I would like to respectfully disagree with Batman Jones and Bob Finn. Listen to Elvis Costello's version of "I Threw it all Away. " Also, the great British magazine Mojo put out a special commemorative Dylan issue over the summer and the included a cd of great covers of Dylan songs by people like the Charlatans, Paul Westerberg, Sonic Youth and Echo and the Bunnyman.
Thanks for bringin that one back up Mrs JB! I have tryed to forget about Pat Boone's "Heavy Metal" albums..
I know the version by The Band. What a beautiful song..makes me cry. Anyone know the origin of this one?
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" - Guns -n- Roses "Smokin' in the Boys Room" - Mötley Crüe "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" - Great White "c*m on Feel the Noize" - Quiet Riot "Train Kept a Rollin'" - Aerosmith "California Man" - Cheap Trick "The Flame" - Cheap Trick "Last Caress" - Metallica "Manic Depression" - King's X "Paranoid" - Megadeth "Summer Breeze" - Type O Negative "Daytripper/She's so Heavy" - Type O Negative "Got the Time" - Anthrax off the top of my head... also, I've met fromobile, hp!
found this Originally recorded by J.R. Cash: 12/17/64 visit http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003FRH/002-6246108-6796043 to hear a preview of the Jagger/Chieftains version
"Somewhere Over The Rainbow/ What a Wonderful World" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole a lot of songs are covered Hawaiian style. some good. some bad
Tori Amos - If 6 were 9 (she ran her piano through a marshall stack) Beach Boys - The Monster Mash Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane Tom Jones (w/ the Cardigans) - Burning Down the House Sonic Youth - Superstar (by the Carpenters)
Oh man, I just remembered a great song done by a great band: "Wild Horses" by the Sundays (originally written by the Rolling Stones)
****in Up- Pearl Jam Turn the Page- Metallica Across the Universe- Fiona Apple I guess most of you have named my other favorites, oh, almost forgot, Just a Gigolo California Girls- David Lee Roth
Yes, like smegg said, Johnny Cash recorded it on 12/17/64. It was written by M. Wilkin and D. Dill. If you'd like to get one of the albums that has the song, I'd recommend Orange Blossom Special. It has other stand out covers as well such as It ain't me, babe (a duet with June Carter Cash). The title song. Wildwood Flower, the carter family classic. And many others.
With A Little Help From My Friends...Joe Cocker Higher Ground...Red Hot Chili Peppers Everyone's A Winner....Bootsauce Only You...Flying Pickets People Are Strange...Echo & The Bunnymen Anything from either Labours of Love..UB40 There are so many more... I'm leaving out all the Motown/Specter/Memphis soul stuff, cause that was all basically covers of someone else...Already noted but worth repeating, Hendrix's version of Watchtower...And the Tom Jones/Art of Noise cover of Kiss cracks me up....
I did some more research on the song Elvis Costello . Knowing that Johnny Cash usually sang covers at this time, I found that it was originally sang by Lefty Frizell and "was inspired by the real life murder of a New Jersey priest combined with newspaper accounts of a woman in a black veil who regularly visited Rudolph Valentino’s grave". How cool is that. here is a link for further reading: http://theband.hiof.no/articles/long_black_veil_viney.html
A lot of good ones mentioned .. how about 13 by Johnny Cash.... thats my all time favorite. Red house -Hendrix Crossroads-Clapton are a couple more.
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