Please post your favorite Beatles cover songs

[Nijinsky Hind]

So far I have Hartwick pines doing "Happiness is a warm gun" and Spooky Tooth doing "I am the Walrus" ... and the feelies doing "Everybodys got something to hide cept 4 me and my Monkey. Need more to fill an hour.

Thanks.

[Mister Triscuits]

Yes doing "Every Little Thing" is hard to beat for me. I'm also rather fond of Procol Harum's take on "Eight Days a Week."

[adap2it]

The Rolling Stones I WANNA BE YOUR MAN, in fact I prefer it to the original.

[Buddhabreath]

[Nijinsky Hind]

I have a band called "Liferuiner" doing a Metal cover of Revolution.

[Nijinsky Hind]

Yes doing "Every Little Thing" is hard to beat for me. I'm also rather fond of Procol Harum's take on "Eight Days a Week."

Yeps... I had forgotten about this... Killer redux! Thanks.

[The Dark Elf]

CSN's splendid version of "Blackbird"...

[SteveSly]

[SteveSly]

[Nijinsky Hind]

[SteveSly]

[Facelift]

Steve Earle - I'm Looking Through You

[Nijinsky Hind]

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1:51 Jimi Hendrix
Dig a Pony 5:15 Kim Stone
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party 2:33 The Chicks
Every Little Thing 5:42 Yes
And Your Bird Can Sing 1:53 The Jam
I Am the Walrus 6:24 Spooky Tooth
revoluton liferuiner edit 2:44 5
Happiness Is a Warm Gun 3:23 Hartwick Pines
Eight Days a Week 3:33 The Runaways
Everybody's Got Something to Hide (Except Me and My Monkey) 4:06 The Feelies
Help 1:46 The Damned
Helter Skelter 3:47 Siouxsie & The Banshees

[markwoll]

I am the Walrus - Thank You Scientist ( only seen it live )
Norwegian Wood - Allan Holdsworth

[Vic2012]

Motley Crue - Helter Skelter

[Nijinsky Hind]

Motley Crue - Helter Skelter

Ya, I will replace souxsies with this one... thanks.

[proggy_jazzer]

Bobby McFerrin - Blackbird



...and even though it's all Lennon-specific, the entire All We Are Saying album by Bill Frisell.

[rcarlberg]

If you’re willing to go there, there are many many excellent jazz versions of Lennon-McCartney tunes.

[GuitarGeek]

Richie Havens: Here Comes The Sun/The End I know Richie originally recorded his version of Here Comes The Sun back in the early 70's. His arrangement was so unique, I initially didn't recognize it as the George Harrison composition until much later. In the mid 80's, circa 84 or 85, MTV had a series called Rock Influences, hosted by Karla DeVito, and each episode would be about a different rock genre. They did one on folk rock, and they used a bunch of live clips from a concert that featured Havens, John Sebastian, Roger McGuinn, Levon Helm and must have been one of Richard Manuel's last concert performances before his death.

Anywho, at one point in the show, they show this clip of Richie doing Here Comes The Sun, sounding much like the Beat Club version MTV had been airing on their Closet Classics show, but sans conga player, second guitarist and bassist. Still sounded awesome, but the best part was at the end where he dropped into The End as a coda. At the time, I hadn't heard Abbey Road, so I didn't even know this was another song from that album, but it made the two fit together perfectly.

That, mein freuds, tops pretty much everything else.

After that, there's:
Steve Hillage version of It's All Too Much
Los Lobos: Tomorrow Never Knows (done on an early 90's PBS show with various artists doing Beatles covers, East LA's favorite sons sounding not at all like what you might expect them to)
Yes: Every Little Thing (particularly love the Day Tripper quote in the intro)
U2: Helter Skelter ("Charles Manson stole this song from The Beatles, well we're stealing it back!")
Siouxie And The Banshees: Dear Prudence

[Gladiator1634]

[progeezer]

Every Little Thing and the Byrds I See You are both in my top 25 Yes songs (remember, opinions are like...). I also really like Rod Evans' crooning on Help.

[walt]

Phil Manzanera

[Mythos]

The Ancients (An Excellent old-fashioned traditional goth rock band) did a very cool version of"Rain"

I don't see it on YouTube, but it may be out there somewhere, for those who are into that sort of thing...

https://www.discogs.com/Ancients-The...release/900222

[ronmac]

The Rolling Stones I WANNA BE YOUR MAN, in fact I prefer it to the original.

The Stones version is the original release. It preceded The Beatles' version.

[Zeuhlmate]