Cover songs [Archive]

APerfectLie

12-04-2009, 08:35 PM

So, I've come across a lot of cover songs in the past, but most of them suck. So I was wondering what covers have yall heard that are actually good?
I'd say Ari Hest's cover of "Little Lies" is my favorite.
And then some guy on YouTube covered Stand Back, and I like the way he changed it up and did an acoustic version of it.

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vivfox

12-04-2009, 11:54 PM

TUSK by Colourmusic
http://www.sendspace.com/file/xhkh83

This is a good cover. I like it. Love, Viv

fringed n fab

12-05-2009, 12:47 AM

I just recently watched Ari Hest's cover of Little Lies and I actually loved what he did with it even though I usually believe you don't mess with gems or masterpieces, and leave well enough alone. It was a new take on that song and something Lindsey and Stevie could do up on stage, toned down and simplified just like Ari's version (since Chris isn't there). I think that would sound great and totally surprise us fans and most of us would fall over from hearing the song.

mylittledemon

12-05-2009, 03:23 AM

I have not liked, generally, any Fleetwood Mac covers that I've heard.

The Cranberries version of GYOW wasnt too bad... and I liked some of the stuff on Camper Van's version of Tusk

fringed n fab

12-05-2009, 03:34 AM

See I never thought the Cranberries sounded good live. And that's only from watching them on tv ever. You don't think Stevie and Lindsey could do a stripped down version of Little Lies like Ari Hest did and it go over well with fans? Cause I do. I think it'd be a hit with them!

aleuzzi

12-05-2009, 12:34 PM

I like Annie McLoone's 1976 version of Spare Me a Little.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBwLZkIsax0

BellaDonna93

12-05-2009, 02:09 PM

I loooveee the Tori Amos cover of Landslide:

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louielouie2000

12-05-2009, 02:53 PM

I still really like Sister Hazel's version of Gold Dust Woman, a dozen years on.

mylittledemon

12-05-2009, 03:17 PM

You don't think Stevie and Lindsey could do a stripped down version of Little Lies like Ari Hest did and it go over well with fans?

Not really, because it's a Christine McVie vocal. ;)

lilwing80

12-05-2009, 05:54 PM

One of the worst was Wilson Phillips cover of GYOW. It was way too happy and "pretty". It lost all of its intensity!

People will probably get on me for this, but I did actually like Billy Corgans' version of Landslide. I know alot of people didn't though. It's just me! *waits for the pie-throwing!!*lol

Black_Moon

12-05-2009, 06:18 PM

I love Hole's version of Gold Dust Woman.

fringed n fab

12-05-2009, 06:25 PM

Not really, because it's a Christine McVie vocal. ;)
True, and all the more reason they should do it exactly as Ari Hest had done. A stripped down vocal of them two just singing Little Lies for us. I think the fans would go wild and we'd still get to hear the song, cause it looks like Chris isn't coming back anytime soon. I think Stevie and Lindsey could pull it off well. And it would probably sound better stripped down, than the full instrumental live version they used to do (with Christine).

Dodfather

12-05-2009, 08:17 PM

I still really like Sister Hazel's version of Gold Dust Woman, a dozen years on.

I love that cover version. It's by far the best song on the Legacy album and I still listen to it regularly. For a great Mac cover though then check out Nora O'Connor's version of That's Alright from her album 'Til The Dawn. Also Sara Watikins' Steal Your Heart Away.

vermicious knid

12-05-2009, 09:12 PM

This guy has a real nice voice. He is Barratt Waugh singing "Songbird".
http://www.sendspace.com/file/owb7aq

Does anybody have a cover of Rhiannon sung by an Asian woman? You can tell she probably doesn't speak English. I used to have it and another version of Rhiannon before my computer crashed a while back.

mylittledemon

12-05-2009, 09:17 PM

True, and all the more reason they should do it exactly as Ari Hest had done. A stripped down vocal of them two just singing Little Lies for us. I think the fans would go wild and we'd still get to hear the song, cause it looks like Chris isn't coming back anytime soon. I think Stevie and Lindsey could pull it off well. And it would probably sound better stripped down, than the full instrumental live version they used to do (with Christine).

I disagree. I don't think Stevie and Lindsey have pulled off any of Christine's songs (pulled them off well anyway). Just my opinion though. ;)

GypsySorcerer

12-05-2009, 09:22 PM

Eva Cassidy's cover of "Songbird" is beautiful.

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samthrax

12-05-2009, 09:23 PM

People will probably get on me for this, but I did actually like Billy Corgans' version of Landslide. I know alot of people didn't though. It's just me! *waits for the pie-throwing!!*lol

I won't get on you for it. Billy singing that song is one of the things that got me into the Mac so I adore it. Smashing Pumpkins got me through my teenage years so I had trust in Billy that he was on to something. ;)

Meowi

12-05-2009, 09:34 PM

I wonder what the biggest cover was? I reckon it was [I]Black Magic Woman[I] when it was covered by Santana. Most people recognise it as his song.

WarmSir3

12-06-2009, 07:18 AM

I wonder what the biggest cover was? I reckon it was [I]Black Magic Woman[I] when it was covered by Santana. Most people recognise it as his song.

Either that, Judas Priest's Green Manalishi, or Eva Cassidy's Songbird. I've gotten a fair amount of grief over the years for my dislike of anything and everything Eva Cassidy. I absolutely cannot stand Eva Cassidy.

On a more positive note, I love Status Quo's Don't Stop and Black Crowes/Jimmy Page's Oh Well! Would have loved to have heard Robert Plant singing it!

Fiver

12-17-2009, 04:02 PM

Also Sara Watikins' Steal Your Heart Away.

:nod: I love this cover. I'm a huge fan of Nickel Creek, and now Sara's solo stuff, too.

Also like the Smashing Pumpkins' Landslide, but I can't stand the Dixie Chicks version. Which is weird, cause I'm a bluegrass freak. I think they just missed the point of the song.

Dodfather

12-17-2009, 04:31 PM

:nod: I love this cover. I'm a huge fan of Nickel Creek, and now Sara's solo stuff, too.

Also like the Smashing Pumpkins' Landslide, but I can't stand the Dixie Chicks version. Which is weird, cause I'm a bluegrass freak. I think they just missed the point of the song.

:wavey: Big wave to a fellow Nickel Creek fan! Have you heard their version of Toxic? Trust me, go with it...

Fiver

12-17-2009, 04:55 PM

:wavey: HUZZAH! Right back at ya!

I have heard their version of Toxic, it's the definitive version, in my opinion.

I wish there was an album version or somethin. Whaddaya think of their cover of I Want You Back?

Btw, hi everybody, I'm new here, and also pretty new to Fleetwood Mac. Can't get enough of 'em at the moment, I've spent way too much time blasting the Tusk album and rolling around on the floor.

Anyhow, great place y'all've got goin' here. Very informative. :D

chiliD

12-17-2009, 05:03 PM

Eva Cassidy's cover of "Songbird" is beautiful.

Better than the original, IMHO

I wonder what the biggest cover was? I reckon it was [I]Black Magic Woman[I] when it was covered by Santana. Most people recognise it as his song.

I seriously doubt that any FMac cover has come close to the sales numbers of Santana's cover of BMW. Probably the Dixie Chicks' cover of "Landslide" would come in #2.

I've gotten a fair amount of grief over the years for my dislike of anything and everything Eva Cassidy.

And, from the tone of your post, the grief is well-deserved.

On a more positive note, I love Status Quo's Don't Stop and Black Crowes/Jimmy Page's Oh Well! Would have loved to have heard Robert Plant singing it!

Hmmmm, Robert Plant singing "Oh Well"??? :eek: You mean their rewrite of "Oh Well" that turned into "Black Dog" doesn't suffice?? :shrug: Just like the Beatles took "Albatross" and turned it into "Sun King".

Some of my fave FMac covers:

The Melvins - Green Manalishi
Annie McLoone - Spare Me A Little Of Your Love
Chaka Khan - Everywhere
KC & The Sunshine Band (?!?!?) - Don't Stop
Rod Stewart - Stand Back
Cyndi Lauper - You Make Loving Fun
Goo Goo Dolls - I Don't Want To Know
Kick Axe - The Chain
Rusty Wier - Don't Let Me Down Again (he also covered Lindsey's "Lola (My Love)" and Stevie's "Think About It" on the same album)
Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson - Gold Dust Woman
Pamela Stanley - Rhiannon
Matchbox 20 - Never Going Back Again
Pointer Sisters - Hypnotized
the aforementioned Eva Cassidy - Songbird

jaycee

12-17-2009, 08:13 PM

Eva Cassidy's "Songbird". Enough said. :D

grace_face

12-18-2009, 12:01 AM

Anyone hear Ms Lindsay Lohan's cover of Edge of Seventeen? *vomit* WHY!? WHY, LINDSAY, WHY!?!?!?!?!? :(

Edit - I am aware this isn't a FM song. lol. My mind was stuck on Stevie for a minute there (always).

louielouie2000

12-18-2009, 12:27 AM

Anyone hear Ms Lindsay Lohan's cover of Edge of Seventeen? *vomit* WHY!? WHY, LINDSAY, WHY!?!?!?!?!? :(

Edit - I am aware this isn't a FM song. lol. My mind was stuck on Stevie for a minute there (always).

I know I'll get a lot of flack for this, but I actually halfway like Lohan's version of Edge... to me the production is more in line with the subject matter of the song. Stevie's version seems to be made a harder edged rock song for the sake of the album having a harder edged rock song. I know Paul Fishkin and Jimmy Iovine wanted to throw Stevie's airy fairy image out the window and prove she was just as much of a rocker as a man for her debut album. To me, Edge was a casualty of this policy.

I actually don't mind Wilson Phillips Go Your Own Way either. It was a wholly new take on the song... and I respect that. The layered harmonies are very Fleetwood Mac. And I detest Wilson Phillips... so it takes a LOT for me to admit I like their version of GYOW :laugh:.

I really like Matchbox Twenty's version of Never Going Back Again too, again, because it's such an entirely different take on the original. And it really works. I know Lindsey feels the song's subject matter is about coming out of the darkness, thus his prosaic approach to it on Rumours. But there's a definite dark undertone to the lyrics, which Matchbox Twenty totally cashed in upon. I like it! :thumbsup:

michelej1

12-18-2009, 12:31 AM

I really like Matchbox Twenty's version of Never Going Back Again too, again, because it's such an entirely different take on the original. And it really works. I know Lindsey feels the song's subject matter is about coming out of the darkness, thus his prosaic approach to it on Rumours. But there's a definite dark undertone to the lyrics, which Matchbox Twenty totally cashed in upon. I like it! :thumbsup:

Yes, I agree. Lindsey claims that he meant finding joy and never going back to that pain again. I don't think the lyrics necessarily say that. Matchbox Twenty says never going to put myself in a position to be hurt again and their arrangement has a detached, robotic tone that brings that sentiment to life. I like hearing the hard shell that forms when you've been hurt once too often. I like Rob's voice. I want Lindsey to work with him.

Michele

louielouie2000

12-18-2009, 12:46 AM

Rusty Wier - Don't Let Me Down Again (he also covered Lindsey's "Lola (My Love)" and Stevie's "Think About It" on the same album)

I'm really surprised you know who he is! I thought he was just a local Austin attraction. He actually lived around the corner from me in Austin when I was a kid. I had no idea he did those covers... I'll have to track them down!

grace_face

12-18-2009, 01:15 AM

Meh. I just don't like Lindsay Lohan, that's all. lol.

I also don't like Rob Thomas. All his Matchbox 20 songs to me sound the same! And they're all about germs. "I got a disease", "Unwell" etc...GET TO A DOCTOR, MAN! lol

pattyfan

12-18-2009, 02:17 AM

This board is great for learning something new about F Mac! I never knew that Cyndi Lauper covered You Make Loving Fun. I need to go look for that!

I love both Tori Amos's and The Dixie's Chicks' version of Landslide. I hate most of that Rumours cover CD.

But, I heard a great version of I Know I'm Not Wrong. I posted about it in another place, but I should have put that post here! They are called the 1900's and below is a link to them doing it live. I'm still trying to get the version their studio version that I heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pWcVFAQfmY

Also, Tom Petty does a live version of Oh Well on his new 4 disc live Anthology collection. I kind of like it.

Finally, Lucy Wainwright Roche does a decent cover of Everywhere.

How about a thread where we talk about who we would like to cover some Mac songs????

I'd love to hear ...
Dolly Parton do That's Alright
Patty Griffin do Storms
Teddy Thompson do Love in Store
Counting Crows do Save Me a Place
Mary Chapin Carpenter do Honey Hi
Heart do Smile at You

OK, I'm off to hunt down Cyndi's YMLF!

Kevin

MoonWaterPoet

12-18-2009, 02:30 AM

Eva Cassidy's cover of "Songbird" is beautiful.

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Thank You so Much... Eva Cassidy's cover of "Songbird" was my choice too... Sooooooo Beautiful... ;-)

Donnie Wayne ~

Fiver

12-21-2009, 01:22 AM

I just found this cover of That's Alright.

Kinda what it'd sound like if Patsy Cline could've covered it.

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Sleepless-Child

12-21-2009, 07:17 AM

Some of my fave FMac covers:

The Melvins - Green Manalishi
Annie McLoone - Spare Me A Little Of Your Love
Chaka Khan - Everywhere
KC & The Sunshine Band (?!?!?) - Don't Stop
Rod Stewart - Stand Back
Cyndi Lauper - You Make Loving Fun
Goo Goo Dolls - I Don't Want To Know
Kick Axe - The Chain
Rusty Wier - Don't Let Me Down Again (he also covered Lindsey's "Lola (My Love)" and Stevie's "Think About It" on the same album)
Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson - Gold Dust Woman
Pamela Stanley - Rhiannon
Matchbox 20 - Never Going Back Again
Pointer Sisters - Hypnotized
the aforementioned Eva Cassidy - Songbird

WHAT ? :eek: Where can I find this ?

holidayroad

12-21-2009, 09:09 AM

WHAT ? :eek: Where can I find this ?

The 1978 album Energy. There's one used CD of it on amazon.com for $4.99

Sleepless-Child

12-22-2009, 06:09 PM

The 1978 album Energy. There's one used CD of it on amazon.com for $4.99

Thanks :). But I won't buy a Pointer Sisters' CD just to listen to a Fleetwood Mac song, so I guess I'll never hear it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-8DTP9-kXY

Btw, I like this Nightbird cover.

vermicious knid

12-23-2009, 10:59 PM

Some channel (TV ONE, I think) has a musician biography series called Unsung, which is really good. The subjects are usually lesser-known black artists and groups. Anyways, I just watched one on Melbe Moore, which led me to do some searching where I found that she covered "Dreams" on a 1985 album. I really want to hear it!

tilthefirefades

12-24-2009, 02:57 AM

Here are three covers of "That's Alright", I absolutely love this song lately for some reason. I like the first one the best, the other two sound generic to me.

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Fiver

12-24-2009, 03:18 AM

I likes the second one best, hehehe...

It's really quiet at first though. But when she belts it at 2:49 it totally makes the cover.

I definitely overlooked this song at first, but it's my fave on the album now.

tilthefirefades

12-24-2009, 03:56 AM

I likes the second one best, hehehe...

It's really quiet at first though. But when she belts it at 2:49 it totally makes the cover.

I definitely overlooked this song at first, but it's my fave on the album now.

Me too haha, I'll admit that skipped it for a long time, but Mirage is slowly becoming one of my favorites :D

Fiver

01-05-2010, 04:49 AM

I just discovered that Waylon Jennings covered Rhiannon...
I call it Waylannon.

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"Shee ruleserr lyfe lika berd in flyte.." :laugh:

Dodfather

01-05-2010, 12:13 PM

:wavey: Whaddaya think of their cover of I Want You Back?

:D

Welcome to The Ledge! I love Nickel Creek's cover of I Want You back. Like Toxic though,. I just wish there was a better quality version than the ones on youtube so that I could have it in my collection! Do you know of one?

How about a thread where we talk about who we would like to cover some Mac songs????

I'd love to hear ...
Dolly Parton do That's Alright
Patty Griffin do Storms
Teddy Thompson do Love in Store
Counting Crows do Save Me a Place
Mary Chapin Carpenter do Honey Hi
Heart do Smile at You

Oooohhh, now this is a good idea! I like some of these suggestions, especially the Counting Crows one. After FM they're probably my favourite band. Adam is a fantastic lyricist and a really underrated vocalist - check out any of their live shows for proof!

