1. Cowboy Junkies "Powderfinger"2. St. Etienne "Only Love Can Break Your Heart"
― Joint Custody (ian), Friday, 15 January 2010 21:33 (fourteen years ago) link
not sure there are 50 great ones honestly (the St. Etienne one is probably the best)
― shake hands with Gongo? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 January 2010 21:34 (fourteen years ago) link
3. The Feelies - Sedan Delivery4. Boney M - Heart Of Gold5. Devo - Ohio
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
6. Lady Gaga - Out On The Weekend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIeCrj_Gn6A&feature=player_embedded
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:36 (fourteen years ago) link
stretching the definition of great there but had to get that in
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:37 (fourteen years ago) link
7. Pixies - Winterlong8. Pixies - I've Been Waiting For You
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Nicolette Larson - Lotta Love
― Number None, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:42 (fourteen years ago) link
10. Sonic Youth "computer age"
― Trip Maker, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:43 (fourteen years ago) link
11. Dinosaur Jr. - Lotta Love
― willem, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:47 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean, the whole Bridge tribute CD is pretty decent, as far as tribute albums go ...
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link
12. Ian Matthews - Tell Me Why
13. Built To Spill - Cortez The Killer
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:52 (fourteen years ago) link
14. The Walkabouts - On the Beach
― Ari (whenuweremine), Friday, 15 January 2010 21:52 (fourteen years ago) link
15. OP8 - round and round
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baz8W1dkPFQ
― A™ machine (sic) (omar little), Friday, 15 January 2010 21:52 (fourteen years ago) link
16. Feelies - Barstool Blues
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:53 (fourteen years ago) link
17. low and dirty three - down by the river
― A™ machine (sic) (omar little), Friday, 15 January 2010 21:53 (fourteen years ago) link
18. Linda Ronstadt - Birds
― velko, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:53 (fourteen years ago) link
that GaGa version is terrible she can't even keep the melody together wtf
― shake hands with Gongo? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 January 2010 21:54 (fourteen years ago) link
19. Yung Wu - Powderfinger20. Wooden Shjips - Vampire Blues
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:54 (fourteen years ago) link
not the one in Rachel Getting Married
― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 January 2010 21:55 (fourteen years ago) link
21. Phish - Albuquerque(apparently their 1998 Farm Aid version of "Down By the River" was something to behold too, but I've nev er heard it)
― Kylie is a vacant Phifer (kingkongvsgodzilla), Friday, 15 January 2010 22:00 (fourteen years ago) link
22. Gillian Welch - Pocahontas
― pauls00, Friday, 15 January 2010 22:03 (fourteen years ago) link
xp: There is a youtube of it, but I can't watch right now
― Kylie is a vacant Phifer (kingkongvsgodzilla), Friday, 15 January 2010 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I found a used copy of Borrowed Tunes II last week, and a I've got a vinyl copy of Headed for the Ditch: a Michigan Tribute to Neil Young on order. It's something of an obsession: I think I'm up to 350-400 cover versions, approximately 25 hours' worth. Hard to know where to begin, but three of the best (and perhaps most surprising) would be 23. Psychic TV's "Only Love Can Break Your Heart," 24. Francoise Hardy's "Till the Morning Comes," and 25. Bongwater's "Mr. Soul."
― clemenza, Friday, 15 January 2010 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
24. Francoise Hardy's "Till the Morning Comes" -- whoa, never heard this!
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 22:14 (fourteen years ago) link
26. Byrds - See the Sky About To Rain
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Emmylou Harris, "Wrecking Ball"
― Sean Carruthers, Friday, 15 January 2010 22:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Francoise Hardy's "Till the Morning Comes"
i was gonna post that!
― velko, Friday, 15 January 2010 22:53 (fourteen years ago) link
flaming lips - "after the goldrush"
― kamerad, Friday, 15 January 2010 23:00 (fourteen years ago) link
"Everybody's Rockin" John Lee Hooker
― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 15 January 2010 23:06 (fourteen years ago) link
"Mystery Train" Elvis Presley
"Oh Lonesome Me" Don Gibson
― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 15 January 2010 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
"Payola Blues" - ???
^^^ Albert Lee
The Isley Brothers - OhioBuddy Miles - Down By the RiverMerry Clayton - Southern Man - righteous and mighty where the original is just pissy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4czTIjYwGlc
― Dorian (Dorianlynskey), Saturday, 16 January 2010 00:34 (fourteen years ago) link
skullflower 'cortez the killer'
― PIMMS SNAKE (haitch), Saturday, 16 January 2010 00:45 (fourteen years ago) link
So weird - I was thinking of starting this exact thread yesterday when Walter Clevinger & The Dairy King's great cover of "Burned" came up on shuffle.
So that.
― Did you say you were going to mangle the light? (staggerlee), Saturday, 16 January 2010 00:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Radiohead did a nice "On the Beach:"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQARzXtc2ik
Radiohead has also done "Down by the River" and 'Cinnamon Girl."
I've heard Golden Smog do a great "Revolution Blues" before. Uncle Tupelo did "Cortez."
Wedding Present did an OK "Don't Cry No Tears."
Nick Cave's "Helpless" is really good. So is Roxy Music's OTT Latin-disco-rock "Like a Hurricane."
Sort of a hard act to cover! Are we still counting?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 16 January 2010 00:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Cowboy Junkies- "Tired Eyes"
― Now, Saturday, 16 January 2010 01:16 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQAcJzIhSJ8
(From above) I was at this show and fell asleep listening to this.
― Kylie is a vacant Phifer (kingkongvsgodzilla), Saturday, 16 January 2010 01:18 (fourteen years ago) link
In a good way.
47. Jack Logan - On The Beach
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 16 January 2010 01:20 (fourteen years ago) link
damn that merry clayton cover is fantastic, thanks dorian
― Jamie_ATP, Saturday, 16 January 2010 01:51 (fourteen years ago) link
That Merry Clayton cover is indeed fantastic. Anyway, a few more, though not all great by any means...
Neil Young cover versions
― Phil Will, Saturday, 16 January 2010 02:03 (fourteen years ago) link
48. "Love is a Rose" by Linda Ronstadt
― banjoboy, Saturday, 16 January 2010 02:23 (fourteen years ago) link
"Love is a nose, but you'd better not pick it..."
― Did you say you were going to mangle the light? (staggerlee), Saturday, 16 January 2010 02:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Buddy Miles - Down By the River
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LH9eFMvhOw
― President Keyes, Saturday, 16 January 2010 02:49 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5KRVtjgMkM
― that's not my post, Saturday, 16 January 2010 04:32 (fourteen years ago) link
49. The Pooh Sticks: "The Rhythm of Love"
― Kevin John Bozelka, Saturday, 16 January 2010 04:45 (fourteen years ago) link
50. Waylon Jennings - "Are You Ready For the Country?"
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 16 January 2010 04:46 (fourteen years ago) link
^^ surprised Ian didn't list that one tbqh imo!
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 16 January 2010 04:47 (fourteen years ago) link
51. Killdozer -" Cinnamon Girl"
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 16 January 2010 04:51 (fourteen years ago) link
52. Royal Trux - "Lookout Joe"
53. Slint - "Cortez the Killer"
^^ live only as far as i know
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 16 January 2010 04:53 (fourteen years ago) link
54. Valerie Carter "After The Gold Rush"A very nice cover too. Someone else did a cover of this song, but I can't put my finger on it right now.
― Jacob Sanders, Saturday, 16 January 2010 05:43 (fourteen years ago) link
55. jackie deshannon - only love can break your heart
― velko, Saturday, 16 January 2010 05:50 (fourteen years ago) link
I have a weak spot for Jackie Deshannon. Which album is that cover from?
― Jacob Sanders, Saturday, 16 January 2010 05:51 (fourteen years ago) link
jackie, reissued a few years back by rhino as jackie...plus
― velko, Saturday, 16 January 2010 05:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Can I rep for Pearl Jam's 'Rockin In The Free World'...
