Sat Apr 11, 2020, 11:08 AM

Goodheart (3,287 posts)

Song covers that are better than the originals.

Few and far between... so much so that for me there really is only one standout...

I'll preface this by saying that I have an enormous love for Tears for Fears. "Head Over Heels", in particular, is a fantastic production. And "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is an acknowledged classic. But, sorry to say....

This:

Is better than this:

It's so obvious to me that this song should have been slower paced as in the Gary Jules version that I'm left wondering "what were they thinking?"

A beautiful song in either case, though.

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Song covers that are better than the originals. (Original post)	Goodheart	Apr 2020	OP
One if favorites. Maybe not better but it's up there. Welcome to my nightmare.	Lochloosa	Apr 2020	#1
I remember a friend being pissed that they bought a record of hits by the originals.	TheBlackAdder	Apr 2020	#238
By the way, Donnie Darko brought me here.	Goodheart	Apr 2020	#2
Which version do you have? There's a director's cut that's a few minutes longer than	mahatmakanejeeves	Apr 2020	#63
I doubt it was the director's cut. It's the version streaming on the Filmrise app.	Goodheart	Apr 2020	#102
Donnie Darko!	Upthevibe	Apr 2020	#126
Don't Be Cruel by Cheap Trick is one of my favorite remakes. n/t	brewens	Apr 2020	#3
This one is pretty good too :)	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#181
Foo Fighters "Baker Street"	underpants	Apr 2020	#4
Agreed!!	consider_this	Apr 2020	#70
Okay. Most will like the original. But I love this version.	LakeArenal	Apr 2020	#5
Didn't know this existed. Thanks. :)	Goodheart	Apr 2020	#6
I love that version! I have never heard it before. But I love Roland Gift's voice.	smirkymonkey	Apr 2020	#71
Thanks. It's always nice to hear I'm not alone in music taste!!	LakeArenal	Apr 2020	#96
They were so underated!	AwakeAtLast	Apr 2020	#225
Jimi's cover of Dylans song ....	KPN	Apr 2020	#7
My pick too n/t	livetohike	Apr 2020	#19
Absolutely!	StarryNite	Apr 2020	#23
No doubt	exboyfil	Apr 2020	#32
+1	H2O Man	Apr 2020	#85
+2. Great song.	yonder	Apr 2020	#160
I saw Dylan's Americanarama tour a few years ago	thegoose	Apr 2020	#186
Any Dylan song is better as a cover NT	Ex Lurker	Apr 2020	#200
The Sound of Silence..	BleedsBlue	Apr 2020	#8
Yeah, that is a good one.	Doreen	Apr 2020	#82
I was going to post this one!	leftieNanner	Apr 2020	#112
Interesting, to me the Disturbed version sounds like they have no idea what the lyrics mean	tenderfoot	Apr 2020	#250
Maybe not better but, real good.	Hotler	Apr 2020	#9
I'm alone on this one - but here ya go...	lame54	Apr 2020	#10
You are not alone my friend ... that's a great cover ...	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#135
Also good	lame54	Apr 2020	#139
Tons of them	rufus dog	Apr 2020	#11
Thanks for that, rufus dog!	teach1st	Apr 2020	#103
I was going to put this in my list, but you kinda already started this tip, so	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#179
Hmmmm another good one. NT	rufus dog	Apr 2020	#223
Joe Cocker's "With A Little Help From My Friends"	brooklynite	Apr 2020	#12
Another great one	exboyfil	Apr 2020	#33
Also this one..	luvs2sing	Apr 2020	#36
Add Unchain My Heart to the Joe Cocker list,	House of Roberts	Apr 2020	#104
I like Joe Cocker's version of The Letter, originally done by The Box Tops...	SidDithers	Apr 2020	#55
It's quirky, but still ...	Igel	Apr 2020	#13
Arlo Guthrie's cover of "City of New Orleans" by Steve Goodman.	Music Man	Apr 2020	#14
I'll go meta and say I like Willie Nelson's version (1982), which is more	RockRaven	Apr 2020	#77
Nope Steve Goodman's is better. I know it's subjective But,	mucifer	Apr 2020	#128
I don't like the band but I love this remake.	GemDigger	Apr 2020	#15
That is pretty amazing	genxlib	Apr 2020	#26
An incredible voice.	GemDigger	Apr 2020	#35