Ann Wilson would kick some serious ass doing the "angry" version of Smile At You

bucklind17

01-11-2010, 09:48 PM

It's true that I think this band can do little/no wrong, but I love Steel Train's cover of "Tusk". Doesn't vary too heavily from the original but has a nice ST stamp on it. Love the drums and Jack Antonoff's take on the vocals doesn't disappoint.

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Not the best video quality but the audio is alright. They officially released the cover on their Live from Bonnaroo album too.

vivfox

01-11-2010, 11:49 PM

ragrsrocalot

01-12-2010, 10:02 AM

Here are three covers of "That's Alright", I absolutely love this song lately for some reason. I like the first one the best, the other two sound generic to me.

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Just got around to checking this out. I tend to really like the 3rd one the best. I like her voice and the arrangement better.

ragrsrocalot

01-12-2010, 10:05 AM

I just discovered that Waylon Jennings covered Rhiannon...
I call it Waylannon.

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"Shee ruleserr lyfe lika berd in flyte.." :laugh:

Uuuuuhhhhh, wow. Classic!

Fiver

01-13-2010, 06:25 PM

Uuuuuhhhhh, wow. Classic!

Yeah, it's somethin' alright... This is one of those covers that make ya just go why bother? I loves me some Waylon, I was raised on him, but I don't think anybody can really pull off Rhiannon, unless they make it vastly different.. and then I wouldn't be interested. Rhiannon is Stevie Nicks to me.

Welcome to The Ledge! I love Nickel Creek's cover of I Want You back. Like Toxic though,. I just wish there was a better quality version than the ones on youtube so that I could have it in my collection! Do you know of one?

Oh, sorry, just noticed your reply. I actually have an audio of a live concert, great quality, where they do both! I'll hafta get that uploaded and then send ya the link. It's a two parter, like 30 minutes apiece, so ya gotta jes' sit through the whole concert for them, but it was a great show. Did an insane version of House Carpenter and some gorgeous harmony on All This Time before Sara recorded it for her solo album. Good stuff.

As for a cover I'd wanna hear.. uh, I'm not very imaginative, so I'll go with yet another cover of That's Alright.. by She & Him! Love their first album, and That's Alright is a kinda obscure FM song from the Rumours line-up, so they could pretty much avoid any negative comparison.

chiliD

01-13-2010, 06:45 PM

Thanks :). But I won't buy a Pointer Sisters' CD just to listen to a Fleetwood Mac song, so I guess I'll never hear it.

It's the only Pointer Sisters album I own...or WOULD own...the whole album is great. They also cover Bruce Springsteen's "Fire", Redbone's "Come & Get Your Love", Loggins & Messina's "Angry Eyes", the Doobie Bros' "Echoes Of Love", Sly Stone's "Everybody Is A Star", Stephen Stills' "As I Come Of Age" and Steely Dan's "Dirty Work"....the CD even has a couple of bonus tracks.

Zombie

01-22-2010, 02:12 AM

Some of my fave FMac covers:

The Melvins - Green Manalishi

Yessssss. The Melvins are awesome.

In case anyone hasn't heard it, I rustled it up on teh YouTubes fer ya:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB19kSIrFNc

I also love this guy covering "Dreams" and I don't even really like "Dreams" all that much. But I could listen to him do it all day:

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He is awesome.

Also, I'm glad to see someone posted Tori's cover of "Landslide," but it's the oddest thing for me. I am a major Tori fan, and I usually adore her covers - I think she has an incredible knack for taking someone else's song and paying tribute to it respectfully while still making it totally her own - but I can't quite get behind the "Landslide" cover. But then, I am not sure what would be a better Mac/Stevie song for her to cover, either.

Sleepless-Child

01-22-2010, 10:57 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr2LVBzZo5o

Here's John Frusciante's version of Songbird. I like it, but I actually LOVE John Frusciante, he's my favorite artist after Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks. He also covered Landslide, with Bob Forrest (not great, though).

