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and they say white people can't dance

Whoever said that has never seen these moves

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Originally posted by Dave Tong BBP:

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Originally posted by Gigond Ass:
We need a worst music video thread....

WINNER

Au contraire Mr. Tong. The competition has just begun.

Y'all had to climb in the ring with the big dog huh? NOW, it's over.

There are a ton of them but here are some of my favorites:

"Last Kiss" - Original – Wayne Cochran, Cover – Pearl Jam
"All Along The Watchtower" - Dylan, Hendrix
"All Along The Watchtower" - Dylan, U2
"Hound Dog" - Big Mama Thorton, Elvis Presley
"Wish You Were Here" - Pink Floyd, Widespread Panic
"Twist & Shout" - Top Notes, The Beatles
"Statesboro Blues" - Blind Willie McTell, Allman Brothers Band
"Maggie's Farm" - Dylan, Rage Against The Machine
"Look At Little Sister" - Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, Stevie Ray Vaughan
"I Shot The Sheriff" - Bob Marley, Eric Clapton
"Havana Affair" - Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Higher Ground" - Stevie Wonder, Red Hot Chili Peppers
"American Woman" - Guess Who, Lenny Kravitz
"Rocking In The Free World" - Neil Young, Pearl Jam
"Voodoo Child" - Hendrix, SRV
"Little Wing" - Hendrix, SRV
"Take Me To The River" - Al Green, The Talking Heads
"Helter Skelter" - The Beatles, U2
"Heard It Through The Grapevine" - Gladys Knight & The Pips, Creedence Clearwater Revival

Yellow Ledbetter by Pearl Jam is not a cover but the guitar riff is a tribute to Hendrix as it is similar to Little Wing – great tune.

Johnny Cash - Hurt (originally Nine Inch Nails)

I've really enjoyed just about every Who cover by Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam. They did a live cover of Baba O'Reily (sp?) at a concert I was at and it rocked.

X - Soul Kitchen
Wall of Voodoo - Ring of Fire
Devo - Satisfaction
Dead Kennedys - I Fought the Law

Not real current, but two covers that I thought better than the originals:

Willie Nelson--Always on My Mind--sorry, Elvis
Whitney Houston--I Will Always Love You--Dolly Parton

Does a remix count as a cover? If so, then:
JXL--A Little Less Conversation--Elvis Presley

Always loved two blues covers that Cream did:

"Born Under A Bad Sign" by Albert King, and

"I'm So Glad" by Skip James.

Jack Bruce is amazing on both.

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"Helter Skelter" - The Beatles, U2

2 votes for this already. Frankly, I'll take the Motley Crue version of HS over the U2 version any day.

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Originally posted by indybob:
Y'all had to climb in the ring with the big dog huh? NOW, it's over.

Parodies don't count. Otherwise this must win

Some good fairly recent ones

Love Song (The Cure) - 311
Boys of Summer (Don Henley) - The Ataris
A Pirate Looks at Forty (Jimmy Buffett) - Jack Johnson

Classics

Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry) - Jimi Hendrix
Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix) - Sting
A Thin Line Between & Hate (The Persuaders) - The Pretenders
War (Edwin Starr) - Bruce Springsteen
Take Me To The River (Al Green)- The Talking Heads


Party songs
Mony Mony (Tommy James) - Billy Idol
Hot Hot Hot (Arrow Cassell) - Buster Poindexter
The Hammer (David Rudder) - Andy Narell

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mountainman
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X - Soul Kitchen
Wall of Voodoo - Ring of Fire
Devo - Satisfaction
Dead Kennedys - I Fought the Law

All classics.

And while on the subject of Ring of Fire, don't forget the tremendous remake by Social Distortion. Johnny would be proud.

kind of surprised that i've seen no mention of

hard to handle (otis redding) the black crowes

one of my favs, by either.

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Originally posted by Dave Tong BBP:

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Originally posted by indybob:
Y'all had to climb in the ring with the big dog huh? NOW, it's over.

Parodies don't count. Otherwise this must win

Amatures.
Here is the real winner of worst cover, hands down. I dare you to watch the entire thing.

Good one.

Did you hear him do Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind" on the last album. Awesome!

keytohwy

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Originally posted by Purple Teeth:
Johnny Cash - Hurt (originally Nine Inch Nails)

I'm a big Keb Mo' fan. One of my favorite Keb Mo' releases, Peace...Back by Popular Demand, has songs that are primarily covers:

Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Wake up Everybody
The Rascals - People Got to Be Free
Marvin Gaye - What's Happening Brother
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'
Donny Hathaway - Someday We'll All Be Free
Nick Lowe - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
John Lennon - Imagine

This is great music to listen to in the dwindling days of our Nations's fearless leader, Dubya.

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Originally posted by Altaholic:
This is great music to listen to in the dwindling days of our Nations's fearless leader, Dubya.

If you are a stupid left wing wuss.

You’ve pegged me, VT2IT – I’m a liberal, left-wing Jew. Oh, the horror of it!!

However, you should not be judging others. I’ve often thought after reading your posts; "That is a very dumb individual."

Sympathy For The Devil by Janes Addiction. Also The Grateful Dead's Ripple by Janes Addiction.

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Originally posted by keytohwy:
Good one.

Did you hear him do Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind" on the last album. Awesome!

keytohwy

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Originally posted by Purple Teeth:
Johnny Cash - Hurt (originally Nine Inch Nails)

Thanks, I'll check it out.

When Cash gets the right song (as he did with Hurt), he's like a big dog with a new bone - he owns it! I also admire his rendition of Sunday Morning Coming Down,and Personal Jesus.

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Originally posted by Altaholic:
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding

I love the Elvis Costello version. Another superb song that he covered was Robert Wyatt's "Shipbuilding".

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Sympathy For The Devil

Same song by Guns N' Roses.