# Favorite Cover Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214 "2018-02-05T14:12:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214/61 "2018-02-06T18:13:27Z")
> [@Egnu\_Cledge](#): > > Nick Cave covering Lefty Frizzell’s [Long Black Veil](https://youtu.be/huUEmEcBAMY) [The Proclaimers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFAdqYbB1nI) cover. Not as dark, but perhaps more mournful. Curious what different artists like to bring out of this one. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214/62 "2018-02-06T20:27:52Z")
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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214/63 "2018-02-06T20:32:02Z")
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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214/64 "2018-02-06T20:37:53Z")
How about cover **albums**? For example, I really enjoyed _Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out_ and _Meet The Smithereens!_ ---
**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:** [February 6, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214/65 "2018-02-06T21:55:04Z")
[Trampled by Turtles - Where is my Mind?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZvVeQI0heg) [Richard Cheese - Welcome to the Jungle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7ojOWMwpNM) ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214/66 "2018-02-06T22:32:46Z")
Marie Digby covering Chris Isaak’s [Wicked Game](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI2wnRAZeO4&pbjreload=10). ---
**Author:** ![Egnu\_Cledge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@Egnu\_Cledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Egnu_Cledge)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214/67 "2018-02-07T01:22:01Z")
The Cramps’ version of [Shortnin’ Bread](https://youtu.be/uYinJU4Df6M) is typically great, but I think this 60’s version by [The Readymen](https://youtu.be/Bo-zXYEV8nw) might be even wilder. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214/68 "2018-02-07T01:41:03Z")
[Angelique Kidjo covers Bob Marley’s Redemption song at her PBS Special](https://youtu.be/ZncWCgN-zms) [Angelique Kidjo “I Think Ur a Contra” - featuring Ezra Keonig](https://youtu.be/S52vjrfo6Go) [The Beach Boys and Lorrie Morgan - Don’t Worry Baby (1996)](https://youtu.be/CPJO_9a01ps) [I can hear music Kathy Troccoli and Beach Boys](https://youtu.be/ICAsimtEsU8?t=24s) [Angelique Kidjo - Summertime](https://youtu.be/RYk670bY2-s) ---
**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:** [February 7, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214/69 "2018-02-07T14:25:23Z")
Springsteen’s Jersey Girl has to be the cover song must identified with the singer/songwriter who did NOT write it. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214/70 "2018-02-09T03:52:08Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Springsteen’s Jersey Girl has to be the cover song must identified with the singer/songwriter who did NOT write it. There are a LOT of those. My poker gang trades USB drives full of music. We’ve gone through many themes (Drugs, Dogs, Duets…) but one was “Surprising Cover Songs”. The biggest surprises were songs that everyone assumed were originals, but were secretly covers. Let’s see… “Me & Bobby McGee” was originally a pretty average country ballad by the otherwise entertaining Roger Miller, years before Kristofferson (the author) or Janis Joplin. And we had a whole pile of light rock hits that were all originally done by Jules Shear: everyone thinks “All Through the Night” is a Cyndi Lauper creation, as well as The Bangles’ hit “If She Knew What She Wants”. “If We Never Meet Again” (Roger McGuinn), and “Whispering Your Name” (Alison Moyet), too… the list goes on. Oh, and Johnny Rivers is identified with Shear’s sappy “Slow Dancing”. We’ve all heard a number of examples (even “My Way” isn’t a Sinatra. It’s a French song first performed by Claude François before it was re-written by Paul Anka). ---
**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:** [February 10, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214/71 "2018-02-10T14:23:34Z")
And let’s not forget IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII will always love YYYYYYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUU. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214/72 "2018-02-10T16:57:33Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > And let’s not forget IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII will always love YYYYYYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUU. Which reminds me of [“I Love You,”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TnVpGezJqI) as done by People. They cranked up a Zombies song and the result probably could hypnotize a mushroom. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214/73 "2018-02-10T17:32:35Z")
Humble Pie [No Money Down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlMMe3ksfew). ---
**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:** [February 10, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214/74 "2018-02-10T18:36:32Z")
**“Twist And Shout”** Beatles, covering the Isley Brothers cover of the original by I forget who. > [@LH75](#): > > [Leon Russell’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICr9lfWq3yY)cover of Jumping Jack Flash and Youngblood Yes!! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214/75 "2018-02-10T20:00:45Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Springsteen’s Jersey Girl has to be the cover song must identified with the singer/songwriter who did NOT write it. > [@digs](#): > > There are a LOT of those. Elvis Costello’s “(What’s So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding” has to be at least in contention. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214/76 "2018-02-11T06:44:15Z")
PTV covering Pink Floyd’s [“Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GsyeNvtTzI) Antony & the Johnsons covering Bob Dylan’s [“Knocking on Heaven’s Door”](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IrSLc1QYCcE) ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214/77 "2018-02-12T00:12:06Z")
Maybe “[Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ga_M5Zdn4)” by The Byrds, a song [originally written by Bob Seeger](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbPl91kTFro) and with lyrics mostly from the 10th century BC. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214/78 "2018-02-12T00:56:46Z")
Rod Stewart’s covers of Elton John’s “Country Comfort” and the Temptations ’ “(I Know) I’m Losing You” ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214/79 "2018-02-12T01:21:28Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > Maybe “[Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ga_M5Zdn4)” by The Byrds, a song [originally written by Bob Seeger](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbPl91kTFro) and with lyrics mostly from the 10th century BC. Arrrggghhhh! **Pete**. Pete Seeger. Not Bob Seeger. (No relation, that I know of.) ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214/80 "2018-02-12T01:37:30Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Arrrggghhhh! **Pete**. Pete Seeger. Not Bob Seeger. (No relation, that I know of.) Yeah, brainfart. [This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JiWFz36C6w) is how I feel right now. 😃 Also, I don’t mean to correct you, but it’s Bob _Seger_, not Seeger. Pete Seeger was Seeger, not Seger. It’s easy to confuse them both. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cover-songs/808214.md?page=5)