Covers: Desperados Under the Eaves

Great tweet by The Paranoid Style on a fine Warren Zevon song. “Desperados Under the Eaves” was released in 1976.

Five minutes of crucified trees, half-finished thoughts and unfixable air conditioning, Warren Zevon’s “Desperados Under The Eaves” deftly splits in half the utopian and avaricious aspects of the Laurel Canyon scene he so forcefully injected himself into. A perfect American song.
— The Paranoid Style (@paranoiacs) July 3, 2022

Covers: Some Cold Rainy Day

“Some Cold Rainy Day” was first released in 1929 by Bertha “Chippie” Hill.

Covers: Like a Hurricane

“Like a Hurricane” is a great Neil Young song written in 1975 and released in 1977. Jay Farrar and Jason Isbell are among the artists who have covered it.

Covers: Losing My Religion

“Losing My Religion” was a popular R. E. M. song from 1991. Try the Selo I Ludy cover from Ukraine.

Covers: Oh, Pretty Woman

“Oh, Pretty Woman” is a 1964 Roy Orbison record. Covers include versions by Van Halen and this great one by the Ukranian band Selo i Ludy.

Covers: See That My Grave Is Kept Clean/One Kind Favor

“See That My Grave Is Kept Clean” was originally a 1927 record by Blind Lemon Jefferson. Versions have been done by Lou Reed, Mavis Staples, Bob Dylan and B. B. King among others. Some versions call it “One Kind Favor”

Covers: Whiskey Train

“Whiskey Train” is a 1970 Procul Harum song. (See the link to the list of versions from the excellent Second Hand Songs site.)

Covers: All I Really Want to Do

“All I Really Want to Do” is a 1964 Bob Dylan song. Covers include versions by the Byrds and Cher.

You can hear the loose, get-it-done vibe on All I Really Wanna Do, the opening song of Another Side of Bob Dylan.

He does it in one take, meaning we get to hear all the mistakes, mic popping and mirth. And I haven’t even mentioned the yodelling yet. https://t.co/yWY0o4DxrQ
— DylanRevisited (@DylanRevisited) June 20, 2022

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Cher – All I Really Want To Do (1965)

Cher's fantastic debut single was a cover of the Bob Dylan song.https://t.co/kjiTluWwyZ https://t.co/vSZZztESpA pic.twitter.com/bcfNo0NPi4
— Scotify (@Scotify_) June 10, 2022

Covers: Help Me, Rhonda

“Help Me, Rhonda” was a big hit for the Beach Boys in 1965. They recorded two versions.

After Live Aid in 1985, the Vanity Fair review said that when the Beach Boys sang “Help Me, Rhonda”, they sounded like they were calling out for their nurse.