Recently a friend who is also a keen musician asked me what the best cover of all time was. After thinking on it for several days, I have decided there is no one song. It must be a list. Sort of like #TheShitThatKilledElvis except, you know, cover songs. The cover songs that killed Elvis?
Now some of you might not agree and that's fine. You can correct me in the comments and I will talk smack on you and your bad taste later. LoLz! ^_^
Here goes, I'll name the covering band, the song and the original artist and it's kind of not in any particular order but favorites will be closer to the top of the list.
- Stevie Ray Vaughan - Superstition - Stevie Wonder
- Keane - Under Pressure - Queen and David Bowie
- Phil Lewis - Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen
- Power Station - Get It On - T. Rex
- Presidents of the United States of America - Cleveland Rocks - Ian Hunter
- Gnarls Barkley - Gone Daddy Gone - Violent Femmes
- Love Spit Love - How Soon Is Now - The Smiths
- Katy Perry - Hackensack - Fountains of Wayne
- Lifehouse - Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
- Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
- Gary Jules - Mad World - Tears for Fears
- Cake - I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
- Blues Brothers - Soul Man - Sam & Dave
- Fountains of Wayne - Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
- Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
I realize there are TONS more super great covers but these are the ones I actually know and ones where I feel like the artist covering the tune gives it a deliciously different flavor from the original.
*Buffie reserves the right to add to this list whenever she wants and without prior notice or crap like that.
