Favorite song, covered by someone else of all time?

[ZombieKissinger]

Cowboy Junkies also did a cover of Lou Reeds Sweet Jane that was really good

That Velvet Underground album is great, and Sweet Jane is one of my favorite songs. Oh Sweet Nuthin’ also really good. Just listened to the cover. It’s good, like how different it is from the original

 

[Villagedawg]

Pretty much any LED Zeppelin song that is a cover which is probably 50% of their catalogue

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Pretty much any LED Zeppelin song that is a cover which is probably 50% of their catalogue

A lot of their early stuff is either a cover or very heavily inspired by blues songs. The latter half of their catalogue is more original.

 

[cristilmethod]

 

[cristilmethod]

In all seriousness… this cover of Whipping Post by Chris Stapleton is fantastic

 

[Duke Humphrey]

Marvin’s cover of “Heard it through the Grapevine” is up there

 

[bulldoghair]

Covers suck

I think we can all agree that you suck.

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I used to like to pick up girls at cover band concerts.

Since I already knew they were willing to settle.

 

[MSUDOG24]

My list is where the cover is the better version.

All Along the Watchtower already mentioned.

Move it on Over by George Thorogood.

Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann.

Fire by the Pointer Sisters.

With a Little Help From My Friends and She Came in Through the Bathroom Window by Joe Cocker.

One that is closer than the others is Garth Brooks version of Shameless is better than Billy Joel's.

And anyone's version of Hallelujah is better than Leonard Cohen's.

Now that you mention Joe Cocker, how bout this gem? (saw Leon Russell at the Hump late 70's)

 

[Dawgpile]

Sorry, was just trying to get y’all’s juices flowing. I’m a die hard Allman Bros fan… so Zac Williams … Midnight Rider is legendary. Tell me y’all’s fav!! Could have said Stevie Nicks doing Dave Matthew’s but that girl can sing anything!

Cowboy Junkies cover of Lou Reed's 'Sweet Jane' is my favorite.

 

[ckDOG]

Nobody going to mention Hard to Handle? I have a bunch of covers that I enjoy - figured that one would have been mentioned by now.

 

[blacklistedbully]

ZZ Top - I Thank You

 

[pseudonym]

Maybe not my favorite but I learned in the last few years that this is a cover:



Definitely in the “cover better than original” category.

 

[JDawg13]

 

[DoggieDaddy13]

Thank you all for this thread! Great music.

90% of it anyway.

 

[tenureplan]

Superstition - WSP



Angel from Montgomery/sugaree- tedeschi trucks band

 

[tenureplan]

Everybody thought it was Phish because that’s what Napster said, but it was The Gourds who perfected Gin & Juice:

Yes....fantastic cover

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

 

[RebelRH]

I always thought this as a Gun N Roses song but I kind of like this version better. Or is it blasphemy?

 

[BSintolerant]

 

[LandArchDawg]

Nirvana's cover of David Bowie's "Man Who Sold the World" is at the top of my list. I also like Metallica's cover of Bob Segar's "Turn the Page".

 

[vhdawg]

If you remember a Canadian band called Big Wreck that had a few minutes of success in the US in the summer of 1998, they did a cover of Shout by Tears For Fears that's fantastic:

 

[vhdawg]

Another one, the Obadiah Parker acoustic cover of Hey Ya, which for you Scrubs fans was the basis of the cover version that Ted the Lawyer did on the episode with the Janitor's wedding:

 

[bolddogge]

Yall gotta watch this. These guys are talented... and it's hilarious.

 

[J-Dawg]

They were a one-hit wonder due to this cover, but The Ataris cover Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer".

 

[dogmatic001]

Jimmy Buffett's cover of James Taylor's "Mexico"

 

[HailStout]

I always thought this as a Gun N Roses song but I kind of like this version better. Or is it blasphemy?

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[shep9332]

 

[Pookieray]

not sure who the "original" group was but it couldn't have been better than this cover version!

 

[FormerBully]

Sturgill Simpson in the Righteous Gemstones

 

[HailStout]

not sure who the "original" group was but I couldn't have been better than this cover version!

Pinkfong sang baby shark. And she can burn in hell for doing so.

 

[Lettuce]

Now that you mention Joe Cocker, how bout this gem? (saw Leon Russell at the Hump late 70's)

I can’t imagine

17ing amazing

 

[Darryl Steight]

Bruce mentioned this one, but it's also my favorite and I think the live version at Woodstock where Joe Cocker is doing his most classic Joe Cocker spazz out is the best.

 

[Darryl Steight]

I just thought of one more. This one is fantastic. Been in a few movies plus Scrubs I'm pretty sure. Scrubs had great music.

 

[Lettuce]

 

[Lettuce]

 

[Lettuce]

 

[Wesson Bulldog]

Tom Petty's Breakdown covered by Gary Allan

 

[L4MANDW]

Original Lake Street Dive’s version and sidewalk re-make of The 1969 Jackson Five’s, “I Want You Back”. Take the title away & listen only and prolly take you a while to name the original. CLASSIC

 

[L4MANDW]

I saw this Chris cover & forgot about this one by The Civil Wars on MJ’s, “Billie Jean”, excellent also.

 

[L4MANDW]

Original Tom Waits, “Come On Up To The House” vs Sarah Jarosz cover, what say you?