# Covers of Songs That Radically -- And Successfully -- Re-interpreted the Work **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2010, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927 "2010-12-31T08:05:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/101 "2011-01-03T03:39:46Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I teach a class on creativity, and one thing I do to keep my brain flexible is listen to cover songs. And if a song can make you see something in the material you didn’t before, even better, so this thread is perfect! > > I have a playlist called “COVERAGE” with close to a hundred covers. My best ones have been mentioned here. > > But I’ve gotta link to Shawn Colvin [acoustifyin’](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ITHanhV6A&feature=related) Gnarls Barkley. It’s good, but the original is just electrifyingly good. Not sure it can be improved upon. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/102 "2011-01-03T03:42:36Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > There is no doubt about it, The Lettermen were successful. Their [Light My Fire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2zJutRVX8A). Re-invents raw sexual pleading and turns it into a simple request to turn on the fireplace in the elevator. Different? yes. Successful? Only in a purely white-bread Republican sort of way. Geesh. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/103 "2011-01-03T03:47:40Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > The song “Ghost Riders In The Sky” has been covered tons of times, such as by [Johnny Cash](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUVwZoiH5ZU), [Marty Robbins](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1xSYyMDaq4), [Spiderbait](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtXSmqEq1eA), [Burl Ives](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s7jJd8EjlA), [Neil LeVang](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMdS9ExnW-w), and [The Blues Brothers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6QF41RVib0). I’ve listened to at least part of many, many covers, and they all seem to play it fast and swingy. [Dick Dale](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6M6kd8cmpI), [The Shadows](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7_Gxoa2lqk), [Children of Bodem](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_RAooHQ8ks), [Vaughn Monroe](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyDNnQbbkSQ), [Kay Starr](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZLWNviMaIo), [Elvis](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVAp258IPBY), [REM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FPydoIRoPw), [Ramrods](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWTjjm-Gg3c), [Peggy Lee](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BnhbPJGKPI), [Scatman Crothers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBYAis7akKw), [Sha Na Na](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iifoq3VKYW8), [Frankie Laine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwAPa0qHmLo), [Outlaws](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhqD-ejBMyk), [Toy Dolls](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56Z-ukSfbWM), [Duane Eddy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMz8XRGxZdY), [Debbie Harry](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt0mJDzTbyo) (!!), [Desperados](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96qTW4gMXGQ), [The Ventures](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7v6__8DwX4), the list goes on and on and on. Every now and then someone might start out slow, but then the pace of the song picks up and it becomes fast, just like all the others. > > Thing is, it’s a damned creepy song. Ghost cowboys! Mournful cries! Doomed to hell! From [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28Ghost%29_Riders_in_the_Sky:_A_Cowboy_Legend): > > The only version I’ve ever heard that, to me, evokes the actual lyrics, is this one, which when compared to all the others, makes it a radical departure: > > [Mary Kelley - “Ghostriders In The Sky”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7jPpZ_x7m4) I listened to all of these and a couple others on Youtube as well, and they were all fun, but my favorite version was The Outlaws’ version. Just had more depth to it than the others. The acoustic versions just don’t have the power to convey hellish sky riders rolling across a jagged cloudscape that the electric versions do. Generally, I dont find taking an electric ballad acoustic to be an improvement. It’s a very standard way of re-interpreting a song and most of the time is not an improvement, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/104 "2011-01-03T03:48:56Z")
> [@dzeiger](#): > > [“Head Like a Hole” as covered by Pig](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2em9eGwH2fE) I was not expecting to like this one, but reinterpreting the song as an edgy jazz piece totally worked. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/105 "2011-01-03T03:50:45Z")
> [@newcomer](#): > > Bit surprised by the choices from Deep Purple Shades of Purple album. The actual “better” version idea OP suggested can be applied to the song “Hush” - they even recorded (incredible) video in Playboy Mansion [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiXcqxms3Bs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiXcqxms3Bs) . Apparently Billy Joe Royal did it first [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCV-Y2OPLT8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCV-Y2OPLT8) yeah, Deep Purple’s reinterpreation of “Hush” is original and stands on its own. Much better than the orginal song as well. Their version of “Kentucky Woman” likewise. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/106 "2011-01-03T03:54:20Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > YES… I call you, and raise you \*\*Ray Lamontagne’s doing Gnarls Barkley’s \*\*“[**Crazy**](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mEfDSP4g_U)” > > LOVE that SO much I’ve listened to it hundreds of times. No sooner than I say acoustic covers don’t generally work that well than you have to show me an exception. Thanks a lot! ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/107 "2011-01-03T04:15:36Z")
