An Artist/Band You Love Covering An Artist/Band You Love

randomhandclaps

This song just popped up randomly on the stereo from the iPod.  It's one of those rare moments in music when an artist you love happens to cover another artist you love....and it actually works (doesn't mean it's better than the original).

John Martyn covers Portishead -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNe6XOfWgr0

Radiohead covering Early U2 (Yes, I am specifying early U2 when it was obligatory for us Paddies to love 'em)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KCAiSzrqAI

Sparklehorse covering Pink Floyd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP8P694v-NM

Others obvious ones I can think of is Cash covering NIN and The White Stripes doing Jolene.  Then there are Led Zep covers by Tool & Perfect Circle.

The problem with a lot of covers like this is they are often from soundtracks, bootlegs or B-Sides so easily missed, so what ya got?

not_the_dj

Ryan Adams covers Iron Maiden.

randomhandclaps

@not_the_dj - Have always loved Ryan Adams and Maiden but have never heard this before.  Thanks for that.

bingefeller

Big Wreck covering Tears For Fears:

ICBM

Roxy Music covering Neil Young

markblack

Catlin Rose covering The National - Pink Rabbits.

The National & St. Vincent covering Crooked Fingers - Sleep all summer.

mike_l

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=I1dfiWnErdM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=qj3P7BjVBxM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=UY1qYI3oY-0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=mE2jmZq-eck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1qAA1Fb3dBY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=nNfX8Jzc7-c

 

 

 

 

Deadman

Another Radiohead for my fave, doing The Smiths with their (imo) best song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtmS2ePSSdU

A pissed up EV and PJ doing The Dead Boys 'Sonic reducer':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlVZCd3RGAU

richardhomer

randomhandclaps;30257" said:

John Martyn covers Portishead -

The whole album which that comes from is full of interesting covers, however - I'll try to avoid evangelising about John....

How about David Gilmour covering Richard Thompson?

guitarfishbay

QOTSA covering Elliott Smith

Alnico

richardhomer said:

randomhandclaps;30257" said:

John Martyn covers Portishead -

The whole album which that comes from is full of interesting covers, however - I'll try to avoid evangelising about John....

How about David Gilmour covering Richard Thompson?

That David Gilmour cover is incredible............almost moved me to tears.

Thank you for posting that !

Danny1969

Nada Surf cover of Where is my mind by the Pixies, I prefer this to the original 

Skipped

Nope.
Nothing.
Give me 6 months to think about it.

But I have just been looking at a clip of a guy playing a Godin Jazz Box at Musik Messe and was delighted to note that he is playing Green Flower Street from Donald Fagen's The Nightfly. Awful sound quality. Nice guitars these??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thTyuL6fZlk

Grumpyrocker

My favourite singer, Anneke Van Giersbergen covering Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here

I'm not much of a U2 fan anymore. But I loved All I Want Is You, and here's Anneke's take.

And who doesn't like Dolly Parton's Jolene?

And covering one of my favourite bands, Iron Maiden. Wasted Years...

...and To Tame a Land

Bucket

Jellyfish covering Badfinger. One of the best pop songs ever written IMO.

Bucket

A bit of YouTube browsing has led me to this unreleased demo - Andy Sturmer from Jellyfish, covering the Byrds.

This guy is just amazing - I really wish he was still releasing music.

wayneirie

Calexico- covering Alone again or by love

PolarityMan

Tool covering kyuss

Opeth covering Alice in Chains:

gjonesy

Another Radiohead one, this time covering Carly Simon

PolarityMan

Grumpyrocker;457099" said:

And who doesn't like Dolly Parton's Jolene?

Reminds me, Queen Adreena covering Jolene:

Reverend

Trouble covering Lucifer's Friend.