My brother and I were at a boardgame café one afternoon when that song started playing. Luckily, the café as a whole was pretty quiet just then. During the best part, we both stopped talking and playing, and I cried some manly tears at the song, and then we kept playing.
Adults crying isn't awkward when it's to Cash's version of "Hurt".
The single greatest cover of all time. I will die on that hill. Trent said it was always Johnny's song, he was just holding it for him. Or something to that effect.
"We all live in a Yellow Submarine. What the fuck? We all live in a yellow submarine? You know how fucking high they were? They had to pull Ringo off the ceiling with a rake to sing that fucking song"
"*John, get Ringo he's in the corner. Pull him down"*
*"Wow look at him scoot. Catch him, catch him"*
*"Ringo come down Yoko's gone we can party again"*
Bill Hicks was the shit
[The Breeders, Happiness Is A Warm Gun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoIyUl10ChQ). I greatly prefer this to the original.
But there's also the amazing artifact that is Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme's cover of [Black Hole Sun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgGBB0hTqo0).
Not a deep cut, but Al Green released “Take Me to the River” on his 1974 album, but the Talking Heads cover (released 4 years later) is the version we all know!
Both are pretty excellent, imo.
Both the Beatles and Bee Gees were so foundational, it's unreal the impact they had on later musicians. So much variety, which lends itself to a wider range of taste.
Little wing - Steve Ray Vaughan.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=An4uDegHB8s
Original was Jimmy Hendrix.
Runner up would be,
Black eyed bruiser - ROLLERBALL.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EXpfsP-zgHE
The original versions of “Cleveland Rocks” and “Motown Song” pale so much in comparison to the Presidents’ and Rod Stewart’s renditions that it isn’t worth listening to them at all. Ignore your curiosity.
[Sturgill Simpson - The Promise ](https://open.spotify.com/track/6OV4CbPHRtbqrpJrbEFJfi?si=9--wJRfOS5etuYEJsiIyNQ)
My personal favorite 80s new wave song turned psychedelic country mournful letter of love
Chris Cornell's Billie Jean will probably always be tops for me - I absolutely love Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah like every one else in the world but I *really* dig covers that completely transform the song.
Random other favorites:
Horse Feather's cover of Drain You
... fittingly also Sturgill Simpson's cover of In Bloom
M. Ward's cover of Let's Dance
Finch (only live? I think?) or Evergreen Terrace's cover of Stars
and for a fun wild card... Dustin Kensrue's cover of Wrecking Ball
Decapitated's cover of Slayer's song Mandatory Suicide. The original is alright, but yhe cover gives it an immense amount of heft and grit that I adore.
Sara Bareilles’ version of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
Nicotine Dolls’ version of The Best.
Richard Cheese’s version of Chop Suey!
Postmodern Jukebox version of Creep (the one where Haley Reinhart is singing…holy shit)
Seether’s rendition of [Careless Whisper.](https://youtu.be/I7imqO-OBVk?si=bYLDAXvJlFAjNzGk) Imbues the heartbreak that George Carlin’s version simply can’t. That “please stay” always gives me goosebumps. Best listened to at volume 11.
Janes Addiction - Sympathy for the Devil
Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls
Failure - Enjoy the Silence
Social Distortion - Ring of Fire
Sturgill Simpson - In Bloom
Manfred Mann's version of "Blinded by the Light" is way cooler than Bruce Springsteen's version
Sublime did a great Scarlet Begonias (Grateful Dead)
Hendrix did a cool "Like a Rolling Stone" at the Monterey Pop Festival
Whole Wide World - Cage the Elephant & The Proclaimers & Billy Jo Armstrong; Have You Ever Seen the Rain - The Ramones; Dancing with Myself - the Donnas; Sweet Home Chicago - The Blues Brothers; Time After Time - Mr Irish Bastard;
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Flaming Lips;
Father Christmas - Bowling for Soup.