[Absolutely Sweet Marie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffSLrB-4Rus) - Bob Dylan (original) [Absolutely Sweet Marie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-cF40OWeak&feature=related) - Jason and the Scorchers (cover) Jason gave it a great cowpunk twist. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/108 "2011-01-03T04:24:47Z")
Smashing Pumpkins cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide”. Tori Amos also has a somewhat less radical cover. Marilyn Manson’s cover of The Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams”. ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/109 "2011-01-03T04:35:38Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Don’t forget that Aretha herself had taken _Respect_ from Otis Redding (his version is essentially a demand for sex) and turned into the quintessential female empowerment anthem of its time. In this same vein how about Elvis Presley’s cover of Big Mama Thornton’s (Stoller and Lieber) [Hound Dog](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hound_Dog_(song))? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/110 "2011-01-03T04:45:47Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Well, your YMMV but Kelley’s version of the song brings to mind a someone encountering a small troop of undead cowboys on skeletal horses. It _is_ creepy (and the creepiness factor would be upped if someone like Nick Cave did it) but “Ghost Riders” is a variation of the ancient Indo-European myth of the[Wild Hunt](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_hunt). Instead of a small troop, one should get the feel of suddenly seeing a massive cavalry of the damned endlessly pursuing a Satanic herd across a storm-ridden sky. The song demands the musical bombast that’s best supplied by the fury of an electric guitar which is why I think the versions by the likes of Dick Dale, Duane Eddy, and the Outlaws work best. It’s not just supposed to be creepy; it’s supposed to scare the crap out of you. I agree with most of what you have posted. The problem is that if you don’t know the lyrics an all instrumental version like Duane Eddy’s won’t scare the crap out of you. You will just think, wow this is a nice tune. My personal favorite veersion of this song is this one done by [Johnny Cash](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAcAo_fSEtc). Now if somebody could combine his vocals with Duane Eddy’s guitar… ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/111 "2011-01-03T05:14:41Z")
[50 Cent’s _Ayo Technology_ covered by Milow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE9IchvpOPk) [A college acapella group](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp_TBm3Gwq0) covered Lady Gaga’s _Bad Romance_ that I thought was pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/112 "2011-01-03T05:58:36Z")
Scissor Sisters [cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saAai6gsyTQ&playnext=1&list=PLFF37A3CD27EC8086&index=9) of “Take Me Out” by [Franz Ferdinand](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijk4j-r7qPA) Whitney Houston’s [cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9nPf7w7pDI) of “I Will Always Love You” by [Dolly Parton](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS-F4rfU4ns&feature=related) Joe Cocker’s [cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCrlyX6XbTU&feature=related) of “With A Little Help From My Friends” by the [Beatles](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBDF04fQKtQ) Amy Winehouse’s cover ([1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQVxFPxYyw0), [2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tORDLHM6QWs)) of “Valerie” by the [Zutons](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oet_6eVKctg) Manfred Mann’s Earth Band’s [cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg8cDmi7-U8&feature=related) of “Blinded by the Light” by [Bruce Springsteen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNi6EFJU8E8) Al Green’s [cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgAFcvIw8J4&feature=fvst) of “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart” by the The [Bee Gees](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COqUjfrB8dI) Maxwell’s [cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkeCNeHcmXY) of “This Woman’s Work” by [Kate Bush](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TupvVpxY_U) Marilyn Manson’s [cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6VojYGrnpg) of “Sweet Dreams” by the [Eurythmics](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Sweet+Dreams&aq=f) Marc Ronson’s [cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tNKF83Q_pk) of “Toxic” by [Britney Spears](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOZuxwVk7TU) Travis’s [cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSDrHV0KsOA) of “Hit Me Baby One More Time” by [Britney Spears](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBq3Cjpt2YM) Cake’s [cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=596qaxm-u4o) of “I Will Survive” by [Gloria Gaynor](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tth-8wA3PdY) Rufus Wainwright’s [cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAe1lVDbLf0) of “Across the Universe” by the [Beatles](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ_G9ETE21U) Gnarls Barkley’s [cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZbeiXZVWbM) of “Gone Daddy Gone” by the [Violent Femmes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_5Ai6SRxtI) Seu Jorge’s [cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOdUClEiNGE) of “Life On Mars” by [David Bowie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v--IqqusnNQ&feature=related) Marie Laforet’s [cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wKRN5JzYf4) of “Paint It Black” by the [Rolling Stones](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BhHTA6Gzn0) Cat Power’s [cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbMeAOTPJzM) of “Sea of Love” by [Phil Phillips](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EroRtEUmZcU) The Glee [cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtMlL1jvEH8) of “Dancing With Myself” by [Billy Idol](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG1NrQYXjLU) Gary Jules’ [cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4) of “Mad World” by [Tears for Fears](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjTgOX5Cgaw) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/113 "2011-01-03T06:18:15Z")