David

01-22-2010, 01:30 PM

Redbone's "Come & Get Your Love",Ah! That's one of my favorite songs of all time!

sodascouts

01-23-2010, 01:27 AM

I really like Matchbox Twenty's version of Never Going Back Again too, again, because it's such an entirely different take on the original. And it really works. I know Lindsey feels the song's subject matter is about coming out of the darkness, thus his prosaic approach to it on Rumours. But there's a definite dark undertone to the lyrics, which Matchbox Twenty totally cashed in upon. I like it! :thumbsup:

ITA. The song is very bitter in its undertone. If it really is about moving on out of the darkness, why is it addressed to his ex, flinging his new relationship in her face? "YOU don't know what it means to win... so come on down and see ME again..."

Plus, the integration of The Chain is brilliant, as is Rob Thomas' anguished vocal.

Dodfather

01-23-2010, 08:48 AM

Yeah, it's somethin' alright... This is one of those covers that make ya just go why bother? I loves me some Waylon, I was raised on him, but I don't think anybody can really pull off Rhiannon, unless they make it vastly different.. and then I wouldn't be interested. Rhiannon is Stevie Nicks to me.

Oh, sorry, just noticed your reply. I actually have an audio of a live concert, great quality, where they do both! I'll hafta get that uploaded and then send ya the link. It's a two parter, like 30 minutes apiece, so ya gotta jes' sit through the whole concert for them, but it was a great show. Did an insane version of House Carpenter and some gorgeous harmony on All This Time before Sara recorded it for her solo album. Good stuff.

As for a cover I'd wanna hear.. uh, I'm not very imaginative, so I'll go with yet another cover of That's Alright.. by She & Him! Love their first album, and That's Alright is a kinda obscure FM song from the Rumours line-up, so they could pretty much avoid any negative comparison.

Thank you. I'd really appreciate the link to that live stuff. I really need a great quality version of those covers! Just pm me whenever - thanks!

GREAT choice in going for She and Him too! I loooove Zooey...

michelej1

01-23-2010, 02:34 PM

On NGBA, Rob Thomas' voice has a mechanical sound. It easily belongs to someone who feels alienated and distanced, whose been hurt, cut himself off from emotion and really is never going back again.

It works very well and I'd love Lindsey's thoughts on it. Michele

rezamatic

01-23-2010, 04:29 PM

- I think Sister Hazel's Gold Dust Woman is just awesome. Their performance of it reminds me a lot of a live version of "I'm So Afraid" with its power and pacing. Probably the best F-Mac cover, as far as I'm concerned.

- I also like Tonic's "Second Hand News" because it amps up the power at the end of the song. I always felt like SHN is great but it needed something extra, this cover did it for me. I feel like most of the song we're driving around a neighborhood and then when the end comes we merge onto the highway, haha. Tonic was such an underrated band, now almost trapped in the one-hit-wonder category!

- Matchbox Twenty's "NGBA" and Goo Goo Dolls "I Don't Wanna Know" work really well because they change the emotional delivery of the song. They're both songs with dark content but are delivered so casual and upbeat that they don't really make sense to me -- but the cover versions tap into the right vibe.

I have a live version of "Dreams" by Whiskeytown which is VERY good - but the one I see on I-Tunes doesn't live up to it. Don't remember how I came across mine though, so that doesn't really help in this discussion :-)

Fiver

01-03-2011, 01:28 AM

TrueFaith77

01-03-2011, 06:54 AM

WOW. Who is that?

RickRobert

01-03-2011, 08:21 AM

MissLadyLoki

01-03-2011, 09:24 AM

My personal biggie would have to be Hole's cover of Gold Dust Woman. Courtney Love makes it into her own song, but it also kicks ass too

Zombie

01-03-2011, 11:32 AM

holidayroad

01-03-2011, 11:51 AM

holidayroad

01-03-2011, 11:53 AM

chiliD

01-03-2011, 02:25 PM

One I missed in my previous post (from a couple of years ago)

Leo Kottke - World Turning

David

01-03-2011, 06:20 PM

One I missed in my previous post (from a couple of years ago)

Leo Kottke - World TurningHe did good work with Rickie Lee Jones, too.

SuiteShangriLa

01-03-2011, 07:09 PM

Rhiannon
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DigYourGrave

01-03-2011, 09:41 PM

I disagree. I don't think Stevie and Lindsey have pulled off any of Christine's songs (pulled them off well anyway). Just my opinion though. ;)

Say You Love Me is actually quite boring and annoying. I miss Chris. :(

PenguinHead

01-03-2011, 10:37 PM

So, I've come across a lot of cover songs in the past, but most of them suck. So I was wondering what covers have yall heard that are actually good?
I'd say Ari Hest's cover of "Little Lies" is my favorite.
And then some guy on YouTube covered Stand Back, and I like the way he changed it up and did an acoustic version of it.

I love this! He performed a very tasteful arrangement of the song. Great voice too. Is he a recording artist? I've never heard of him.

PenguinHead

01-03-2011, 10:40 PM

I just recently watched Ari Hest's cover of Little Lies and I actually loved what he did with it even though I usually believe you don't mess with gems or masterpieces, and leave well enough alone. It was a new take on that song and something Lindsey and Stevie could do up on stage, toned down and simplified just like Ari's version (since Chris isn't there). I think that would sound great and totally surprise us fans and most of us would fall over from hearing the song.

I agree. Unfortuntately, they really don't think that way.

PenguinHead

01-03-2011, 11:01 PM

I just found this cover of That's Alright.

Kinda what it'd sound like if Patsy Cline could've covered it.

I commend them for covering the song, and the way it was arranged. The band was good, but the vocals were horrible. That girl doesn't know how to sing or perform.

johnnystorms

01-04-2011, 12:25 AM

gotta love how the bass player is dressed like john mcvie. and didn;t we all just know Adam Lambert would sing Stevie's part of the chorus?? although, his histrionics in the verse he sings are completely uncalled for.
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David Cook barking his way through Little Lies with help from Kris Allen and Adam Lambert. Pretty bad arrangement and not even Adam saves this one for me but interesting either way.

David

01-04-2011, 01:16 AM

Why is today's style to bone-crunch everything into an impenetrable brick wall? Are the players so lacking in confidence that they don't want to be heard individually?

aleuzzi

01-04-2011, 02:51 AM

RickRobert

01-04-2011, 07:45 AM

gotta love how the bass player is dressed like john mcvie. and didn;t we all just know Adam Lambert would sing Stevie's part of the chorus?? although, his histrionics in the verse he sings are completely uncalled for.

Didn't notice the bass player, that is awesome! I expected him to sing Christine or Lindsey's part of the chorus since they're the highest... as for the histrionics, you're basically guaranteed them every time Adam opens his mouth(Life on Mars? not included) :p I like 'em though!

kimmersxa

09-23-2011, 06:27 PM

Res, a musician i like quite a bit for her song "They Say Vision" did an EP called "Refried Mac" where she covered a handful of Fleetwood Mac's hits and a Stevie song (Eo17)....
now, usually i'm not the biggest fan of "covers" - but i really liked it because it was a pretty different rendering/interpretation and i felt like it kept with the root of what the songs were. so, i thought i'd post some of her live performances of it here!

dreams:
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Eo17:
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Blueletter18

09-23-2011, 07:12 PM

I disagree. I don't think Stevie and Lindsey have pulled off any of Christine's songs (pulled them off well anyway). Just my opinion though. ;)

Does anyone have Stevie singing Christine's songs? I have Christine singing on Dreams and Gypsy for a soundcheck, so I was just wondering if there is anything out there...

sjpdg

09-24-2011, 01:50 AM

I just discovered that Waylon Jennings covered Rhiannon...
I call it Waylannon.

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"Shee ruleserr lyfe lika berd in flyte.." :laugh:

While it's definitely not the same (and in no way better) than Stevie's performance, I've always liked Waylon's version. He does a very credible take on Bob Seger's "Turn The Page" on the album of the same name.

He also covered "Gold Dust Woman" on the original "Waylon & Willie" album, I think Willie does backing vocal on that one but not sure. I know it's not a duet.

Willie covered Christine's "Songbird" a couple of years ago and it was a totally different arrangement. Not saying it was the best thing I ever heard, but it was interesting at the very least. I like it, but it's not one of my favourite things to listen to.

APerfectLie

09-24-2011, 03:41 AM

This board is great for learning something new about F Mac! I never knew that Cyndi Lauper covered You Make Loving Fun. I need to go look for that!

