best rock song covers according to guitar one magazine

Rypro 525 · 05-20-04, 08:45 AM

here's the list
you really got me van hallen
love buzz nirvana
little wing derek and the dominos
8 miles high (either crowded house or golden earring)
my back pages the ramones
star spangled banner jimi hendrix
knockin on heavens door guns and roses
born to be wild slayer
snowblind (don't know)
cum on feel the noize quiet riot

wendersfan · 05-20-04, 10:10 AM

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Originally posted by Rypro 525
here's the list
you really got me van hallen
love buzz nirvana
little wing
8 miles high
my back pages
star spangled banner jimi hendrix
knockin on heavens door guns and roses
born to be wild slayer
snowblind
cum on feel the noize

Whose cover of "Little Wing", Derek and the Dominoes, Sting, or The Corrs?

I think the Guns and Roses cover of "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" is one of the most abominable covers I've ever heard. The concept of subtlety is completely lost on Axl Rose.

Rypro 525 · 05-20-04, 11:51 AM

i think they said it was derek and the dominos
on the radio they said both title and artist, and i was typing as they were listing titles.

wendersfan · 05-20-04, 01:00 PM

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Originally posted by Rypro 525
i think they said it was derek and the dominos

I'm sure it was. My question wasn't exactly serious.

aisle9 · 05-20-04, 01:04 PM

Are you sure the Eight Miles High was not the version by Husker Du?

fallow · 05-20-04, 01:20 PM

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Originally posted by Rypro 525
star spangled banner jimi hendrix

Is this a "cover" or Hendrix's take on a traditional song?

wendersfan · 05-20-04, 01:36 PM

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Originally posted by aisle9
Are you sure the Eight Miles High was not the version by Husker Du?

I'm sure that's the cover they were referring to. I don't know of any other notable covers of that song.

Roto · 05-20-04, 01:40 PM

Star Spangled Banner? No way. Hedrix's version of All Along the Watchtower is the best rock cover period, and I can't believe a guitar magazine overlooked it! That's crazy! It's in every damn Viet Nam war movie ever made!

As for Little Wing covers, I like Stevie Ray Vaughan's better than the original. No annoying glockenspiel, no lyrics and it's about 4 times as long.

Michael Corvin · 05-20-04, 02:00 PM

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Originally posted by wendersfan

I think the Guns and Roses cover of "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" is one of the most abominable covers I've ever heard. The concept of subtlety is completely lost on Axl Rose.

I have two that I consider greatest covers because they take the original and make it completely their own.

Already mentioned: Jimi: All Along the Watchtower

and

Joe Cocker: With a little help from my friends. I love the beatles, but his version of this song blows the beatles away.

Mordred · 05-20-04, 02:31 PM

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Originally posted by wendersfan
I'm sure it was. My question wasn't exactly serious.

Are you kidding? I've got this issue at home so I'll go and check for you, but I'd be willing to bet $100 that it was NOT Derek and the Dominoes. Obviously when you think of Little Wing you think of two artists: Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan. SRVs cover is one of the most transcendent instrumentals of all time and has the power to completely stop me dead in my tracks every time I listen to it. While I haven't heard the Derek & The Dominoes version I can without a doubt guarantee that the SRV version blows it away. I would put it in my top 10 songs of all time list and if we're talking instrumentals it would slide in at #2. Believe it or not I'm actually offended by this

Hiro11 · 05-20-04, 03:07 PM

Too many classic rock cuts there... Here are some of my favorites:

Big Star's cover of Velvet Underground's "Femme Fatale"
The Pixies' stomping version of Jesus and Mary Chain's "Head On"
Devo's wacked version of "Can't Get No Satisfaction"
The Ramones version of "Surfing Bird" which is completely ridiculous and perfect
Soul Asylum's great version of Neil Young's "Barstool Blues"

wendersfan · 05-20-04, 03:11 PM

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Originally posted by Mordred
Are you kidding? I've got this issue at home so I'll go and check for you, but I'd be willing to bet $100 that it was NOT Derek and the Dominoes. Obviously when you think of Little Wing you think of two artists: Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan. SRVs cover is one of the most transcendent instrumentals of all time and has the power to completely stop me dead in my tracks every time I listen to it. While I haven't heard the Derek & The Dominoes version I can without a doubt guarantee that the SRV version blows it away. I would put it in my top 10 songs of all time list and if we're talking instrumentals it would slide in at #2. Believe it or not I'm actually offended by this

