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Cross Canadian Ragweed does a wicked version of "Stranglehold"

I found this link too...interesting idea

http://www.coversproject.com/artists

Worst:
Bob Dylan -- Dancing in the Dark (Springsteen)

Best:
Bob Dylan -- Train of Love (Johnny Cash)
Bob Dylan -- Mutineer (Warren Zevon)
Jimi Hendrix -- Johnny B. Goode (Marty McFly)
Jimi Hendrix -- All Along the Watchtower (His Bobliness)
The Magokoro Brothers -- My Back Pages (in Japanese -- Bob Dylan)

skippy the wonder dog Wrote:Worst:
Jimi Hendrix -- Johnny B. Goode (Marty McFly)

Nice one Skippy! Thanks for the early morning laugh. :lol:

I should add this one to among the best...

Neil Young- Four Strong Winds (Ian & Sylvia Tyson)

I would like to add among the good covers the following
Gord Downie- Fortunate Son (ccr) & When You Dance I can really love (Neil Young)
u2- Paint It Black (Stones)
The Odds- So Whatcha Want (Beastie Boys)

There's lots of great ones out there, most have been mentioned, so just to add a couple, The Tea Party's cover of Paint it Black is pretty awesome and I just recently heard Pearl Jam's cover of Waiting on a Friend by the Stones and its solid.

So on to the bad, and there's been alot of bad..

DMB - All Along The Watchtower
Marilyn Manson - Pretty much anything he's ever covered has been garbage.
Sheryl Crow - Sweet Child 'O Mine, I already hate SC so this was an easy choice.
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
The Ataris - Boys of Summer
Britney Spears – I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll, one of the worst EVER!!

jonprice34 Wrote:I would like to add among the good covers the following
Gord Downie- Fortunate Son (ccr) & When You Dance I can really love (Neil Young)

Gord's Dylan covers are also quite good, esp. Going Going Gone. He's got the right kind of shambolic sensibility to do it well.

I saw the Waking Eyes do "Come Together" -- they did a stunning job on it.

I forgot about Going Going Gone, thanks for reminding me Skippy. Hopefully MAv can put it up as sotd again, or on the playlist, I can't remember but I know that's where I heard it.

skippy the wonder dog Wrote:I saw the Waking Eyes do "Come Together" -- they did a stunning job on it.

oh, speaking of this one I saw DMB last december in Toronto and the opening band Soulive did "Come Together" it may be the best cover I've ever heard.

I don't think these has been mentioned yet...

The Tragically Hip- 7 Days (Bob Dylan)
Nirvana- Lake Of Fire (The Meat Puppets)

Great covers

LizardKing51 Wrote:There's lots of great ones out there, most have been mentioned, so just to add a couple, The Tea Party's cover of Paint it Black is pretty awesome and I just recently heard Pearl Jam's cover of Waiting on a Friend by the Stones and its solid.

I was actually gonna offer that version of "Paint It, Black" as one of the worst covers I've ever heard. :oops: That said, I despise the Tea Party--so maybe that's why.

Some more good ones:
-- Nirvana did some amazing covers in their time. "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam", "The Man Who Sold the World", "Seasons in the Sun"...the list goes on and on and on.
-- The Who, "Barbara Ann" (with Keith Moon on vocals...no, really, you need to hear this)
-- Sleater-Kinney, "Mother" (by THE Glenn Danzig)
-- Soundgarden, "Communication Breakdown"

Steve

Another great cover:

Soundgarden - Big Bottoms (Spinal Tap)

i actually like gnr's version of Hair of the Dog

LizardKing51 Wrote:So on to the bad, and there's been alot of bad..

DMB - All Along The Watchtower

Why do you think it's bad?

I thought it was pretty damn good - passionate & skilled. DM brings a heckuvalot more guitar-playing ability to that fine song than Bob himself ever did....

The Horrible Esthete Wrote:

LizardKing51 Wrote:So on to the bad, and there's been alot of bad..

DMB - All Along The Watchtower

Why do you think it's bad?

I thought it was pretty damn good - passionate & skilled. DM brings a heckuvalot more guitar-playing ability to that fine song than Bob himself ever did....

I like DMB and they do it well, but Jimi took this song and made it perfection, anything else doesn't compare. So I guess its bad by comparison more than anything. If Jimi never played this song, I would've left it alone.