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“You Can’t Do That” — Ezra and The Harpoons

(HT: Teibs / Festival Crashers.com)

Less than 3 weeks until Halloween.

Better get your hands on one of these.

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Stevie Wonder - “We Can Work It Out”

Just Stevie being Stevie.  Great stuff.

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Yes and Jimmy Page covering “I’m Down”

This is one of the most unlikely combinations in all of rock history.  It’s an added bonus that they happen to be playing a Beatles song.

The audio quality is pretty poor, but you get the idea.

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Bobby McFerrin singing “Drive My Car”

While this might not be as good as his rendition of “Blackbird”, it’s still pretty cool and quirky.

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Roy Orbison covering “Help!”

Roy Orbison was a man that The Beatles idolized and looked up to.  Here he is returning the favor.

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Tina Turner singing “She Came In Through the Bathroom Window”

I would have never guessed that Tina Turner would cover the Beatles. But, to my surprise, here she is doing a pretty decent job.  Sure she changes the lyrics a bit — last I checked “hustler” isn’t in the original song — but overall it’s a pretty good rendition.

The little trivia question at the end is pretty entertaining too.

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Billy Corgan singing “Julia”

I’ve featured Billy and his band Zwan covering the Beatles in the past, but it was for an absolutely terrible version of “Don’t Let Me Down.”  Finally Billy got one right.

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The Beach Boys performing “Back in the U.S.S.R.”

This extremely rare cover took place at a Washington D.C. concert in 1981.  The only other known Beatles cover performed by the group is “With a Little Help From My Friends.”

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The Black Keys covering “She Said She Said”

This one probably comes in second place to Gov’t Mule’s cover, but it’s still damn good.

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Stevie Wonder performing “We Can Work It Out”’

In 1974, Stevie finally got to work with the Beatles (well, two of them at least) on the last known studio recording of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, A Toot and a Snore in ‘74.

Check out the 1:18 mark — Paul still can’t get the words right.

(Still looking for better quality videos — anybody have them, please email)

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Marvin Gaye singing “Yesterday”

Easily one of the best Beatles covers of all time.

— Thanks to Baby J for the heads up on this one.

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Travis covering “Lovely Rita”

The Scottish band Travis recorded this great tune back in June of 2007 for the 40th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper.

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The Beach Boys covering “With a Little Help From My Friends”

It’s a pretty simple cover of the original version of the song, but it gets the job done.