June 11, 201313 yr comment_581840 What about Chet Baker doing Elvis Costello's Almost Blue?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alUSx_X_za8 Report
June 11, 201313 yr comment_581844 I think it counts quite well, and indeed is awesome; wasn't it written and performed originally by Ewan MacColl (Kirsty's father)? I believe that's so. Keeping on with the celtic theme, I also liked the Lick the Tins version of "Can't Help Falling in Love" much more than Elvis's version. Report
June 11, 201313 yr comment_581868 Yeah, that Hurt cover by Johnny Cash is great. Johnny was never shy about doing others; music if he liked it, but late in life he seemed to go on a binge. I love this cover of U2's One ... Johnny seems 100 years old, but was shortly before his death at 71. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8d_8fM6PQc And speaking of All Along The Watchtower, Neil Young loves that song, and has done it a lot. Here is at Farm Aid 1994 with Willie. Funny, but first time I heard Neil do it I was like, "Wow, Neil is covering Jimi". Then, "Noi, even better, Neil covering Jimi covering Dylan" ... Report
June 11, 201313 yr comment_581883 I know I'm in the minority here, but I don't see that he really did anything with it (other than one lyric change). This always had the feel to me of going thru the motions for a CD to make some bux... As much as I respect Johnny Cash, it just never did anything for me. Wait, what? He took out all of Trent Reznor's highly stylized production...er...thingies, he took out that little discordancy or dissonance or whatever you want to call it in the opening riff, he played it straight, but most importantly, he lent his voice to it. He made it a Johnny Cash song -- even people that had heard of Nine Inch Nails didn't realize it was a Nine Inch Nails song. Oh, and he took out that huge metal climax like a sucker punch and that insanely long trailing drone. I mean, just play the first couple seconds of both versions. Report
June 11, 201313 yr comment_581884 yah, cash's version was definitely not striking out on it's own, but it took a great, powerful song, and made it trascendent Report
June 11, 201313 yr comment_581919 Cash's version of Hurt is prob my favorite cover ever. That Stairway vid is from the annual 'Kennedy Center Honors...' show, lots of good covers from those. This one is probably my favorite: Paul Simon covering 'Surfer Girls' at Beach Boys tribute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmjj5Orjnl0 Report
September 22, 201312 yr comment_600314 Caught this at the end of an episode of Californication and was like WTF. Kinda grows on you though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iBe53ruE1g Report
September 22, 201312 yr comment_600318 Watching the show it took me a while to figure out what that song was. Very good cover... Report
January 28, 201412 yr comment_620691 Not so much a cover as it is sampling. Anyway, as a huge fan of spaghetti western soundtracks, I really liked this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhxb00ONI_A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2B6SjMh_w Report
January 29, 201412 yr comment_620729 Somewhere in the middle of this...~13:55...you should listen to that. Report
September 17, 201411 yr comment_652808 I don't get the spinning plates one, but that Boxer is just fantastic. Spot the headphones, electrostatic speakers and amp: Report
September 17, 201411 yr comment_652812 Wouldn't you want closed headphones for recording a vocal? Report
September 17, 201411 yr comment_652814 I just thought they were nice. Maybe he doesn't have any. Report
September 17, 201411 yr comment_652820 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-B8k0n_3cs Been stuck in my head since watching the season 1 finale of The Leftovers. Scene---------> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8aoB5ylCjI Report
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