Is it ok to cover a cover?

[guysmiley]

So my band wants to cover a Melvins song. Thing is it's really a lesser know Kiss song (I hate Kiss) that the Melvins covered. It seems silly to me to cover a cover.

Also, every band seems to just cover songs and play them the exact same way as the original. My favorite covers are always ones that take risks and change the song up. Like Cat Power-Wonderwall, Johnny Cash-Hurt, NIN-Physical, PJ Harvey-Satisfaction.

What do you all think?

 

[nick1962]

Play whatever makes you happy!

 

[lp_junkie]

I love Kiss, which song is it? And we used to play Green Manalishi live, definitely more like Judas Priest than Fleetwood Mac's version.

Sometimes someone else does such a badass version of a song that just kills the original.

 

[Drudeboy]

I agree with you on your observations of the covers you mentioned. There are two ways for it to be done. One is in a cabaret type pub band where you give the punters what they know. It has it's place and it what is required in it's place
The other type of cover is where you take a song and re-work it into something of your own. The result may split lovers of the original tune, but that is not the point.

Really there are NO RULES. Express yourself, be creative and imaginative. Enjoy it.
Do what makes you feel good.

 

[guysmiley]

Goin Blind

I like playing the song, just feel a bit weird about it.

 

[lpcustom69]

Why not? Go for it!

 

[lp_junkie]

Going Blind is a cool song, even though you don't like Kiss listen to the MTV Unplugged version as well the Melvins and do something new to it.

 

[guysmiley]

Going Blind is a cool song, even though you don't like Kiss listen to the MTV Unplugged version as well the Melvins and do something new to it.

I'll check it out. Thanks!

 

[JonMan94]

my co guitartist wants to cover metallica cover of whiskey in the jar.....

 

[BluesHowler]

my co guitartist wants to cover metallica cover of whiskey in the jar.....

Wouldn't that be a cover of a cover of a cover of a cover?

I love that song and I do like Metallica's version a lot.

 

[coreydm676]

I did a cover of the wombats version of there she goes originally recorded by the LAs

 

[monkeyboy]

The punk/rock band I am in used to do a cover of REO Speedwagon's "Take It On The Run." We tweak it and made it our own. It always seemed to go over well.

 

[Mstele97]

kinda like covering Social D's Ring of Fire version of Johnny Cash's song that June Carter wrote!

 

[Mr. Snappy]

Goin' Blind would be an awesome tune to cover.

 

[Silverbursted]

Absolutely, one of my favorite songs is Voodoo Chile. But I actually prefer the SRV version better than the Hendrix version. My version is somewhere in between, but closer to SRV.

 

[monkeyboy]

kinda like covering Social D's Ring of Fire version of Johnny Cash's song that June Carter wrote!

+1000

Or their cover of Making Believe

 

[coldsteal2]

Covers are really fun

 

[g60_dave]

I did a cover of the wombats version of there she goes originally recorded by the LAs

What happened to that band? (the wombats) Used to see them all the time around Liverpool...now nothing

 

[albion59]

Definitely ok in my book.

Some covers are way better than the originals - I really like a lot of the re-workings that the Deftones do.

 

[Rich]

I hate Kiss

Turn in your Les Paul.