twasbrillig said:
I'm too lazy to read all of these. So I don't know if it's been mentioned. The first one I thought of was The Ramones "I Don't Want to Grow Up" (Tom Waits).

Odd, I had no idea The Ramones did a cover of that song.

Not as good as the original, but it's not bad.

Jena

New York, NY

June 2003

AUG 20, 2008 07:47 PM

I never knew Dolly Parton's Peace Train was a Cat Stevens cover.

SkottieDanger

Georgia

OLD SKOOL

AUG 20, 2008 08:27 PM

Jetairliner is a Paul Pena song.

strawberry letter 23 is a Shuggie Otis song.

DrNecessitor

San Jose, CA

January 2003

AUG 21, 2008 01:19 AM

Cimmerian said:

Springsteen also wrote "Fire" for Robert Gordon and later The Pointer Sisters.

He actually wrote it for Elvis Presley...sent a demo to him, but Elvis died before he could do anything with it. Then he gave it to Robert Gordon.

poemelyric

Waltham, MA

February 2008

AUG 22, 2008 03:52 PM

"Statesboro Blues" by The Allman Brothers Band is a Blind Willie McTell song... Very different from his version...

poemelyric

Waltham, MA

February 2008

AUG 23, 2008 01:34 PM

One more...

Kick out the Jams-Jeff Buckley originally done by The MC5

AceT

Portland, OR

April 2004

AUG 23, 2008 02:26 PM

Rayde said:
Tom Sawyer by Mindless Self Indulgence is a Rush tune

Uh, wow, I could never think of anyone but Rush doing that song.

Edit: And now that I've heard it...

Darke

Columbia, MO

June 2005

AUG 23, 2008 03:04 PM

I don't think it's a big mystery that Lionel Ritchie is the originator of it, but I always liked Faith No More's cover of "Easy (Like Sunday Morning)"

mamet

Charleston, SC

March 2005

AUG 23, 2008 03:15 PM

AceT said:

Rayde said:
Tom Sawyer by Mindless Self Indulgence is a Rush tune

Uh, wow, I could never think of anyone but Rush doing that song.

Edit: And now that I've heard it...

Ew.

Kouvre

Moline, IL

April 2006

AUG 23, 2008 03:22 PM

DrNecessitor said:
Take It Easy - Eagles (Jackson Browne)

Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey co-wrote the song, and Browne's version came out a year after the version recorded by Eagles.

SockPuppet

I'm lost

July 2006

AUG 23, 2008 05:01 PM

Strange - REM (Wire).

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