the breeders- happiness is a warm gun

Jeff Healey – While My Guitar Gently Weeps

U2- Happiness is a Warm Gun…though Helter Skelter (live) was pretty good, too

Also, let us not forget Bono covering “I Am the Walrus”.

oasis – i am the walrus

Rickie Lee Jones – “For No One”
Bono And Secret Machines – “I Am The Walrus”
Stevie Wonder – “We Can Work It Out”
Stereophonics – “Don’t Let Me Down”
Emmylou Harris “Here, There, And Everywhere”

oasis’ live rendition of i am the walrus definitely has to be on the list.

Eddie Hazel- I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

ben harper – michelle
patti smith – within you without you
oasis – i am the walrus
the breeders – happiness is a warm gun

I’m with Dave – love “Happiness is a Warm Gun”

Johnny Cash “In my Life”
Eddie Vedder “Hide your love away”

Elliott Smith, “Because” –from the American Beauty soundtrack. Very simple and beautifully touching.

As much as I hate this guy, and REALLY REALLY Loathe him and all his moronic braindead fans, Eddie Vedder did a good rendition of “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away”!

Now I hope he fucking dies!

Jeff Healey’s ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’, absolutely. Also, The Vines’ ‘I’m Only Sleeping’, Rhett Miller’s ‘Girl’, and to be honest, I thought The Fray did quite a good version of ‘Fixing A Hole’…

Dave Grohl did a beautiful cover of “Blackbird”! (very rare)

Fiona Apple’s “Across The Universe”

Motley Crue (who otherwise suck) did a bang up job with “Helter Skelter”!

you’ve got to hide your love away – eddie vedder / pearl jam

Fats Domino – Lady Madonna

Rolling Stones -I Wanna Be Your Man

aretha franklin- eleanor rigby
jimi hendrix experience- day tripper
joe cocker- she came in through the bathroom window
the black keys- she said, she said
johnny cash- in my life

skinny puppy – worlock (not technically a cover but made heavy use of samples from helter skelter)

michael jackson – come together

joe cocker – with a little help from my friends (wonder years bitch!)

Anne Murray’s YOU WON’T SEE ME / Beach Boys’ TELL ME WHY / The Carpenters HELP! & TICKET TO RIDE / Robin Gibb’s OH,DARLING! / Badfinger’s COME AND GET IT …to name a few of the fave mainstream hits.

Siouxsie & The Banshees “Helter Skelter”

smithereens – not a second time,
elvis costello – all you need is love, billy joel – a hard day’s night

Wilson Pickett-Hey Jude. With Duane Allman. Everything else is just bar-band bullshit.

Peter Frampton – While My guitar gently wheeps
Phish – A day in the life
Victor Wooten – Norweighan Wood
Jim Carrey – I am the warlus
Robin Williams & Bobby McFerrin – Come Togehter
Gomez – Getting Better
U2 – Helter Skelter
Pearl Jam – I’ve got a Feeling

Let It Be – Nick Cave

Aerosmith – Come Together
Cheap Trick – Day Tripper
Most of the Beatles covers on the I Am Soundtrack are all good, but the cover of Across the Universe is the best of the bunch, but I can’t remember who sings it.

“Come and get it” wasn’t a Beatles cover.
It was a song written by McCartney for their Apple stablemates Badfinger.
Eleanor Rigby- The Zoot (prominent Aussie early 70’s band with Rick Springfield playing a pretty mean guitar in theis fine hard rock version).

aerosmith—-come together

Billy Joel — I’ll Cry Instead

U2-Helter Skelter
Guns N’ Roses-Live and Let Die

solder of love-pearl jam

Aerosmith – Helter Skelter (spews all over U2’s version)

there’s a beatles cover compilation i just heard; it has songs from some of these artists. anyone know the name of the cd? its been killing me.

Johnny Cash – In My Life

Sarah McLachlan – blackbird

The Wallflowers – I’m Looking Through You

ben harper – strawberry fields

the entire i am sam album

Oasis – I Am The Walrus

Jim Carrey’s hysterical version of I Am A Walrus.

Thrice – Eleanor Rigby, and all the songs covered in “Across the Universe”.

u2–helter skelter

Joe Cocker may be the king of Beatles covers – his awesome reworking of “With A Little…” of course, his cool version of “She Came In Thru the Bathrooom Window” is pretty great, and he even did a cool, unique version of “Come Together” in the “Across the Universe” soundtrack.

