i was listening to Dream Theater tonight,covering some Queen songs.....very nice......what or who in your oppinion covered Queen the best.excluding Martell,cos i think he has it to a t.....basically who covered a Queen song best
Always like the cover of WWRY made by Warrant. Is not a "copy-paste", they tried to make something of their own, and the final product is very listenable. link
I liked Stormwind's cover of White Man. I always thought the original version is the closest Queen got to metal, and this cover really did it justice for me.
That "all stars featuring John Bush on vocals" : It's Late
NIN. - Get Down, Make Love (some people don't even like the original; inspired by Zep's Whole Lotta Love breakdown)
(Solo Acoustic) YouTube User "TroubleClef" : Love Of My Life
Best QUEEN cover: Jailhouse Rock/Elvis Presley
Best "QUEEN" cover: Fire and Water/FREE
California Guitar Trio doing 'Bo Rhap.'
Also, Nuno and Gary doing 'Love of My Life', a nice arrangement which was a bit Queen-influenced (getting some bits from Queen's live version and some bits from Queen's studio version) but also unmistakably theirs.
fair to say,theres a good collection of covers out there.on a simmler note,,,i cant say i have heard a queen cover reach the charts,,or have i just missed it..
matt z wrote:
That "all stars featuring John Bush on vocals" : It's Late
NIN. - Get Down, Make Love. . . . . .
Best "QUEEN" cover: Fire and Water/FREE
I love what Trent Reznor did with GDML.
Another cover worth mentioning is Stone Cold Crazy by Metallica. I sounds like Metallica rather than Metallica covering something they haven't written.
I agree with the best Queen cover. Covering Free, but I also think that the PR fronted Queen could have played a brilliant Bad Co show!!
david (galashiels) wrote:
i cant say i have heard a queen cover reach the charts,,or have i just missed it..
Do you mean a different artist doing a Queen song, or Queen doing someone else's song? If the latter, yeah, they didn't release covers as singles (though 'Too Much Love' is a bit of a grey area, as is 'I Was Born to Love You').
If the former - yes, McFly were No 1 in Britain with their cover of 'Don't Stop Me Now', almost exactly 10 years ago (I think it reached the top spot on the 23rd of July 2006).
And then again there were covers featuring Maylor, such as 'We Will Rock You' by 5ive and 'Somebody to Love' by George Michael (with Brian, John, Roger, Mike Moran, Spike Edney, Maggie Ryder, Miriam Sockley, Chris Thompson and a bona fide gospel choir).
sebastian,you can have mcfly lol...but not 5 or g/michael,as they had queen on them lol..a cover version not featuring any queen member....back to the covers,i forgot about metallica.they done a cracking s/c/c,live
david (galashiels) wrote:
sebastian,you can have mcfly lol...but not 5 or g/michael,as they had queen on them lol..
No, they didn't - they had Queen *members*, but not *Queen.* 'Man from Manhattan' is not a Queen song, 'We Got Married' is not a Beatles + Pink Floyd song, 'Wrong' is not a PopLyfe + One Direction song.
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Just saw a cover of "We are the Champions" made by Robbie Williams. I knew he recorded the song along with Brian and Roger for a movie, but wasn't aware he performed it live.
This one is a great version, back from 2001. It has the "Queen" feel to it, but then again, the guy is a massive Freddie fan.
Tom Chaplin + Queen link
Wish they would tour with him! I think people would take Queen + more seriously if he was with the band. He actually has a great singing voice!