Top 5 Cover Songs (of all time)

Originally posted by P.J.:
Cortez the Killer - Built to Spill
ooh, good pick

i also really like the pixies' cover of "head on", but it doesn't change much from the original, just lops a couple of minutes off it
Money-Flying Lizards…Hurdy Gurdy Man-Butthole Surfers…Louie Louie-Iggy(Metallic KO version)…Guided by Voices-Baba O'Riley and whoever did the fuzz version of Mandy(Dinosaur jr? maybe),had it on a mix once upon a time. Brought a smile to my face everytime.
Dinosaur jr - Just Like Heaven
Snuff - Wanna Be
Twilight Singers - Hyperballad
Voivod - Astronomy Domine
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World
I checked my most recently created palylists for covers and came up with these….

"Sweet Jane" - Cowboy Junkies
"Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" / "In The Pines" - Nirvana
"Hallelujah" - Jeff Buckley
"Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon" - Urge Overkill
"Comfortably Numb" - Scissor Sisters
Going to go with Bede. Sonic Youth do an awesome version of Superstar.
How about the Ciccone Youth version of Madonna's "Burnin' Up"?

Originally posted by econo:
Going to go with Bede. Sonic Youth do an awesome version of Superstar.
Eight Miles High - Husker Du
Get Down Tonight, by Shriekback (KC & the Sunshine Band)
Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Eight Miles High - Husker Du
Roger McQuinn and Crowded House did a good verion of EMH on a recent Uncut sampler.What a GREAT song!
Ain't Too Proud To Beg - Rolling Stones
Hot for Teacher - Ween - too bad they haven't ever put this on an album.
Originally posted by callat703:
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
First dance at my wedding.
does mermaid ave. count?

johnny cash- thirteen (hurt is good, but this is scarier)
black crowes- hard to handle
jeff buckley- hallelujah/ I know it's over
devo- satisfaction
jimi hendrix- like a rolling stone

oh yeah, and the worst is sonic youth doing 'touch me I'm sick.'just terrible.
Stranglers "Walk On By"
Aztec Camera "Jump" (full version with guitar solo)
Minutemen "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love"
Franco Saint de Bakker "No One Knows"
Naked City "James Bond Theme"
Ground-Zero "Those Were The Days" and "A Better Tomorrow + I Say A Little Prayer (Roland Kirk version)"
Mission of Burma "1970"
Saints "Kissin' Cousins"
Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin "I'm In A Different World"
Residents "Satisfaction" (yeah, Devo, too)
Moog Cookbook "Buddy Holly" and "Hotel California"
Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
How about the Ciccone Youth version of Madonna's "Burnin' Up"?
While that is on the Ciccone Youth album, it's Watt that sings it. Nice call though. If you've heard that, then I'm sure you've heard them do "Get Into The Groove." I've also got a sweet version of SY covering Ca Plane Pour Moi.
Butthole Surfers "Sweet Leaf/Sweat Loaf"
Dust Devils "Hip Priest" (by the Fall)
Spacemen 3 "When Tomorrow Hits"
Killdozer "Sweet Home Alabama"
Happy Mondays "Step On"
Thin White Rope â?¢ Some Velvet Morning
A few more…

Anti-Nowhere League - Streets of London
Ramones - Needles and Pins
Breeders - Happiness is a Warm Gun
Replacements - Black Diamond
7 Seconds - 99 Red Balloons
Any Detroit Cobras song
atreyu - you give love a bad name
throwdown - baby got back
goldfinger - 99 red ballons
cartman - sailing away?
esoteric - smashing pumpkins song…
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmerelda
Good call shadrach
Powderfinger, by The Beat Farmers (Neil Young & Crazy Horse)