Best songs played by non-author artists...


Let's have an interesting talk about artists that creatively perform songs that had been performed by different original band or artist. There is a huge number of singers, artists that perform songs that they didn't write neither music or lyrics and they do it very often way different from the original performers and that's exactly what I really like because each artist should have his own signature without repeating after anyone else. I would not be surprised that there are people that only love the original performance, but I welcome and greet anybody who can perform let's say Pink Floyd in his own way...
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Here's what comes into my mind:

Jail House Rock by Residents: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zwmt7hdaHw
My Way by Nina Hagen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q22N1dSXiN0
Man's World by Residents:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAYCeHE-Ih0
Ring of Fire by Frank Zappa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTmTobf9KSY
Frank Zappa also made quite a few funny parodies of Stairway to Heaven, Purple Haze and other songs of famous rock, country and jazz artists.
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We regularly play the Zappa version of Whipping Post in our room at the audiophile shows. I think one of my all time favorites though is the version of Ballad of Easy Rider done by Fairport Convention that appears on one of my favorite recordings, Richard Thompson: Live (More or Less). The lead vocal is done by Sandy Denny and is absolutely ethereal.
O yes the Whipping Floss bt Zappa'classic.
Any song on the Styx Big Bang Theory.Demo quality sound.And their version of the Walsus by the Beatles is quite good.
The term you are looking for is "cover song." There is already a massive thread on this forum about the best rock covers.
On his latest, and sadly last album, Ghost on the Canvas (he has Alzheimer's) Glen Campbell does a great version of Hold on Hope, originally written by Guided by Voices. I think his version is far superior to the original.