# "I wish \_\_\_\_\_ would do a cover of \_\_\_\_\_" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-_____-would-do-a-cover-of-_____/500092 "2009-06-17T17:34:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mj\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@mj\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mj_2)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-_____-would-do-a-cover-of-_____/500092/21 "2009-06-18T16:53:25Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I would love to hear \*\*Axl Rose \*\*sing Janis’ **Another Piece of My Heart** > … You should check out Sammy Hagar’s version of this song. I’m thinking it’s what you imagined for Axl. Sammy recorded this over 20 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-_____-would-do-a-cover-of-_____/500092/22 "2009-06-18T20:49:38Z")
It may have [seemed like a joke](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=430339), but I really would like to see someone – anyone – cover King Missile’s “Martin Scorsese”, but rename it “Quentin Tarantino”. ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-_____-would-do-a-cover-of-_____/500092/23 "2009-06-18T20:53:06Z")
I’ld like to see **M. Ward** run with his cover of _Let’s Dance_ and do a whole album of 80’s covers. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-_____-would-do-a-cover-of-_____/500092/24 "2009-06-19T01:46:16Z")
Todd Snider do a cover of Aaron Neville’s “I Don’t Know Much” ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-_____-would-do-a-cover-of-_____/500092/25 "2009-06-19T02:12:00Z")
I’d like to hear a female fronted band/female vocalist do a cover of “The Letter” by The Box Tops, changing “she” to “he” as appropriate. Cat Power, Sons & Daughters, or Nouvelle Vague would all be interesting possibilities. I’d like to hear Tiger Baby or Sally Shapiro cover “Freedom Hangs Like Heaven” by Iron & Wine. I can sing it, and it’d be nice to hear a girl with a sweet kind of fragile voice take a crack at it. I’d like to hear “I Met A Girl” by Wheat covered by Pete Yorn. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-_____-would-do-a-cover-of-_____/500092/26 "2009-06-19T05:13:02Z")
I’ve always wanted Clint Black to cover the hits of Hank Williams Sr. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-_____-would-do-a-cover-of-_____/500092/27 "2009-06-19T05:52:46Z")
Off the Beat or Purple Haze on Champagne Supernova. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-_____-would-do-a-cover-of-_____/500092/28 "2009-06-19T19:29:33Z")
Don Henley wrote a terrific barroom song called _You’re Not Drinkin’ Enough._ It’s a shame it hasn’t been covered by Dwight Yoakim, Alan Jackson, or somebody like that. BR-549, maybe. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-_____-would-do-a-cover-of-_____/500092/29 "2009-06-19T19:37:30Z")
Bare Naked Ladies - _Frank’s 2000" TV_ ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-_____-would-do-a-cover-of-_____/500092/30 "2009-06-19T22:30:51Z")
Willie Nelson, Faraway Eyes. ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-_____-would-do-a-cover-of-_____/500092/31 "2009-06-19T22:36:02Z")
OK, work with me here. I think Aerosmith could have (maybe still could) cover “Runaround Sue.” I can hear Steven Tyler’s trademark scream as he sings, “she goes…OUT WITH OTHER GUYS!” ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-_____-would-do-a-cover-of-_____/500092/32 "2009-06-22T02:09:59Z")
My cover wishes are more generic. Basically I’d love to hear covers of all of my favorite songs: I love covers that change the genre of the song. I seem to especially dig punk covers of non punk songs, mellow renditions of high energy songs, and offbeat covers like toy piano, acapella, etc. I also like rocking versions of classical melodies. I’d love to hear English versions of all my favorite Spanish songs and Spanish versions of all my favorite English songs. Actually, I love to hear covers of any of my favs in any language. I wonder what normal songs (i.e. not birthday or christmas or church) have been most translated. I’d also love to hear covers of songs by or of some of my more obscure fav artists like Indigo Girls, Dar Williams, Jill Sobule, and Ahmond. Especially cool would be collaborations by 2 or more of my favorite artists on their own songs. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-_____-would-do-a-cover-of-_____/500092/33 "2009-06-22T05:13:00Z")
I wish Stewart Copeland would do a cover of any Paul Simon song he wishes. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-_____-would-do-a-cover-of-_____/500092/34 "2009-06-22T05:40:39Z")
Just the other day, to keep the bears away, I was singing what I think a Johnny Cash cover of ‘Wild and Untamed Thing’ from the Rocky Horror Show would sound like. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-_____-would-do-a-cover-of-_____/500092.md?page=1)