100 examples of an older artist covering a song by someone much younger

2. Johnny Cash-Hurt

really, most of The American Recordings to thread

This. That guy's been making hit songs in Finland since the 70s, most of them are humorous covers of international hits, like "Kung Fu Fighting" or "Moskau".

3 Tom Jones - Kiss

4. Tom Jones-Are Gonna Go My Way?

5.-16. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Metal_Mood:_No_More_Mr._Nice_Guy

17. Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, "Black Hole Sun"

18. david bowie - that pixies tune

19 to 32: everything on Paul Anka's "Rock Swings"

http://www.funkyimg.com/u/93667Herbie_Hancock__The_New_Standard_1996.jpg

33. David Byrne, "Ex Guru"
34. Tom Jones, "Burning Down the House"

35. Nancy Sinatra, "Let Me Kiss You" (Morrissey)

36. Miles Davis, Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)
37. Miles Davis, Human Nature (Michael Jackson)

38 Joe Dolan - Dreaming of You

Didn't realise he was dead till just now. RIP. He did a ton of other lol britpop/indie -> Irish showband covers (Disco 2000, The Universal), but won't clutter the numbers with them.

Most of Bettye LaVette's I've Got My Own Hell To Raise to thread.

I'd like to hear that H. Hancock album. Looking at the tracklist, I'd count four of those for the purposes of this thread:

39. "All Apologies" (Nirvana)
40. "Love Is Stronger Than Pride" (Sade)
41. "When Can I See You" (Babyface)
42. "Thieves in the Temple" (Prince)

The rest are all roughly in Herbie's own generation.

I haven't heard it for years, but I remember being disappointed because I was expecting recognizable melodies, and Herbie re-harmonizes and post-bops them into oblivion. Basically I wanted a Bad Plus treatment before they existed.

Maybe I'm wrong though, because I'm listening to clips on amazon and "All Apologies" has a straight reading of the melody + sitars, and "Thieves in the Temple" is pretty straight-forward smooth funk.

I think I've heard his "All Apologies."

43. Lesley Gore, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
44. Nina Simone, "Rich Girl"
45. Vanilla Fudge, "I Want It That Way"

46. Moms Mabley, "Abraham, Martin & John"

Buddy Rich did a lot of this, like doing "The Beat Goes On" w/his pre-teen daughter singing.

43. Lesley Gore, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
I wanna hear this!

47. David Bowie - Cactus

48. Tom Waits - King Kong

18. david bowie - that pixies tune

-- Jordan, Tuesday, February 19, 2008 6:41 PM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Bowie did "Debaser" live w/Tin Machine

49. Earth Wind & Fire, "The Way You Move"

???

Earth, Wind, & Fire/Kenny G Cover

In 2005, Saxophonist Kenny G and Funk legends Earth, Wind, & Fire released a cover of the song "The Way You Move" with Philip Bailey and Maurice White on vocals. The song appears on Kenny G's At Last... The Duets Album and Earth, Wind, & Fire's 2005 album Illumination.

AHHHH, why would EW&F work with Kenny G. ;_;

Yeah, I really like EWF, and that shit is just wrong.

50. Richard Thompson - Oops! I Did It Again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAS4ltt7DzI

Joan Baez did Tears for Fears' "Shout" on the Amnesty International tour in 1986. It was EXACTLY like your mom trying to stay cool.

51. William S. Burroughs "Star Me Kitten"
52. Don Ho "Shock the Monkey"
53. Herman's Hermits "White Wedding"
54. Tom Jones "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)"

55. Frank Sinatra - "Something"

I don't know if he ever recorded it, but Sinatra sang Alice Cooper's "You and Me" live in the late 70s.

55 - Junior Walker "Urgent"
56 - Dolly Parton - "(She) Drives Me Crazy"
57 - Willie Nelson - "Gravedigger"
58 - Willie Nelson - "The Bob Song"

59 - Liza Minelli - "Rent"

Didn't Patti Smith cover a Nirvana song?

60 - Shirley Bassey - Get The Party Started

61. Patti Smith-"Smells Like Teen Spirit"

62. Frank Sinatra-"Bad Bad Leroy Brown"

63. Mitch Ryder - "When You Were Mine"

64. Marianne Faithfull-"Nobody's Fault (But My Own)"
65. Tom Petty-"Asshole"
66. Marianne Faithfull-"No Child of Mine"

67. Richard Thompson-"1985"

68. Old Lady In The Wedding Singer -- "Rapper's Delight"

54. Tom Jones "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)"

tom jones (born 1940)
randy newman (born 1943)

For example Richard Thompson's take on Britney Spears Oops, I Did It Again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2yFp03gaNg

sorry, we had that as #50 already but actually i wanted to start a new thread, the ilm robot directed me here and didn't let me check the other answers.

43. Lesley Gore, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"

Lesley Gore is the same age as Bon Scott would've been.

Jerry Lewis and his kid doing the Beatles...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALjYJNHgAlE

Jennifer Hanson, age 35, "Beautiful Goodbye"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfeLF6j1kWU

Cilla Black, age 66, "Beautiful Goodbye"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjP52184XhA

59 - Liza Minelli - "Rent"

Liza Minnelli's only 8 years older than Neil Tennant.

73. Ralph Stanley covering VU's "White Light/White Heat" on the Lawless soundtrack:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77lc1yxBtFE

(this is really bad)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77lc1yxBtFE

Dunno about much younger, but Pete Townshend covering the (English) Beat's "Save It For Later."

LOL @ WLWH, haven't heard it yet. He really sounds like he's bored out of his mind.

'White light it bores me out of my mind"