1. Cowboy Junkies "Powderfinger"2. St. Etienne "Only Love Can Break Your Heart"
― Joint Custody (ian), Friday, 15 January 2010 21:33 (nine years ago) Permalink
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 (nine years ago) Permalink
3. The Feelies - Sedan Delivery4. Boney M - Heart Of Gold5. Devo - Ohio
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:35 (nine years ago) Permalink
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 (nine years ago) Permalink
stretching the definition of great there but had to get that in
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:37 (nine years ago) Permalink
7. Pixies - Winterlong8. Pixies - I've Been Waiting For You
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:41 (nine years ago) Permalink
Nicolette Larson - Lotta Love
― Number None, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:42 (nine years ago) Permalink
10. Sonic Youth "computer age"
― Trip Maker, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:43 (nine years ago) Permalink
11. Dinosaur Jr. - Lotta Love
― willem, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:47 (nine years ago) Permalink
i mean, the whole Bridge tribute CD is pretty decent, as far as tribute albums go ...
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:51 (nine years ago) Permalink
12. Ian Matthews - Tell Me Why
13. Built To Spill - Cortez The Killer
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:52 (nine years ago) Permalink
14. The Walkabouts - On the Beach
― Ari (whenuweremine), Friday, 15 January 2010 21:52 (nine years ago) Permalink
15. OP8 - round and round
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baz8W1dkPFQ
― A™ machine (sic) (omar little), Friday, 15 January 2010 21:52 (nine years ago) Permalink
16. Feelies - Barstool Blues
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:53 (nine years ago) Permalink
17. low and dirty three - down by the river
― A™ machine (sic) (omar little), Friday, 15 January 2010 21:53 (nine years ago) Permalink
18. Linda Ronstadt - Birds
― velko, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:53 (nine years ago) Permalink
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 (nine years ago) Permalink
19. Yung Wu - Powderfinger20. Wooden Shjips - Vampire Blues
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:54 (nine years ago) Permalink
not the one in Rachel Getting Married
― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 January 2010 21:55 (nine years ago) Permalink
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 (nine years ago) Permalink
22. Gillian Welch - Pocahontas
― pauls00, Friday, 15 January 2010 22:03 (nine years ago) Permalink
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 (nine years ago) Permalink
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 (nine years ago) Permalink
24. Francoise Hardy's "Till the Morning Comes" -- whoa, never heard this!
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 22:14 (nine years ago) Permalink
26. Byrds - See the Sky About To Rain
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 22:15 (nine years ago) Permalink
Emmylou Harris, "Wrecking Ball"
― Sean Carruthers, Friday, 15 January 2010 22:47 (nine years ago) Permalink
Francoise Hardy's "Till the Morning Comes"
i was gonna post that!
― velko, Friday, 15 January 2010 22:53 (nine years ago) Permalink
flaming lips - "after the goldrush"
― kamerad, Friday, 15 January 2010 23:00 (nine years ago) Permalink
"Everybody's Rockin" John Lee Hooker
― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 15 January 2010 23:06 (nine years ago) Permalink
"Mystery Train" Elvis Presley
"Oh Lonesome Me" Don Gibson
― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 15 January 2010 23:07 (nine years ago) Permalink
"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 (nine years ago) Permalink
skullflower 'cortez the killer'
― PIMMS SNAKE (haitch), Saturday, 16 January 2010 00:45 (nine years ago) Permalink
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 (nine years ago) Permalink
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 (nine years ago) Permalink
Cowboy Junkies- "Tired Eyes"
― Now, Saturday, 16 January 2010 01:16 (nine years ago) Permalink
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 (nine years ago) Permalink
In a good way.
