Best cover ever?

[XemaSab]

Post the original and the cover.

I nominate Hurt.

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

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

[Skittles]

1. cannot access youtube right now but

I was in a store the other day and heard an awesome version of Willie Nelson's You Were Always on My Mind; not sure who it was though

on edit: OK I googled and found that Willie Nelson's was a cover of Elvis; the version I heard may have been Pet Boys?

[Richardo]

14. Pet Shop Boys did do a good cover of YWAOMM

:thumbsup:

[3.14158675309]

2. I'm going with Egyptian cotton

[BeachBaby]

7. +69-1.

[3.14158675309]

35. +12

You are the best :loveya:

[BeachBaby]

36. You and me both.

:loveya: :*

[Bake]

47. Hey! Is something going on here I don't know about?

:hi:

Bake

[Dogmudgeon]

28. Excellent name, by the way

A math reference AND a One-Hit Wonder reference, all in one.

--d!
Jenny, Jenny!

[3.14158675309]

34. Thanks; not everyone spots it-- nice catch

I'm just a number:P :hi:

[Twillig]

3. No contest.

All Along The Watchtower

Dylan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkok1Z4WJuY

Hendrix: FFS I cannot find a YouTube studio version of Jimi's version. C'mon people.
Well fuck it, you know how it sounds, and it's fucking great.

[Bennyboy]

10. Actually Watchtower is covered by everybody, and better than Dylan...

There are so many great versions of this song. I have posted a "rank the watchtowers" thread before with about 50 of them......
I like the Grateful Dead's version the best. And Jimi's. And DMB's (especially with Warren Haynes)and Springsteen's, and U2's and well you get it....

[hellbound-liberal]

4. Fields of Gold-Eva Cassidy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3YVil3Ajjs

Sting's version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UppX6vP3c4g

[Droopy]

5. I don't think I can top your's, but

Killswitch Engage did a pretty good job on Dio's "Holy Diver" if you are into that metal deal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIzHK9MkbA8

Those guys need to seriously re-think their facial hair-dos, though.

[nomorenomore08]

6. The English Beat - "Tears of a Clown"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Om-nZeSBUU&feature=related

Originally performed by, well, you probably all know...

[Bennyboy]

12. I love that version...

English Beat is one of my faves....

[Danger Mouse]

8. Nah.

[Orrex]

9. Twillig has already given the right answer, but I'll add another

Cowboy Junkies did a fine cover of Sweet Jane. Even Lou himself declared their version superior to his own.

[Bennyboy]

11. Walk me out In the Morning Dew....... .....

Grateful Dead. A lot of people think it is their tune. Covered by many but written by Bonnie Dobson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca5N5kXAgrc

But you don't get more evaocative than this....

[nomorenomore08]

15. Ever heard that one done by Jeff Beck (with a young Rod Stewart on vocals)?

Great version!

[Bennyboy]

17. many times..Lots of great versions

That was On BeckOla wasn't it? Love it.

But with the dead it became something all together different.

[OwnedByFerrets]

13. Hands down.....

Blinded by the Light orig Bruce Springsteen
Blinded by the Light cover Manfred Manns Earth Band

[LostInAnomie]

16. Rage Against theMachine's cover of Maggie's Farm.

Better than Dylan's by a mile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxHIVxz1K5M

[Twillig]

18. Diamonds and Rust!

A cover of Joan Baez writing about Dylan (the most best covered artist)

Baez:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGMHSbcd_qI



Judas F'ing Priest:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4rNgXS850o&feature=related

:headbang:

[AlCzervik]

19. Mad World

It was depressing when Tears for Fears did it but somehow Michael Andrews kicked it down a whole bunch of levels into something awesome and super depressing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4

[sammythecat]

30. I agree n/t

[Tuesday Afternoon]

20. Janis Joplin's cover of Me and Bobby McGee

FTW

[Epiales]

21. Another Day

Roy Harper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqgWW2jEOIo

This Mortal Coil (Liz Fraser):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6vW2uWsro0

[Schema Thing]

22. Bob Schnieder doing Blister in the Sun

unfortunately, no youtube.

[Ava]

23. jeff buckley's version of hallelujah

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

[AwakeAtLast]

25. I love kd lang's, too.

:hi:

[AwakeAtLast]

24. That's the one I would choose

Here are two that are my 2nd and 3rd runners-up.

Last Kiss - Pearl Jam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxCBTb9VE-0

The original:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh4se9YMV3A

War Pigs - Cake

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

An original live cut - Black Sabbath

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4cx1pk0P3o

[CreekDog]

26. "Somebody to Love" by Queen covered by George Michael

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of-7jmD7OxE&feature=channel_page

[Dogmudgeon]

27. k.d. lang's version of Valley Of The Dolls

And Guadalcanal Diary did an excellent cover of Your Bird Can Sing on their final album.

--d!

[dysfunctional press]

29. blue monday. new order and flunk.

flunk- cover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDCVYbrWn9Q

new order- original
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts9r0QHuFHw

[travelingtypist]

31. Knocking on Heavens Door

Dylan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2feoIM9baI

GNR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhCM88LhoW0

[taterguy]

33. I prefer Zevon's version

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

[Jamastiene]

32. Crimson & Clover

Tommy James & The Shondells
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn5RcHp-eyA

Joan Jett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdhonK8NMm8&feature=related

I looooove that song, both ways.

Also,
The Tide Is High

By the Paragons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rwSPmT3ujU

by Blondie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbMYwuAHK_4&feature=PlayList&p=54DAEDED78B613C2&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=24

by the Jazz Passengers (live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-PK17YfjMc

[nomorenomore08]

37. That last one... I wonder how many people think it's a Blondie original?

Even I assumed it was until a few years ago... :shrug:

[Pale Blue Dot]

38. "Eye in the Sky" by Jonatha Brooke.

I never realized the depth of this song until I heard her version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNB068IVWVI

[Avalux]

39. Ziggy Stardust

Original, live:

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

And Bauhaus's most excellent version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE24VBf73tw

[DarkTirade]

40. I don't normally like Manson's covers... but I liked his version of Personal Jesus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JFyIaybXbU

And whaddya know... while searching on the youtubes, I discovered that the Man in Black did a cover too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQcNiD0Z3MU
Not as good as his cover of Hurt IMO, but still... it's Johnny (*&%ing Cash. :)

And of course, Depeche Mode. (Couldn't find the recording, all they had was live versions.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyJGRCpNsTk

[mix]

41. All Along the Watchtower

Dylan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkok1Z4WJuY&feature=PlayList&p=14643F06D49E86C6&index=0&playnext=1

Hendrix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCwCBh0z3Hs

[Tommy_Carcetti]

46. I grew up thinking that it was a Hendrix original.

It wasn't until recently that I learned Dylan's version came first.

[namahage]

42. "Over The Rainbow":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY8ip4x2e68

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D68ymfjpw98

[MissMillie]

43. Unchained Melody

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrK5u5W8afc - original

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYCWlFIZC3E - cover


She made it so understated and sweet.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

44. I'll second Hurt. nt

[Symarip]

45. The Tide is High

Originally done by The Paragons in 1967. One of the few times a cover kicks the living shit out of an original Jamaican tune.