# 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:** 4
**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 3, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/61 "2017-10-03T03:55:10Z")
Since Tom Petty is in very grave condition and may not live too much longer, I’ve been going through his music. One of the songs I have is his cover of Thunderclap Newman’s [Something In the Air](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OUCpKzMAbQ). ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/62 "2017-10-03T05:09:07Z")
It’s pretty well known – 6 million Youtube hits – but I’ll plug John Mayer and Keith Urban covering the Beatles’ [Don’t Let Me Down](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lVbyWunzpzU). They’re pretty boys, but they can sure play guitar. And while I enjoy the original version, it’s hard to separate the song from John’s in-your-face Yoko obsession. But presented by love boys who aren’t John Lennon, the song stands as a classic of desperate love – IMO as strong as anything on Layla. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/63 "2017-10-03T18:56:04Z")
I love covers, especially genre-crossing ones, so will try not to post too many. [Trampled by Turtles - Where is my Mind?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZvVeQI0heg) (Pixies cover) [Elvis - Are You Lonesome Tonight?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cS5aCozhcA) (Carter Family cover) [Linda Ronstadt - Willin’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJHcD0kHTGk) (Little Feat cover) [Iron Horse - Enter Sandman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c7bISLhVl8) (Metallica cover) And the wildest one: [Richard Cheese - Welcome to the Jungle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr7EBuz-2xI) (Guns n’ Roses cover) ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/64 "2017-10-03T20:18:17Z")
Santana - [_She’s Not There_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoz8iXjfH4Y) (Zombies) ---
**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/65 "2017-10-03T20:34:20Z")
My Brightest Diamond covering “Feelin Good.” [https://www.google.com/search?q=my+brightest+diamond+feeling+good&oq=my+nrightest+diamond+feel&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.9999j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8](https://www.google.com/search?q=my+brightest+diamond+feeling+good&oq=my+nrightest+diamond+feel&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.9999j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/66 "2017-10-04T03:02:48Z")
> [@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. Yes! My favorite cover by anyone. And speaking of live, the studio version we know and love is a live recording. Take 1 (or 2). > [@TroutMan](#): > > 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. I’ve never been a fan of Mr. Petty, but his live cover of the Dave Clark Five’s **Anyway You Want It** is a joy. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/67 "2017-10-04T13:23:07Z")
James Taylor & Carly Simon’s [Mockingbird](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WM_R-6AKHE). And nobody’s mentioned Jeff Buckley’s cover of Leonard Cohen’s [Hallelujah](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8AWFf7EAc4) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/68 "2017-10-04T13:35:38Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > And nobody’s mentioned Jeff Buckley’s cover of Leonard Cohen’s [Hallelujah](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8AWFf7EAc4) No need. It’s a given. ---
**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 4, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/69 "2017-10-04T14:36:36Z")
Steve Albini’s Rapeman do a relatively faithful cover of ZZ Top’s [Just Got Paid Today](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-eZ6zBKL2Y) Husker Du tears through [Eight Miles High](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtczE0nUQPs) ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/70 "2017-10-04T19:14:04Z")
Following the Beatles trend: [Fats Domino - “Everybody’s Got Something To Hide (Except Me And My Monkey)”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNeSJVUxOkc) I’ve probably linked to this before, since I never tire of it…original by Bobby Charles. [Doug Sahm & Friends - “Tennessee Blues”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cYdJgDGCj4) ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/71 "2017-10-04T19:30:07Z")
Frijid Pink - House of the Rising Sun. Originally by ? ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/72 "2017-10-04T19:36:46Z")
Bauhaus cover of [Ziggy Stardust](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWCQBtRzNJQ&spfreload=10)- very good and true to the original Any cover by Isreal IZ Kamakawiwo’ole. Especially [What a Wonderful World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0xoMhCT-7A)and [Somewhere Over the Rainbow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I) There is just something so soothing about his voice. There is a reason the man became a Hawaiian treasure. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/73 "2017-10-04T20:09:17Z")
The Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra has made a career of doing salsa versions of indie rock songs [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YtQunmFhuNE/maxresdefault.jpg "Young Folks (PB&J SALSA cover) - Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtQunmFhuNE) ---
**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:** [October 5, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/74 "2017-10-05T13:29:32Z")
What about Springsteen’s Jersey Girl, written by Tom Waits? The only other singer/songwriter I can think of being so well known for a song he didn’t write is Arlo Guthrie’s City of New Orleans. My then Boss once told me to get the lyrics for Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You. She gave me grief because I printed out Dolly Parton’s. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/75 "2017-10-05T19:59:35Z")
> [@MikeF](#): > > Frijid Pink - House of the Rising Sun. Originally by ? I think it’s almost a hundred years old, but I still like Eric Burdon and the Animals’ version the best. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/76 "2017-10-06T14:08:26Z")
The hard rock cover of [Bottle of Wine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZynyHW2hfw) by the Fireballs is one of Tom Paxton’s favorites. And he wrote the song! ---
**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 6, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/77 "2017-10-06T15:31:06Z")
Songs that you might not realize are covers: Blue Moon Mack The Knife: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEllHMWkXEU) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/78 "2017-10-06T15:36:48Z")
These threads pop up periodically, and I always say: The White Stripes cover of [“Jolene”](https://youtu.be/jFMLCPwxtXA). [Miley Cyrus](https://youtu.be/wOwblaKmyVw) did a decent cover of it, too. ---
**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 6, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610/79 "2017-10-06T17:57:41Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I listened to Only Shallow: [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J9k9Vq1Wo3I](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J9k9Vq1Wo3I) > That’s really good! Never heard of them; thanks. You might also enjoy _[Yellow Loveless](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbf8h3sykiw)_, another cover of the entire album by various Japanese bands. Highlights are Shonen Knife doing a 60s bubblegum-pop version of “When You Sleep”, and The Sodom Project turning the 57-second interlude “Touched” into a 5 minute song that builds to a crescendo worthy of, but very different from, MBV’s wall of noise. ---
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> [@Mixolydian](#): > > Following the Beatles trend: > [Fats Domino - “Everybody’s Got Something To Hide (Except Me And My Monkey)”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNeSJVUxOkc) Has anyone mentioned the Paragons (60s ska/reggae, originators of “The Tide is High”) doing the wonderful, little-known 1964 Beatles song I’ll Be Back? The called it [I Want to Go Back](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ecbRP6v2Gs). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610.md?page=5)