# The best covers you ever heard **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 10, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-covers-you-ever-heard/75708 "2001-08-10T01:59:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-covers-you-ever-heard/75708/81 "2001-08-19T04:18:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ranger \* > I might be wrong, but I seem to recall hearing that although, of course, Bob Dylan wrote Mr Tambourine Man the Byrds recorded it, or released it before Dylan. If that is the case (The Byrds released it first) would that make Dylan’s release the cover? The [details](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_324b.html) are as close as the Straight Dope archive. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-covers-you-ever-heard/75708/82 "2001-08-19T05:39:55Z")
Well, you see? I did read it somewhere. I read it in The Straight Dope 🙂 But still, my question seems unanswered. Is any release after the first considered a ‘cover’ or any release not performed by the writer a ‘cover’? Carole King, or the team of Goffin/King wrote “Will you still love me tomorrow?” in 1959 or 1960. It was first released in the 1960 by the Shirelles and was #1 for 3 weeks. In 1971, Carole King recorded and release her own version of the same song. So, who did the cover? ---
**Author:** ![sdarr2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@sdarr2002](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdarr2002)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-covers-you-ever-heard/75708/83 "2001-08-19T20:39:55Z")
Good lord, someone else here knows about Big Daddy? \*\* [/QUOTE] god, i love big daddy- i have several of there cd’s. didja know they were also the benzedrine monks of santo domonica? i love to put these cd’s on when people come over. after a while it sinks in what they are singing. i get some real strange looks. ---
**Author:** ![Gravity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gravity/32/14322_2.png) [@Gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gravity)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-covers-you-ever-heard/75708/84 "2001-08-19T23:26:11Z")
I absolutely _love_ the Beck cover of David Bowie’s **Diamond Dogs**. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-covers-you-ever-heard/75708/85 "2001-08-20T04:12:23Z")
For a seriously offbeat cover, there’s **The Bobs** (a fabulous comedy a capella group) with their version of \*\*Helter Skelter \*\* And I really like **ZZ Top** ’s version of **Viva Las Vegas** which indeed rocks. It also features a few snippets of The King. **Robert Plant** singing with **Rockpile** did a version of **Little Sister** on one of the benefit albums (for Kampuchea, I believe) that was pretty decent. Also have to mention two artists who substantially reinterpreted their own earlier work (in both cases by slowing down the tempo): \*\*Eric Clapton -“Layla” \*\* and **Neil Sedaka - "Breaking Up is Hard to Do"** ---
**Author:** ![super\_head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@super\_head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/super_head)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-covers-you-ever-heard/75708/86 "2001-08-20T04:53:42Z")
Shhh, don’t tell Ogre I’m talking about Monte again, but: Monte Montgomery’s cover of “Little Wing” … a live version of which can be found [**here**](http://www.monterocks.com/download.php?op=mydown&did=3). ---
**Author:** ![darkgarden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@darkgarden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/darkgarden)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-covers-you-ever-heard/75708/87 "2001-08-22T04:16:19Z")
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin covering Bay City Rollers’ “Saturday Night” Sepultura doing New Model Army’s “The Hunt” ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-covers-you-ever-heard/75708/88 "2001-08-22T13:37:16Z")
Can’t believe I left this one out: **Workin’ in a Coal Mine** - Devo [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-covers-you-ever-heard/75708.md?page=4)