A thread of music: Cover version

Ok. I hope this thread takes off. I'm curious to see different kinds of music in this thread. Heres the idea.

I have an original song, then follow it by how ever many other cover versions of it I can find.

Ex. Original

Genesis
"Land of Confusion"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBdUz_IJ4VA

Metal versions....

Disturbed
"Land of Confusion"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KW8DRSvEoQ&feature=related

In Flames
"Land of Confusion"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bm4r8oNm-o



Original-
"Cinnamon Girl"
Neil Young
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXXcHOF34Sg&feature=related


Cover-
Type O Negative
"Cinnamon Girl"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0bHCY865xs&feature=related




I hope you catch the drift. LOL

Something In The Air

original version:

by Thunderclap Newman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pGht71KFkY)

cover:

by Tom Petty (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUc9RARCGpo)

cover:

by Hayley Sanderson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opO4fFcxazA&feature=related)

Call out the instigators
Because there's something in the air
We've got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right
And you know that it's right

We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together now

Lock up the streets and houses
Because there's something in the air
We've got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right
And you know that it's right

We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together now

Hand out the arms and ammo
We're going to blast our way through here
We've got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right
And you know that it's right

We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together

Unchained Melody

The music for Unchained Melody was composed by Alex North and the lyrics by Hy Zaret. It is one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some counts having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages.

1950's The song was written as the theme for an obscure 1955 prison film titled Unchained (where the song gets its name). Todd Duncan, the baritone who performed in the original Porgy and Bess, sang the vocals for the film soundtrack. Les Baxter released an instrumental version which reached #2. Al Hibbler followed close behind with a vocal version that reached #3 on the Billboard charts. He was followed soon after by Jimmy Young whose version hit #1 on the British charts. Roy Hamilton's version reached #6, while June Valli took it to #29. Rockabilly legend Gene Vincent recorded it for his second album in 1956. Harry Belafonte sang it at the 1956 Academy Awards where it finished fifth in the voting for the Academy Award for Best Original Song of 1955.

1960's In 1963, an uptempo, doo-wop version of Unchained Melody by Vito & the Salutations hit the eastern U.S. regional charts. The song regained national popularity when another version was produced by Phil Spector in 1965, performed as a solo by Bobby Hatfield, although credited to the Righteous Brothers. It climbed to #4.

1970's On June 21, 1977, just six weeks prior to his death, Elvis Presley performed Unchained Melody for what would be his last television appearance, Elvis In Concert. A recording of Unchained Melody from a live concert in Ann Arbor, Michigan, featuring Elvis on piano was included on his last record album Moody Blue.

1990's Unchained Melody reappeared on the Billboard charts in 1990, reaching #19, after Hatfield's recording was used in the film Ghost. It reached #1 in the UK, becoming the UK's top selling single of 1990; it also later reached #1 in Australia, staying at number-one for 7 weeks from November 1990 through January 1991. The doo-wop version by Vito & the Salutations was used in the film Goodfellas in 1990.


cover:

by Bobby Hatfield (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-idDbIfGvw) (The Righteous Brothers)

cover:

by U2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1j_vyQrWO4)

cover:

by Gene Vincent (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkLrfnqvOus)

cover:

by Roy Orbison (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDoVgJ4FBdg)

cover:

by Asher Quinn (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ7LHhviqZU) (you must hear this version)

cover:

by Elvis Presley (http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=962204)

Dude George. You're stuck in the oldies. :bgrin2:

Smells Like Teen Spirit

original Nirvana (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPQR-OsH0RQ)

cover Weird Al Yankovic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NCWht1wgjM)

cover Tori Amos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcHNZVrxEts)

cover Paul Anka (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsS811o21-k)

Guess Who!

