Your favorite cover of a famous song

[Leith]

I'll start.

Javier Colon, Fix You by Cold Play

Disturbed, Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkle

[Paladin]

1. Ry Cooder's reggae cover of "It's All Over Now."

One of many reasons Cooder is considered to be a national treasure...

[Leith]

7. It's terrific!

[Paladin]

17. My standard dare to people who haven't ever heard it before:

I dare you to keep your feet still!

[Geechie]

2. Masters of War

Leon Russell cover of Bob Dylan original

[RamblingRose]

11. +1

[Mad_Dem_X]

49. Pearl Jam does a great cover of this song, as well. n/t

[Skittles]

3. Mrs. Robinson

[spooky3]

4. Anything that Linda Ronstadt did. Nt

[Leith]

8. Oh, yes!

I especially like Allison and Desperado, to name just a couple.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

14. I asked an elderly coworker why he hated...

... Jerry Brown so much, and he shocked me with his reply. (He was a right-winger, so I assumed he'd complain about Brown's liberal ideas.)

The old guy replied, "He... he used to date Linda Ronstadt!"

My reaction:

[bahboo]

29. her cover of Tom Petty's The Waiting, is fabulous....

[Xipe Totec]

5. Santana - Abraxas

[Buckeye_Democrat]

6. "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell...

... was far more intriguing to me than the 1964 song by Gloria Jones:

EDIT: I'm not sure what my favorite cover-song might be, though. Perhaps my LEAST favorite is "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" by Guns N' Roses. I always mock their version when the singer goes "hay hay hay hay hay yeah", or whatever, after singling the title lyrics. Fortunately for everyone, I can't strangle him over the airwaves.

[RobinA]

55. Totally!

The original...meh.

[Sneederbunk]

9. Joan Osborne: What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?

[ClimateHawk]

10. "Ruby Baby" by Donald Fagen. Originally recorded by The Drifters.

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[Mike Nelson]

12. So many...

... Aretha Franklin's cover of Otis Redding's "R-E-S-P-E-C-T"
... The Beatles cover of the Isley Brothers' "Twist and Shout"
... Jimi Hendrix' cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower"
... Johnny Cash's cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt"
... Elivis Presley's cover of Timi Yuro's "Hurt"
... Tina Turner's cover of CCR's "Proud Mary"
... Jay & the Americans cover of the Drifters "This Magic Moment"

... off to Youtube...

[Lochloosa]

13. Welcome To My Nightmare. Widespread Panic

Alice Cooper original artist.

[JohnnyRingo]

43. Love Widespread Panic. I have a few of their albums.

I assume this is one they just do live. If I'd known I could have made a sandwich during that intro.
I never knew they had stereo drum kits.

[Lochloosa]

48. Just saw three shows in St Augustine Florida.

If you get a chance to see them live go for it. You won't regret it.

[Cracklin Charlie]

15. Gonna have to follow this thread.

I love covers!

I know a good one…Willie Nelson and sister Bobbie covering “Summertime”.

[JohnnyRingo]

44. I said "Summertime" too.

Except I like the one by Billy Strings and Markus King.

[Beatlelvr]

16. I can't post anything, but

Check out Jimmy Lafave doing Dylan's Not Dark Yet. Also some obvious ones, Disturbd Sounds of Silence, Heart doing Stairway to Heaven, Clapton, Prince et al doing While my Guitar Gently Weeps.

[Mr.Bill]

18. Any Bob Dylan song

done by anyone else. Dylan is a great songwriter, not always so great at performing them.

One example:

[Buckeye_Democrat]

19. I'm a terrible singer, BUT...

... I could sound just like Bob Dylan years ago while doing Karaoke is my bar-hopping 20's. I'd get standing ovations for singing just like him. (I'd make my voice much more "nasally" while imitating him, if that's the right term. Or perhaps the opposite, since I'd sing like I had sinus congestion.)

