Really Fucking Good Cover Versions.

[prim8king]

Hey everyone this is my 1st post on the Coachella Message Board and it was really cool meeting some of you at Prodigy in San Francisco @ The Warfield a little while ago (thx 4 the intro Ryan)! I would like to start off by sharing this awesome cover version of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" as originally performed by The Beatles, covered by IO Echo. I met Joanna after the show (they opened for La Roux btw...) and she gave me a copy of her ep. It is delicious and digests well. Excellent for chilling, entertaining company or getting out of control. Your choice

[MissingPerson]

Pretty much all of the proper studio versions on Youtube have embedding disabled, so live will have to do.

Original, by Hot Chip:



Cover version, by Grizzly Bear:



(Nod to sonofhal)

[Chaplipman]

I forgot about this song. Here's a better version where Jack White was still good at doing what he does:



Also, here's a cover that Kyuss did of Black Sabbath's "Into the Void."

[Suffacated]

[Bonovan]

CAKE



GLORIA GAYNOR

[KickerConspiracy]

Crazy In Love

THIS. So full of win. Unexpectedly awesome.



One of my favorite recent covers of a 2010 Coachella artist.

Original by the Specials

[tessalasset]

[PJandBompton]

flat out amazing.

[Gribbz]

This one is better.

[LooseAtTheZoo]

What a coincidence, if you don't mind me butting in...

http://flavorwire.com/66224/is-halle...a-musical-meme

Intro is a bit pedantic, but I really like the rest of it.

EDIT: The blog post compares different Hallelujah covers

[Mr. Fuzz]

mudhoney "halloween"


original by sonic youth

[Double A]

[flowbee]

So there's tons of Beatles covers but for some reason I love this version of And I Love Her by Sky Machine

http://www.lala.com/#song/937030249061230978

[Double A]

and my favorite by The XX...

[MuseRadio]

The best cover song ever...and dare I say better than the original...Tool "No Quarter"

[Double A]

Original...


At first listen, I couldn't really dig on this, but after a few... I love it. Animal Collective is amazing.

[ecapataz]

This is so good!

[ecapataz]

[Boourns]

In case anyone didn't already know, Tom Jones covered Portishead and Talking Heads.

[daxton]

An amazing cover of T-Rex's Cosmic Dancer. This guy is just amazing.

[Jgomesart]

Dillinger Escape Plan with Mike Patton - Come to Daddy (Aphex Twin)



Seu Jorge - Life on Mars (David Bowie)



Faith No More - This Guy's in Love with You (Burt Bacharach)

[FoxeyLady]

Brilliant version of Don't Fear The Reaper:

[bmack86]

Joanna Newsom covering a traditional scottish song. She does a badass version of Little Wing by Hendrix as well, but I can't find any youtubes.

[Bonovan]

Covering a great Dylan song gets you halfway there, for starters. This is one that I think is actually better than the original and is one of my all-time favorite covers.

Two other covers of Dylan's "It's All Over Now Baby Blue," each great in different ways:

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN




LINK WRAY

[Bonovan]

Blood Sweat & Tears cover Lady Day's "God Bless the Child"

[Bonovan]

BECAUSE THE NIGHT

Springsteen (co-author)




Patti Smith (co-author)




10,000 Maniacs



Rhythms Del Mundo feat. KT Tunstall

[GaragePoet]

utube took these down but:

With a Little Help from Your friends .... Joe Cocker

and of course:

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds .... William Shatner


cr****

no vids, but this reminded me of the Beatles "Under Cover" compilation that i made a little while back... i think all tracks are available for d/l from amazon.com, but here's the tracklisting....

1. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (live) - Jimi Hendrix
2. "With A Little Help From My Friends" - Joe Cocker
3. "Eleanor Rigby" - Ray Charles
4. "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" - Elton John
5. "I Am The Walrus" - Bono
6. "Magical Mystery Tour" - Cheap Trick
7. "Across The Universe" - Fiona Apple
8. "And I Love Her" - Harry Connick, Jr.
9. "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" - Eddie Vedder
10. "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" - The Breeders
11. "Helter Skelter" - Pat Benatar
12. "Revolution" - Stone Temple Pilots
13. "Taxman" - Stevie Ray Vaughan
14. "We Can Work It Out" - Stevie Wonder
15. "Can't Buy Me Love" - Ella Fitzgerald
16. "Here Comes The Sun" - Peter Tosh
17. "Yesterday" - Marvin Gaye
18. "In My Life" - Johnny Cash
19. "Come Together" - Michael Jackson
20. "Run For Your Life" - Cowboy Junkies
21. "Tomorrow Never Knows" - Phil Collins

[SydChaplin25]

Foo Fighters cover Gary Numan

[Monklish]

[TomAz]

BECAUSE THE NIGHT

Springsteen (co-author)


Patti Smith (co-author)

Rhythms Del Mundo feat. KT Tunstall

This is interesting. Things come full circle.

Springsteen wrote BTN while working on Darkness on the Edge of Town. He was working it up in the studio with the E Street band as a sort of Latin dance number, but decided he couldn't make it work. Patti Smith was in the studio next door working on Easter, and Springsteen gave her the song (or Smith stole it, there are conflicting stories). Smith rewrote some of the lyrics and the Patti Smith Group worked up the rock arrangement that made the song famous. Springsteen has always used Smith's arrangement when he plays the song live.

And now here's Tunstall's Latin(ish) cover.