# Need Help With A Mix CD Of Covers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 21, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-mix-cd-of-covers/503749 "2009-07-21T16:54:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-mix-cd-of-covers/503749/41 "2009-07-22T05:50:34Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Nitpick: _Come On Eilee_n. Also covered by [Skyclad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyclad_%28band%29) (pagan folk metal band) ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-mix-cd-of-covers/503749/42 "2009-07-22T07:38:46Z")
I _so_ love cover songs. I’m a big fan of anything by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. There are dozens and dozens to choose from. Some of these on YouTube aren’t as good as the digital versions I have, but you get the idea: Muse - [Can’t Take My Eyes Off You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMU316ixzc0) (Andy Williams/Frankie Valli) Placebo - [Running Up That Hill](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KEEXyRL0qE) (Kate Bush) - one of my very favorite covers. I’m not a Kate Bush fan, but this song is fantastic. A totally different feel. Robbie Williams - [Lola](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5s78q96HHA) (The Kinks) [Stereophonics - Best of You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnJZVUCwHzA) (Foo Fighters) - this is acoustic and very basic but the singers raspy voice gives it a different feel. OR [Lee Ryan - Best of You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBlZDb9hzTA) (Foo Fighters) Yes, I know he was in a boy band but it’s not bad. This is one of my favorite songs and this version is sort of piano-ish and bongo drummy. Different. Ignite - [Sunday Bloody Sunday](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jn5AslRvko) (U2). A punkish version. Quite interesting. The double bass drum is hypnotic. If I could throw in a voice against adding Johnny Cash’s “Hurt.” I love Mr Cash, but ohhh man that has been played out soooo much it’s nauseating. I’ll stop now before this gets even more tl;dr ---
**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 22, 2009, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-mix-cd-of-covers/503749/43 "2009-07-22T09:04:32Z")
Moby - [Temptation](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYFbEXPRva4) (New Order) Fiona Apple - [Across the Universe](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gLWTtlMwo4) (Beatles) Gabriel & Dresden - [Dust in the Wind](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TtIAtkniXs) (Kansas) Jon Brion - [Voices](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcU0tuREZRM) (Cheap Trick) Midival Punditz - [Four Sticks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNwIs--lGdw) (Led Zeppelin) Jem - [Yellow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E3Bbu9ARrY) (Coldplay) Front Line Assembly featuring Tiffany - New Year’s Day (U2) ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-mix-cd-of-covers/503749/44 "2009-07-22T12:55:26Z")
Morrissey - “Moon River” and “That’s Entertainment” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-mix-cd-of-covers/503749/45 "2009-07-22T13:23:37Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Muse - [Can’t Take My Eyes Off You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMU316ixzc0) (Andy Williams/Frankie Valli) That’s a good one. The wifey and I wanted to use it as our wedding song but the guitar part is just a little bit too heavy. Two more I forgot: Orgy - _Blue Monday_ (New Order) And speaking of Morrisey: tAtu - _How Soon Is Now?_ (The Smiths) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-mix-cd-of-covers/503749/46 "2009-07-22T13:25:28Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > tAtu - _How Soon Is Now?_ (The Smiths) In the running tally of things, this is the second time I’ve ever said “I literally almost threw up a bit in my mouth when I read that,” but it’s true. Then again, how could it be any worse than Snake River Conspiracy’s? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-mix-cd-of-covers/503749/47 "2009-07-22T13:37:18Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > In the running tally of things, this is the second time I’ve ever said “I literally almost threw up a bit in my mouth when I read that,” but it’s true. Then again, how could it be any worse than Snake River Conspiracy’s? 😃 For what it’s worth, Wikipedia says Johnny Marr hated it and Morrisey loved it, which is more or less what you’d expect. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-mix-cd-of-covers/503749/48 "2009-07-22T16:38:39Z")
[Apocalyptica - Helden (w/ Till Lindermann of Rammstein)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slgl9AdomTE) _(David Bowie, Heroes)_ [Collide - Son of a Preacher Man](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AawOrCr0tTo) _(Dusty Springfield)_ [Blue Man Group & Venus Hum - I Feel Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5-ClvcHtK4) _(Donna Summer)_ [Natacha Atlas - I Put a Spell on You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIPaZ0V5f-8) _(Screamin Jay Hawkins)_ – covers also done by Marilyn Manson and CCR [Deftones - To Have and To Hold](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51xD56KMzm4) _(Depeche Mode)_ ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-mix-cd-of-covers/503749/49 "2009-07-22T16:52:36Z")
Just for the record, 4 of the 11 [most covered songs in history](http://www.secondhandsongs.com/stats/artist_covered.html) are Beatles songs- and one of the other 7 is John Lennon’s _Imagine_. _Eleanor Rigby_ is #1. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-mix-cd-of-covers/503749/50 "2009-07-22T17:24:15Z")
I forgot one I meant to mention! Deftones - [No Ordinary Love](http://www.tu.tv/videos/deftones-no-ordinary-love) (Sade) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-mix-cd-of-covers/503749/51 "2009-07-22T23:19:39Z")
Some of these suggestions are pretty faithful IMHO. These aren’t. The Afghan Whigs “Creep” (TLC, not Radiohead) Rock Plaza Central “Sexyback” (Justin Timberlane) Nina Gordon “Straight Out Of Compton” (N.W.A.) Vanessa Carlton “Paint It Black” (The Rolling Stones) Deepfield “Don’t Let Go (Love)” (En Vougue) ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-mix-cd-of-covers/503749/52 "2009-07-22T23:38:08Z")
[Annie Lennox - Waiting Vain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i74Y-5WKFsA), originally done by Bob Marley. So very very pretty… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-mix-cd-of-covers/503749/53 "2009-07-23T15:24:17Z")
[Korn “Another Brick in the Wall (parts 1,2,3)”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uCaySTwk1A) ---
**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 24, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-mix-cd-of-covers/503749/54 "2009-07-24T13:31:23Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > The Gourds - Jin and Juice (Snoop Dogg) I’ll see your Gourds and raise you Dynamite Hack’s [cover of Boyz In The Hood](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4882756770145200542) (NWA). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-mix-cd-of-covers/503749.md?page=2)