# Artist and song combinations that would be interesting
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 11, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783 "2020-02-11T17:10:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783/1 "2020-02-11T17:10:40Z")
For example,
Strawberry Alarm Clock doing Wake Up Little Susie
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783/2 "2020-02-11T17:30:23Z")
Grand Funk Railroad took The Loco Motion to #1, so why not record the songs from Starlight Express?
Stray Cats could record CATS.
Jesus and Mary Chain for Jesus Christ Superstar
And Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys could record Kinky Boots!!
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783/3 "2020-02-11T17:40:04Z")
Buddy Holly and the Crickets cover “The Sound of Silence.”
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### Author:  [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783/4 "2020-02-11T22:03:51Z")
I would like to have heard The Turtles do “Daydream Believer.”
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783/5 "2020-02-12T01:59:31Z")
Have the Old 97s ever actually covered “The Wreck Of The Old 97”? If not, they should.
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783/6 "2020-02-12T02:08:06Z")
Obviously, Deep Purple doing “[Deep Purple](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGDbXEk9USE).”
The Guess Who could have covered “Who Are You?”
The Four Seasons doing Vivaldi.
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783/7 "2020-02-12T14:15:47Z")
Did The Rolling Stones ever cover Bob Dylan’s Like A Rolling Stone?
Cyndi Lauper covering Tom Paxton’s Cindy’s Crying
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### Author:  [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783/8 "2020-02-12T14:56:44Z")
Every morning I wake up hoping to hear Bob Dylan’s version of “Stuck in the Middle With You”. And every night I go to bed disappointed…
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### Author:  [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783/9 "2020-02-12T14:59:21Z")
Meat Loaf covering Harry Chapin’s _Taxi_. He could perfectly pull off the self-effacing bombast in “i go flying so high…”.
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### Author:  [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783/10 "2020-02-12T19:10:35Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
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> Did The Rolling Stones ever cover Bob Dylan’s Like A Rolling Stone?
They [did in 1995](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRYokc3VBC4).
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783/11 "2020-02-12T19:26:42Z")
The Zombies could cover The Cranberries’ “Zombie.”
The Animals could cover The Bloodhound Gang’s “The Bad Touch” (You and me baby ain’t nothin’ but mammals, So let’s do it like they do on the Discovery channel)
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### Author:  [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783/12 "2020-02-12T22:40:14Z")
A collaboration…
Adam Ant and Eve 6 doing In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783/13 "2020-02-12T22:45:08Z")
Tiffany, singing about _Breakfast At Tiffany’s_.
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### Author:  [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783/14 "2020-02-12T23:15:23Z")
Jackie Wilson singing Van Morrison’s [Jackie Wilson Said](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffCaPkqE6m8). Hey, he was still alive in 1972 when the song was released.
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783/15 "2020-02-12T23:31:58Z")
Jefferson Airplane covering the Beatles’ _Flying_
The Monkees covering _Apeman_ by the Kinks.
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783/16 "2020-02-13T15:09:19Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#):
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> They [did in 1995](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRYokc3VBC4).
Thanks! Now maybe Dylan can cover Pete Seeger’s “Eyes on the Prize.” As in Noble Prize.
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### Author:  [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783/17 "2020-02-13T15:20:56Z")
KISS covering Prince’s “Kiss”.
Alice Cooper getting whatever he wants at “Alice’s Restaurant”
“Bus Stop” by Chicago Transit Authority
The Miracles singing “When Smokey sings” by ABC
> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> The Monkees covering _Apeman_ by the Kinks.
/nitpick- monkeys are not apes.
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783/18 "2020-02-13T15:27:17Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> Jefferson Airplane covering the Beatles’ _Flying_
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> The Monkees covering _Apeman_ by the Kinks.
And Gwen Verdon could cover the Kinks Lola, her role in the film of Damn Yankees. The baseball team could cover the entire score of the film.
And Chicago Transit Authority could rewrite the Kingston Trio’s MTA to CTA.
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### Author:  [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783/19 "2020-02-13T16:02:18Z")
Panic at the Disco covering The Smiths _Panic_(hang the dj hang the dj hang the dj!)
Los Lobos performing _Little Red Riding Hood_
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-and-song-combinations-that-would-be-interesting/847783/20 "2020-02-13T16:53:50Z")
Buddy Holly singing A Holly Jolly Christmas
The Big Bopper singing Big Bad John
America covering American Pie
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