kd lang covered "after the gold rush" as well as "helpless"
― la belle dame sans serif (c sharp major), Monday, 15 June 2009 15:21 (fourteen years ago) link
(i think her 'gold rush' cover's better.)
― la belle dame sans serif (c sharp major), Monday, 15 June 2009 15:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh yeah, that reminds me that there is a killer Buffy Saint Marie cover "Helpless." I heard it on a Jack Nitzsche compilation.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 15 June 2009 15:26 (fourteen years ago) link
only love can break your heart - jackie deshannonbirds - linda ronstadt, claudine longet
― velko, Monday, 15 June 2009 15:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Roxy Music: Like A Hurricane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SseFmHprqcI
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 15 June 2009 15:32 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah that Buffy St. Marie "Helpless" is quite nice -- also on one of those Nitzsche comps -- a killer Everly Bros. version of "Mr. Soul" ... Super slow and hazy.
― tylerw, Monday, 15 June 2009 15:38 (fourteen years ago) link
"Sedan Delivery" - the feelies
― outdoor_miner, Monday, 15 June 2009 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks all - maybe it should be a double
― Dorian (Dorianlynskey), Monday, 15 June 2009 16:36 (fourteen years ago) link
dorian if u need mp3z of the tori ones hit me up...
― lex pretend, Monday, 15 June 2009 16:40 (fourteen years ago) link
feelies also do a killer "barstool blues" ... and Yung Wu do "Powderfinger" ...
― tylerw, Monday, 15 June 2009 16:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Yo La Tengo - For The Turnstiles
― dad a, Monday, 15 June 2009 16:47 (fourteen years ago) link
oh yeah, Bob Dylan covered "Old Man" in concert a few years back, funnily enough.
― tylerw, Monday, 15 June 2009 16:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Carpenters - Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing
― Julio Afrokeluchie, Monday, 15 June 2009 16:55 (fourteen years ago) link
has anybody ever covered "Tonight's The Night", or is that just too personal a song to go there?
― henry s, Monday, 15 June 2009 17:01 (fourteen years ago) link
OP8 (lisa germano, howe gelb) did a nice cover of 'round and round'
― gangsta hug (omar little), Monday, 15 June 2009 17:15 (fourteen years ago) link
tom liwa, a german songwriter, covered "one of these day", "little wing" and "on the way home"
― alex in mainhattan, Monday, 15 June 2009 18:26 (fourteen years ago) link
sp: one of these days
― alex in mainhattan, Monday, 15 June 2009 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Heard Golden Smog do a great "Revolution Blues" once. They can't be the only one, 'cause that song rocks.
Mercury Rev did "Vampire Blues." Hmm, wonder why more people haven't covered Neil Young?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 15 June 2009 20:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Waco Brothers do Revolution Blues, too.
― pauls00, Monday, 15 June 2009 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Chris Lee - "On The Beach"
― a person who erroneously thinks he's smarter than you (some dude), Monday, 15 June 2009 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Feelies also did "Sedan Delivery" on one of their 12" singles.
― nickn, Monday, 15 June 2009 20:40 (fourteen years ago) link
John Entwistle did a (somewhat disappointingly faithful) cover of Cinnamon Girl:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-avGFz3uzlE
― Matt Weston, Monday, 15 June 2009 20:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Jack Logan covers On The Beach on his 2CD Bulk record. A relic from the 90s lo fi era that still holds up surprisingly well.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 15 June 2009 20:45 (fourteen years ago) link
bright eyes - on the weekend :)
― bnw, Monday, 15 June 2009 20:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Soulsavers did a cover of "Through My Sails" with Mark Lanegan on vox.
― thirdalternative, Monday, 15 June 2009 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Matthews Southern Comfort - Tell Me Why
― meme eisenhower (unregistered), Monday, 15 June 2009 21:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Wooden Shjips do "Vampire Blues."
― Metro Video Centers, Monday, 15 June 2009 22:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Like Tom Waits, Neil is eminently coverable.
Matthew Sweet also has a live "Mr. Soul" on the "I've Been Waiting" single, and a really good live "Cortez the Killer" with the Indigo Girls, Scarlett Rivera and Jane Scarpantoni on the Girlfriend: Legacy Edition set.
Besides The Bridge, there are a couple of surprisingly good double-CD tributes:
This Note's for You Too!: A Tribute to Neil YoungBorrowed Tunes
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 01:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Linda Ronstadt - Love is a RoseAnnie Lennox - Don't Let It Bring You Down
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 01:35 (fourteen years ago) link
looks like a whole bunch of (probably pretty boring) neil covers were given to the world last night: http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/grammys/2010-01-30-musicares_N.htmcan't wait to hear Mraz's take on "Lotta Love" ...
― tylerw, Sunday, 31 January 2010 17:07 (fourteen years ago) link
...And the Red Hot Chili Peppers' off-key A Man Needs a Maid lumbered. As for Josh Groban's formal treatment of Harvest Moon: bad fit.
uuuuuuuugggghhhh
― CATBEAST!! (Z S), Sunday, 31 January 2010 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Introducing the harrowing The Needle and the Damage Done, Dave Matthews said, "Death is a wicked way for life to remind us how precious it is."
― Euler, Sunday, 31 January 2010 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
This was a really mean thing to do to Neil in exchange for donating to his causes. Just sign the checks fer crissakes, don't torture the good old man.
― CATBEAST!! (Z S), Sunday, 31 January 2010 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link
osh Groban's formal treatment of Harvest Moon
THIS GUY. seriously.
― CATBEAST!! (Z S), Sunday, 31 January 2010 17:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Was coincidentally just listening to a pretty amazing Danish art rock/metal band called Kellermensch who cover Don't Let It Bring You Down.
Wasn't there a Shimmydisc band who covered Out Of The Blue Hey Hey My My back in about 89 - possibly with Thurston Moore on backing vocals?
― Doran, Sunday, 31 January 2010 17:33 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2WfUzNYPwo
― Joe Pass Filter (MaresNest), Sunday, 31 January 2010 20:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Hush Arbors - "Sugar Mountain"
― Maltodextrin, Monday, 1 February 2010 03:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Lou Reed, Broken Social Scene, Joan as Policewoman and a cast of dozens to perform Neil Young tribute at Vancouver Olympics: http://www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/cultural-festivals-and-events/event-listings/hal-willner's-neil-young-project-_70660zv.html
― there's a better way to browse (Dr. Superman), Monday, 1 February 2010 03:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Vancouver thing sounds like it was better than the Grammy thing:http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Neil+Young+tribute+bold+inventive/2583942/story.htmlEspecially this: "Reed would also come back for a killer F***in' Up with Costello and legendary bluesman James "Blood" Ulmer, decibels pushed as high as they would go."!!!
― tylerw, Saturday, 20 February 2010 17:08 (fourteen years ago) link
we went to the thursday show and a few highlights for me were emily haines doing " a man needs a maid" and mark kozelek doing "albuquerque" and "powderfinger". never thought i would ever see elvis costello cranking out the "cowgirl in the sand" guitar solos and actually enjoying it. watching/hearing lou and james blood ulmer were also highs for me.
we sat front row too.
― drone/a/sore, Saturday, 20 February 2010 18:13 (fourteen years ago) link
jealousinspired by this thread i'm putting together my own neil young covers comp ... wonder if a recording of the vancouver show(s) will emerge ...
― tylerw, Saturday, 20 February 2010 18:20 (fourteen years ago) link
"Down By the River" got the Norman Whitfield soulful/ psychedelic treatment via The Undisputed Truth.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTEU9fyTuo
― beta blog, Sunday, 21 February 2010 07:43 (fourteen years ago) link
I believe this is from the Rex Noble *new* Bedroom Sessions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGG6-8QVOBA
― ^^potentially not true at all, sry^^ (Z S), Sunday, 28 February 2010 02:15 (fourteen years ago) link
don't forget the Boney M heart of gold for sure
― tramp steamer, Sunday, 28 February 2010 04:17 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP2TMbqlHho
― cartoondoor, Tuesday, 2 March 2010 01:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Mark Kozelek doing Albuquerque sounds like just about the best thing ever... off to Youtube!
― ColinO, Tuesday, 2 March 2010 05:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Ok, I only found a version of RHP performing it in '96. Kinda underwhelming, tbh...
― ColinO, Tuesday, 2 March 2010 05:38 (fourteen years ago) link
dudes, i put together a neil young covers comp (some of which I discovered via this very thread!) check it here:http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/
― tylerw, Friday, 5 March 2010 21:30 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW6AFi7oM84
― Brio, Saturday, 6 March 2010 00:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I love that version -- almost put it on the covers comp, but went with Undisputed Truth's version instead. There'll probably have to be a volume 2! By the way, what's up with covers of Down By The River when in the pre-chorus they're like "sha la la the weather"? That's not in the original is it?
― tylerw, Saturday, 6 March 2010 01:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Just discovered this (take note, Tyler):
http://rustfest.org/tunes/tributes/zg.html
Downloadable, but you get each side as a single mp3. Eventually I'll split them up into tracks...
― clemenza, Sunday, 17 November 2013 23:10 (ten years ago) link
Also this:
http://folkhive.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/neil2byoung2bmyriad2bcover.jpg?w=400&h=400
http://universalelectricity.blogspot.ca/2011/04/headed-for-ditch-tribute-to-neil-young_11.html
― clemenza, Monday, 18 November 2013 02:42 (ten years ago) link
ha, some interesting choices on there (and a nice cover, too!)
― tylerw, Monday, 18 November 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
Recently discovered Prelude's After the Goldrush. More sad a cappella early 70s vibes please.
― Deafening silence (DL), Monday, 18 November 2013 17:36 (ten years ago) link
Interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_6m4JosWcc
― clemenza, Monday, 6 March 2017 02:06 (seven years ago) link
Discovered Ida not that long ago. Really enjoy their Neil cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vZyiOsOAOY
― that's not my post, Monday, 6 March 2017 03:28 (seven years ago) link