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No idea they were from or lived in MN.
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If you haven't heard the song they wrote in Roswell, NM, where they were stranded for 10 days when their van broke down - here it is. Apparently, it's become something of an anthem for the City of Roswell.



And here's another one of their cover songs that I like:

 
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Any song Linda Ronstadt touches has the ability to make one forget the original, even for someone great like Warren Zevon.

Poor Poor Pitiful Me

 
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The Eaglebrook Church houseband cover of Freebird. I was there for this one. It's good:

 


Another example of Linda Ronstadt totally owning a standard-cover, taking on Buddy Holly.

That'll Be the Day

 


Ope3 said:
Top 5 REM Covers, IMO

1. Crazy / Pylon

2. Superman / The Clique

3. Have You Ever Seen the Rain / CCR

4. Wall of Death / Richard Thompson

5. First We Take Manhattan / Leonard Cohen
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Michael Shannon and I agree, Crazy by Pylon is our favorite REM Cover.

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R. E. M. - Crazy (Pylon cover) Spectrum Philadelphia PA 4/20/89

R.E.M. covering the Pylon song CRAZY at the Spectrum in Philadelphia PA on April 20th 1989. Jim R. mastered this tape - this comes from my dub from his maste...
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Jeff Tweedy taking on Bob Dylan with Simple Twist of Fate.

 

Liz Phair & Lisa Loeb covering the The Verve with Bitter Sweet Symphony:
 
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The 50th Anniversary of George Harrison's All Thing Must Pass is perhaps my favorite re-issue of anything Beatles related, due in part because I never previously upgraded from cassette in my music collection. I've been trying to make up for lost time, by playing it steadily the past few years.

It was fun to stumble upon this Yusuf/Cat Stevens cover of the majestic title track.

All Things Must Pass

 

This Cream standard originally released in late 1967 was developed by Jack Bruce after seeing Hendrix perform live. According to wiki, Jimi was unaware of the tribute even though he was covering the track himself as an instrumental pretty shortly after it became a hit.

Here it is from a 1969 Swedish broadcast.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience / Sunshine of Your Love
 

Ope3 said:
This Cream standard originally released in late 1967 was developed by Jack Bruce after seeing Hendrix perform live. According to wiki, Jimi was unaware of the tribute even though he was covering the track himself as an instrumental pretty shortly after it became a hit.

Here it is from a 1969 Swedish broadcast.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience / Sunshine of Your Love
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A Jimi sidenote from a Bio that was on the other night. He met Alice Cooper for the first time after watching one of their early gigs in LA.

He invited the band back to his room at the Holiday Inn. It was there that Alice had his first joint, sharing it with Jimi while they enjoyed 15 minutes of Magic Fingers together sitting on the hotel bed.

My Dad served in Vietnam as a field medic but his greatest accomplishment might be surviving the 60's and early 70's. What an incredible time in history for those that love music. I remain fascinated with origin stories.
 



I never travel far without Wilco covering a little Big Star.

Thirteen
 

Doug Sahm with (Is Anybody Goin' to) San Antone originally recorded by Charley Pride:

 

Leonid and Friends covering about anything is great. Here is their covers of EW&F and Carpenters classics:


 
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Featured in a recent episode of The Bear is Eddie Vedder covering Pete Townsend covering The English Beat.

Save it for Later
 

Steve Earle included this one on his Guy Clark Tribute album, whom he cherished as a mentor.

Dublin Blues
 

Toni Cornell covering Temple of the Dog.

Hunger Strike

Wow. The apple does not fall from the tree.
 

Ope3 said:
Robert Smith liked the Dinosaur Jr cover of Just Like Heaven so much, The Cure adapted some aspects into their live performances. Says so on wiki.

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Another cover of Just Like Heaven which sounds much more like the Cure than Dino Jr with Derry deBorja playing keys/synth. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit:

 
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While looking for the current avatar, I stumbled upon this clip of Rick Moranis covering The Vapors.

Turning Japanese

My vague recollection was this was a video on the Gerry Todd Show.
 

The first and only time I saw Uncle Tupelo at First Ave just before they imploded, one of the more memorable songs they played was covering Doug Sahm's Give Back the Key to My Heart. That cover was on Anodyne and featured the Texas Tornado himself with Jay Farrar as the primary vocalist.

I suppose one benefit of the break is that both Son Volt and Wilco even though Tweedy did not sing on the album version have seen fit to keep it alive throughout their 30 years of shows.

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Son Volt


I revere them both.
 

It took awhile for the penny to drop, but when I was on the second to last episode of Bad Monkey, I heard a cover of Tom Petty's Don't Come Around Here No More and was reminded that I was hearing a lot of Petty songs throughout the show that were covers. A quick search found that DCAHNM was done by Nathaniel Rateliff and when searching for the song I came across the soundtrack which is 21 covers by a host of talent--some of my favorites are Sharon Van Etten's version of I Won't Back Down, Charlotte Lawrence's Wildflowers, the Meridian Brothers with Yer So Bad, and The War on Drugs turn on You Wreck Me, but I pretty much enjoyed the entire listen--great to hear Petty's songs.

 

I have heard this a couple of times on Sirius/XM, but it is also going to on the self titled upcoming Record Store Day release by Garbage along with a bunch of other covers. Shirley Manson's vocals are epically beautiful, giving Bono a run for his money.

Garbage covering U2:

Who's Gonna Rider Your Wild Horses

 

Ope3 said:
I have heard this a couple of times on Sirius/XM, but it is also going to on the self titled upcoming Record Store Day release by Garbage along with a bunch of other covers. Shirley Manson's vocals are epically beautiful, giving Bono a run for his money.

Garbage covering U2:
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"Garbage" is trending.

This will be yet another song on the Record Store Day LP that Garbage is putting out. Generally one does not associate the band as acoustic, so this is quite a departure but wonderful, again featuring strong vocals by Shirley Manson. When it was released originally in 1999, I did not have much familiarity with Big Star, but here's their classic:

Thirteen



Per Wiki: When asked if there was a Big Star cover he was especially fond of, lead singer Alex Chilton mentioned Garbage's version of this song.

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Ope3 said:
Robert Smith liked the Dinosaur Jr cover of Just Like Heaven so much, The Cure adapted some aspects into their live performances. Says so on wiki.

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Geez, I wonder how the kind folks at Instagram* knew to push this video to my queue?!?

Dinosaur Jr covering The Cure, Just Like Heaven.


It's another one of those videos in which my first memory of seeing it was on the screen/curtain at 1st Ave.

*The Gram also got me to purchase a poster directly from the artist for one of the Wilco/Palace shows.

Again. How do they know?!? Must be some sort of magic algorithm.
 
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