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Post by berkley on Mar 25, 2015 17:04:42 GMT -5
Fleetwood Mac covering the Beach Boys' Farmer's Daughter:
This is one of the only two songs from their early-80s live album that I like. Both were recorded during sound checks, not coincidentally, I believe, as they're much tighter and more restrained than the rest of the album, taken from performances in front of audiences. Come to think of it, I think I'll post the other one on the What are You Listening to Now thread.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2015 16:59:38 GMT -5
The Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays
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Post by berkley on Mar 29, 2015 18:59:43 GMT -5
Posted this recently elsewhere and just remembered that it is in fact a cover, though I can't remember who did the original or if I've ever heard it:
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Post by thwhtguardian on Mar 29, 2015 19:07:11 GMT -5
Posted this recently elsewhere and just remembered that it is in fact a cover, though I can't remember who did the original or if I've ever heard it: Archie Bell and the Drells did the original, but yeah the New York Dolls do it damn well |
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Post by Jesse on Apr 18, 2015 20:51:25 GMT -5
Lou Reed cover of The Drifters' This Magic Moment
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2015 0:35:39 GMT -5
Post Modern Jukebox has a lot of good ones, I particularly like their new one.
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Post by Jesse on Apr 19, 2015 12:40:57 GMT -5
Mott the Hoople cover of The Kinks' You Really Got Me
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Post by Phil Maurice on Apr 19, 2015 17:06:14 GMT -5
Mott the Hoople cover of The Kinks' You Really Got Me Have much love for Hoople and had never heard this. They're famously called out in Queen's "Now I'm Here," inspired by the '74 tour during which Queen was the opening act. Terrific live act in their heyday. |
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Post by Phil Maurice on Apr 19, 2015 17:25:47 GMT -5
Here's an unlikely match-up. The Sex Pistols cover Boyce and Hart's "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone," earlier recorded by both Paul Revere and the Raiders and The Monkees, for whom it was a hit:
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Post by Farrar on Apr 19, 2015 18:22:30 GMT -5
I loved Richie Haven's cover of Here Comes the Sun many years before I even knew it was a cover. I still love that version, but now that I'm older and wiser I concede that George's original ain't too shabby either! Gorgeous song.
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Post by MDG on Apr 20, 2015 11:56:32 GMT -5
Stan Ridgway doing Bob Dylan and Merle Travis
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Post by the4thpip on May 7, 2015 14:37:09 GMT -5
This song was already a classic when the Mills Brothers put their stamp on it:  |
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Post by Phil Maurice on May 7, 2015 17:30:20 GMT -5
This song was already a classic when the Mills Brothers put their stamp on it That's great! I just realized that I've been hearing this song and references to it my entire life. It's featured in several Tex Avery directed cartoons for MGM, including "The Blitz Wolf" and "Dixieland Droopy," and is name-checked in "Watch That Man" from Bowie's Aladdin Sane ("a lemon in a bag did the Tiger Rag. . ."), as well as many other places too numerous to name. The Bros. Mills really nail it here! |
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Post by Phil Maurice on May 7, 2015 17:53:49 GMT -5
Speaking of Mr. Bowie, here is my favorite cover of his, Jacques Brel's Amsterdam:
From Wikipedia: Brel originally stated that he didn't want to "give his songs to fags", and refused to meet Bowie, who nevertheless admired him.  |
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Post by berkley on May 7, 2015 22:43:04 GMT -5
Bowie did a fantastic job on that song. Maybe the best English version of any Brel song I've heard.
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