― VegemiteGrrrl, Saturday, 16 January 2010 07:32 (fourteen years ago) link
56. Q and Not U - "Don't Let it Bring You Down"
― Shannon Whirry and the Bad Brains, Saturday, 16 January 2010 11:40 (fourteen years ago) link
57. Bettye LeVette- Heart of Gold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4ixBuhQGsw
― ithappens, Saturday, 16 January 2010 11:48 (fourteen years ago) link
more soul and funk covers please
― Jamie_ATP, Saturday, 16 January 2010 12:11 (fourteen years ago) link
58. the meters - 'birds'
― jlgt, Saturday, 16 January 2010 12:21 (fourteen years ago) link
we did this:Neil Young cover versions
― koogs, Saturday, 16 January 2010 12:39 (fourteen years ago) link
New Peter Gabriel covers album will feature a Neil Young cover
Scratch My Back is due out on February 16 in North America via Real World/Universal Records:1. “Heroes” (David Bowie cover)2. “The Boy in the Bubble” (Paul Simon cover)3. “Mirrorball” (Elbow cover)4. “Flume” (Bon Iver cover)5. “Listening Wind” (Talking Heads cover)6. “The Power of the Heart” (Lou Reed cover)7. “My Body Is a Cage” (Arcade Fire cover)8. “The Book of Love” (Magnetic Fields cover)9. “I Think It's Going to Rain Today” (Randy Newman cover)10. “Après Moi” (Regina Spektor cover)11. “Philadelphia” (Neil Young cover)12. “Street Spirit” (Radiohead cover)
― sofatruck, Saturday, 16 January 2010 15:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Cassandra Wilson - "Harvest Moon"
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 18 January 2010 02:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Since it wasn't mentioned on the earlier thread,Michael Hedges - After the Gold Rush
― Enoki Doki (Paul in Santa Cruz), Monday, 18 January 2010 02:31 (fourteen years ago) link
yow i gotta track down some of these!
― tylerw, Monday, 18 January 2010 02:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Not sure if anyone's made a similar request, but I'm looking for some help in tracking down a copy of Everybody Knows This is Norway. I've tried the internets, Soulseek, Amazon, etc., and haven't made any headway at all. I think it's the only Neil-tribute LP I haven't yet found (once a couple of CDs arrive in the mail shortly, I'll be up to 15). I'd like to obtain an actual copy on CD or vinyl, but would happily settle for a CD-R.
― clemenza, Friday, 29 January 2010 02:27 (fourteen years ago) link
60. rainy day - flying on the ground is wrong
― hipster knight (electricsound), Friday, 29 January 2010 02:28 (fourteen years ago) link
61. ida - everybody knows this is nowhere
― hipster knight (electricsound), Friday, 29 January 2010 02:29 (fourteen years ago) link
62. The Church "Cortez The Killer"
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 29 January 2010 03:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Two threads and no Undisputed Truth.
Guess I'm staying gone.
― The Love Song of J Alfred Pluot (Oilyrags), Friday, 29 January 2010 03:28 (fourteen years ago) link
― A™ machine (sic) (omar little), Saturday, 16 January 2010 08:53 (1 week ago) Bookmark
^^This.
― Lord Byron Bay of Pigs (SeekAltRoute), Friday, 29 January 2010 03:50 (fourteen years ago) link
63. Mercury Rev - Vampire Blues
― ron paul revulvalution (Pillbox), Friday, 29 January 2010 04:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Jeez, that Gaga video upthread is painful. Classic for the fat guy hanging out at the edge of the frame chewing gum, checking his mobile and generally looking crushed by boredom, though.
