Unusual (but brilliant) Covers

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Daneliya - Rise Up from the voice Ukraine
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I love these guys ... they do a huge range of covers (Highway to Hell, Wuthering Heights, Shaft, etc.), but their only George Formby number is one of my favourites. Usually referred to as "Lenin on a Lampost":

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Me too. I've seen the Ukes live six or seven times now and was due to again a couple of weeks ago in Cardiff, now postponed until January. But to whet the appetite of the uninitiated further...

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Jennifer Warnes- First We take Manhattan- with a sublime SRV on lead guitar .
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Hi,
This guy is both a great singer and an amazing guitarist.
His channel has many vocal and play along covers!

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Cheers
Steve
 
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AC/DC Cover

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Joe Cocker's cover of "With a little help from my friends"

Always loved Joe's version of this Lennon/McCartney song. Shame Joe's miming in this video......

A little lighter, but a superb cover of a great CS&N song. I've posted this before, but I'm still amazed that the two girls in this LIVE performance were only 16 and 17 at the time.

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Not sure if this counts as a "cover" - as Robbie Robertson was a member of The Band, who wrote & recorded the original all those years ago, but this is one hell of a masterpiece of playing, singing and production.

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Joe Cocker's cover of "With a little help from my friends" ... Jimmy Page on lead guitar and the drummer from procol Harem on ... drums:

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I saw him perform this "live" at Bournemouth Pavilion around 1968/69.
The volume was up that high the floor was vibrating!
 
Joe Cocker's cover of "With a little help from my friends"

Always loved Joe's version of this Lennon/McCartney song. Shame Joe's miming in this video......

Is a pity and a give away at 2m 41s when he doesn't mime.
 
Joe Cocker's cover of "With a little help from my friends" ... Jimmy Page on lead guitar and the drummer from procol Harem on ... drums:

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I always thought that the Woodstock version was the best, no idea why you dragged this one up really.
 
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I'd like to offer a bit of light, tongue in cheek entertainment. The first is from a band local to me, and half the fun was trying to work out what they were playing when I happened upon them. Here's one of their covers

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But the masterpiece is from this orchestra that overdubbed their own recording for their own amusement. The female singers get me every time

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Will just leave this here....

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AMGeed Heart all day, and every day for me . I love the song - Alone
 

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