Gah! I was pondering this last night and can’t believe I left out one of my favourite songs. Strike out the U2 song and replace it with:
“Superstar” by Sonic Youth (The Carpenters)
LOTS of great picks. Here’s mine:
Come As You Are – Charlie Hunter Trio (Nirvana)
Carmelita-- Dwight Yoakam & Flaco Jimenez (Warren Zevon)
May This Be Love – Emmylou Harris (Jimi Hendrix)
Favorite Things – John Coltrane (Mary Martin, if you’re counting Broadway)
Air That I Breathe – kd lang (Hollies)
Honorable Mention, being that it’s a holiday song:
Little Drummer Boy – Brave Combo (trad)
Gah. I’m gonna get greedy here. Monkey Chews reminded me of this one:
In the Name of Love – Hapa (U2)
Strike out, uh… oh hell, I love 'em all.
I know Hunter does a version of the song but the Dead probably did it first.
I’d replace “Friend of the Devil” with “Hey Joe” Jimi Hendrix (The Leaves).