Covers That Outdo the Original

A unique and interesting take on Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows"

OK, one more surf tune. The Neanderthals doing Bowie's "Space Oddity".




The original. One of the comments is great. "David Bowie didn’t die, he is just floating in the most peculiar way.

I always loved the line "Planet earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do."

a reply to: zosimov

Their version is the best, imo.
I love Concrete Blond. Their song "Joey" is a masterpiece.

a reply to: ColeYounger2

I completely agree. "Joey" is a beautiful sad love song. Great song, great band!

I think "Caroline" might be my favorite song by them.

a reply to: underpass61

Wow! You guys do a great "Baja" cover.

Here's the great Leslie West doing a cover of The Beatles song "Dear Prudence". As a guitar player, you will appreciate his tone.

a reply to: ColeYounger2

What a fantastic, bluesy take! thanks for posting

Here's the version that I knew in my youth -

Wow! You guys do a great "Baja" cover.

Thanks man, it was a fun time for me. The band was made up of me and my 2 daughter's high school boyfriends plus their friend Wyatt on bass. They knew very little about surf music and wanted to learn.

Fast forward 10 years and both girls are getting married to these same 2 kids this year - now I feel REALY old LOL.

a reply to: zosimov

Don’t take away love from someone!

a reply to: underpass61

I saw them once. I didn't realize it was Patricia Morrison from The Gun Club on base.

youtu.be...

Metallica - Obey your puppet-master.

Yo La Tengo doing a Beach Boys song:

youtu.be...

Cowboy Junkies


Lou Reed's original


And my favorite (sorry, lifelong Mott the Hopple fan!)

Koos Kombuis - Johnny is nie dood nie.

a reply to: underpass61

All three versions are great.
Was Luther Grosevenor in the band then?

Here's another Yo La Tengo number. The Cures 'Friday I'm in Love'. Very relaxing!

youtu.be...

originally posted by: ColeYounger2
a reply to: underpass61
Was Luther Grosevenor in the band then?

Not yet, I think it was Mick Ralphs' last record with them.

Here's a strange one:
Bowie covering his own song that he gave to Mott!

And the original release

originally posted by: ColeYounger2
a reply to: zosimov

Their version is the best, imo.
I love Concrete Blond. Their song "Joey" is a masterpiece.

When I would spin in Philly and NYC during the late 90's and early 2k's certain songs always brought everyone to the floor.
The obvious choices being applicable for Bauhaus, SOM, Siouxie, LAM, Wolfsheim and others...others like Concrete Blonde with Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)

a reply to: opethPA

Those were (are) some great bands.

The Clash covers an old Booker T & the M.G.s instrumental:

a reply to: ColeYounger2

Of course they also did a stellar remake of this obscure rockabilly tune -

So many cover versions could post here, glad to see some Clash covers......there's a few more not already posted.

Mark E Smith was a true legend, here's a Kinks cover done by his band The Fall.



The original.