# Covers that surprised you

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-that-surprised-you/429644>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 11, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-that-surprised-you/429644 "2007-12-11T19:45:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-that-surprised-you/429644/81 "2008-01-11T01:15:42Z")

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[QUOTE=Algher]  
Dwight Yoakem doing the Dead’s Truckin. I NEVER thought of that as a country song, but damn if it doesn’t make it better.  
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He also does a great country version of the Clash’s “Train in Vain.”

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**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-that-surprised-you/429644/82 "2008-01-11T02:52:20Z")

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**Donna Summer** does a better version of _State of Independence_ than **Jon Anderson** and **Vangelis** do. It was as if having to sing vaguely coherent lyrics meant he couldn’t put his heart into it, his delivery is so unconvincing - the "hey - hey"s are just phoned in.

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