Rock Bands covering Soul, R&B, Doo Wop

Some examples:

Slade - If This World Were Mine (Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell)

Black Keys - Never Gonna Give You Up (Jerry Butler)

Paolo Nutini - Let Me Down Easy (Bettye LaVette)

White Stripes - I don't know what to do with myself (Dusty Springfield)

I know there's better examples out there but I can't think of any right now and I was in a cafeteria earlier this evening and I heard these in a row... it seemed like it was a theme. I actually like all of those safe for the White Stripes one which I just find annoying... but I find Jack White in general annoying.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKymT5-MAhQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLfHO377F3w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6HB5nMtqT4

Oh just thought of one:

Talking Heads - Take me to the river (Al Green)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ar2VHW1i2w

Afghan Whigs - My World Is Empty Without You
https://youtu.be/OyKRMaeG4mQ

ccr grapevine

Del byzanteens My World is Empty without You.

Patti Smith Hunter gets Captured By The Game.
(live at least)

Who, The Jam Heatwave.

The Birds, Motorhead Leavin Here.

Creation Cool Jerk

Velvet Underground lifted the riff from Hitch Hike

Every rock band in the 60s.

Jonathan Richman - It Will Stand

Every rock band in the 60s.

the Rolling Stones "Just my Imagination"

Bowie "Knock on Wood"

Grateful Dead, MC5 It's A Man's Man's Man's Man's World

VU track was There She Goes Again.

I'm not sure that counts but... Phil Collins' "you can't hurry love" !

Stranglers Walk On By

Mercury Rev If You Want Me to Stay

a question : do Bacharach songs count as rnb/soul/doo wop ?

stones - time is on my side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muF73GiqXoE

beatles - please mr postman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sa-ju3xGLw

the animals - bring it on home to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cplBfvFrzRc

also every other british invasion band

fishbone isn't entirely a rock band, but this is certainly a rock cover of an r&b track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1LpiDVImAU

a question : do Bacharach songs count as rnb/soul/doo wop ?

― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, May 31, 2017 11:44 AM (twenty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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Is Dionne Warwick i.e. the best know version of that song not thought of as Soul?

it's not just "walk on by", or "I just don't know what to do with myself" : in general, I'm not sure Bacharach/David's songs are rnb/soul.
I would say jazzy pop... or easy listening !

a question : do Bacharach songs count as rnb/soul/doo wop ?

― AlXTC from Paris, miércoles 31 de mayo de 2017 11:44 (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Haha I was thinking about Smith - Baby It's You earlier

The Beatles and Shirelles versions are more pop/R&B but Smith's version is imho a soul cover (which was oddly the highest charting one despite the popularity of the other two)

The Zombies have several too

Summertime (actually a jazz cover not soul, but the zombies version sounds more soul less jazz to me)

Goin out of my head

Cant Nobody Love You

Bring it on home to me/you've really got a hold on me

Gotta get a hold of myself

Haha in retrospective I should have made an exception on British Invasion bands.

VU track was There She Goes Again.

― Stevolende, miércoles 31 de mayo de 2017 11:35 (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wait, what!? This is a cover? How did I not know this it's one of my favorite VU songs.

No I was remembering the name of the song that lifts the Hitch Hike riff. I couldn't think of the name when I initially posted.

The Fall - There's A Ghost In My House

THere's a load of covers of Curtis Mayfield songs in 70s reggae but that's a different area.

Joy Division turned N.F. Porter's Keep On Keeping On into Interzone

Live Skull - Pusherman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD1eNDHKVfI

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal

MC5 I believe To My Soul which i think later morphed into Black to comm. But there are recordings of both from '68.

also from that year there are recordings of them doing James Brown medleys. Seems like that was something they did a lot of so wonder what is not released in any form.

Grateful Dead have several versions of Dancing in The Street available in live forms including '77 when it was released in studio form too. But it was something they were doing from early days.
Also Hard to Handle which is connected to Otis Redding. & Turn On your Lovelight which was a frequent jam in 67-70.

The Rationals and Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels were both doing hard rocking crossovers with soul.

Vanilla Fudge had You Keep Me Hanging On.
The Vagrants had Respect before Leslie West formed Mountain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGUAEb1EYvE

The Beat - Tears Of A Clown

Time iS Tight The clash
Grapevine The Slits

My Morning Jacket - Tyrone (Erykah Badu)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPsw5ssi-58

Rare Earth is a weird case -- a soul/rock band actually signed to Motown, whose had hits with two covers of Temptations songs that out-performed the originals, who were on the same label!

Anyway, Kim Wilde, "You Keep Me Hangin' On"

Another RS one:

Can I get a witness (Marvin Gaye)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAqwmwipv58

Sometimes I think about the way John Fogerty sings "HOID it through the grapevine"

^^^ California boy getting his New Orleans Yat on...

J. Geils was always really good at digging up R&B obscurities like Dyke and the Blazers' "So Sharp."

Babe Ruth did some nice ones; I heard their versions of "We People Darker Than Blue" and "Private Number" years before I thought to track down the originals.

Beach Boys "I Was Made to Love Her"

Flying Burrito Brothers - The Dark End of the Street

I know the Afghan WHigs did a lot of these, but I've always been a fan of their version of 'Creep'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmIWkiTZ8qM

Gun Club apparently started out jamming on Slipping Into Darkness and Inner City Blues back in the days of the original Snowden/Dunning rhythm section. Not sure what direct covers they did later.

I really liked The Bad Seeds version of I Put A Spell On You. It's on their 1 Peel session as well as early live tapes.
Scientists did a good one too.

ZZ Top's version of Sam & Dave's 'I Thank You'

Bryan Ferry - A whole bunch, but it's late and I should go to bed

Mercury Rev I Only Have Eyes For You

Rollins Band Next Time

Black Flag, Kingsmen, Beach Boys, Motorhead, etc etc Louie Louie.
(both songs by same original artist I think)

Nick Cave & Bad Seeds Plain Gold Ring
(new Mojo has free cd of source versions of NC&TBS covers)

Greg Cartwright. Mick Collins.

LOve hangover the Associates

Fever The Cramps

Diddy Wah Diddy 8 Eyed Spy, The Sonics

New Orleans Iggy & The Stooges

Love - Be Thankful for What You've Got

Jr Jr - We almost lost Detroit

Elvis Costello - Getting Mighty Crowded

Depends on your definition of "rock band" but I love these guys and gal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xYBZSCSGso

Soft Cell - Tainted Love

Springsteen - War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_sEtNrYlC4

Last Kiss! Forgot about that one. Oddly enough it's Pearl Jam's highest song in the US charts (#2) even though it's a cover and sounds nothing like them.

The Birds, Motorhead - Leaving Here

Also The Who and Pearl Jam. Love this song!

I Put A Spell On You Marilyn Manson

The Uptown Avondale e.p. by Afghan Whigs

(In The) Midnight Hour by Grateful Dead (even got a half hour version with Janis Joplin on vocals)

Ball & Chain, Piece Of My Heart Big Brother & the Holding Co.

Mona, Smokestack lightning, Who Do You Love Quicksilver Messenger Service

Smokestack Lightning Electric prunes

Who do You Love Doors

it seemed like it was a theme

or a fundamental driving force of the industry for over half a century. a smaller list would be bands that didn't do this.

man I forgot about "Last Kiss" too. I remember hearing that all the fucking time.