Dueling Covers

[Eric]

Inspired by Pearl's message in the Disturbed thread:

We could start a whole thread on "dueling covers," which I actually think about all the time because there are multitudes of covers. I kinda categorize covers as 1) the original is only the best ["(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"], 2) the cover is so much better ["All Along the Watchtower" or "Blinded by the Light"], 3) the cover is shite [take your pick], or 4) the cover elevates the original and both have their own merits ["American Woman" or "Hard to Handle" - have you heard Otis Redding's version - ooh dawg!].

Good cover, though the original seems a bit more haunting:

https://youtu.be/9XaS93WMRQQ

Not really a cover of a band, but it's a version I love of an old Irish traditional song:

https://youtu.be/wsrvmNtWU4E

[Spooky]

One of my favorite covers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9rCUQjmkxU

Seether does George Michael.

https://youtu.be/I7imqO-OBVk

[Spooky]

Two good friends gone before their time.

https://youtu.be/_sXrTpOVnak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuUDRU9-HRk

[Spooky]

I love Johnny but not this cover.

https://youtu.be/EtbuUlSGXzc

Amazeballs.

https://youtu.be/LFxOaDeJmXk

[Eric]

I like this more than Michael Jackson's original:

https://youtu.be/CDl9ZMfj6aE

[Spooky]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3lF2qEA2cw

[Pearl@32]

Heart - Stairway to Heaven at the Kennedy Center Honors

I had the luxury of seeing Heart on their Bad Animals tour (the follow-up to their 80s self-titled smash). They jammed out with "Black Dog" and Ann sang it like it ain't no thing. Pipes.

Thank God they are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. *PatBenatar2020*

Chris Cornell inducted them, and Ann and Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains) performed "Black Hole Sun" last year as a tribute.

[Pearl@32]

Johnny Cash was pretty prolific toward the end of his life. He met his match in Rick Rubin who produced the albums with the big CASH letters on the fronts and launched a lot of great covers (they were the American recordings).

[Pearl@32]

I like this more than Michael Jackson's original:

You would. 

[Pearl@32]

This is 2 covers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2-YIGZas_8