Top 10 Greatest Cover Tunes

In no particular order...

1. Voi Vod - Astronomy Domine (Floyd)
2. Breeders - Happiness is a Warm Gun (Beatles)
3. Tom Jones - Kiss (Prince)
4. Cornershop - Norwegian Wood (Beatles - in Punjabi)
5. Limp Biskit - Faith (George Michael)
6. Sonic Youth - Into the Groove (Madonna)
7. Flaming Lips - Can't Get you Outta My Head (Kylie Minogue)
8. William Shatner - Mr. Tamborine Man (Dylan)
9. Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (Dylan)
10. Flaming Lips - After The Gold Rush (Neil Young)

Edit: I also heard a folk version of Boyz n' The Hood (NWA) that knocked my socks off - a prize to anyone who can name the band!

You gotta hear it!

Silhouettes

...kidding B-)

There was a music video that was played on MTV or VH1 a while ago. Basically, preppy white guys playing golf, etc.

a fabulous prize!

Television "Fire Engine" (13th Floor Elevators)
Tom Verlaine "Fever" (Otis Blackwell)
Sex Pistols "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone" (Monkees)
Spirit "Like A Rolling Stone" (Dylan)
Easy Star All Stars - a complete Dub version of the hoary old Pink Floyd yawn "Dark Side of the Moon" album (much better than the original)
Stones "Love In Vain" (Robert Johnson)
Edgar Broughton Band "Apache Dropout" (a weird amalgam of Beefheart's "Dropout Boogie" and The Shadows' "Apache")
Tom Waits "Somewhere" (West Side Story)
Tom Petty "Needles and Pins" (The Searchers)

aaah... so many others.

1. Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
2. Aretha Franklin - Natural Woman (Carole King)
3. Neil Young - Imagine (John Lennon)
4. Al Green - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams)
5. Miles Davis - Time After Time (Cindi Lauper)
6. Van Morrison - It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World (James Brown)
7. Emmy Lou Harris - Wrecking Ball (Neil Young)
8. Rage Against The Machine - The Ghost Of Tom Joad (Bruce Springsteen)
9. Simply Red - If You Don't Know Me By Now (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes)
10. Travis Tritt - Take It Easy (The Eagles)
11. Van Halen - Oh, Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison)

In some ways better than Simon and Garfunkel's.

:bounce:
dbt

or Devo - Satisfaction (Rolling Stones)

George Harrison-Got My Mind Set on You (James Ray)
George Harrison-If Not for You (Bob Dylan)
The Bangles-Live(The Merry-Go-Round)
Janis Joplin-Cry Baby (Garnett Mims and the Enchanters)
Mary Chapin-Carpentar & Kevin Montgomery-Wishing (Buddy Holly)
Linda Ronstadt-Willin' (Little Feat)
Bauhaus-Night Time (The Strangeloves)
The Beatles-Roll Over Bethoven (Chuck Berry)
Manfred Mann-Do Wah Diddy Diddy (The Exciters)
Bad Company-Young Blood (The Coasters)

Singing "Hurt" originally done by Nine Inch Nails.

Cash did a remarkable job with the song in a way that brought tears to my eyes.

Now I wish I could add to my list, but I'll leave it be, or I will be here all night. :-)

What a masterpiece. Thank you Mr. Cash

Title/Cover Artist - (Original Artist)

1. All Along The Watchtower/Jimi Hendrix Experience - (Bob Dylan)
2. Call Me The Breeze/Lynyrd Skynyrd - (J.J. Cale)
3. Little Wing/Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - (Jimi Hendrix)
4. War Pigs/Gov't Mule - (Black Sabbath)
5. Procreation of the Wicked/Sepultura - (Celtic Frost)
6. Effigy/Uncle Tupelo - (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
7. Knockin' On Heaven's Door/Warren Zevon - (Bob Dylan)
8. Love In Vain/Rolling Stones - (Robert Johnson)
9. New Coat of Paint/Bob Seger - (Tom Waits)
10. American Tune/Willie Nelson - (Paul Simon)

1. Aztec Camera - Jump (Van Halen)
2. Trash Can Sinatras - Tales from the Riverbank (The Jam)
3. Trash Can Sinatras - Spanish Stroll (Mink DeMille)
4. Trash Can Sinatras - Lady is a Tramp (Frank Sinatra)
5. Trash Can Sinatras - Little Things that keep us together (Walker Scott)
6. Trash Can Sinatras - Love on a Farmboy's Wages (XTC)
7. Trash Can Sinatras - Something Stupid (Frank Sinatra)
8. Trash Can Sinatras - Alfie (Dionne Warwick/Cher)
9. Trash Can Sinatras - Dolphins (Tim Buckley)
10. Trash Can Sinatras - Free as a Bird (Beatles)

www.trashcansinatras.com

The Folkmen - Start me up (Rolling Stones)

I'm not your Steppin Stone..
http://www.echogrove.com/assah/15_stepping_stone.mp3
Self- promotion yes..lol. Oh well, it came out pretty well.

In alphabetical order:

ADORABLE, The Drifters (1955) - The Colts
BORN TO RUN, Allan Clarke (1975) - Bruce Springsteen
CRYING IN THE CHAPEL, The Orioles (1953) - Darrell Glenn
FIRE, The Pointer Sisters (1979) - Bruce Springsteen
GET A JOB, The Mills Brothers (1958) - The Silhouettes
GIRLS TALK, Dave Edmunds (1979) - Elvis Costello
HE'S A REBEL, Debby Boone* (1977) - The Crystals
LITTLE DARLIN', The Diamonds (1957) - The Gladiolas
MY BACK PAGES, The Byrds (1967) - Bob Dylan
SUGAR, SUGAR, Wilson Pickett (1970) - The Archies

*The original B-side of the horrendous "You Light Up My Life," and a surprisingly good cover of the Phil Spector chestnut.

Shawn Colvin singing "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go"
(Dylan)

Shawn Covin singing "Naive Melody" (Talking Heads)

and my current personal fave

Sonya Dada singing "Higher" (Sly and the Family Stone)

I can't get no (Satisfaction)

by Kurt Cobain. Much better than Bowie's original version.

They did a bluegrass album of AC/DC covers. Brilliant stuff. Especially "You Shook Me.."

Husker Du: Eight Miles High (The Byrds)
James Booker: Goodnight Irene (Leadbelly)
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes: Nothing Compares 2 U (Skinhead O'Connor)
Half Japanese: 10th Avenue Freeze-Out (Bruce Springsteen)
Toots and the Maytals: Country Roads (John Denver)
The Roots: The Seed (Cody ChestnuTT)
The Minutemen: Ain't Talkin' Bout Love (Van Halen)
Elvis Costello: Peace Love and Understanding (Brinsley Schwarz/Nick Lowe)
K. McCarty: Walking the Cow (Daniel Johnston)
Metallica: Breadfan (Budgie)