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Название |
Оригинал |
Кавер |
100 |
Star Wars theme |
John Williams |
Bill Murray |
99 |
Since U Been Gone |
Kelly Clarkson |
Ted Leo |
98 |
Stairway to Heaven |
Led Zeppelin |
Rodrigo y Gabriela |
97 |
Glamorous Life |
Sheila E. |
The Fever |
96 |
Don’t Give Up |
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush |
Willie Nelson & Sinead O’Connor |
95 |
Turn, Turn, Turn |
Pete Seeger |
The Byrds |
94 |
Low Rider |
War |
Drunken Boat |
93 |
Wasted |
Black Flag |
Camper Van Beethoven |
92 |
Caldonia |
Cab Calloway |
Mos Def |
91 |
Sex (I’m A) |
Berlin |
Peaches |
90 |
Rock the Casbah |
The Clash |
Rachid Taha |
89 |
I Will Survive |
Gloria Gaynor |
Cake |
88 |
Enjoy the Silence |
Depeche Mode |
Lacuna Coil |
87 |
Hurt |
Nine Inch Nails |
Johnny Cash |
86 |
With a Little Help From My Friends |
The Beatles |
Joe Cocker |
85 |
Live and Let Die |
Wings |
Guns N’ Roses |
84 |
Eleanor Rigby |
The Beatles |
Thrice |
83 |
Imagine |
John Lennon |
A Perfect Circle |
82 |
Helter Skelter |
The Beatles |
U2 |
81 |
Twist and Shout |
The Isley Brothers |
The Beatles |
80 |
Dear Prudence |
The Beatles |
Siouxsie and the Banshees |
79 |
By the Time I Get to Phoenix |
Glen Campbell |
Isaac Hayes |
78 |
Ain’t That a Shame |
Fats Domino |
Cheap Trick |
77 |
Baker Street |
Gerry Rafferty |
Foo Fighters |
76 |
Blinded by the Light |
Bruce Springsteen |
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band |
75 |
Love Hurts |
The Everly Brothers |
Nazareth |
74 |
Jackie Blue |
Ozark Mountain Daredevils |
Smashing Pumpkins |
73 |
Venus |
Shocking Blue |
Bananarama |
72 |
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds |
The Beatles |
Elton John |
71 |
Jimmy Loves MaryAnn |
Looking Glass |
Josie Cotton |
70 |
Just |
Radiohead |
Mark Ronson with Alex Greenwald |
69 |
Proud Mary |
Creedence Clearwater Revival |
Ike and Tina Turner |
68 |
Chelsea Hotel |
Leonard Cohen |
Lloyd Cole |
67 |
I Shall Be Released |
Bob Dylan |
The Band |
66 |
Stop Your Sobbing |
The Kinks |
The Pretenders |
65 |
(What’s So Funny ’Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding |
Nick Lowe |
Elvis Costello and the Attractions |
64 |
Nobody Does It Better |
Carly Simon |
Radiohead |
63 |
King of the Road |
Roger Miller |
R.E.M. |
62 |
Landslide |
Fleetwood Mac |
Dixie Chicks |
61 |
Sweet Child O’ Mine |
Guns N’ Roses |
Luna |
60 |
It Was A Very Good Year |
Frank Sinatra |
William Shatner |
59 |
I Will Always Love You |
Dolly Parton |
Whitney Houston |
58 |
Spider-Man |
for 1967 TV cartoon series |
The Ramones |
57 |
Darling Nikki |
Prince |
Foo Fighters |
56 |
Jolene |
Dolly Parton |
The White Stripes |
55 |
Comfortably Numb |
Pink Floyd |
Scissor Sisters |
54 |
Working Class Hero |
John Lennon |
Green Day |
53 |
Crazy Mary |
Victoria Williams |
Pearl Jam |
52 |
Respect |
Otis Redding |
Aretha Franklin |
51 |
Everybody’s Talking |
Fred Neil |
Harry Nilsson |
50 |
If You Leave |
OMD |
Nada Surf |
49 |
My Favorite Things |
Mary Martin |
John Coltrane |
48 |
John the Revelator |
Spiritual |
Depeche Mode |
47 |
Superstar |
The Carpenters |
Sonic Youth |
46 |
Eight Miles High |
the Byrds |
Roxy Music |
45 |
Boys of Summer |
