Best Cover Songs, Post Originals If You Can...

[WillyT]

Walk On By -

Dionne Warwick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R-ZE-gFcBA&feature=related

Isaac Hayes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XIIivxCtzM

:shrug:

[JTG of the PRB]

1. Here's my favorite:

Zombie -

Miser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNMAlk7Lcuw

The Cranberries: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJEySrDerj0&feature=related

[WillyT]

7. Absolutely Fantastic !!!

Never saw the Miser one before, but both just got rocked real loud here!!!

Thank you !!!

:bounce:

[JTG of the PRB]

9. They're both great.

I've heard some good covers in my lie, but that might be one of the very best. The Cranberries original is a fantastic piece of rock music, and the cover by Miser more than does it justice. Glad to share! :hi:

[lost-in-nj]

8. The Cranberries OWNED THAT song

:hi:



lost

[AlCzervik]

2. ok

Mad World by tears for fears
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZRib_aAQFQ

the cover and the one i like much better by Gary Jules
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4

[WillyT]

11. WOW !!!

Always liked the original, but that Jules version, along with that video of the... what... mimes??

That kicked my ass!!

Thank you for that!!!

:applause:

[Benfea]

42. It's from the Donnie Darko soundtrack

And it's clearly one of the better covers ever done. It's certainly in my MP3 collection.

[nuxvomica]

92. I almost posted that

I prefer the Jules version myself and that video is awesome.

[drmeow]

3. I don't know about "best"

but I think this one qualifies as pretty radically different:

Cover by The Cardinals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzgZJEpLuw0

Original by Black Sabbath: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMmHX3WENHY

[WillyT]

10. LOL !!! - Very Appropriate For This Weekend !!!

I actually dig the Cardigans version, but nobody tops Black Sabbath on this one!

My very first live concert was Black Sabbath back in 1970 something, and it was AWESOME !!!

Thank YOU !!!

:yourock:

[drmeow]

18. I did think about the movie

when I was writing.

I like both versions - I had the Cardigans one for over a year before I made the connection, probably cause I'm not a big Sabbath fan so I didn't actually have the original. One day I was listening and thought - "WAIT A MINUTE, 'I am Ironman'? - this is a cover!" - I'd never actually looked at the name of the song.

I wouldn't pick one as better than the other - both are great.

[Benfea]

43. That cover is horrible!

I think I've been scarred for life. Thanks a lot.

[flvegan]

4. Best evah! Faith No More does "Easy"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH7J3G7Qtt0

Live on Leno:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv9UM4zis1M&feature=related

Live bootleg:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as1Ii0OoJM0&feature=related

In case you didn't get the memo, Mike Patton (lead singer) is indeed a deity worthy of praise.

[WillyT]

12. LOL !!! - As Somebody Who Had To Doorman And Bartend During The Height Of...

Lionel Richie's power, I really appreciate that!

And they did it square on!

Whaddaya know!

:yourock:

[unpossibles]

75. I knew I liked you for more than your diet skills and muscles

:)

FNM is one of my all time favorite bands, and while some of Patton's projects are a bit... on the unlistenable side of experimental, I still have tons of respect for him. And what a fucking singer! Guy has some pipes, chops, and attitude.

Have you heard their version of "This Guy's In Love With You"?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-XzqcP79vQ

original (written by Burt Bacharach, performed by Herb Alpert)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqmhXmTsCPw

What's funny is I have both playing now creating this strange, jazzy chaos...

Also love old Joe Jackson - "Got the Time" from his 1977 debut. fuckin Graham
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq3EYeDOpVA

Anthrax cover it well, but the original is so much better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Mgp4n9r58

My band does this song, and most people go "love the Anthrax song" lol.... noobs.

[BigBluenoser]

5. Heh, still have this in the cache from the opera thread....

Nightwish performing Phantom of the Opera. Definitly taking things in a harder direction. Not going looking for an original phantom... blech...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAI9pYweJ-k

I feel like Nightwish hustler here... but while I may be an Atheist I'm an evangelist for Nightwish!

[WillyT]

13. That Fuckin ROCKED... I Loved It, Thank You !!!

:bounce::applause::bounce:

:wow:

[BigBluenoser]

22. Always happy to spread some metal joy. Cheers

eom

[greendog]

6. Country Pie - The Nice (w/Keith Emerson) cover Dylan

The Nice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVrOirZppes

Original from Nashville Skyline:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTViI3Rq4I&feature=related

[WillyT]

15. Very Cool... And Speaking Of Dylan...

Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki1eM9sls7M

Cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AuxJH2Mj30

Oldie, but a goody!!!