I'm honestly not familiar with Stevie Ray Vaughn's version. I'm pretty sure that for most classic rock fans over a certain age, the only two versions they think of are Hendrix's and Clapton's.

wendersfan · 05-20-04, 03:12 PM

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Originally posted by Hiro11
Too many classic rock cuts there... Here are some of my favorites:

Big Star's cover of Velvet Underground's "Femme Fatale"
The Pixies' stomping version of Jesus and Mary Chain's "Head On"
Devo's wacked version of "Can't Get No Satisfaction"
The Ramones version of "Surfing Bird" which is completely ridiculous and perfect
Soul Asylum's great version of Neil Young's "Barstool Blues"

Add Big Star's cover of "'Til the End of the Day", Teenage Fanclub's cover of "Like a Virgin", and Aztec Camera's cover of "Jump", and you've got the perfect cover album, IMO.

MJKTool · 05-20-04, 03:18 PM

I prefer the live version without the silly backupsingers for GNR's Knockin on Heavens Door. Specifically when they originally played the song at the....Ritz?

Roto · 05-20-04, 03:34 PM

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Originally posted by Mordred
Are you kidding? I've got this issue at home so I'll go and check for you, but I'd be willing to bet $100 that it was NOT Derek and the Dominoes. Obviously when you think of Little Wing you think of two artists: Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan. SRVs cover is one of the most transcendent instrumentals of all time and has the power to completely stop me dead in my tracks every time I listen to it. While I haven't heard the Derek & The Dominoes version I can without a doubt guarantee that the SRV version blows it away. I would put it in my top 10 songs of all time list and if we're talking instrumentals it would slide in at #2. Believe it or not I'm actually offended by this

The Derek and the Dominoes version sounds like country music compared to Hendrix. Must be that Allman touch. SRV does blow it away. I love Clapton, but I never really liked that version of Little Wing.

I definitely agree with the Joe Cocker cover. That's probably my #2 also.

A few others I thought of:
Fiona Apple doing the Beatles' Across the Universe
The Neville Brothers doing John Hiatt's Washable ink and of course Bonnie Raitt doing John Hiatt's Thing Called Love

Rypro 525 · 05-20-04, 06:57 PM

after the list was read on the radio, they played an unintentionally funny cover of ozzy osbourne doing "staying alive"

Rivero · 05-20-04, 07:44 PM

Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Guns n Roses

Worst. Cover. Ever.

Hiro11 · 05-20-04, 09:08 PM

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Originally posted by Rivero
Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Guns n Roses

Worst. Cover. Ever.

HEEEY, HEEEY, HEY HEY, YEAH!!

KNOCK, KNOCK KNOCKING ON HEAVEN'S DOHOOOOWOOOOWOOOOR!!!

The Cow · 05-20-04, 09:18 PM

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Originally posted by Roto
Hedrix's version of All Along the Watchtower is the best rock cover period.

Absolutely!

deadlax · 05-20-04, 09:40 PM

Well, my favorite covers would be...

Night Flight - Jeff Buckley
Let the Good Times Roll - The Grateful Dead

More to come.

costanza · 05-21-04, 12:28 PM

i am a counting crows whore, and they have done a lot of covers. here are some of my favorites.
someday i will treat you good-sparklehorse cover
richest man-bob carter cover
atlantic city-springsteen cover
crossing muddy waters-john hiatt cover
the ghost in you-psychodelic furs cover
unsatisfied-the replacements cover
sweet carolina-ryan adams cover
carmelita-warren zevon cover
pancho and lefty-willie nelson cover
friend of the devil-greatful dead cover
this must be the place-the talking heads cover
big yellow taxi-joni mitchell cover

i have about three times that many but those are my favorites

Rypro 525 · 05-21-04, 06:13 PM

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Originally posted by Mordred
Are you kidding? I've got this issue at home so I'll go and check for you, but I'd be willing to bet $100 that it was NOT Derek and the Dominoes. Obviously when you think of Little Wing you think of two artists: Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan. SRVs cover is one of the most transcendent instrumentals of all time and has the power to completely stop me dead in my tracks every time I listen to it. While I haven't heard the Derek & The Dominoes version I can without a doubt guarantee that the SRV version blows it away. I would put it in my top 10 songs of all time list and if we're talking instrumentals it would slide in at #2. Believe it or not I'm actually offended by this

can you then post the correct list. (i went off of memory and from going to allmusic.com

VHS? · 05-21-04, 08:42 PM

Who did SNOWBLIND?
I know SWEETLEAF was done by Ugly Kid Joe but never heard of Snowblind being redone.

nazz · 05-21-04, 11:31 PM

CSNY's cover of Joni Mitchell's Woodstock is a classic.

