Originally Posted by somerfrost

It's hard to do a re-make that stands up to the original...I think the ones I enjoy all have one thing in common, the artist takes the song and does it in his/her/their style not merely a copy of the original, a few I like:
G&R's version of "Knocking on Heaven's Door"
The Sundays version of "Wild Horses"
Manfred Mann's version of "The Mighty Quinn"
The Byrds version of "Tamborine Man"
Jimi Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower"