Anonymous wrote:Indigo girls covers of bob Dylan, particularly tangled up in blue.

Finding Bob Dylan covers that improve upon the original is like shooting fish in a barrel IMO. His songs are legendary but I hate his voice. Sheryl Crow’s version of Mississippi is amazing and the Chicks do a great live version of that. Tracy Chapman’s Times They Are a-Changin’ is great. Johnny Cash and June Carter on It Ain’t Me Babe, fun AF. G&R’s Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, legendary. And of course Hendrix’s iconic All Along the Watchtower.

What’s the best Spotify covers channel? I can’t seem to find one that I like

Blinded by the Light

^Adding all of these to my playlist
Gang of youths’ Cover is powerful

Anonymous wrote:What a fun trip down memory lane! Two where the covers are mich more famous than the original:

Respect — originally an Otis Redding song but the original doesn’t hold a candle to Aretha Franklin’s version

Girls Just Want to Have Fun — I don’t know who originally sang it, but it was a guy

You’re right. It was a singer/songwriter named Robert Hazard. Though I’m not sure I would call Cyndi Pauper’s version a “cover” since Hazard never actually released it. Just to try to find a copy you can buy! From what I can tell, all that’s out there is a rough demo. Anyway, thanks for bringing it up because I didn’t know any of this a week ago!

Sound of Silence -- Disturbed

(watch them do this live on Conan -- it's unbelievable)

Anonymous wrote:Alien Ant Farm cover of MJ’s Smooth Criminal

+1!

Depeche Mode’s cover of “Dirt” by The Stooges

Alien Ant Farm cover of MJ’s Smooth Criminal

Indigo girls covers of bob Dylan, particularly tangled up in blue.

Rusty Cage Soundgarden cover by Johnny Cash

To Love Somebody- Ray Lamontagne and Damien Rice

What a fun trip down memory lane! Two where the covers are mich more famous than the original:

Respect — originally an Otis Redding song but the original doesn’t hold a candle to Aretha Franklin’s version

Girls Just Want to Have Fun — I don’t know who originally sang it, but it was a guy

Chrches cover of the 1975’s Somebody Else is breathtaking:



Also the Gang of Youths cover of “Why does it always rain on me?” is also ace:



In fact, the Australian radio station Triple J “Like a Version” series has lots of fantastic covers.

Annie Lennox has done amazing covers, across the genres.

Love how she's all the band members in this video:

Anonymous wrote:Some of these might have been posted already:

Cowboy Junkies - "Sweet Jane" (original Velvet Underground)
Janis Joplin - "Me and Bobby McGee" (original Kris Kristofferson)
Nanci Griffith and Arlo Guthrie - "Tecumseh Valley" (original Townes Van Zandt)

I didn't realize that was a cover!