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Title: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Zzzptm on March 12, 2018, 05:18:59 PM
We might need a Beatles section if we get a few more threads about them...

I'll start with Richie Havens' cover of "Here Comes the Sun"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBbXKsKXyNU

Amazing folk re-working of Harrison's classic.
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Charger on March 12, 2018, 05:24:58 PM
Here's a great one:

Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Zzzptm on March 12, 2018, 05:30:36 PM
^ You can tell it's from the Janick Gers era of Gillan, guitar and production are the tells here. :)


Paul McCartney said he liked Stevie Wonder's version of "We Can Work It Out" better than the one The Beatles did. :smug:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEU80rwUhV8
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Charger on March 12, 2018, 05:38:17 PM
Funny I had Gillan's Magic as my workout music today and that was the last song that got played during it...
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Zzzptm on March 12, 2018, 05:41:02 PM
After playing Stevie Wonder, YouTube shot a link to this tune:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpcN5SGZqxE

GOOD GOD THAT COOKS! GET A FIRE EXTINGUISHER FOR THE BASS MAN'S FINGERS!

Now all I need to go with that tune is a mass choir singing the lyrics and I'll be ready for the warden to flip that switch.
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Billy Underdog on March 12, 2018, 05:48:25 PM
First off; i can't stand when people cover Beatles or Sabbath...





Posted this one before, though...



And ofcourse the best cover ever done..:

Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Zzzptm on March 12, 2018, 06:02:38 PM
I love doing Cocker's version of that song for Karaoke. I got his lurching moves and that WUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH down perfect.

Resolved: comedians should not do rock albums. No. They should not. They can do parody albums, but not rock albums.

On the other hand, I love a good funk cover tune. This version of "Hey Jude" is a stone groove, y'all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUIABhx95II
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Billy Underdog on March 12, 2018, 06:19:46 PM
One of my best buds hate Beatles-covers even more than i do, and he's not very into Ozzy/Sabbath or Metal at all, but he was very impressed by the first live performance of this...

Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Axefiend on March 12, 2018, 06:38:03 PM
The first version of this song that I encountered, from Elvis' last big hurrah:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8W5jmL6b7k

It was quite a few years before I heard the original Beatles version.
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Billy Underdog on March 12, 2018, 06:45:34 PM
Type O Negative got a whole bunch, but i don't bother posting them...
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Zzzptm on March 12, 2018, 08:19:02 PM
I once heard a critic claim that "Something" was the most covered Beatles tune of all. Here's Old Blue Eyes doing it justice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqjCTVjt7Gc
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Billy Underdog on March 13, 2018, 04:28:29 AM
I once heard a critic claim that "Something" was the most covered Beatles tune of all. Here's Old Blue Eyes doing it justice:


He said it's the best love song ever written. By Lennon/McCartney... :P
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Jack the Stripper on March 13, 2018, 06:04:33 AM
Much better than U2's shitty version

Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Billy Underdog on March 13, 2018, 06:32:07 AM
Much better than U2's shitty version

Still shitty, though. I was dreading for when this one came by...
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Jack the Stripper on March 13, 2018, 06:51:30 AM
Certain bands just shouldn't be covered....Beatles & Floyd being two.

In saying that, I've always liked Joe Cockers With a Little Help From My Friends and a Johnny Farnham's version of Help!



Have no time for Sabbath covers either.
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Billy Underdog on March 13, 2018, 07:01:46 AM
Certain bands just shouldn't be covered....Beatles & Floyd being two.

Have no time for Sabbath covers either.

As said:

First off; i can't stand when people cover Beatles or Sabbath...

That being said (weird this haven't been posted yet...)

Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Axefiend on March 13, 2018, 07:29:22 AM
another one from MKI Purple:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mUZ8pywYaI&list=PL2ugv8ZVvIwpSkxlEoGp1X2o2WNKIN70h&index=20&t=0s
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Billy Underdog on March 13, 2018, 07:55:28 AM
^^^ Thanx for posting, never heard that one before. Don't think it was too good, though, there's better Beatles covers and Deep Purple can also do alot better. But it was interesting to hear. Atleast they're trying to make their own twist on the tunes they cover.
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Axefiend on March 13, 2018, 08:40:52 AM
I agree, I don't like it much either!

I like what ol' Cov did with this version of "Day Tripper":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub8rPHBXd20
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Billy Underdog on March 13, 2018, 09:34:56 AM
^^^ That was pretty cool. Funky. A bit annoying that they skip the coolest part of the main riff, though, but one of the better ones posted in this thread.
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Axefiend on March 13, 2018, 10:07:47 AM
I always liked this version of "Back In The U.S.S.R." featuring Uriah Heep's David Byron on the mic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8JUW4l4t30
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Axefiend on March 14, 2018, 11:54:33 AM
Another good one off my favourite BOA album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F-OGjoGMog
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Vyn on March 14, 2018, 12:01:24 PM
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Axefiend on March 15, 2018, 08:00:25 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiPNsRtgj2I
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Zzzptm on March 15, 2018, 12:01:36 PM
Love the Damned's version of Help. +1 on that one. Nugent's cover was not as bad as I imagined it would be, lol.

This talk of Beatles covers reminds me of Utopia's Deface the Music album, which was pretty much a Beatles tribute, but more a tribute to their sound rather than actual recordings. One of my favorites from Utopia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCEMuYnP6q8
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Billy Underdog on March 15, 2018, 12:09:59 PM
^^^ If you like parodies you should check out the Eric Idle/Neil Innes "band" The Rutles (if you haven't already).
Too much to pick from, so i'm just linking the wiki-page so you can explore yourself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rutles
(this also reminded me about a song to post on the "heaven't heard in a while")
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Zzzptm on March 15, 2018, 05:15:36 PM
Yes, The Rutles! I have the album with the "biography" in it!
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Axefiend on March 16, 2018, 06:55:53 PM
Just thought I'd post this one rather than the obvious "Come Together" that Aerosmith also covered:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKSKiSqQjX4
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Zzzptm on March 19, 2018, 01:28:18 PM
I love what Sergio Mendes does with tunes when he arranges them in a Bossa Nova style.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcm_LxkNdOk
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Tyr66 on March 28, 2018, 10:19:38 AM
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Zzzptm on April 02, 2018, 11:26:29 AM
Posted this elsewhere, but not yet here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szPQCvJ8MPg
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Axefiend on April 02, 2018, 11:30:57 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM6ZHBShEbk&t=0s&list=PLHgesqJBHkrQxmQ_e79eMYsw4J3r6PNzP&index=8
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Zzzptm on April 02, 2018, 11:44:34 AM
Aretha Franklin... what a rendition!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UoTvwfo_rU
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Axefiend on April 02, 2018, 11:54:56 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRD6VwOTGuw
Title: Re: Covers of Beatles Tunes
Post by: Zzzptm on April 02, 2018, 01:19:26 PM
Hokey smokes! I found Ella Fitzgerald doing "Savoy Truffle"!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KmvANzwRWk

That one really hits the spot!