I'm enjoying these. If you've got more covers you like, Beatles or otherwise, I doubt I'd be the only one who would appreciate checking them out.
Nostalgia 77 absolutly killed the White Stripes Seven Nation Army I really like listening to different versions of the same song, like more than one cover and think about what makes each one special. Sam Cook's A Change Is Gonna Come is probably one of my top ten songs of all time but I couldn't tell you if I like his or Otis Redding's version better. I definitely like the Redding arrangement more, but think Sam Cooke is pretty much one of the most amazing vocalist of all time. I guess Otis wins because his version can bring tears to my eyes. Forget the those two GIANTS and dig Baby Huey's take this glorious aspirational song to a new place with a crazy psycadelic, break down laden with personalization and wild carzy soul screams. Another of my top ten songs of all time is well represented by Les McCann What's Going On. I guess since I've got some kind of civil rights theme going for the last two songs I'll toss in Barbara Dane with the Cambers Brothers doing It Isn't Nice. I'll bet no one here is familiar with the song, which kinda takes the it being a cover kick out of it, but it's a lovely cover, way better than the original. The Barbra Dan and the Cambers Brothers album is mostly covers, all incredibly well wrought. Seu Jorge and Almaz's version of Everybody Loves the Sunshine is great. Portland Oregon's own Sexton Blake put out an amazing album of thirteen covers, all so good it's hard to choose a best one.
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Woke up this morning with great covers on my mink, already forgot at least one of em. Harry Nilsson won a best male vocal performance Grammy from his cover of Badfingers Without You. It's a sappy song and the wolves video version is a bit silly but Harry really had some pipes. Detroit Cobras can really tear the ass out of rock cover. Cover of the Shrangri-La's Eaiser to Cry. The Dirtbombs from Detroit grind out some mean covers as well. They did an admirable job of transforming Marvin Gays Got to Give it Up, don't see it on youtube but check it out on a music service of your choice. Quixotic does some great covers. Here is a good version of [Billy Stewarts],(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g14VdGTDt64) Sitting in a Park. It's a nice transformation. I would have never heard Billy Stewart if it wasn't for Quixotic. Some one else posted Xiu Xiu's Fast Car a while back, I think it's a great version of a great song. I love this think of great covers game, don't think I've shuffled through my memory this hard in months.