What songs do you prefer over the original, or may even be better?
Like my pick, way better than the boring Neil Young version:
I much prefer Tracey Ullman's version of 'Move Over Darling' to Doris Day's and I love this classic, if only for Karen Carpenter's vocals. The video is sugar coated cheesiness however.
Some other great covers are:
'You Showed Me' - Salt-N-Pepa
'Losing My Mind' - Liza Minnelli/Pet Shop Boys
I am the walrus / spooky tooth
Stone cold sober / Andy Taylor
I get wet / paper the operator
The warning / black sabbath
Johnny b. Good / Jimi Hendrix
Parchman farm / blue cheer
love bizarre / Michael Hedges
The boxer / Stu Daye
On the western plain / Rory Gallagher
.....most of what led zep did