Favorite BEATLES covers...

Sitting here listening to ENOLA-ga-hey - Pressure and their cover of Eleanor Rigby came on and reminded me of some great Beatles covers. What are some of your favorites?

Some that came to mind immediately:
EnolaGay - Eleanor Rigby (obviously!)
Aerosmith - Come Together
Aerosmith - I'm Down
Realm - Eleanor Rigby
Coroner - I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Alice Cooper - Because

Satan's Host - Norwegian Wood

godhead - Eleanor Rigby

Realm's cover of Eleanor Rigby.

Gotthard - Come Together

And keep in mind I generally can't stand The Beatles so for me to have a "favorite" it really has to strike a chord.

I dig that Gottard cover. (Still like Aerosmith's better.)

I effin' hate the Beatles with passion but this is the only Beatles-related album that I listen to, an all-instrumental Rock treatment featuring the amazing Andy Timmons

brokentulsa wrote:

Good call!

Trouble recorded a couple great Beatles covers...

"Tomorrow Never Knows" (the song starts at :46 seconds)


"Come Together"

You really need to remove G@Y from the swear filter...

Victor Wooten - Norwegian Wood

Hamer12 wrote:

Victor Wooten - Norwegian Wood

Good one.

Stanley Jordan does some amazing Beatles covers as well.

I'll have to check that out.

My favorites have already been said, but I like Coroner's cover of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" and Satan's Host's cover of "Norwegian Wood".

The lyrics to "Norwegian Wood" are updated in a hilariously satanic fashion.




I once saw a church
Burn to the ground
Smoldering ash
I danced in the flames
Unleashing Hell
Sworn to Satan

Ashes and flames scorched
Into the midnight sky
Flames enraged burning
Within the Demons eyes

I once saw a priest
Burn in the flames
Of Norwegian Wood
The chapel burned to the ground
Flames forever rising
Burning the sky

Each church as they burned
I felt a dark delight
Flames of Hell
Consuming into life

I danced in the ash
Forever the flames
Formed into life
I drank of the blood
Dark Lord Satan

Burn in the flames
Of Norwegian Wood

Vinnie Moore's Beatles cover from his "Time Odyssey" CD, love the emotion pouring all out here

Seriously, this, so chill. The whole album is pretty cool, imo:

The Who - Twist & Shout

Scorpions - Across the Universe

Uthanda - A Hard Days Night

U2 - Helter Skelter

Veil - Norwegian Wood

the Lost Dogs - Loser

The Violet Burning - Eleanor Rigby

jettafiend wrote:

The Who - Twist & Shout

Not a Beatles tune, they just covered it.

I'll be echoing everyone who said Realm's version of Eleanor Rigby.

ultmetal wrote:

I dig that Gottard cover. (Still like Aerosmith's better.)

Considering most people think that is an Aerosmith song, I'm not sure any band can best it.

Anyway, I've always enjoyed this version:



Hell, that whole album is outstanding. Spineshank did a cool version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps":



Very Deadsy-ish.

GrandNational wrote:

jettafiend wrote:

The Who - Twist & Shout

Not a Beatles tune, they just covered it.

Who originally wrote it? I had no clue it was a cover.

jettafiend wrote:

GrandNational wrote:

jettafiend wrote:

The Who - Twist & Shout

Not a Beatles tune, they just covered it.

Who originally wrote it? I had no clue it was a cover.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twist_%26_Shout

Like many famous songs from that period, it's got quite a history.

The original is quite different: