric wasn't "I'm going to jail." My stereo was lo-fi. Maybe the reefer had a little to do with it, too?

[marble falls]

19. Dub Side of the Moon - - Reggae Easy Star All-Stars

[Bob Loblaw]

20. A favorite of mine

[The Polack MSgt]

82. Hehehe

I like a good bluegrass cover

[Ohiya]

21. REM doing Leonard Cohen's - First we take Manhatten

[Ohiya]

22. Yes doing Simon and Garfunkle's - America

[The Polack MSgt]

45. Love this -Had it on 8-ttrack

[marble falls]

23. Best Cover Album Evah - Stone Free

Cure, Clapton, Buddy Guy, ........

[The Polack MSgt]

46. ++++

[marble falls]

51. Its in my Freestyle's disc changer right now. I listen to it almost daily.

[Bongo Prophet]

24. Residents - It's a Man's Man's Man's World

[LakeArenal]

25. Better late than never... I really like this...

https://m.

[The Polack MSgt]

73. +++ - I like it as well... nt

[Bongo Prophet]

26. Money (That's What I Want)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_%28That%27s_What_I_Want%29

[Anon-C]

27. MSgt, once again with the thread to be read!

[The Polack MSgt]

47. Aw shux

[stevil]

28. :)

[The Polack MSgt]

48. WOW

Like it? Nah

Love it

[happybird]

30. This whole album is a good one

[Clash City Rocker]

55. Yes! I love that album!

It would be hard to pick a favorite song, but this is a great one.

[Cracklin Charlie]

33. Easy.

Nina Simone

“To Love Somebody” (Bee Gees classic)

Sorry, don’t know how to post video. Thanks for the thread...I love covers!

[DBoon]

34. Dollyrots - Brand New Key

together with Melanie's version of Purple Haze:

[yonder]

52. I didn't Melanie had a last name.

[DinahMoeHum]

37. Adult Net covering "Incense and Peppermints"

[JudyM]

38. Sinead does Elton's "Sacrifice" - so poignant.

Actually made me cry by the end...

[Clash City Rocker]

56. Jane's Addiction - Ripple

This song appears in a great album of Grateful Dead covers called Deadicated. The band’s bassist, Eric Avery, writes this in the liner notes...

“This song meant a lot to me when I was too young (but trying) to grow facial hair, smoking too much pot and contemplating teen suicide. Before the glory of punk rock, I was a Grateful Dead fanatic but don’t tell anyone… it might be detrimental to my image.”

The two people who wrote the song, Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter, loved this version. I can never just listen to it once. True deadheads will pick up bits of Bird Song and The Other One. Trust me, it’s worth a listen.

[happybird]

57. Was in line at Sheetz about 2 hours ago

and heard a good cover of Cassidy by the Dead. It sounded like a new/pop country group, a style I usually don't care for, but they did a darn fine job with the song.
Thought of this thread.

[stevil]

59. No Quarter

Subdued and powerful at the same time. Thanks for this.

[Tikki]

60. The Damned..."Alone Again Or" (1987)...more of a tribute then a cover...

of course, Damned style

LOVE..."Alone Again Or" (1967)

Tikki

[The Polack MSgt]

80. Thank you

[LuvLoogie]

61. That song is outside of time

[LakeArenal]

75. Good morning P, Heard this one today...

Siouxsie and the Banshees

https://m.

[The Polack MSgt]

79. Nice!

Thanx LakeArenal

[randr]

76. Sophie B. killed the crowd at Dylan trib concert at MSG a while back

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[LastDemocratInSC]

77. "Leonid and Friends", a Russian band. Outstanding!

They do a lot of Chicago covers, just amazing:

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And I am smitten by their female vocalist, Ksenona Buzina :

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[Wawannabe]

78. Chris Cornell

Billie Jean

[The Polack MSgt]

81. Love love love this version