Best Cover Songs EVAR!!!

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Cover songs usually suck, but not always. I love it when a band can do a great cover. Guns n' Roses was particularly good at this (Live and Let Die, Knockin' on Heaven's Door, everything on The Spaghetti Incident). Another band that is great at this is Disturbed. They covered Shout, Land of Confusion, and on the new album they have a cover of I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2. It's epic. Check it out, and post your favorite cover songs.

EDIT: Also, be sure to mention who wrote the original.

YouTube - Disturbed I still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2 Cover)

And remember, this thread is for the best cover songs ever, so shit like the Rascall Flatts version of Life is a Highway is not allowed. :)
 
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Indy Vidual: I thought that version of Blinded by the Light was the original. That's a damn good cover if I'm not even familiar with the original. Also, that's a pretty badass version of Sympathy for the Devil. Gotta look into Laiback.

Son of Detroit: Holy crap! I recognize this from The Wonder Years, but somehow it never occurred to me that this is a cover of the Beatles song. Wow!

See, this is why I started this thread.
 
Jimi Hendrix cover of "All Along The Watchtower" written by Bob Dylan.​

From songfacts.com:

This was written and originally recorded by Bob Dylan in 1967, but it was the Jimi Hendrix cover that made the song famous. Many other artists have covered it, including Eric Clapton, Neil Young, U2, The Dave Matthews Band and The Grateful Dead. Dylan was so impressed with Jimi's version that Dylan for years played it the way that Jimi had recorded it.

The original version of this song is very slow. Jimi Hendrix' version had a large impact on Dylan which made him make his own version "heavier."
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YouTube - Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

Hendrix: "All those people who don't like Bob Dylan's songs should read his lyrics. They are filled with the joys and sadness of life. I am as Dylan, none of us can sing normally. Sometimes, I play Dylan's songs and they are so much like me that it seems to me that I wrote them. I have the feeling that Watchtower is a song I could have come up with, but I'm sure I would never have finished it. Thinking about Dylan, I often consider that I'd never be able to write the words he manages to come up with, but I'd like him to help me, because I have loads of songs I can't finish. I just lay a few words on the paper, and I just can't go forward. But now things are getting better, I'm a bit more self-confident."
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CasualApathy said:
Jimi Hendrix cover of "All Along The Watchtower" written by Bob Dylan.​



YouTube - Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
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WOW!! This is another case where I was wrong about who wrote it. I thought this was originally written by Jimi Hendrix! I had no idea... I've been hearing a lot about Bob Dylan lately. I think it's time I investigated this artist. I'll probably recognize a lot of his stuff.
 
sevin said:
thank you for posting this. I'm sending it to my wife. :o
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Remember, by default if you like women you like Peter Cetera;)

My band use to cover this. You have to play for the chicks.
 
While searching around I found a pretty interesting list on some random website which I happen to find quite reasonable:

Top 10 BEST cover songs of all time:

1. All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
2. Respect - Aretha Franklin
3. Crossroads - Cream
4. With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker
5. Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
6. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
7. You Shook Me - Led Zeppelin
8. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
9. Hurt - Johnny Cash
10. Statesboro Blues - The Allman Brothers


Top 10 WORST cover songs of all time:

1. Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit
2. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - William Shatner
3. Feel Like Making Love - Kid Rock
4. American Pie - Madonna
5. Stairway To Heaven - Dolly Parton
6. September Gurls - Bangles
7. Dock Of The Bay - Michael Bolton
8. Sweet Child O' Mine - Sheryl Crow
9. My Generation - Hillary Duff
10. I Love Rock 'N' Roll - Britney Spears

Some of the best:

Cream cover of "Crossroads", written by Robert Johnson​
YouTube - Cream - Crossroads Live '68
Joe Cocker cover of "With A Little Help From My Friends", written by The Beatles​
YouTube - Joe Cocker - A Little Help From My Friends - Woodstock 1969
Johnny Cash cover of "Hurt", written by Nine Inch Nails​
YouTube - Johnny Cash - 'Hurt"
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Some of the worst and the originals:

Limp Bizkit's defilement of "Behind Blue Eyes", written by The Who​
YouTube - "Behind Blue Eyes ": Limp Bizkit, featuring Halle Berry

The original:​
YouTube - The Who - Behind Blue Eyes (Original Version)

Dolly Parton's defilement of "Stairway To Heaven", written by Led Zepplin​
YouTube - Stairway To Heaven

The original:​
YouTube - Led Zeppelin- Stairway To Heaven (STUDIO VERSION HQ)

Sheryl Crow's defilement of "Sweet Child O'Mine", written by Guns N' Roses​
YouTube - Sheryl Crow - Sweet Child O'mine

The original:​
YouTube - Guns 'N' Roses Sweet Child O' Mine (Studio Version)
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There is some serious *cringe* on that second list ...
 
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