Other than Hendrix's version of All along the watchtower, can anyone think of a cover version of a song where the cover is more well known? The only other i can think of is "I will always love you" from Whitney Houston (Dolly Parton original), but I'm looking for rock songs.
2007-09-26 09:06:39 · 24 answers · asked by sdmf4u2000 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
Tesla "Signs"
Joan Jett "Do you Wanna Touch Me"
2007-09-26 09:47:56 · answer #1 · answered by crushnj2001 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sublime did a lot of cover songs that people think were originally done by them.
"Smoke Two Joints" was originally done by The Toyes
"We're Only Gonna Die For Our Arrogance" was originally done by Bad Religion (their version was just called "We're Only Gonna Die")
"Hope" was originally done by The Descendents
"Scarlet Begonias" was originally done by The Grateful Dead
Also, a lot of the songs Nirvana did on their Unplugged CD were covers:
"Man Who Sold The World" was by David Bowie
"Jesus Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam" by The Vaselines
"Oh Me," "Lake Of Fire," and "Plateau" were all Meat Puppets songs
"Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" is a Leadbelly song.
Also, a lot of people think that Tina Turner did the original version of "Proud Mary," but in fact it was Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Sunny Curtis & The Crickets originally did "I Fought The Law," which has been covered by Bobby Fuller Four, The Clash, Mike Ness, Green Day, and was parodied by Dead Kennedys
Orgy's cover of New Order's "Blue Monday" is probably better known among younger people.
2007-09-26 17:07:03 · answer #2 · answered by Jeremy's Jeremiad 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There's actually a lot. Your best bet is to just search The Covers Project at http://www.coversproject.com/
Probably the most famous would be "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by The Tokens. The original came out in 1939.
"Instanbul" by They Might Be Giants is a cover, but I don't know who did the original
Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler is really a Roger Whittaker Cover. (Yeah, I know, Roger who?)
Superman is a popular non-single by REM, but even a lot of fans don't know it was originally done by The Clique.
George Harrison's "Got My Mind Set On You" is a cover.
Some of the songs of the first two or three Beatles albums are covers and better known that their originals.
2007-09-26 16:20:45 · answer #3 · answered by davypi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pearl Jam's version of "Last Kiss" is much more well known than the original which was written by Wayne Cochren and performed by J. Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers in 1962 or 1964....sometime in the early 60's
2007-09-26 18:56:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone beat me to it!
Blinded By the Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
orig. Bruce Springsteen
In A Broken Dream - Thunder
original by Python Lee Jackson
Word Up - Gun
orig. by Cameo
A lot of people don't realise that Tainted Love was by Soft Cell, rather than Marilyn Manson.
Edit :~
Yep - I like Thunder! :)
Tainted Love - yes, I remember reading that Marc Almond first heard it performed by a woman {Gloria Jones?} in a Northern Soul club, but Soft Cell had the really big hit with it.
2007-09-26 16:20:06 · answer #5 · answered by Lady Silver Rose * Wolf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Motley Crue - Smokin' In The Boy's Room (Brownsville Station)
Sinead O' Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince)
The Black Crowes - Hard To Handle (Otis Redding)
Aretha Franklin - Respect (Otis Redding)
Patsy Cline - Crazy (Willie Nelson)
Quiet Riot - C*m On Feel The Noize (Slade)
Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee (Kris Kristofferson)
The Eagles - Seven Bridges Road (Steve Young)
Great White - Once Bitten Twice Shy (Ian Hunter)
Guns N' Roses - Nice Boys (Rose Tattoo)
Poison - Your Mama Don't Dance (Loggins and Messina)
Edit: Silver~Rose~Wolf - Good call on Thunder. I thought there were only like three Thunder fans left in the world. Oh... and Soft Cell actually covered "Tainted Love"... not an original.
2007-09-26 16:24:30 · answer #6 · answered by Mike AKA Mike 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
>>House of the Rising Sun ~ most famous version by Eric Burden & the Animals
Was also recorded by Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Josh White, Nina Simone(possibly)...
Originally is believed to have been first recorded around 1928 by a guy named Texas Alexander.
2007-09-27 03:27:24 · answer #7 · answered by Blood Makes Noise 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All along the watchtower by Bob Dylan but everyone knows the Hendrix version. In fact it was so well known that for years after Hendrix died Dylan played the Hendrix version in concert.
2007-09-26 17:09:07 · answer #8 · answered by Brian F 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Eric Clapton - Cocaine (J.J. Cale)
Cream - Crossroads (Robert Jonhson)
Black Crowes - Hard To Handle (Otis Reading)
Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe (The Leaves)
The Clash - I Fought The Law (The Crickets)
Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee (Kris Kritofferson)
The Animals - Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Nina Simone)
Aretha Franklin - Respect (Otic Redding)
2007-09-26 18:09:06 · answer #9 · answered by Dani G 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The U2/Green Day version of "The Saints are Coming" was pretty popular earlier this year whereas The Skids remain virtually unknown.
2007-09-26 18:53:45 · answer #10 · answered by Josc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Breakfast In America ny Supertramp
2007-09-26 16:30:26 · answer #11 · answered by Semper Fidelis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