Great Cover Versions

[Cyanna]

Down by Law's cover of "500 Miles"
Joey Ramone's cover of "What A Wonderful World"
Shonen Knife's cover of "Top of the World"

I know it's blasphemy but I kinda prefer Save Ferris' version of "Come on Eileen" over Dexy's Midnight Runners'

[Xandra]

Ooh, and not sure if anyone's mentioned it yet, but the song Hallelujah, originally by Leonard Cohen, is COVERLICIOUS.

I've got 19 covers of it in iTunes- and the original, of course, even though said original SUCKS LIKE A SUCKY THING.

There's dozens and dozens of covers of the song, which can easily be found online, but I only get the covers I like- I'm a picky collector, unfortunately.

My current favorite is Allison Crowe's version- listening to it gives me chills.

[Anoohilator]

Ooh, and not sure if anyone's mentioned it yet, but the song Hallelujah, originally by Leonard Cohen, is COVERLICIOUS.

I've got 19 covers of it in iTunes- and the original, of course, even though said original SUCKS LIKE A SUCKY THING.

There's dozens and dozens of covers of the song, which can easily be found online, but I only get the covers I like- I'm a picky collector, unfortunately.

My current favorite is Allison Crowe's version- listening to it gives me chills.

Have you heard those 4 norwegian guys singing it - it's wicked

http://youtube.com/watch?v=p_2dZRosKqI

[Ski]

Nothing quite beats Jonathan Coulton's version of "Baby Got Back"
And Richard Cheese's "Gin and Juice" for that matter.

[Hil]

Alanis Morisette did a HILARIOUS cover of "My Humps" by The Black-Eyed Peas. Search for it on Youtube.

[DM was on fire!]

Butch Walker? Gnarls Barkely?
Oh yeah.

Hil - I need to find that. XD Definetly.

[Sigh]

Yellowcard's cover of "Everywhere" by Michelle Branch

[Ric]

The Kooks' cover of Crazy is pretty awesome. And Mark Ronson's recent single Stop Me. Love that.

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originally by dolly pardon, remake by whitney houston

[Paul]

Don't know if anyone has mentioned it yet, but I loved Cyanna's & Scintilla's rendition of King of Spain!

[MarchingTwinkie3]

Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles, a cover of Simon and Garfunkle.

YES. It sounds so different, but it's still great.

I also like Rufus Wainwright's Hallelujah. And Emerson, Lake, and Palmer's version of Fanfare for the Common Man. If that counts.

[rocketbot]

haha, i tend to enjoy britney spears covers.. like nickel creek's "toxic" (the most fun thing ever live) and travis' "baby one more time" - they're both just too much fun, no lie.

hmm, among other things.. rosie thomas' "songbird" and "the one i love" are great, rufus wainwright's "across the universe" really does give me chills, even if it is an almighty beatles cover, haha. the secret machines' "immer wieder" is AMAZING. aaand i'm a huge fan of seu jorge's covers of david bowie songs in portuguese from the life aquatic. oh my, it's grand.

and lest i forget - nickel creek's covers of "spit on a stranger" and "tomorrow is a long time" are just great, love those guys and all their covers. :]

[Morningstar]

Green Day's cover of John Lennon's Working Class Hero. And what's really cool is that the profits go to Amnesty International.

[Sonar]

I love the cover version of Love, Reign O'er Me, covered by Pearl Jam, original artist is The Who =]

[Matrinka]

Its off the Darfur album as well... but REM's version of #9 Dream is gorgeous.

I almost want to say that I like Fiona Apple's version of "Across the Universe" more than the Beatles... but that is blasphemy.