Saturday question #5: Cover songs
Written on March 7, 2009 in Saturday Questions & with 31 responses
Tags: bad, covers, good, performances, saturday question
Welcome to the fifth edition of Saturday question, split in three pieces. This has been a busy week on Invisible Movement and I assume everyone will take some rest this weekend. I do hope that everyone who felt like it donated to the site. A couple more smaller donations will lead to paying both hosting bills. I also hope that all of you have enjoyed the birthday suns.
So, we all know amazing cover songs John did, like this one:
(Forming II - originally by Germs)
This Saturday's question is: what are your favourites amongst them? Feel free to post links to them, too. Also, what are your all-time-favourite cover songs, regardless of who covered what? And, last but not the least, what cover songs do you hate?
For previous Saturday questions, click here.
(Modern Love - originally by David Bowie)
(Blue Sunday - originally by The Doors)
31 Reactions to Saturday question #5: Cover songs
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I gotta say either Midnight Shift by Donna Summer or Those Magic Changes. For favorite cover song I will say Jimi Hendrix doing Like a Rolling Stone and for least favorite I will say Mr Bungle covering the Chili Peppers. Bastards.
Probably "You and Whose Army?" by Radiohead.
The best cover of all time..."Song to The Siren" ! I can´t remember any other cover song done with so much passion and so.. it's brilliant !
tiny dancer or i feel love
I love all the songs john had covered.
But my favourites are Tiny Dancer by Elton John and Secret Side by Nico
I can't pick one best, but my favourite covers are SOS, Tiny Dancer, Maybe and of course Song to the Siren
i have to say that my 2 favorite musicians of all time did such amazing covers! of course, kurt [nirvana] and john. i like the way kurt experimented with different bands/singers [not only on the Unplugged session], and i see john being the same. doing covers is very complicated and not so advisable. you have to have in mind that people like the original song the way that is, and changing it in any way is very risky. on the other hand, i wouldn't want to hear any musician covering some nirvana/john/rhcp songs.
I'm very partial to How deep is your love, but that's because I love to play it on bass and it sounds great when I sing in in duet with the singer of my band
"How can I tell you" is my favorite cover by John.
Has to be NEW DAWN FADES
Secret Side...original by Nico
Tiny Dancer for my John cover. Champagne Supernova by Matt Pond PA or Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley for the best cover of all time and either Run by Leona Lewis or Hallelujah by Alexandra Burke for the worst cover
Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime by Beck (The Korgis song). A song from the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind soundtrack. Amazing movie, amazing soundtrack.
Tiny Dancer... and for my favorite cover. One that sticks in my head is No Quarter, Tool covering Led Zeppelin.
I think I like all of John's covers, it's really hard to pick only one D: 'How can I tell you' is the one a listen to more, I think. Maybe my all-time-favorite should be Baby's on fire by The Venus in Furs and the one I hate is for sure Come as you are by Caetano Veloso, although I like Cae.
Oo With john its erm
Songbird
oor either, Lucky and New Dawn Fades [aswell as Song To The Siren]
And for other musicians erm
RHCP Search and Destroy and I get around, they own!
Black Keys, She Said, She Said
Beatles Twist and Shout
x
i love almost every cover that john did. my favourites are tiny dancer from 1990, how deep is your love, how can i tell you, city of new orleans, s.o.s, song to a siren, wiil you still love me tomorrow, for emily, see emily play, modern love, lucky, and the list goes on.
Big Take Over is amazing (i say just after listening to the Bad Brains original) and my favourite Fruscinate cover is when he did my favourite song: Country Feedback by R.E.M., a song I experienced live from R.E.M. last August.
modern love (bowie)
we're going wrong (cream)
tiny dancer (elton john)
he does a lot of good ones though
new dawn fades
I Love John!!
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god, i can't really decide which of the cover songs are the best (or worst). i mean, john makes great music so all his covers are great, haha!
definitely !
Favorite John covers are Lounge Act (nirvana) and For Emily. As for cover I HATE the most, I cant remember the name of the group, but it was that all-girls group that covered Under the Bridge.
All Saints?
AWW GOD!! thats the one......UGH!!!! lol
tiny dancer from 1990,(Elton John) has to be my favourite.I also like others suh as Song to the siren and SOS
I love 'Tiny Dancer', 'How Deep Is Your Love', 'Your Song'... infact, every song that John has ever covered. He's just got one of those voices , i think.
As for the worst covers ever, its got to be All Saints (they absolutely butchered 'Under The Bridge'!!) and Alexandra Burkes version of 'Hallelujah'.
For Emily (whenever I may find her) is my favorite. The original by Simon and Garfunkel was a favorite of mine and when I heard John's version, the song went from an 8 to a 10.
i think the best covers are maybe and how deep is our love, they make me listen to frusciante.
the worst cover i ever listen is under the bridge by All Saints
SOS at Greenfest!!
john doin 'lucky' by radiohead...i love it soooo much