Sunday 14 December 2008

Cover Songs (70 - 41) : My Favourites


Last Sunday I blogged numbers 100 - 71 from my list of 100 favourite cover songs. This week it's 70 - 41.


My 100 Favourite Cover Songs (70-41)

70 Lucy In The Sky with Diamonds : Elton John (The Beatles)
69 We Can Work It Out : Stevie Wonder (The Beatles)
68 Helpless : K D Lang (Neil Young)
67 Superstar : Sonic Youth (Carpenters)
66 Love The One You're With : The Isley Brothers (Stephen Stills)
65 House of the Rising Sun : The Animals (trad.)
64 Me and Bobby McGee : Janis Joplin (Kristofferson/Foster)
63 Paranoid Android : Radiodread (Radiohead)
62 Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow : Roberta Flack (Shirelles)
61 I Hung my Head : Johnny Cash (Sting)
60 Your Song : Billy Paul (Elton John)
59 Take it to the Limit : Etta James (The Eagles)
58 Paint It Black : The Modettes (The Rolling Stones)
57 It's All Over Now Baby Blue : Them (Bob Dylan)
56 Light My Fire : Jackie Wilson (The Doors)

55 Hallelujah : Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen)
54 Hazy Shade of Winter : The Bangles (Simon & Garfunkel)
53 Everything I Own : Ken Boothe (Bread)
52 Wonderwall : Ryan Adams (Oasis)
51 Take Me to the River : Talking Heads (Al Green)
50 Way Down in the Hole : Blind Boys of Alabama (Tom Waits)
49 Redemption Song : Joe Strummer (Bob Marley)
48 David Watts : The Jam (The Kinks)
47 Biko : Simple Minds (Peter Gabriel)
46 Valerie : Amy Whinehouse (Zutons)
45 Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood : The Animals (Nina Simone)
44 Let Down : Radiodread (Radiohead)
43 One : Johnny Cash (U2)
42 I Fought The Law : The Clash (The Crickets)
41 Love Potion #9 : Searchers (Clovers)


Next Sunday I'll post numbers 40 - 11 and on Christmas Eve I'll let you have the countdown 10 - 1.