Best Cover Songs of All Time

[Hriston]

The Velvet Underground did an outstanding song way back when:


And then one day the Cowboy Junkies put out this cover that I never saw coming:

As far as I remember, Lou Reed was quoted as saying it was the most authentic version of "Sweet Jane" he had ever heard.

I think you'll find this recording is closer to the Cowboy Junkies version:

 

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I mentioned this cover up-thread. Here are some videos, first, the original:

 

[Hriston]

These two come to mind. Trigger warning: the first video depicts a mass shooting.

 

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[Dausuul]

For this board especially.

The original:

The cover:

The cover of the cover:

 

[Dausuul]

The original, Sad But True by Metallica:

And the cover by The Hu, a Mongolian folk metal band:

 

[Dausuul]

The original, "Evermore" from the remake of "Beauty and the Beast":

The cover, by Jonathan Young:

 

[Guest 7034872]

The guitar riff is the only connection between those two songs, and I guess the lyric “sweet Jane”…would have loved if, “anyone that ever heard a heart wouldn’t turn around and break it“ was in the original. Cause that’s probably the best sentiment of all time.

Yeah, it was no straightforward cover they did: it's more like they took the last 60 seconds of the Underground's version, slowed it down until someone on quaaludes could tap their feet to it, and then turned the lights wayyyy down for the video.

Still love both versions, though.