Knights in White Satin- the Dickies
Can’t Find My Way Home- the Swans
Mr. Pharmacist- the Fall
Telegram Sam- Bauhaus
Gloria- Patti Smith
Thanks. Reminds me to say:
Physical (the Olivia Newton John song in this case)- the Revolting Cocks
(Halber Mensch, I somehow had a feeling you were a Neubauten fan.)
Bauhaus also did an excellent cover of David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust.”
Alana Davis, 32 Flavors (Ani DiFranco)
The Lemonheads, Mrs. Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel)
Susan Tedeschi, Angel From Montgomery (John Prine)
Sarah McLachlan, Dear God (XTC)
Fugees, No Woman, No Cry (V. Ford)
Tito Larriva and the MDH Band, Anarchy in the USA (Sex Pistols)
Elvis Costello, Tears of a Clown (Stevie Wonder)
True. And of Brian Eno’s Third Uncle.
Speaking of Bowie, I always got a kick out of his “Let’s Spend the Night Together”. (“They said we were too young. Our kind of love was no fun. But our love comes from above…”)
That would be Gary Numan.
Train Kept a-Rollin’ – Motorhead
Ring of Fire – Social Distortion
You Spin Me Round – Dope
Steppin’ Stone – Sex Pistols
If I’m not mistaken, this was actually a cover of a Cheap Trick song off their '77 release titled In Color. Great song at the time, great cover now.
I suppose I ought to look at my list from the last time we had a favorite covers thread, but here’s my current off-the-top-of-my-head list:
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[li]“Days”, Kirsty MacColl (original by the Kinks)[/li][li]“You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby”, Kirsty MacColl (original by the Smiths)[/li][li]“A New England”, Kirsty MacColl (original by Billy Bragg)[/li][li]“B-A-B-Y”, Rachel Sweet (original by Carla Thomas, written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter)[/li][li]“Till the End of the Day”, Alex Chilton/Big Star (original by the Kinks)[/li][li]dig…?, an entire album of Simon and Garfunkel covers (plus Paul Anka’s “Having My Baby”) by The Coolies; as good as it is, though, their rock opera concept album follow-up, Doug, is better, with spot-on parodies of The Who, R.E.M., The Replacements, and several others.[/li][li]“Bertha Lou”, Tav Falco and Panther Burns (original, so far as I know, by Clint Miller)[/li][li]"Istanbul (not Constantinople), They Might Be Giants (original by The Four Lads)[/li][li]“In My Own Time”, The Three O’Clock (original by The Bee Gees)[/li][li]“Jump”, Aztec Camera (original by Van Halen)[/li][li]Rainy Day, Rainy Day. Rainy Day was a one-off collaboration including members of the Dream Syndicate, Rain Parade, Bangles, and other LA Paisley Underground bands, covering songs by Alex Chilton, the Beach Boys, the Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, etc. Great vocal performance by the Bangles’ Susannah Hoffs on Bob Dylan’s “I’ll Keep It With Mine”.[/li][/ul]
The Bobs do some brilliant a cappella covers. The recorded versions of Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash) and Particle Man (They Might Be Giants) are great. But they used to do White Room by Cream in their live show and it was amazing. There are some bands that can bring down a house, but Janie Bob’s voice could lay waste to entire villages.
Also the Jonny Quest theme covered by the Reverend Horton Heat, stunning.
Six Feet Under’s cover of Thin Lizzy’s Jailbreak absolutely kills!
Gary Hoey’s cover of the Linus and Lucy song - multiple electric guitars doing Henry Mancini. Go buy the soundtrack to Endless Summer II just for this song. You’ll thank me.
“Linus and Lucy”, like all the music from the classic Peanuts specials, was written and originally performed by Vince Guaraldi.
Hmph…could’a sworn it was Mancini. Oh, well. Hoey’s cover version is still just about the coolest piece of music I own.
Oh, man, no kidding. I saw them at Symphony Space in New York many years ago (when Gunnar Bob was still with them) - they did Purple Haze for what I think was the first time - unbelievable! Their version of Helter Skelter won a Grammy, I think. There are two albums of their covers available (The Bobs Sing the Songs of… and The Bobs Cover the Songs of…), both of which I heartily recommned.
Now that I’ve got that off my chest:
“Will the Circle Be Unbroken” by the Neville Bros. (don’t know who did the original)
“Lonesome Fiddle Blues” by String Cheese Incident (originally by Vassar Clemens)
“Why Can’t We Be Friends?” by Smash Mouth (originally by War?)
“I Know You Rider”, “And We Bid You Goodnight”, “Iko Iko”, and “Wang Dang Doodle” by the Grateful Dead (the first two traditionals, AFAIK, the third a New Orleans traditional? Dr. John’s done it, anyway, and the last by Howlin’ Wolf).
I saw a Dead show in Philly in 1985 or 1986 where they opened with “(In the) Midnight Hour” (Wilson Pickett), “Walkin’ the Dog” (Rufus Thomas) and “Big Boss Man” (Jimmy Reed), and opened the second set with “Revolution” (Beatles). Smokin’! 
Before Jerry died, they also started doing “Rain” and “Tomorrow Never Knows”, sometimes segueing into “Baba O’Reilly”. Best cover band I ever saw. 
“Higher Ground” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
“Franklin’s Tower” by Henry Rollins (originally by the Dead)
Adam
French, Frith, Kaiser, Thompson’s cover of the Beach Boys’ “Surfin’ USA”
Also, a couple of instrumentals : The Ordinaires do a killer version of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir.” And Garth Hudson’s cover of “Feed the Birds” from Mary Poppins, which was described by Tom Waits as an “organ orgy.”
Also John Coltrane’s “My Favorite Things” and “Summertime” (speaking of instrumentals).
Adam
I’m pretty fond of the various covers on Cowboy Junkies’ The Trinity Session. Especially Walking after Midnight and Sweet Jane.
“Hey Bulldog” by Toad the Wet Sprocket (Beatles).
Bizarre Love Triangle by Frente. (orig. New Order)
I * think * the Cheap Trick version is a cover of the original I mentioned. In fact, I’m pretty sure it is. I remember hearing the original on the Oldie’s station, and I REALLY don’t think it was Cheap Trick.