Cover Songs

[Travis]

Hey All,

I’m currently in the planning stages of making a new play list of great cover songs that I love. I have only women artists so far and I may end up making it just women but I want to know what are some of your favorite covers? Not a song that is sampling another song but an actual cover. Any artist or band. So far I have:

Colbie Caillat / Maria (Blondie)
Corinne Bailey Rae / I Wanna Be Your Lover (Prince)
Chaka / Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac)
Jennifer Lopez / You Belong To Me (Doobie Brothers or Carly Simon – I forget who did it first)
Tina Turner / Missing You (John Waite)
Sophie Ellis-Bextor / Take Me Home (Cher)

[ButterCookie]

It's Maria by Blondie

[Travis]

Originally Posted by ButterCookie

It's Maria by Blondie

You are correct :-)

[markolas]

Tina Turner - Help (Beatles)
The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter (Simon & Garfunkel)
Cassandra Wilson - Last Train to Clarksville (Monkees)
Aretha Franklin - Son of a Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield)
Dolly Parton - I Still Miss Someone (Johnny Cash)
Linda Ronstadt - Alison (Elvis Costello)
Bonnie Raitt - Your Good Thing (Is About to End) (Mable John)
Joni Mitchell - (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care (Elvis Presley)
Marianne Faithfull - Easy Come, Easy Go (Bessie Smith)
Pet Shop Boys - Where the Streets Have No Name (U2)

[Dodfather]

Travis - this is always my fave idea for a plalist. I love covers if done well!

Dolly Parton - Shine (Collective Soul)
Dolly Parton - Bring Me Some Water (Melissa Etheridge (done w/Melissa on backing vocals)
Janis Joplin - Piece Of My Heart (Kris Kristofferson)
Carpenters - Help (The Beatles)
Bonnie Raitt - Thing Called Love (John Hiatt)
Foo Fighters - Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty)
Annie Lennox - No More I Love You's (The Lover Speaks)
Counting Crows - Return Of The Grievous Angel (Gram Parsons)
Emmylou Harris - Guitar Town (Steve Earle) / The Boxer (Simon and Garfunkel)
Dusty Springfield - Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa (Gene Pitney)
The Beatles - Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck Berry)
Bruce Springsteen - Da Doo Ron Ron (The Chiffons/Ronettes - unsure which) (only slightly dodgy sound quality from a yuotube video but it's awesome!)
Sinead O' Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince)
Amy Winehouse - Valerie (The Zutons)
Kylie Minogue - The Locomation (Carole King/Little Eva) You seem to have forgotten this one, Travis - haha!
10 000 Maniacs - Because The Night (Patti Smith/Bruce Springsteen)
Carpenters - A Song For You (Leon Russell)
Linda Ronstadt - Willin' (Little Feat) / Rock Me On The Water (Jackson Browne) (Man, there are SO many great Linda ones though)
Stevie Nicks - At Last (Etta James)
Kate Bush - Sexual Healing (Marvin Gaye)
Counting Crows - Borderline (Madonna)
Aerosmith - Come Together (Beatles)
Johnny Cash - Rusty Cage (Soundgarden)
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss (Wayne Cochran)
Cyndi Lauper - I Drove All Night (Roy Orbison)
Kate Rusby - Village Green Preservation Society (The Kinks)
Rosanne Cash - The Way We Make A Broken Heart / Pink Bedroom (Both John Hiatt)
Carpenters - Desperado (Eagles)
Alison Krauss and Union Station - Lose Again (Linda Ronstadt)

They'll do for now, there are loads more though!

p.s: Sorry, but I can't stand that J. Lo cover you mentioned!

[Dodfather]

Oh and Travis - have you seen Kylie's version of There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) from the Aphrodite tour? It's a LOT of fun!!

[Travis]

Originally Posted by Dodfather

Oh and Travis - have you seen Kylie's version of There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) from the Aphrodite tour? It's a LOT of fun!!

I read that she is doing it but I have not heard any clips of it yet. Speaking of Kylie, her song "Nothing Is Gonna Stop Us Now", that is a cover right? Didn't the group Saint Etienne do it first?

[Dodfather]

Yep - it's a Saint Etienne cover. She also did a Duran Duran cover 9The Reflex I think) with someone for a Duran Duran tribute album. I'm not especially keen on Nothing Can Stop Us Now if I'm honest, but it's far better than her terrible attempt at Should I Stay Or Should I Go! No, Kylie, no!

Oh her version of There Must Be An Abngel is fantastic!! I was right at the front, by the barrier, as she did it. I must tell you all about the Aphrodite gig...

