for me :
1) Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
2) Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
3) Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U
4) Tori Amos - Smells like Teen Spirit
5) Tricky - Black Steel
2006-10-04 01:18:29 · 32 answers · asked by dumberthangeorgebush 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
I'd forgotten about the Johnny Cash cover - definately a classic
2006-10-04 04:12:38 · update #1
Shatner's and Hayseed Dixie's versions are a good laugh - not sure they deserve to be in the same list as Buckley though.
2006-10-04 04:14:05 · update #2
I Know Nuttin, the Tori Amos cover was on her Crucify EP - available on iTunes
2006-10-04 04:18:32 · update #3
Right on... good choices. Especially Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah is one of the best covers ever.
I would also go with Johnny Cash's Hurt (orig. Nine Inch Nails).
To broaden the spectrum how about Coolio's Gansters' Paradise as a cover of Stevie Wonder's Pasttime Paradise?
2006-10-04 01:23:05 · answer #1 · answered by cannadoo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question and I agree with you on the most part.
1) Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
2) Johnny Cash - Hurt
3) Hayseed Dixie - Too many to choose from
4) Tripping Daisy - Indian poker parts 2 & 3
5) Tricky - Black Steel
2006-10-04 01:33:02 · answer #2 · answered by bearos3000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On what album did Tori do a cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit"?????? Now I really need to hear this! I am quite sure that once I hear it, it will be my favorite.
Among the other 4, I'd go with Jimi's cover of All Along the Watchtower.
2006-10-04 01:21:20 · answer #3 · answered by I Know Nuttin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, so many to choose from. Here's what I could manage:
Foo Fighters - Baker Street
Jeff Buckley - If You Knew (most beautiful song I have ever heard)
Vanessa Paradis - One (U2's song, she has a very haunting voice)
Faith No More - Easy (much better than Lionel Ritchie's in my humble opinion)
Feeder - Can't Stand Losing You (awesome cover of The Police)
2006-10-04 01:51:08 · answer #4 · answered by Baby Chaos 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
William Shatner - Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7258896287489458266
2006-10-04 01:35:05 · answer #5 · answered by destiny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not quite sure if it is the best cover version ever but check out the theme form Donnie Darko (Mad World by Gary Jules). This is a cover version of the original song by Depeche Mode. Very appropriate for the movie.
2006-10-04 01:40:40 · answer #6 · answered by Moose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best ones are when a great vocalist covers a song by great songwriters and really brings out the emotion of the lyrics, like these two:
With a little help from my friends - Joe Cocker
I can't get no satisfaction - Otis Redding
2006-10-04 02:50:29 · answer #7 · answered by 0000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Manfred Manns Earth Band - Blinded By The Light (Sprinsteen)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (NIN)
Yes - America (Paul Simon)
Elton John - Pinball Wizard (Townshend , The Who)
2006-10-04 01:28:51 · answer #8 · answered by MadManMoon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Motorhead doing Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Good
2006-10-04 01:27:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
It's not often that you'll hear someone better the Beatles.
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
2006-10-04 01:25:53 · answer #10 · answered by diggy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