Cross gender cover songs

Post by **mr x** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 5:33 pm

Came across a few cover tunes over the past few days that I haven't heard in a while. Made me think of a list of great covers. What else is out there...

Patti Smyth/10000 maniacs - Because The Night (springsteen)
Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old DIxie Down (the band)

gm- · Post by **gm-** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:02 pm

Sonic Youth / The Carpenters - Superstar
Nina Gordon / NWA - Straight outta Compton

redoubt · Post by **redoubt** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:35 pm

Although both versions are overplayed...

Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)

-Keely.

jeffsmith · Post by **jeffsmith** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 7:18 pm

Motörhead / Girlschool - Emergency

dean2k · Post by **dean2k** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 7:46 pm

Lorde / Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule

Marilyn Manson / Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams

dexter · Post by **dexter** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 10:08 pm

Does Beiber do any covers?

Tony L · Post by **Tony L** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 11:48 am

dexter wrote:Does Beiber do any covers?

Thought he was doing the Jail House rock.

Post by **GillettBreweryCnslt** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 11:55 am

Heart / Led Zeppelin -Stairway to Heaven
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Probably the best Stairway cover ever.

Something fun:
Julia Nunes / Panic at the Disco - That Green Gentleman
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Another amazing cover
KD Lang / Leonard Cohen - Halleujah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oZN2eTgvVs" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Dexter wrote:Does Beiber do any covers?

Quiet you!

Post by **GillettBreweryCnslt** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 11:58 am

As a side note, that's Jason Bonham on the drums, John Bonham's son. Also, note that Robert Plant sheds a tear or two near the end. I figure if you can make Robert Plant cry by playing his own song, it's a damn good cover.

elreplica · Post by **elreplica** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 12:24 pm

Have to agree on the Kennedy Awards Heart/Zep cover...watched it again on 10 ft. screen...Robert Plant wiping tears, Barack Obama nodding in awe. And not just because it was one of the few Zep numbers not stolen from black artists LOL. In short, it was fookin' amayonazing.

elreplica · Post by **elreplica** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 12:32 pm

Here are a few - As Tears Go By (Marianne Faithful, Rolling Stones) Dear Prudence, Helter Skelter (Siouxshie and the Banshees, Beatles) Gloria (Patti Smith, Van Morrison)Crimson & Clover (Joan Jett, Tommy James & The Shondells)

akr71 · Post by **akr71** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:56 am

Iggy Pop / Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Passenger

Nirvana / Tori Amos - Smells like Teen Spirit

LiverDance · Post by **LiverDance** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:56 pm

GAM · Post by **GAM** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 1:32 pm

I have now seen it all. Thanks Internet.

Sandy

PEIBeerGuy · Post by **PEIBeerGuy** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 8:57 pm

I'm thinking a good cover of "Walk on the Wild Side" would be a double win here.

Ladd · Post by **Ladd** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 2:01 pm

For anyone into heavier music Tori Amos also covered Slayers Raining Blood

chicanuck · Post by **chicanuck** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:20 pm

For the country/folk music fans:

Crazy - Patsy Cline (Willie)
Me & Bobby McGee - Janice Joplin (Kristofferson)

and the White Stripes cover of Jolene made me think of Jack White's cover of an early Tegan & Sara tune: Walking with a Ghost

- chicanuck

dean2k · Post by **dean2k** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:58 am

That reminds me, Neko Case does a version of Tom Waits "Letters from a Hooker from Minneapolis on Christmas Eve".... Or whatever it's called.

mumblecrunch · Post by **mumblecrunch** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 10:07 am

dean2k wrote:That reminds me, Neko Case does a version of Tom Waits "Letters from a Hooker from Minneapolis on Christmas Eve".... Or whatever it's called.

"Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" in fact.

Holly Cole did a whole album of Waits tunes that's a-ok. (German Cabaret Singer) Ute Lemper did a nice job on a couple of his tunes on one of her albums. And Scarlett Johansen's album was almost entirely Waits covers too. Wouldn't recommend tracking that last one down though.

How about Van Halen covering "Dancing in the Street". Somehow less ridiculous than Bowie and Jagger doing it a few years later.

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akr71 · Post by **akr71** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:56 am

Radioactive - Imagine Dragons / Within Temptation

I don't love or hate either band, but the singer from Within Temptation is certainly easy on the eyes.

akr71 · Post by **akr71** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:27 am

I really don't like Daft Punk at all - I wish I had heard this version first...

Get Lucky - Daft Punk / Halestorm

Halestorm seems to do a lot of covers.