Greatest song cover of all time?

[Lyfer]

My pick:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=McV7pjwVFbE

Didn't even know it was a cover till recently. Yours?

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

You didn't know that was a cover? God do I feel old.

For me, there is no better or more iconic cover than this, which is a hugely popular song few people know as a cover - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FOUqQt3Kg0

More recently, I like this, ragged, live cover version much more than the original (mainly because I like many Smiths songs but hate Morrissey with a white-hot passion) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtmS2ePSSdU

 

[Ns1]

What a fresh and original idea for a thread.

 

[Printer Bandit]

san cisco - get lucky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpf6ewWBLcU

 

[Drako]

My pick:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=McV7pjwVFbE

Didn't even know it was a cover till recently. Yours?

LOL

[edit] I'm a NIN fan, so double LOL.

You didn't know that was a cover? God do I feel old.

For me, there is no better or more iconic cover than this, which is a hugely popular song few people know as a cover - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FOUqQt3Kg0

More recently, I like this, ragged, live cover version much more than the original (mainly because I like many Smiths songs but hate Morrissey with a white-hot passion) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtmS2ePSSdU

LOL

[edit] I'm a huge Radio Head fan, and that was horrid. Thanks for tainting my image of Radio Head.

What a fresh and original idea for a thread.

LOL

For me, I'm not a big Sinead O'Connor fan, but seriously:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUiTQvT0W_0

 

[Leros]

My pick:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=McV7pjwVFbE

Didn't even know it was a cover till recently. Yours?

That's pretty much the best answer to this thread.

 

[datalink7]

Jimmy Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower is a pretty good one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY

 

[Possessed Freak]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-s9uXvwrws

 

[dougp]

I think the best song cover of all time is "Learn to Use the F*ckin Search Tool" by NS1 which I'm covering in this post.

 

[Via]

Bon Jovi does a great Levon (imo).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te2zyjC_dqg

Karen Carpenter rocks the Rainbow Connection

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxAusccS1T4

 

[Juddog]

Disturbed, Land of Confusion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV4oYkIeGJc

Original song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU9lv_WqK6k

 

[Drako]

That's pretty much the best answer to this thread.

It's a nice job by Johnny, but the clipping on that song makes it unlistenable.

 

[Fritzo]

With out a doubt:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUgplsZxdXk

 

[Howard]

Jimmy Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower is a pretty good one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY

this

 

[postmortemIA]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AUOAGlASRQ

 

[Printer Bandit]

Jimmy Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower is a pretty good one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY

dave matthews band cover


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOaMQ-R9YGM

 

[LevelSea]

srv - little wing

 

[Away]

Metallica - Astronomy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgqDtU8BXf0

 

[The Boston Dangler]

umm the best, and most important, cover is cream/clapton doing crossroads

 

[CZroe]

This discussion was ended in a time before YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K64ipl_xwqY

 

[Printer Bandit]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I

 

[surfsatwerk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I

That was a large jar of ashes.

 

[OlafSicky]

MM sweet dreams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUvVdTlA23w

 

[Geosurface]

The Sundays - Wild Horses (Cover of Rolling Stones)

 

[SampSon]

white stripes - jolene