Found this version a couple of years ago	Alliepoo	Apr 2020	#49
The video blew me away and I love the reaction (Dee Omar especially) videos about this.	GemDigger	Apr 2020	#66
Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus	neeksgeek	Apr 2020	#16
That's a tough one. I have to go with Bowie.	GemDigger	Apr 2020	#37
Give Ziggy to Bowie, But I'll give Bauhaus Telegram Sam and Severance	sweetloukillbot	Apr 2020	#141
Thanks for those! nt	neeksgeek	Apr 2020	#237
looooooooooooove Bauhaus ♥	Celerity	Apr 2020	#90
Me too! And Love and Rockets too! nt	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#138
and Dalis Car ♥ and Tones On Tail ♥	Celerity	Apr 2020	#150
But of course ... & I also quite like some Peter Murphy and Daniel Ash solo stuff ...	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#203
+1	Celerity	Apr 2020	#210
Completely disagree about Mad World.	WhiskeyGrinder	Apr 2020	#17
I can respect that. :)	Goodheart	Apr 2020	#110
All along the watchtower.	Mosby	Apr 2020	#18
This cover of Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm rocks	genxlib	Apr 2020	#20
Johnny Cash - Mercy Seat	Salviati	Apr 2020	#21
I bet when Cave found out Johnny Cash was going to cover one of his songs	Withywindle	Apr 2020	#177
(What's so funny 'bout) Peace, Love and Understanding	Bad Thoughts	Apr 2020	#22
Elvis doesn't do many covers	Freddie	Apr 2020	#39
"That's All Right Mama'' by Arthur Crudup 1947, covered by Elvis and put on Rolling	empedocles	Apr 2020	#185
ahem (different Elvis)	ZZenith	Apr 2020	#207
Wow. I still get the same "jolt" as I did back in high school...	SMC22307	Apr 2020	#67
Had no idea he didn't write this. :)	Goodheart	Apr 2020	#87
+ 1	Raastan	Apr 2020	#258
Pretty much anything by Big Daddy '59	MurrayDelph	Apr 2020	#24
Johnny Cash's version of Hurt	hardluck	Apr 2020	#25
Even Trent Reznor has said Cash's is better.	Docreed2003	Apr 2020	#30
True . Reznor said that Hurt became Johnny Cash's song. nt	Progressive Jones	Apr 2020	#162
That's my normal go-to for this question...	Wounded Bear	Apr 2020	#31
Well ... so did Trent, to be fair	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#140
One of the best covers of all time	edhopper	Apr 2020	#27
I didn't know that	exboyfil	Apr 2020	#34
Written by the great	edhopper	Apr 2020	#40
Just queued up a compilation album of Bert Berns songs	exboyfil	Apr 2020	#46
Wow!!!!!!	Alliepoo	Apr 2020	#58
Wow. Awesome choice. Forgot all about that one! Definitely righ up	KPN	Apr 2020	#148
Since you brought up Mad World, here's Curt Smith and his daughter Dive	MagickMuffin	Apr 2020	#28
Nice!	Goodheart	Apr 2020	#91
"Doin' Time", a Sublime song covered by Lana Del Rey. She owns it. It's hers now.	Progressive Jones	Apr 2020	#29
Def a contender...what's wild is that it's not even top three on the album, maybe not top five	greenjar_01	Apr 2020	#99
Yeah. That's really good	Roland99	Apr 2020	#106
Three versions of "Woodstock"	gratuitous	Apr 2020	#38
Joni was in New York	edhopper	Apr 2020	#41
Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet	Mordred	Apr 2020	#42
One of my all time favorites-	Alliepoo	Apr 2020	#43
Ry Cooder's reggae version of "It's All Over Now."	Paladin	Apr 2020	#44
Aretha Franklin had some great covers...	SidDithers	Apr 2020	#45
Sea of Love	JustGene	Apr 2020	#47
Always Something There to Remind Me	GreenEyedLefty	Apr 2020	#48
I love their version as well. I love his voice.	smirkymonkey	Apr 2020	#75
'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun', as covered by Cyndi Lauper n/t	sl8	Apr 2020	#50
Agree nt	spooky3	Apr 2020	#84
When I saw your title, the first song I thought of was "Mad World". N/T	Foolacious	Apr 2020	#51
Well, yeah, and here's a funny thing...	Goodheart	Apr 2020	#97
Santana's Black Magic Woman. Original early Fleetwood Mac. N/t	CincyDem	Apr 2020	#52
Wild Horses covered by The Sundays.	MontanaMama	Apr 2020	#53
Love that version!	ZZenith	Apr 2020	#113
+2 nt	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#142
"Superman" - R.E.M.	DinahMoeHum	Apr 2020	#54
Yes!	underpants	Apr 2020	#65
+2 Mike Mill's first lead vocal for REM, an interesting point of fact ...	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#144
I had no idea that was a cover.	Sapient Donkey	Apr 2020	#236
Pete Seeger's version of Dylan's "Forever Young" comes to mind.	malchickiwick	Apr 2020	#56
Heart Full of Soul..... Rush	IcyPeas	Apr 2020	#57
It's funny, I have been obsessed with this song lately and I also prefer the Gary Jules version and	smirkymonkey	Apr 2020	#59
Great thread	malaise	Apr 2020	#60
Paul Simon did an alternate, solo cover of his own song that was surprisingly good . . .	Journeyman	Apr 2020	#100
Damn that cover is fascinating	malaise	Apr 2020	#105
L.A. Woman - Elephant Stone	IcyPeas	Apr 2020	#61
You can't be serious.	Mosby	Apr 2020	#131
"Hello in There," Bette Midler	badseedboy	Apr 2020	#62
Her Beast of Burden was pretty great too. Nt	spooky3	Apr 2020	#83
Yes! I had forgotten. Thank you. nt	badseedboy	Apr 2020	#132
Arrangement is similar	Leith	Apr 2020	#64
Satisfaction	DBoon	Apr 2020	#68
Type O Negative - Cinnamon Girl	stonecutter357	Apr 2020	#69
Type O Neg also did a cool cover of "Summer Breeze" by Seals and Crofts. nt	Progressive Jones	Apr 2020	#161
Weird Al Yankovic'c cover of - Subterranean Homesick Blues	Brother Buzz	Apr 2020	#72
This is THE cover of Mad World	tonedevil	Apr 2020	#73
Thank you Puddles and your cute little side-kick.	SMC22307	Apr 2020	#86
Haley Reinhardt can sing anything and do it legit.	blm	Apr 2020	#198
Based on that clip I'd tend to agree.	SMC22307	Apr 2020	#243
Seriously, she can even do Zeppelin.	blm	Apr 2020	#264
I checked her out on YouTube last night...	SMC22307	Apr 2020	#265
House of the rising sun	ornotna	Apr 2020	#74
Hallelujah!	consider_this	Apr 2020	#76
All-time favorite cover.	ZZenith	Apr 2020	#118
I prefer the KD Lang version:	mucifer	Apr 2020	#130
Nope. Sorry!	ZZenith	Apr 2020	#143
+2 ... Jeff's was utterly captivating w/him just standing there with his Telecaster	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#167
A rare moment of musical perfection.	ZZenith	Apr 2020	#193
I won't argue with Bowie ...	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#194
I have a female friend who claims to ovulate every time she hears that track.	ZZenith	Apr 2020	#201
That video right there makes straight dudes want to have Jeff's babies ...	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#206
I would if I could!	ZZenith	Apr 2020	#208
I mean seriously is there a 'part' of a song in all musical history better than this part ...	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#212
There is no better part, Mr. Lebowski.	ZZenith	Apr 2020	#215
Glad at least 1 other soul in the world agrees w/me on this count ;)	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#220
Her performance at the Olympics took my breath away:	demmiblue	Apr 2020	#235
1000x YES ... Jeff is dearly missed ... and this cover is amazing ... nt	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#147
Excellent	ornotna	Apr 2020	#151
I was going to post this, also. It still is the absolute best cover of this song.	SharonAnn	Apr 2020	#241
Blinded by the Light-Manfred Mann Band	Ferrets are Cool	Apr 2020	#78
It's way better than the original ...	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#175
Whew, I don't feel so out on an island now.	Ferrets are Cool	Apr 2020	#187
You are not alone!	ZZenith	Apr 2020	#199
Sweet Jane	consider_this	Apr 2020	#79
No.	Mosby	Apr 2020	#133
LOL!	consider_this	Apr 2020	#134
YES!	Boxerfan	Apr 2020	#153
Another song I had no idea was a cover.	Sapient Donkey	Apr 2020	#240
Paul Carrack, Hey You. Nt	spooky3	Apr 2020	#80
Seal and Jeff Beck combine to kick ass on this Dylan classic!	Dyedinthewoolliberal	Apr 2020	#81
Richie Havens improves on Bruce Springsteen . . .	Journeyman	Apr 2020	#88
I know this will be sacrilege to some, but Cat Power covering Sinatra...	SMC22307	Apr 2020	#89
