Siouxsie's cover of "The Passenger" -- although I can't really tell whether it's better, or just tied too deeply to too many bone-deep memories for the original, which I first heard many years after the cover, to gain any purchase.

And the Indigo Girls' cover of "Uncle John's Band."

Siouxsie's cover of "The Passenger" -- although I can't really tell whether it's better, or just tied too deeply to too many bone-deep memories for the original, which I first heard many years after the cover, to gain any purchase.

I heard Iggy's original version first. I love both versions muchly and equally.

And the Indigo Girls' cover of "Uncle John's Band."

Oh, that's a lovely one! Their voices are so perfect for it.

On that same album is Dr. John's cover of "Deal" which I also love like cake.

And the Indigo Girls' cover of "Uncle John's Band."

Oh, I love this one! I also love their cover of "Romeo and Juliet", but I am not sure I could say it is better than Dire Straits.

I also love their cover of "Romeo and Juliet", but I am not sure I could say it is better than Dire Straits.

I don't think I've ever heard their cover. And now I'm sitting at my desk misting up and getting weepy just thinking about the original. That right there is a song, I tell you what.

Pointer Sisters cover of Springsteen's Fire.

Issac Hayes doing "Lay Lady Lay"

I have a liking for the Corr's cover of "Dreams". At a different speed, Spiderbait's "Black Betty".

And at a very different speed, D.A.A.S. doing "Stairway To Heaven" with barry Crocker, and Rolf Harris covering "I Touch Myself".

Oh! Oh! Isaac Hayes doing "Walk On By."

The originals are awesome, but Camper Van Beethoven's versions of "Interstellar Overdrive" and "Pictures of Matchstick Men" are definitive.