# Guy sits in the garage, does a killer cover, puts it on YouTube... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 22, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269 "2015-11-22T04:51:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **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 22, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269/1 "2015-11-22T04:51:37Z")
[Cover of Steve Wariner’s “Some Fools Never Learn”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWEBg7e7Y0U) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269/2 "2015-11-22T13:28:22Z")
Good. Do you know this guy? That was posted years ago. ---
**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 22, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269/3 "2015-11-22T22:04:04Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Good. Do you know this guy? That was posted years ago. No, don’t know him. I stumbled across it looking for the Steve Wariner version. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269/4 "2015-11-24T03:31:00Z")
This sort of thing is a big part of YouTube. This guy seems pretty good! ---
**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, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269/5 "2015-11-24T04:09:42Z")
The garage echo acoustics is what works for me. And the talent. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269/6 "2015-11-24T15:44:50Z")
Nice find. I really enjoyed that! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269/7 "2015-11-24T16:20:26Z")
The guy can sing and yes, the garage makes it play, i.e., adds a touch of reverb. Nice. This just reminds me of the reality of the music biz: being really talented has no correlation with whether you can make money at music, let alone a living, let alone a career, let alone fame. Thank gosh YouTube is available as a channel to share this type of performance, and yes, at least some folks have built careers and even stardom from that starting point. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269/8 "2015-11-27T22:58:15Z")
Jacob Moon doing a solo cover of Rush’s “Subdivisions”, with some looping tools: It was impressive enough that he was invited to perform it in front of the band when they received the Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame award. I can't seem to find the video of that performance, sadly. ---
**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 28, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269/9 "2015-11-28T14:01:40Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Jacob Moon doing a solo cover of Rush’s “Subdivisions”, with some looping tools: > > It was impressive enough that he was invited to perform it in front of the band when they received the Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame award. I can't seem to find the video of that performance, sadly. That was really cool. Thanks. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269/10 "2015-12-13T02:40:07Z")
Here’s another. [Cover of UFO’s “Built for Comfort”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av8s9UBosdI) ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269/11 "2015-12-13T02:47:41Z")
Surprised these guys aren’t getting hit with DCMA takedown notices and/or having their accounts suspended. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269/12 "2015-12-13T03:06:37Z")
Is this the thread for YouTube covers? Here’s a beautiful girl playing an exotic instrument doing a masterful job with a wonderful song: All Along The Watchtower. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iOKZxQDcjpY/maxresdefault.jpg "Bob Dylan-All along the watchtower Gayageum Luna ver.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOKZxQDcjpY) ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269/13 "2015-12-13T03:11:02Z")
I’m blown away by Morgan James sitting in in a tiny kitchen with one guy strumming on a beat up guitar and another guy rapping on a garbage can: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OfxpuV-MJaI/maxresdefault.jpg "Come Together by The Beatles (Morgan James cover)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfxpuV-MJaI) ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269/14 "2015-12-13T16:55:52Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > The garage echo acoustics is what works for me. And the talent. interesting. It had the opposite affect on me. Maybe it was the computer speakers but I found it annoying. Nice bit of talent though. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269/15 "2015-12-13T18:50:59Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Is this the thread for YouTube covers? Only if they are really cool. [quote=“bobot, post:12, topic:738269”] Here’s a beautiful girl playing an exotic instrument doing a masterful job with a wonderful song: All Along The Watchtower. [/QUOTE] That was really cool! Her Voodoo Chile cover is also great. Thanks! ---
**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:** [December 13, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269/16 "2015-12-13T18:53:05Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > I’m blown away by Morgan James sitting in in a tiny kitchen with one guy strumming on a beat up guitar and another guy rapping on a garbage can: > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfxpuV-MJaI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfxpuV-MJaI) Very nice! Thanks. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269/17 "2015-12-23T01:22:24Z")
Come on, keep 'em coming! Prefer bare bones artist+ instrument, totally killing it. Everything posted so far has been great. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269/18 "2015-12-23T02:59:13Z")
OK, here’s one to revive this thread. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uzBM-zl-GA4/hqdefault.jpg "City And Colour - "Cowgirl In The Sand" (Neil Young Cover) | House Of Strombo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzBM-zl-GA4) ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269/19 "2015-12-23T14:35:43Z")
I _ **love** _ [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVzyrz-gCzc). It’s a guy doing a cover of _Substitute_ by The Who. He plays every instrument. 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 23, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269/20 "2015-12-23T14:51:30Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I _ **love** _ [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVzyrz-gCzc). It’s a guy doing a cover of _Substitute_ by The Who. > > He plays every instrument. 🙂 That’s awesome! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269.md?page=2)