Best cover songs

[Rickypt]

Helpless, kd lang
Suspicious Minds, Waylon Jennings/Jessi Colter
Bridge Over Troubled Water, Johnny Cash
Peace Train, Dolly Parton
After The Gold Rush, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris
It's My Life, No Doubt
So You Wanna Be A Rock and Roll Star, Patti Smith

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by Rickypt

After The Gold Dush, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris

yeppers, this is a good one

[TheBlueLamp]

Lili Marlene - Carly Simon

1984 - Tina Turner

Ball Of Confusion - Tina Turner

In The Ghetto - Dolly Parton

Stairway To Heaven - Dolly Parton (as odd as it looks written down, she really does an amazing job with this)

Sweet Dreams - Maria Bello (from the craptacular "Duets" movie. I consider this on par if not slightly better than the original version)

These Boots Are Made For Walking - Geri Halliwell (Fun and sassy, unlike the horrid mess Jessica Simpson made out of it)

I Still Miss Someone - I love Dolly's and Stevie's versions of this

[Janet]

I really enjoy how Pat Benetar did Wuthering Heights. She sang it extremely well.

Most of the other's I like have been covered, esp Chili, man what a list!

[Rickypt]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

yeppers, this is a good one

Indeed, and I love the photo in your sig.

Oops, just realized I wrote "Gold Dush"! off to edit

[Rickypt]

Originally Posted by Janet

I really enjoy how Pat Benetar did Wuthering Heights. She sang it extremely well.

Forgot about that; she did an amazing job and what a beautiful song.

[dissention]

Off the top of my head...

Take Me To the River (Al Green) - Talking Heads
Train In Vain (The Clash) - Annie Lennox
I Still Miss Someone (Johnny Cash) - Emmylou Harris
You'll Never Know (Rosemary Clooney) - Bette Midler
Two of Us (Beatles) - Michael Penn and Aimee Mann
Ghost Riders In the Sky (Johnny Cash) - Deborah Harry
Runaway (Del Shannon) - Bonnie Raitt
Something Stupid (Frank and Nancy Sinatra) - Nicole Kidman and Robbie Williams
It's Raining Men (Weather Girls) - Geri Haliwell
Burnin' Down the Spark (Calexico) - Nancy Sinatra
Motherland (Natalie Merchant) - Joan Baez
Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac) - Chaka Khan

[WELSH WITCH]

Venice did a great version of Landslide.

With a little help from my friends must be the alltime best cover.

[TheBlueLamp]

Originally Posted by Janet

I really enjoy how Pat Benetar did Wuthering Heights. She sang it extremely well.

I totally forgot about that one. And I can't believe I forgot Tina Turner's version of Let's Stay Together! That one is incredible.

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by dissention

It's Raining Men (Weather Girls) - Geri Haliwell

love.love.love. this too

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by Rickypt

Indeed, and I love the photo in your sig.

Oops, just realized I wrote "Gold Dush"! off to edit

you've got the Gold Dust Project on the brain

my sig was like so funny to me, you know...I thought back to the time when Lindsey, reportedly, put his jacket over his head and did Stevie's Rhiannon dance and she got upset and then Chris, again reportedly, chased him down and gave him a good slap...when I saw this pic, I was like, aha, Stevie's revenge...

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

so are u a Sundays fan?

I'm embarrased to say that that's the only song I know of theirs although there is another on the tip of my tongue.

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by dissention

Take Me To the River (Al Green) - Talking Heads
Train In Vain (The Clash) - Annie Lennox
Runaway (Del Shannon) - Bonnie Raitt
Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac) - Chaka Khan

GREAT!!!

Great Fleetwood Mac (& related) covers:

Black Magic Woman---Santana (duh! )
Black Magic Woman---Dennis Brown (reggae, mon)
Oh Well---Joe Jackson
Oh Well---The Black Crowes w/Jimmy Page
Oh Well---Billy Sheehan
Man Of The World---Justin Hayward (of the Moody Blues)
Man Of The World---Midge Ure (of Ultravox)
Green Manalishi---Judas Priest
Green Manalishi---The Melvins
Rattlesnake Shake---Aerosmith
Hypnotized---The Pointer Sisters
Rhiannon---Pamala Stanley
Rhiannon---Waylon Jennings
Rhiannon---JYNXT (Jeremy Spencer's kids)
Gold Dust Woman---Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
Never Going Back Again---Matchbox 20
Go Your Own Way---The Cranberries
Go Your Own Way---Wilson Phillips (hey, I like it)
Don't Stop---KC & The Sunshine Band
The Chain---Kick Axe
You Make Loving Fun---Cyndi Lauper
Landslide---The Dixie Chicks (Again, I like it)
That's Alright---Nora somebodyorother
Spare Me A Little Of Your Love---Annie McLoone (of Walter Egan's Professional Band fame)
Stand Back---Rod Stewart (I hear nothing wrong with this)
Don't Let Me Down Again---Rusty Weir
Lola (My Love)---Rusty Weir
Think About It---Rusty Weir
Don't Let Me Down Again---Richard Torrence & Eureka

More great miscellaneous covers:

Paint It, Black (Rolling Stones)---U2
Fortunate Son (CCR)---U2
This Wheel's On Fire (Bob Dylan)---Julie Driscoll w/Brian Auger's Oblivion Express (THIS is the version they used for the AbFab theme)
I Shall Be Released (Bob Dylan)---The Band
Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Duke Ellington)---Paul McCartney
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen)---Dwight Yoakam
Tired Of Waiting (The Kinks)---Dwight Yoakam
She Smiled Sweetly (Rolling Stones)---Lindsey Buckingham
The Singer Not The Song (Rolling Stones)---Lindsey Buckingham
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (The Beatles)---Joe Cocker
You Can Leave Your Hat On (Randy Newman)---Joe Cocker
Unfinished Melody (Righteous Brothers)---Heart
You've Lost That Loving Feeling (Righteous Brothers)---Johnny & Edgar Winter
First There Is A Mountain (Donovan)---Allman Bros Band (listed as "Mountain Jam")
One Way Out (Sonny Boy Williamson)---Allman Bros Band
Hideaway (Freddie King)---John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (w/Eric Clapton)
The Stumble (Freddie King)---John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (w/Peter Green)
All Your Love (Otis Rush)---John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (w/Eric Clapton)
The Stumble (Freddie King)---Peter Green Splinter Group
Homework (Otis Rush)---Peter Green Splinter Group
Homework (Otis Rush)---Rick Vito
Homework (Otis Rush)---Fleetwood Mac
Homework (Otis Rush)---J. Geils Band
Season Of The Witch (Donovan)---Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper (w/Stephen Stills)
Don't Be Cruel (Elvis Presley)---Ringo Starr
Don't Be Cruel (Elvis Presley)---Cheap Trick
Love In Vain (Robert Johnson)---Rolling Stones
Crossroads (Robert Johnson)---Cream
Stop Breakin' Down (Robert Johnson)---Rolling Stones
Dust My Broom (Robert Johnson)---Elmore James (everybody else's cover is based on Elmore's cover)
You're Sixteen (Johnny Burnette...Billy's uncle)---Ringo Starr
No No Song (Hoyt Axton)---Ringo Starr
Mama Told Me Not To Come (Randy Newman)---Three Dog Night
Joy To The World (Hoyt Axton)---Three Dog Night
The Show Must Go On (Three Dog Night)---Leo Sayer
Hard To Handle (Otis Redding)---The Black Crowes
Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)---Counting Crows
Ghost Riders In The Sky (Johnny Cash)---The Outlaws

[all the same]

Garbage do a great cover of Vic Chestnut's Kick My Ass. It's actually my favorite song Garbage does 'cause her lyrics suck so much!

[dissention]

Originally Posted by all the same

Garbage do a great cover of Vic Chestnut's Kick My Ass. It's actually my favorite song Garbage does 'cause her lyrics suck so much!

Shirley Manson's lyrics suck?

You are on craaaaaaaaaaaazy queen.