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[hippie_chick]

The New York Post's 100 Greatest Covers

Here is the NY POST list of greatest cover songs. Interesting list though there are some omissions. I won't get into that right now though.

I put together a playlist as well if you want to listen, it's here.

Playlist is missing about eight songs I think... sorry, couldn't locate them. I'll add them should I find them.



1. "Stairway to Heaven," Dolly Parton (Led Zeppelin)

2. "Baby Got Back," Jonathan Coulton (Sir Mix-A-Lot)

3. "Hazy Shade of Winter," the Bangles (Simon and Garfunkel)

4. "Nothing Compares 2 U," Sinead O'Connor (Prince)

5. "Showroom Dummies," Senor Coconut & His Orchestra (Kraftwerk)

6. "Smooth Criminal," Alien Ant Farm (Michael Jackson)

7. "Personal Jesus," Johnny Cash (Depeche Mode)

8. "Against All Odds," the Postal Service (Phil Collins)

9. "Easy (Like Sunday Morning)," Faith No More (the Commodores)

10. "Tainted Love," Soft Cell (Gloria Jones)

11. "Tainted Love," Marilyn Manson (Gloria Jones)

Two versions of "Tainted Love"? Soft Cell rules this song, sorry. I do like MM's version but Soft Cell? Was my jam.

12. "Under Pressure," My Chemical Romance and the Used (Queen and David Bowie)

13. "Mah Na Mah Na," Cake (Piero Umiliani)

14. "Wicked Game," H.I.M. (Chris Isaak)

15. "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want," Muse (the Smiths)

16. "Blue Monday," Orgy (New Order)

17. "Satisfaction," Devo (the Rolling Stones)

18. "I Want Candy," Good Charlotte (the Strangeloves)

19. "How Soon Is Now," Love Spit Love (the Smiths)

20. "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Paul Anka (Nirvana)

Huh? I had NO idea Anka covered this... OMG I FOUND IT! LOL!

21. "Walk," Avenged Sevenfold (Pantera)

22. "Let Down," Radiodread (Radiohead)

23. "Crazy Train," Bullet for My Valentine (Ozzy Osbourne)

24. "All Along the Watchtower," Jimi Hendrix (Bob Dylan)

25. "Helpless," k.d. lang (Neil Young)

26. "Louie Louie," the Kingsmen (Richard Berry)

27. "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)," The Doors (Weill/Brecht)

28. "Wonderwall," Ryan Adams (Oasis)

29. "Take Me to the River," Talking Heads (Al Green)

30. "Walk This Way," Run DMC (Aerosmith)

31. "Me and Bobby McGee," Janis Joplin (Kris Kristofferson)

32. "Gloria," Patti Smith (Van Morrison's Them)

33. "I Fought the Law," the Clash (Bobby Fuller Four)

34. "Star-Spangled Banner," Jimi Hendrix (Francis Scott Key)

35. "Only Love Can Break Your Heart," Saint Etienne (Neil Young)

36. "Bring Tha Noize," Anthrax (Public Enemy)

37. "Satisfaction," Cat Power (Rolling Stones)

38. "You're No Good," Linda Ronstadt (Betty Everett)

39. "Another Brick in the Wall Parts 1, 2, 3," Korn (Pink Floyd)

40. "Hallelujah," Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen)

41. "My Way," Sid Vicious (Frank Sinatra)

42. "Always on My Mind," Pet Shop Boys (Brenda Lee)

43. "Oh, Pretty Woman," Van Halen (Roy Orbison)

44. ". . . Baby One More Time," Travis (Britney Spears)

45. "Boys of Summer," the Ataris (Don Henley)

46. "Eight Miles High," Roxy Music (the Byrds)

47. "Superstar," Sonic Youth (the Carpenters)

48. "John the Revelator," Depeche Mode (spiritual)

49. "My Favorite Things," John Coltrane (Mary Martin)

50. "If You Leave," Nada Surf (OMD)

51. "Everybody's Talking," Harry Nilsson (Fred Neil)

52. "Respect," Aretha Franklin (Otis Redding)

53. "Crazy Mary," Pearl Jam (Victoria Williams)

54. "Working Class Hero," Green Day (John Lennon)

55. "Comfortably Numb," Scissor Sisters (Pink Floyd)

56. "Jolene," the White Stripes (Dolly Parton)

57. "Darling Nikki," Foo Fighters (Prince)

58. "Spider-Man," the Ramones (for 1967 TV cartoon series)

59. "I Will Always Love You," Whitney Houston (Dolly Parton)

60. "It Was A Very Good Year," William Shatner (Frank Sinatra)

61. "Sweet Child O' Mine," Luna (Guns N' Roses)

Thank GOD they didn't pick Sheryl Crow's cover. This is the better one definitely.

