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Whaaaat, woodja dooooo, iffah sang, otta tuuhuuune... WHHHHOOOAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH I like that version, too. I was listening to it in high school and my dad commented that Joe Cocker's voice sounded like an organ with broken pipes. He didn't mean it as a compliment, but I don't think he was wrong, either.  Using the word "voice" liberally....
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As for the Beatles songs, I particularly like Joe Cocker's version of "A Little Help from My Friends" mainly because of his re-imagining of the song. Completely made it his own and, arguably, better.
Same reason that I like the slow version of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand".
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Elton John has done some good covers, Pinball Wizard and Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds. Almost forgot Aerosmith did a version of Come Together.
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Great calls on the Crazy Mary cover by Pearl Jam. For the longest, I only had live versions of that song, which I loved. I finally downloaded PJ's studio version of it, and it is just fantastic.
No list of great covers can be complete without referencing Tesla's cover of Signs (originally by the Five Man Electrical Band).
Also, Foo Fighters cover of Little Nicki (Prince).
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Blue Rodeo has a good cover of "To Love Somebody", listened to it this evening.
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Y&T - Your Momma Don't Dance (Loggins and Messina)
Judas Priest - Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)
Bonnie Raitt - Thing Called Love (John Hiatt)
Some random thoughts....
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I'm not ususally a fan of covers, but there are some good ones out there.
SRV Voodoo Child, CSNY Woodstock
I was very surprised that I liked so many of the Beatles covers in Across the Universe.
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I like the Across the Universe Beatle's song sung in a video in the bonus features of the movie Pleasantville.
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I really liked Greg Kinnear singing "Summertime" at the end of Stuck on You.
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I like several of Rasputina's covers, but today I'm liking their cover of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here."
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