The Official Cover Contest.

[spacekitty]

Bonus Track

I couldn't find anyone who had covered this song, but I've always liked it so I thot I would post it anyway!!




Adrian Belew, who was actually discovered by Frank Zappa, is probably best known for his work with King Crimson. And, yes... that really IS his daughter singing!!
(but this was done in 1989, so I'm sure she's all grown up now... lol)

 

[redfern]

*1-"The Bells" is a 1970 single recorded by The Originals for Motown' Soul label, produced by Marvin Gaye and co-written by Gaye, his wife Anna Gordy Gaye, Iris Gordy, and Elgie Stover.
Here is the cover by Laura Nyro and the Labelles-

 

[redfern]

#2-Jeff Beck doing his lovely version of the Classic-"Somewhere Over The Rainbow"-original sung by Judy garland in "The Wizard of OZ"

 

[spacekitty]

#2

Another song for Father's Day!!
Not as good as the original by Cat Stevens, but still worthy of posting here...

 

[redfern]

#3-Joe Cockers cover of 'Have a Little Faith in Me'-originally written and performed by John Hiatt.

 

[Racehorse]

Eric Clapton doing "cover" of After Midnight. (the songwriter and original artist is JJ Cale, who wrote, and performed, many of the songs that eventually made Clapton famous. Mr. Cale lives in Tulsa, OK.)

 

[spacekitty]

#3

The legendary guitarist, and L.A. native, Lee Ritenour, lends his own brand of Jazz to this classic Motown song...




The song was originally written for, and recorded by, The Undisputed Truth in 1971...
but it wasn't until it was remade by The Temptations in 1972 that it became a #1 Hit!!


This one goes out to MY Father... LOL!!

 

[1w15h1w45m0ngu]

6/16 - #1

YYZ from Rush played by MUSE @ Bell Centre Montreal, march 10, 2010 - YouTube

Muse covering Rush's YYZ

 

[somejerk]

1
santuary- white rabbit (originally done by Jefferson Airplane)

 

[somejerk]

2
Wrathchild America- Time (originally done by Pink Floyd, if you need to be told)

 

[jj2]

The Trashmen. The Bird is the word.

Later by Peter Griffin in the show The Family Guy"



6/16

1

 

[spacekitty]

The Trashmen. The Bird is the word.

Later by Peter Griffin in the show The Family Guy"

The actual title of the song is "Surfin' Bird"...

 

[jj2]

"Amanda", Originally by Boston, Remade by Brooklyn Queens




6/16
2

 

[jj2]

"Bad Moon Rising", Originally by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Remade by The Reels



6/16

3

 

[Cnew]

Wynton Marsalis at Warsaw 1994 - Embraceable You (orig George Gershwin)

 

[somejerk]

3
Limp Bizkit- Behind Blue Eyes originally done by The Who's.

 

[Cnew]

Paul McCartney & Wings - Mull of Kintyre

 

[Ceegary]

Wow, this round was harder than I thought it would be. Lots of great songs. I narrowed it down to three, two... one. And the winner is;
Hitman who submitted Hayseed Dixie doing Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen (post 208).

It made me laugh, I love the quirkiness, the boys can sing and basically it makes me happy. Congrats.

The last leg starts now...

 

[Jobear]

Congratulations Hitman, I enjoyed your entry as well!
This is getting harder to find good, unique covers. Let's start with the carribean flavor UB40 put on Elvis's "Can't Help Falling in Love", written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss.

 

[Jobear]

The best covers become the defining version of the song. This was my one of my mother's top 5 songs- Roberta Flack covering "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", written as a folk song by British political singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger and recorded by many.