[livetohike]

98. That's what I was going to post!

Love Jimi's version best :hi:

[mia]

14. Nothing Compares to You

Sinead O'Connor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiTM6PaXHHg&feature=related

Prince: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_VBEo3FXuc&feature=related

[WillyT]

19. Man... I Haven't Heard Those In A Looooong Time...

Got me all teary and stuff.

Thank you!!!

:hi:

[drmeow]

27. Interesting history

Prince wrote the song but had not recorded it (or at least had not released it on any album) when O'Connor did it. When it came out (ah, yes, I remember it well) it was said (inaccurately) that he wrote it specifically for her (It was actually recorded by The Family in 1985, a version which has essentially vanished).

[stuntcat]

77. Right. On.. The Family

I have their Nothing Compares!! I stole it off the internet somehow years ago so I don't know where it came from, I'm just glad I found it. I love the Family, I was just crazy about Suzanna and St Paul :blush:

[blitzen]

16. Waylon Jennings doing Jimmie Rodgers

Waylon:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vD44jYGOWJs


Jimmie:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qEIBmGZxAhg

[WillyT]

20. Shhh... Same Video...

:shrug:

[blitzen]

26. oops....i fixed it...thanks

[kwassa]

17. Best cover ever: "Respect" by Aretha Franklin

Original by the also great Otis Redding, and it sounded completely different.

[WillyT]

21. I Also Loved Three Dog Night's Cover Of Otis Redding's 'Try A Little Tenderness' !!!

:shrug:

[Benfea]

48. That's one of the best covers ever, yes.

Aretha turned it into a feminist anthem.

[speedoo]

23. Suzanne by Leonard Cohen...

Judy Collins' cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P5ibRDMRJk

Leonard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swl2bETKqWg&feature=related

[Norwood]

24. Hurt

Original - Nine Inch Nails
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iFx2TmQfM-o

Cover - Johnny Cash
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go

[WillyT]

29. Whoa... THAT Was Wild !!! - Check Down Thread...

Great Minds...

:wow:

[ornotna]

25. Misty Mountain Hop

4 Non Blondes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVmFF6_etkI


Led Zeppelin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4jUy2FJW_w

It's hard to top Led Zeppelin but 4 Non Blondes do a nice job with it.

[WillyT]

28. My Current Fave !!!

Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybv2_NEbhlM

Cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go

:shrug:

[blitzen]

30. Sammy Davis, Jr. doing Jerry Jeff Walker's "Mr. Bojangles"

Sammy:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=j-5bkCkQ3V0&feature=related


Jerry Jeff:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ClHY2PEsw14

[stuntcat]

88. I love that song

I'd only heard Nina Simone's though
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nZnjP80K4yc

[electricmonk]

31. Sweet Home Alabama

Killdozer- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8_AV18qkXM
Skynyrd- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80y0ZfmhKQY

Killdozer was always good for making interesting cover versions. Too bad I couldn't find one for I'm Not Lisa. That one is kind of surreal.

[OmahaBlueDog]

32. All Along the Watchtower

Dylan - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMWFZYgKKWY

Jimi Hendrix - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD7s4i_X-p0

[Benfea]

49. Have you heard the Bear McCreary cover?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka_sHy9cVH0

I don't think it's better than the Hendrix cover, but it is an even more radical departure from the original than Hendrix's version was.

[Bennyboy]

56. Rank the Watchtowers!

Dave Matthews with Carlos Santana http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqbitjNe3LI
Pearl Jam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wAQGKZsnbU
Grateful Dead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN0gHJ4JEQk
Eric Clapton and Lenny kravitz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EoJUkF3r7E&feature=related
Bruce Springsteen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feK6MV8osZ4&feature=related
Neil Young http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_tJnj2j5kI&feature=related

[newmajority]

33. Don't Stop Me Now

The original by Queen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58CJih1iYC0

and the cover by The Vandals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQrHMqHIT0c

[kentauros]

34. Devo

Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

[Benfea]

50. Let's not forget their cover of "Workin' In A Coal Mine"

Original by Lee Dorsey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2AjiSwBZoc
Cover by DEVO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ77ITOmRTE

[kentauros]

95. I HAD forgotten,

so thanks for the reminder :)

For the longest time you couldn't get that cover of theirs as it was used for the closing credits of Heavy Metal and was not included on the soundtrack album.