I absolutely agree...n/t	Upthevibe	Apr 2020	#92
The Beatles' "Twist And Shout" - in one take with John Lennon shrieking through a bad cold!	ElementaryPenguin	Apr 2020	#93
✔️✔️	blm	Apr 2020	#266
Jimi and Joe already mentioned. I'll add two, one for me and one for hubby.	GreenPartyVoter	Apr 2020	#94
Good stuff! Some real blasts from the past that I haven't really thought about in ... well,	KPN	Apr 2020	#154
Grand Funk, one of my favorite groups, performed some GREAT covers...	Ferrets are Cool	Apr 2020	#191
I like both pretty equally. The original has urgency and I like the discordant sounds throughout.	chowder66	Apr 2020	#95
I think Eric Bogle's "Green Fields Of France" ( originally " No Mans Land" )	Doreen	Apr 2020	#98
45 years ago, I played a German folk festival with Eric	DFW	Apr 2020	#121
That is so cool. I did not realize he was that old.	Doreen	Apr 2020	#257
Those were VERY different days!	DFW	Apr 2020	#261
That sound great.	Doreen	Apr 2020	#262
It was pretty sporadic at first	DFW	Apr 2020	#263
The English Beat's version of "Can't Get Used To Losing You"	smirkymonkey	Apr 2020	#101
Well...	Mike Nelson	Apr 2020	#107
"Hanging on the Telephone" - Blondie	katusha	Apr 2020	#108
Blondie - Denis	IcyPeas	Apr 2020	#137
Yes!!! n/t	katusha	Apr 2020	#164
Motorhead "Sympathy For The Devil"	The Great Escape	Apr 2020	#109
K & R, my Motorhead loving friend!	Progressive Jones	Apr 2020	#158
Bryan Ferry just released an amazing old live version of "Sympathy"	sweetloukillbot	Apr 2020	#234
Ryan Adams covered "Wonderwall" by Oasis. It's hauntingly beautiful	Roland99	Apr 2020	#111
BTW, "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell is actually a cover	Roland99	Apr 2020	#114
Oh, WOW!	OhZone	Apr 2020	#115
This Old Heart of Mine -Rod Stewart featuring Ronald Isley 1989	redstateblues	Apr 2020	#116
UB40's version of "Red, Red Wine"	smirkymonkey	Apr 2020	#117
I can dig this one.	Goodheart	Apr 2020	#129
I love UB40. They were left-wing political activists in England. The name of the band is	smirkymonkey	Apr 2020	#136
The Clash - I Fought the Law	Celerity	Apr 2020	#119
Joan Jett's cover of Tommy James and the Shondells' Crimson & Clover	teach1st	Apr 2020	#120
Also on my list.	GreenPartyVoter	Apr 2020	#205
Right on.	greyl	Apr 2020	#256
Another pretty good Joan Jett cover	Captain Stern	Apr 2020	#272
You should check out Phish's version of 2001	EarthFirst	Apr 2020	#122
My Favorite Song is the Beatles' Long and Winding Road - George Michael's Version Of It Is Better	Indykatie	Apr 2020	#123
The great Richie Havens doing Here Comes the Sun...	SidDithers	Apr 2020	#124
Everything Joe Cocker covered. Especially, imo, The Letter.	blm	Apr 2020	#125
LOL	rufus dog	Apr 2020	#152
Yeah - even the Beatles felt humbled when he'd cover their songs.	blm	Apr 2020	#182
Three Years Ago I Had A Similar Thread In The Lounge	JimGinPA	Apr 2020	#127
Sorrow - David Bowie	IcyPeas	Apr 2020	#145
Tesla's version of Signs and Foo Fighters, Baker Street.	sarcasmo	Apr 2020	#146
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen	smirkymonkey	Apr 2020	#148
Kick cause I love covers!	Cracklin Charlie	Apr 2020	#155
Epic thread -- bookmarking for an update later!	KPN	Apr 2020	#156
Had to read through the thread to not duplicate, lots of great ones already chose above!	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#157
Joan Osborne: What Becomes of the Brokenhearted	Sneederbunk	Apr 2020	#159
Seven Nation Army - PMJ ft. Haley Reinhart - I love the vibe.	cayugafalls	Apr 2020	#163
Great thread. Several come to mind for me - Jason Mraz' cover of "A Hard Rain's A-gonna Fall",	PAMod	Apr 2020	#165
Manfred Man	LSFL	Apr 2020	#166
Hell yeah!	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#169
Thank!	LSFL	Apr 2020	#173
Amazing..but not sure what makes one better.	Tikki	Apr 2020	#168
Jealous Guy - Roxy Music	IcyPeas	Apr 2020	#170
This old classic	misanthrope	Apr 2020	#171
