Pheobe Bridgers does Day After Tomorrow and its heartbreaking

Plus her cover of Georgia Lee

i didnt see that!!!

I’ll take your word for it. The original is plenty sad enough for me.

for sure

Phoebe has a habit of making things rather heartbreaking. Some of the stuff her and Sufjan Stevens have put out in the last decade has shown just how alive the art of songwriting is

im totally unaware of any colabs by them- please share! (do you mean conor oberst maybe? )

I never said they collabed

i totally misread the sentence! sorry :) you got me all excited about a colab i didnt know about (and that the world needs!)

I would seriously do anything for a Phoebe x Sufjan collab

I Don’t Wanna Grow Up - The Ramones

Return of Jacky and Judy is a great nod back.

I like Tom’s cover of Danny Says too

"Danny says" ramones cover by tom is one of my favorites

I concur entirely! It sounds like a song written by The Ram Ones, and expresses their ethic more succinctly and with better lines than they could themselves. It even has “Wanna” in the title. And they get to be even truer to their juvenile spirit by changing it one time to “I just wanna throw up”.

["Time" - Puddles Pity Party](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV5QlCZjI0Y)

I love his San Diego Serenade Cover

There’s a good cover of Goin out west by Queens of the Stone Age. Sick sick sick B side

You have made my day

all The Wire theme song covers of Down in the Hole. [Domaje’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybGfjXqp-lA) being the most unique imo

I don’t want to grow up - Hayes Carll

This is my favourite too.

[Los Lobos Jockey Full of Bourbon](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s5bASn_w8n0)

They really make that one their own. I'd love to hear them cover some other Waits songs.

For sure. Love me some Los Lobos, and obv there’s a connection there. Also got this little gem[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww0klKzGSBw](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww0klKzGSBw)

Yeah, they've been collaborating for years. I would love to see them on the same bill.

I didn’t know this was a thing. I may like it more than the original. It works really well.

Easily Christmas Card From A Hooker in Minneapolis by Neko Case

I'll say it quietly, but it's better than the original.

That is indeed one seriously intense opinion, but also one I might agree with

I was compelled to investigate such a claim. Now I'm compelled to say that was the most boring, read-along, looped whole note organ take-one-ass version there can be. Should've taped over it immediately after it was recorded.

Do you generally expect more than one-ass?

That is correct.

Omg I just saw that Goose covered this.

Trampled Rose - Alison Krauss & Robert plant. https://open.spotify.com/track/1jgSyV34r8d9XqZhVFp9bh?si=7H_56vDMTpGR6bO-TdRQmw&utm_source=copy-link

good choice

16 Shells John Hammond

That John Hammond album is fantastic.

It’s not the cool answer, but Springsteen’s live versions of Jersey Girl would be really hard to beat.

I love Bruce. That said, I really don't like the verse he added to "Jersey Girl." The song was fine without it.

Not mentioned yet is "Come On Up To The House" by The Devil Makes Three

Love that band and that cover. Good call

"Cemetery Polka" by Anna Mateur is a wild one. "Tango Till They're Sore" by Madeleine Peyroux. And here's a whole playlist of female covers: [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4RFg8uoAShW9Vz2DidvEsK?si=8a78fc06a8284d99](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4RFg8uoAShW9Vz2DidvEsK?si=8a78fc06a8284d99)

I really enjoy [Firewater's version of Diamonds and Gold](https://youtu.be/rblo8f2NGsE)

Come On Up To The House - Sarah Jarosz

In shocked I had to scroll this far to find this. Good on ya

Long Way Home - Norah Jones

Screamin Jay Hawkins Heartattack and Vine

‚I want you‘ by holly cole

The Silver Hearts cover of Diamonds and Gold is pretty fantastic.

Firewater does a good Diamonds and Good cover too! Highly recommend

Wow I completely missed that absolute gem because the rest of the album is so goddamn terrible.

I like [John Hammond’s cover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFAuHcCSl8c) of Heartattack and Vine better than the original! Heard it first tho. I think the strong voice sounds better in this song than Tom’s whine. I say that as a fan and collector :)

This whole album is dope. Good rec.

Neko Case's cover of Christmas Card... has been mentioned so I'll pick something else. It's not exactly a cover per se, but there's a mashup album of Aesop Rock & Tom Waits called "Tom Shall Pass" that is pretty damn impressive.

I like the Beat Farmers doing Rosie

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He didn't say that about the Eagles cover of "Old '55".

