I was suprised to find that Jeff Beck Group’s “Glad All Over” was a cover of a Carl Perkins song. The difference is night and day, as you’d imagine.
If memory serves (and often, it doesn’t) Devil Went Down to Georgia wasn’t on either of those EPs, but recorded for a rather fantastic stop-motion piece of the same name. I forgot about “Intruder” (head slapping emoticon), sadly. Have a Cigar was always my favorite on that first one.
The Beatles covered a song from The Music Man – “'Till There Was You.”
Rosebud did a disco version of Pink Floyd’s “Have a Cigar” and turned the song into a celebration of getting a record contract (!).
We went to see Superman Returns recently, and before the movie started, several Superman-related songs were played in the theater. One was a cover of Donovan’s “Sunshine Superman.” Dunno who was singing it, but it was a dreadful, kinda grunge-ish male voice. Donovan would roll in his grave, except that he’s not dead yet.
Last night on the CMT music video channel I saw a band called Pinmonkey covering that obnoxious 90s song “Fly” (you know…“everywhere I go, statues crumble for me”). The song itself still kind of sucked, but it was definitely better done as a lighthearted country-rock song than in the original style.
I was having lunch with the Kid one day and I heard a version of **Ode to Billie Joe **that blew me away. Her name’s Leslie Satcher, and she owns the song as far as I’m concerned.
Def Leppard just covered “Rock On”. Not sure how I feel about that. They covered some other older tunes too. Not sure how I feel about that either. I’m not a Def Leppard aficianado or anything, but I think their newest album might be all covers. No more pyromania I guess.
Tori Amos covered “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (Nirvana) and “South of Heaven” (Slayer).
Rush’s Feeback EP of 60’s songs (“Summertime Blues”, “The Seeker”, “Crossroads”, etc.) came as quite a surprise – they were the last band I’d expect to jump on the cover-bandwagon!
Rhinoplasty is an enhanced CD, and you can watch the “Devil” music video on it.
Blondie did “Ring of Fire”
Victoria Vox, a singer/songwriter now living in the Baltimore area, released a ukulele album with a cover of “Psycho Killer” by the Talking Heads. The song’s lyrics feel even more out of place than in the original and I love it.
I don’t know if this counts or not, but I had a copy of Waterloo Sunset given to me by a friend of a friend from a friend on the Internet (uh… bootleg) of Blur (or at least, Damon Albarn of Blur/Gorrilaz) performing Waterloo Sunset with Ray Davies. It surprised me, and it’s not bad. But I remember hearing it and just thinking, “Waterloo Sunset? Damon? Really?” My reaction was as follows: 
:dubious: 
Even though “Ride On” is one of the mellower songs AC/DC ever wrote and recorded, it was still VERY surprising when I heard Norah Jones sing it.
Since this is becoming an odd covers thread… I think it is Cat Power that does the Stones “Satisfaction” without ever singing the chorus.
Tori also did a gorgeous, dreamlike version of the Cure’s classic “Lovesong.” 311 covered “Lovesong” more recently, but it was as horrible as you would expect.
I’m a pretty big fan of ironic covers, like the retro swing band The New Morty Show’s versions of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman,” Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell/White Wedding,” and Poison’s “Unskinny Bop.” A kitschy lounge act called Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine has based their entire gimmick on covering pop, rock, modern R&B, and hip-hop songs in a cheesy Vegas lounge lizard style – you may have heard their version of Disturbed’s “Down With the Sickness” in the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead.
I’ve mentioned it once or twice before, but Tori’s cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “If 6 Was 9” is also really weird. She plays it on piano, of course, but run through a Marshall amp - the result is very distorted and there is a ton of feedback, and at the end she begins half-singing “What Child Is This?”
Your mention of Richard Cheese reminds me of the excellent Beatallica.
So did Wall of Voodoo.
And Frank Zappa. FZ also did a reggae cover of Stairway to Heaven.
Big Bad Voodoo Lou mentioned 311’s cover of “Love Song”, so I’m down to one. I’m not sure what Limp Bizkit was thinking covering “Behind Blue Eyes.”
Frank Black (formerly Black Francis of the Pixies) covered “At the Dark End of the Street” on his album Honeycomb last year. I’d heard that song a zillion times, but when I heard his version I suddenly “got it.”