Don Henley |
The Ataris |
44 |
…Baby One More Time |
Britney Spears |
Travis |
43 |
Oh, Pretty Woman |
Roy Orbison |
Van Halen |
42 |
Always on My Mind |
Brenda Lee |
Pet Shop Boys |
41 |
My Way |
Frank Sinatra |
Sid Vicious |
40 |
Hallelujah |
Leonard Cohen |
Jeff Buckley |
39 |
Another Brick in the Wall Parts 1, 2, 3 |
Pink Floyd |
Korn |
38 |
You’re No Good |
Betty Everett |
Linda Ronstadt |
37 |
Satisfaction |
The Rolling Stones |
Cat Power |
36 |
Bring Tha Noize |
Public Enemy |
Anthrax |
35 |
Only Love Can Break Your Heart |
Neil Young |
Saint Etienne |
34 |
Star-Spangled Banner |
Francis Scott Key |
Jimi Hendrix |
33 |
I Fought the Law |
Bobby Fuller Four |
The Clash |
32 |
Gloria |
Van Morrison’s Theme |
Patti Smith |
31 |
Me and Bobby McGee |
Kris Kristofferson |
Janis Joplin |
30 |
Walk This Way |
Aerosmith |
Run DMC |
29 |
Take Me to the River |
Al Green |
Talking Heads |
28 |
Wonderwall |
Oasis |
Ryan Adams |
27 |
Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) |
Weill/Brecht |
The Doors |
26 |
Louie Louie |
Richard Berry |
The Kingsmen |
25 |
Helpless |
Neil Young |
K.D. Lang |
24 |
All Along the Watchtower |
Bob Dylan |
Jimi Hendrix |
23 |
Crazy Train |
Ozzy Osbourne |
Bullet for My Valentine |
22 |
Let Down |
Radiohead |
Radiodread |
21 |
Walk |
Pantera |
Avenged Sevenfold |
20 |
Smells Like Teen Spirit |
Nirvana |
Paul Anka |
19 |
How Soon Is Now |
The Smiths |
Love Spit Love |
18 |
I Want Candy |
The Strangeloves |
Good Charlotte |
17 |
Satisfaction |
The Rolling Stones |
Devo |
16 |
Blue Monday |
New Order |
Orgy |
15 |
Please, Please, Please Let Me |
The Smiths |
Muse |
14 |
Wicked Game |
Chris Isaak |
H.I.M. |
13 |
Mah Na Mah Na |
Piero Umiliani |
Cake |
12 |
Under Pressure |
Queen and David Bowie |
My Chemical Romance and the Used |
11 |
Tainted Love |
Gloria Jones |
Marilyn Manson |
10 |
Tainted Love |
Gloria Jones |
Soft Cell |
09 |
Easy (Like Sunday Morning) |
The Commodores |
Faith No More |
08 |
Against All Odds |
Phil Collins |
The Postal Service |
07 |
Personal Jesus |
Depeche Mode |
Johnny Cash |
06 |
Smooth Criminal |
Michael Jackson |
Alien Ant Farm |
05 |
Showroom Dummies |
Kraftwerk |
Sen~or Coconut & His Orchestra |
04 |
Nothing Compares 2 U |
Prince |
Sinead O’Connor |
03 |
Hazy Shade of Winter |
Simon and Garfunkel |
The Bangles |
02 |
Baby Got Back |
Sir Mix-A-Lot |
Jonathan Coulton |
01 |
Stairway to Heaven |
Led Zeppelin |
Dolly Parton |
Как вы заметили, в списке нет ни одной чистой кавер-группы. Все оригинальные артисты просто отлично исполнившие кавер. Многим данный рейтинг как всегда покажется предвзятым. Будет много вопросов почему нет многих песен, которые намного лучше этих.
Мне, например, было интересно несколько минут поизучать данный рейтинг. Некоторые каверы действительно захотелось послушать, такие как My Way в исполнении Сида Вишеса (я и не знал, что он мог что-то напеть вне пистолз), Hazy Shade of Winter Саймона и Гарфанкеля, Oh, Pretty Woman в исполнении Van Halen.
Для меня идеальный кавер всегда приправлен духом того артиста, который его исполняет. И в этом духе артист узнаваем. Случается, что кавер-версия превосходит в своей славе даже оригинальное исполнение и песня обретает новую жизнь.