The original or the cover
Skipshot, I agree it doesn’t hold a candle to the original but somehow I think even Jimi would get a kick out of that creative, talented dudes stamp of light hearted fun on “foxy lady”.
These are always fun lists to make:
Jeff Buckley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8AWFf7EAc4
Gnarls Barkley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUmmsMeHAaE
Charles Bradley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfaOf70M4xs
“Pressure Drop” by Toots and the Maytals is wonderful, but The Specials added their juju vibe (extra guitar riffs, fun-loving keyboard, increased tempo, and those drums!) to really make my butt shake involuntarily - https://youtu.be/IWweHBpscDU
SRV’s cover of Hendrix’s Voodoo Child is superior, IMHO.
Look what I found! Motörhead covering Bowie’s “Heroes.” I like the revised lyrics at the end, “And the shame was a divided city.” Rest in power, Lemmy. Stay funky, David.
(By the way, the dang computer recognized Motörhead and automatically added the umlaut. Somebody at Apple is a fan.)
I also like the breathy gravitas of Peter Gabriel’s cover of heroes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsvuipGq2ns