The Beatles doing Twist & Shout is another.

benedict · 05-22-04, 04:18 AM

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Originally posted by VHS?
Who did SNOWBLIND?

System Of A Down, Black Label Society/Zakk Wylde & Sleep.

05-20-04, 08:45 AM	#1
Rypro 525 DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: a frikin hellhole Posts: 26,307	best rock song covers according to guitar one magazine here's the list you really got me van hallen love buzz nirvana little wing derek and the dominos 8 miles high (either crowded house or golden earring) my back pages the ramones star spangled banner jimi hendrix knockin on heavens door guns and roses born to be wild slayer snowblind (don't know) cum on feel the noize quiet riot __________________ Follow me: http://twitter.com/TheChewDefense Last edited by Rypro 525; 05-20-04 at 12:06 PM.

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Rypro 525 DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: a frikin hellhole Posts: 26,307	i think they said it was derek and the dominos on the radio they said both title and artist, and i was typing as they were listing titles. __________________ Follow me: http://twitter.com/TheChewDefense

05-20-04, 03:07 PM	#11
Hiro11 DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 6,740	Too many classic rock cuts there... Here are some of my favorites: Big Star's cover of Velvet Underground's "Femme Fatale" The Pixies' stomping version of Jesus and Mary Chain's "Head On" Devo's wacked version of "Can't Get No Satisfaction" The Ramones version of "Surfing Bird" which is completely ridiculous and perfect Soul Asylum's great version of Neil Young's "Barstool Blues" __________________ What's that? Jessie and Prospector are trapped in the old abandoned mine and Prospector just lit a stick of dynamite thinking it was a candle and now they're about to be blown to smithereens?

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Rypro 525 DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: a frikin hellhole Posts: 26,307	after the list was read on the radio, they played an unintentionally funny cover of ozzy osbourne doing "staying alive" __________________ Follow me: http://twitter.com/TheChewDefense

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aisle9 Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 132	Are you sure the Eight Miles High was not the version by Husker Du?

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Roto DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 8,977	Star Spangled Banner? No way. Hedrix's version of All Along the Watchtower is the best rock cover period, and I can't believe a guitar magazine overlooked it! That's crazy! It's in every damn Viet Nam war movie ever made! As for Little Wing covers, I like Stevie Ray Vaughan's better than the original. No annoying glockenspiel, no lyrics and it's about 4 times as long.

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MJKTool Suspended Join Date: Jun 1999 Posts: 15,108	I prefer the live version without the silly backupsingers for GNR's Knockin on Heavens Door. Specifically when they originally played the song at the....Ritz?

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Rivero Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Germantown Maryland Posts: 2,488	Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Guns n Roses Worst. Cover. Ever.

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deadlax DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Decatur, GA Posts: 2,146	Well, my favorite covers would be... Night Flight - Jeff Buckley Let the Good Times Roll - The Grateful Dead More to come.

05-21-04, 12:28 PM	#21
costanza DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: somewhere in between Posts: 4,395	i am a counting crows whore, and they have done a lot of covers. here are some of my favorites. someday i will treat you good-sparklehorse cover richest man-bob carter cover atlantic city-springsteen cover crossing muddy waters-john hiatt cover the ghost in you-psychodelic furs cover unsatisfied-the replacements cover sweet carolina-ryan adams cover carmelita-warren zevon cover pancho and lefty-willie nelson cover friend of the devil-greatful dead cover this must be the place-the talking heads cover big yellow taxi-joni mitchell cover i have about three times that many but those are my favorites

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VHS? DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: May 2002 Location: San Diego,CA Posts: 1,338	Who did SNOWBLIND? I know SWEETLEAF was done by Ugly Kid Joe but never heard of Snowblind being redone.

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nazz DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Land of the Free Posts: 5,989	CSNY's cover of Joni Mitchell's Woodstock is a classic. The Beatles doing Twist & Shout is another.