> [@Jaledin](#): > > This is probably sacrilege and doesn’t make sense given what I said about Ray Charles above, but I think Dr. John’s version of “Mess Around” takes over the original in a good way. Nothing against Fats Domino, who’s a monster player and a living legend, but I’d take Dr. John’s “Blow Wind Blow” over Fats’s version any day, as well. I think Jann Arden does a very nice job with [You Don’t Know Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYBdjmNs1FE) as well (I don’t think it’s been linked here yet). ---
**Author:** ![Sigmundex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Sigmundex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmundex)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/114 "2011-01-03T07:14:53Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > [Laibach](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwdOX19_ETI) doing a cover of Queen’s _One Vision_ in German. Also check out their covers of the Stones’ _Sympathy for the Devil_, amongst others. But it’s so good I want to make it easier to get to - https://www.youtube.com/embed/5E-OsFSr5h8?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Laibach are the kings of reworking a classic song and twisting it into something wonderfully twisted and awe-inspiring, in my humble opinion - to wit: Jesus Christ, Superstar: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/APxXwp23hi0/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGGUgVyhMMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBbGxQDjKYLN2CmVeh3iSrKTbXOIQ "Jesus Christ Superstar") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APxXwp23hi0) The Beatles’ Across the Universe: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_q5mlb3Bjzs/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-BIACsAOKAgwIABABGGUgWShNMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAjq9BRDrHH8FDHY5_6dhPT33xwgw "Laibach - Across the Universe") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q5mlb3Bjzs) And here is a playlist of 5 other songs off their remake of the ‘Let It Be’ album: https://www.youtube.com/embed/jKN6vei8pGg?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PL06945D5FCCFC896B Even a song like In the Year 2525: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W4D7L-PBmRc/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGGIgYihiMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBgjRcZgSi_dqFz5-PFn8KcTTJuqg "LAIBACH - In the year 2525") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4D7L-PBmRc) ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/115 "2011-01-03T08:57:35Z")
Okay guys, I bringing out the big guns now. First off, Betty Lavette’s [album of covers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gyGFxkY9JY) of British rock is fantastic, which she was inspired to do after the praise she received for [**her absolutely brilliant rendition**](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJi6maTueSc) of [The Who’s “Love Reign O’er Me”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxA3YRCnbao&feature=related) And it’s clear that Townsend, Daltry and Streisand all agree. And if you aren’t hip to Bettye, it’s time. But the topper has to be Chris Cornell doing [Billie Jean.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xW25VB1Mpw) And really, to do it justice, you need to be able to crank it to get the full impact… ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/116 "2011-01-03T09:14:15Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Different? yes. Successful? Only in a purely white-bread Republican sort of way. Geesh. **Evil** , I think you misinterpreted **Biggirl’s** post. You came to the same conclusion. The only way for that song to be more whitebread would be an Andy Williams cover. Jose Feliciano, however, did a fine job with it. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/117 "2011-01-03T09:27:01Z")
Although the Young Rascals’ [Good Lovin’](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrCEEDyXYjE&feature=related) is a fine piece of music, The [Gilberto Sextet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21HN5NaOVzs)did a Latin Boogaloo style cover that makes it seem like _they_ did the original and the Rascals covered _them._ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/118 "2011-01-03T14:26:13Z")
Neil Sedanka’s ballad version of Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, a rework of his original uptempo version. Both versions made #1 on the charts. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/119 "2011-01-03T15:19:23Z")
H2O’s version of [Like A Prayer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgrMwhyvEu4) is pretty kickass. ---
**Author:** ![WreckingCrew](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wreckingcrew/32/4080_2.png) [@WreckingCrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WreckingCrew)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/120 "2011-01-03T15:24:57Z")
The White Stripes “Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself” revving the paranoia up to 11. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lA62cqAll34/hqdefault.jpg "White Stripes-I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself Live") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA62cqAll34) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927.md?page=7)