driver
October 8, 2006, 1:09am
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<p>I’ve been fooling around with Youtube.com lately. There is some amazing stuff out there. Things you would never expect to find.</p>
<p>Subject of this thread: link some of the really great <em>covers </em> you’ve found (by major artists) on YouTube.</p>
<p>Here are my first choices, just for starters:</p>
<p>Red Hot Chili Peppers–“Brandy” by The Looking Glass <a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMzA0g28Ue4[/url] ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMzA0g28Ue4</a> ;
<p>Red Hot Chili Peppers–“Castles Made of Sand” by Jimi Hendrixhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JBXcS6TLy0&mode=related&search=[/url] ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JBXcS6TLy0&mode=related&search=</a> ;
<p>Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoff–“Cinnamon Girl” by Neil Younghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSzNb-p2ftQ[/url] ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSzNb-p2ftQ</a></p> ;
<p>You knew I’d step up :)</p>
<p>Here’s some of my favorites:</p>
<p>The heir apparent to Jimi (if he wanted to be): <a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLdVkoKNToE[/url] ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLdVkoKNToE</a></p> ;
<p>The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree: <a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRJMACPyGtk[/url] ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRJMACPyGtk</a></p> ;
<p>The first time I saw Bruce perform was during the third encore of a Billy Joel concert in the early seventies in NJ, where he was brought out of the audience to sing this with Billy on piano: <a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2HLZdPGdmU[/url] ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2HLZdPGdmU</a></p> ;
<p>And possibly the worst cover of all time on video: <a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVbv6r_tKnE[/url] ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVbv6r_tKnE</a></p> ;
driver
October 8, 2006, 11:03am
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<p>I saw Patti at My Father’s Place in Roslyn, NY at about that time. Great clip.</p>
<p>Ben Harper performed this Marvin Gaye song at the first “adult” concert I took my daughter to (boy, do I miss her): <a href=“http://youtube.com/watch?v=7Q8qW4sIQbM&mode=related&search=[/url] ”>http://youtube.com/watch?v=7Q8qW4sIQbM&mode=related&search=</a> ;
<p>Where’s m&sdad and allmusic?</p>
<p>some of my favorite clips are when “new” artists play the song along side artists who made it popularhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIkNIJQbaio&mode=related&search=[/url] ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIkNIJQbaio&mode=related&search=</a></p> ;
<p>Here is Neil Young with Pearl Jam playing Rocking in the Free World, in the early 90s, a song that PJ now perfoms quite often live.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFmILOg2uPQ[/url] ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFmILOg2uPQ</a> ; ( with Neil)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIkNIJQbaio&mode=related&search=[/url] ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIkNIJQbaio&mode=related&search=</a> ;
<p>Jake is amazing. I actually saw this version in concert, with Joe, Todd & the string quartet: <a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB3QKSQ_P0s[/url] ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB3QKSQ_P0s</a> ; Brought down the house!</p>
<p>ek: How could I guess you’d come up with Pearl Jam?!</p>
<p>Not a famous performer, but there was a NY Times story about this incredible guitar player on YouTube: <a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB3QKSQ_P0s[/url] ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB3QKSQ_P0s</a></p> ;
<p>Todd Rundgren not a famous performer! :eek:</p>
<p>This is the man who gave us Love Is The Answer and my personal fav, Can We Still Be Friends .</p>
driver
October 8, 2006, 3:20pm
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<p>Johnny Cash and June Carter doing Dylanhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn1xTKfSPWQ&mode=related&search=[/url] ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn1xTKfSPWQ&mode=related&search=</a></p> ;
<p>Cash and Carter “covering” a great Phoenix/Witherspoon hit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0caAT2_UF-o&mode=related&search=[/url] ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0caAT2_UF-o&mode=related&search=</a></p> ;
