Stumbled across this while in a YouTube rabbit hole. Really like this version as his raspy voice gives the song a whole different feel than Marty Raybon's.

This was the cover thread I found, and yeah it's old.

But ran across this today. And while not life changing, I was legit surprised at how good it was.

https://vimeo.com/269768154

Heart It Races. Dr. dog.

The original is, well, something.

My current favorite

Leo Moracchioli is a one man metal band of Frog Leap Studios

He's got hundreds of covers. A few are silly


But most are really good

A few of my personal favorites (since many of the all time greats have been mentioned already on this thread)

The Black Crowes - Oh Sweet Nuthin' (The Velvet Underground)


R.E.M.'s drunk version of Roger Miller's King of the Road


The Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing (The Kinks)


Fine Young Cannibals - Suspicious Minds (Elvis)


Devo - Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones)


Lyle Lovett - Rollin' By (Robert Earl Keen)


Till There Was You - The Beatles (song from The Music Man)


All About That Bass - Postmodern Jukebox (As a pop song it sucked, it is great a bluesy jazz song)

ugh that FYC guys voice gets on my last nerve but anyway... here is the best cover of Suspicious Minds ever done. And I am not a country fan.

I also like Yoakam's version but there are memories tied to the Fine Young Centibels version. That is also true with a couple of the other covers in my post/

I don't know if I can be convinced there has ever been a better cover than this.


It is jaw droppingly good. I'm a Tool fan but not a Tool nutjob. My favorite band ever is Rush but I think the greatest band ever was LZ (90% of their catalog is gold) and prior to this I thought most LZ covers were hot garbage. There have been a few decent ones but not something I would listen to again and again. This is 11+ minutes of greatness.

No Quarter was a LZ masterpiece too - it was the centerpiece of live shows from 1973 onward. You wanna hear greatness listen to the Celebration Day 2007 Live version by LZ.

To even have the audacity to tackle this is ballsy. Get it wrong and it's a flop of embarrassing proportions and you took up. 11+ minutes of an album for it.

Covers tend to fall into one of 3 different types:
1. Tributes to the original that sound much like the original.
2. A cover that just sounds like the band you might like doing that song.
3. A different rendition based on tempo, genre, style, instruments, etc. A complete departure that redefines the song.

1 and 2 generally add very little other than serving as an homage to the original. They both can be very good but in the end they are adding little. 3 sometimes works very well and can be very welcome (Alien Ant Farm doing Smooth Criminal, Disturbed doing Sound of Silence, Social Distortion doing a punk cover of Ring of Fire).

This cover is all three of those things in different parts - which is possible partly because it is so long.

It starts out as very much a LZ homage in tempo, tone, etc. but the excellent musicianship comes through. In the second section it morphs into more of a Tool sound as it continues to build in intensity. The third section is a cacophony of sound as it is a taken to a new frenetic level and a powerful ending. It is just meticulously planned out and delivers beginning to end.

I always enjoyed this literal street performance jazzy version of I Want You Back by Lake Street Dive. they do many many covers.

If interested here are links for Lake Street Dive doing


A rooftop cover of Don't Let Me Down by the Beatles in costume no less
LINK

Rich Girl by Hall and Oates
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A rooftop cover of Don't Let Me Down by the Beatles in costume no less

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Nice

One of my favorites.

This girl has a gift; arguably the best voice on the planet regardless of age?

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ugh that FYC guys voice gets on my last nerve but anyway... here is the best cover of Suspicious Minds ever done. And I am not a country fan.

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Wayne Newton actually a fun cover

And I also like ABBA, so do not judge me

RIP Eddie Van Halen

ManFred Mann's version of Demolition Man

Black Betty by Ram Jam

Honey Hush by Foghat
And
Train kept a rollin by aerosmith

Two very similar songs

I can't believe this is the first time I've seen this thread. So many great ones already listed/linked. Here are some that I didn't see already.

Charlotte Martin's cover of Wild Horses is a change of pace.
Wild Horses

And one from a very long time ago, Grand Funk covering Gimme Shelter, from the Survivor album.
Gimme Shelter

Roseanne Cash singing Sea of Heartbreak.
Sea of Heartbreak

Why is this even being debated?

Summer Breeze by Type O Negative

Any Heart cover of Zeppelin, 'cause Ann Wilson

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Why is this even being debated?

Summer Breeze by Type O Negative

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That's not even Type O Negative's best cover

Zombie Jon Snow said:

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Covers tend to fall into one of 3 different types:
1. Tributes to the original that sound much like the original.
2. A cover that just sounds like the band you might like doing that song.
3. A different rendition based on tempo, genre, style, instruments, etc. A complete departure that redefines the song.

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That's exactly right. There's not really a point to #1 and #2 other than to make money. I love finding #3 gems. When Napster was a thing, I would line up covers of the same song and listen to different takes. Is there an easy way to do that these days?

Does this count as a cover - original singer performing w/ his daughter instead of the band? She harmonizes with him really well.