Best cover songs?


What, in your opinion are the best cover songs ever recorded?

My top picks, in no particular order:

Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen)
Dar Williams' "Comfortably Numb" (Pink FLoyd)
Matt Nathanson's "Romeo and Juliet" (Dire Straits)
R.E.M.'s "Dream" (Everly Brothers)
Jimi Hendrix' "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan)
Johnny Cash's "Hurt" (Nine Inch Nails)
The Beatles' "Twist and Shout" (Top Notes)
The Cowboy Junkies' "Sweet Jane" (Lou Reed)
The Sundays' "Wild Horses" (Rolling Stones)
Mindy Smith's "Jolene" (Dolly Parton)
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Showing 4 responses by jaybo

manfred mann's earth band-s.o.s.(abba)......the beatles-twist and shout(isley bros)......brian ferry-it's my party(leslie gore).....cream-crossroads(robert johnson).
yes-'experience prefered, but not necc'(richie havens),,,,when they burst into 'the theme from 'the big country' its surreal
manfred mann(2)-the mighty quinn(bob dylan..the byrds-mr tambourine man(dylan)...the greg kihn band-the man who shot liberty valance(gene pitney)....the rationals-respect(otis redding, and yes it even trumps Aretha).....mc5-back in the usa(chuck berry)
savage grace-all along the watchtower...dave mason-all along the watchtower...not as good as hendrix, but worthy