Best Song Covers?

[jazdoc]

"Kill The Poor" Dead Kenny G's (original Dead Kennedys)

 

[rando]

"Yesterday Princess" Yussef Dayes Trio (originally Stanley Clarke)

 

[jazdoc]

"I Fought The Law" The Clash (originally Bobby Fuller)

 

[christoph]

Yuri Honing Trio - Walking on the Moon (originally by the Police)
Phoebe Bridgers - Day after tomorrow (originally by Tom Waits)
Miles Davis - Time after time (Album - Live around the World) (originally Cyndi Lauper)

 

[Ron Resnick]

I generally dislike covers. However, I have two exceptions:

Roberta Flack’s rendition of “Bridge Over Troubled Water” on Quiet Fire

Jeff Buckley’s rendition of “Hallelujah” on Grace

 

[jazdoc]

Seu Jorge "Life on Mars" (Bowie)

 

[deardorff8x10]

Satisfaction (Stones)
Cat Power

I love the first Cat Power The Covers album, her second is also good.

 

[deardorff8x10]

Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil doing Jimi's "Wait for Tomorrow". Great playing, but the whole vibe is so unusual.

 

[jazdoc]

First Aid Kit does a number of interesting covers. This is one of their best:

 

[DasguteOhr]

Axel Rudy Pell-in the Air tonight (Phil Collins)

 

[jazdoc]

 

[the.dan]

 

[unboxed]

The Wailin' Jennys Racing With The Sun (Cover of a Chinese Man song)

 

[loki1957]

Cowboy Junkies, Sweet Jane(Lou Reed)

 

[Elliot G.]

this is fantastic

 

[loki1957]

Holly Cole. The entire Temptation album. (Tom Waits)

 

[Elliot G.]

even better maybe the best live collaboration and cover ever 8 minutes of total bliss

 

[Elliot G.]

excellent cover

 

[loki1957]

The Boss, Jersey Girl (Tom Waits again)

 

[daytona600]