What is your favorite cover?

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berner99, your "Total Eclipse of the Heart" video is fantastic.  

Considering that she co-wrote the song, I don’t know which is the original and which is the cover, but, in any case, I like Marianne Faithfull’s version of “Sister Morphine” more than that of the Rolling Stones’.

I kinda like Guns and Roses covers, such as "Live and Let Die" and "knockin on Heaven's Door."

There are some people whose voice I like a lot, but, when they cover favorite songs, it almost hurts to hear the travesty.  The ultimate one woman wrecking crew for me is Linda Ronstadt:

"Alison" (Elvis Costello)

"Carmelita" and "Hasten Down the Wind" (and a whole bunch of other Zevon songs)

"Blue Bayou" (Orbison)

One of my favorite albums of covers is "If I Were a Carpenter," which is a collection of different artists covering songs by the Carpenters.  I particularly like Redd Kross' "Yesterday Once More" and Shonen Knife's "Top of the World."

Righteous Brothers "Unchained Melody"

Roy Orbison or Nazareth: "Love Hurts" 

Willie and Paula Nelson: "Have You Ever Seen the Rain"

Nouvelle Vague: "Guns of Brixton"

Cowboy Junkies:" Thunder Road"

Klaus Nomi: "Just One Look"

Yoko Ono: "Someone Like You"

Okay the last two are sort of a joke, but you have to see the wild videos on them.

A few more:

Garcia/Grisman: "Friend of the Devil"

Ryan Adams: "Wonderwall"

Eagles: "Take it Easy"

And more of the crazy covers:

Dolly Parton: "Stairway to Heaven"

Captain Kirk: "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"

Sebastian Cabot: "It Ain't Me Babe"

Andy Griffith: "House of the Rising Sun"

And an entire album:

Easy Star All-Stars: "Dub Side of the Moon"

Plenty of great covers of Leonard Cohen songs.  Among my favorite:

Concrete Blonde: "Everybody Knows"

Jeff Buckley: "Hallelujah"

R.E.M.: "First We Take Manhattan"

How about a banjo version of Slayer's "Raining Blood":