Favourite covers from last five decades?

[Tray73]

What are your favourite three (or just one of two if you like) cover songs from each decade that the cover was released?

Here's mine:

60's
Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles)
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watch Tower (Bob Dylan)
The Beatles - Twist and Shout (Top Notes/The Isley Brothers)

70's

Judas Priest - The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Prong Crown) (Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac)
Whitesnake - Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City (Bobby Bland)
Thin Lizzy - Whisky in the Jar (Traditional)



80's
The Damned - Eloise (Barry Ryan)
Judas Priest - Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)
Roxy Music - Jealous Guy (John Lennon)


90's
Jeff Healey - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (The Beatles)
The Black Crowes - Hard To Handle (Otis Reading)
Guns N' Roses - Knocking on Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan)


00's
Muse - The House of the Rising Sun (Traditional/The Animals)
Muse - Feeling Good (Nina Simone)
HIM - Solitary Man (Neil Diamond)

 

[Kuaizi]

60's:
Yes - Every Little Thing (The Beatles)
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
Chicago - I'm a Man (Spencer Davis Group)

70's:
David Bowie - Friday on My Mind (The Easybeats)
Judas Priest - Diamonds and Rust (Joan Baez)
Yes - America (Simon & Garfunkel)

80's:
Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love (The Supremes)
Roxy Music - Jealous Guy (John Lennon)
Slayer - Dissident Aggressor (Judas Priest)

90's:
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Overkill - Frankenstein (Edgar Winter Group)
**** - Blue Monday (New Order)

00's:
Feist - Inside Out (The Bee Gees)
Fear Factory - School (Nirvana)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (NIN)

 

[Sox]

60's
Jimi Hendrix - Come On (Let The Good times Roll) - Earl King
John Mayall's Blues Breakers - All Your Love - Otis Rush/Willie Dixon
Cream - Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King

70's
Thin Lizzy - Rosalie - Bob Seger
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me The Breeze - JJ Cale
Whitesnake - Aint No Love In The Heart Of The City - Bobby Bland

80's
Joe Cocker - Isolation - John Lennon
Jeff Healey - Blue Jean Blues - ZZ Top
The Stranglers - 96 Tears - ? And The Mysterians

90's
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
Gary Moore - Looking For Somebody - Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green)
Jeff Healey - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles

00's
Black Stone Cherry - Shapes Of Things - The Yardbirds
Muse - Feeling Good - Nina Simone
Eric Clapton - Hell Hound On My Trail - Robert Johnson

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

60's
Piece of My Heart- Big Brother and the Holding Company (Erma Franklin)
Tip-Top Thru The Tulips- Tiny Tim (Nick Lucas)
Hush- Deep Purple (Billy Joe Royal)

70's
Remember (Walking in the Sand)- Aerosmith (The Shangri-Las)
Ain't That A Shame- Cheap Trick (Fats Domino)
My Way- Sid Vicious (Frank Sinatra)

80's
Cum On Feel The Noize- Quiet Riot (Slade)
Mony Mony (Live)- Billy Idol (Tommy James)
Just A Gigolo- David Lee Roth

90's
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?- Nirvana (Popularized by Lead Belly)
Jeff Buckley- Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Easy- Faith No More (The Commodores)

00's
What A Wonderful World- Joey Ramone (Louie Armstrong)
Jolene (Live Under Blackpool Lights)- The White Stripes (Dolly Parton)
Hurt- Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails)

 

[Lynch]

Hmm, this is really tough as there are a lot of covers that I like. I'm sure I'll miss all sorts of obvious ones, but I'll give it a shot:


50's
Elvis - Hound Dog (Big Mama Thorton)
Elvis - Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins)
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill (Gene Autry)


60's
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
Beatles - Twist and Shout (Top Notes)
Kingsmen - Louie Louie (Richard Berry)


70's
Aerosmith - Train Kept-a-Rollin' (Tiny Bradshaw)
George Thorogood - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer (John Lee Hooker)
Judas Priest - The Green Manalishi (Fleetwood Mac)


80's
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (Jimi Hendrix)
Pat Travers - Born Under A Bad Sign (Albert King)
David Lee Roth - Just A Gigalo (Louis Prima)


90's
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix)
Metallica - Stone Cold Crazy [the live version from the Binge/Purge box set] (Queen)
Metallica - Am I Evil? (Diamond Head)


00's
Shinedown - Simple Man (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Five Finger Death Punch - Bad Company (Bad Co)
(((( at a loss for a 3rd))))

 

[joe]

I thought it was five. I guess I read it wrong. Oh well.

'60's
Who Do You Love-Juicy Lucy(Bo Diddley)
Smokestack Lightening-The Yardbirds(Howlin' Wolf)
Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut-The Pretty Things(BO Diddley)
No More Doggin'-Groundhogs(Rosco Gordon)
Broken Wings-Atomic Rooster(John Mayall)

'70's
Going Down-Chicken Chack(Don Nix)
Parchman Farm-Cactus(Mose Allison)
Nature's Way-Dillinger(Spirit)
Evil Woman-Black Sabbath(Crow)
America-Yes(Simon And Garfunkel)

'80's
Cross-Eyed Mary-Iron Maiden(Jethro Tull)
Crash Course In Brain Surgery-Metallica(Budgie)
Dissident Aggressor-Slayer(Judas Priest)
War Pigs-Faith No More(Black Sabbath)
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath-Anthrax(Black Sabbath)

'90's
Black Sabbath-Type O Negative(Black Sabbath)
Mercyful Fate-Metallica(Mercyful Fate)
Hand Of Doom-Orange Goblin(Black Sabbath)
The Wizard-Blind Gaurdian(Uriah Heep)
Into The Void-Soundgarden(Black Sabbath)

2000's
Cherry Red-Earthless(Groundhogs)
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida-Slayer(Iron Butterfly)
Lark's Tongue In Aspic-Dream Theater(King Crimson)
Kashmir-Angra(Led Zeppelin)
To tame A Land-Dream theater(Iron Maiden)

 

[Tray73]

Great lists everyone

@Lynch - Like the 50's addition!

@Joe - five's even better

 

[LG]

I am going to have to think about this one...you lot have pegged most of my choices already.

 

[Tray73]

I think that's one of the interesting things about it - seeing which songs crop up the most And I didn't think anybody but me would list Roxy Music's Jealous Guy, but Kuaizi did, so that was a nice surprise

 

[LG]

I like that cover better than the original myself Tray.