1. Cowboy Junkies "Powderfinger"2. St. Etienne "Only Love Can Break Your Heart"
― Joint Custody (ian), Friday, 15 January 2010 21:33 (eight 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 (eight years ago) Permalink
3. The Feelies - Sedan Delivery4. Boney M - Heart Of Gold5. Devo - Ohio
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:35 (eight 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 (eight years ago) Permalink
stretching the definition of great there but had to get that in
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:37 (eight years ago) Permalink
7. Pixies - Winterlong8. Pixies - I've Been Waiting For You
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:41 (eight years ago) Permalink
Nicolette Larson - Lotta Love
― Number None, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:42 (eight years ago) Permalink
10. Sonic Youth "computer age"
― Trip Maker, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:43 (eight years ago) Permalink
11. Dinosaur Jr. - Lotta Love
― willem, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:47 (eight 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 (eight years ago) Permalink
12. Ian Matthews - Tell Me Why
13. Built To Spill - Cortez The Killer
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:52 (eight years ago) Permalink
14. The Walkabouts - On the Beach
― Ari (whenuweremine), Friday, 15 January 2010 21:52 (eight 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 (eight years ago) Permalink
16. Feelies - Barstool Blues
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:53 (eight years ago) Permalink
17. low and dirty three - down by the river
― A™ machine (sic) (omar little), Friday, 15 January 2010 21:53 (eight years ago) Permalink
18. Linda Ronstadt - Birds
― velko, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:53 (eight 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 (eight years ago) Permalink
19. Yung Wu - Powderfinger20. Wooden Shjips - Vampire Blues
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:54 (eight years ago) Permalink
not the one in Rachel Getting Married
― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 January 2010 21:55 (eight 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 (eight years ago) Permalink
22. Gillian Welch - Pocahontas
― pauls00, Friday, 15 January 2010 22:03 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight years ago) Permalink
24. Francoise Hardy's "Till the Morning Comes" -- whoa, never heard this!
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 22:14 (eight years ago) Permalink
26. Byrds - See the Sky About To Rain
― tylerw, Friday, 15 January 2010 22:15 (eight years ago) Permalink
Emmylou Harris, "Wrecking Ball"
― Sean Carruthers, Friday, 15 January 2010 22:47 (eight years ago) Permalink
Francoise Hardy's "Till the Morning Comes"
i was gonna post that!
― velko, Friday, 15 January 2010 22:53 (eight years ago) Permalink
flaming lips - "after the goldrush"
― kamerad, Friday, 15 January 2010 23:00 (eight years ago) Permalink
"Everybody's Rockin" John Lee Hooker
― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 15 January 2010 23:06 (eight years ago) Permalink
"Mystery Train" Elvis Presley
"Oh Lonesome Me" Don Gibson
― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 15 January 2010 23:07 (eight 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 (eight years ago) Permalink
skullflower 'cortez the killer'
― PIMMS SNAKE (haitch), Saturday, 16 January 2010 00:45 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight years ago) Permalink
Cowboy Junkies- "Tired Eyes"
― Now, Saturday, 16 January 2010 01:16 (eight 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 (eight years ago) Permalink
In a good way.
47. Jack Logan - On The Beach
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 16 January 2010 01:20 (eight years ago) Permalink
damn that merry clayton cover is fantastic, thanks dorian
― Jamie_ATP, Saturday, 16 January 2010 01:51 (eight 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 (eight years ago) Permalink
48. "Love is a Rose" by Linda Ronstadt
― banjoboy, Saturday, 16 January 2010 02:23 (eight 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 (eight years ago) Permalink
Buddy Miles - Down By the River
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LH9eFMvhOw
― President Keyes, Saturday, 16 January 2010 02:49 (eight years ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5KRVtjgMkM
― that's not my post, Saturday, 16 January 2010 04:32 (eight years ago) Permalink
49. The Pooh Sticks: "The Rhythm of Love"
― Kevin John Bozelka, Saturday, 16 January 2010 04:45 (eight years ago) Permalink
50. Waylon Jennings - "Are You Ready For the Country?"
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 16 January 2010 04:46 (eight years ago) Permalink
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 (seven years ago) Permalink
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 (seven years ago) Permalink
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 (seven years ago) Permalink
well, i know who should compile the next volume of my neil young covers series!
― tylerw, Thursday, 26 May 2011 19:23 (seven years ago) Permalink
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 (seven years ago) Permalink
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 (seven years ago) Permalink
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 (seven years ago) Permalink
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 (seven years ago) Permalink
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 (seven years ago) Permalink
yeah, they even do the same handclaps during the solo.
― tylerw, Thursday, 26 May 2011 19:37 (seven years ago) Permalink
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 (seven years ago) Permalink
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 (seven years ago) Permalink
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 (seven years ago) Permalink
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 (seven years ago) Permalink
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 (seven years ago) Permalink
ooh that was awesome. thanks!
― tylerw, Thursday, 26 May 2011 22:39 (seven years ago) Permalink
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 (six years ago) Permalink
Had no idea Sylvester covered "Southern Man":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAIcKuF3ZCo
― clemenza, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 02:04 (five years ago) Permalink
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 (three years ago) Permalink
That Sylvester cover of Skynyrd is bad ass.
― earlnash, Monday, 9 March 2015 00:35 (three years ago) Permalink
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 (three years ago) Permalink
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 (three years ago) Permalink
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 (three years ago) Permalink
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 (three years ago) Permalink
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 (three months ago) Permalink
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 (two months ago) Permalink
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 (two months ago) Permalink
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 (two months ago) Permalink
haha, cool
can I see your mix cd tracklist?
― niels, Saturday, 17 March 2018 18:06 (two months ago) Permalink
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 (two months ago) Permalink
nice, that's an interesting mix!
― niels, Saturday, 17 March 2018 18:44 (two months ago) Permalink
51. Killdozer -" Cinnamon Girl"
Don't miss that one ^^
― ... (Eazy), Saturday, 17 March 2018 23:23 (two months ago) Permalink
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 (two months ago) Permalink
has this one been mentioned yet? i dig it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRBUAkOOMYE
― tylerw, Sunday, 18 March 2018 15:44 (two months ago) Permalink
Nobody's mentioned The Chromatics, Into The Black
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 18 March 2018 16:03 (two months ago) Permalink
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 (two months ago) Permalink
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 (two months ago) Permalink
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 (two months ago) Permalink
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 (two months ago) Permalink
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 (two months ago) Permalink
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 (two months 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 (two months ago) Permalink
Niels: had no problem, thanks again. (Will probably start searching for more Neil covers there...)
― clemenza, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 19:52 (two months 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 (two months 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 (two months ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBIj2NxdbZE
― aqxmission, Friday, 30 March 2018 00:32 (one month 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 month ago) Permalink
KD Lang - HelplessNeko Case - Dreaming man
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Friday, 30 March 2018 17:02 (one month ago) Permalink
Ida - Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere
― that's not my post, Friday, 30 March 2018 20:38 (one month ago) Permalink