Best Cover Song/Worst Cover Song

[Pocketducks]

I actually like cover songs because it's cool to hear what other artists would do with a song.

Favorite as of now: TIE between David Gray covering Smile Like You Mean It by The Killers and Gary Jules covering Mad World by Tears for Fears (Donnie Darko Soundtrack)

Heard it the other day on one of the Sirius Stations and it was an amazing acoustic rendition of it. Highly recommend it. (The David Gray cover I mean)

Worst: Yellowcard covering Don't You Forget About Me by Simple Minds. Just terrible.

[prohornblower]

Worst: Come with Me. Puff Daddy/Jimmy Page.

Only because it was so much worse than the original. It was still an OK song, though.

[TiK]

Best: Hmmm...I'm gonna have to think about this one.

Worst: Madonna's rendition of American Pie

[Colonel Kataffy]

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Best: Johnny Cash's Hurt

[bisonbison]

The eternal best is always Hendrix 'All Along the Watchtower'

[The DaveR]

Best: William Shatner, Rocket Man
Worse: William Shatner, Rocket Man

[TiK]

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Agreed. 'Hey Joe' is pretty good too.

[callmedonnie]

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That probably has to be a universal truth. There are so many. One I know longer have but need to download is Beck's cover of Diamond Dogs.

[blinden84]

Worst: Madonna's rendition of American Pie

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Did Sheryl Crow(e) do that butchign of Sweet Child 'o mine that I vaguely remember puking over one afternoon?

[A S U]

Best. Aretha...Respect

Worst. that Jimmy B guy or whatever his name covering More Than Words by Extreme