I'm talking all time. Any song first performed by another artist successfully. I personally lean towards Dave Matthews cover of the Bob Dylan/ Jimi Hendrix song "All Along the Watchtower". There are many great ones though so throw some out there. I'll then put it to a vote.
2007-09-19 22:16:36 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
Jonny Cash's version of Hurt by Nine Inch Nails is good - not as good as the original but stills gives me goosebumps.
2007-09-19 22:23:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I can think of several :~
All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix {orig. Bob Dylan}
Gold Dust Woman - Sister Hazel {orig. Fleetwood Mac}
In A Broken Dream - Thunder {orig. Python Lee Jackson}
Word Up - Gun {orig. Cameo}
Nowhere Fast - Fire Inc {orig. Meat Loaf}
{the two versions of this song were both released at the same time. Jim Steinman wrote different verses for one}
Crystal - Stevie Nicks {orig. Fleetwood Mac}
Not A Second Time - Robert Palmer {orig. The Beatles}
You Really Got Me - Robert Palmer {orig. The Kinks}
For all of these songs {except the first one}, I love the original just as much - if not more! - than the cover.
2007-09-20 00:05:37 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Silver Rose * Wolf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Johnny Cash's cover of Dylan's It Ain't Me Babe
Any cover by Michael Bolton
Limp Bizkit's cover of The Who's Behind Blue Eyes
Elvis' cover of Big Mama Thornton's Hound Dog
Sheryl Crow's cover of Cat Stevens' The First Cut Is The Deepest (i once saw this one in the list of the best 10 covers of all time)
2007-09-20 01:32:21 · answer #3 · answered by Cat Stevens 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stevie Ray Vaughan's cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing"
his extention of the ending jam is awesome.
2007-09-20 08:06:24 · answer #4 · answered by willjamz1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knocking On Heaven's Door first done by Bob Dylan Later Done by Guns N Roses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhCM88LhoW0
2007-09-20 02:23:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer's cover version of Aaron Copland's 'Fanfare For The Common Man.'
2007-09-20 06:40:23 · answer #6 · answered by WMD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
California Sun- Covered by the Ramones (probably not the best cover of all time, but a good one)
i don't know who did the original, but it's not too bad either
2007-09-21 06:32:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best I've heard in a long time is Desperado (The Eagles) performed by Me First & The Gimme Gimmes
2007-09-20 01:52:21 · answer #8 · answered by phatzwave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not the best of all time, but I always like to give The Vandals recognition for their cover of Don't Stop Me Now by Queen. They did an excellent job.
2007-09-20 03:32:17 · answer #9 · answered by Master C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elton John's cover of the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
2007-09-19 23:26:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