I've collected hundreds of cover songs over the years. I'm probably leaving a few favorites out, but off the top of my head, here is my top 20.
1.Gin and Juice-The Gourds (Snoop Dog)..a country version of Snoop's rap song. A hoot!
2.Diamonds are a girl's best friend-T-Bone Burnett (Marylin Monroe) He did this back in the 80's before he became a Grammy winning producer.
3.Snowblind Friend-Steppenwolf (Hoyt Axton) Yep, this isn't a mistake. The Pusher was also a Hoyt Axton song. Goddam!
4.Oops! I did it again-Richard Thompson (Brittany Spears) Much better than you think.
5.Heartbreaker-Dread Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin) Great!
6.Rusty Cage-Johnny Cash (Soundgarden) Cash sings metal. You need to hear this one...Killer!
7.War Pigs-Hayseed Dixie (Black Sabbath) An alternative country version of Pigs!
8.Hallelujah-Jeff Buckley
9.Time won't let me-The Smithereens (The Outsiders)
10.Cheap Thrills-The Persuasions (Frank Zappa)
11.Suspicious Minds-Fine Young Cannibals (Elvis Presley)
12.Rubber Biscuit-The Blues Brothers (The Chips)
13.The Beat Generation-Beat Farmers (Rod McKuen) This band also does a great version of Neil Young's Powderfinger.
14.Femme Fatale-Greg Kihn (Velvet Undeground)
15.Jailbait-George Thorogood (Andre Williams)
16.Red Red Wine-UB40 (Neil Diamond)
17.Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day-The Bottle Rockets (Sir Douglas Quintet) Most of you young ones won't remember this one. Great song!
18.Baby It's You-Smith (The Shirells) An old cover of an even older group.
19.My mind is ramblin'-The Black Keys (Junior Kimbrough) The best thing this band has ever done.
20.It's my life-No Doubt (Talk Talk) I'm not really crazy about No Doubt. But this is really a good song from the 80's. So I commend them for their good taste.