# Cover Songs you'd like to hear **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2002, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276 "2002-04-29T12:56:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276/1 "2002-04-29T12:56:13Z")
I’d pay cash money to hear Elton John sing “I Kissed a Girl” (orig. by Jill Sobule). ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276/2 "2002-04-29T13:17:28Z")
I’d pay in first-born children to hear Fred Durst cover Ben Folds’s “Rockin’ the Suburbs”. \*\* > [@](#): > > Y’all don’t know what it’s like > Being male, middle-class and white > It gets me real pissed off > and it makes me wanna say fuck \*\*:: snicker :: Ah, he still probably wouldn’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276/3 "2002-04-29T13:21:30Z")
Britney Spear doing a cover of Liz Phair’s _Flower_. What? I am not a prevert. ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276/4 "2002-04-29T21:28:50Z")
Nick Cave singing ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life’ (Monty Python’s Life of Brian, crucifixion scene). But he _did_ do the Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’, and he did it well, so maybe that’s not too far out of his reach. Maybe something by Tori Amos… ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276/5 "2002-04-30T05:49:36Z")
Speaking of Ben Folds, I want him to cover “Prelude/Angry Young Man” by Billy Joel. Billy and Ben are frickin’ virtuosos at rock’n’ roll piano. ---
**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276/6 "2002-04-30T05:54:07Z")
I’d like to see VNV Nation cover Bjork’s “Pagan Poetry”. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276/7 "2002-04-30T10:44:35Z")
I hate her, but I’d like to hear Reba MacEntire cover some old BeeGees songs like “To Love Somebody” and “I Started A Joke”. I’ve always though her voice and Barry Gibb’s had a similar quality. Chris Whitley covering anything by Skip Spence especially “Books Of Moses” or “All Come To Meet Her”. Spacehog covering “Mama Weer All Crazee Now” by Slade. Wilco doing Billy Joe Shaver songs. The White Stripes covering “Circle Sky” by the Monkees. Beck covering “Alabama Song”. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276/8 "2002-04-30T11:31:37Z")
Garth Brooks covering _Country Comfort_. ---
**Author:** ![Jonny\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@Jonny\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonny_T)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276/9 "2002-04-30T12:06:37Z")
Marilyn Manson - Amazing Grace Eminem - Shiny Happy People. Jonny T. ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276/10 "2002-04-30T12:50:45Z")
The “DK Kennedys” (Biafra-less reunion of Dead Kennedys) cover Jello Biafra/Mojo Nixon’s “Buy My Snake Oil”. “And if that still doesn’t work, I’ve got another idea. Give in! Ride the punk nostalgia wave for what it’s worth. Recycle the name of my old band for endless reunion tours. Singin’ all those hits from the good old days 'bout how bad the good old days were!” ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276/11 "2002-04-30T12:58:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Marilyn Manson - Amazing Grace A great one! Ozzy would also be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276/12 "2002-04-30T13:12:15Z")
I dunno. I’ve heard Ozzy’s version of “Staying Alive” and I wasn’t impressed. ---
**Author:** ![G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.B.H.Hornswoggler)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276/13 "2002-04-30T17:10:48Z")
I’d like to see **Nine Inch Nails** cover “Horse With No Name” and instantly (with no lyrics changes) make it sound like a song about heroin… Then I’d like to see **Syd Barrett** cover any random NIN song and turn “I want to fuck you like an animal” into a whimsical expression of delight. (Hell, I’d like to see Syd Barrett out in public _at all_…) I’d like to see **Tom Waits** cover “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” just because it would be cool. I’d like to force **Billy Bragg** to cover “Capitalism” (the Oingo Boingo song), but that would probably take an infantry division. I’ll go along with **Why a Duck** – Britney could do worse than to give an all-Liz Phair concert. Besides “Flower,” it would be fun to hear “Fuck and Run” and “Chopsticks”… How about **Elton John** doing “Kiss Off?” **U2** could do a killer “Beat On The Brat” if they really wanted to. And I’d love to see what **Yes** , circa 1984, would do with “Bitchin’ Camaro.” ---
**Author:** ![krazy\_kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@krazy\_kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krazy_kat)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276/14 "2002-04-30T17:35:24Z")
Britney Spears: Matrimony (Whiskeytown) ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276/15 "2002-04-30T18:18:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by G.B.H. Hornswoggler \* > **U2 could do a killer “Beat On The Brat” if they really wanted to.** KXPX did a great cover of “The KKK Took My Baby Away,” and hearing Belinda Carlisle and the Go-Go’s sing “I Wanna Be Sedated” was great. If Joey were still around, I’d like to see The Ramones do several tracks from _God Bless the Go-Go’s_, even if they’d have to change the words to “Unforgiven” and “Throw Me a Curve” slightly to allow for gender. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276/16 "2002-04-30T18:21:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by G.B.H. Hornswoggler \* > **I’d like to see Tom Waits cover “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” just because it would be cool.** Did you ever hear his cover of “Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho (It’s off to work we go)” from the _Stay Awake_ compilation? Now that’s a cover song. ---
**Author:** ![G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.B.H.Hornswoggler)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276/17 "2002-05-01T15:34:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Why A Duck \* > \*\* > > Did you ever hear his cover of “Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho (It’s off to work we go)” from the _Stay Awake_ compilation? Now that’s a cover song. \*\* That and “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up” were the ones I was thinking of – yes. Actually, Tom Waits should do a whole covers album – practically any collection of random songs would be cool if Tom did them. (Imagine his “Oops, I Did It Again”!) ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276/18 "2002-05-01T17:39:54Z")
For sheer campiness value, nothing beats William Shatner doing “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” Yes, it does exist. It’s actually on whole album of Beatles covers by the cast of Star Trek. The name of the album escapes me at the moment. Any boy oh boy, can that man NOT sing! ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276/19 "2002-05-01T18:07:51Z")
Golden Throats, Eva. That is all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276/20 "2002-05-01T21:11:37Z")
I’d love to hear Garbage’s “I’m Only Happy when It Rains” done as a smoky torch song. (Neko Case could do it, but then someone else would have to play piano.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-youd-like-to-hear/106276.md?page=2)