Ocean Blue - "There is A Light that Never Goes Out"

The Clash--Armagideon Time
The Clash--Pressure Drop
The Clash--Police and Thieves

aw heck...The Clash really knew how to do cover songs.

I was also very impressed with Simple Minds' recent CD of all cover songs--their versions of Hello I Love You, and All Tomorrow's Parties were particularly great, IMO, as was their cover of The Man Who Sold the World.

Worst? I might vote for Annie Lenox's version of the Clash's Train in Vain----ughhhh! No, that's not the worst----I just remembered Tori Amos' version of Smells Like Teen Spirit.....yipes.

A couple more I love:

Hole--Gold Dust Woman
Metallica--Whiskey in the Jar
Pretenders--Every Day is like Sunday
Siouxsie and the Banshees---The Passenger

Ray Charles: "Eleanor Rigby."

Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughan
his 2,016 different versions of Voodoo Chile slam also


/ modiman.

Good call! I wish they would make a studio recording of that song

Van Halen - Ice Cream Man

It is my sincere hope that you will one day get your wish.

a few:

Faith No More: War Pigs (Black Sabbath)
Iced Earth: Highway to Hell (AC/DC)
Dream Theater: Perfect Strangers (Deep Purple)
King's X: Manic Depression (Jimi Hendrix)
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Little Wing, Voodoo Chile..Slight Return (Jimi Hendrix)

Best Cover Of All Time

Do yourself a favor and track this one down.

Tool - No Quarter (Zeppelin cover)
Tool - You Lied (Peach Cover)
Metallica - Astronomy (Blue Oyster Cult I THINK, I can't remember)
Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide (Stevie Nicks Cover)

Doors - Who Do You Love (george thorogood)
Iron Maiden - Cross-Eyed Mary (jethro tull)
dada - California Dreaming (mamas & papas)

Blur - Maggie May
suede - brass in pocket

U2 - "Dancing Barefoot" (Patti Smith cover)
Dinosaur Jr. - "Just Like Heaven" (Cure cover)
Gary Jules and Michael Andrews - "Mad World" (the theme to "Donnie Darko") (Tears for Fears cover)
R.E.M. - "One" (U2 cover)
Thom Yorke (of Radiohead) - "Be Mine" (R.E.M. cover)
7 Seconds - "99 LuftBalloons" (Nena cover)
Phish - "Loving Cup" (Rolling Stones cover)
Sinead O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Prince cover)
Ryan Adams (and the Pinkhearts) - "Brown Sugar" (Rolling Stones cover)
Me First and the Gimme-Gimmes - "Rainbow Connection" (Kermit the Frong cover)

Agreed

nine inch nails- get down make love
depeche mode- route 66
the the- my heart would know

Sound Garden - Come Together (Beatles) (although I love both versions)
Down By Law - 500 Miles (The Proclaimers)

I just got Elvis Costello's version of "Brilliant Disguise" (Bruce Springsteen) and I'm really digging it. He puts a nice country spin on it.

Phish - Gin and Juice

van halen "pretty woman"
aaf "smooth criminal"
Metallica "turn the page"

Also, "Gin & Juice" by the Gourds...it's not Phish, people!

Can you tell me what cd this is on? I love the Ocean Blue and would love to hear it.

And my vote for a great cover goes to:

Echo and the Bunnymen--Paint It Black (Rolling Stones)

I Think I Love You - Less Than Jake (Partridge Family)
Take On Me - Reel Big Fish (A-ha)
Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Leadbelly)
Dynamite Hack - Boyz in da Hood (Eazy-E)
Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies - Country Roads (John Denver)
English Beat - Tears Of A Clown (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles)
Bigod 20 - Like A Prayer (Madonna)
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Love Rollercoaster (Ohio Players)
Faith No More - Easy (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
The Goops - Build Me Up, Buttercup (The Foundations)
Along Comes Mary - Bloodhound Gang (The Association)

The original was by The Commodores.

Foo Fighters - Baker Street
Pearl Jam - Fu**ing Up

Has anyone heard Radiohead's version of Caly Simon's "Nobody Does it Better"? Absolutely brilliant, IMO.