― mister_thoth, Friday, 29 January 2010 08:39 (fourteen years ago) link
didn't giant Sand do a cover of Revolution Blues as well? is it any good? i haven't heard it (haven't heard any Giant Sand actually)
― I'M part of that magic? really???? (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 29 January 2010 11:21 (fourteen years ago) link
almost forgot:
64.) Annie Lennox - Don't Let it Bring You Down (hi there Mena Suvari)
― I'M part of that magic? really???? (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 29 January 2010 11:27 (fourteen years ago) link
And here's a great cover of "Whip My Hair" by Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen
― Kevin John Bozelka, Friday, 19 November 2010 21:37 (thirteen years ago) link
just posted a second comp of neil young covers here: http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/5867821093/hello-mr-soul-vol-ii-so-heres-the-hotly
― tylerw, Thursday, 26 May 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
Nice work!
The germ of Entwistle's "Cinnamon Girl" can be found near the end of "My Generation" here.
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 26 May 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
Fifteen months later, I'm still looking for a copy of this:
http://www.groove.no/anmeldelse/39136336/everybody-knows-this-is-norway-a-tribute-to-neil-young-diverse-artister
The website sums it up well: "Salvation Circus går helt opp til en signaturlåt, men versjonen av Cinnamoon Girl får ikke nytt liv denne gangen heller. Bedre versjoner er dessuten hørt tidligere, blant annet av The Dream Syndicate og Loop."
Four years ago, I did a piece on Neil covers for Stylus that they've been good (or negligent) enough to leave up. I've probably collected another five CDs and 60 or 70 covers since then, but I just can't seem to get my hands on the Norway album.
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 May 2011 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
well, i know who should compile the next volume of my neil young covers series!
― tylerw, Thursday, 26 May 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
entwistle cover is kind of impressive in its rigid faithfulness to the original. i think they just slowed it down slightly. otherwise, an exact copy!
― tylerw, Thursday, 26 May 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
If you ever want, Tyler, everything I've got fits onto a 2GB USB. I'd be glad to send one out to you--I really enjoy all the Neil commentary you do on these threads.
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 May 2011 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
even got the Type-O & Rheostatics covers in that article, clemenza; colour me f--king impressed!
― pax raggetta (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 26 May 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
i would not say no to a 2gb USB of neil young covers, that'd be awesome! and yeah, some serious obscurities in that article!
― tylerw, Thursday, 26 May 2011 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
I think it's in a different key; Neil used drop-D tuning for that, and it sounds like Entwistle's band (Cy Langston on guitar, and Humble Pie's Jerry Shirley on drums) does it in E. I kind of wish Entwistle had taken more liberties with it, though.
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 26 May 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, they even do the same handclaps during the solo.
― tylerw, Thursday, 26 May 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
The Rheostatics are a Toronto band, where I'm from, and I used to contribute to a local publication back in the '80s with one of the members. I was never a fan of their music--it was always kind of arty for my tastes--so I was surprised by how great their "Everybody Knows" is. (If you click on my username and follow the link, Tyler, you'll get my e-mail address and we can go from there.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 May 2011 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
when my folks first got the Internet, I was a p big fan of Sloan (read a RIP magazine article on them, then picked up a couple of their albums on a HS band trip to Toronto) & was searching for stuff about them, and came across the Chart magazine top 100 Canadian albums list; Sloan's Twice Removed was #1, After the Gold Rush #2, and I think Rheostatics' Whale Music was #3 (actually #5)..later on in life I was able to pick up both Whale Music and Introducing Happiness at a used CD store close to where I lived...
mostly meh, though Whale Music is half-good; heard of but never heard the "Everybody Knows" cover, though intrigued by the fact that an orchestra got co-performer credit...
― pax raggetta (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 26 May 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
xxp Supposedly the adherence to Neil's version was why it was left off the album (Smash Your Head Against The Wall), so he wrote the not-dissimilar "My Size" to replace it.
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 26 May 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
did y'all see this? http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=436looks a little better on paper than it does in real life. alasdair roberts' number is my fave thing.
― tylerw, Thursday, 26 May 2011 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
60. rainy day - flying on the ground is wrong― hipster knight (electricsound), Friday, January 29, 2010
^^yes!
Green on Red has a great "Down By The River" on a live bootleg.
Roy Buchanan's "Down By The River" is great, too:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLhdS-8-YS8
― more horses after the main event (Eazy), Thursday, 26 May 2011 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
ooh that was awesome. thanks!