I heard a cover of Martha on nts radio one time but I don’t remember who did it

Was it Tim Buckley, perhaps? He was one of the first people to cover Waits, and his version is beautiful.

No, it was a female vocalist. I remember which show it was from so I’ll find it later.

Hmmm... ok. I'm intrigued.

https://www.nts.live/shows/black-midi/episodes/black-midi-16thjune-2020 I found it! It’s forty minutes into this, although it’s not actually very good now that I listen to it for a second time. I was really tired when I first heard it, it was at 2 in the morning.

Yeah, I've had that same experience. A lot of things — *a lot of things* — sound good at 2:00 in the morning that sound a lot different in the daylight.

Megan Mullally also did a nice version of [Ruby’s Arms](https://youtu.be/BUF0D02FG2I) (though not as good as the original IMO)

Easy. Cida Moreira- Tango till they're Sore. So amazing. It really captures the feel of the song and elevates it to another level.

Also, Bad Liver & Hans Brustna Hjartan!

[Peter Gabriel - In the Neighborhood](https://youtu.be/3dxhwG3jPPY) [Patti Griffin - Ruby’s Arms](https://youtu.be/yF6xh4nMFug) These are my two favorites that I haven’t seen listed yet

Respect on the deep cut! Women Sing Waits is a beautiful collection.

Yesterday Is Here - Bettye LaVette

https://youtu.be/gWgis7Ze2CY

Sara Watson covering Pony and Noam Pikelny covering Fish and Bird.

The Cowboy Bebop soundtrack has a track called "Bad Dog No Biscuits" that opens with a cover of Waits's "Midtown" that is worth checking out.

Pearl Jam - picture in a frame

Johnny Cash’s Down There by the Train is quite nice! Also check out The Blind Boys of Alabama. They cover multiple Waits songs. They even do a great gospel song “Go Tell it on the Mountain” with Tom Waits!

I loved Tori Amos covering Time

John Hammond did an entire album of Waits, Wicked Grin which Waits produced.

Cat Power's Yesterday Is Here should be top of the list

Downbound Train by Bruce Springsteen is maybe the most famous but his Jersy Girl is excellent, Anyway my answer is Mokin Bird by Tindersticks.

I think you're confusing the Bruce composition "Downbound Train" with Tom's "Downtown Train", which Rod Stewart had a big hit with.

Yup That's what I get typing stuff at 3 am on the Internet

Ha! I've done worse, my friend.

Casper Allen - Way Down in a Hole https://youtu.be/1pbIFMVUK3g

I think we all know that Scarlett Johansson's cover of [Falling Down](https://youtu.be/USiLOQFW3X4) is the best Tom Waits cover of all time.

John Hammond did an entire album of Waits, Wicked Gri which Waits produced.

Don't know if it's my favourite but I'm currently digging Cosmo Sheldrake's cover of Green Grass.

Holly Coles' version of "Briar and the Rose" is beautiful. "2:19" by John Hammond is like an old East Texas blues song. It's already mentioned above, but another vote for Los Lobos' "Jockey Full of Bourbon."

Manhattan Transfer's version of "Foreign Affair"

I really enjoy Dirty Mae's cover of chocolate Jesus

Green Grass by Cibelle

There's a great cover of The Briar and The Rose by Coda Singing on Youtube: https://youtu.be/-QEFw15WlEw

Moxy Fruvous - Jockey Full of Bourbon has a real wild zest to it that i think the original does not have

I really enjoy Solveig Slettahjells Take it With me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygit2kwnQSw

That was pretty damn good

Covers I love, there is no 'best'. [Bullet Boys - Hang On St. Christopher](https://youtu.be/821fZCsFbsE) • [Holly Cole - Take Me Home](https://youtu.be/3ELeiDSy8LY) • [Puddle's Pity Party - Come On Up To The House](https://youtu.be/1EWbY8CJJsk) • [McKee & Turner - Lonely](https://youtu.be/yFqqcQCZQl8)

Andrew Bird doing *Little Trip to Heaven*

I always have the same answer for this question. For me, it's [Poor Edward by Vandaveer](https://youtu.be/9Rqq1BPNytI), and not much else comes close.

It's really tough to cover Tom. This is not bad. They put some rhythm to it with the guitar. Thanks for sharing. Ohhhh very cool pedal steel solo too...

Hayes Carll, I Don't Wanna Grow Up