Oh, damn, people. I've got it ... the Lord God King of all Covers ...	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#172
What were they thinking? "We're a small New Wave band. We play pubs and clubs." In the early 80s.	JHB	Apr 2020	#174
This message was self-deleted by its author	JHB	Apr 2020	#176
Kaptain Kopter and the Fabulous Twirly Birds (with Randy California) Mother & Child Reunion	NBachers	Apr 2020	#178
Anything Patsy Cline covered. Willie Nelson said of his song 'Crazy' - [as I remember his quote,	empedocles	Apr 2020	#180
When we Flush the Turd on November 3rd, I'll be cranking this as loud as it goes ...	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#183
Joe Cocker	randr	Apr 2020	#184
I've always preferred the Stones cover of "Not Fade Away" to the Buddy Holly original:	highplainsdem	Apr 2020	#188
Jimmy Buffett-Brown Eyed Girl. Maybe not better but the Coral Reefer Band makes it fun.	brewens	Apr 2020	#189
"Dancing With Myself"	thegoose	Apr 2020	#190
Have you heard this version?	Texasgal	Apr 2020	#214
C'est splendide!	thegoose	Apr 2020	#216
As much as I love Van Morrison, and adore the original, I've listened to this cover many more times	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#192
The whole album is awesome	ornotna	Apr 2020	#268
Absolutely. I bought it on vinyl the month it came out and still have it ...	mr_lebowski	Apr 2020	#270
"Ruby"...love both versions..	Tikki	Apr 2020	#195
Ellas McDaniel (Bo Diddley)'s "Mona"by Quicksilver Messenger Service	jalan48	Apr 2020	#196
Linda Ronstadt--Blue Bayou	Bayard	Apr 2020	#197
Excellent choice. nt	greyl	Apr 2020	#260
Tedeschi Trucks!!!	ZZenith	Apr 2020	#202
Willie Nelson with one of the best covers of all time	malaise	Apr 2020	#204
Stagger Lee.	OilemFirchen	Apr 2020	#209
Limp Bizkit "Behind Blue Eyes"	Glorfindel	Apr 2020	#211
I may get blasted for this...	Texasgal	Apr 2020	#213
My favorite of Mad World	Backseat Driver	Apr 2020	#217
Just about any cover he chooses to include Mad World	Backseat Driver	Apr 2020	#218
Adam Lambert is a great talent, and IMO the best singer to ever compete on American Idol, BUT	Goodheart	Apr 2020	#222
Money!!!	consider_this	Apr 2020	#219
The Ausmuteants version of Martha and the Muffins "Echo Beach."	Tikki	Apr 2020	#221
This one is only better because I can understand it. Both are good songs though.	dustyscamp	Apr 2020	#224
Ian McCulloch (Echo and the Bunnymen) Lover lover lover	IcyPeas	Apr 2020	#226
How about another brilliant song by Paul Simon	Trailrider1951	Apr 2020	#227
While my Guitar Gently Weeps. Mr. Carlos Santana	MyNameGoesHere	Apr 2020	#228
This message was self-deleted by its author	OxQQme	Apr 2020	#229
Folsom Prison Blues	OxQQme	Apr 2020	#230
White Wedding	OxQQme	Apr 2020	#231
Magnificent Bowie cover of Scott Walker	sweetloukillbot	Apr 2020	#232
Back in the Saddle	Skittles	Apr 2020	#233
dead can dance does a sinead o'conner song. trying to remember the song.	pansypoo53219	Apr 2020	#239
I Am Stretched on Your Grave	Celerity	Apr 2020	#244
Korn - Word Up!	Sewa	Apr 2020	#242
Max Raabe & Palast Orchester - Lucky (a superb Britney Spears cover)	Celerity	Apr 2020	#245
La Pompe Moderne - Toxique (another Britney Spears cover)	Celerity	Apr 2020	#246
Certainly Nicki French's 1994 version of Total Eclipse of the Heart	Polybius	Apr 2020	#247
Whole Lotta Love by Led Zep	aikoaiko	Apr 2020	#248
Angel in the Morning	aikoaiko	Apr 2020	#249
Indigo Girls cover of Romeo and Juliet	happybird	Apr 2020	#251
against the wind: The Highwaymen over Bob Seger	jg10003	Apr 2020	#252
Shamless cover	Sgent	Apr 2020	#253
Marilyn Manson's "Personal Jesus"	meadowlander	Apr 2020	#254
Everyday Is a Winding Road, Prince cover of Sheryl Crow	greyl	Apr 2020	#255
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne, others	greyl	Apr 2020	#259
No one did it better	kpete	Apr 2020	#271
Don't know about better	ornotna	Apr 2020	#267
Willie Nelson's Stay a Little Longer	hardluck	Apr 2020	#269
Glass Moon The Hollies	Captain Stern	Apr 2020	#273