― tylerw, Thursday, 26 May 2011 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
Just seen this thread for the first time, and it's a miracle that ctrl+f didn't come up with Hayden's Tell me why cover, from the 'Live at Convocation Hall' album, because it's fantastic.
― ...wow! (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 27 May 2011 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
Had no idea Sylvester covered "Southern Man":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAIcKuF3ZCo
― clemenza, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 02:04 (eleven years ago) link
Stumbled over this tonight when I was checking to see if I had something else. From 1979: quite bizarre.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtoYYvU5ktg
― clemenza, Sunday, 8 March 2015 03:43 (nine years ago) link
That Sylvester cover of Skynyrd is bad ass.
― earlnash, Monday, 9 March 2015 00:35 (nine years ago) link
I really like this one from a few years back:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_37kdxtw8wY
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Monday, 9 March 2015 01:47 (nine years ago) link
Lee Ann Womack did a great version of "Out on the Weekend" last year on The Way I'm Livin'/ Govt Mule did a suitably epic (which doesn't just mean "long") version of "Cortez the Killer" on Live...With A Little Help From Our Friends in '99.
― dow, Monday, 9 March 2015 02:15 (nine years ago) link
Merry Clayton - Southern Man - righteous and mighty where the original is just pissy
― Dorian (Dorianlynskey), Friday, January 15, 2010 7:34 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
So, thanks to discovering this thread I've spent much of the evening listening to Neil Young covers, and this comment is as OTM as it gets. I never liked "Southern Man" for the very reason stated above, but Clayton's version feels earned. She can talk about this because she's lived it. For anyone else who missed it the first time, and doesn't feel like scrolling upthread, here it is again:
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4czTIjYwGlc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Monday, 9 March 2015 03:31 (nine years ago) link
aw shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4czTIjYwGlc&list=LL_5EyVAJzOEw_Zp8NzDlZvQ&index=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TBUH-9I_xA
― just sayin, Thursday, 12 March 2015 22:28 (nine years ago) link
ILM user ___________________ (I know his actual name, but his display name's all weird characters....) sent me a link for this:
http://www.philxmilstein.com/probe/index.htm
A few things in there I've never come across.
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 February 2018 14:05 (six years ago) link
Another excellent roundup, passed on to me by cryptosicko:
http://coverlaydown.com/2018/03/recovered-in-folk-neil-young-44-redefining-tracks-from-a-decade-in-tribute/
I'm closing in on 700 Neil covers on my hard drive. Anyone know how to get in touch with, um, Neil Young? I think he should spend the next year securing all legal clearances and add a covers section to his archival website.
― clemenza, Friday, 16 March 2018 17:16 (six years ago) link
hmmm I find that collection surprisingly underwhelming, maybe it's the aesthetics, maybe Neil's hard to cover
I like the Built to Spill Cortez
― niels, Saturday, 17 March 2018 12:15 (six years ago) link
I'm just hoarding at this point--I don't even listen to them anymore. I'd worked up an excellent mix-CD a few years ago.
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 March 2018 15:54 (six years ago) link
haha, cool
can I see your mix cd tracklist?
― niels, Saturday, 17 March 2018 18:06 (six years ago) link
Found it and put it on Google Docs:
http://docs.google.com/document/d/1-eBYRbX1QUe5iejXjCw7DamYmJRmOWajThfc0d9CmgQ/edit?usp=sharing
That goes back 10 years, when I probably had half of what I have now. So there'd be some changes, I'm sure. You can probably figure out what the Chris Farley excerpt is if you give it some thought.
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 March 2018 18:22 (six years ago) link
nice, that's an interesting mix!
