Def Leppard - "Stand by Me"

[Chip Z'Hoy]

Okay then.

https://youtu.be/b9ZghanmmF4?si=5MKOLfCHab0PYJ9z

[exitflagger]

Same band that made "High and Dry Saturday Night". What an embarrassing career downfall.

Maybe they should cover some Barbara Streisand next.

[MattleyCrue]

Same band that made "High and Dry Saturday Night". What an embarrassing career downfall.

Maybe they should cover some Barbara Streisand next.

Guilty would be a nice cover!

[dmbrocker]

Same band that made "High and Dry Saturday Night". What an embarrassing career downfall.

Maybe they should cover some Barbara Streisand next.

"Danny Boy", preferably in the style of Robert White:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEbv7T4EOlE&t=83s

[HoldenSSV]

Ehh. They did the boy band thing three decades ago with "Breathe A Sigh" on Slang.

[Danzig in the Dark]

Same band that made "High and Dry Saturday Night". What an embarrassing career downfall.

Maybe they should cover some Barbara Streisand next.

Did you forget about Let's Get Rocked?

[Jason Jennifer Leigh]

Sounds great!

Sounds like maybe Joe Elliot was the only one involved with this, I don’t hear harmonies or backing vocals but I’m half deaf … only half so far as of right now.

[Anthrax442]

It's...fine. But I also don't know why it exists.

[Hatchets Molly]

I avoided this thread because I knew it would be shit. I don't even like the Ben E King version. Utter trash. Like, why? 45 seconds and bailed.

[skinni]

the cover sounds great

[Wild Obsession]

Sounds like Joe singing over a decent karaoke backing track. And his voice seems pretty strong, so probably something they have had "in the can" for over 20 years.

[FreddyFender]

I like their version of Waterloo Sunset just fine, but this is a bit much.

[Mister Freeze]

We want Def Leppard and Bon Jovi to sound like the '80s pop-metal gods we grew up with ... but those bands grew up on the '60s, and that's the music they relate to.

It's why we got Bon Jovi shoe-horning "Shout" into their setlist for decades like some worn-out wedding band.

These guys have more in common with our parents than us.

[alecjonsludge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twc5zjl6F7I

[EuroJR]

Same band that made "High and Dry Saturday Night". What an embarrassing career downfall.

Maybe they should cover some Barbara Streisand next.

THIS

[bringbacktherock]

https://youtu.be/9kn7E-OauJI?si=dwdBxgbL7gdjvpXm

Trust me. Listen to this version. You won't regret it. This is what a cover song should be.

[Mojo]

I thought that was pretty nice. But I also absolutely love that song, so if you do a mostly-faithful version, I'll probably dig it.

[Blowmonkey]

https://youtu.be/9kn7E-OauJI?si=dwdBxgbL7gdjvpXm

Trust me. Listen to this version. You won't regret it. This is what a cover song should be.

This was amazing.

[StateOfShock]

It's...fine. But I also don't know why it exists.

This.

[BootyDaddy69]

Sounds like a Leppard took a shit

[cowpins]

https://youtu.be/9kn7E-OauJI?si=dwdBxgbL7gdjvpXm

Trust me. Listen to this version. You won't regret it. This is what a cover song should be.

Thank you for sharing this.

[roxxxtar]

When I listened to this song, I could hear Michael Scott saying,
Def Leppard: Why are you the way that you are? Honestly, every time I try to hear something fun or exciting, you make it not that way. I hate so much about the things that you choose to be.

[BulletProofPoet]

https://youtu.be/9kn7E-OauJI?si=dwdBxgbL7gdjvpXm

Trust me. Listen to this version. You won't regret it. This is what a cover song should be.

Came here to post this. Stephen Wilson Jr. is on a whole other level. Been listening to him almost exclusively for 2 months now. He also has an amazing Nirvana and Everclear cover in his YouTube page.

[bringbacktherock]

https://youtu.be/9kn7E-OauJI?si=dwdBxgbL7gdjvpXm

Trust me. Listen to this version. You won't regret it. This is what a cover song should be.

Came here to post this. Stephen Wilson Jr. is on a whole other level. Been listening to him almost exclusively for 2 months now. He also has an amazing Nirvana and Everclear cover in his YouTube page.

I'm in the exact same boat. I can't remember another artist that I feel the need to share links to their stuff like I do with him. Here is another great song from him: https://youtu.be/jFMJat9OJOw?si=x4GPuoQDzk6i3-Ez

[Velvis]

https://youtu.be/9kn7E-OauJI?si=dwdBxgbL7gdjvpXm

Trust me. Listen to this version. You won't regret it. This is what a cover song should be.

Ugh. The only thing good about it is that the original song is a classic.
It's overly dramatic which might work if he wrote the song himself but it's just way over the top just to be way over the top.
The guitar was equally histrionic.

I couldn't make it through the second verse

[bringbacktherock]

https://youtu.be/9kn7E-OauJI?si=dwdBxgbL7gdjvpXm

Trust me. Listen to this version. You won't regret it. This is what a cover song should be.

Ugh. The only thing good about it is that the original song is a classic.
It's overly dramatic which might work if he wrote the song himself but it's just way over the top just to be way over the top.
The guitar was equally histrionic.

I couldn't make it through the second verse

Everyone has their own opinion. Read the comments on the video. You are in the minority on this one.

[Velvis]

I wasn't looking to be in the majority or minority and other people's opinions however valid or popular they may be aren't going to make this sound good to my ears.

To me it's the equivalent of a cheesy melodramatic soap opera.

[DonJuanDeMarco]

For all the cowboys out there. I always liked the Mickey Gilley version that was in Urban Cowboy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_ugy7pVOn4

[TravisBicklesMohawk]

Not horrible, just the wrong song for them to cover.

Good example of a great cover is the Scorpions covering Ruby Tuesday. They nailed it.

https://youtu.be/iS_WTDYU8Qw?si=Uk8hiUB11xob0cew