John Brim wrote and recorded the song.


Van Halen - You Really Got Me - They made the Kinks version unlistenable.

RHCP - Love Rollercoaster

Magnet - Lay Lady Lay

TPOTUSA - Kick Out The Jams

The Cult - Born To Be Wild

The Cure - Purple Haze

Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

Bangles - Winter Shade Of Pale

The White Stripes - St. James Infirmary Blues

The Raconteurs - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)

Dave Grohl -Tiny Dancer.
Saw him do it live with Jack Black... unforgettable

Thanks , I stand corrected.....I always thought it was Waits...🌫

I thought Spinal Tap's "Smell the Glove" was a memorable cover. I mean, how much more black could it be?

http://www.cigarbid.com/Forum/c/posts/656388/One-of-the-greatest-covers-of-a-song-ever 
http://www.cigarbid.com/Forum/c/posts/612986/Foo-Fighters-Cover-Have-A-Cigar-and-Johnny-Cash-Covers-Hurt 
http://www.cigarbid.com/Forum/c/posts/613384/One-of-the-Best-Covers-that-I-know-of- 
http://www.cigarbid.com/Forum/c/posts/639789/Best-song-covers-- 

There's more, but I didn't want to spend more than 30 seconds looking :)



I said it before...probably in those above threads every time someone mentions Cash...but, really??? WTF? I've gone back and tried to listen a few times after I hear how 'amazing' it is....I sooo do not get it

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to heaven.

They took the "bull" by the horn and really improved upon Spirits original...

Manfred Mann's songs make me sad. I thought Springsteen's versions of both were 100 times better. Then MMEB's got so much radio play and I'd get upset everytime one would come on.


Three Dog Night and George Thoroughgood, also

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"I'm Losing You" is one where the covers approach the original...no matter who does them. I'm a bit partial to Rare Earth's version, but Rod Stewart's is right there. Says a lot about the song, itself.

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Aretha's version of Stevie Wonder's "Until you Come Back to Me"....which isn't so much a cover as new original, since I'm not sure how familiar Aretha was with Wonder's version that wasn't exactly released.

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Or another Temptations cover: Stones "Aint too Proud to Beg"...probably eclipses the original, IMO

Johnny Winter... Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
among several others

HA!
Poor dead Randy California

The incredible shrinking Dickies - Eve of Destruction

Oh, just one moment... you know, there's a lovely, sad, Negro spiritual...

Ivy's brother used to... uh, are you all right?

Anyway, Ivy's brother used to sing this when he came in from the tobbaco fields...

Mmmm..."Mama, is master going to sell us tomorrow? Yes, yes, yes! Mama, is master going to sell us tomorrow? Yes, yes, yes! Mama... is master going to sell ME to-mor-or-or-row..."

I'm Willin'...Seatrain