[newmajority]

35. You Really Got Me

The Kinks - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2GmzyeeXnQ

Van Halen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YRqkRmRocQ

[hellbound-liberal]

36. Best cover song, another one of Dylan's

Johnny Winter- Highway 61
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8siLZ4zNbY

The original
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BH8U_z7Q6c

[JCMach1]

37. Placebo- "Running up that Hill"

Placebo: http://youtube.com/watch?v=GHXVXG2kXBo

Kate Bush (original): http://youtube.com/watch?v=_BZsXVf6INc

[unpossibles]

76. another great Kate Bush cover! Hounds of Love by the Futureheads

actually like this cover better than the Placebo one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amh8V-MopUI

original
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFMqV2FfPNk

[Tommy_Carcetti]

38. Johnny Cash, "Hurt"

Cash cover:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go

Nine Inch Nails original (also great):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFx2TmQfM-o


Also, some may consider this sacralige, but I like Tori Amos' "Smells' Like Teen Spirit"

Amos cover:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcHNZVrxEts

Nirvana original:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPQR-OsH0RQ&feature=related

[Amerigo Vespucci]

41. Hell YES.

The video for Cash's "Hurt" (included as a freebie DVD with his "American IV" CD) is a raw, exposed nerve...especially the footage of a young, wild Johnny & June romping through the world.

:toast:

[Benfea]

52. The more Nirvana covers I hear....

...the more I come to the conclusion that Nirvana songs should never be covered. Seriously.

Oh, and the Johnny Cash cover is one of the all-time greats, right up there with Aretha's cover of "Respect".

[NewJeffCT]

68. You mean you don't love this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsS811o21-k

[Benfea]

85. You are a horrible person.

I hope your karma catches up to you and you get audited or something.

[taterguy]

39. Maybe not the best but one of the most surreal

Alex Chilton covering the Replacements song Alex Chilton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QDS4GBLgZg

[Amerigo Vespucci]

40. Los Lobos: Mas y Mas & Cinnamon Girl

and NEIL.

Los Lobos (Cinnamon Girl @ 6 minutes, 37 seconds): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MytwPgPSNos

Neil: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bAb-5IpKWs

[fight4my3sons]

44. Working Class Hero - John Lennon/Green Day

John Lennon- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njG7p6CSbCU

Green Day- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbmuplAhAeI&feature=related

[Benfea]

51. Speaking of covers of John Lenon songs...

A Perfect Circle really did justice to "Imagine": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpqKA9_ddFk

[mitchum]

102. Here's a great cover of "Working Class Hero"

[lightningandsnow]

45. The Cliks' covers of "Cry Me a River" by Justin Timberlake and "Irreplaceable" by Beyonce

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0XANmq6ze0

Pure awesomeness.

[MAGICBULLET]

46. this one seems obvious and I love them both

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktiguw5e8AY> - Gloria Jones


<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srtuQU20QXA> - Soft Cell

Two great dancefloor shakers

[Benfea]

53. Is there anyone left who HASN'T covered that song?

I'm partial to the Marilyn Manson cover myself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQuKo3SevVA

[Benfea]

47. Some of my faves:

• "Cotton Eyed Joe" covered by The Rednex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddgyg_5FF_0
  No one knows who did the original, as the song predates the American Civil War.
  
  
• Technically this is a remix rather than a cover, but it is so superior to the original that it deserves mention. "If You're Gonna Jump" by Natasha Bedingfeld remixed by Paul Oakenfold: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn0yIKVjIPI
  The original unmixed version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAYflEgptgA
  
  
• I'm sure someone already mentioned this, because it comes up in every cover thread, but here is "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0bZtf5MCzY
  And here is the heartbreaking cover by Johnny Cash: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go
  
  
• "Land of Confusion" by Disturbed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KW8DRSvEoQ
  As good as this cover is, the video is what really does it for me. The original is a plea to take action, but the cover is a call to arms.
  The original by Genesis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MzShg7yXik
  
  
• "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" covered by The Revolting Cocks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6cHeNvzE30
  (The Revolting Cocks started out is a joint project between members of Ministry and Front 242, but eventually included other industrial greats, including the current drummer of REM.) As one reviewer at the time put it, they managed to make a relatively innocent question sound like a threat.
  Here's the Rod Stewart original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On3rfstwJUQ
  
  
• "Heartbeats" covered by Jose Gonzalez: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4_4abCWw-w
  This was a staggering reinterpretation of a grating techno song by Swedish band The Knife: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUGyFYUlquo
  
  
• Everyone remembers the version of "Louie, Louie" by the Kingsmen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx-8_GI4d2c
  but what most people don't realize is that the Kingsmen version is itself a cover.
  The bitter irony is that one of the most interesting covers is by Motorhead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDP7_h4wkgw
  What's ironic about it? You can understand Lemmy's mumbling of the lyrics better than you can make them out in the better-known Kingsmen version.
  
