Cover songs of acts we like and don't like

 

 

Rosalie Cunningham's cover of "Eleanor Rigby" is simply enchanting.

Mormegil wrote: Not a "prog" song by any means, but Yes' cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "America" is just tremendous. I much prefer the cover over the original.

It seems, though, that members of what would later become Yes, as well as Keith Emerson, were not so enthusiastic about the original of Paul Simon's song as they actually appreciated already a cover of 'America' done by Scottish keyboardist Billy Ritchie, who performed the song in the repertoire of his progressive trio called 1-2-3 (later renamed into Clouds) at the Swinging London club scene, where they became a sort of underground attraction with their original style. For instance, Pete Townshend, remembering those times, once said that 1966-1967 gigs of 1-2-3 were more interesting to him than Pink Floyd at the same time period. Those concerts of 1-2-3 actually marked an important moment in the evolution of progressive music, since Billy Ritchie & 1-2-3 influenced many.

This is a live recording of 1-2-3 version of 'America' from the Marquee Club in 1966.

Steve Hillage totally blistering it with his space-rock-style cover of It's All Too Much, a classic acid-rock song by The Beatles that first dropped on their 1969 soundtrack for the Yellow Submarine flick.

Thanks, that was great!  I hadn't heard it before, 801 were quite the group!!  

^Snakefinger also did a cover version of Ennio Morricone's "Magic And Ecstasy" from the movie "Exorcist II: The Heretic".