Saw a thread somewhere about best remakes or alternate versions of well known songs and happened to be listening to one at the time* so I thought I would give it a shot. Here's five I can think of:
Moondance (Van Morrison)- Bobby McFerrin (really good, too)
Will You Love Me Tomorrow (Carole King)- Dianne Reeves (likewise)
Private Lives (The Pretenders)- Grace Jones
*Maiden Voyage (Herbie Hancock)- Bobby Hutcherson
Trouble Man (Marvin Gaye)- Rickie Lee Jones
Playing some of my favorite covers:
We're Having a Party (Sam Cooke) - Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
Jesus Gonna Be Here (Tom Waits) - Blind Boys of Alabama
Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan) - Jimi Hendrix Experience
Dizzy (Tommy Roe) - Wreckless Eric
Ceremony (New Order/Joy Divisision) - Galaxie 500
Pass the Hatchet (Roger & the Gypsies (Maybe?)) - Tav Falco's Panther Burns
Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer) (Roky Erickson) - Sister Double Happiness
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) - Jeff Buckley
Police & Thieves (Junior Murvin) - The Clash
Hurt (Nine Inch Nails) - Johnny Cash
Streets of London (Ralph McTell) - Anti Nowhere League
Like a Prayer (Madonna) - John Wesley Harding
Jim C