Thread Closed Best Cover Songs

[Mr. Shadow]

 

[LG]

Steve Miller doing a decent cover of a Sam Cooke song.

 

[Mr. Shadow]

Keep an ear out for this girl:

 

[Flower]

The Original "Shaking All Over ~ Johnny Kidd and the Pirates ...



I love The Guess Who's cover ...

 

[Mr. Shadow]

 

[Flower]

I can't find a video at the moment but Roxanne Potvin does a great cover of the Irma Thomas hit "Breakaway" ...

 

[Gabble Ratchet]

There's so many! This is only what I can think of after a quick look through my music library...

Santana - Black Magic Woman (Fleetwood Mac)
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
Wolfmother - Communication Breakdown (Led Zep)
David Bowie - Let's Spend The Night Together (Rolling Stones)
Otis Redding - Satisfaction (Rolling Stones)
Reel Big Fish - Take On Me (A-Ha)
Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven (The Cure)
The Cat Empire - Hotel California (The Eagles)
Sarah Blasko - Flame Trees (Cold Chisel)
UB40 - Red Red Wine (Neil Diamond)
Huey Lewis And The News + Gwyneth Paltrow - Cruisin' (Smokey Robinson) It's actually good!
Rise Against - Anyway You Want It (Journey)
Pearl Jam - Love, Reign O'er Me (The Who)
Scorpions - Dust In The Wind (Kansas)

 

[Neverlife]

One of my favorite cover's is the one that Sonata Arctica did of the Scorpion's classic "Still Loving You"

It starts all nice and mellow, then Sonata puts its little twist on it Enjoy

 

[ZSnowAngel]

Zeppelin's "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You," originally by Joan Baez =)

 

[ZSnowAngel]

OH! And "Turn the Page" as performed by Metallica, originally by Bob Seger. Actually, I've never heard a bad officially released cover of that song...