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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2014 15:26:46 GMT -5
Few years back browsing though a discount bin at the mall, I found a Tribute CD of sort. It was a tribute to Stairway To Heaven, a song rather than to the band who wrote it. It was covered by dozen artist and all in different style. Some worked better than the others, but none of them came close to the original. This made me think about a novelty of the cover songs. They certainly don't celebrate the cover artists, but they do provide some sort of popularity measurement for the songs they re-imagined. Some studies suggest that the most covered song ever is either "Eleanor Rigby" or "Yesterday" from The Beatles followed by Rolling Stones "Satisfaction" and "Cry Me a River" by Julie London, but what are the most covered albums?I'm pretty sure Beatles will claim the throne again, so I'm discarding them from the get go and I'm also taking away all the specific Tribute CD's that were released of late faster than any mushroom can grows, so it boils down to individually covered songs by different artist, yet related to a single full length album. Not much studies if any at all is out there to examine those instances, but here is an interesting example: Artist: Russ Ballard (Russ who? Exactly, however I dare to find a person who never heard a single song he wrote. Most likely performed by another artist) Album: Winning 1976 (contained 10 original songs) Great somewhat humorous front and back LP cover.  4 tunes found on this album were covered to reach much wider audience than the original did. In the order they appeared on the LP. Santana - Winning (1981) This cover reached #2 on the Mainstream Charts and #17 on Billboard Rainbow - Since You Been Gone (1979) Top 10 UK single, #82nd best hard rock song by VH1 |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2014 15:29:30 GMT -5
Next 2 covers from Russ Ballard's Winning LP (1976) in order they appeared on the original album.
Roger Daltrey - Just a Dream Away (1980) became a Soundtrack for the film McVicar
Bay City Rollers - Are You Cuckoo? (1976) Released on the US version of the album but not in UK.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2014 15:16:11 GMT -5
Songs from the 60's have a feel of their own. I would call it a charm of simplicity, a trademark before the producers started to apply wizardry from behind the glass to beef up the sound. (Not that I have anything against those practices) Therefore, songs from that era transferred to modern age, as well as they might have been covered, they tend loose that charm, IMO. I was pleasantly surprised to hear the new version of the 1969 San Remo classic Ma Che Freddo Fa (But that is cold) in Giusy Ferreri's interpretation. Here is the Grooveshark link. In 1988 Gene Simmons (Kiss) produced the "In Heat" album for the Melodic Rock band Black 'N Blue. The opening track was the "pump your fist" Rock On. Two years later Gene produced another Heavy act: Doro Pesch and did not leave the good song behind. Doro got to do the punchier version. The other common denominator for the song was Tommy Thayer - guitar (Kiss, nowdays) who gave up the solo duty to much ample Lanny Cordola in the new version. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2014 16:06:45 GMT -5
Another genre hopping cover that sounds good.
From Pop to Heavy Metal
Sun 'N' Steel - I'm So Excited
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Post by Jesse on Sept 22, 2014 9:38:30 GMT -5
There was a thread in the old music forum that was just covers of Beatles songs. I wish I would have saved it.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 22, 2014 11:41:29 GMT -5
I posted a bunch on that thead. One of my favorites
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2014 13:51:15 GMT -5
Down Around the Corner
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Down On The Corner
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2014 10:43:05 GMT -5
One of my absolute favourite 90s songs was Burn by The Cure, which featured on The Crow.
This remake by Anix is uncanny...love it.
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Post by ghastly55 on Sept 27, 2014 12:09:55 GMT -5
Being a child of the 50s and 60s, I used to be all about rock & roll. Having inherited my aunt's record collection, I also liked Trini Lopez, Gene Pitney and The Kingston Trio, but had no time for "adult contemporary" or country.
In the late 70s my favorite artist became Elvis Costello due to his lyrical wordplay and (on initial albums) his callback to old three-minute rock & roll singles. Then I heard him do a live cover version on a Stiffs Tour compilation album. the song was "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
That opened my ears to songcraft even in Frank Sinatra/Tony Bennett territory, as did his later cover of "My Funny Valentine".
Then Costello covered a few country songs, the ones that stuck with me most were Leon Payne's "Psycho" and George Jones' "A Good Year For The Roses", and that got me exploring some country (although I cannot abide the likes of Toby Keith).
So as far as covering old songs, Costello is my #1 go-to source.
And then there are cover versions of newer songs. Johnny Cash's cover of Nine Inch Nails "Hurt". John Wesley Hardgin's cover of Madonna's "Like A Prayer". Aztec Camera's version of Van Haslen's "Jump". And, to bring this post full circle, Linda Ronstadt's cover of Costello's "Alison".
That's the long answer. The short answer is I have no one favorite song that eas covered. There are far too many.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 27, 2014 12:23:17 GMT -5
There is a whole world out there for terrible cover songs. Botom of the barrel type. For instance there was an older lady in the 1960s called Mrs Miller. I don't know what connections she had but she showed up often on TV variety or talk shows and thought she was a good singer. She came off like the mother-in-law you wanted to avoid. Here she destroys a Beatle song
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2014 4:30:53 GMT -5
There is a whole world out there for terrible cover songs. Botom of the barrel type. For instance there was an older lady in the 1960s called Mrs Miller. I don't know what connections she had but she showed up often on TV variety or talk shows and thought she was a good singer. She came off like the mother-in-law you wanted to avoid. Here she destroys a Beatle song Heh, and they called this CD Butchering the Beatles Kip Winger did a good cover of " Drive My Car" and if I'm not mistaking Bruce Kulick (Kiss, Union)plays the intense guitar parts. |
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Post by MDG on Sept 30, 2014 18:53:10 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 4:10:54 GMT -5
La Colegiala was inspired by a Colombian folk song and originally performed by Rodolfo Y Su Typical. The Italo Disco artist Gary Low covered it, as well as Sandra Reemer did with her English version few years later.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2014 11:08:31 GMT -5
A fine example how ABBA songs have Melodic Metal vibes written all over.
AT VANCE - The Winner Takes It All
Three guitar attack bring more dynamic to this CCR classic:
LEATHERWOLF - Bad Moon Rising
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Post by Jesse on Oct 21, 2014 18:08:56 GMT -5
Patsy Cline version of Hanks Williams' "Your Cheatin' Heart"
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