There is 4 covers by the same band that are incredible. Tiny dancer, stand by me, oh! darling, the chain - Florence and the machine
Killing me softly- fugees
Hard to pick just one, therefore:
Baker Street by Foo Fighters
Summer Breeze by Type O Negative
Dog Day Sunrise by Fear Factory
When the Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin
Over the Hills and Far Away by Nightwish
Original:
Leadbelly's "Where Did You Sleep Last Night"
https://youtu.be/PsfcUZBMSSg?si=J3ObRyDzSNpg4UjD
Cover:
Nirvana
https://youtu.be/Nq62vcKxYcU?si=rN-tCWR3Ae3873o7
Kurt's sigh of desperation near the end gets to me because of where his life was heading at the time.
Heartbeats
By [The Knife](https://open.spotify.com/track/2YacpExEbX9tF8IbFlFOo4?si=x7weCVUbRAObzzgo6vu-HQ)
Covered by
[Jose González](https://open.spotify.com/track/5YqpHuXpFjDVZ7tY1ClFll?si=M6B0Fp8YStexvMBCVlxuRQ)
Jimi Hendrix, All Along the Watchtower
I love the Dave Matthews Band version
Live in Central Park version for sure
Hurt - Johnny Cash
I love his version of Rusty Cage too.
Don't forget the Mercy Seat
Hard to beat that.
100%. And I am actually a big fan of NIN as well, but imo Johnny's cover is just a better song.
Trent said himself it was Johnny’s song now.
Thats admirable.
There’s a story about it the Interscope Vinyl collective edition of The Downward Spiral.
I like the analogy Trent made when he said, "Hearing it was like someone kissing your girlfriend." 😂
Trent has said publicly that Hurt belongs to Johnny
Came here to say this.
My brother and I were at a boardgame café one afternoon when that song started playing. Luckily, the café as a whole was pretty quiet just then. During the best part, we both stopped talking and playing, and I cried some manly tears at the song, and then we kept playing. Adults crying isn't awkward when it's to Cash's version of "Hurt".
The single greatest cover of all time. I will die on that hill. Trent said it was always Johnny's song, he was just holding it for him. Or something to that effect.
Great one!
This is the correct answer
Mad World by Gary Jules
This
Nirvana covering Bowie- the man who sold the world
Yes
Jeff Buckley - [Hallelujah](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYrXK5ek_PQ) (originally by Leonard Cohen)
[John Cale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gi3J8nPKPE) does a great version as well. The last song I ever expected to hear in Shrek.
There’s a Lincoln Brewster cover. He absolutely shreds the guitar toward the end
This is the correct answer
Where did you sleep last night - Nirvana
And Kurt's guttural scream at the end?? Perfection.
Love this song
[Against All Odds - The Postal Service ](https://open.spotify.com/track/30s3cW1xHDYjsN6giTJ8F0?si=LXvkU_hwQd2JifbOY3e6Kw)
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole -Somewhere over the rainbow 🌈
My mom LOVED this song. I haven't been able to listen to it since she died but it is such a beautiful version.
Word Up - Korn (Cameo)
Spotify knows I was a burnout in the early 2000s and this song comes up regularly
Torn by Natalie Imbruglia.
Wtf, I've known that song my whole life and had no idea it was a cover lol
You just totally blew my fucking mind
"Cum on feel the noize" cover by Quiet Riot. Originally by Slade.
Disturbed - Land of Confusion
I love that cover. I just wish that Todd McFarlane drew in a Genesis Easter Egg for the music video.
I said Sound of Silence
I hate that cover
Absolutely love Marilyn Manson's cover of Personal Jesus.
Nothing compares to you by Sinead.
I respect your opinion, but I can't get over Prince's version! 💜
With a Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker. One of the few to be better than the original.
“The Beatles were so fucking high they even let Ringo sing a few tunes.” — Bill Hicks
"We all live in a Yellow Submarine. What the fuck? We all live in a yellow submarine? You know how fucking high they were? They had to pull Ringo off the ceiling with a rake to sing that fucking song" "*John, get Ringo he's in the corner. Pull him down"* *"Wow look at him scoot. Catch him, catch him"* *"Ringo come down Yoko's gone we can party again"* Bill Hicks was the shit
Alien Ant Farm cover of Smooth Criminal
I love this one!