[Sedona]

21. OMG Johnny Winter was bad ass!

Saw him live many many times.

On that note my favorite cover is

[abqtommy]

20. The Jaggerz and their cover of With A Little Help From My Friends.

[Mr.Bill]

22. And of course, we all know

Joe Cocker for his killer cover of that song also.

It's not easy to cover a Beatle song and make it your own.

When my niece graduated from high school about 20 years ago the class chose that as their theme song. The lyrics were printed in the ceremony program, and someone attributed Joe Cocker as the author.

[abqtommy]

26. I think both Joe Cocker and The Jaggerz did a great job. Back in the 70s I had

The Jaggerz on tape and it was very personal for me.

[JohnnyRingo]

45. Youngstown's own!

I'm going to see Donnie Iris again next month.
At 74 he still rocks like a kid and it's amazing to hear him still hit the notes.

[OilemFirchen]

23. Creep by PMJ with Haiey Reinhart

BTW, this is phenomenal. Haley Reinhart with Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra:

[PA_jen]

30. I humbly disagree with the Creep Cover.

Mimi and Josefin (The voice kids Germany) version is haunting and beautiful. Give me chills and their voices separately and harmonizing just amazing

[OilemFirchen]

32. Very impressive.

I prefer the sarcastic tone of Haley's rendition, but these youngsters nailed it. Here's hoping they have wonderful careers ahead.

[tanyev]

34. That's extraordinary. I wish there were English subtitles of the comments after the song.

[tanyev]

31. Speaking of Postmodern Jukebox, I never liked My Heart Will Go On

until I heard this:

[OilemFirchen]

33. My fave PMJ cover is their one-take of Don't Stop Believin'.

A song that, like you, I didn't care for. Of course, it doesn't hurt that I have a desperate crush on Sara Niemietz.

&ab_channel=PostmodernJukebox

[tanyev]

35. I hope they all had as much fun as it looks like they're having!

[applegrove]

25. David Bowie's "Space Oddity" by Hatfield in Space

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=kbwnRyp0q7pKlvyddsUssA

[ms liberty]

27. Gamma 2 (Ronnie Montrose), doing Thundercats Newman's Something in the Air:

Also one of my favorite album covers ever...

[vanlassie]

28. Van Morrison that ass**le doing Georgia On My Mind

[Wounded Bear]

36. Hurt by Johnny Cash...

[Aristus]

50. One of the all-time greatest!

It may even depose Hendrix's cover of AATWT by Bob Dylan as the greatest cover ever.

[Zorro]

37. Forever Young - Rod Stewart

[lpbk2713]

38. Stardust -- Willie Nelson

Done only as Willie could do it.

[Geechie]

39. Cake's cover of "I Will Survive" --

The Gourds’ cover of “Gin and Juice” is fun

[old as dirt]

40. Alex Quin has some awesome covers.

Here's one, and the original for comparrison.

[Hotler]

41. Otis Taylor; Hey Joe

[JohnnyRingo]

42. Right now "Spooky" by Average White Band

It was actually a remake by two members of the Classics IV who went on the form AWB. Much more guitar in the cover.

Another good one is "Summertime" by Markus King and Billy Strings.
I can listen to this over and over.

[GReedDiamond]

46. Wall of Voodoo - Ring of Fire...

Featuring my "old pal" Stan Ridgway.

[Bantamfancier]

47. Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

Doing Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World.

What a beautiful beautiful voice.

[Shrek]

51. Heart's rendition of "Stairway to Heaven"

[Coventina]

52. DEVO's "Satisfaction"

[Xavier Breath]

53. Beck performing the Korgis'

Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime. Heard it the first time when I went to see Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and instantly loved it, it was perfect for that movie.

[ProfessorGAC]

54. Can I Count My Own Covers?

If so, here's a link to 5 of them. https://m.soundcloud.com/search/sounds?q=Musiciangac
If not, I'll go with "Satisfaction" by Devo.