Play It Again, Sam! Covers, Remixes, and Other Musical Do-Overs

Goddang that girl can sing.

 

Oh, man, I think you just helped me find my next favorite band.

 

Another great Dylan cover:

 

Wow, that's a great cover of "War Pigs," Inky! Grace Potter sang it better than Ozzy ever did.

And, uh, the video was a pleasure to watch, too!

 

Technical point: Does it really count as a "cover" if you perform a song written by somebody else specifically for you?

If you think about it, "I Wanna Be Your Man" was written by Lennon/McCartney expressly for The Rolling Stones, so their version isn't a cover. But the Beatles' is.

 

I say original recording is not a cover, regardless of who wrote it.

 

Two favorite mashups:

Virtually seamless.

What a markout moment watching Coachella three years ago - Deb and Regine sang these both together.

 

I Wanna Be Your Man - Wikipedia

If you follow the chronology of the two versions here, it looks like Lennon/McCartney did a demo version for the Stones, who then recorded their version in a one-day session.

(I'm not sure if John/Paul rattling off the verses backstage in front of Mick/Keith counts as a 'Beatles demo version.' But it's pretty clear the Stones had not heard the Beatles' finished recorded version before doing their own, while the reverse was quite likely true.)

A couple weeks later, in which time the Beatles almost certainly had heard the Stones' version at some point, they cut their own take with Ringo on lead. Both versions were released within days of each other, the Stones' first.

So this one blurs the boundaries between original and cover about as closely as you possibly can.

 

No Alan Jackson cover of "Mercury Blues" can come within light years of this one: