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Post by Ineedanewname on Apr 15, 2011 1:13:05 GMT
I was having a discussion about this topic earlier today and thought it would make for an interesting thread on the forum. So let's get a list going....
Who has covered The Who?
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Post by gbauder56 on Apr 15, 2011 2:10:53 GMT
Depends what you mean by covered. My eighth published book is about THE WHO. It's called:
GENERATING WHO POWER FOR FANS: WHY THE WHO IS THE GREATEST BAND. As for musical
covers I've done Pete windmills on guitar while jumping up and down and I've sang WHO songs in the shower so no one could hear me. -Greg Bauder
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Post by Ineedanewname on Apr 15, 2011 2:33:18 GMT
Depends what you mean by covered. Bands signed to record labels who have covered Who songs, either live or in the studio. |
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Post by peteisgod on Apr 15, 2011 7:18:28 GMT
David Bowie - "Can't Explain"
Sex Pistols - "Substitute"
Patti Smith - "My Generation"
Petra Haden - "Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out"
Litter - "A Legal Matter"
Pearl Jam - "Baba O'Riley", "The Kids Are Alright"
Limp Bizkit - "Behind Blue Eyes"
Joan Jett - "Call Me Lightnin'"
The Jam - "Disguises", "So Sad About Us"
Paul Weller - "Magic Bus"
Alice Cooper - "My Generation"
Rush - "The Seeker"
Graham Parker - "Substitute"
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Post by parvardigar on Apr 15, 2011 7:35:11 GMT
It is a good idea for a thread, but this is a dirty alley to walk down. The sights are not pretty.
I cant think of many people who have covered TheWho, probably because they know they cant even get close. There's no way some average bunch of musicians can cover a Who song without draining it of its power and glory. You have to be TheWho, otherwise you're just breaking it down into basic chord structures and drumbeats.
So leaving the quality aside, i remember *asis doing My Generation on a tv programme with fat alan white sweating like a bus driver while gallagher twiddled his delay pedal to make it sound like he was smashing a guitar. The cameras did most of the work.
And i think i've mentioned before about what fred fckn durst did to BehindBlueEyes..
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Post by sticky65 on Apr 15, 2011 8:52:48 GMT
I remember W.A.S.P....(well when I say remember) doing a not too bad version of The Real Me.....but bit too Whitesnake for me....also the Foo Fighters I thought did an ok version of Bargain at the VH1 honours The Who.
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Post by brianinatlanta on Apr 15, 2011 12:11:48 GMT
Lots and lots of people have covered Who songs. It's just that either they're not famous or they weren't hits except for a few exceptions (Elton's or The New Seeker's "Pinball Wizards", The Assembled Multitudes "Overture From Tommy"). Here's a few of the more famous people who've done covers:
"I Can't Explain" - David Bowie, Sheryl Crow, Yvonne Elliman, The Flamin' Groovies, Leif Garrett, The Raspberries, The Scorpions, The Spin Doctors
"Anyway Anyhow Anywhere" - David Bowie, Alex Chilton, The Flaming Lips
"Out in the Streets" - Count Five
"My Generation" - Alice Cooper, Count Five, Hilary Duff, Green Day, Manfred Mann, McFly, Oasis, Phish, Leo Sayer, The Patti Smith Group, Rick Springfield, The Sweet
"The Kids Are Alright" - Billy Bob Thornton, Pearl Jam
"It's Not True" - The Amboy Dukes (Ted Nugent)
"A Legal Matter" - The Alarm
"Substitute" - Blur, Marillion, Graham Parker, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, Richard Thompson
"Circles" - Paul Weller
"Disguises" - The Jam, Of Montreal
"Run Run Run" - The Birds (with Ronnie Wood)
"So Sad About Us" - Shaun Cassidy with Todd Rundgren's Utopia, The Jam, The Merseys
"A Quick One While He's Away" - Green Day, The Beatles (sorta)
"Pictures of Lily" - David Bowie, Ian McLagan
"I Can See For Miles" - Styx, Tina Turner
"Armenia City in the Sky" - Sugar
"Call Me Lightning" - The Flamin' Groovies, Joan Jett
"Overture from Tommy" - Liberace, Henry Mancini
"Sparks" - Phish
"The Acid Queen" - Tina Turner
"Pinball Wizard" - Petula Clark, Elton John, McFly, The Shadows
Tommy medley - Buddy Rich, The Smithereens
"The Seeker" - Rush, The Smithereens
I'll do more later. Gotta go to work!
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Post by shep78 on Apr 15, 2011 12:12:34 GMT
WASP-a bit too Whitesnake? a very silly thing to say.
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Post by sticky65 on Apr 15, 2011 12:37:38 GMT
WASP-a bit too Whitesnake? a very silly thing to say. Really??? by the 80's they were pretty naff heavy metal band....bit like W.A.S.P |
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Post by shep78 on Apr 15, 2011 13:07:18 GMT
Well judging from your knowlage of Whitesnake I presume you think they started in 1987?well they didnt,1978,where they were,and still are a blues based rock band,but even if your point was directed at the late 80s incarnation of Whitesnake,you are still incredibly misguided,dunno how you could say something like "love aint no stranger/still of the night,guilty of love/gambler(yes ive used 2 albums for reference there) sounds anyhing like WASP's F*** like a beast/mean man,wildchild or indeed,blind in texas.
Whitesnake were never a metal band either....I could go on but this thread aint bout that.
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Post by parvardigar on Apr 15, 2011 16:05:28 GMT
Going back to that list - what an incredible tribute to the world's greatest rock band!
(assuming the covers were all done for the right reasons)
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Post by dougm1970 on Apr 15, 2011 16:10:04 GMT
cast did and still play 'the seeker'
and they have an obvious who connection, having recorded an album and johns house
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Post by dazedcat on Apr 15, 2011 17:11:26 GMT
Phish did a live version of Quadropenia from start to finish which ended up as an offical release. The Smithereens did a studio version of the entire Tommy album as well.
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Post by whoareyou on Apr 15, 2011 18:10:17 GMT
U2- wgfa
Gaslight Anthem - bor
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Post by garethox on Apr 15, 2011 18:36:04 GMT
Van Halen did 'WGFA' as well. Zimmers - My Generation. Green Day - A Quick One, My Generation. Pearl Jam - Love Reign O'er Me, The Real Me, BO'R, TKAA. The Scorpions - I Can't Explain. Hillary Duff - My Generation. Great White - Substitute (bit Whitesnakeish though!  ) The Melvins - My Generation. We did a gig the other night and played 'I Can't Explain'. Afterward, this guy comes up and proceeds telling me how it is the greatest thing The Scorpions had ever written! |
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Post by gbauder56 on Apr 15, 2011 18:59:54 GMT
EDDIE VEDDER sang a version of "I'M ONE" that was so powerful, Pete, playing guitar, took a
couple a steps back at the end in respect. Bryan Adams was also on the TV show and I can't
remember what he sang. It was before 2002, because the incomparable JAW was playing.
Maybe someone else remembers that show better. -Greg Bauder
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Post by ipow on Apr 15, 2011 19:19:01 GMT
Green Day also did TKAA in a special on AOL music
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Post by gbauder56 on Apr 15, 2011 19:32:40 GMT
The Smashing Pumpkins did a version of "JOIN TOGETHER." What about the Symphony TOMMY album: I no longer have it but I remember Rod Stewart singing "THE ACID QUEEN."
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Post by gbauder56 on Apr 15, 2011 19:36:06 GMT
How about ANN MARGARET, OLIVER REED and JACK NICHOLSON? Although I'd like to forget their singing...
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Post by garethox on Apr 15, 2011 19:39:00 GMT
The Smashing Pumpkins did a version of "JOIN TOGETHER."I no longer have it but I remember Rod Stewart singing "THE ACID QUEEN." Rod sang 'Pinball Wizard'.... |
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Post by gbauder56 on Apr 15, 2011 19:52:55 GMT
You're right. I was confused about Elton John talking Rod Stewart out of playing "PINBALL WIZARD" in the film. Eric Clapton and Arthur Brown sang in TOMMY a version of "EYESIGHT TO THE BLIND" which wasn't written by THE WHO. Didn't SIMON TOWNSHEND sing "MIRACLE CURE" in the TOMMY film?
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Post by Tom on Apr 15, 2011 20:29:14 GMT
Pearl Jam - Love Reign O'er Me, The Real Me, BO'R, TKAA. You can add "Let My Love Open The Door", "Naked Eye", "Blue Red & Grey", "Squeeze Box", "My Generation", "The Seeker", "Let's See Action", "I'm One", "I Can't Explain" and "A Quick One While He's Away" to that list. |
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Post by whoareyou on Apr 16, 2011 5:58:45 GMT
To be fair, this could be the longest thread ever! There must have been thousands of Who covers over the years.
Keeping it within the thread i would be interested to hear of people who have been to a concert and heard a who cover.
I saw Pearl Jam in Arras, France last year doing a great BOR cover.
And also great raw version of BOR being down by Gaslight Anthem at Hammersmith Odeon last year too....
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Post by whoareyou on Apr 16, 2011 5:59:26 GMT
EDDIE VEDDER sang a version of "I'M ONE" that was so powerful, Pete, playing guitar, took a couple a steps back at the end in respect. Bryan Adams was also on the TV show and I can't remember what he sang. It was before 2002, because the incomparable JAW was playing. Maybe someone else remembers that show better. -Greg Bauder Which show was this please? |
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Post by andy661 on Apr 16, 2011 8:28:34 GMT
Blue Man Group did Baba ( very,very well !!! )
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Post by 4ctmam on Apr 16, 2011 8:30:38 GMT
Suzanne vega did a cover of Behind Blue Eyes on her Montreux DVD.
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Post by whoswhoband on Apr 16, 2011 9:35:36 GMT
John Entwistle - Heaven & Hell, My Wife. Keith Moon - The Kids are alright. (They don't really count though.)
The New Seekers did a medley of Pinball Wizard/See me feel me.
Mr Big did Baba on the cd single of To be with you.
(Gareth's quote about the guy who said Can't Explain being the best thing The Scorpions had ever written, Brilliant!!)
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Post by brianinatlanta on Apr 16, 2011 13:00:42 GMT
To finish off my list of Who covers by the well-known:
"Baba O'Riley" - Dread Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, Nirvana
"Behind Blue Eyes" - Sheryl Crow, Limp Bizkit
"Won't Get Fooled Again" - U2, Van Halen, Richie Havens, Labelle
Quadrophenia (entire work) - Phish
"Love, Reign O'er Me" - Heart, Eddie Vedder
"Long Live Rock" - Billy Fury
"Slip Kid" - Anvil
"Squeeze Box" - Adam Faith, Freddy Fender, Poison, Tenacious D
"Endless Wire" - Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby
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Post by shep78 on Apr 16, 2011 14:17:06 GMT
sheryl crow did squeeze box too.
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Post by kc on Apr 16, 2011 16:24:04 GMT
I've always thought this was a decent rendition by The Sweet - with appropriate ending mayhem.
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