  
• First Bob Dylan did "All Along the Watchtower": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_ncQgjIlFM
  Then Jimi Hendrix did what is undeniably the best cover of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD7s4i_X-p0
  Since then this song has been covered by everybody, their mother, and their mailman. I didn't think it was possible to breathe new life into this song until composer Bear McCreary reinterpreted the song for Battlestar Galactica: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka_sHy9cVH0
  
  
• "Blue Monday" covered by Orgy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phnld-XX0tM
  The original by New Order: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts9r0QHuFHw
  
  
• "John the Revelator" by Depeche Mode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaB1psXTjS4
  I don't think anyone knows who did the original as the old spiritual is pretty much lost in history. Depeche mode twisted it around into a diatribe against the religious right.
  
  
• Remember the theme song from the Batman cartoon? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQBobrCBTNI
  The funniest cover of that was done by Voivod: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbZpFXvj2g0
  I don't know what's better: the tribal drums, the rock/metal guitar work, or the fact that the singer sounds bored out of his mind.
  

I'd better stop now or this list will get to be freaking huge.

[stuntcat]

79. Heartbeats..

That's the one I was thinking of posting!

I just realized I have the Disturbed version of 'Land of Confusion' but not the Genesis one lol, I should fix that.

[Benfea]

86. What's wrong with that?

I for one enjoy the Disturbed version more than the Genesis version.

[PVnRT]

93. Agreed about Disturbed's cover

Genesis' original always sounded a little forboding, but Disturbed makes the song just sound completely sinister and dark. I love it.

[Tikki]

54. Two pretty much different songs (same song) both.....

versions are important.

Sam & Dave:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFOaqqqahvo
(Composers)

Elvis Costello & The Attractions:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r_ekZHdgBA


Tikki

[Tikki]

64. OK not written by Sam & Dave... but theirs is.....

the original. Apologies to Banks and Jones....composers.

Tikki

[hellbound-liberal]

55. Pat Travers-Boom! Boom! (Out Go the Lights)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf-Ul5HThX4

The original by Little Walter is unavailable on You Tube, but this version is pretty close
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9-MamUJ-BE

[KamaAina]

57. Time Is On My Side

yes, the Stones version is a cover!

Meet Irma Thomas, the "Soul Queen of New Orleans":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nItr172GOYM

[Magrittes Pipe]

58. Head On

Pixies: http://youtube.com/watch?v=vCBSOAYnUFc

Jesus and Mary Chain: http://youtube.com/watch?v=JZrN1YDus4E

[hellbound-liberal]

59. Rory Gallagher-Messin’ With the Kid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0if87pp8m8

The original-Junior Wells
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSFq4eWwtnc

[Bennyboy]

60. Manfred Mann covered Bruce Springsteen.....

Blinded By The Light http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN6zFN8cAPs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6AFCJ1dLdg&feature=related

Spirits In the Night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjKeQznN4d4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7wk7n0i1EM&feature=related

Then there is the Pointer Sisters who did Bruce's Fire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5PoIrcyd34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDKNnJUP2FI

[dolo amber]

61. Superstar:

The Carpenters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWkOryYF6CI&feature=related


Sonic Youth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRiyN_Zn5L8

[Magrittes Pipe]

62. Billy Bragg:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IBVsUyHFKEA

[stuntcat]

72. sweeeet

Both are beautiful :cry:

[Magrittes Pipe]

63. Underdog:

Dirtbombs: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y-mpmKC36uY

Sly (in somebody's lame YouTube thing): http://youtube.com/watch?v=vHYPcydi4FE

[newmajority]

65. My Way

Frank Sinatra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXVSnGkuibU

Sid Vicious http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLC3uT3aCoE

[Ahpook]

66. First thing i thought of:)

Lou Reed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc26EFI1_nw


Cowboy Junkies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHRFZFmEq9o

[stuntcat]

78. ohhhh yeah!

that is a great one!

[Magrittes Pipe]

67. Like a Hurricane

Roxy Music: http://youtube.com/watch?v=SseFmHprqcI

Neil Young: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Obfci1CIqq8

[NewJeffCT]

69. You Really Got Me

Love both versions - The Kinks and Van Halen with David Lee Roth.

