# Stones covers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 20, 2006, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-covers/384914 "2006-12-20T13:32:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-covers/384914/21 "2006-12-20T17:51:41Z")
Mick’s voice? (Just a guess). I think the same thing is true of Ray Davies and The Kinks. Those voices are a “signature”, I think. Quasi ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-covers/384914/22 "2006-12-20T18:38:04Z")
**Social Distortion** has covered “Under My Thumb” twice, once on **Mommy’s Little Monster** and once on **White Light, White Heat, White Trash**. Both versions are great. They also covered “Backstreet Girl” on the **Prison Bound** album. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-covers/384914/23 "2006-12-20T19:04:17Z")
The London Symphony Orchestra’s “Sympathy for the Devil” was pretty good. What? ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-covers/384914/24 "2006-12-20T19:41:02Z")
Jane’s Addiction did a pretty good cover of _Sympathy for the Devil_. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-covers/384914/25 "2006-12-20T19:45:23Z")
SftD is one of the three Stones songs I actually like (yes, that one too: no, not that one, not that other one either.)\* It’s idiosyncratic enough that despite it not _seeming_ to work and being one big directionless jumble, I like it anyway. No one else’s attempts can measure up. \*Paint it Black, and Girl, I Miss You. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-covers/384914/26 "2006-12-20T22:45:32Z")
To further amplify (!) what I posted above about the “signature” voices: When Ray Charles (himself a “signature voice”) covered The Beatles’ _Yesterday_, it was well done and I accepted it, but when Aerosmith covered _Come Together_, I thought “Meh, still prefer the Fabs.” Didn’t mean to veer away from the OP, just wanted to add this. Another example would be Ray’s version of _Georgia_, later covered by Willie Nelson, _another_ “signature voice”. Okay, I’ll shut up now. 😉 Q ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-covers/384914/27 "2006-12-20T22:50:58Z")
**Weird Al** did a polka medley that was just Stones songs. Of course Weird Al has done a polka medley of just about everything, but its good for a giggle or two. Hearing Weird Al sing “Laughter joy & loneliness & sex & sex & sex & sex!” is amusing. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-covers/384914/28 "2006-12-21T00:16:45Z")
Inkubus Sukkubus does a nice “Paint it Black”. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-covers/384914/29 "2006-12-21T01:31:12Z")
The Who released “_The Last Time_”/“_Under My Thumb_” as a single in 1967 to show support for the recently-busted Stones. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-covers/384914/30 "2006-12-21T01:39:27Z")
ah, _Under My Thumb_\* – there’s a version of that on the Steve Winwood Greatest Hits set – too lazy to look for exactly who did it – it was circa Blind Faith. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-covers/384914/31 "2006-12-21T05:37:28Z")
Guns N’ Roses did a pretty good cover of **Sympathy for the Devil** ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-covers/384914/32 "2006-12-21T06:01:00Z")
[QUOTE=Sam Stone] Guns N’ Roses did a pretty good cover of **Sympathy for the Devil** [/QUOTE] As did Blood Sweat and Tears. Worked it into _Symphony/Sympathy For The Devil_ with movements. It’s on BST&T 3. Quas ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-covers/384914/33 "2006-12-28T14:14:28Z")
[QUOTE=Quasimodem] Unless you were asking for Stones covers which were "hits’, I’d like to suggest anything off _Paint It Blue_ a cd of Stones hits done in true blues fashioned by various artists. [/QUOTE] Just got this – pretty damn entertaining. I spent my commute this morning meditating on Mick and Keef as songwriters, which, dammit, it turns out they are. Who knew? Thanks for the recommendation, **Quasi**! ---
**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:** [December 28, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-covers/384914/34 "2006-12-28T22:36:37Z")
Going over my list of MP3s, I have Steve Earle and the Cowboy Junkies both doing their own covers of “Dead Flowers.” I don’t have this one but back in the early 80’s, Kim Carnes (of all people) did a gender-switched version of “Under My Thumb.” ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-covers/384914/35 "2006-12-29T02:09:17Z")
Second for Linda Ronstadt’s version of _Tumblin’ Dice_ Jonathan Round [I think is the name of the artist] does a positively demonic version of _Sympathy for the Devil_. Has anyone outside of St Louis ever heard of it? The song is played occasionally on the K-SHE Klassics show on Sunday mornings. When I was about 15 years old I thought Grand Funk Railroad’s cover of _Gimme Shelter_ was much better than the original. I am now older and wiser, Gimme Shelter is my favorite Stones song now. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-covers/384914/36 "2006-12-29T08:39:45Z")
Tori Amos does a good cover of “Angie.” I don’t know that it’s on any album of hers; she does a lot of live covers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-covers/384914.md?page=1)