62. "Landslide," Dixie Chicks (Fleetwood Mac)

63. "King of the Road," R.E.M. (Roger Miller)

64. "Nobody Does It Better," Radiohead (Carly Simon)

65. "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding," Elvis Costello and the Attractions (Nick Lowe)

66. "Stop Your Sobbing," the Pretenders (the Kinks)

67. "I Shall Be Released," The Band (Bob Dylan)

68 . "Chelsea Hotel," Lloyd Cole (Leonard Cohen)

69. "Proud Mary," Ike and Tina Turner (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

70. "Just," Mark Ronson with Alex Greenwald (Radiohead)

71. "Jimmy Loves MaryAnn," Josie Cotton (Looking Glass)

72. "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," Elton John (The Beatles)

73. "Venus," Bananarama (Shocking Blue)

74. "Jackie Blue," Smashing Pumpkins (Ozark Mountain Daredevils)

75. "Love Hurts," Nazareth (the Everly Brothers)

76. "Blinded by the Light," Manfred Mann's Earth Band (Bruce Springsteen)

77. "Baker Street," Foo Fighters (Gerry Rafferty)

78 "Ain't That a Shame," Cheap Trick (Fats Domino)

79. "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," Isaac Hayes (Glen Campbell)

80. "Dear Prudence," Siouxsie and the Banshees (The Beatles).

81. "Twist and Shout," The Beatles (the Isley Brothers)

82. "Helter Skelter," U2 (The Beatles)

83. "Imagine," A Perfect Circle (John Lennon)

84. "Eleanor Rigby," Thrice (The Beatles)

85 "Live and Let Die," Guns N' Roses (Wings)

86. "With a Little Help From My Friends," Joe Cocker (The Beatles)

87. "Hurt," Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails)

88. "Enjoy the Silence," Lacuna Coil (Depeche Mode)

89. "I Will Survive" Cake (Gloria Gaynor)

90. "Rock el Casbah," Rachid Taha (the Clash)

91. "Sex (I'm A)," Peaches (Berlin)

92. "Caldonia," Mos Def (Cab Calloway)

93. "Wasted," Camper Van Beethoven (Black Flag)

94. "Low Rider," Drunken Boat (War)

95. "Turn, Turn, Turn," the Byrds (Pete Seeger)

96. "Don't Give Up," Willie Nelson & Sinead O'Connor (Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush)

97. "Glamorous Life," the Fever (Sheila E.)

98. "Stairway to Heaven," Rodrigo y Gabriela (Led Zeppelin)

99. "Since U Been Gone," Ted Leo (Kelly Clarkson)

100. "Star Wars" theme, Bill Murray (John Williams)

Comments

[elfslut.livejournal.com]

So many of those are horrid...most of them are Beatles covers...

[mrwhipee.livejournal.com]

I kind of surprised to see All Along the Watchtower so low on the list. I think that's one of the best cover versions of all time. Well, pretty much any song Hendrix covered. He took them and made them his own.

They also forgot Black Magic Woman. Santana took that song and made it his own, like Hendrix did.

[hippie-chick.livejournal.com]

I don't think this list is ranked though, just a conglomerate of covers. A lot of it I'll say looks like they just put down any cover of a song that came to mind. There are some I wonder why they're even on a top 100 list.

[aeolean.livejournal.com]

Jonathan Coulton's "Baby Got Back" is amazing in its simplicity. Paul Anka also did a cover of "Wonderwall", which is on the same album as the "Teen Spirit" cover ("Rock Swings", the album is called). And Ahmed and Dweezil Zappa have an awesome cover of "...Baby One More Time". And while Johnny Cash's "Personal Jesus" is great, his cover of Trent Reznor's "Hurt" is nothing less than profound.

On the other hand, I think Whitney Houston murdered, massacred, and mutilated "I Will Always Love You". What a load of overproduced, pretentious carp. Dolly's simple, heartfelt rendition was orders of magnitude better. In my humble opinion, of course. :)

[hippie-chick.livejournal.com]

Completely agreed! On all counts. And I have Ahmet and Dweezil's BOMT and it's awesome I listen to it all the time. Ha!