Also, Aerosmith’s “Come Together” and Earth, Wind and Fire’s “Got To Get You Into My Life” are also favorites. Some of the “I Am Sam” and “Across the Universe” covers are pretty cool too.

Ben Harper – “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “Michelle”
Johnny Cash – “In My Life”

Soldier of Love, covered by the Beatles and Marshall Crenshaw
Here Comes the Sun- Richie Havens
Not a Second Time- Pretenders
Happiness is a Warm Gun- World Party
Something- Frank Sinatra
Two of Us- Aimee mann and Michael Penn

Siouxsie and the Banshees – “Helter Skelter”

Paul Westerberg – “Nowhere Man”
Dar Williams – “You Won’t See Me”
Govt. Mule – “She Said She Said”
The Jam – “Rain”
Matthew Sweet And Susanna Hoffs – “And Your Bird Can Sing”

Revolution Number 9

YO’RE ALL A BUNCH OF FUCKIN’ SLAVES!!!

. . . DID I DIE ON THE CROSS FOR YOU ASSHOLES IN VAIN?

the breeders – happiness is a warm gun

Eddie Vedder – You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away
Joe Cocker – With a Little Help…
Rufus Wainwright – Across the Universe
U2 – Helter Skelter
Tori Amos – Happiness is a Warm Gun
Aerosmith – Come Together

and dude, Live and Let Die was Wings, not the Beatles.

Pearl Jam – I Got A Feeling
U2 – Helter Skelter (The version by Motley Crue Blows – and I’m a huge Crue fan but they butchered it)
Clapton – Guitar Gently Weeps (Jeff Healey’s is too wussy life)
Vedder – Hide Your Love

siouxsie and the banshees – dear prudence

rufus wainwright – across the universe (better than fiona)

sarah mclachlan – blackbird

aerosmith – come together

earth wind and fire – got to get you into my life

U2 – helter skelter

finally… does stars on 45 count??? lol

Don’t have the CD in front of me, but Peter Mulvey does an outstanding version of “For No One” with a female singer on his Ten Thousand Mornings album.

Motley Crue’s version of “Helter Skelter” blows the Beatles version out of the water.

Joe Cocker – “With a Little Help from My Friends”
Stone Temple Pilots – “Revolution”
U2 – “Helter Skelter”
Oasis – “I am the Walrus” (Live off “The Masterplan” album)

sonic youth – within you without you (live)

never got mentioned, and i enjoy it more than original, honestly.

sonic youth – within you without you (live)

never got mentioned, and i enjoy it more than original, honestly.

OASIS I AM THE WALRUS,HELP,HELTER SKELTER BEST VERSION}
AEROSMITH COME TOGETHER
GNR LIVE AND LET DIE

Got to get you into my life – EWF

The long and winding road – Aretha Franklin

Yesterday – Shirley Horn

Across the Universe – Fiona Apple

Got to get you into my life – EWF

The long and winding road – Aretha Franklin

Yesterday – Shirley Horn

Across the Universe – Fiona Apple

Ever the interpreter:

Harry Nilsson’s You Can’t Do That and She’s Leaving Home off of his debut are amongst the best I ever heard and even challenge the originals……I guess you could also throw his covers of Isolation (from the rereleasea of Aerial Ballet) and George’s “That is All” from the underrated “That’s the way it is”….

Siouxe Sioux (I know I spelled this wrong) did a very interesting cover of Helter Skelter that comes very recommended….

THe Breeder’s covered and did a fine job with Happiness is a Warm Gun.

Those are among the best I can think of off the top of my head…..

Nilsson’s one’s are easily the best, I’m less a fan of Nilsson’s version of Mother Nature’s son though.

U2 – Happiness Is A Warm Gun

Jake Shimabukuro- While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Really, what does Eddey Vedder add to “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away”? Joe cocker, on the other hand completely transforms “With a little help from my freinds”, finding a grace and pathos to the to the song that even the Fab Four missed.

Joe Cocker – Come Together (from the Across the Universe soundtrack)
Elliott Smith – Blackbird (live)

i am the walrus- oasis

Help – Deep Purple

Help – Deep Purple

1. “Hey Jude”, Wilson Pickett
2. “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”, Elton John
3. “Yesterday”, Ray Charles
4. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, Jeff Healey Band
5. “With A Little Help From My Friends”, Joe Cocker
6. “Ticket To Ride”, the Carpenters
7. “Eleanor Rigby”, Aretha Franklin
8. “Here Comes The Sun”, Ritchie Havens
9. “Come Together”, Aerosmith
10. “We Can Work It Out”, Stevie Wonder

Help – Deep Purple

The Worst – Across the Universe – David Bowie.

David Bowie – Across the Universe

Eddie Vedder- You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
Fiona Apple- Across the Universe
Neil and Liam Finn- Two of Us

Coroner- I Want You (she’s so heavy)
for a trashy version of The Beatles

vanilla fudge ticket to ride

Cry Baby Cry – Throwing Muses
Across the Universe – Fiona Apple
Happiness is A Warm Gun – Breeders
Within You WIthout You (Sonic Youth)

Cowboy Junkies – Run For Your Life

Pixies – “Wild Honey Pie”
Breeders – “Happiness is a Warm Gun”
Overwhelming Colorfast – “She Said She Said”
Mission U.K. – “Tomorrow Never Knows”
Aerosmith – “Come Together”

My next cover of any….& I’m glad someone corrected the ” Live & Let Die ” Dork. Sheez….Unbelievable.

My favorite Beatles cover is the White Album, because I like the simplicity of it. Sgt Pepper’s is too garish for me.

Across the Universe – Rufus Wainwright (from the I am Sam-soundtrack) great video btw, on YouTube
Helter Skelter- U2
Dear Prudence- Siouxie

sonic youth- within you without you

Joni Mitchell-Revelution#9

The Beastie Boys – I’m Down

yoko, they meant covers, not ALBUM covers. and you’re wrong, sgt. pepper’s cover rocks! but returning to the original theme, i like a day in the life and she’s a woman by jeff beck, and don’t let me down by stereophonics.

Joe Cocker – With a Little Help from My Friends
U2 – Helter Skelter
Oasis – I am the Walrus phil collins – within you without you
stevie ray vaughn – taxman (that was awesome)
the police – fixing a hole

Guns ‘n Roses- Live and Let Die
Soundgarden- Come Together (better than any other version)

Help – Tina Turner

Hüsker Dü: Ticket To Ride

Marc, motley crue sucks.
Live and Let Die is not a Beatles song! It’s not even a good song!
Soundgarden’s version is the Worst of them all.

Jimi Hendrix-Well every song he covered of them

Elliott Smith- Because

Hey Bulldog _ 1970 LA all-girl rock group Fanny

HEY JUDE – WILSON PICKETT (FEATURING DUANE ALLMAN=THE BEST BEATLES COVER

Achinoam Nini – I Will (check out this woman’s voice and version, whew)
A. Nini – Drive My Car
World Party – Martha My Dear
Richie Havens – Here Comes the Sun
Elton John – Lucy in the Sky

SHE SAID SHE SAID- The Black Keys!!

Joe Cocker owns all!

Bob Dylan For The Benefit of Mr. Kite
Louvin Brothers A Day In The Life
Timi Yuro Yellow Submarine
The Zombies Eleanor Rigby
George Jones Please, Please Me
Anita O’Day I Want To Hold Your Hand
Tom Jones Norweigan Wood

Monogroove – I’ve Just Seen a Face
Rubber Band – Baby’s in Black
Roger McGuinn – If I needed Someone

And a definite vote for Emmylou Harris’ Here, There, and Everywhere” – which is simply brilliant.

Anything NOT done on American Idol. American Idol kills everything that is holy about music.

The Mamas and the Papas do an amazing turn on “I Call Your Name”

Aerosmith’s version of “Come Together” sucks, they do a way better job on “I’m Down”

hey SINTRO!

Live and Let Die isn’t a Beatles song.

Bono-Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

re: george m. | 3/22/2008, 7:12 pm EST

“yoko, they meant covers, not ALBUM covers. and you’re wrong, sgt. pepper’s cover rocks!”

George you’re a fucking idiot. It was a joke. And you have lousy taste.

LIVE AND LET DIE IS A PAUL MCCARTNEY AND WINGS SONG!!!!!
thrice: eleanor rigby

elton john- lucy inf the sky
duh

the breeders – happiness is a warm gun
fiona apple – across the universe

Ben Harper – Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends

Jimi Hendrix – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

fiona apple’s “across the universe” is quite fetching.

