# Cover songs that should exist, but don't. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559 "2013-01-17T22:55:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559/21 "2013-01-19T02:08:15Z")
I’ve been trying to think of that I would love to hear my most favorite singer James Otto cover, but right now I can not think of any. ☹ ☹ ☹ God bless you and him always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Holly ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559/22 "2013-01-19T03:37:53Z")
> [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](#): > > I’ve been trying to think of that I would love to hear my most favorite singer James Otto cover, but right now I can not think of any. ☹ ☹ ☹ > > God bless you and him always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 > > Holly John Lennon’s _Nutopian International Anthem_ Gesundheit to you too!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559/23 "2013-01-19T03:46:05Z")
I can’t believe no country singer has ever covered Meatloaf’s “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad.” ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559/24 "2013-01-19T03:59:41Z")
> [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](#): > > I’ve been trying to think of that I would love to hear my most favorite singer James Otto cover, but right now I can not think of any. ☹ ☹ ☹ > > God bless you and him always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 > > Holly [We Shall Cleanse The World](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q82wGRxE5Tw) by the Revolting Cocks springs to mind. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559/25 "2013-01-19T04:03:17Z")
> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#): > > John Lennon’s _Nutopian International Anthem_ > [@Beastly\_Rotter](#): > > [We Shall Cleanse The World](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q82wGRxE5Tw) by the Revolting Cocks springs to mind. Thank you for the suggestions, you two, but I have never even heard of them two songs. God bless you always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Holly ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559/26 "2013-01-19T04:41:19Z")
> [@Beastly\_Rotter](#): > > As far as I know Nick Cave has never covered “Death of a Clown” by the Kinks, and this ought to be rectified immediately. Nice. I’d like to hear Nick Cave do something by the Violent Femmes. And vice versa. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559/27 "2013-01-19T05:14:50Z")
This is decidedly fanboyish, but whenever I listen to the soundtrack to the old goofy _Heavy Metal_ animated film (cartoon aside, the soundtrack is actually pretty good) I always wanna picture \*\*Metallica \*\*covering **Blue Oyster Cult** ’s _Veteran of the Psychic Wars_… ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559/28 "2013-01-19T14:54:15Z")
A punk version of “If I Were a Rich Man” from Fiddler on the Roof ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559/29 "2013-01-19T15:10:37Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > A punk version of “If I Were a Rich Man” from Fiddler on the Roof Ooooo! Could it have a ska break in the middle? With a touch of aggro-polka? That would rock. **Sublime** could’ve rocked the shit out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559/30 "2013-01-19T15:29:57Z")
Bauhaus (or Peter Murphy solo) doing Jefferson Airplane’s “Somebody to Love” ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559/31 "2013-01-20T08:18:32Z")
It’s a shame that no Rammstein version of “The Sound of Silence” exists. ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559/32 "2013-01-20T09:22:15Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > A punk version of “If I Were a Rich Man” from Fiddler on the Roof Youtube throws up [this version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L63ET8UTA8I) by Yidcore. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559/33 "2013-01-20T09:49:08Z")
The Cowsills covering the Dead Kennedys’ “Too Drunk to Fuck.” Them or Pat Boone. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559/34 "2013-01-20T10:06:57Z")
I’ve always wanted to hear Rufus Wainwright cover Led Zeppelin’s “That’s the Way.” ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559/35 "2013-01-20T10:31:04Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > The Cowsills covering the Dead Kennedys’ “Too Drunk to Fuck.” Them or Pat Boone. You’ll have to settle for a [jazz-pop version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hapufz1NFkY) by Nouvelle Vague. ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559/36 "2013-01-20T11:32:48Z")
Richard Cheese needs to do The Immigrant Song. _Cue high hat_ Oh oh oh… Ah! Oh oh oh… Ah! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559/37 "2013-01-20T12:24:12Z")
I heard Come Sail Away on the radio yesterday and was struck by the urgent need for SOMEBODY to cover that song. Somebody who can actually sing. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559/38 "2013-01-20T14:50:58Z")
Back in the day I wanted to hear Roxy Music cover “I Put a Spell on You.” Years later Bryan Ferry did record a version, but his approach was nothing like what I had in mind. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559/39 "2013-01-20T21:50:20Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > I heard Come Sail Away on the radio yesterday and was struck by the urgent need for SOMEBODY to cover that song. Somebody who can actually sing. [Eric Cartman covered it years ago,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOWK7Tam01M) though he can’t exactly sing either… ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559/40 "2013-01-20T22:47:56Z")
For some reason, I can hear Alan Jackson singing CCR’s “Someday Never Comes”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-should-exist-but-dont/647559.md?page=3)