Some I like:

 

Petty's versions of Needles and Pins and Gloria

Aerosmith-Come Together

Metallica-Turn the Page

Rolling Stones-It's All Over Now

I'm sorry I got a little carried away. I was thinking album covers. Forgive the old guy.

 

I was always kind of partial to those Roger Dean covers...

Her version is hideous imo.

 

In Ms. Crow's defense, she didn't have much to work with, since the original is completely awful (unless you fancy yowling cats).

Cake "I Will Survive"

Alien Ant Farm "Smooth Criminal"

Gourds "Gin and Juice"

Lenny Kravitz "American Woman"

Peral Jam "Last Kiss"

Guns N Roses "Live and Let Die"

Alan Jackson "The Blues Man"

Willie Nelson "City of New Orleans"

Dwight Yoakam "Little Sister"

Dwight Yaakam "Streets of Bakersfield"

Clint Black "Desperado"

Cake "I Will Survive"

Alien Ant Farm "Smooth Criminal"

Lenny Kravitz "American Woman"

Guns N Roses "Live and Let Die"

 

Those are all great ones!

I'm going to add a recent one. I didn't think I'd like it, but I love it.

 

Kid Rock 'Sweet Home Alabama" (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

"Without You"-Nilsson (Badfinger)

"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"-Elton John (The Beatles)

"All Along The Watchtower-Jimi Hendrix (Bob Dylan)

"Always On My Mind"-Willie Nelson (Elvis Presley)

"By The Time I Get To Phoenix"-Isaac Hayes (Glen Campbell)

"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"-Diana Ross (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell)

Are you sure you don't mean The Sundays? I'm not aware the Cranberries ever covered that tune. If they did, it hasn't been recorded.

 

Both of these you list are great (assuming you're talking about The Sundays' version).

 

Sorry for the delay getting back to you. No I'm not positive it was the Cranberries as I stumbled across it on the internet and the artist on the site was The Cranberries. I'll say it certainly sounds dead on Deloris, if it isn't her.

 

But I could be wrong, and if so, my bad. The cover I'm speaking of sounds a lot like a cover that got some alternative radio air play around 1993 or 94, does that jive with when the Sunday's version would have been released?

a couple of others I've been lucky enough to stumble across that I really like:

 

My Boyfriend's Back by the Ravoenettes.

 

And a Springsteen cover of Suspicous Minds.

I just heard Don't Stop Believin by Journey on the radio today, but it was not them. Not sure who did it, but I hated it. Great song, should have left it be.

a couple of others I've been lucky enough to stumble across that I really like:

 

My Boyfriend's Back by the Ravoenettes.

 

And a Springsteen cover of Suspicous Minds.

 

lol oh my, i need to download. I love love love "My boyfriend's back"

Sorry for the delay getting back to you. No I'm not positive it was the Cranberries as I stumbled across it on the internet and the artist on the site was The Cranberries. I'll say it certainly sounds dead on Deloris, if it isn't her.

 

But I could be wrong, and if so, my bad. The cover I'm speaking of sounds a lot like a cover that got some alternative radio air play around 1993 or 94, does that jive with when the Sunday's version would have been released?

 

The Sundays' album "Blind," which featured "Wild Horses," came out in '92. It did get lots of airplay on alt-radio at the time.

 

Was the site you found it at one of the file-sharing sites? Because those are notorious for people mislabeling songs. For example, tens of thousands of downloaders think the country-fried version of "Gin And Juice" I mentioned was done by Phish because the dummy who originally uploaded it mislabeled it, likely costing the great band The Gourds lots of money in CD sales.

I just heard Don't Stop Believin by Journey on the radio today, but it was not them. Not sure who did it, but I hated it. Great song, should have left it be.

 

I heard it last week, and I agree it's really bad. I have no idea who it is, but they should have left the song alone.

The Sundays' album "Blind," which featured "Wild Horses," came out in '92. It did get lots of airplay on alt-radio at the time.

 

Was the site you found it at one of the file-sharing sites? Because those are notorious for people mislabeling songs. For example, tens of thousands of downloaders think the country-fried version of "Gin And Juice" I mentioned was done by Phish because the dummy who originally uploaded it mislabeled it, likely costing the great band The Gourds lots of money in CD sales.

 

Upon further review, it looks more and more like you are right, as I can find no evidence of a Cranberries version of Wild Horses. I'm now operating under that assumption, so what can you tell me about the Sunday's?

 

Also, I know very little about the Raveonettes, but liked their version of Boyfriend's Back. What's your thoughts on that cover and the band overall?

I heard it last week, and I agree it's really bad. I have no idea who it is, but they should have left the song alone.

 

 

I was at work and the girl I work with was like "Don't be stupid, this is obviously the Journey version." I just looked at her like ????. It was hurting my ears lol. I like covers, but this one did not even come close to cutting it.