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dixiegrrrrl

(60,177 posts) Sun May 1, 2016, 06:43 PM May 2016

Share what you think is the "best" cover of a well known song. [View all]

Lots of good music all around us, new and old.
Often, a very good song made famous by the original singer/group, etc becomes ever better by someone else.

For instance, I recently found Darius Rucker's cover of Wagon Wheel to be perfection, IMHO. I esp. like the video version.
You might agree.....

Add your "best" cover....

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Share what you think is the "best" cover of a well known song. [View all] dixiegrrrrl May 2016 OP

Leningrad Cowboys Red Army Choir SWEET HOME ALABAMA Ptah May 2016 #1

OMG! dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #5

Well, mine is pretty obvious, but here goes: Coventina May 2016 #2

Can't top that, even with Chimes of Freedom. Hoyt May 2016 #3

Yeah, even though I'm a child of the 80's, that's pretty much the Holy Grail of covers, IMHO. Coventina May 2016 #4

"My Back Pages" gets my vote. mac56 May 2016 #10

+1 sl8 May 2016 #17

Cannot find it online anywhere, but..... lastlib May 2016 #6

Hendrix's version was a cover too--of Dylan's original. panader0 May 2016 #45

you are correct--but AFAIAC, lastlib May 2016 #62

Patti Smith's cover of Dylan's Changing of the Guards discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2016 #7

I could probably list ten excellent covers. Here's one more: Ptah May 2016 #8

Little Wing- Sting Texasgal May 2016 #9

Stevie Ray Vaughan did a good cover of that too Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #34

Firework Major Nikon May 2016 #11

uhhh......errrr...... dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #14

I lasted 4 seconds. progressoid May 2016 #18

You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din Major Nikon May 2016 #19

My standard reply to this one....Hurt - Johnny Cash Wounded Bear May 2016 #12

That was going to be my reply as well. 47of74 May 2016 #40

Well, to really nail this song... Wounded Bear May 2016 #42

Dave Edmunds--New York's a Lonely Town Kingofalldems May 2016 #13

Mad World sl8 May 2016 #15

I liked Linda Ronstadt's version of "Heat Wave" better than... ailsagirl May 2016 #16

ooooh...I agree. dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #22

On a related note: sl8 May 2016 #20

Good list but... progressoid May 2016 #25

Thanks for the background on "Superstition." sl8 May 2016 #50

Just one? Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower. progressoid May 2016 #21

Changed my mind. Aretha - Respect. progressoid May 2016 #26

No. Wait. George Benson - On Broadway progressoid May 2016 #27

OK, I got it now. They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (not Constantinople) progressoid May 2016 #28

Nah, I prefer the Four Lads. n/t malthaussen May 2016 #36

I love both! n/t drmeow May 2016 #67

I thought of saying that My Good Babushka May 2016 #76

Chris Cornell's version of "Nothing Compares 2 U" Parker CA May 2016 #23

Whip My Hair sl8 May 2016 #24

Another one....Ring of Fire, by Home Free dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #29

If we're doing Ring of Fire... jmowreader May 2016 #61

Spooky Tooth - I Am The Walrus GReedDiamond May 2016 #30

That's a version I've never heard before. progressoid May 2016 #35

I rather liked that. Throd May 2016 #49

Luna's cover of Santo & Johnny's 'Sleepwalk' SeattleVet May 2016 #31

I'll give you three The Second Stone May 2016 #32

Eva Cassidy's "Over the Rainbow" and "autumn Leaves". too. dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #52

Caravan of Thieves pressbox69 May 2016 #33

Well, there's always John... malthaussen May 2016 #37

Be My Baby by Hey Ocean sharp_stick May 2016 #38

The Roots, Taylor Hicks and Stephen Colbert - Friday sharp_stick May 2016 #39

Oh I remember that one. progressoid May 2016 #70

And of course there's the Gipsy Kings version of Hotel California... 47of74 May 2016 #41

Ry Cooder's reggae version of the Stones' "It's All Over Now." Paladin May 2016 #43

Jane's Addiction - Ripple cemaphonic May 2016 #44

Creep -- Postmodern Jukebox ft. Hayley Reinhart Iggo May 2016 #46

two MowCowWhoHow III May 2016 #47

Stones -- Time Is On My Side. KamaAina May 2016 #48

Patti Smith - Smells Like Teen Spirit ret5hd May 2016 #51

She Came In Through The Bathroom Window rbrnmw May 2016 #53

Cocker does some great covers. My fave of his "Feelin' Alright" progressoid May 2016 #71

Since Hurt was taken. Lochloosa May 2016 #54

Most disagree but I love this cover... lame54 May 2016 #55

While My Guitar Gently Weeps ft. The Purple One KamaAina May 2016 #56

I have heard this one, tis very good. dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #59

"What's Up" by He-Man and the Masters of the Universe TacoD May 2016 #57

Tuba Skinny's cover of Crow Jane Lars39 May 2016 #58

A few more... ailsagirl May 2016 #60

Not necessarily best TexasBushwhacker May 2016 #68

There are a number of covers of this famous Dolly Parton song, blue neen May 2016 #63

Gov't Mule, "She Said She Said" Bryan May 2016 #64

Heart doing Stairway to Heaven Mnpaul May 2016 #65

Hell yes! N/t TexasBushwhacker May 2016 #66

How about most surprising TexasBushwhacker May 2016 #69

You win the most surprising, indeed! n/t dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #72

OMG! Is she your Mom?? Ino May 2016 #78

Oh no. It's just something I had see before TexasBushwhacker May 2016 #80

ELO's 'Roll Over Beethoven' and The Proclaimer's 'King of the Road'. LanternWaste May 2016 #73

Not so much a cover but a tribute and with a great video. Tikki May 2016 #74

One of the greatest rock albums of all time... malthaussen May 2016 #84

This one is grand... Tikki May 2016 #75

Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole Ino May 2016 #77

That is very nice...... dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #79

Can't help but be happy when i hear this one... Rhythm May 2016 #81

Let's start with ~this~ version of "Enjoy the Silence" Rhythm May 2016 #82

Someone else mentioned Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt"... but he had so many Rhythm May 2016 #83

Disney's "Let It Go" by Leo Moracchioli GreenPartyVoter May 2016 #85

Lemonheads' Mrs. Robinson! Skittles May 2016 #86