I love both Tori Amos's and The Dixie's Chicks' version of Landslide. I hate most of that Rumours cover CD.

But, I heard a great version of I Know I'm Not Wrong. I posted about it in another place, but I should have put that post here! They are called the 1900's and below is a link to them doing it live. I'm still trying to get the version their studio version that I heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pWcVFAQfmY

Also, Tom Petty does a live version of Oh Well on his new 4 disc live Anthology collection. I kind of like it.

Finally, Lucy Wainwright Roche does a decent cover of Everywhere.

How about a thread where we talk about who we would like to cover some Mac songs????

I'd love to hear ...
Dolly Parton do That's Alright
Patty Griffin do Storms
Teddy Thompson do Love in Store
Counting Crows do Save Me a Place
Mary Chapin Carpenter do Honey Hi
Heart do Smile at You

OK, I'm off to hunt down Cyndi's YMLF!

Kevin

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Dodfather

09-24-2011, 07:34 AM

michelej1

03-15-2014, 01:33 PM

[Kool Kovers blog 3/15/2014, by Bill Sammon About Kottke's cover of World Turning]

http://koolkovers.blogspot.com/2014/03/world-turning.html

Another artist who feels a kinship with unusual rhythms is the widely acknowledged master of the 12 string guitar, Leo Kottke. I first heard his astounding work in the early 70's, in an ad for a show he was playing at a local Folk-oriented coffeehouse in suburban Philadelphia known as The Main Point. Kottke's guitar playing sounded to me like it was everywhere, yet right there at the same time. His technique and skill were such that the sound he created was nothing short of arresting.

Much of Kottke's work is instrumental, though he has recorded many noteworthy vocals. His discography is extensive, to say the least, and is spread out over multiple decades and record labels. The concept of compiling a cross-label, comprehensive boxed set of Leo's recordings would be daunting. Nonetheless, Leo is the rare sort of skilled musician where the popularity of one of his recordings over another is a poor barometer of the quality contained therein. There's plenty of gold to be found.

As a comparison to Kottke's seeming reluctance to sing, which can be construed as his saying that his instrument is more eloquent than himself, Kottke's music is its own best definition. Leo Kottke is best heard, rather than described second hand, as attempts at description of his music are often futile. Suffice it to say, as I already have, that he is a master musician. If you enjoy acoustic music at all, and acoustic guitar in particular, you owe it to yourself to look into the world of Leo Kottke.

From Leo's 1997 album, "Standing In My Shoes", here is his version of "World Turning". Enjoy.

michelej1

12-08-2014, 09:05 PM

[From an article about Lake Street Drive]

http://dubbophotonews.com.au/index.php/dpn/categories/opinion-analysis/item/3731-need-a-musical-re-tune-take-a-lake-street-dive

Showing they truly have a great musical sense of humour, each year the band puts out a Halloween video of their reworking of a boy-girl-boy-girl band hit (think The Mamas & the Papas, Abba, Starland Vocal Band), further proving their lyrical prowess. Their version of Fleetwood Mac’s Second Hand News, filmed when just goofing around is something to behold.

SteveMacD

12-08-2014, 11:37 PM

I've posted this before, but it's kicking my butt. Lindsey plays guitar on the album version they did.

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Lisa W

12-09-2014, 02:06 AM

[From an article about Lake Street Drive]

http://dubbophotonews.com.au/index.php/dpn/categories/opinion-analysis/item/3731-need-a-musical-re-tune-take-a-lake-street-dive

Showing they truly have a great musical sense of humour, each year the band puts out a Halloween video of their reworking of a boy-girl-boy-girl band hit (think The Mamas & the Papas, Abba, Starland Vocal Band), further proving their lyrical prowess. Their version of Fleetwood Mac’s Second Hand News, filmed when just goofing around is something to behold.

I love Lake Street Dive and saw them live at the Wiltern Theatre last summer. I've not heard their cover of Second Hand News so must look it up. Thanks much for sharing this article!

DauphineMarie

12-09-2014, 02:43 AM

Was Vampire Weekend's cover of Everywhere posted on here? I can't remember.. if not I'll link.

My absolute favorite FM cover EVER EVER EVER is Garden and Villa's cover of Gypsy.. I don't know why, I just love it to death.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMts2sit3k8