If you could bring out a cover of a song you loved as a kid what song would it be?

[Skub]

Originally Posted by Torz Johnson

I'd pick Badfinger No Matter What. I mean, just listen to those rockin' chords and those super-tasty pop vocals. Plus I already know how to play it, so I could do it right now!

Spooky.

I open this thread with the intention of naming the Badfinger choon. They penned some great songs. Day after Day and Without You are another two.

Tragic the way it all finished up.

[redhed51]

Originally Posted by Torz Johnson

I'd pick Badfinger No Matter What. I mean, just listen to those rockin' chords and those super-tasty pop vocals. Plus I already know how to play it, so I could do it right now!

That's one of my own all time favorites.

[beach bob]

Here's the one that came to mind immediately -

Welcome To The Club - Joe Walsh


GREAT rhythm playing on the strat; awesome drumming from Joe Vitale. Saw him do this tune live - fantastic.

Joe remains just about my favorite electric player; yeah it reflects my growing up in NE Ohio, where he got TONS of radio play. But he's just a great, in-the-pocket player, and he layers guitar tracks that work so well together. Prime example with this tune.

FWIW, my power trio in the early 80s did Badfinger's No Matter What [sadly, w/o Leslie]... we also did Todd's Real Man. We did not much care that you were not supposed to be able to do tunes like that with a trio we just did 'em anyway.

[Tred]

Growing up in the L.A./Orange county area, we had Wolfman Jack on KHJ AM radio, back in the early 60's! He was a major influence in my music development. Popular songs back then ranged from Don't Sleep In the Subway, to I Am The Walrus! And I have to mention, Wipeout and My 409.To be able to pick just one song as a cover is impossible for me. I have always had a laundry list of songs I liked from my early childhood. Through the teenaged years, I was into Cream, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper. The songs were always "meaty" and rockin'!

I remember Sweet Child Of Mine (and the rest of that Gunz-N-Roses album) got me though a very long depolyment over seas, while in the Navy. I almost wore that poor little cassette tape out!

Even now, When I happen across one of those "oldies" (never thought I hear that about my music), it takes me back to those youthful years... I still love em'.

[cowboytwang]

I have a couple of songs I've always wanted to do live.
"Cisco Kid" by War and "Crimson And Clover" by Tommy James & the Shondells, the long lp version with the steel guitar parts and the tremolo on the vocals.

[Jakedog]

Love the mention of Brandy, by Looking Glass. My dad loved that song, and I still have his copy of the vinyl record. One of my all time favorite tunes.

I think for me though, the songs that influenced me most came later.

This is an interesting thread, because I actually DO cover songs form childhood that nobody would ever see coming. I do them in my solo acoustic shows, and they get some pretty crazy reactions. Some people assume I'm joking, so they laugh. Other people get really into it. One guy who comes to see me all the time paid me a HUGE compliment when he said recently- "You have a knack for taking songs that totally suck, and making them kinda cool".

Sunday night after the news was on fire with Whitney's death all day I covered "I Wanna Dance With Somebody". I've also covered stuff like "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper, "Right Here Waiting" by Richard Marx, "Melt With You" by Modern English, and all kinds of other 80's gems. Sometimes I pick the goofiest, cheesiest songs that I liked as a kid and cover them just to see how people will react. It's fun, and sometimes funny. It really snaps heads around when you go from doing original roots and country, and covering stuff like Guy Clarke and Townes Van Zandt, with pretty much all of your covers being really obscure, to dropping some Fine Young Cannibals. I get everything from "Man, that was really cool." to "What the hell was that?!?".

If I could pick one though, just one from my whole young life, my favorite is still "Missing You" by John Waite. That song has ALWAYS knocked me out, and I've never gotten tired of hearing it. I need to work up an arrangement and do it. I don't have the range to sing it where he does, but I'm betting a little key change action could put it right in my wheelhouse.

Love that song. It never gets old.

As a bassist, I've always wanted to cover "Our House" by Madness. Best bass line of the entire 80's decade. Second place goes to "Rio" by Duran Duran, which I'd also like to cover on bass.

[Throttleneck]

Like to see the Badfinger Love. For me it would be this song. I was going out with this girl - long distance - and it all just kind of slipped away.

[tonydj]

The Frogtown Hollow Jubilee Jugband doing Barbeque:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFJ2jxIe4CQ

[Jakedog]

Originally Posted by tonydj

The Frogtown Hollow Jubilee Jugband doing Barbeque:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFJ2jxIe4CQ

Me and my friend have covered this one for YEARS in our duo sets.

We've also done "Brothers", and have threatened many times to cover "River Bottom Nightmare Band" when we're with the full lineup. Just great stuff.

[telleutelleme]

Not sure who could do them justice but I sure loved these songs.






Anything by Roy Orbinson
Anything by Marty Robbins

[blowtorch]

"I Know a Little"- Skynrd
"King Creole" - Elvis

[Alex W]

[mrboson]

This was the second cover my little high school garage band learned. Always liked it.

[Big John]

I love the album to bits and was listening to it in the truck the other day and Mandy Marie suggested I record 'Dark side of the Moon' as 'Dark side of the Texas Moon' and do the whole album as shuffles and full of Bob Wills hoots 'n' hollers !! .............. hmmmmm, that aint such a bad idea after all :-)

[Swampash&Tweed]

Don't have a clue who did it , But my Older sister used to sing all of the time

" My name is Micheal, I've got a Nickel all shiney and new"

That one sticks in my head along with Puff the magic Dragon and yellow Submarine. i was about 3-5 yrs old.


When I was around 10, it was Paul McCartney and Wings. Loved that song.....Who's that at the door, who's that ringing my bell? Do me a favor, open it up and let them in?

[dentman]

Here's one I have covered already. Lots more to do.

[TG]

Zillions of 'em. But this popped into my head when I read the title.



Those guitar breaks are a large part of why I play an electric guitar.

[TG]

Originally Posted by Swampash&Tweed

Don't have a clue who did it , But my Older sister used to sing all of the time

" My name is Micheal, I've got a Nickel all shiney and new"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSyCb5_5mUs


(Can't bring myself to imbed that one...)

[BigDaddyLH]

You guys are all so cool. I am told this was my favourite song when I was a sprog.



I don't know how you would cover that. The original is definitive.

[flathd]

Here's a couple classics..

Yesterday and today.