Harry Nilsson – “She’s Leaving Home”
Harry Nilsson – “Mother Nature’s Son”
Sean Connery – “In My Life”
Rod Stewart – “In My Life”
John Williams – “Here Comes The Sun”
Oasis – “I Am The Walrus”

It’s been said but Joe Cocker is the kind of Beatles’ covers. A Little Help…and She Came In Through the Bathroom Window are the best. They are almost better than the originals.

Anne Murray – I’m just to dance with you, and You wont see me.

Anne Murray – I’m happy just to dance with you & You wont see me.

Elliott Smith – Blackbird

Got To Get You Into My Life – Earth, Wind, and Fire.

A close second is Come Together by Michael Jackson.

Jeff Healey – While my guitar gentley weeps. RIP.

Jeff Beck – She’s A Woman
Yes – I’m Down
Elliot Smith – Because
U2 – Helter Skelter

OASIS===I AM THE WALRUS

Jaco Pastorius – Blackbird

csny- Blackbird!!!

The Beatles were incredible early in their career, then they turned into psychodelic fluff mock rock. They are way too revered. Fuck ‘em.
They wrote a lot of p*ssified songs amongst the thousands.

Who cares about all these mild artists who cover their music while they mindlessly bow at the thrown of The Flab Four.

Rufus Wainwright – Across the Universe

Whitman – Helter Skelter
This Austin band’s cover of “Helter Skelter” is unbelievable.
http://www.myspace.com /whitmannoise

Heh. The Beatles were influential throughout their career. Even the psychedelic fluff was influential.

Two more:
Pat Benatar, “Helter Skelter”
Earth, Wind & Fire, “Got To Get You Into My Life”

Otis Redding- Day Tripper
Fiona Apple- Across the Universe (Only decent cover of that song that exists)

Jose Feliciano – In My Life, The Cryan’ Shames – If I needed someone

Jeff Beck – A Day in the Life

pretty much the whole Across the Universe Soundtrack

Elton John’s “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”

Rufus Wainwright’s “Across the Universe”!!!!

Interesting Fact…
“Yesterday” at one time was the most covered song of all time though it’s only been mentioned twice here…

Elton John – “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
Michael Jackson – “Come Together”
Jim Sturgess – “I’ve Just Seen a Face”
Martin Luther McCoy – “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
Bono – “I Am the Walrus”

if you were to look at a lot of the grateful dead live music, you will see a lot beatles and stones and dylan and a whole lot of traditional songs, Garcia sang Beatles beautifully, dyaln even better and the band made the music sometimes better than originals

the across the universe album is terrible and it almost made me hate a band that i love because the covers were so terrible

Spooky Tooth “I Am the Walrus”

Patti Smith “Within You, Without You”

Jose Feliciano “In My Life”

Emmylou Harris “Here, There and Everywhere”

William Shatner “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds”

Anyone who likes jazz as well as the beatles should check out Stanley Jordan’s Cover of “Elanor Rigby”. Simply put, it’s fantastic!

alanis morissette / dear prudence
cher / long and winding road
en vogue / yesterday
annie lennox / dont let me down
fiona apple / across the universe
aretha franklin / eleanor rigby

Wilson Pickett’s “Hey Jude”

Chaka Demus & Plyers – Twist & Shout

Sarah McLachlan – blackbird

Anyone who said Elton John’s version of Lucy in the Sky should be shot at dawn! That version is awful – If you can’t improve on the original (which is almost impossible in every instance in this case) or have an inventive take on it, why bother? Leave the masterpieces alone!!

Oasis “I am the Walrus”
Not to split hairs but those of you who nominated “live and let die” do know it’s not a beatles tune right?

Booker T & The MG’s cover the ENTIRE Abbey Road LP on McLemore Avenue

Steve Earle – I’m Looking Through You – from Train A Commin’

Rod Stewart – Get Back (always liked this version)From Storytelles Box Set

Eric Gales – I Want You (she’s so Heavy) heard this on XM and was blown away

Any Partridge (XTC) Strawberry Fields Forever – not sure what this is from

Cheap Trick’s – Day Tripper

Forgot

Jellyfish – Eleanor Rigby – I think this is on their box set. Live performance from a TV show in Japan…amazing

NILSSON’s “You Can’t Do That” is obviously the best Beatles cover ever, even the Beatles agreed.

