Re: More good cover songs
 

I suppose it was mentioned before but the best cover of all time is Jimi Hendrix' All Along the Watchtower.

Tori Amos does hella good covers IMHO. 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' is a masterpiece the way she does it.

Re: More good cover songs
 

John Hiatt has had some good covers made of his tunes:
Buddy Guy-Feels Like Rain
Jeff Healey-Confidence Man, Angel Eyes
Bonnie Raitt-Thing Called Love
There's also a cover of a Hiatt tune called "Riding With The King," by Clapton and BB King, but I like Hiatt's better. The Clapton/King version's lyrics are changed to make it sound like they are talking about BB, but the song was originally about Elvis.

Bonnie Raitt also has a good cover of John Prine's Angel From Montgomery.

A3 (Alabama 3) has a good cover of Prine's "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" on their first record.

ZZ Top's I Thank You, originally by Sam And Dave, is a pretty good one. Not quite as good as the old Stax stuff.

Johnny Winter had a great version of "Stray Cat Blues" by the Stones.

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Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust
The Sundays - Wild Horses
William Shatner - It Was A Very Good Year

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I like their cover of Easy Like Sunday Morning.

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Yeah Hiatt is an excellent songwriter and the list you put forth could be extended extensively. He's a genius and fun to see live as well.

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Matter of fact, here's a list of Hiatt covers, both covers he's done of other people's stuff and his stuff that's been covered; I forgot he wrote, "Where Is The Next One Coming From?", which is on Buddy Guy's "Damn Right I Got The Blues" album and is a great tune.

I have a bootleg tape which has Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne doing "Across The Borderline", another great tune.

http://jdv.webhostingpal.com/html/covers.htm

hendrix owns cover songs...
 

all his covers better than the originals.

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FYC doing Suspicious Minds is one of my favorites, also Johnny Cash's version of Rusty Cage is pretty good.

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How about a fun one?!

Stretch Arm Strong- Let's Get This Party Started (Pink).

It's fun.

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Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" mixed with cover of Smiths' "I Know It's Over."

GNR - "Live and Let Die"

Metallica - "Turn the Page"

Melissa Etheridge - "Breathe"...cover of Greenwheel

Indigo Girls - "Tangled Up in Blue"