# More Great Covers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-great-covers/761007>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 27, 2016, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-great-covers/761007 "2016-07-27T05:17:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-great-covers/761007/61 "2016-07-29T06:45:43Z")

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[Portishead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVe-9VWIcCo) covering Abba’s SOS.

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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-great-covers/761007/62 "2016-07-29T14:30:59Z")

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[quote=“Accidental\_Martyr, post:51, topic:761007”]

Sturgill Simpson - “In Bloom” (Nirvana)

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Already mentioned (by me) in post #25. But worth mentioning again!

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**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:** [July 29, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-great-covers/761007/63 "2016-07-29T17:48:38Z")

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> [@Yookeroo](#):
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> [Portishead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVe-9VWIcCo) covering Abba’s SOS.

Thanks for this one. I was blown away.

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**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-great-covers/761007/64 "2016-07-30T03:27:49Z")

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> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> Already mentioned (by me) in post #25. But worth mentioning again!

Uh-oh, I guess I missed that. How about this one?  
Sturgill Simpson - “The Promise” (When in Rome)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-eWJmN8D820/maxresdefault.jpg "Sturgill Simpson - The Promise") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eWJmN8D820)

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-great-covers/761007/65 "2016-07-30T03:31:45Z")

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Joan Jett, [_Love is All Around_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4tkLy9AaD4)

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**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:** [July 30, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-great-covers/761007/66 "2016-07-30T04:11:51Z")

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Queensryche doing an acoustic version of “Scarborough Fair”

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mwt4SP5BnZ8/hqdefault.jpg "Scarborough Fair - acoustic QR version") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwt4SP5BnZ8)

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**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:** [July 30, 2016, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-great-covers/761007/67 "2016-07-30T05:38:46Z")

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**Unto Ashes** does a nice cover of Blue Oyster Cult’s [“Don’t Fear the Reaper”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck4kyZQkSKs).

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