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Favorite Cover Songs

Jimi Hendrix.....Voodoo Child



Cover - Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen

 
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes.....If You Don't Know Me by Now.



Cover.....Simply Red.

 
Robert Plant's stunning cover of Tim Hardin's masterpiece



here is the original

many other artists have covered it including Bobby Darin (top ten), Johnny Cash/June Carter, Neil Diamond and the Dropkick Murphys among others


 
I guess this is sort of a cover but I love this song and heard them play it on that tour




never saw them play this live-the studio version had two guitars and I don't believe LZ ever played the full song live in concert until they did the Ertegun tribute concert 27 years after JB died.

the original from LZ II



and here is the other good cover (still with Jimmy on Guitar with JP Jones on Bass)

 
One of the best covers ever IMHO

Eddie Vedder covering the Ramones



the original


 
Van Halen cover of "You Really Got Me" - The Kinks


Original:


And just found a Metallica version!
 
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Metallica Cover of Thin Lizzy's "Whiskey in the Jar"


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These are all so great. Bonnie Rait's cover of "Runaway" is just best-ever.

So many covers of "Don't Think Twice (It's Alright)", but I really like Susan Tedeschi's. Here, she's singing with hubs Derek Trucks, who's the guitarist:

 
These are all so great. Bonnie Rait's cover of "Runaway" is just best-ever.

So many covers of "Don't Think Twice (It's Alright)", but I really like Susan Tedeschi's. Here, she's singing with hubs Derek Trucks, who's the guitarist:



I never thought anyone would be as good as Duane though Dickie Betts came close but Derek is
 
another Metallica cover, this time of the Ramones




the last Ramones live performance of this song

 
Glad someone else picked up "Hurt". I was about to have to say some unkind words about peoples' tastes.

Disturbed - Land of Confusion (Genesis)


Manic Street Preachers - Suicide is Painless (theme from M*A*S*H)


Five Finger Death Punch - Bad Company (Bad Company)
 
Since I started last post with Disturbed covering a Genesis song, I thought I'd wrap up with someone covering Disturbed:

Richard Cheese - Down with the Sickness (Disturbed)
 
Metallica Cover of Thin Lizzy's "Whiskey in the Jar"


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Thanks for posting that! I didn't know it was a cover. I'm not too familiar with the music of Thin Lizzie.
 
This is kind of a weird one because although the Stones had already recorded the song they hadn't released it by the time Gram Parson released Burrito Deluxe



 
The Byrds covering Dylan's "Chimes of Freedom" -



Dylan himself during his tour with the Grateful Dead -



and Youssou Ndour

 
Thanks for posting that! I didn't know it was a cover. I'm not too familiar with the music of Thin Lizzie.

Ah ha. You learn something new every day. :mrgreen:
 
Megadeth Cold Sweat:



Thin Lizzy Original:

 
"Them Changes" by King Curtis -



And the original by The Band of Gypsies -

 
And since I'm on a King Curtis kick here he is doing "Whiter shade of Pale" -



with the Procol Harum original -

 
Zappa covering "Whipping Post" -



and the Allman Brothers doing what they do best -

 
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