Response to Goodheart (Original post)

Sat Apr 11, 2020, 11:10 AM

Lochloosa (14,074 posts)

Song covers that are better than the originals.

1. One if favorites. Maybe not better but it's up there. Welcome to my nightmare.

238. I remember a friend being pissed that they bought a record of hits by the originals.

2. By the way, Donnie Darko brought me here.

63. Which version do you have? There's a director's cut that's a few minutes longer than

102. I doubt it was the director's cut. It's the version streaming on the Filmrise app.

126. Donnie Darko!

3. Don't Be Cruel by Cheap Trick is one of my favorite remakes. n/t

181. This one is pretty good too :)

4. Foo Fighters "Baker Street"

70. Agreed!!

5. Okay. Most will like the original. But I love this version.

6. Didn't know this existed. Thanks. :)

71. I love that version! I have never heard it before. But I love Roland Gift's voice.

96. Thanks. It's always nice to hear I'm not alone in music taste!!

225. They were so underated!

7. Jimi's cover of Dylans song ....

19. My pick too n/t

23. Absolutely!

32. No doubt

85. +1

160. +2. Great song.

186. I saw Dylan's Americanarama tour a few years ago

200. Any Dylan song is better as a cover NT

8. The Sound of Silence..

82. Yeah, that is a good one.

112. I was going to post this one!

250. Interesting, to me the Disturbed version sounds like they have no idea what the lyrics mean

9. Maybe not better but, real good.

10. I'm alone on this one - but here ya go...

135. You are not alone my friend ... that's a great cover ...

139. Also good

11. Tons of them

103. Thanks for that, rufus dog!

179. I was going to put this in my list, but you kinda already started this tip, so

223. Hmmmm another good one. NT

12. Joe Cocker's "With A Little Help From My Friends"

33. Another great one

36. Also this one..

104. Add Unchain My Heart to the Joe Cocker list,

55. I like Joe Cocker's version of The Letter, originally done by The Box Tops...

13. It's quirky, but still ...

14. Arlo Guthrie's cover of "City of New Orleans" by Steve Goodman.

77. I'll go meta and say I like Willie Nelson's version (1982), which is more

128. Nope Steve Goodman's is better. I know it's subjective But,

15. I don't like the band but I love this remake.

26. That is pretty amazing

35. An incredible voice.

49. Found this version a couple of years ago

66. The video blew me away and I love the reaction (Dee Omar especially) videos about this.

16. Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus

37. That's a tough one. I have to go with Bowie.

141. Give Ziggy to Bowie, But I'll give Bauhaus Telegram Sam and Severance

237. Thanks for those! nt

90. looooooooooooove Bauhaus ♥

138. Me too! And Love and Rockets too! nt

150. and Dalis Car ♥ and Tones On Tail ♥

203. But of course ... & I also quite like some Peter Murphy and Daniel Ash solo stuff ...

210. +1

17. Completely disagree about Mad World.

110. I can respect that. :)

18. All along the watchtower.

20. This cover of Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm rocks

21. Johnny Cash - Mercy Seat

177. I bet when Cave found out Johnny Cash was going to cover one of his songs

22. (What's so funny 'bout) Peace, Love and Understanding

39. Elvis doesn't do many covers

185. "That's All Right Mama'' by Arthur Crudup 1947, covered by Elvis and put on Rolling

207. *ahem* (different Elvis)

67. Wow. I still get the same "jolt" as I did back in high school...

87. Had no idea he didn't write this. :)

258. + 1

24. Pretty much anything by Big Daddy '59

25. Johnny Cash's version of Hurt

30. Even Trent Reznor has said Cash's is better.

162. True . Reznor said that Hurt became Johnny Cash's song. nt

31. That's my normal go-to for this question...

140. Well ... so did Trent, to be fair

27. One of the best covers of all time

34. I didn't know that

207. ahem (different Elvis)