Amazing Covers by Other Artists

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:10 pm

Another bizarre cover(s):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcK4FMaGWMo

walker · Post by **walker** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:38 pm

Bizarre and awesome... HA HA!!! I'll be laughing about this one for awhile.

ram · Post by **ram** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:28 am

Too Frikin Funny! T'would be bad to be the next to play that piano... ick!

walker · Post by **walker** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:43 am

Yeah, actually I heard that the next act after the Freaking Brothers was the guy who played the Warsaw Concerto with his nose, but he cancelled for some reason.

shapeshifter · Post by **shapeshifter** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:41 am

"I hear Freddie Mercury, under an assumed name, covered a Beach Boys tune. Anyone heard it? Supposedly very good".

Wasn't it 'I Can Hear Music' put out under the name 'Larry Lurex'?

ram · Post by **ram** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:23 am

Yeah - that's right

http://www.pemcom.demon.co.uk/jason/songs/other/lurex.htm

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:33 pm

Ture Love, George Harrison doing the old standard on 33 1/3 lp.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:09 am

Oh, then Technically, it's not a Beach Boys' song but a Beach Boys' cover being covered!

8mileshigher · Post by **8mileshigher** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:27 am

A few great cover tunes I would vote for include:

Beatles - Words of Love (mentioned by several others)

Greg Kihn Band - For You (Springsteen) and RoadRunner

Tom Petty & Heartbreakers - So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star (from the Pack Up the Plantation live album and the TPHB Anthology) as well as Feel a Whole Lot Better from Full Moon Fever (latter mentioned also on this thread by others).

Roger McGuinn - American Girl (ThunderByrd) and If I Needed Someone (Limited Edition)

Bob Dylan's 30th Anniversary Performance Recording - My Back Pages by the ensemble inlcuding Roger McGuinn, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, G.E. Smith et. al. Does this count as a cover since Mcguinn and Dylan were part of the tribute ensemble ?

Les Fradkin -- two nice versions of If I Needed Someone, one with vocal and one an instrumental

8mileshigher · Post by **8mileshigher** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:57 am

One more to mention ---- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers do a nice rendition of "Handle With Care" and since none of the other Wilburys are Travelin' much nowadays, this is the only cover out there by an original member of the Wilburys. You can see versions of it on the Tom Petty Soundstage DVD and also on the Concert for George DVD.

ted_williams · Post by **ted_williams** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:46 pm

Buffalo Tom did an excellent version of the Jam's Going Underground.

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:43 pm

Nick Lowe doing the Johnny Rivers classic the Poor Side of Town, or Elvis Costello doing the Nick Lowe classic What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:47 pm

Or Nick Rivers doing The Poor Side Of Peace Love and Understanding.

godber · Post by **godber** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:25 am

Here's a very unusual version of She Loves You which seems to add depth to the lyric. Don't listen if you feel down though.

http://cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/billpatton-02.m3u

http://cdbaby.com/cd/billpatton

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 7:50 pm

That's actually "I Want To Hold Your Hand", I think ...