Peter Saint-Andre writes about some favorite cover songs. Here are some of mine that come to mind:
- Dave Mason's "All Along the Watchtower" is a cover of Hendrix's cover.
- Peter Frampton's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".
- The Pretenders' "Needle and the Damage Done"
- The Pretenders again: "Angel of the Morning"
- Not Fade Away (Remembering Buddy Holly) - various artists
- Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles - various country artists
- Influence - Shaw and Blades
- An Acoustic Tribute to Prince - various female artists, I found this on itunes.
- Run Devil Run - Paul McCartney covering artists who influenced him
Most covered song on my ipod: "Sweet Jane" at seven different artists. I have almost as many covers (6) of "Within You Without You".
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"Wild Horses" by The Sundays http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/105-2744468-8345250?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=wild+horses+sundays&x=0&y=0
"Satisfaction" by Devo
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_dmusic?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=satisfaction+devo&x=0&y=0
Peter Andre cover songs? Apparently has a fondness for music from Disney films.
Oh. "Satisfaction" by Devo. I haven't heard that in, well, decades. That's great.
Oh, that is a truly great list.
My hands-down favorite is Them (Van Morrison) covering Bob Dylan's, "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue".
Here's the album with song previews:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000003TWA
Pretty sure Dave Mason taught Hendrix "All Along the Watchtower" and played on his recording, so that may not exactly be a cover of his. Along those lines, King Crimson does a brilliant version of David Bowie's "Heroes," although I don't know if it's been released on anything. Probably in one of the million live shows available on their website at least.
Interesting about Dave Mason/Hendrix.
Also "Heroes" - one of my favorite Bowie songs.
That reminds me I have a Natalie Merchant cover of Space Oddity which is really good. But on 10000 Maniacs' cover of Starman, she didn't do much for me.
Cover albums, eh? I like "Red On Blonde" -- covers of Bob Dylan tunes by folk-bluegrass demigod Tim O'Brien.
I think of Dylan's version of 'Watchtower'
as the cover, like Otis Redding's version of 'Respect'.
But I draw a distinction between covers and reinterpretations -- The Smithereens version of 'The Seeker' is a (really good) cover.
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