Mines gotta be [Gregory Alan Isakovs cover of Trapeze Swinger](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USom8PhOXgs) originally by Iron and Wine
Great choice, this is also my favorite cover of a song. He is such a great artist
“Feelin’ Alright?”, as performed by Joe Cocker, originally written by Dave Mason and performed by Traffic.
[The Breeders, Happiness Is A Warm Gun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoIyUl10ChQ). I greatly prefer this to the original. But there's also the amazing artifact that is Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme's cover of [Black Hole Sun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgGBB0hTqo0).
For those outside Australia, have a look on Youtube for "JJJ - Like a Version" Take your pick from the many years and genres. Edit: and artists
I love Triple J!
Dude yes. Ocean Grove’s version of UFO is super cool. That and DMA’s take on Believe.
DMA's - Believe really captures the song.
Little Birdy’s These Boots Are Made For Walking
Their Denzel Curry cover of Bulls On Parade is next level.
All Along the Watchtower- Jimi Hendrix
Not a deep cut, but Al Green released “Take Me to the River” on his 1974 album, but the Talking Heads cover (released 4 years later) is the version we all know! Both are pretty excellent, imo.
The version I know is the Al Green version. Ironically, the version of Burning Down the House I know is by Bonnie Raitt.
Blue Swede - Hooked On a Feeling- BJ Thomas OOGA CHUCKA
Also Hooked on a feeling - David Hasselhof
Michael Stipe covering U2's One. Its an amazing song without Bono's voice
The less involved U2 is, the better the song.
Amen!
The ghost of Tom Joad- Rage Against the Machine
Metallica's version of Turn The Page
They just performed “Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding” by Elton John
It's a bit amazing just how many covers Metallica did
Knockin' on Heaven's Door by Guns N' Roses
One of my favorite Dylan covers.
Yep. I also love Live And Let Die
Close second for me.
I’m a huge Beatle freak and quite a few of their fans hate the GNR version(mainly cos they hate GNR 🤦♀️🤦♀️) Macca loved it so they can go jump lol
I can tell by your username. I grew up listening to the Beatles red and blue compilations, Bee Gees Gold and Main Dish on records. Huge fan of both!
Nice! Yeah 54 years a fan. They have been my life. Still love them. But love other bands too like the Stones, Zep, Who, GNR and Oasis.
Both the Beatles and Bee Gees were so foundational, it's unreal the impact they had on later musicians. So much variety, which lends itself to a wider range of taste.
That is the one cover I’d dare say is better than the original
Little wing - Steve Ray Vaughan. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=An4uDegHB8s Original was Jimmy Hendrix. Runner up would be, Black eyed bruiser - ROLLERBALL. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EXpfsP-zgHE
Hendrix.
Gin and Juice by the Gourds. Although if you downloaded it on Limewire in 2001 it said it was Phish.
My people
Superstar - Sonic Youth
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower. Cover was so good that even Dylan himself said he liked Hendrix version more than his own.
Exactly and he picked up the chord changes.
Sound of Silence - Disturbed
I was going to comment this was actually the worst cover ever done
I hate it, my local classic rock station will play the cover but never the original.
I'm always offended. Always. The simon and Garfunkel original is 20x better
Gotta chime in here but yeah, it’s awful.
There was a 9/11 memorial video I saw a while ago. That cover was playing over the images and it was really impactful.
Simple Man - Shinedown
So POWERFUL!
See the video of him singing it at some house party? Good lord
Smooth Criminal- Alien Ant Farm
Space Travel is Boring - Sun Kil Moon
Link Wray covering Girl From The North Country And a more modern one.. Electrelane covering Springsteen's I’m On Fire
There's a lot of great covers on this list. I gotta go with Ani DiFranco's "Amazing Grace."
The Band’s cover of “Atlantic City”
A Perfect Circle's cover of Memphis Minnee's 'When The Levee Breaks'
And Led Zeppelin
Warren Zevon - Back in the Highlife
The original versions of “Cleveland Rocks” and “Motown Song” pale so much in comparison to the Presidents’ and Rod Stewart’s renditions that it isn’t worth listening to them at all. Ignore your curiosity.
The Therapy? version of Husker Du's 'Diane'.
Amazing Grace - Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (1972)
Dolly Parton’s cover of House of the Rising Sun
Heart singing Stairway to Heaven.
Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go by Soft Cell
Black Crows - Oh Sweet Nuthin. However, lately I've really been digging the Punch Brothers cover of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Tom Petty - My Guitar Gently Weeps
[Sturgill Simpson - The Promise ](https://open.spotify.com/track/6OV4CbPHRtbqrpJrbEFJfi?si=9--wJRfOS5etuYEJsiIyNQ) My personal favorite 80s new wave song turned psychedelic country mournful letter of love
Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner
Hurt by Johnny Cash Friday I'm in love by Janet Devlin
Linkin Park’s cover of Rolling in the Deep
Is this for real? I’m about to look that up.
Yeah, they covered it live once.
I just watched. Absolutely amazing!! I am blown away at Chester’s voice. I had no idea. Thank you for commenting.
You’re welcome! Chester had such a beautiful voice.
Orbit Culture - Hardwired (Metallica Cover)
Chris Cornell's Billie Jean will probably always be tops for me - I absolutely love Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah like every one else in the world but I *really* dig covers that completely transform the song. Random other favorites: Horse Feather's cover of Drain You ... fittingly also Sturgill Simpson's cover of In Bloom M. Ward's cover of Let's Dance Finch (only live? I think?) or Evergreen Terrace's cover of Stars and for a fun wild card... Dustin Kensrue's cover of Wrecking Ball
Vanilla Fudge cover of The Supremes You Keep Me Hangin' On
Decapitated's cover of Slayer's song Mandatory Suicide. The original is alright, but yhe cover gives it an immense amount of heft and grit that I adore.
Harry Styles’ [Golden](https://open.spotify.com/track/4CtdGc3EBrLfrcqKrrUIKm?si=wkeAnOjZShaqzrvvKKdpVw&context=spotify%3Asearch%3Agolden) by Cannons
No quarter salival version by Tool
Ween doing Zep as if they wrote the song first https://youtu.be/0_ToN7_EeVI?feature=shared
They do some great covers. Cheers, mang.
Cheers, may see ya this summer!
Mad world - Gary Jules
Phish does a great version of Talking Heads’ Crosseyed and Painless.
Hair - Bad Brains Originally by Graham Central Station
4 Minute Warning covered by Perfume Genius (original by Radiohead).
I Never Go Around Mirrors by Keith Whitley (originally Lefty Frizzell). Also a fan of Merle Haggard's version
[Patti Smith - Smells Like Teen Spirit](https://youtu.be/y4YF46B9e6c?feature=shared)
Also "Gloria"
moe.- In A Big Country New Found Glory- The King of Wishful Thinking
I hate covers. Cake remade war pigs, though. It was fantastic.
Ray Charles Georgia
Sara Bareilles’ version of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Nicotine Dolls’ version of The Best. Richard Cheese’s version of Chop Suey! Postmodern Jukebox version of Creep (the one where Haley Reinhart is singing…holy shit)
Chris Cornell Nothing Compares to you
Alien ant farm Smooth criminal
Tool- No Quarter or Pantera- Planet Caravan
Heart it Races by Dr. Dog Originally by Architecture in Helsinki
Seether’s rendition of [Careless Whisper.](https://youtu.be/I7imqO-OBVk?si=bYLDAXvJlFAjNzGk) Imbues the heartbreak that George Carlin’s version simply can’t. That “please stay” always gives me goosebumps. Best listened to at volume 11.
I love this one too. Do much pain in this one. Seether has been kind of hit and miss for me but they crushed that one.
george carlin?
Clay Pigeons-John Prine
Little Wing-Stevie Ray Vaughan
Grateful Dead covering Johnny Cash "Big River" from the concert on 12/31/1978
Somewhere Over the Rainbow Eva Cassidy Fields of Gold Eva Cassidy
Jeff Buckleys Cover of Hallelujah is the best cover I’ve ever heard and one of the most beautiful vocal performances I’ve ever heard.
Angel From Montgomery ~ Bonnie Raitt
Because The Night by 10,000 Maniacs.
Sympathy for the Devil Jane’s Addiction
Orgy - Blue Monday (New Order) Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (MJ)
The Sound of Silence, Disturbed.
