Favorite Cover Songs

Ozzy - Rocky Mountain Way

A real amazing one. Astronaut Chris Hadfield does David Bowie's "Space Oddity" - In Spaaaaace!!!

That cover by Ozzy stinks. great song though...

Tony_M said:

Finally, I just want to add the opposite of this thread. Two songs that were much popular as covers but I enjoy the nearly unknown originals better. Both are Tom Waits songs: "Downtown Train" (covered by Rod Stewart) and "Jersey Girl" (covered by Bruce)

-Tony

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Another one in that vein is "Jet Airliner." Everybody knows Steve Miller's version, but you never hear about Paul Pena's original.

Cover of a Trent Reznor song...the immortal Johnny Cash.

Fear Factory doing a cover of the Gary Numan classic, Cars. Get your punk on.

BigWill said:

Fear Factory doing a cover of the Gary Numan classic, Cars.

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Yes! The original was good, but Fear Factory made it into a tune that must me cranked up loud (especially in you car).

Paint it Black, by The Tea Party (Rolling Stones cover)

War Pigs, by Cake (Black Sabbath cover)

Stop, by Paul Dempsey (Sam Brown cover)

Born to Run, by Paul Dempsey (Bruce Springsteen cover)

Don't Give Up, by Tina Arena and Jeff Martin (Peter Gabriel cover)

Immortality, by Seether (Pearl Jam cover)

Last Kiss, by Pearl Jam (J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers cover)

Many great covers here. First one that came to mind when I read the OP was Johnny Cash doing Hurt (already mentioned a few times)

Concrete Blonde has a couple of great covers: Everybody Knows (Leonard Cohen) and It's a Man's World (James Brown)

I'm amazed Prince hasn't been mentioned yet. He is the king of others covering his songs and make them famous:
- Nothing Compares to U (Sinead O'Connor)
- I Feel For You (Chaka Kahn)
- When You Were Mine (Cyndi Lauper, although Mitch Ryder's cover is better, and Ani DeFranco ft. Maceo Parker does a haunting live version)
- How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore (Alicia Keys)
- Kiss (Tom Jones)

Prince also wrote Manic Monday for the Bangles, and co-wrote Stand Back with Stevie Nicks.

Here is a new cover I found a few days ago that is brilliant. This is from a guy who likes to take modern songs and cover them using older styles (jazz, Motown, dixieland, etc.). His group is called Postmodern Jukebox. I spent hours watching videos from him, but I think this one (the first I saw) is still my favorite.

It's All About the Bass ft. Kate Davis (Meghan Trainor Cover)

This always brings a tear to my eye