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Favorite Song Covers

I like Joe Cocker's cover of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You" better than the original, even though Hawkins was of "my" era, and I saw him do it live (at the State Theater in Hartford, some time in the late 50s.).
 
My favorite jazz vocalists, Cassandra Wilson, has a entire career/ catalog of covers that are
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Here’s one of my favorites from Donny Hathaway- Yesterday (Beatles)

 
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Kathy said:
Disturbed is one of my favorite renditions of this song.
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Same. It's tough to improve on a Simon and Garfunkel song but the Disturbed version builds beautifully making it a really powerful rendition.
 
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Doin' it in a reggae stylie:

 
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Dread Zeppelin....where Elvis and Robert Plant collide...

 
Chin Diesel said:
Can't really call this a "best" thread; more about covers you like.

Some covers try to stay faithful to the original, some repurpose the original and then you have straight up cover bands which cover all types of music.

I'll start off with one of each.
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Lots of great versions of “All along the Watchtower” out there. Bob himself, Jimi, Bob with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are 3 of my favorites. Dave Matthews has a good live version.
 
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weyuo said:
"I'm a Man" covered by Chicago. Original was by Spencer Davis Group.

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Loved Chicago from first album, but never saw them live. Wish I had a few do-overs.
 
Joe Cocker "The Letter"
James Taylor "You've got a friend"
The Eagles "Take it Easy"
Aerosmith "Train Kept a Rollin"
Pink "Me and Bobby McGee"
 
zepfan said:
Joe Cocker "The Letter"
James Taylor "You've got a friend"
The Eagles "Take it Easy"
Aerosmith "Train Kept a Rollin"
Pink "Me and Bobby McGee"
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My daughter saw Pink in Houston last week and said she did a killer "Smells like teen spirit".
 
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zepfan said:
Joe Cocker "The Letter"
James Taylor "You've got a friend"
The Eagles "Take it Easy"
Aerosmith "Train Kept a Rollin"
Pink "Me and Bobby McGee"
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I don't think you can classify the Eagles' version of "Take it Easy" as a cover. It was co-written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey, then a fulltime member of the Eagles. Jackson Browne's version wasn't released until after the Eagles' version.

Interestingly, the Eagles do technically cover a lot songs, especially in concert. They just happen to be mostly songs written for/by and originally performed by the solo or past incarnations of their band members (i.e. Life's Been Good, Rocky Mountain Way, Ordinary Average Guy, Boys of Summer, Smuggler's Blues etc.).

The best song covered by the Eagles (IMO) is "Ol' 55," originally written and performed by Tom Waits.
 
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