Cover songs

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Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

Eva Cassidy's cover of "Songbird" is beautiful.

Better than the original, IMHO

Originally Posted by Meowi

I wonder what the biggest cover was? I reckon it was [I]Black Magic Woman[I] when it was covered by Santana. Most people recognise it as his song.

I seriously doubt that any FMac cover has come close to the sales numbers of Santana's cover of BMW. Probably the Dixie Chicks' cover of "Landslide" would come in #2.

Originally Posted by WarmSir3

I've gotten a fair amount of grief over the years for my dislike of anything and everything Eva Cassidy.

And, from the tone of your post, the grief is well-deserved.

Originally Posted by WarmSir3

On a more positive note, I love Status Quo's Don't Stop and Black Crowes/Jimmy Page's Oh Well! Would have loved to have heard Robert Plant singing it!

Hmmmm, Robert Plant singing "Oh Well"??? You mean their rewrite of "Oh Well" that turned into "Black Dog" doesn't suffice?? Just like the Beatles took "Albatross" and turned it into "Sun King".

Some of my fave FMac covers:

The Melvins - Green Manalishi
Annie McLoone - Spare Me A Little Of Your Love
Chaka Khan - Everywhere
KC & The Sunshine Band (?!?!?) - Don't Stop
Rod Stewart - Stand Back
Cyndi Lauper - You Make Loving Fun
Goo Goo Dolls - I Don't Want To Know
Kick Axe - The Chain
Rusty Wier - Don't Let Me Down Again (he also covered Lindsey's "Lola (My Love)" and Stevie's "Think About It" on the same album)
Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson - Gold Dust Woman
Pamela Stanley - Rhiannon
Matchbox 20 - Never Going Back Again
Pointer Sisters - Hypnotized
the aforementioned Eva Cassidy - Songbird