Cover songs

[Meowi]

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]

Originally Posted by Meowi

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!

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

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

Better than the original, IMHO

Originally Posted by Meowi

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.

Originally Posted by WarmSir3

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.

Originally Posted by WarmSir3

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"??? You mean their rewrite of "Oh Well" that turned into "Black Dog" doesn't suffice?? 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]

Eva Cassidy's "Songbird". Enough said.

[louielouie2000]

Originally Posted by chiliD

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]

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]

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

[Dodfather]

Originally Posted by Fiver

Whaddaya think of their cover of I Want You Back?

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?

Originally Posted by pattyfan

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

[APerfectLie]

Originally Posted by pattyfan

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

1900s - \\I Know I\'m Not Wrong (Fleetwood Mac)\\ Empty Bottle MP3 Download

[Zombie]

Originally Posted by chiliD

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:



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]

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).