― niels, Saturday, 17 March 2018 18:44 (six years ago) link
Don't miss that one ^^
― ... (Eazy), Saturday, 17 March 2018 23:23 (six years ago) link
While tagging songs from these last two links, discovered a couple of full-length albums I didn't know about: Blitzen Trapper's Live Harvest, a Record Store Day thing, and J. Tillman covering the whole Tonight's the Night LP.
http://phildellio.tripod.com/trapper.jpg http://phildellio.tripod.com/tillman.jpg
― clemenza, Sunday, 18 March 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link
has this one been mentioned yet? i dig it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRBUAkOOMYE
― tylerw, Sunday, 18 March 2018 15:44 (six years ago) link
Nobody's mentioned The Chromatics, Into The Black
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 18 March 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
Once you start down the rabbit hole..."Even Richard Cheney has got soul."
http://soundcloud.com/rfp86/campaigner-originally-by-neil-young
(If anybody can turn this into an mp3 for me, I'd be very appreciative.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 18 March 2018 20:34 (six years ago) link
And this, the entirety of Decade (I probably have a lot of it already, but I can see some things that are new to me).
http://www.covermesongs.com/2012/10/full-albums-neil-youngs-decade-part-one.html
― clemenza, Sunday, 18 March 2018 20:37 (six years ago) link
Seven years ago, when I picked "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" as my favourite song ever in a Facebook countdown, I called it "the most indestructible of Neil’s songs for anyone who tries to cover him." Rickie Lee Jones, whose version I'd never heard till today, walks right up to that line. The song sort of survives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjYQ36lGIcY
― clemenza, Monday, 19 March 2018 00:34 (six years ago) link
I think the song makes it
btw clemenza, did you ever try clicking https://www.klickaud.com/ orhttps://9soundclouddownloader.com/
― niels, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 19:38 (five years ago) link
I haven't, thanks...they're okay? I'd only do it in really isolated instances like this.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 22:49 (five years ago) link
I guess the legality would be disputable, but yeah, it works
something like this app would be more stable, customizable https://www.4kdownload.com/
― niels, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 07:34 (five years ago) link
My favourites
Chromatics - into the blackTori Amos - PhiladelphiaAnnie Lennox - don't let it bring you down
― tinnitus the night (Ross), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 15:51 (five years ago) link
Niels: had no problem, thanks again. (Will probably start searching for more Neil covers there...)
― clemenza, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link
I don't think anyone saw this one coming:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77Ycxql63nY
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Monday, 26 March 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
lol yes! love how he hams it up during the one note solo
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 26 March 2018 23:31 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBIj2NxdbZE
― aqxmission, Friday, 30 March 2018 00:32 (five years ago) link
I guess the original is either in a different key or slightly off key or Neil does smth weird with his voice because both this and the excellent Buddy Miles version has something off about the vocals (not necessarily in a bad way) particularly on the "when you could be taking me for a riiiiiide" line
― niels, Friday, 30 March 2018 07:52 (five years ago) link
KD Lang - HelplessNeko Case - Dreaming man
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Friday, 30 March 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link
Ida - Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere
― that's not my post, Friday, 30 March 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
Chris Forsyth - Don't Be Denied
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6dUriWmnh
― Brad C., Wednesday, 11 July 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
https://chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/track/dont-be-denied
― Brad C., Wednesday, 11 July 2018 16:51 (five years ago) link
Roxy Music's "Like A Hurricane" is so incredible, it sounds like a Roxy song, even the lyrics ("Once I thought I saw you, in crowded, hazy bar") seem like Roxy lyrics.
That and Killdozer's "Cinnamon Girl", which points for having, some how, and even more inept rhythm section that the Horse
― chr1sb3singer, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
Does CSNY doing Down By The River at Balboa park in 1969 count as a cover? Never sure if the writer is on board.Anyway 19 minutes of guitar burn including a hypnotically repetitive element from one of the players.NOt sure if it is available anywhere legally yet but it does circulate on bootleg which is why i've heard it.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
think Y is on that one
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 19:26 (five years ago) link
no what I meant was never sure if it counts as a cover if the writer/original artist is onboard i.e. later band with writer as central player or contemporary alternative band to the main one the artist is known for when artist is a permanent player in both bands.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 19:47 (five years ago) link
Intuitive call: I probably wouldn't count that, but I would count Neil joining R.E.M. for their cover of "Ambulance Blues" (some fan-club record put out by R.E.M., with a great lyric change to accommodate Bill Clinton).
