The punchline is that music has progressed over the centuries by a series of "rip-offs" - which weren't approachable as a legal issue until recording technology allowed music to be treated as an object.

Tear the Roof Off the Sucker--Parliament

Amazing Grace
Good Vibrations (Beach Boys)

Take Me to the River many, many artists...

Help - The Beatles
I Want to Hold Your Hand -The Beatles

(it's actually quite hard when you have their entire catalog to select from)

Wow...favorite Beatles song? I'd have a different top-ten every day.

ooh ooh...

Mas Que Nada-- Brasil 66 (Sergio, baby!)

Yesterday - Beatles

The Wind Cries Mary - Hendrix

How many am I allowed to vote for?

Optimistic Thought, Blues Traveler
Me and Bobby McGee, Janis Joplin
Down Under, Men at Work
Wild World, Cat Stevens
Tangled Up in Blue, Bob Dylan
One Nation Under a Groove, Parliament Funkadelic
Kashmir, Led Zeppelin
Woke Up Laughing, Robert Palmer
Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd
Heartbeats, Jose Gonzalez
Eminence Front, The Who
Little Wing, Stevie Ray Vaughn
Strange Fire, Indigo Girls
[edit] Penny to My Name, Eva Cassidy

booooooo!

have you heard hendrix do it?

Watchtower

Rhinestone Cowboy

Of course. And "god". SRV's is best. :p

[yoda]but write it, he did not[/yoda]

Dock of the Bay

Jesu 2nd