Song Covers you like

[PWRL]

The Jesus And Mary Chain did a great version of Vegetable Man by Syd Barrett.
I like Ministry's version of Space Truckin' by Deep Purple.
They're Coming To Take Me Away, the Lard version...
Good Vibrations, by Fleshhouse, from the Shut Up Kitty comp.
In a twist, I like Gram Parsons' various covers he did with different people in his too-short time. The version of Dark End Of The Street he did with the Flying Burrito Brothers really does it for me, as does Linda Ronstadt's version.
And of course, Not Fade Away, done by The Grateful Dead.

[Curmei]

I always liked Voivod's cover of Astronomy Domine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-jIj6w5Wr8&sns=em

[Richland123]

Three Dog Night were the masters at having huge hit songs with cover versions. Here are some of them.

Try a Little Tenderness - the Ray Noble Orchestra with vocals by Val Rosing
Your Song - Elton John
One - Harry Nilsson
Heaven Is in Your Mind - Traffic
Feelin' Alright- Traffic
It's for You - Cilla Black and written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Chest Fever - The Band
Eli's Coming - Laura Nyro
Easy to Be Hard - the cast of Hair
Mama Told Me (Not to Come) - Eric Burdon and written by Randy Newman
Out in the Country - Paul Williams
One Man Band - Leo Sayer
Joy to the World - Hoyt Axton
Liar - Argent
An Old Fashioned Love Song - Paul Williams
Never Been to Spain - Hoyt Axton
The Family of Man - Paul Williams
Black & White - Earl Robinson
Pieces of April - David Loggins
Shambala - Daniel Moore
Let Me Serenade You - John Finley
The Show Must Go On - Leo Sayer
Sure As I'm Sittin' Here - John Haitt
Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues) - Allen Toussaint

[tycobb73]

Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Fallon, Sexy and I Know It.

[Funky Ghost]

The Corrs cover of Everybody Hurts is amazing.

The Meters cover of Down by the River is sick as is the Indigo Girls version of the same song.

Nickle Creeks cover of Out of the Woods is fantastic.

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones cover of Detroit Rock City is pure gold.

[wilberthenry]

Gov't Mule do a ton of great covers live, but my favorite lately is Keller and the Keels covering Uncle Disney by Drive by Truckers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWi7ZoATBJ0

[benevan]

Covers pretty much in name only - musically very different

The Cure - Purple Haze
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7_A5fgeP6U

Nevermore - Sound of Silence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uG7sd-YPmE

[CrewsControl]

Nouvelle Vague does bossa nova covers of 80's new wave hits, with wonderful female vocals (by performers who had not heard the songs before). The name is a play on words. In French it means "new wave" but in Portuguese it means "bossa nova" or "new trend."

In A Manner of Speaking - Nouvelle Vague

Heart of Glass - Nouvelle Vague

[Emilym80]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8AWFf7EAc4&ob=av2e
Done to death, I know. It's probably one of the most covered songs ever. Still...

[JumboJack]

Satifaction....Devo
Got The Time....Antrax
Radar Love....White Lion
Date Rape....Fishbone
Whiskey In The Jar...Metallica
I Am The Walrus...Oingo Boingo
99 Red Baloons..Goldfinger
Green Manalishi...Judas Priest

[sadasar]

Dynamite hack boys in the hood.

[Richland123]

Ram Jam's cover of Black Betty is the best version of that song in my opinion

George Harrison's cover of Got My Mind Set On You (#1 in January 1988) was a bigger hit than the original done by James Ray (#22 in 1962)

George Harrison

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_niy2ZM5Jo

James Ray

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJdCmtWJsCg

[Unprofessional]

Black Diamond - The Replacements (KISS)

+1 on Satisfaction covered by DEVO. I love that screwy version.

[CrewsControl]

Originally Posted by Richland123

Ram Jam's cover of Black Betty is the best version of that song in my opinion

Perhaps, but its not as guilty a pleasure as...

Black Betty - Tom Jones

Burning Down the House - The Cardigans & Tom Jones

Sixteen Tons - Tom Jones

[jasonplaysbass]

Originally Posted by Unprofessional

Time Won't Let Me - The Smithereens (The Outsiders - 1966)

+1

Check out The Smithereens full-album covers of "Meet The Beatles" and 'Tommy". Both are spectacular.

[TomA1234]

My favorite cover is Feeling good by Muse, they really made it their own.

[fmoore200]

Darling Nikki - foo fighters (prince)
Hoochie Coochie Man - Jimi Hendrix (Willie Dixon)
Crossroads - cream (Robert Johnson)
Any standard by thelonious monk

[Bert Slide]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ByBDHwsirc

NOFX version of Minor Threat's "Straight Edge" Talk about total rewrite!

[giorob815]

Boyz in tha Hood

Sexy and I Know It

[pokol]

Wow so many songs to listen to. Still going through them...