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
Definitely Tori Amos Philadelphia
― Ross, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 22:02 (five years ago) link
was never sure if it counts as a cover if the writer/original artist is onboard
omg I got into an epic argument w my bass player years ago about this very subject when he insisted on calling Spiritualized's version of "Lord Can You Hear Me" a cover, because Spiritualized is ostensibly a "different" band than Spacemen 3, even though both feature Jason Pierce and it's his song
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 22:04 (five years ago) link
i mean, if you wrote a song and you are performing it, it's not a cover, right?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 22:47 (five years ago) link
my point exactly
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 22:49 (five years ago) link
Yeah just never sure if you could cover yourself years later since you're going to be in a different context, chronologically at least and probably mentally. maybe in terms of style too. & playing style with different players in your band is likely to change a bit or at least the surroundings will. So what word would you use to differentiate between different versions?
With CSN there's a lot more melodic guitar burn. I thought the version that's shown in the Big Sur film was really nice for that and the Balboa park version is much longer.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 22:54 (five years ago) link
has the undisputed truth's "down by the river" hit this thread yet?
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Thursday, 12 July 2018 02:33 (five years ago) link
So what word would you use to differentiate between different versions?
performance
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 12 July 2018 12:26 (five years ago) link
you're going to be in a different context, chronologically at least and probably mentally
this different context is happening continuously, from writing the song, to demoing it, to rehearsing it, to recording it, to touring it, etc. i would even argue there is no "original context" for a song outside the abstracting of an official record release, which is still a document of a single performance.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 12 July 2018 12:30 (five years ago) link
have we done simply red's 'mellow my mind' yet? i heard it in a hotel lobby while jetlagged out of my mind a few months ago and had something close to a psychotic break in responsehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOfWPsFpuHY
― look, you’re just gonna get gravy on the baby sometimes 🤷♂️ (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 12 July 2018 12:31 (five years ago) link
really disappointing that mick chooses not to emulate neil's wobbly, off-key delivery of 'railroad traaaaaaaack' tbh
― look, you’re just gonna get gravy on the baby sometimes 🤷♂️ (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 12 July 2018 12:34 (five years ago) link
Boz Scaggs - On the Beach
― Brad C., Wednesday, 1 August 2018 23:42 (five years ago) link
oh nice, just released
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 23:52 (five years ago) link
very good, thanks
― niels, Thursday, 2 August 2018 09:18 (five years ago) link
― jlgt, Saturday, January 16, 2010 7:21 AM (eight years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
just heard this for the first time, way prettier than anything i've heard from the meters. they did down by the river too if you're more into their usual funk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH9-1RV5j7s
― ant banks and wasp (voodoo chili), Thursday, 9 August 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
i'm going to see eleventh dream day play ZUMA on saturdaycan't wait!!!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 9 August 2018 18:26 (five years ago) link
that meters track sounds real quality. im really into the built 2 spill cortez the killer cover lately. i mean its just basically like 20 minutes of loud guitars whats not to like.
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Thursday, 9 August 2018 18:30 (five years ago) link
that eleventh dream day thang looks awesome.
in other newshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77Ycxql63nY&feature=youtu.be
― tylerw, Thursday, 9 August 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
hmmm https://youtu.be/77Ycxql63nY
anyone done a Youtube playlist or similar of these? A project for the weekend maybe...
― Neil S, Thursday, 9 August 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
do it
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Thursday, 9 August 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
work is p quiet at the moment, I'll have a look tomorrow...
― Neil S, Thursday, 9 August 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBVkKcQJu5A
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 9 August 2018 18:50 (five years ago) link
nice. one cover the length of 4 tony molina songs
― ant banks and wasp (voodoo chili), Thursday, 9 August 2018 19:01 (five years ago) link
hehe Neil is probably the one note guitar solo kingMeters cover is great - why are there so many good soul covers of Neil? doesn't seem like he was too into that scene?
