U2 songs covered well - post vids

[Oregoropa]

A very difficult task to take on the masters and Bono's vocals.

I love this cover of Pride by Flyleaf ft. Richard Patrick (Filter lead singer & T-1000's brother).

https://youtu.be/rHkFhsvqp5M


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[Mack_Again]

that time when Chris Cornell cover U2's One but put lyrics of Metallica's One?

 

[rennowba]

Jack whites love is blindness is superb

 

[mikal]

Trent Reznor's Zoo Station is fantastic as well.

 

[corianderstem]

I'd rather just list them, because threads full of nothing but YT videos are slow to load and annoying (I wish they weren't, but they are, because of the slowness).

Elbow - Running to Stand Still

The King's Singers - MLK (I'm not even sure there's a video on YT for this, but there are videos of amateur a capella groups doing their arrangement.)

 

[BVS]

We can't forget that time when C&C Music Factory covered Pride:

 

[chocky]

Running to Stand Still by Jonathan Jackson - actor (Nashville), U2 fan and lead singer of Enation




He also performed Unchained Melody at the same concert. His band included a cover of The Fly on their latest live album and regularly perform decent versions of Desire, Still Haven't Found.. and others.

 

[Peterrrrr]

 

[42Escapist]

This has always been a favorite cover of mine:

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Eddie Vedder doing Sort of a Homecoming is the tits, even if it's only the first verse and chorus.

 

[Tommy WM]

Agreed! Eddie singing A Sort of Homecoming is always amazing. There is an old video from 2006 where he played it in Sydney the same time U2 were touring for Vertigo. However this more recent version from 2015 is even better:

 

[mofo82]

Agreed! Eddie singing A Sort of Homecoming is always amazing. There is an old video from 2006 where he played it in Sydney the same time U2 were touring for Vertigo. However this more recent version from 2015 is even better:

ASOH into MFC droooooool. I love PJ's covers. Both of the fast & slow tempo covers of the Ramones 'I Believe in Miracles' are kick ass, as is their cover of Tom Petty's 'I Won't Back Down'. Saw PJ in Milwaukee Oct 2014, same night as Tom's bday & Eddie led the crowd in singing Happy Birthday into I Won't Back Down. Blew me away. Can't wait for the Wrigley shows in a few weeks!

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

While we're on the subject...

https://youtu.be/TwHxKS9U-qI

 

[Peterrrrr]

 

[2861U2]

This guy's version of Glastonbury is decent, I think.

 

[Kieran McConville]

No shoutouts for Johnny Cash's 'One'? It's no 'Hurt', but it is a decent take on the material, I think.

Honestly, u2 don't lend themselves to great covers for much the same reason that they themselves mostly don't do great covers. There are exceptions to the rule of course.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

There is no good version of Glastonbury...

 

[gvox]

You! Are! (Etc)


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[runbyu1]

This piano cover of Song for Someone just blows me away...probably my all-time favorite U2 cover:

 

[Oregoropa]

There is no good version of Glastonbury...

Very true.

Interesting fact about the song. It is the only U2 song to mention Dublin in lyrics.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

You! Are! (Etc)


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A pocket full of rock and roll

 

[Edge_Orchestra]

This guy's version of Glastonbury is decent, I think.

Xiren is great. He is also the lead singer in a U2 Tribute in Los Angeles/Orange County called Joshua Tree.

I was a guitar tech with them around the time U2 played this song/Xiren made the cover video. JT did as U2 did -- played the song for a hot minute and then abandoned it.

If memory serves, Xiren played EVERYTHING but the drums on this video of Glastonbury.

 

[bono_man2002]