Thread Closed Best Cover Songs

[joe]

Spooky Tooth's version of Janis Ian's Society's Child from thier first album It's All About(1968):

 

[joe]

The Nashville Teens originally did Tobacco Road but I prefer The Blues Magoos version from the album Psychedlic Lollipop(1966):

 

[joe]

Cliff Richard had a hit with "Move It" in 1958. Stray put it to hard rock from the album of the same name in 1974:

 

[joe]

Cactus shreds Howlin Wolf's "Evil" from thier 1971 album Restrictions:

 

[joe]

West coast psychedelic band Clear Light does a ' acid trippy' version of folky Tom Paxton's "Mr. Blue" from 1967:

 

[joe]

Of course, not as good as the mighty Sabbath, but hell, there damn good:
Hand of Doom-Slayer & War Pigs-Faith No More:

 

[joe]

Slayer covering Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Vida:

 

[joe]

Detroit hard rockers Frigid Pink covers The Animals "House of the Rising Sun" from thier s/t debut from 1970:

 

[WetWilly]

Paul pena-Jet Airliner~Original



Steve Miller Band -Jet Airliner~Cover

 

[Terra812]

The few good covers that come to mind right away are

Bob Dylan (and The Animals for that matter)- House of the Rising Sun
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Hey Bulldog
Dread Zeppelin - No Quarter
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal

and I really liked the Crash Test Dummies - Androgynous



of The Replacements original