# Covers you would like to hear... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 30, 2001, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987 "2001-05-30T13:18:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987/1 "2001-05-30T13:18:34Z")
OK, we’ve discussed the ones we’ve heard, but are there any songs out there that you think an artist other than the one that did it originally could do just as well or better? Or at least differently enough to be interesting without mucking it up? Personally, I’d love to hear David Lee Roth do _No One Came_ (Deep Purple) Or (sigh) a Blind Melon rendition of _Mother Freedom_(Bread) Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987/2 "2001-05-30T13:34:58Z")
I always hoped that **Chrissie Hynde** (with or without the Pretenders) would do a cover of the **Shocking Blue’s** “Venus”, but **Bananarama** got there first, effectively ending any hope that anyone would _ever_ cover it again. ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987/3 "2001-05-30T16:00:35Z")
**PJ Harvey** - “Material Girl” (Madonna) **Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds** - “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” (The Beatles) **Radiohead** - “Monkey Gone To Heaven” (The Pixies) **Coldplay** - “Unfinished Sympathy” (Massive Attack) **Jeff Buckley** - “The Wind Cries Mary” (Jimi Hendrix) **Tori Amos** - “Losing My Religion” (REM) **Hole** - “Faith” (George Michael) **Elliot Smith** - “Tangled Up In Blue” (Bob Dylan) **Portishead** - “Sweet Dreams” (Eurythmics) **U2** - “Piece of My Heart” (Janis Joplin) **Beck** - “Big Yellow Taxi” (Joni Mitchell) **The Stereophonics** - “Video Killed the Radio Star” (The Buggles) **Queens of the Stoneage** - “Babooshka” (Kate Bush) **Ben Folds Five** - “Mama Mia” (ABBA) (And yes, I know Jeff Buckley is dead. Meanwhile, all of the Spice Girls are still alive. The world does not make sense.) ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987/4 "2001-05-30T19:23:26Z")
**Alanis Morrissette,** “Stay” (U2) **Ani Difranco,** “Debbie Gibson is Pregnant With My Two-headed Love Child” (Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper) **Christy Williams,** “Looking Over My Shoulder” ('Til Tuesday) ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2001, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987/5 "2001-05-31T00:14:53Z")
I’d like to hear the Trans-Siberian Orchestra do an adaptation of Borodin’s _Symphony #2_. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2001, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987/6 "2001-05-31T03:53:54Z")
\*\* Adam Cohen \*\* - Run To Him (Bobby Vee) \*\* Liz Phair\*\* - These Boots are Made for Walkin’ (Nancy Sinatra) \*\* Everclear\*\* - She’s Not There (The Zombies) \*\* Toad The Wet Sprocket\*\* - Undun (Guess Who) \*\* Stone Temple Pilots \*\* - Tuesday Afternoon (Moody Blues) \*\* Oleander \*\* - Rape Me (Nirvana) \*\* Bush\*\* - Only a Memory (the Smithereens) \*\* Linkin Park\*\* - Moondance (Van Morrison) \*\* At The Drive-in\*\* - Tom Sawyer (Rush) \*\* Hole\*\* - Dark Lady (Cher) \*\* 3 Doors Down\*\* - The One I Love (REM) \*\* Weezer\*\* - Love Me Do (Beatles) ---
**Author:** ![Pyrrho12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@Pyrrho12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyrrho12)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2001, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987/7 "2001-05-31T11:55:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rackensack \* > \*\*I always hoped that **Chrissie Hynde** (with or without the Pretenders) would do a cover of the **Shocking Blue’s** “Venus”, but **Bananarama** got there first, effectively ending any hope that anyone would _ever_ cover it again. \*\* Actually, it was recently covered by a Korean metal band. I think the name of the band is **Black Attack** or some such… at the very least, they have the word “black” in their name. Imagine, if you will, the song “Venus” being screeched out by a thick-necked man in faltering English at somewhere around a hundred decibels. I’m not even sure that the band understood the irony involved… ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2001, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987/8 "2001-05-31T15:04:50Z")
I’d like to hear Hole cover any number of ABBA hits. Like Voulez-vous or The Winner Takes It All. I think it would be a hoot. ---
**Author:** ![labradorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@labradorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/labradorian)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2001, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987/9 "2001-05-31T16:09:22Z")
“Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me” by Annie Lennox “This Charming Man” by Justine Frischman “I Know It’s Over” by kd lang “Hand in Glove” by Aretha Franklin I used to have more, but these are the only ones I can recall off hand. ---
**Author:** ![PolishSausage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@PolishSausage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PolishSausage)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2001, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987/10 "2001-05-31T16:21:19Z")
Amy Ray (of the Indigo Girls) & Melissa Etherage - Paradise by the Dashboard Lights ~t ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2001, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987/11 "2001-05-31T21:24:23Z")
**The Police** - _D’yer Mak’er_ (Led Zeppelin) **Bruce Springstein and the E Street Band** - _I Can’t Stand Up (For Falling Down)_ (Elvis Costello and the Attractions) **Indigo Girls** - _Basket Case_ (Green Day) ---
**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:** [June 1, 2001, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987/12 "2001-06-01T01:05:37Z")
I’d like to hear someone perform the song “Billy in the Darbies” from the end of Melville’s Billy Budd, preferably The Pogues. Speaking of The Pogues, I’d love to hear a rap version of “Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go.” ---
**Author:** ![Opengrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@Opengrave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opengrave)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987/13 "2001-06-01T21:00:33Z")
I think there are tons of country songs that would sound really good done in a punk or metal style. Social Distortion did Johnny Cash’s ‘Ring of Fire’ and it totally kicked ass. I haven’t given this much thought but I’lll see what i can come up with and post later. Also there are some contemporary christian songs (most notably by the Hillsongs Australia bunch) that would sound awesome if done by Opeth, Children of Bodom, Sentenced, Nightwish, Slayer, Sepultura, etc… ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2001, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987/14 "2001-06-02T07:29:05Z")
Jeremy Kramer, a stand-up comedian, used to do a bit about the late Ethel Merman doing covers of heavy metal. That would have been incredible! ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2001, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987/15 "2001-06-02T08:18:06Z")
I wish Metallica would cover “The Thunder Rolls” written by and originally performed by Garth Brooks. Or conversly how about Elvis Costello and the Attractions doing “Unforgiven” originally by Metallica. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2001, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987/16 "2001-06-03T01:02:50Z")
I would love to hear Liz Phair do a cover of Nirvana’s “Lounge Act”. Just to hear her growl…“I go out of my way to prove that I still smell her on you”. It would fit in perfectly with her other works like “Flower”, “Fuck and Run” and “Supernova”. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2001, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987/17 "2001-06-03T03:09:04Z")
Days of the New doing Jim Morrison’s “People are Strange” I know there’s more I’ve thought of, but I can’t remember them. Elfin, Nicko, excellent lists. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987/18 "2001-08-03T18:59:02Z")
Sorry, but I thought of another one…one I wish was going to be on her cover album that drops next month:) **Tori Amos** - Angie Baby (Helen Reddy) ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987/19 "2001-08-03T19:03:30Z")
I’d like to hear Rammstein do a cover of 99 Luftballoons or perhaps Der Kommissar But here’s something I never need to hear again: Rammstein covering Pet Sematary. yow. jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987/20 "2001-08-03T19:57:38Z")
Elfkin: great list. Any Sly and the Family Stone song: The Negro Problem Train in Vain: Wilco Peace Frog: Red Hot Chili Peppers Black Magic Woman: Los Lobos Dreams: No Doubt (I’m not so certain about this one) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-you-would-like-to-hear/66987.md?page=2)