47. Jack Logan - On The Beach
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 16 January 2010 01:20 (nine years ago) Permalink
damn that merry clayton cover is fantastic, thanks dorian
― Jamie_ATP, Saturday, 16 January 2010 01:51 (nine years ago) Permalink
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 (nine years ago) Permalink
48. "Love is a Rose" by Linda Ronstadt
― banjoboy, Saturday, 16 January 2010 02:23 (nine years ago) Permalink
"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 (nine years ago) Permalink
Buddy Miles - Down By the River
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LH9eFMvhOw
― President Keyes, Saturday, 16 January 2010 02:49 (nine years ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5KRVtjgMkM
― that's not my post, Saturday, 16 January 2010 04:32 (nine years ago) Permalink
49. The Pooh Sticks: "The Rhythm of Love"
― Kevin John Bozelka, Saturday, 16 January 2010 04:45 (nine years ago) Permalink
50. Waylon Jennings - "Are You Ready For the Country?"
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 16 January 2010 04:46 (nine years ago) Permalink
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 (one year ago) Permalink
Niels: had no problem, thanks again. (Will probably start searching for more Neil covers there...)
― clemenza, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 19:52 (one year ago) Permalink
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 (one year ago) Permalink
lol yes! love how he hams it up during the one note solo
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 26 March 2018 23:31 (one year ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBIj2NxdbZE
― aqxmission, Friday, 30 March 2018 00:32 (one year ago) Permalink
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 (one year ago) Permalink
KD Lang - HelplessNeko Case - Dreaming man
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Friday, 30 March 2018 17:02 (one year ago) Permalink
Ida - Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere
― that's not my post, Friday, 30 March 2018 20:38 (one year ago) Permalink
Chris Forsyth - Don't Be Denied
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6dUriWmnh
― Brad C., Wednesday, 11 July 2018 16:50 (eleven months ago) Permalink
https://chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/track/dont-be-denied
― Brad C., Wednesday, 11 July 2018 16:51 (eleven months ago) Permalink
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 (eleven months ago) Permalink
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 (eleven months ago) Permalink
think Y is on that one
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 19:26 (eleven months ago) Permalink
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 (eleven months ago) Permalink
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 (eleven months ago) Permalink
Definitely Tori Amos Philadelphia
― Ross, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 22:02 (eleven months ago) Permalink
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 (eleven months ago) Permalink
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 (eleven months ago) Permalink
my point exactly
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 22:49 (eleven months ago) Permalink
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 (eleven months ago) Permalink
has the undisputed truth's "down by the river" hit this thread yet?
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Thursday, 12 July 2018 02:33 (eleven months ago) Permalink
So what word would you use to differentiate between different versions?
performance
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 12 July 2018 12:26 (eleven months ago) Permalink
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 (eleven months ago) Permalink
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 (eleven months ago) Permalink
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 (eleven months ago) Permalink
Boz Scaggs - On the Beach
― Brad C., Wednesday, 1 August 2018 23:42 (ten months ago) Permalink
oh nice, just released
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 23:52 (ten months ago) Permalink
very good, thanks
― niels, Thursday, 2 August 2018 09:18 (ten months ago) Permalink
58. the meters - 'birds'
― 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 (ten months ago) Permalink
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 (ten months ago) Permalink
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 (ten months ago) Permalink
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 (ten months ago) Permalink
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 (ten months ago) Permalink
do it
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Thursday, 9 August 2018 18:45 (ten months ago) Permalink
work is p quiet at the moment, I'll have a look tomorrow...
― Neil S, Thursday, 9 August 2018 18:47 (ten months ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBVkKcQJu5A
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 9 August 2018 18:50 (ten months ago) Permalink
nice. one cover the length of 4 tony molina songs
― ant banks and wasp (voodoo chili), Thursday, 9 August 2018 19:01 (ten months ago) Permalink
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 (ten months ago) Permalink
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 (six months ago) Permalink
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 (six months ago) Permalink
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 (six months ago) Permalink
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 (six months ago) Permalink
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 (six months ago) Permalink
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 (six months ago) Permalink
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 (six months ago) Permalink
Clancy fucking sucks wtf
― calstars, Sunday, 9 December 2018 23:34 (six months ago) Permalink
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 (six months ago) Permalink
67? Wow that’s early. Maybe Neil “gave” it to her?
― calstars, Sunday, 9 December 2018 23:50 (six months ago) Permalink
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 (six months ago) Permalink