SWCBonfire said:

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Many on here were good ones. Dwight Yoakum does good with Elvis songs.

My addition:
Live and let die - Guns n roses
Desperado - Clint Black

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I could almost entertain that opinion if GnR had been the band to decide "let's remake Live And Let Die and rock it up pretty hard and bring it back and have a hit".

Alas, they stole the idea. Before they remade that song, there was a band that toured the club circuit and had remade that song, really even better than the GnR version. Two bands, really, but the same singer driving them.

Shock Tu was the first band followed by breakup of that band and some of them getting back together as Joey C. Jones & Bashin' Passion

They had originals and they had covers. Their cover of Live And Let Die always left the crowd going "Holy **** that was great!" They did an excellent cover of The Immigrant Song as well but didn't remake it, just played it like the album. And Joey could nail the vocals.

As their popularity was noticed on the club circuit, so was their cover of the McCartney song. The rumor is that some from GnR or that was close to GnR checked them out at a performance in L.A. and decided to rush a version of Live And Let Die onto the next record.

You remember hearing that another band (maybe Rainbow) had gotten wind of VH's cover of You Really Got Me and tried to rush their own version of it onto vinyl? Same thing here, but GnR actually succeeded.

Great song. Great remake. Not their idea. And the club band actually did it better.

Aaaaannnndddd now I just turned into freaking Redstone.

ChoppinDs40 said:

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Gigem314 said:

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Metallica - Turn the Page

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Absolutely not. You will not trounce on the Seger.

And this comes from a yuge Metallica fan.

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Exactly. Metallica turned it into a directive to a porn star to get on with her life.

Type O Negative - Cinnamon Girl

Always loved Green Day's version of A Quick One While He's Away. Saw them play it live as the Foxboro Hot Tubs in Dallas, and it was awesome.

Adele's To Make You Feel My Love

Hearing the original on the radio today reminded me the cover is way better.

Dead Flowers - Townes

Southlake said:

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Any cover by Linda Ronstadt

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I gotta go with this.

I'll also add Michael MacDonald Motown covers

And Sheryl Crow's Sweet Child of Mine

Barry White - Just the Way You Are

Dave Matthews Band - Long Black Veil

The Book of Love

Brock Sampson said:

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The Book of Love

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Book of Love doing a cover of what? Tubular Bells?

deadhead aggie said:

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Brock Sampson said:

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The Book of Love

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Book of Love doing a cover of what? Tubular Bells?

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Holy crap that's a blast from the past

Death Don't Have No Mercy - Grateful Dead
Turn on Your Love Light - Grateful Dead

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and Morning Dew makes three...........

maroon barchetta said:

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SWCBonfire said:

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Many on here were good ones. Dwight Yoakum does good with Elvis songs.

My addition:
Live and let die - Guns n roses
Desperado - Clint Black

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I could almost entertain that opinion if GnR had been the band to decide "let's remake Live And Let Die and rock it up pretty hard and bring it back and have a hit".

Alas, they stole the idea. Before they remade that song, there was a band that toured the club circuit and had remade that song, really even better than the GnR version. Two bands, really, but the same singer driving them.

Shock Tu was the first band followed by breakup of that band and some of them getting back together as Joey C. Jones & Bashin' Passion

They had originals and they had covers. Their cover of Live And Let Die always left the crowd going "Holy **** that was great!" They did an excellent cover of The Immigrant Song as well but didn't remake it, just played it like the album. And Joey could nail the vocals.

As their popularity was noticed on the club circuit, so was their cover of the McCartney song. The rumor is that some from GnR or that was close to GnR checked them out at a performance in L.A. and decided to rush a version of Live And Let Die onto the next record.

You remember hearing that another band (maybe Rainbow) had gotten wind of VH's cover of You Really Got Me and tried to rush their own version of it onto vinyl? Same thing here, but GnR actually succeeded.

Great song. Great remake. Not their idea. And the club band actually did it better.

Aaaaannnndddd now I just turned into freaking Redstone.

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Interestingly enough, this kind of situation is where the term "cover" comes from, or at least that's what was presented on the Cocaine and Rhinestones podcast:

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When George Jones started hitting the Top 10, he learned all about the then-standard industry practice of major labels having their artists cover the latest records from newcomers like him. From the perspective of a major label, the strategy is a no-brainer: take a song starting to do well for some relatively unknown act in an isolated market and put your comparatively massive resources behind it. We're talking a bigger budget for everything from recording to promotion, much wider distribution and a major artist who already has a huge audience. This used to be nearly un-****-up-able. However, from the perspective of an indie label, a major label cover could kill your record. (In fact, that's why it's called "covering" a song. The idea is for the major label to blanket the national market with a new record, covering the regional hit from sight.) This is what concerned Pappy Daily when Webb Pierce covered "Why Baby Why" as an actual duet with Red Sovine.

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There were actually other high-quality covers on the club circuit before Shock Tu. But you are otherwise correct. And yes they were a great band.

My contribution to this thread, as both a big Cheap Trick and Slade fan:

When the Lights Are Out

Redstone said:

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There were actually other high-quality covers on the club circuit before Shock Tu. But you are otherwise correct. And yes they were a great band.

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Well ****

Now, I am also a big Oasis fan. I have ALL the singles UK imports. Plenty of amazing covers there. (I obviously can't list Heroes, but that one is amazing. Street Fighting Man also.)

The winner!

My favorite cover is Brandi Carlile's Madman Across the Water. It's hard to say it's better than the original as the originator is Sir Elton John, but it's incredible none the less.

Cash's Hurt is the right answer to this.

IMY2 has some really good covers that I like more than the originals

Stars would be appreciated on my contributions.

Wish you were here - avenged sevenfold

Woodstock - Crosby Stills Nash and Young

Expect to be crucified over this opinion, but I like the cover of "Ordinary World" by Red maybe more than the original Duran Duran version.

This version of Me and Bobby McGee from Pink:

Language warning

javajaws said:

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This version of Me and Bobby McGee from Pink:

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That's fantastic. Almost as good as the original by Kristofferson.