Best Cover Songs of All Time

[CottonEyedHorn]

The Corrs knocked out a couple good ones on their live VH1 special in 2002.

Ruby Tuesday w. Ron Wood

Little Wing

 

[I_Dont_Exist]

Just read through the thread for the first time and for me in a runaway its Ellen Mcllwaine's "Can't Find My Way Home" originally done by Blind Faith. I still have their one and only album.

 

[CottonEyedHorn]

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[accuratehorn]

Woo Hoo by the 5.6.7.8's cover of the The Rockin' Teens 1959 true classic.

And of course, this truly unforgettable Clint Eastwood cover:
The Link

 

[1918Speedway]

Somebody did a very nice cover of My Maria by B.W. Stevenson, but for the life of me I can't remember who it was.

 

[FAST FRED]

Brooks and Dunn, covered it almost exactly.

 

[1918Speedway]

Thanks, Fast Fred. That was who it was.

 

[UT1986]

Govt. Mule covering just about any great classic rock song out there. And Warren Haynes and his band actually know how to cover the song in a quality way. Not some lame attempt.

21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
30 Days in the Hole - Humble Pie
Cortez the Killer - Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Don't Step on the Grass, Sam - Steppenwolf
In My Life - The Beatles
Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
One - U2
Pygmy Twylyte - Frank Zappa
Simple Man - Lynryd Skynryd
Spanish Moon - Little Feat
War Pigs - Black Sabbath
Just Got Paid - ZZ Top
Maybe I'm a Leo - Deep Purple
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who

 

[BigWill]

"Train" nails Zepplin stuff.
The Link

 

[The Eyes of Texas]

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[CottonEyedHorn]

Led Zep's When the Levee Breaks has always been a favorite of mine, a amazing cover in and of itself. But I recently found this amazing version by a Zep cover band and I'm hooked. Bonham and Jones were off the hook in the original, but these gals do it great justice...
The Link

 

[Joe Fan]

Not huge on Willie, but this is pretty good --

this one is a mini-movie Willie Nelson version of The Scientist

Full version Full on Willie

 

[Joe Fan]

Texas girl Eddie Brickell's Bob Dylan cover from the movie Born on the 4th of July -- Hard Rain Gonna Fall

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Some Punk covers that are very good --

La Bamba -- I used to think this was Rancid, but it's not

Buttercup -- punk cover

Popeye -- Face to Face

Somewhere Over the Rainbow -- Me First

 

[NB_LONGHORN]

Pearl Jam Covers "Love Reign O'er Me." and "The Real Me"

Pearl Jam

Infectious Grooves covers "The Immigrant Song"

Infectious Groves