[asliarun]

Wow! That was fantastic! The vocalist could use a little coaching from Maynard, but other than that, what a surprise. Thanks for posting. 

You're welcome! The drums and guitars were so good! Besides the kids, the credit also goes to (Ohio based) Aaron O Keefe - who is their music teacher.

Here are some of my other favorite covers:

Coldplay's rendition of Billie Jean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kBNIL_CPcw

The Fugees' version of Killing Me Softly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX4qkQmT22g
- which was a cover of Roberta Flack's version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1eOsMc2Fgg
- which was a cover of Lori Lieberman's original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTyGLBANuOg 

Johnny Cash's version of Hurt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aF9AJm0RFc
- which was a cover of Nine Inch Nails' original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI7LdCHgLgI

Nancy Sinatra's version of Bang Bang (from Kill Bill): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Xl0Qry-hA
- which was a cover of Cher's 1966 original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IdEfcsjhGE

Manau's superhit rap version of La Tribu De Dana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NRqSrPTPv8
(one of those tunes that sticks to your head like superglue)
- and the tune was ripped off without attribution from Alan Stivell's Tri Martolod (based on a Breton folk song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT8x1i7wE6g

There's more - but I will have to remember them from memory.

[asliarun]

Some more I could remember:

Ray LaMontagne's acoustic version of Crazy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mEfDSP4g_U
- a cover of the absurdly popular but also absurdly good song by Gnarls Barkley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgHioCC3yCo

Jose Gonzales's acoustic version of Teardrops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l21_I8rEds
- a cover of Massive Attack's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7K72X4eo_s

Fiona Apple's version of Across The Universe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ5WPXxNzPU
- a cover of The Beatles of course!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN9n1bAahg4

Bon Iver's version of Come Talk To Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgbSHt0wD9Y
- a cover of Peter Gabriel's version of course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N5HSDvaZcI

Joan Baez's cover of the classic folk song, 500 Miles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_K6z3HiRAs

Rodrigo y Gabriela's spanish guitar instrumental cover of Stairway To Heaven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNc5o9TU0t0&feature=youtu.be&t=52s

Bob Culbertson's "chapman stick" cover of While My Guitar Gently Weeps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYKB6Lag-wg

Faith No More's rendition of Midnight Cowboy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s0-EenKPss
- a cover of John Barry's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze41x2CMBmc

[asliarun]

Mark Lanegan's Cafe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4vudtzv470
- a cover of original by Tim Buckley's effortlessly nuanced and moody original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3hY26XJbIo

Mark Lanegan's (with backup vocals and guitar by Kurt Cobain) Where Did You Sleep Last Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU6o0FFBrqs
-   made popular by Kurt Cobain's Unplugged version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcXYz0gtJeM
- a cover of Leadbelly's version of "In The Pines": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsfcUZBMSSg
- in turn a cover of a classic folk song
(I believe that Mark Lanegan introduced this song to Kurt Cobain although Kurt Cobain's version became hugely popular - so I think my order is correct)

[BobM]

What about the ultimate covers that became the standard version, like:

Santana - Oye Como Va
CSNY - Woodstock

and many more

[FullRangeMan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I

[Jumpin]

Big fan of Sweet Jane by the Cowboy Junkies

[FullRangeMan]

A Ukrainian group:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJh1ccMuAAw

[rif]

The Clash- I Fought The Law: http://youtu.be/KsS0cvTxU-8

[acresm22]

Pretty much any cover that Mark Kozelek has released, from AC/DC ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWNw2W_Mnxw ) to Modest Mouse ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8i2tOfzyfk ).

[rajacat]

Eva Cassidy...AUTUMN LEAVES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSXYu-3r1S8

[lokie]

Any Deep Purple Fans out there?

Jimmy Barnes and Joe Bonamassa- Lazy

[milford3]

I just put my headphones and amp to bed.  Now I hear this tune.  I grew up with Deep Purple.  Sleep will be one half hour later.

[elasticnorseman]

Big fan of Sweet Jane by the Cowboy Junkies

 

[NIGHTFALL1970]

Black Sabbath cover of Ansley Dunbar's Retaliation "Warning" on Sabbath's first album (1970).

[WC]

Manfred Mann's cover of Bruce Springsteen's Blinded by the Light.

The Bangles cover of Simon and Gafunkels Hazy Shade of Winter.

[simoon]

Well,since this thread was brought back from the dead...


Progressive metal band, Pain of Salvation, do a wonderful version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".

Vocalist, Daniel Goldenlow, can really belt it. That note at about 7:44 to about 7:50 is a killer!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfxScuK3Qy4

[simoon]

Here's another progressive metal band doing a cover version of Michael Jackson's "Beat It", complete with jazz breaks (with killer trumpet solos).


This one is pretty fun.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJNQXLzeGuY

[murphy11]

Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi

[SteveFord]

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence from Hyaena
Roxy Music - Like A Hurricane (Live version) from The High Road

[Scottdazzle]

Every song on Rosanne Cash's "The List".  And for one song, Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower".