peterdot's top five Cover Songs

created by THE Lowly Peon . all elements . 1 comments

  Song Band (who Covered The Song) Points
1. All Along The Watchtower Jimi Hendrix 10
2. Hurt Johnny Cash 4
3. One Way Out Allman Brothers 4
4. Crossroads Cream 3
5. Scarlet Begonias Sublime 3

THE Lowly Peon's top five Cover Songs

updated on January 14 @ 5:19pm 1 comments . view previous

  Song Band (who Covered The Song) notes
1. All Along The Watchtower Jimi Hendrix originally bob dylan (robert zimmerman). though i personally like the original better, this cover is amazing. different in so many ways, and succeeds in each
2. Hurt Johnny Cash so different. amazing original (by NIN), amazing cover
3. Scarlet Begonias Sublime the dead's version is amazing. sublime's version is too. how wonderful
4. My Favorite Things John Coltrane good enough to name the album after it
5. Heartbeats Jose Gonzales no offense to the knife, but this version is just great

note: this list is compiled based on certain criteria. a cover that is good enough to make this list has to be different (ie can't be the same song and practically the same version only by someone else). the covers have to be good. it helps to have a killer original (ie watchtower, hurt, begonias). and i decided to choose songs that are on albums, because that shows the cover group really thought they could pull it off. as a live show, anyone can cover nearly anything. but it needs to be something special to make this list. these artists obviously thought they did something right, and i agree.

other mentionables: me & bobby mcgee (janis joplin, covered by the dead), we will become silhouettes (postal service, covered by the shins), anything on the life aquatic soundtrack (david bowie, covered by seu george), woodstock (joni mitchell, covered by csn. joni's version is much better)

Will's top five Cover Songs

posted on October 19 @ 9:23pm 1 comments . view previous

  Song Band (who Covered The Song) notes
1. All Along The Watchtower Jimi Hendrix Phenomenal
2. One Way Out Allman Brothers Hell yeah.
3. Crossroads Cream Really great song
4. Woodstock Crosby, Stills, Nash, And Young I disagree with Peon. I say this version is superior.
5. Hallelujah Jeff Buckley I really like this song.

I didn't realize how hard this list was to make. I'm definitely going to have to revise it eventually.