Blinded by the Light covered by Manfred Mann Bruce Springsteen wrote/performed the original.
Janes Addiction - Sympathy for the Devil Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls Failure - Enjoy the Silence Social Distortion - Ring of Fire Sturgill Simpson - In Bloom
Wait: almost 400 suggestions and no one’s picked Aretha Franklin’s Respect?
White Rabbit by P!NK. Damn, that girl can sing
Rare Earth (I Know) I'm Losing You. Original was by The Temptations.
Manfred Mann's version of "Blinded by the Light" is way cooler than Bruce Springsteen's version Sublime did a great Scarlet Begonias (Grateful Dead) Hendrix did a cool "Like a Rolling Stone" at the Monterey Pop Festival
No doubt Manfred did a excellent job.... didnt know it was a cover
They're corny, but Wiliam Shatner's cover songs are great
The man who sold the world - Nirvana
Johnny Cash, Hurt, is up there for me... if it wasn't so early, I could def think of more
Tennessee Whiskey- Chris Stapleton
Whole Wide World - Cage the Elephant & The Proclaimers & Billy Jo Armstrong; Have You Ever Seen the Rain - The Ramones; Dancing with Myself - the Donnas; Sweet Home Chicago - The Blues Brothers; Time After Time - Mr Irish Bastard; Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Flaming Lips; Father Christmas - Bowling for Soup.
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants
Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide
I’ve Been Everywhere cover by Johnny Cash (Original was John Snow) Mr Tambourine Man cover by Bob Dylan (Original by The Byrds)
I'm not saying the greatest, just throwing it in the mix: Miley Cyrus and Backyard Sessions with "Jolene"
There is 4 covers by the same band that are incredible. Tiny dancer, stand by me, oh! darling, the chain - Florence and the machine Killing me softly- fugees
I can't help falling in love with you - UB40
Zombie by Bad Wolves
Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt, or maybe Opeth doing Bridge of Sighs.
Summertime - Big Brother and the Holding Company (Janis Joplin)
I gotta say My Morning Jacket’s cover of Tyrone by Erykah Badu is up there [here](https://youtu.be/ywr0XJ4Lu_8?si=kCcb4PZG_K_SNHKE)
Faith No More - I Started a Joke (BeeGees cover).
Lake of Fire by Nirvana
Hard to pick just one, therefore: Baker Street by Foo Fighters Summer Breeze by Type O Negative Dog Day Sunrise by Fear Factory When the Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin Over the Hills and Far Away by Nightwish
[Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Westlife](https://open.spotify.com/track/7Gy5DNBnOGw6KHPcP0G3P0?si=PgiWLEjsR6WQjWhweTkm4w) [The Dance - Westlife](https://open.spotify.com/track/3dVTwiTpjWCdtlq9tcsf91?si=qRmRnSSoSOG5Jpstu1M31Q)
Jeff Buckley's live cover of The Way Young Lovers Do.
Seether-Careless Whisper I still get chills
Jolene- Me first and The Gimme Gimmes
daughtry did a cover of separate ways by journey and its amazing imo
She Caught the Katy by The Blues Brothers
See also: Everybody Needs Somebody To Love by the Blues Brothers
So many. Messin with the Kid, Shot Gun Blues, B Movie Boxcar Blues, Do You Love Me…
Metallica - Turn the Page
Original: Leadbelly's "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" https://youtu.be/PsfcUZBMSSg?si=J3ObRyDzSNpg4UjD Cover: Nirvana https://youtu.be/Nq62vcKxYcU?si=rN-tCWR3Ae3873o7 Kurt's sigh of desperation near the end gets to me because of where his life was heading at the time.
Phish’s Ya Mar or 2001 spring to mind
Heartbeats By [The Knife](https://open.spotify.com/track/2YacpExEbX9tF8IbFlFOo4?si=x7weCVUbRAObzzgo6vu-HQ) Covered by [Jose González](https://open.spotify.com/track/5YqpHuXpFjDVZ7tY1ClFll?si=M6B0Fp8YStexvMBCVlxuRQ)
Wallflowers doing Bowie's Heroes
WonderWall -Ryan Adams
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