I'm certainly not looking for anything that surpasses the original, but something that comes close would be nice. Any suggestions?
2007-07-17 03:15:12 · 18 answers · asked by Sookie 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
I definitely need to check out some of this stuff. Thanks!
2007-07-18 02:08:35 · update #1
There are hundreds of Beatle covers out there, but the Fabs were so innovative and unique that most covers come of as pale and derivative.
Having said that there are a few that have stood the test of time and maintain some real originality, and a few obscure but interesting versions:
With a Little Help From My Friends -- Joe Cocker
She Came in Through The Bathroom Window -- Joe Cocker
Here Comes the Sun -- Richie Havens
Helter Skelter -- U2
Taxman - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Eleanor Rigby - Ray Charles
Happiness is a Warm Gun -- The Breeders
Two of Us -- Michael Penn and Aimee Mann
Dear Prudence -- Siouxsie and the Banshees
One After 909 -- Willie Nelson
I'm Looking Through You -- Steve Earle
2007-07-17 03:46:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Revolution #9 - Stone Temple Piliots
In My Life - Johnny Cash
Ellonor Rigby - Godhead
Lucy In The Sky With Dimonds - The Black Crowes
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away - Pearl Jam
I'll Cry Instead - Joe Cocker
Because - Elliot Smith
Helter Skelter - Motley Crue
Magic Mystery Tour - Cheap Trick
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Bono and Paul McCartney (at Live 8)
2007-07-17 03:36:13 · answer #2 · answered by Bohn Johnam 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The best cover I've ever heard by any band of any band happens to be Stevie Wonder covering the Beatles. He did We Can Work It Out and it was just phenominal. He really did a great job of puting his touch on it while honoring the original.
2007-07-17 03:47:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, actually I haven't, however, I do like Green Days cover of John Lennon's Working Class Hero, much better than John's original version. That is a rarity. I usually don't care for remakes of other peoples songs.
2007-07-17 03:25:00 · answer #4 · answered by BoosGrammy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very few. Eddie Vedder did a great cover of "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away".
While not *technically* a Beatles cover, Kevin Spacey did a great rendition of Lennon's "Mind Games" at a Lennon tribute a few years ago.
2007-07-17 03:23:06 · answer #5 · answered by Deke 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My personal favorite is Jaded Heart's version of Help! It's a completely different arrangement. You don't realize what the song is until the lyrics start. It's hard to find, but worth the effort.
2007-07-17 05:29:36 · answer #6 · answered by Mike AKA Mike 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
of course some
The John Butler Trio, Come Together :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVLAmlIzzOk
and a classic :
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence
http://www.radioblogclub.fr/open/125178/siouxsie_prudence/siouxsie%20and%20the%20banshees%20-%20dear%20prudence
Oh, and not from the Beatles, but there is an excellent cover of Lennon's Imagine by A Perfect Circle, on the Emotive album :
http://www.radioblogclub.fr/open/142976/imagine_perfect_circle/A%20Perfect%20Circle%20-%20Imagine
Ah, and I forgot about that genius jazz cover of Yesterday, by Oscar Peterson.
Also, plenty jazz covers of Eleanor Rigby...
Stanley Jordan there :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QaWUjJkBZA
There's also a better (imo) jazz cover of that song by Christophe Godin and PJ Gaucher, but I cannot find it on youtube or radioblogclub or myspace...
2007-07-17 03:22:04 · answer #7 · answered by MicMicMan 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am not a huge fan of the concept of cover songs, but there was this one I always enjoyed. The group Godhead did an awesome version of Eleanor Rigby.
2007-07-17 03:37:59 · answer #8 · answered by Rckets 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, when Green Day covered John Lennon's song "Working Class Hero" it was great!
2007-07-17 06:06:51 · answer #9 · answered by $C3N3 . FR3$H 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have heard two good Beatles covers.
1. Yes - 'Every Little Thing'
2. The Score - 'Please Please Me'
Look for Yes (their first CD - Atlantic/Warner), and The Freakbeat Scene (DERAM/PolyGram). These cover versions both surpass the originals.
2007-07-17 03:31:51 · answer #10 · answered by WMD 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