I also forgot:

Lacuna Coil - Enjoy The Silence (Depeche Mode)
Rosanne Cash - Hometown Blues (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)

[Silver Springs]

R.E.M. - First We Take Manhattan (Loenard Cohen)
R.E.M. - Dragging The Line (Tommy James)
Nina Simone - Suzanne (Loenard Cohen)
Stevie Nicks - Crash Into Me(Dave Matthews Band)
Annie Lennox - No More I Love You's (The Lover Speaks)
Sarah McLachlan - Gloomy Sunday (Rezső Seress or Billie Holiday, depending how far back you look)
Counting Crows - Blues Run The Game (Jackson C. Frank)
Counting Crows - You Ain't Going Nowhere (Bob Dylan)
Melanie - Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan)
David Gray - I Think It's Going To Rain Today (Randy Newman)
Peter Gabriel - The Book of Love (The Magnetic Fields)
Eva Cassidy - Songbird (Christine McVie)
Sarah McLachlan - Blue (Joni Mitchell)
Kate Rusby - I Am Stretched On Your Grave (Philip King)
Maya Beisir - Kashmir (Led Zeppelin)
Melanie - Lover's Cross (Jim Croce)
Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujiah (Can't spell it lol. Anyway, Loenard Cohen)
Tracy Chapman - 7 Seconds (Youssou N'Dour, Neneh Cherry, Cameron McVey and Jonathan Sharp)
Counting Crows - Return Of The Grievous Angel (Gram Parsons)
Michael Stipe - One (U2)
Eva Cassidy - Fields Of Gold (Sting)
Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
Lindsey Buckingham - This Nearly Was Mine (Andy Williams)
Lindsey Buckingham - Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)
Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)

[Dodfather]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

I think you mean Me And Bobby McGee, Piece Of My Heart is a Erma Franklin song

D'oh!! Of course I did!! What the?!

[chiliD]

And a few I thought of after my previous post...


Willie Nelson - One After 909 (The Beatles)
Leon Russell - Wild Horses (The Rolling Stones)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Needles & Pins (Jackie DeShannon/The Searchers...written by Sonny Bono)
The Allman Brothers Band - Mountain Jam (Donovan...orig title "There Is A Mountain")
The Allman Brothers Band - Heart Of Stone (The Rolling Stones)
Gregg Allman - Rain (The Beatles)
Sting - Up From The Skies (Jimi Hendrix)
Elvis Costello - What's So Funny About Peace Love & Understanding? (Nick Lowe)
Annie McLoone - Spare Me A Little Of Your Love (Christine McVie)
Dave Edmunds - From Small Things Big Things Come (Bruce Springsteen)
Dave Edmunds - Get Out Of Denver (Bob Seger)
PM Dawn - You Got Me Floatin' (Jimi Hendrix)
The Who - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting (Elton John)
The Who - Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochrane)
The Who - Eyesight To The Blind (Sonny Boy Williamson)
Bruce Hornsby - Madman Across The Water (Elton John)
Fleetwood Mac - For Your Love (The Yardbirds)
Led Zeppelin - Dazed & Confused (The Yardbirds...orig title "I'm Confused")
Jeff Beck - She's A Woman (The Beatles)
Jeff Beck - A Day In The Life (The Beatles)
Paul McCartney & Wings - Go Now (The Moody Blues)
The Beatles - You Really Got A Hold On Me (Smokey Robinson & The Miracles)
The Beatles - Please, Mr. Postman (The Marvelettes)
The Beatles - Baby, It's You (The Shirelles)
The Beatles - Mr. Moonlight (Dr. Feelgood)
The Beatles - Honey Don't (Carl Perkins)
The Beatles - Lay Down Your Arms (The Chordettes)
The Beatles - Words Of Love (Buddy Holly)
John Lennon - Peggy Sue (Buddy Holly)
John Lennon - Stand By Me (Ben E. King)
Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
The Rolling Stones - I Wanna Be Your Man (The Beatles)
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - Bad To Me (Lennon/McCartney)
Peter & Gordon - World Without Love (Lennon/McCartney)
Cilla Black - Step Inside Love (Lennon/McCartney)

[darklinensuit]

Forever Young – Laura Branigan (Alphaville)

Desperado – Johnny Cash (The Eagles)

Summertime – Janis Joplin (Gershwin/Porgy & Bess)

Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen)

Georgia on My Mind – Ray Charles (Carmichael)

Leavin’ on a Jet Plane – Peter, Paul & Mary (John Denver)

Fire – The Pointer Sisters (Bruce Springsteen)

There Goes My Baby – Donna Summer (The Drifters)

Dream a Little Dream – Cass Elliot (Ozzie Nelson)

Back in the High Life – Warren Zevon (Stevie Winwood)

Black Magic Woman – Santana (Fleetwood Mac)

Blowin’ in the Wind – Sam Cooke (Bob Dylan)

Reconsider Me – Stevie Nicks (Warren Zevon)

Needles and Pins – Tom Petty & Stevie Nicks (DeShannon, the Searchers, etc.)

Mr. Tambourine Man – The Byrds (Bob Dylan)

You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me – The Temptations (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)

I Heard it through the Grapevine – Gladys Knight & the Pips (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)

Angel of the Morning – Juice Newton (Evie Sands) (despite the car commercial )


- Jake

[Dodfather]

Oh - and how could I forget kd!

Golden Slumbers - kd Lang (The Beatles)
Rose Garden - kd Lang (Lynn Anderson)
Cryin' - Roy Orbsion and kd Lang (Roy Orbison)
Helpless - kd Lang (Neil Young)

[TrueFaith77]

The greatest cover of all time is:

Go West by the Pet Shop Boys (cover of Village People)