# Olivia Newton-John covers Dylan- most unlikely remake? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-newton-john-covers-dylan-most-unlikely-remake/376195 "2006-10-12T14:32:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-newton-john-covers-dylan-most-unlikely-remake/376195/21 "2006-10-13T01:21:55Z")
**Cardigans** covering _Iron Man_. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-newton-john-covers-dylan-most-unlikely-remake/376195/22 "2006-10-13T02:11:27Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] I have a nominee for most unlikely cover… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ILMhm5HEIFA/hqdefault.jpg "From www.ukuleledisco.com 2004 Wild Thing") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILMhm5HEIFA) You really have to watch this one. It’s hard to describe… [/QUOTE] Aw, c’mon. Not a single comment on this gem? It is truly a unique effort… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-newton-john-covers-dylan-most-unlikely-remake/376195/23 "2006-10-13T02:51:02Z")
Even though “Ride On” was one of AC/DC’s mellower songs, it’s still a surprise to hear Norah Jones singing it. I mean, someone like Norah isn’t even supposed to know who AC/DC are! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-newton-john-covers-dylan-most-unlikely-remake/376195/24 "2006-10-13T03:22:56Z")
What I’d like to hear, in terms of improbable covers, is someone with no signing voice doing something that requires a lot of range and technique. Like, maybe, Melanie doing Manhattan Transfer’s “Birdland.” That would be improbable. Probably painful to hear, too. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-newton-john-covers-dylan-most-unlikely-remake/376195/25 "2006-10-13T11:48:57Z")
[QUOTE=MacSpon] Rolf Harris’s cover of _Stairway to Heaven_. Just unbelievable. And actually very funny… [/QUOTE] Dolly Parton’s cover of “Stairway” is pretty awesome too, now that I think about it. I actually had that version on my iPod before the original. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-newton-john-covers-dylan-most-unlikely-remake/376195/26 "2006-10-13T14:05:20Z")
How about the Kronos Quartet doing _Purple Haze_? ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-newton-john-covers-dylan-most-unlikely-remake/376195/27 "2006-10-13T15:07:03Z")
[QUOTE=K364] [QUOTE=Nonsuch] “If Not For You” was a co-write with George Harrison, and though good, isn’t the kind of densely poetic thing people think of when they think “Dylan song.”… > [@](#): > > “I’d Have You Anytime” was the Dylan/Harrison co-write on “All Things Must Pass”. “If Not For You” was solely Dylan. You’re right, I stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-newton-john-covers-dylan-most-unlikely-remake/376195/28 "2006-10-13T17:30:26Z")
The Circle Jerks covering Jackie DeShannon’s “Put A Little Love In Your Heart” is priceless. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-newton-john-covers-dylan-most-unlikely-remake/376195/29 "2006-10-13T18:00:17Z")
On [33 1/3](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00021LPII/ref=pd_rvi_gw_2/102-9866225-1120913?ie=UTF8) by the _Frank & Joe Show_, guitarist Frank Vignola and drummer Joe Ascione, legit Jazz musicians, do a remake of the Theme from the old 1960s Saturday morning TV show _Spiderman_. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-newton-john-covers-dylan-most-unlikely-remake/376195/30 "2006-10-13T18:11:42Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] On [33 1/3](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00021LPII/ref=pd_rvi_gw_2/102-9866225-1120913?ie=UTF8) by the _Frank & Joe Show_, guitarist Frank Vignola and drummer Joe Ascione, legit Jazz musicians, do a remake of the Theme from the old 1960s Saturday morning TV show _Spiderman_. Wow. [/QUOTE] So did [the Ramones](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65NeC2Mr1-I). ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-newton-john-covers-dylan-most-unlikely-remake/376195/31 "2006-10-13T18:16:21Z")
[QUOTE=Jim’s Son] Wasn’t there some kind of contract clause in Dylan’s career that he got more money from someone else covering his song than he got for recording it? His manager would really push others to record them. Plus he was very prolific in the 1960s. [/QUOTE] You may be thinking of [this](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_324b.html). ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-newton-john-covers-dylan-most-unlikely-remake/376195/32 "2006-10-13T18:23:29Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Maybe the oddest one for me would be Celtic Frost’s cover of Aztec Radio’s “Mexican Radio.” [/QUOTE] Wall of Voodoo was the original artist for “Mexican Radio.” Heh. I have both versions (WoV and CF), in my car right now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-newton-john-covers-dylan-most-unlikely-remake/376195/33 "2006-10-13T18:49:30Z")
[QUOTE=NDP] [QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] On [33 1/3](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00021LPII/ref=pd_rvi_gw_2/102-9866225-1120913?ie=UTF8) by the _Frank & Joe Show_, guitarist Frank Vignola and drummer Joe Ascione, legit Jazz musicians, do a remake of the Theme from the old 1960s Saturday morning TV show _Spiderman_. Wow. [/QUOTE] So did the Ramones. [/QUOTE] So did Moxy Früvous. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-newton-john-covers-dylan-most-unlikely-remake/376195/34 "2006-10-13T20:00:14Z")
I came to post Pet Shop Boys doing Willie Nelson’s _Always on my Mind_, but Coversproject tells me that Elvis did it before Willie, which I hadn’t known. And of Johnny Cash’s version of Nine Inch Nails’ _Hurt_, but then I see that it’s also been covered by Tori Amos, David Bowie, Sevendust, and The Razor Skyline. I don’t know half of that last list, so I have no idea if they’re unlikely or not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-newton-john-covers-dylan-most-unlikely-remake/376195.md?page=1)