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Cover: Twist and Shout - The Beatles

Original: Twist and Shout - The Isley Bros. (although an earlier version was recorded under another title, The Isleys get credit for the first version)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PfEuDxk5WE

Cover: Let's Spend the Night Together - Bowie

Original: Let's Spend the Night Together - Stones

Cover: I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Creedance Clearwater Revival

Original: I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOFzn_5alVE

(amazingly, every cover of this song is great)

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Just so everyone knows, the playlist contains so many songs we decided to do just a covers only list as well. If you don't have the time or the will to listen to the 90+ songs the first list contains, you can just listen to the Covers Only List :D

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A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall - Leon Russell '71 (Bob Dylan)

All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix '68 (Bob Dylan)

Because the Night - 10,000 Maniacs '94 (Bruce Springsteen)

Black Magic Woman - Santana '70 (Fleetwood Mac)

Blowin' In The Wind - Peter, Paul and Mary '63 (Bob Dylan)

Both Sides Now – Judy Collins (Joni Mitchell)

Call Me The Breeze - Lynyrd Skynyrd '74 (JJ Cale)

Can't Get Enough of You Baby - Smash Mouth (? & the Mysterians)

Caravan Of Love - The Housemartins '86 (Isley Jasper Isley)

Don't It Make You Want to Go Home - The Persuasions '71 (Joe South)

Don't Make My Baby Blue - Move (Frankie Laine)

Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - Frankie Valli & 4 Seasons (Bob Dylan)

Emotions - Destiny's Child '01 (Samantha Sang)

For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder '68 (Jean DuShon)

Hard To Handle - Black Crowes '90 (Otis Redding)

Heatwave - Linda Ronstadt (Martha & the Vandellas)

Hurt - Johnny Cash '01 (Nine Inch Nails)

I Heard It Through The Grapevine - CCR '70 (Marvin Gaye)

I Need to Know – Stevie Nicks (Tom Petty)

I'm A Believer - Smashmouth '01 (Monkees)

It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City - David Bowie '75 (Bruce Springsteen)

Just My Imagination - Rolling Stones '78 (Temptations)

Let's Spend the Night Together - David Bowie (Rolling Stones)

Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner (Al Green)

Lonely Avenue - The Animals '76 (Ray Charles)

Love Hurts - Nazareth '76 (Everly Brothers)

Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin '71 (Roger Miller)

New Pony- The Dead Weather (Bob Dylan)

Oh, Lonesome Me - The Walkers (Don Gibson)

One More Cup Of Coffee- The White Stripes (Bob Dylan)

Respect - Aretha Franklin '67 (Otis Redding)

River Deep, Mountain High - Eric Burdon & The Animals (Ike & Tina Turner)

Sea of Love - The Honeydrippers '84 (Phil Phillips)

Silence Is Golden - The Tremeloes (Frankie Valli & 4 Seasons)

Simple Man - Shinedown '10 (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

So You Want to be a Rock N' Roll Star - Tom Petty '86 (The Byrds)

Some Velvet Morning - Vanilla Fudge (Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra)

Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore, The - Walker Brothers (Frankie Valli & 4 Seasons)

Take Me In Your Arms" - Doobie Brothers (Kim Weston)

Take Me To The River - Talking Heads '79 (Al Green)

To Love Somebody - Eric Burdon & Animals '68 (Bee Gees)

Twist and Shout - The Beatles (Isley Brothers)

Well All Right - Blind Faith '69 (Buddy Holly)

When Will I Be Loved - Linda Ronstadt (Everly Brothers)

Who Do You Love? - George Thorogood & The Destroyers '78 (Bo Diddley)

Wichita Lineman - Dennis Brown '70 (Glen Campbell)

With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker '68 (Beatles)

Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young '70 (Joni Mitchell)

You Better Move On - Rolling Stones '64 (Arthur Alexander)

You Better Run - Pat Benatar (Rascals)

Playlist (covers only)

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1. Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

2. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

3. Respect - Aretha Franklin

4. Blowin' In The Wind - Peter, Paul and Mary

5. With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker

6. The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore - The Walker Brothers

7. For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder

8. Hard To Handle - The Black Crowes

9. Sea of Love - The Honeydrippers

10. Silence Is Golden - The Tremeloes

This was such an incredibly hard list to come up with -- all of these songs would be #1s for me on any other list. Basically think of this as 1a-1j.

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1- You Better Move On - Rolling Stones '64 (Arthur Alexander)

2- All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix '68 (Bob Dylan)

3- To Love Somebody - Eric Burdon & Animals '68 (Bee Gees)

4- For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder '68 (Jean DuShon)

5- Oh, Lonesome Me - The Walkers (Don Gibson)

6- Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore, The - Walker Brothers (Frankie Valli & 4 Seasons)

7- Black Magic Woman - Santana '70 (Fleetwood Mac)

8- Well All Right - Blind Faith '69 (Buddy Holly)

9- Twist and Shout - The Beatles (Isley Brothers)

10-I Heard It Through The Grapevine - CCR '70 (Marvin Gaye)

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1. River Deep, Mountain High - Eric Burdon & The Animals (Ike & Tina Turner)

2. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix '68 (Bob Dylan)

3. Don't Make My Baby Blue - Move (Frankie Laine)

4. Hurt - Johnny Cash '01 (Nine Inch Nails)

5. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin '71 (Roger Miller)

6. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - CCR '70 (Marvin Gaye)

7. Some Velvet Morning - Vanilla Fudge (Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra)

8. Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore, The - Walker Brothers (Frankie Valli & 4 Seasons)

9. To Love Somebody - Eric Burdon & Animals '68 (Bee Gees)

10. Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young '70 (Joni Mitchell)

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A difficult chore this time. I hated to have to leave so many great covers off my list. We should do this again somethime.

