The 10 Greatest Covers Ever (Part 3)

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5)Time is on My Side- The Rolling Stones

The first top ten U.S. hit for the Rolling Stones. Irma Thomas had released a version of the song a month before as the B side of one of her singles when the Stones released theirs. (They actually cut two versions of the song in 1964 but one is much better than the other. The better one is the version that's always played, the other one is on their 12 X 5 album). Irma Thomas has a beautiful voice but on this song Mick's voice cuts through like a fire bell in the night. And Keith's guitar playing is Keith at his best, and actually this song is the whole band at it's best. Driven soul from the heart by British boys in love with soul and who just happened to be white.









6)Where Did You Sleep Last Night- Nirvana

From their 1993 unplugged album, and about 5 months before he killed himself, Kurt Cobain played a century old folk song most commonly associated with Huddie Ledbetter. So here's why he was good, past all the eulogizing and past the martyrdom, at his best he howled on MTV and resurected Huddie Ledbetter. And that's how to be haunted, not by making ghosts out to be more than they were, but by resurecting their spirit back to life on this Earth.








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