# GNR, You Could Be Mine cover... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gnr-you-could-be-mine-cover/772866 "2016-11-24T02:50:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gnr-you-could-be-mine-cover/772866/1 "2016-11-24T02:50:49Z")
[You Could Be Mine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT8upWEDirM) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gnr-you-could-be-mine-cover/772866/2 "2016-11-24T02:55:37Z")
My favorite cover is [“Billie Jean”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qJW0CgP-bA) by Mike Henry and Justin Robinett. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gnr-you-could-be-mine-cover/772866/3 "2016-11-24T03:02:16Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > My favorite cover is [“Billie Jean”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qJW0CgP-bA) by Mike Henry and Justin Robinett. Holy shit, that is great! Saved to favorites. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gnr-you-could-be-mine-cover/772866/4 "2016-11-26T02:57:00Z")
Saw this on youtube about a year ago. Damn that girl has pipes. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gnr-you-could-be-mine-cover/772866/5 "2016-11-27T06:05:38Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Holy shit, that is great! Saved to favorites. Thanks! You’re welcome. People with actual musical talent piss me off. I have none. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gnr-you-could-be-mine-cover/772866/6 "2016-11-27T13:38:29Z")
The kids in the GnR cover are really talented. Fun to see. The Billie Jean cover: first of all, jeez!! The level of inner groove required as the switch off between drums, piano and vocals is wondrous. I can do some complex coordination with multiple guitar lines + vocals, but that was over the top. I love musical communication, but man, those two had better be best friends or partners or something. The level of up-close work required to make that work is just astounding. I will say that there is a fine line between musicality and a cool stunt. I am deeply impressed with their craft but don’t know that I need to see it again. Kind of like the conversation that happens when a new OK Go music video is released - what do you do when the stunt overshadows the music? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gnr-you-could-be-mine-cover/772866/7 "2016-11-27T19:17:40Z")
OK Go makes music? Of course, I’m being facetious. They have a song or two that I like, but I’m not a huge fan of the band. The videos, however, I could watch all day. “White Knuckles” is one of my favorites, just because I love animals. They have one called “Needing/Getting” that’s pretty awesome when you think about the preparation and set-up it took to create it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MejbOFk7H6c/maxresdefault.jpg "OK Go - Needing/Getting - Official Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MejbOFk7H6c)