IMO, Iz’s Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World is absolutely outstanding.
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Parsonsfield singing Huey Lewis’ “Power of Love”. The way they do it, it’s like a whole different song.
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Siouxsie & the Banshees - Dear Prudence
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It seems that Zeppelin’s covers are quite popular in this thread, and that’s fine with me!
Here’s another: D’yer Mak’er - Sheryl Crow
Two fab versions: one from a tribute album to Led Zeppelin and one from MTV’s “Unplugged”.
Both are simply superb. (And it ain’t pronounced “Dire Maker”!)
Was just going to post The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter. I especially love it this time of year.
Wow, the things you learn on CC. After all these years, I now know where one of my favorite, long-gone posters, @D’yerMaker, got his screen handle. 
Don’t get the relation of the song title to the lyrics, though. Can someone explain?
Heart - Stairway to Heaven
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It’s an old joke from England: Man says “My wife went to the Caribbean.” Friend responds:
“Jamaica?” Man responds: “No, she went on her own accord”.
Jamaica?=Did you make her?= D’yer Mak’er?
It’s a pun on Jamaica because of the somewhat reggae feel of the song. All my friends used to pronounce it “Dire Maker”! They kinda’ missed the Zep’s sense of humor.
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Dolly Parton - Stairway to Heaven
Best band to cover…Led Zep
Immigrant Song performed by Trent Reznor
Best at covering others…Chris Cornell
Thank you, Imagine, The Keeper and Nothing compares 2U
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Goodness me…Led Zeppelin seems to be running away with the most number of favorite covers!
Not surprised, but still surprised. Nonetheless, totally worthy!
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My favorite “Hallelujah” is Pentatonix by far, followed by Bon Jovi (seriously!).
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I was coming on to say Heart’s version of Stairway to Heaven. Watch the extended video because I love seeing the band’s reaction to the song.
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Absolutely. They were very moved at Kennedy Center Honors. I was listening to Howard Stern and he mentioned how good Heart was so I listened to it a few weeks ago. That was another reason I thought of Adele at the Grammy’s with Fastlove( in my original post) as the audience was so moved by her performance.
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Harry Nilsson - Without You
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Ok, I’m having loads of fun with this thread!
Two more:
These Foolish Things - Bryan Ferry (and the brilliant album of the same name, which consists entirely of great covers)
Got My Mind Set on You - George Harrison
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I love Chris Cornell’s voice; Soundgarden and Audioslave were the soundtracks of my youth. His death was a huge loss to the music community, imo.
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Came here to add this. I prefer this version to the original.
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Love Vigilantes-- The Oyster Band
Love Will Tear us Apart – June Tabor and The Oyster Band
Art Garfunkel - I Only Have Eyes For You (it’s “our song”)
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