Sherry, it’s always good to know what it is you hate this week.
LAIBACH covered all of “Let it Be” and if you like that, you’ve got to stay away from drugs.
Michael Stanley did a spacey-slow version of “HELP” on his Friends & Legends album that is mystifyingly satisfying.
Sean Lennon covered “Dear Prudence” when he was about 12 and did a decent job…
but I think the best has to be “LIES” by the Knickerbockers.
(oh right, that’s not a cover. oops)

As much as I don’t like the band, the Vines did an amazing “I’m Only Sleeping” for the I AM SAM soundtrack.

Also agree on:
Oasis — “Walrus”
Crue — “Helter…” (can’t believe I’m staying that).
Ben Harper — “Strawberry…”

And gotta love the kiddies with no knowledge of rock history…”Live and Let Die” = NOT a Beatles song. Ugh.

Chaka Khan’s version of WE CAN WORK IT OUT is fantastic.

I Am Der Walrus (LIVE) – Frank Zappa

Wilson Pickett “Hey Jude” hands down

within you without you
by sonic youth on the deluxe of daydream nation

Jeff Beck – A Day in the Life

Beautiful cover of the greatest song of all time.

Aeromith – Come Together

William Shatner, Lucy in he Sky with Diamonds. Hands down.

the entire I Am Sam soundtrack…

Johnny A “YES IT IS” from his debut CD

Johnny A “YES IT IS” from his debut CD

elvis’s version of something was terrible it’s from aloha from hawaii

Aerosmith – Come Together
The Chameleons U.K. – Tomorrow Never Knows
Alice Cooper – Because
Cheapt Trick – Day Tripper

Did I REALLY see The Carpenters on one of these lists? LMFAO!!!

…and Motley Crue’s version of “Helter Skelter”?
PUH-LEEEZZZ.
Even Pat Benatar’s version of that song had more balls.

Ben Harper’s cover of Strawberry Fields is right up there with the Beatles original IMO. Also, the Black Keys do a great cover of She Said, She Said

I’m Only Sleeping Jeff Tweedy
We Can Work It Out Stevie Wonder
Because Elliot Smith
Eleanor Rigby Ray Charles
Here Comes The Sun Richie Havens

Gov’t Mule – She Said , She Said

Rick Derringer- Helter Skelter

Bill Murray as hunter s. thompson “lucy in the sky with diamonds” in the movie “where the Buffalo Roam”

Fionna Apple – Across The Universe
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Helter Skelter
Los Fabulosos Cadilacs feat. Debbie Harry – Strawberry Fields (better than the original, download it)

“DoubleBackAlley”- the Rutles
“Getting Better”- Fionn Regan
“Something”- Frank Sinatra (incredible…which proves it’s the singer AND the song)
“Hey Jude” by Elvis Presley which is sooo bad… I don’t think EP has a clue what he is singing about…it might be the first time he has ever seen the lyrics and if you actually hear it, you will be stupified. (if you aren’t already, that is)
“Rain”- Kaptain Kopter & his Fabulous Twirlybirds (Randy California from Spirit)

Shonen Knife – Rain

Jeff Healey – While my guitar gently weeps

Aerosmith – Come together

Hawksly Workman – Revolution

the Mamas and the Papas – I call your name
David Bowie – Across the Universe

also
Jim Carrey – I am the Walrus

Thrice- Eleanor Rigby…
the only cover of that song able to capture the mood and emotion generated by the original…
Aretha Franklin murdered that song…

Listen to Loukass Help! it’s so good

JOE COCKER-SHE CAME IN THROUGH THE BATHROOM WINDOW…PAUL WELLER-DON’T LET ME DOWN…CHEAP TRICK-DAY TRIPPER…EDDIE VEDDER-YOU’VE GOT TOHIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY…THE JAM-RAIN…AEROSMITH-COME TOGETHER…THE DAMNED-HELP…OASIS-I AM THE WALRUS…PRINCE-MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS…RICHIE HAVENS-HERE COMES THE SUN

breeders – happiness is a warm gun

Siouxie – Dear Prudence

Siouxie – Helter Skelter

Aerosmith – I’m Down
Jeff Healey Band – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Jeff Healey Band – Yer Blues

i know this is really late but…

Joe Cocker- With a Little Help… from Woodstock

Most of the Across the Universe Soundtrack is pretty good, Martin Luther McCoy is an AMAZING guitarist

Wow…did no one mention Phil Collins version of “Tomorrow Never Knows” from Face Value??? I’ve liked The Beatles I was 4 years-old in 1964 (my sister was 13) and a varitable Beatle FREAK since I was 15, and that is THE BEST Beatles cover of which I am aware.