# Disc-Covering: Your Favorite Covers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610 "2017-09-29T21:01:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/41 "2017-09-30T23:11:34Z")
My favourite Allman Bros number, “Down to the Whipping Post”, gets perfectly fine treatment from [Daddy Longhead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlUH47LUw3k), featuring members from the Butthole Surfers and Scratch Acid/Rapeman. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/42 "2017-09-30T23:34:48Z")
Jack White’s version of [I’m Shakin’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkcGuZHPbKk) originally done by Little Willie John. And another nod for Johnny Cash’s version of “Hurt” I also really like White Lion’s cover of “Radar Love.” ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/43 "2017-10-01T00:24:21Z")
I didn’t know for a long time that “I Go Blind” was not originally recorded by Hootie & The Blowfish. It was recorded by a Canadian band called 54-40. :cool: ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/44 "2017-10-01T00:45:40Z")
Joe Cocker’s [With a Little Help From My Friends](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POaaw_x7gvQ) = FUNtastic! Was gonna put this in my old drum fill thread to highlight Rey Washam’s madcap triplets clinic, so here, instead, with an interesting take, let’s say, on Golden Earring, with [Radar Love Lizard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L608MiK2E7k) ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/45 "2017-10-01T01:13:42Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Wilson Pickett owns [Hey Jude](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apdCgfr05rU). YES YES YES!!! Brother Duane Allman on guitar.🆒 freaking magical. Nice taste in music there, Annie ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/46 "2017-10-01T01:17:05Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Sometimes you know about artists because of their work in a band, but you never really look into their solo work. Thanks for reminding me. (now on a Youtube spree) There’s also an acoustic Haynes in the parking lot of Red Rock’s on YouTube. Soul shine and it stoned me. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/47 "2017-10-01T01:32:23Z")
Simply Red, “If you dont know me” ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/48 "2017-10-01T03:38:37Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > For a couple numbers that the Beatles made a hash of Wow, the Beatles are getting mauled here. But they did some great covers, too. Maybe “Twist and Shout” is my favorite. [Sounded great live](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgVWot_xrxE), too. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/49 "2017-10-01T05:29:00Z")
Another one I thought of. ZZ Top “As Time Goes By” from the movie _Casablanca_. A nice, slow bluesy take on the song, driven by a pedal steel guitar. A hidden track on their _Mescalero_ CD. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/50 "2017-10-01T16:26:48Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Wow, the Beatles are getting mauled here. But they did some great covers, too. Maybe “Twist and Shout” is my favorite. [Sounded great live](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgVWot_xrxE), too. I was just being a silly goose about my Beatles comment. (which, for all I know, you were perfectly aware of that already) I liked their covers of “A Taste of Honey”, “Kansas City”, “Boys”, and to a lesser extent “Roll Over Beethoven”, “Act Naturally” and “Rock and Roll Music”. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/51 "2017-10-01T18:11:42Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Weird Al-[Money For Nothing-Beverly Hillbillies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMiRGCGIfCg) > > 😃 Well, if you want to get into parodies that sound just like the original, then you’d have a hard time beating this: Leader of the Laundromat by The Detergents This other Weird Al parody is great too: Bedrock Anthem This parody is probably more well known than the original song: Hawaiian War Chant by Spike Jones [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/q7swR8MATA0/hqdefault.jpg "Spike Jones Hawaiian War Chant") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7swR8MATA0) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/52 "2017-10-01T18:25:52Z")
Most of Spike Jones’ catalog. Stephen Hawking’s version of Monty Python’s “Galaxy Song”. I may get flamed for this, but I like the Bangles’ version of “Hazy Shade of Winter” better than the original. Add to the list of songs many people don’t know are covers: Sinead O’Connor’s version of “Nothing Compares 2 U”. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/53 "2017-10-02T13:52:20Z")
Always liked this Electric Love Muffin cover of [Norwegian Wood](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHHA-auJOWA). Kinda different subdued version of Hendrix’s [Room Full of Mirrors](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tce02lb0sFQ) by the Pretenders. Doggy Style do justice to Isaac Hayes and David Porter with [Soul Dude](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KipClS1Ik-4). ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/54 "2017-10-02T14:25:48Z")
Another flamebaity one, but Frankie Goes to Hollywood - [Born to Run](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTStMImOtuU) has been my favorite over the Springsteen original. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/55 "2017-10-02T14:56:57Z")
Ivy - [Be My Baby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ4vALsRDDI). Turned Phil Spector’s wall-of-sound classic into a subdued, trip-hop-tinged ballad. Dwight Yoakum - [Purple Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P2HSPaF3cI). Blasphemy? Maybe. But I still like it. Who knew Prince wrote a great country song? 😛 Concrete Blonde - [Everybody Knows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaJAxdGeZ4E). Deftones - [The Chauffeur](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMs2SYAq08Y). My other pick from this album was their relatively faithful version of “No Ordinary Love,” but this one is Duran Duran. Brian Setzer - [Sleepwalk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjO3GgxuAYo). Brian Setzer is better at playing guitar than you will ever be at anything. Rodrigo y Gabriela - [Orion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP6rkf3qB0c). Speaking of guitar players, Metallica’s classic metal instrumental arranged for a Spanish guitar duo. Brilliant. . ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/56 "2017-10-02T20:51:34Z")
In memory of Tom Petty (and Prince), I’ll nominate their beautiful cover of [While My Guitar Gently Weeps](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y). RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/57 "2017-10-02T21:06:19Z")
John Cale… “[Heartbreak Hotel (Fragments) - YouTube](https://youtu.be/QBrhFq_HrW4)”]Heartbreak Hotel Also his version of [Hallelujah](https://youtu.be/-gi3J8nPKPE) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/58 "2017-10-02T22:56:32Z")
Let me tell y’all 'bout [The Dickies](http://www.thedickies.com/) K[nights in White Satin](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjOy43Kg9PWAhVDlFQKHc7zD0EQyCkIKTAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D_aLpwtaLDw8&usg=AOvVaw1joqIjSq9mQK62NT0rpVep) [Silent Night](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwigjcnZg9PWAhWP0J8KHUYYCakQtwIIJjAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DBSXSLmYGXpE&usg=AOvVaw1rRsRE_0SmScpNLDLMUuUj) [Hair](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwihgKLug9PWAhXmxlQKHR_OAXMQyCkIKDAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D1THVSCGJZ-o&usg=AOvVaw3Iub8wg3HdFYrpFxXNHMq4) [Eve of Destruction](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwis0cL8g9PWAhVhslQKHfLcCBwQyCkIKTAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DydqAbLLAlLc&usg=AOvVaw3DA3aNRUmPub29W3KSDhnz) [Paranoid](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiFt9SOhNPWAhVmxVQKHdksDD0QtwIIXjAJ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D7c37GdAzgQo&usg=AOvVaw0MwJnGkfgHy3jRGpqi05tG) [The Banana Splits theme song](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwilrdCrhNPWAhUCqVQKHVpqAqAQyCkIKTAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DflMS2gHFOH0&usg=AOvVaw1fcJCGUiBr4Ne4O0dfOC-E) ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/59 "2017-10-02T23:07:02Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > I may get flamed for this, but I like the Bangles’ version of “Hazy Shade of Winter” better than the original. So do I. ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/60 "2017-10-03T02:25:24Z")
Devo, Satisfaction was great, mentioned upthread. I thought they did Head Like a Hole justice. Liked what The Clash did with I Fought The Law. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610.md?page=4)