VH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YRqkRmRocQ

Kinks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvyDWGF290M

[Ahpook]

70. Darnit:) I have this "thing" with Eddie..

Something about his early playing has always turned me on.

Thanks for the link:)

[NewJeffCT]

71. War

Great original from Edwin Starr, and a great live cover by Bruce Springsteen. I've always respected Springsteen more than liked him, but I loved his cover of this song...

Bruce: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DIp7ew_z8I

original, Mr Edwin Starr: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZgHH72G8wQ

[Pierre.Suave]

73. best cover, ever.

Metallica's Version of Whiskey in the Jar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cswkEL1O4Hk

Original, done by Thin Lizzy, which sucks...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TehFZ38kt6o

[NewJeffCT]

74. Blue Monday

Orgy did the cover...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phnld-XX0tM


New Order, the original...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts9r0QHuFHw&feature=related

[Redneck Socialist]

80. Shine by Dolly Parton or the Gourds doing Snoop's "GIn and Juice"

Dolly's version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO4Oj9TOeu0

and, Collective Soul: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP3yeqkkYBE

Snoop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czyfws7OLCs

The Gourds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCAM3C3dpIA

[stuntcat]

81. ooo Shine

Dolly's is BEAUTIFUL, I used to think t was her song.

[Bennyboy]

82. The Road Goes On Forever! (The Highwaymen)

Robert Earle Keen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glhrczA1ru4&feature=related

And the Highwaymen (Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa2RhjKsdqE

[HughBeaumont]

83. "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"

James Brown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww5yrR7pLsE&feature=related
Residents: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcGknYx4sxQ

Ave Satani:

Jerry Goldsmith: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAGnTAGnxPE
Fantomas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THDoxv_QXzk&feature=related

Green Manalishi -

Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYBQdXv0BhM
Judas Priest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FpQr1HUGW8

The Melvins do this song too, but that's not on YouTube.

Neither is my favorite cover song of all time; Isaac Hayes's vastly-superior-to-the-Beatles version of "Something". It's far too astounding for words.

[Magrittes Pipe]

91. jpgray also tears it up.

[ornotna]

84. one more

"Come as You Are"

The King - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjPhCTL0k-M

Nirvana - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOL5cpwTkes

[Benfea]

87. Shame on me. I forgot one of my favorite ironic covers

The original vomit-inducing version by Nancy Sinatra: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OU7Nezg7Ls

The vastly superior version of "These Boots" by Megadeth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKYYiYcr21Q

Nothing says "funny" like a drunken drawl.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

89. Both Sides Now Judy Collins covering Joni Mitchell :)

Judy Collins http://youtube.com/watch?v=-LJuAmTv3i4
Joni Mitchell http://youtube.com/watch?v=9hxFTcaxEpg

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

90. Ooops! Another favorite! Leaving On A Jet Plane..Peter Paul and Mary covering John Denver

PP& M http://youtube.com/watch?v=mZWw1-RSvdQ
John Denver http://youtube.com/watch?v=vLBKOcUbHR0

And John RIP died piloting his own plane.

[PVnRT]

94. Kula Shaker's cover of Deep Purple's "Hush"

I love how they basically doubled the tempo and made the song rock.

I'm also partial to The Atari's version of Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer."

[MrScorpio]

96. California Soul - Marlena Shaw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYQCqGQ0tDE


Original by The Fifth Dimension

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf7WaJqdYzM

[SacredCow]

97. Wild Horses....

Rolling Stones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hpAX8Q-MaM

Covered by the Sundays: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_CDuyw4nRE

As I recall, the cover wasn't received terribly well- especially in the UK. But Harriet Wheeler could sing the phone book to me and I'd be all over it....

[Gormy Cuss]

99. Proud Mary

Creedence Clearwater Revival: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfyEpmQM7bw&feature=related

Ike & Tina Turner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54XRNQ2C2x0

[WillyT]

100. Hey... I Learned About, And Was Turned On To, Music I Never Knew Existed !!!

THANK YOU !!!

Y'all rock!

:bounce::yourock::bounce:

:hi:

[mitchum]

101. Yeah, Jeff Buckley's end was sad and all, but THIS is the best version of "Hallelujah"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUL7U-HhPvI

[DarkTirade]

103. Nirvana's cover of Leadbelly's song "In the Pines"

Leadbelly - Recorded just a few years before he died.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZfpkLUT-w8

Kurt's version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEtDC6MuImU