― niels, Friday, 10 August 2018 08:15 (five years ago) link
New ones appear all the time, but I thought I knew pretty much every big-name Neil cover done before The Bridge, at least. Somehow this one slipped by me until I bought the album at a record show today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7fxxJIm-A4
Not very good.
― clemenza, Sunday, 9 December 2018 22:14 (five years ago) link
I think I actually prefer it to the original! An entire album of Neil songs in that style would get a bit much though.
― GG Allin: The Musical (Matt #2), Sunday, 9 December 2018 22:36 (five years ago) link
Just Like Me, Nowadays Clancy Just Wants To Be (Close To You)
― The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 9 December 2018 22:38 (five years ago) link
clemenza, have you heard this ?
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3366656313_10.jpg
https://anonymouschoir.com/album/anonymous-choir-sings-neil-youngs-after-the-gold-rush
― budo jeru, Sunday, 9 December 2018 22:54 (five years ago) link
The original's not a favourite, so that figures in. I actually really like their "Ticket to Ride" cover (same album--it was originally released as Offering, then re-released a few months later as Ticket to Ride when that became a minor hit).
No! Thanks--will order that for sure.
― clemenza, Sunday, 9 December 2018 22:56 (five years ago) link
Clancy's such a weird-ass song to have inspired so many period covers (I think like three or four besides the Carpenters one).
― The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 9 December 2018 23:00 (five years ago) link
Including--I could be wrong--the first Neil cover ever, Fever Tree's version of "Clancy" in 1968.
― clemenza, Sunday, 9 December 2018 23:22 (five years ago) link
Clancy fucking sucks wtf
― calstars, Sunday, 9 December 2018 23:34 (five years ago) link
there's also joni mitchell's 1967 radio recording of "sugar mountain" which is cool
featured here, along with many other covers mentioned itt: https://www.mixcloud.com/aquariumdrunkard/hello-mr-soul-neil-young-covers-1967-1978/
― budo jeru, Sunday, 9 December 2018 23:37 (five years ago) link
67? Wow that’s early. Maybe Neil “gave” it to her?
― calstars, Sunday, 9 December 2018 23:50 (five years ago) link
Maybe Fever Tree's was the first one to make it onto a record. If anyone knows one earlier (March 28, 1968), please post.
― clemenza, Sunday, 9 December 2018 23:57 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfeIk5XKnf8
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Friday, 10 January 2020 18:48 (four years ago) link
The Sylvester links don't work upthread, so just adding. It's *so* good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS_dmViKZXI
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 10 January 2020 23:45 (four years ago) link
A different take on After the Gold Rush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2XcBL6kWn8
― that's not my post, Sunday, 12 January 2020 17:52 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2suWODDn08&pbjreload=10&fbclid=IwAR1RfJ5JeLNDGfFq0YWXGoGveJEX8B8pc5XQG3Hyry-WclgHQws3juZsOsU
― clemenza, Saturday, 14 March 2020 23:56 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2suWODDn08
(I was trying to post a Facebook link.)
― clemenza, Saturday, 14 March 2020 23:58 (four years ago) link
very nice. the singer's voice reminds of lou reed.
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 14:34 (three years ago) link
not a cover per se and not a neil song but just saw this for the first time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIDzA0YDso8
― singular wolf erotica producer (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 15:46 (three years ago) link
Cover Me compiles a Harvest comp.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Friday, 26 November 2021 17:47 (two years ago) link
(yeah yeah, I know "compiles a comp." I'll shred my English degree now.)
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Friday, 26 November 2021 17:50 (two years ago) link
my kids singing Emmylou Harris’s rendition of “Wrecking Ball”
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 27 November 2021 00:03 (two years ago) link
i don't think we've had this yet, unless it's a broken youtube link upthread
John Morell - Old Man. I think it's awesome but it might not be for everyone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv8PJimST6g
― budo jeru, Thursday, 21 December 2023 21:59 (two months ago) link
the vocals are making me want to revisit the Anonymous Choir record and absolutely kicking myself for letting go of my copy
― budo jeru, Thursday, 21 December 2023 22:00 (two months ago) link