The Official Cover Thread

Ronnie, meet Lonnie.

I always loved the irony of "stranger in my house" performed by blind Ronnie Milsap - "somebody here, that I can't see...." Nice cover though!

Awesome "Holy Diver" cover. Any thoughts?

Funny, I've had this song in my head for a couple of weeks now.

It's a hard song to get out of your head! Not a big metal fan, unless it's got the melody and pop hooks to go along with it. As far as hooky metal goes, Judas Priest had a pretty good grip on it with their classic album British Steel, the huge song being Living After Midnight, and here's a cover of that!

a few randoms:

I didn't expect anyone could match Elvis's take on "Blue Christmas", but then I saw Willie Nelson had covered the song and had to check it out.

I have that record.

Another decent Hotel California (Acoustic), though people can't seem to do Don Henley well.

Beethoven takes the Latin treatment:

wow, this is awesome! Yes @oldfella1962 , I'd totally plow the nerdy chick guitar player. I'd break her g string.

This is something I found years back, but forgot about it.

And this.

Eddie Vedder and the boss

Leather and Lace Dave Ghrol and will Ferrel.

Springsteen cover.

Skynyrd T for Texas

This is a possible repeat.

I wonder if his parents cracked the whip on him so he could play so well?

Alternatively, Short Round plays guitar.

I'm pretty sure I've posted this before, but lately I've been obsessed with this song. Dylan cover, because nobody does Dylan better than Dylan except everyone.

also...

I love it when Punk bands cover classic rock, they're always unique.

nearly forgot this one from them

I like that one the best of the ones you posted.

better than the original



definitely not the original



we found these lyrics wrapped around some fish, and...

DOA was one of the first "hardcore" punk bands I got into as a kid, and that EP was probably one of the first records I ever bought.

The first "Punk" band I got into was The Offspring, followed by Green Day. Then I got into NOFX and Bad Religion (thanks to Sublime) etc.. I'm not a huge Punk fan, but I appreciate those bands and their contribution to rock music.

A few years back, I saw Pennywise, Bad Religion and The Offspring. The Offspring were the headliners, it was the 20th anniversary of Smash, they played the whole album and then some. It was awesome.

<cranky old punk>You only mention one actual punk band in that list, sonny! But that's a diversion worthy of it's own thread.