Right now im obsessed with this cover of "All Tommorow's Parties" by the velvet underground done live by Iron and wine and calexico. I'm pretty sure that its better than the original.
Im just liking on the idea of covers in general. Any band that doesn't play at least one cover live are obviously pretensious pricks. When we saw Iron and Wine and Calexico live in Detroit they played "All Tommorows Parties", plus "Positively 4th Street" by Bob Dylan. I haven't been able to find a copy of that (I think it may have been a once only deal, as afterwards Sam said "Well, those things are fun to try. Sometimes they work and sometimes... not.") but on this live set from NPR they play "Parties", plus "Always on my Mind" by Willie Nelson and "Wild Horses" by the Rolling Stones (admittedly a kind of obvious choice, but they do it nice). Plus on that page are the Calexico and Iron and Wine sets. They are all good except for the annoying NPR nerds who talk during the breaks.