Signs

original version:

by Five Man Electric Band (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1Q7cP3ij5g)

cover:

by Tesla (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzjD9t4ORfA)

Can't Help Falling In Love

original version:

by Elvis Presley (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crfRcI6oeXw)

cover:

by UB40 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNx0X8d7HDg)

cover:

by Celine Dion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JbHWRWSNi0)

Pastime Paradise

original: Stevie Wonder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=840uku8_T4Q

cover (parody) Weird Al Yankovic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsfVw9xxoNY

MY WAY

original: Claude Francois (in French, Comme d'Habitude)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AmHntiV2Ebs


covers:
Frank Sinatra
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sEbgB6X6S5c

Robbie William
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q5uKa1bDtsk

Engelbert Humperdinck
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8xzTw_k9jbs

Nina Hagen
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zO6HbzZPxvc

Elvis Presley
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sFEU_9lZrTk


There must be about 40 other versions too but I'm too lazy to find

Ring of Fire

original version:

by Johnny Cash (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRlj5vjp3Ko&feature=related)

cover:

by Social Distortion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96x_FiQIB6E)

Hot Rod Lincoln

original version:

by Charlie Ryan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MS9fk1u6kA)

cover:

by Johnny Bond (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwky7B7upRA)

cover:

by Commander Cody (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUA6mnEXo8I)

KC ... I'll Stand By You

original version:

by The Pretenders (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5pECaW-VMI)

cover:

by Girls Aloud (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhjO4UqnSE8)

cover:

by Carrie Underwood (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xstLRWHgD2Q)

True Love Ways

original version:

by Buddy Holly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYI9uaLdSZM)

cover:

by Peter and Gordon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2py7HPXgF0)

I Fought the Law

original version was recorded by the Crickets, Buddy Holly's back up band. A video of their performance wasn't available.

cover:

by the Bobby Fuller Four (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my7WTG2OJUo)

cover:

by The Clash (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u0wwCfoJ4)

cover:

by Green Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TOVkiBE2r4)

cover:

by The Stray Cats (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfzVDZWV4mw)

Needles and Pins

Written by Jack Nitzsche and Sonny Bono (of Sonny & Cher), the song was originally recorded by Jackie DeShannon, and became a rock standard.

original version:

by Jackie DeShannon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gXhzV4h3tc)

cover:

by The Searchers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkOwP5tegUI)

cover:

by The Ramones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__F5bfTJlfY)

just to show how much a cover can depart from the orginal

Turn the Page by Bob Segar which was later covered by Metallica is one example , another one actually departs even more by each cover is
"My Tourniquet" By Soul Embraced (a death metal band)
the song was then covered/re imagined by Evanescense who turned it into a more pop sounding song, it was then covered yet again by the band Static Heaven who took the evanescense style version and re did it as a techno song

some others are "Working Class Hero" By John Lennon which has been covered by multiple other people and bands including Marilyn Manson and Green day

"straight edge" by minor threat has been covered by almost every sXe punk band on the planet, but the NOFX slow version is the funniest (who arent sXe)

"Enter sandman" by metallica was covered by Motorhead and sounded simaler
Ozzy's "Iron Man" was covered by Dio (not sure if that counts) and i liked his version better

"snap your fingers (snap your neck)" by Prong was covered by Demon Hunter and redone as a death metal song which is like better then the orginal

The Plasmatics "sex addict" was covered by My Ruin on "the shape of things to come" mini album, which i also prefer over the orginal

In The Hall of The Mountain King from the Peer Gynt Suite,
composed 1875 by the classical composer Edward Grieg

original Jerusalem Orchestra (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzyi3C4gNnE&feature=related)

cover Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKhxMnvVJv4)

cover Apocolyptica (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf2aIVKp1OY)

cover Rainbow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIpsgd0Oq_4&feature=related)

Guess Who!

Please Don't Go

original version:

by KC and the Sunshine Band (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbPiLsxGwPE)

cover:

by Double You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKITQ4qhXII)

cover:

by KWS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5WzFBUHo-k)

this one is a dedication ...

We Have All the Time in the World

original version:

by Louis Armstrong (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBexk5z0n5Q)

cover:

by FLC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsjiQ_UWiHI)

cover:

by Iggy Pop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jRt1uboNqM)

cover:

by My Bloody Valentine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fajvqa50Jc)

cover:

by Fun Lovin' Criminals (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwFLwYvq1wQ)

Original-
Seals and Crofts
"Summer Breeze"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vLhDNvbtFp4&feature=related




Cover-
Type O Negative
"Summer Breeze"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=K4ZMRk8hcWk&feature=related


Isley Brothers
"Summer Breeze"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ELyQnVb7g5M

:aaaaaaack::bowdown:


I don't know ANYTHING!!

But I LOVE UB40's cover of "I Can't Help Falling i:yes:n Love"

Probably the funniest cover version I've ever heard in my life:

Oops I Did It Again (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unBACOHFXes&feature=related)

As done by Children of Bodom (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOTmSW8E9NQ)

Dirty Dancing
"She's like the wind"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yfg97-5uhFQ

Lumidee
"She's like the wind"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QrLnH8k70LI

Vibekingz feat. Maliq
"She's like the wind"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fpbJG4M3orw&feature=related

Ms.Scott great song ...

Now for something completely silly ....

Let It All Hang Out

original version:

by The Hombres (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PuWP0a4tT0)

cover:

by Jonathan King (UK) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzJ_71MqCyE)

cover:

by The Nails (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7QTjyi3Xrs)

Showing my age again ...

I Got You Babe

original version:

by Sonny & Cher (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hGlYT38DZY)

cover:

by Cher and Butthead (that's right, Butthead) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ_K5m05n7s)

cover:

by UB40 with Chrissie Hynde (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xMhWd7mf0M)

cover:

by Joey Ramone and Holly Beth Vincent (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpuh9LUJjwA)

cover:

by The Cynics (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlXyRWFg7gw)

Original
Ted Nugent
"Cat scratch fever"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=51V-2i8Tqjw&feature=related

Cover
Pantera
"Cat scratch fever"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=68jr_r9KNKU

Original
Dio
"Holy diver"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bkysjcs5vFU&feature=related


Cover
Killswitch Engage
"Holy Diver"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1qNxWEyUvqo

Pat Boone
"Holy Diver"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uxjoZIm2XGo&feature=related

Original ~ Carpenters Superstar
Cover ~ Sonic Youth

I am absolutely lovin this cover version , has anyone heard it?

Misirlou (often mis-spelled Miserlou)

Misirlou is a song popularized in the USA by the originator of the surf music genre, Dick Dale. Introduced in 1962, it is Mr Dale's most popular song, one of surf music's most famous songs. It has been used in countless movie soundtracks and television commercials.

Most people are under the impression that Dick Dale wrote the music for Misirlou. This is not so. Misirlou originated in Greece, about 1927, as a sad love song about an Egyptian Girl (Misirlou is Greek for Egyptian Girl). It is a popular belly dancing song in the Middle East, and it is a wedding song in Israel. The song is well known and popular throughout the Middle East and in Greece.

Also unkown to Americans, there are lyrics to the song Misirlou:

English Lyrics

Desert shadows creep across the purple sands.
Natives kneel in prayer by their caravans.
There, silhouetted under an eastern star,
I see my long lost blossom of Shalimar.
You, Misirlóu, are the moon and the sun, fairest one.

Old temple bells are calling cross the sand.
We’ll find our Kismet, answering love’s command.
You, Misirlóu, are a dream of delight in the night.

To an oasis, sprinkled by stars above,
Heaven will guide us. Allah will bless our love.
Ah, ah, Misirlóu

Translated Greek Lyrics

My Misirlou (Egyptian girl), your sweet glance
It's lit a flame in my heart
Oh, my love, Oh, my night
Your lips are dripping honey

Oh, Misirlou, magical, exotic beauty
Madness will overcome me, I can't take any more
Oh, I'll steal you away from the Arab land

My black-eyed, my wild Misirlou
My life changes with one kiss
Oh, my love, Oh, my night
From your sweet little lips

USA hit version:

by Dick Dale 1962 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXcJl8Na0s8)

Early USA version:

by Korla Pandit 1951 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9ytSC8rz84)

modern Greek version:

by Anna Vissi 2004 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AURm7GY-Uj4)

belly dance version:

by Ella's Band 2007 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OSAUBJEtyE)

another Greek version:

by Nikos Roubanis 2007 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z99Le0vhAGA&mode=related&search=)