How about a cover that's BETTER than the original!

[cabro]

I have another Dylan song. How about Johnny Winter's Highway 61 Revisited?

[agentcooper]

Cabro, I love that cover. Johnny Winters is a character indeed.

[DBabsJr]

How about an obscure one? Anyone ever heard The Gourds cover of Snoop's Gin and Juice?


NSFW due to language. (For those of you who won't click this, it's a bluegrass cover of a rap song)

[AcousticAl]

DBabsJr- that's hilarious!!

We've gotta put about $20 bucks in TG's swear-jar after watching it!

I haven't seen the original rap version- but I know I like this better.

[Music Junkie]

BigBear wrote:

AcousticAl wrote:

Here's another..

I like Manfred Mann's 'Blinded by the Light' better than Bruce Springsteen's..

Al- That's a no-brainer!! ROFL!!

Manfred Mann's cover of Spirits in the Night was also better than Bruce's IMHO.

[Music Junkie]

Now I can't say that either of these are better at all, but the covers were very good and get close to the originals:

The Ataris' cover of Don Henley's Boys of Summer

Sammy Kershaw's cover of Sammy John's Chevy Van.

[Music Junkie]

Robert Plant's cover of "If I Were A Carpenter"

[Music Junkie]

Again, not better, but very good in it's own right:

Metallica's cover of Bob Seger's "Turn the Page"

[AcousticAl]

Music Junkie wrote:

Now I can't say that either of these are better at all, but the covers were very good and get close to the originals:

The Ataris' cover of Don Henley's Boys of Summer

Sammy Kershaw's cover of Sammy John's Chevy Van.

I agree that they're not better- but they did do good versions.
Both are timeless tunes. I actually still have a '45 of Sammy's 'Chevy Van'!

[Music Junkie]

AcousticAl wrote:

Music Junkie wrote:

Now I can't say that either of these are better at all, but the covers were very good and get close to the originals:

The Ataris' cover of Don Henley's Boys of Summer

Sammy Kershaw's cover of Sammy John's Chevy Van.

I agree that they're not better- but they did do good versions.
Both are timeless tunes. I actually still have a '45 of Sammy's 'Chevy Van'!

Yeah, I have the movie that it came from! I loved that song when it came out, and it has always remained one of my favorites of all time. Just a good song period. I have one of Sammy John's albums, and it is not half bad. No other great ones like Chevy Van, but solid material none the less.