# Favorite covers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 20, 2001, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644 "2001-03-20T00:29:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gatsby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@Gatsby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatsby)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644/21 "2001-03-20T05:31:50Z")
I don’t know “Disturbed” or “The Sickness” but could this actually be “Shout” by Otis Redding, later covered by _Otis Day & The Knights_ of Animal House fame? ---
**Author:** ![Gatsby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@Gatsby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatsby)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644/22 "2001-03-20T05:33:21Z")
I should probably be more consistant with quotes and italics in regards to bands and songs, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644/23 "2001-03-20T05:43:40Z")
**Gatsby** - The version of Shout that disturbed covered was the one done back in the '80’s by Tears for Fears. Great Cover, **Tequila** **Type O Negative** has done a lot of covers, mostly of old 70’s and 60’s type music. Good stuff. My anti-cover? Easily **The Cardigans** remake of Iron Man… blech! ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644/24 "2001-03-20T07:20:54Z")
R.E.M. has done a great version of Richard Thompson’s “Wall of Death” and of Leonard Cohen’s “First We Take Manhattan.” ---
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644/25 "2001-03-20T07:27:04Z")
**The Who’s** Saterday nights Alright (For Fighting) ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644/26 "2001-03-20T07:32:12Z")
Thanks Tris… Actually Gatsby I wasn’t aware Otis wrote “Shout” I was under the impression it was the Isley Bros. _checking Animal House soundtrack_ hmm they credit the Isley Bros as well(Ronald Isley-Rudolph Islkey-O’Kelly Isley)… great song though. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644/27 "2001-03-20T08:25:37Z")
Oopsies, forgot to mention the “Shout” I mentioned the first time was indeed the Tears For Fears song. _leans up and kisses Tris_ ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644/28 "2001-03-20T12:29:36Z")
Bill Frisell: Chain of Fools Shades Apart: Tainted Love Danny Gatton: The Simpsons Theme David Lee Roth: That’s Life X: Breathless (my favorite cover in this list) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644/29 "2001-03-20T13:00:26Z")
The remake of TLC’s"Creep" by Afghan Whigs– The whole Annie Lennox-Medusa Album. I second “Kiss” by Tom Jones. Without a doubt my favorite bit of that song is the ad libbed line “I think I better dance now” towards the end. So F’g cool 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644/30 "2001-03-20T13:04:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chrome Spot \* > \*\* > Shades Apart: Tainted Love > \*\* Awesome cover song! I also Second the nomination of anything by the me first and the gimmie gimmies. I also would say shudder to think: Crosstown Traffic Weezer: Velouria and ramones: spiderman ---
**Author:** ![Timchik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@Timchik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timchik)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644/31 "2001-03-20T13:55:37Z")
_Winterlong_ (Neil Young) by the Pixies _Whiter Shade of Pale_ by Annie Lennox _Highway to Hell_ (AC/DC) by Vopli Vidoplyasova - not really a cover, since they change the words and sing in Ukranian (_Halya Prihod_ is the new name), but it just works so well as an accordian-folk-punk song… ---
**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:** [March 20, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644/32 "2001-03-20T14:01:03Z")
Little Wing - Concrete Blonde Everlasting Love - U2 Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley Tainted Love - Soft Cell Hazy Shade of Winter - Bangles Baby One More Time - Travis ---
**Author:** ![dustMagnate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@dustMagnate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dustMagnate)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644/33 "2001-03-20T14:01:24Z")
“Viva Las Vegas”: Dead Kennedys off of Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables. Fast, classic, and a few extra lyrics (“got coke up my nose to dry away the snot!”)make this an ironic winner. “Bertha” Los Lobos off of a compilation of Dead covers. Toots and the Maytals doing “Country Road” (West Jamaica!) Patty Smith “Gloria” off of Horses. ---
**Author:** ![Corina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Corina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corina)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644/34 "2001-03-20T15:37:35Z")
Thanks, y’all, for all the awesome suggestions. This is going to be a great mix CD. Ooh! I just remembered another one: Mike Flowers Pops cover of “Wonderwall.” It came out just a few months after the Oasis album, and they remade the song like some lounge act. Very, very funny. ---
**Author:** ![Pnuk\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Pnuk\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pnuk_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644/35 "2001-03-20T16:10:08Z")
Definitely anything from’Greased’ by **Less than Jake** and ‘Build me up, Buttercup’ by **Save Ferris** also, ‘Barbie Girl’ by **Homegrown** and **Madness** covering the British National Anthem…on a Kazoo. Pure Genius 🙂 oh oh oh… an **Mxpx** doing ‘Summer of 69’ and pretty much any ska cover ever is worth a try. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644/36 "2001-03-20T16:12:32Z")
I would submit both **The Pretenders** ’ and **Annie Lennox** ’s versions of **The Persuaders** ’ _Thin Line Between Love and Hate_. **Aretha** is good for several: _RESPECT_ is a cover of an **Otis Redding** song. Her _Eleanor Rigby_ is fascinating. And of course, her version of _Say a Little Prayer_ is my favorite. On the one-hit-wonder side: a band called **Frente** did a nifty a capella version of **New Order** ’s _Bizarre Love Triangle_. Who did that hip-hop-ish version of _Killing Me Softly_ a couple of years back? Really liked that one. ---
**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644/37 "2001-03-20T16:28:12Z")
I’d have to add (God help me) White Zombie’s cover of ‘Boogieman’, second the nomination for the Bangles’ ‘Hazy Shade of Winter’, and basically anything by Save Ferris (especially their redux of ‘Come on Eileen’. BTW, xtnjohnson, the remake of ‘Killing Me Softly’ was by the Fugees. ---
**Author:** ![Melpomene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@Melpomene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melpomene)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644/38 "2001-03-20T16:47:55Z")
Duran Duran doing Led Zeppelin’s “Thank You”. Good shit, all things considered. LZ isn’t exactly an easy group to cover well! ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644/39 "2001-03-20T18:02:55Z")
I forgot Aimee Mann’s version of “One” from the Magnolia soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644/40 "2001-03-20T18:27:46Z")
Stoid: I’ve never heard that version of “Wild Horses”, but the Samples did a really good version of it. Better than the Stones, IMO. Pnuk Guy: I was going to mention MxPx’s “Summer of '69” too. In fact, I really like every song on “On The Cover”. Nicko: I wasn’t aware that Concrete Blonde had covered “Little Wing”, but I’m a little biased. I don’t think any cover of that song can be as good as the one Stevie Ray Vaughan did. Others I recommend: Ned’s Atomic Dustbin: “Saturday Night” previously by the Bay City Rollers (S-A-TUR-DAY-NIGHT!) And of course, “Hit Me Baby One More Time” redone by Dweezil Zappa, previously by Britney Spears. MUCH better than the original. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-covers/58644.md?page=3)