Covers That Rock

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Covers That Rock.

K. D. Lang’s live cover of Neil Young’s ‘Helpless’,

Daniele Brillo’s Dylan in’ Shooting Star’ from 2020,

Rod Stewart’s cover of Tom Waits’ ‘Downtown Train’ … and just the other day

during Triple JJJ’s 100 Best Covers of All Time

Denzel Curry’s ‘Bulls on Parade’ [ which came in at #2],

Australia’s Tove Lo outdoing Robyn’s 2010 classic ‘Dancing on My Own’

and the best Presley cover ever which even out does Elvis: Ry Cooder’s ‘Little Sister’

* what are your favourite covers?

*pic courtesy of pinterest

31 thoughts on “Covers That Rock”

  3. Some of my faves,

    Dwight Yoakam sings Elvis “Suspicious Minds”
    Jeff Buckley sings Leonard Cohen “Hallelujah”
    Sinead O’Connor sings Prince “Nothing Compares 2 U”
    Aretha sings Otis Redding “Respect”
    Whitney sings Dolly “I Will Always Love You”
    Janis sings Kris Kristofferson “Me and Bobby McGee”
    Joe Cocker sings the Beatles “With a Little Help from my Friends”
    Led Zeppelin sings Willie Dixon “I Can’t Quit you Baby”

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    • great choices, Eden: the only one I haven’t heard is the ‘Suspicious Minds ‘ cover; will check that one out; thanks 🙂 Sinead’s cover is iconic ; my fave song of hers is ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ , an original —

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  9. Jimi Hendrix’s cover version
    of ‘All Along The Watchtower’
    by none other than Bob Dylan.
    An electrifying experience 🎸😎
    when played full blast on
    a quality stereo system 🔊
    (those Gen Zedders with their
    little plastic earpods just don’t
    know what they’re missing 🙉)

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    • yes ! I remember that cover but NOT the original ; that sometimes happens with great covers: a classic instance is ‘Horses’, a mild hit for Rickie Lee Jones but a massive hit for Daryl Braithwaite who turned it into an Aussie icon —

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