You good people love your covers! We had an amazing response to last week’s intro call out for your favorite cover songs. Great variety, genres and feedback. Here’s a rabbit hole you may want to go down with links. (I didn’t post full lists that came in, just a sampling.) Have at it!
Just My Imagination (Running Away From Me) – The Rolling Stones
Black Diamond by the Replacements, originally written by Paul Stanley and performed by KISS. I’ll take the Mats garage rock over glam rock any day of the we
With A Little Help from my Friends by Lennon and McCartney sung by Joe Cocker
Whiskey in the Jar – Metallica/Thin Lizzy
Hurt – Johnny Cash/Nine Inch Nails
Dancing in the Streets – Van Halen/Martha & the Vandells
Blinded by the Light – Manfred Mann/Bruce Springsteen
Twisting the Night Away – Sam Cooke/Rod Stewart
The Boys of Summer – Don Henley/The Ataris
Landslide– Smashing Pumpkins
Sweet Jane– Cowboy Junkies
Jolene by the White Stripes
Van Halen’s cover of Roy Orbison’s Pretty Women.
Glen Campbell’s cover of John Hartford’s Gentle on My Mind.
I would add Harvest Moon by Lord Huron.
Eddie Hazel of Parliament/P-Funk fame doing the Mama’s and the Papa’s California Dreamin’
Pitingo’s Killing Me Softly With His Song
D’Angelo’s cover of Prince’s She’s Always in My Hair
Simon & Garfunkel’s Sound of Silence performed by Disturbed.
k.d. lang’s Hallelujah is my favorite
Wilson Pickett (with Duane Allman) covering the Beatles’ Hey Jude…
DEVO’s cover of the Rolling Stones I Can’t Get No (Satisfaction).
Shinedown – Simple Man originally by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Alison Krauss – When you say nothing at all (Keith Whitley)
Tina Turner – Proud Mary (CCR)
Whitney Houston – Always Love You (Dolly)
These Boots Were Made for Walking Megadeth doing Nancy Sinatra
