Best Live or Unusual Cover Songs
 

A conversation with my wife about guitar playing and some of the songs posted in Half Smoke's "Tunes" thread inspired me to start this one. Post some of your favorite cover songs, preferably by amateur musicians.

Gabriella Quevedo puts a unique twist on some popular songs. She has a nice finger-picking style that allows her to play the melody and rhythm parts at the same time. Good stuff.



David Cook is a professional now, but his performance on American Idol before he turned pro was really amazing. Technically this is a cover of a cover as Chris Cornell did this arrangement first.

Couple I seen the other day... that kid can play.

Funny you started this thread today. I was going to start a cover thread today after surfing youtube last night.

your ghost riders reminded me of this mix of 2 popular songs

Garage Zeppelin...

Steely Dan Cover Guitar Solos--Colm Lindsay
 

One of the Very Best:

Great band, great cover

Led Zepparella
 

THAT DUDE HAS CHOPS!!

VCSR [Very Cool Stuff Randall] :):)

They're really good: :cool:

That was good stuff. Those guys were reaching for those high notes, but they got there nicely

I was going to keep my posts to "amateurs" but when I was watching the videos for the Led Zeppelin cover bands this one came up as a suggestion and I had not seen it before. Patty Smyth has one of my favorite female voices, maybe my third favorite after Ann Wilson and Amy Lee. I had a mad-ass crush on her after seeing the Goodbye to You video on MTV back in the day. It's too bad she went the pop route instead of doing rock songs. Take a listen and you'll see..er..hear what I mean.

Here's a very weird one
WARNING: offensive language

Thunderstruck-under the Unusual category
 

Finnish hillbilly band- Steve'n'Seagulls

Frank Zappa covering Led Zepplin?
Wonder if LZ ever covered Please don't eat the yellow snow? :lol::lol:

Many people have covered this Ray Charles' classic. This one is a cover of John Mayer's cover. I like the arrangement on this one a lot.

If your looking for a different take on a song this one is pretty cool.


Norah Jones- Black Hole Sun. She was 15 years old when this song came out, being just a year younger than her I can say this song was amazingly popular with young people at the time. She might have imagined a thousand times what it would sound like her way.


Major bonus for the time and place. :rip: "Heaven sent hell away, noone sings like you anymore"

There is always this version! "Doctor said I need rest!!"

In 2002, The Funk Brothers, Motown's house band, got together 30 years after having played their last note to play their music and tell their story in the documentary, Standing In The Shadows of Motown.

The Funk Brothers produced more hits than The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys and Elvis. Combined.

Here, with Tom Scott and friends sitting in, they're fronted by the great Joan Osborne in a super cover of the Jimmy Ruffin classic, What Becomes of the Brokenhearted. The added coda is wonderful.

She has to be one of the most underrated artist that at least I know of. She has a voice so soft, yet propelling. Few are gifted with her style, not to mention her multi-instrumental ability.
I love her music.

KEEP ME HANGING ON---VANILLA FUDGE

Lots of good stuff in the thread. Keep 'em coming.

Larkin Poe has some interesting covers. I like this one a lot. Rebecca Lovell has a really good voice (one of my current faves), and the harmonies with her sister Megan are spot on.

This was freakin great!

Kind of a cover? The Who? Maybe?

this group “IMY2” – which is text abbreviation for “I miss you too” does some nice covers

This Band Flog Leap does some good covers

I am in love!!

Chris Cornell's Billie Jean.
He took a platinum level song and made it sound like they got it all wrong.

Try this one