<p>This isn’t a cover at all, but real footage from the San Quentin Prison concert–very interesting.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NFqTARQQxM&mode=related&search=[/url] ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NFqTARQQxM&mode=related&search=</a></p> ;
<p>Glad to see the ukelele recovering from the Tiny Tim era–Jake was amazing.</p>
<p>Have been searching without success for footage of the B-52’s version of the Petula Clark hit “Downtown.” Drat. A lot of young people don’t realize that they had a career prior to “Roam” and “Love Shack,” but they were practically the house band at The Hot Club in Philly in the late 70s. Their very existence turned any performance into a party. College connection: University of GA, Athens. This clip isn’t a cover, but it is very unusual footage from that era and captures their wonderful insanity and showcases Fred’s virtuosity on the cowbell.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cgp4JIMHnk&search=B52’s%20B52%20love%20shack%20britney%20spears%20toxic%20mash%20up%20mashup%20bootleg%20video%20promo%20GYBO%20thriftshop%20xl%20EOTMC%20la%20roche%20rumba[/url] ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cgp4JIMHnk&search=B52’s%20B52%20love%20shack%20britney%20spears%20toxic%20mash%20up%20mashup%20bootleg%20video%20promo%20GYBO%20thriftshop%20xl%20EOTMC%20la%20roche%20rumba</a></p> ;
<p>Audio, you are awesome! Todd Rundgren AND Joe Jackson doing a cover–who are those string players?</p>
<p>I do actually listen to other types of music
<p><a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKKpoCy0a5Y&mode=related&search=[/url] ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKKpoCy0a5Y&mode=related&search=</a> ;
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<p>They are Ethel: <a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_(string_quartet)[/url] ”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_(string_quartet)</a></p> ;
<p>They opened the show, played about 30 minutes, then Joe Jackson on solo piano (started his set with the Beatles cover “Girl”), then Todd with his Band, then all of them together for encore “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”.</p>
<p>Who would have thought Johnny would cover Nine Inch Nails? It seems like everyone assumes he wrote the song now: <a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT_c8EAYvvw[/url] ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT_c8EAYvvw</a></p> ;
<p>My favorite Oscar Peterson album is West Side Story.</p>
driver
October 8, 2006, 4:21pm
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<p>That Canon was unbelievable.</p>
<p>Fiona Apple doing Elvis Costello’s “I Want You”, with Diana Krall’s husband himself on guitar:</p>
<p><a href=“http://youtube.com/watch?v=IDieK3Bsk8I[/url] ”>http://youtube.com/watch?v=IDieK3Bsk8I</a></p> ;
<p>Johnny Cash’s version of Trent Reznor/Nine in Nails’ “Hurt”. Never seen any man’s faith expressed so well visually:</p>
<p><a href=“http://youtube.com/watch?v=L0UwMQ1LJh8[/url] ”>http://youtube.com/watch?v=L0UwMQ1LJh8</a></p> ;
<p>These guys did the best cover of LedZep’s “Communication Breakdown” I ever heard (in less than two minutes). Couldn’t find it, so settled for this…</p>
<p><a href=“http://youtube.com/watch?v=fs1NoBwsurI[/url] ”>http://youtube.com/watch?v=fs1NoBwsurI</a></p> ;
<p>Sonic Youth channel the Carpenters. This version is from an all Carpenters cover CD called “If I Were a Carpenter.” Highly recommended.</p>
<p><a href=“http://youtube.com/watch?v=e0--RCqzJkA[/url] ”>http://youtube.com/watch?v=e0--RCqzJkA</a></p> ;
<p>More later…</p>
<p>AudioP (Diddy),</p>
<p>Regarding Johnny Cash, great minds think alike…</p>
cheers
October 8, 2006, 5:48pm
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<p>Prince is a musical God.</p>
<p>Audio,
<p><a href=“http://youtube.com/watch?v=VEcMUMZMEaQ[/url] ”>http://youtube.com/watch?v=VEcMUMZMEaQ</a></p> ;
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<p>EK,
<p>Was first a hit in 1963:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ69XqijGxw[/url] ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ69XqijGxw</a></p> ;
<p>Was a hit in 1973:</p>
<p><a href=“http://youtube.com/watch?v=8w0lUiyq4X0[/url] ”>http://youtube.com/watch?v=8w0lUiyq4X0</a></p> ;
driver
October 8, 2006, 9:14pm
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Had to include this because of the featured guitar solo by the great Carl Perkins (kids: he wrote “Blue Suede Shoes”)