Best Cover Songs

[Matt Fraser]

A buddy of mine (on the hideout as the crypt keeper) wanted to start this discussion but his computer crashed so here goes... Best garage/punk cover songs, give your top three, top five, top twenty...whatever. Let's just try to avoid some of the more obvious ones (i.e. Hey Joe, Gloria) or hell, I wanna know your favorites and if they fall in there then so be it..

Here's a couple of mine... starting with one of my all time favorites...

1. Preachin' the Blues- Gun Club (Robert Johnson)
2. I'm Down- The Mummies (Beatles)
3. Psycho- The Swamp Rats (Sonics)
4. Strychnine- The Cramps (Sonics)
5. Jack the Ripper- One Way Streets (Lord Sutch)
6. Like a Rolling Stone- The Soup Greens (Dylan)

[Ken (Evil Empire Records)]

I was listening to Little Richard's Version of "Settin' The Woods on Fire" over and over again yesterday... So that's gotta be up there.

I'll second The Saints "River Deep Mountain high" as well as their version of Connie Francis's "Lipstick On Your Collar"

The Fleshtones: Treat Her Like A Lady (Cornelious Brothers and Sister Rose)
The Dickies: Paranoid (Sabbath)
Handsome Dick Manitoba: Ju Ju Hand (Sam The Sam & The Pharoahs from Turban Renewal Tribute album)
All of the classic rock songs the replacements only make it a quarter of the way through on "The Shit Hits The Fans"

[Hank Cockpit]

Oblivians – Christina
Carbonas – Stoned to Death
Supercharger – Mystery Action
Man or Astroman – Destination Venus
The Cramps – Lonesome Town
Thee Headcoatees – CA Plane Pour Moi
The Mummies – Justine
The Persuaders – First Time
The Reatards – Oh My Soul and all his/their other covers.

[Mottey's Garage]

i bow down to Hank...great picks

Hank Cockpit said:

Oblivians – Christina
Carbonas – Stoned to Death
Supercharger – Mystery Action
Man or Astroman – Destination Venus
The Cramps – Lonesome Town
Thee Headcoatees – CA Plane Pour Moi
The Mummies – Justine
The Persuaders – First Time
The Reatards – Oh My Soul and all his/their other covers.

[sleazy]

How about Billy Corgan and the Spirits of the Sky version of the Tull classic New day yesterday?!!!:) ....kick ass:)

[Brielle Pitchell]

&So much more.