Ollie1307

Ryan Adams' Wonderwall, if it's not already been said.

Blink2k

The Cranberries - In the Ghetto is awesome

feedthegoat

Foo Fighters - Band On The Run
The Fratellis & U2 (not together of course!)- All Along The Watchtower
KT Tunstall - Let's Stick Together
Eva Cassidy - Imagine
Metallica - Whiskey In The Jar
Johnny Cash - Hurt & Personal Jesus
Oasis - Heroes

Half-time Orange

There are no words to describe this cover version of AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FONt47Z0KZg

Biffer Spice

So much rightness and wrongness on the same thread!!

Bliss Seeker - Prince WROTE Kiss, so not sure how that's a cover...

Half-time Orange - I may never forgive you for making me click on that link

Definitely agree with Richard Cheese (basically everything he's done is better or at least not worse than the original, especially "You Oughta Know" and "Creep") and Jimi's "All Along the Watchtower".

Would add Metallica - "Am I Evil" and Eva Cassidy - "Autumn Leaves", Nina Simone - "I Put A Spell On You" and Jeff Buckley - "Lilac Wine".

Cloughies Biggest Fan

On Dermot O'Learys saturday sessions album (yeah yeah, i bought it) there is a cover of Super Trooper (ABBA, obv) which is nothing short of awesome, so that i guess.

Enemy

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

Biffy Clyro's covers of Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out and Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way are a couple of personal faves as well.

There's a few more that I can't remember at the moment.......

Darren Purse

loads that have already been mentioned in here (Buckley, Nirvana, the majority of Johnny Cash cover's he's done) but the one i heard the other day which i expect to get laughed out the thread for is Leona Lewis' cover of Snow Patrol's 'Run'

hate snow patrol, and the guy has a poor voice, and yeh does a lot of typical vocal gymnastics on it, but she just has an amazing voice and totally nails the song.

hullcitytigers

You really should listen to some of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, a cover band which comprises of members of different rock groups, most notably Chris Shifflet out of the Foos! Some of their music is excellent

gavnoble

Def Leppard - Action
Nightwish - Over the Hills and Far Away
Nightwish - Walkin' In The Air
Guns N Rose - Live and Let Die

Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn