Not sure if this has been explored elsewhere, but I can’t get over this pairing:
“He’ll Have to Go”
Original: Jim Reeves
Cover: Ry Cooder
Note that Jim has had 10 Grammy Nominations and Zero wins.
Not sure if this has been explored elsewhere, but I can’t get over this pairing:
“He’ll Have to Go”
Original: Jim Reeves
Cover: Ry Cooder
Note that Jim has had 10 Grammy Nominations and Zero wins.
First song that popped into my head.
Classic
Affinity does a pretty good job at that, too. There’s an urgency in the singing of Linda Hoyle that’s hard to match.
I Can See Clearly Now
O: Johnny Nash
C: Hothouse Flowers
Very cool. Love the keyboard covering the guitar solos. I guess we also need to include Neil Young’s cover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DBewzgXgYk
I have to confess I’m a bit bored of Neil Young. I’m down to 34 records of him on vinyl from over fifty. I’ve even flewn intercontinental in the past to see him live. Now that they are pressing every tape they can find and releasing all the archives, it’s just too much of the same.
Nevertheless, on the topic of NY and covers, I don’t think we can sail past the white dove before we can sleep in the sand.
The Sound of Silence:
Original - Simon & Garfunkel
Cover - Disturbed
“Mad World”
Original - Tears for Fears
Cover - Gary Jules
I really liked the original, but when I heard the cover I thought “This is what they meant!”
Poor, poor pitiful me
Original Warren Zevon
cover by Linda Ronstadt
I really like the Al Green cover of A Change Is Gonna Come
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye…Steam
Kiss Him Goodbye…The Nylons
Snoop Dogg, “Gin and Juice,” a classic West Coast hiphop anthem, turned into a bluegrass rave-up by Austin alt-country veterans, the Gourds (NSFW):
Excellent pick. Might be a ‘gin and juice’ day here!