Best Cover Songs of All Time

[Sacrosanct]

Best?

Hurt, Johnny Cash
Sounds of Silence, Disturbed
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, The Nylons
Ship Song, Puddles Pity Party (I actually like A LOT of his covers, especially Losing my Religion after Ship Song)
All Along the Watchtower, Jimi Hendrix
Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Whisky in a Jar, Metallica

 

[Ulfgeir]

Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

That is a gorgeous song.

 

[Ryujin]

 

[Smackpixi]

Ship Song, Puddles Pity Party (I actually like A LOT of his covers, especially Losing my Religion after Ship Song)

5 seconds in I was thinking you were punking me, 30 seconds later I was omg most awesome thing I’ve heard today…but wtf with the clown suit

 

[Ulfgeir]

5 seconds in I was thinking you were punking me, 30 seconds later I was omg most awesome thing I’ve heard today…but wtf with the clown suit

Take a look at his cover of Sia's song Chandelier with Postmodern Jukebox.

 

[Ulfgeir]

Here's another really good cover:

They strip out the excessive Disco-part and make it rock.

 

[Ryujin]

Pretty much anything by Puddles Pity Party is stellar.

 

[Richards]

"Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia, which many people don't realize is a cover.

Johnathan

 

[Gradine]

Pretty much anything by Puddles Pity Party is stellar.

Puddles is probably my least favorite PMJ collaborator, personally. I know a lot of people love him though. Haley Reinhardt tends to sing some of my favorite PMJ covers.

The canonical answer to this question though is Johnny Cash's "Hurt". Or maybe Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower".

It's hard to do wrong with Bob Dylan covers though. Songs written by Bob Dylan and not sung by Bob Dylan? Yes please

 

[jdrakeh]

Joe Cocker's cover of The Beatles' With a Little Help From My Friends. Sepultura's cover of New Model Army's The Hunt.