Masterlist: iconic rock songs (by men) covered by cool(er) women
Nouvelle Vague - Blister In The Sun (The Violent Femmes) (All their songs are 80s covers but this is my favorite. But look up the rest. Seriously.)
The Donnas - Dancing With Myself (Billy Idol)
Cat Power - Paths Of Victory (Bob Dylan)
Stevie Nicks - Free Fallin (Tom Petty)
Patti Smith - My Generation (The Who)
Sleater Kinney - Fortunate Son (Creedence Clearwater)
Siouxie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence (The Beatles)
The Breeders - Happiness is A Warm Gun (The Beatles)
Fiona Apple - Across The Universe (The Beatles)
Mika Miko - Attitude (The Missfits)
The Butchies - Your Love (The Outfield)
Rasputina - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
Tribe 8 - Rise Above (Black Flag) (Not totally sure how the lead singer of Tribe 8 identifies now, lmk if u think i should remove this.)
Corinne Bailey Rae - Since I’ve Been Loving You (Led Zeppelin)
Karen O - Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin)
Shonen Knife - I Wanna Be Sedated (The Ramones)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (The Ramones)
L7 - Suzy Is A Headbanger (The Ramones)
Babes In Toyland - All By Myself (Eric Carmen)
Dresden Dolls - War Pigs (Black Sabbath)
The Raincoats - Lola (The Kinks)
Holly Golightly - Tell Me Now So I Know (The Kinks)
Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
Cibo Matto - About A Girl (Nirvana)
Janelle Monae - Heroes (David Bowie)
Warpaint - Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie)
The Lunachicks - The Passenger (Iggy Pop)
Tegan and Sara - Fool To Cry (The Rolling Stones)
Bjork & PJ Harvey - Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones)
St. Vincent - Emotional Rescue (The Rolling Stones)
Frente! - Bizarre Love Triangle (New Order)
The Raveonettes - I Wanna be Adored (The Stone Roses)
Kristin Hersch - Wave Of Mutilation (The Pixies)
The Runaways - Wild Thing (The Troggs)
Joan Jett - Roadrunner (Jonathan Richman) (she obviously has billions of covers & hers are all more iconic than the originals but i had to include one)
Dessa - I’m Going Down (Bruce Springsteen)
Downtown Boys - Dancing In The Dark (Bruce Springsteen)
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