The originals are awesome, but Camper Van Beethoven's versions of "Interstellar Overdrive" and "Pictures of Matchstick Men" are definitive.
And I myself will be wearing pink taffeta as chenille would not go with my complexion.
Giles ,'Touched'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Hayden - Aug 20, 2010 3:22:25 pm PDT #3391 of 6436
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Mala - Aug 20, 2010 3:25:04 pm PDT #3392 of 6436
Eric Clapton's acoustic version of Layla is amazing (does that count?).
I adore the Drive-By-Truckers' version of Like a Rolling Stone, a song I didn't like in the original.
Judy Collins's cover of Masters of War.
Amy - Aug 20, 2010 3:26:30 pm PDT #3393 of 6436
Because books.
I'll always prefer CSNY's cover of "Woodstock" to Joni's, which is saying a lot for me.
Dana - Aug 20, 2010 3:29:17 pm PDT #3394 of 6436
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'll always prefer CSNY's cover of "Woodstock" to Joni's
gasp! No!
quester - Aug 20, 2010 3:38:55 pm PDT #3395 of 6436
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Me, too, Amy!
Amy - Aug 20, 2010 3:49:53 pm PDT #3396 of 6436
Because books.
gasp! No!
I know! It shocks me, too. I love the song, love that she wrote, but it's one that I would rather hear them sing than her.
Laga - Aug 21, 2010 5:03:52 pm PDT #3397 of 6436
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
The Jane's Addiction cover of the Dead's "Ripple" is one of my favorite things ever.
ITA
I'd like to submit "99 Red Balloons" as covered by 7 Seconds
Laga - Aug 21, 2010 5:04:18 pm PDT #3398 of 6436
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
ooh and Miles Davis doing "Time after Time" by Cyndi Lauper.
tommyrot - Aug 23, 2010 8:39:32 am PDT #3399 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Speaking of bad covers... The Cure's cover of "Foxy Lady" is pretty awful....
Spidra Webster - Aug 23, 2010 9:53:26 am PDT #3400 of 6436
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
I like the Brothers Johnson's version of "Strawberry Letter #23" better than I like Shuggie Otis'.