1-Respect - Aretha Franklin '67 (Otis Redding)-(I 've always been a big Otis Redding fan and loved his original but Aretha made this her own).

2-Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin '71 (Roger Miller) (It's hard to imagine anyone else singing this one).

3-Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore, The - Walker Brothers (Frankie Valli & 4 Seasons) (I love the BIG sound the Walker Bros give this one).

4-Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young '70 (Joni Mitchell)-(This song IS Woodstock).

5-Take Me To The River - Talking Heads '79 (Al Green)-(Washa me down).

6-Hard To Handle - Black Crowes '90 (Otis Redding)-(The Crowes showed great respect and talent in their treatment of Otis' original).

7-With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker '68 (Beatles)-(One of the most classic covers ever).

8-Blowin' In The Wind - Peter, Paul and Mary '63 (Bob Dylan)-(This cover established PP&M as giants in folk).

9-Take Me In Your Arms" - Doobie Brothers (Kim Weston)-(At the time I thought an unlikely cover but the Doobies kicked ass with it).

10-When Will I Be Loved - Linda Ronstadt (Everly Brothers)-(Linda does such a great job with all of her covers. We could have a Linda Ronstadt Top Ten Covers list).

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1. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - CCR '70 (Marvin Gaye)

2. Call Me The Breeze - Lynyrd Skynyrd '74 (JJ Cale)

3. Just My Imagination - Rolling Stones '78 (Temptations)

4. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin '71 (Roger Miller)

5. Black Magic Woman - Santana '70 (Fleetwood Mac)

6. With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker '68 (Beatles)

7. Take Me To The River - Talking Heads '79 (Al Green)

8. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix '68 (Bob Dylan)

9. Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young '70 (Joni Mitchell)

10 Twist and Shout - The Beatles (Isley Brothers)

Wow, classic tunes!..very hard to rate these...they are all #1's to me!

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1. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

2. Who Do You Love? - George Thorogood & The Destroyers

3. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin

4. For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder

5. A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall - Leon Russell

6. Hard To Handle - Black Crowes

7. Respect - Aretha Franklin

8. Don't It Make You Want to Go Home - The Persuasions

9. Take Me In Your Arms - Doobie Brothers

10. Black Magic Woman - Santana

...Thank you Bob Dylan :bow:

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Thank you, Laurie (and all). :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

1. Well All Right - Blind Faith

2. You Better Move On - The Stones

3. Call Me The Breeze - Skynyrd, man!

4. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

5. Black Magic Woman - Santana

6. Simple Man - Shinedown

7. Just My Imagination - The Stones

8. So You Want To Be A Rock N' Roll Star - Tom Petty

9. I'm A Believer - Smashmouth

10. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - CCR

Honorable Mention: 'Retha, Bowie, 10,000 Maniacs, Black Crowes, CSNY.

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1.All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

2.I Heard It Through The Grapevine - CCR

3.A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker

4.Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

5.A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall - Leon Russell

6.Black Magic Woman-Santana

7.Who Do You Love? - George Thorogood & The Destroyers

8.Because the Night - 10,000 Maniacs

9.Well Alright - Blind Faith

10.Love Hurts - Nazareth

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1. Hard to Handle - Black Crowes

2. I'm A Believer - Smashmouth

3. Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner

4. Sea of Love - The Honeydrippers

5. Respect - Aretha Franklin

6. Emotions - Destiny's Child

7. Because The Night - 10,000 Maniacs

8. Me & Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin

9. Call Me The Breeze - Lynyrd Skynyrd

10. For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder

I could easily have added 5 more to this list.

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1. With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker '68 (Beatles)

2. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix '68 (Bob Dylan)

3. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - CCR '70 (Marvin Gaye)

4. Take Me To The River - Talking Heads '79 (Al Green)

5. Who Do You Love? - George Thorogood & The Destroyers '78 (Bo Diddley)

6. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin '71 (Roger Miller)

7. Black Magic Woman - Santana '70 (Fleetwood Mac)

8. Call Me The Breeze - Lynyrd Skynyrd '74 (JJ Cale)

9. Respect - Aretha Franklin '67 (Otis Redding)

10.When Will I Be Loved - Linda Ronstadt (Everly Brothers)

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1 Because the Night - 10,000 Maniacs '94 (Bruce Springsteen)

2 So You Want to be a Rock N' Roll Star - Tom Petty '86 (The Byrds)

3 Hurt - Johnny Cash '01 (Nine Inch Nails)

4 Simple Man - Shinedown '10 (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

5 All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix '68 (Bob Dylan)

6 I Need to Know – Stevie Nicks (Tom Petty)

7 I Heard It Through The Grapevine - CCR '70 (Marvin Gaye)

8 Hard To Handle - Black Crowes '90 (Otis Redding)

9 Love Hurts - Nazareth '76 (Everly Brothers)

10 Take Me To The River - Talking Heads '79 (Al Green)

I'll be gone camping all weekend, I'll post the results when I get home.

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1. Lonely Avenue - The Animals

2. Well All Right - Blind Faith

3. Black Magic Woman - Santana

4. Don't It Make You Want to Go Home - The Persuasions

5. Because the Night - 10,000 Maniacs

6. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

7. Take Me To The River - Talking Heads

8. Hard To Handle - Black Crowes

9. Who Do You Love? - George Thorogood & The Destroyers

10. Twist and Shout - The Beatles

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