any cover teengenerate did ("midnight to six man" etc)

and they did a TON of covers

Rotten Tanx wrote:... I'd say Nick Cave's version of Black Betty is on a par with the original.

Nick Cave's cover of "In The Ghetto" (From Her To Eternity)
Priceless, far superior than he who must not be named.

Wall of Voodoo - ring of fire

I first heard this in the porno movie Nightdreams, (a great scene with two cowgirls with revolver shaped dildos)

Nina Simone - To Love Somebody.

The drummer deserves a large shiny medal....marvelous

Mention of the Bee Gees made me think of Al Green.

All of Al Green's covers were better than the originals.

"How Can You Mend A Broken Heart," "For The Good Times," "Unchained Melody," and more that I'm not remembering right now.

cat power - bathysphere
melvins - lexicon devil (...maybe?)

the latter may be up for debate.
dig it.

I'll go with Seam covering 'Driving the Dynamite Truck'

Rotten Tanx wrote:But speaking of Leadbelly, I'd say Nick Cave's version of Black Betty is on a par with the original.

As is Ram Jam's!

someone up above said nina simone...i totally forgot about her version of cyndi lauper's "time after time." she rocked it, her bass player rocked it...i love that you can hear her snapping her fingers at the end and it's all over the recording...dig it.