# They did a cover of that song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924 "2006-07-10T20:24:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/1 "2006-07-10T20:24:31Z")
Listening to my XM radio today I heard a cover of “Is She Really Going Out With Him” performed by Sugar Ray. I was suprised to hear them do that song. What covers were you suprised to hear? ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/2 "2006-07-10T20:38:44Z")
Pearl Jam does a lot of covers, but I was really surprised to hear their version of “Last Kiss.” ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/3 "2006-07-10T20:43:22Z")
There’s a wonderful band called Crooked Fingers who put out an entire cover album…well, an EP. They’re essentially an American(a) rock act, but they covered Prince, Under Pressure (Bowie & Queen), and some Neil Diamond as well. All incredibly well done. Primus once covered a Peter Gabriel song. And a Metallica one. Oddness abounds. ---
**Author:** ![Gene\_Frenkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gene\_Frenkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gene_Frenkle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/4 "2006-07-10T20:54:50Z")
Good call on Pearl Jam’s Last Kiss. Hootie & the Blowfish did a faithful remake of the Orpheus classic “Can’t Find the Time” for the Me Myself & Irene soundtrack. What surprised me is that anyone besides me even remembers that great song. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/5 "2006-07-10T21:22:09Z")
Not too long ago, I forget where I was at the time, I happened to hear David Bowie singing “Waterloo Sunset,” which gave me a “whoa, he covered that?” sort of reaction. It takes balls to record a cover of a record as iconic and perfectly realized as “Waterloo Sunset” or “God Only Knows” (which Bowie has also done). ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/6 "2006-07-10T21:24:24Z")
[QUOTE=MannyL] Listening to my XM radio today I heard a cover of “Is She Really Going Out With Him” performed by Sugar Ray. [/QUOTE] The title of which is taken from the Shangri-Las “Leader of the Pack” and/or The Damned’s “New Rose.” Not quite a cover, but I was surprised to hear Brandy sampling Iron Maiden. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/7 "2006-07-10T21:25:42Z")
U2 covered Fortunate Son and Paint It Black. Interesting versions but the originals are still better, I think. ---
**Author:** ![DonutSprinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@DonutSprinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonutSprinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/8 "2006-07-10T21:26:02Z")
Today on my XM I heard the [Violent Femmes](http://www.emusic.com/artist/10564/10564271.html) covering ‘Do You Really Want to Hurt Me.’ ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/9 "2006-07-10T21:29:55Z")
This goes back a long way, but acoustic (with plugged-in backup) folk guitar duo Brewer and Shipley, best known for “One Toke Over the Line,” did covers of both the Hendrix arrangement of “All Along the Watchtower” and crazed saxophonist’s Jim Pepper’s “Witchie Tai To.” And this was before you youth invented irony. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/10 "2006-07-10T21:29:55Z")
Gnarls Barkley doing “Gone Daddy Gone” by the Violent Femmes is just odd in general. That song I think is just so completely the Femmes its pretty ballzy to try to cover it. Johnny Cash doing NIN “Hurt” wasn’t completely unsurprising… Him doing Soundgarden’s “Rusty Cage”… WTF! ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/11 "2006-07-10T21:30:29Z")
And, who could forget Steve Lawrence and Edie Gorme with their remake of the Soundgarden hit “Black Hole Sun”. A really beautiful version believe it or not. Husker Du released a 45 with a cover of “Love Is All Around” (The Mary Tyler Moore theme song) on the b side back in the olden days. ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/12 "2006-07-10T21:34:49Z")
Rascal Flatts have covered “Life is a Highway”. Like most Rascal Flatts, it is total dreck. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/13 "2006-07-10T21:34:53Z")
[QUOTE=KSO] U2 covered Fortunate Son and Paint It Black. Interesting versions but the originals are still better, I think. [/QUOTE] Ah, that reminds me: Leonard Nimoy - Proud Mary. :rolleyes: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/14 "2006-07-10T21:36:01Z")
[QUOTE=thelurkinghorror] Not quite a cover, but I was surprised to hear Brandy sampling Iron Maiden. [/QUOTE] Oh Glory be! Which song(s)? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/15 "2006-07-10T21:44:35Z")
[QUOTE=Birdmonster] Oh Glory be! Which song(s)? [/QUOTE] One of the Blaze Bayley ones, hold on.. Iron Maiden - The Clansman to Brandy - I Tried Apparently she sampled Coldplay on the same album: > **[New Betting Sites & Apps $$ Sign-Up Codes - Bookmakers Australia](https://www.justhorseracing.com.au/australian-betting-sites-list)** > > Get the Best New Betting Sites and Betting Apps in Australia. We rate every Online Bookmaker Company and Gambling Site and provide sign-up codes and deposit matches. View the full list of Wagering Sites and Apps with over 80+ Bookies. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/16 "2006-07-10T21:46:22Z")
[QUOTE=Birdmonster] Primus once covered a Peter Gabriel song. [/quote] Twice, actually. They did “Intruder” on their first cover EP, _Miscellaneous Debris_, and “The Family and the Fishing Net” on their second, _Rhinoplasty_. The weirdest cover out of that bunch is probably “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” Primus is always odd, but the fact that they covered a Metallica song (“The Thing That Should Not Be”) isn’t that surprising if you know that Les Claypool and Kirk Hammett are old friends. Claypool actually auditioned to be Metallica’s bass player after Cliff Burton died. ---
**Author:** ![Gene\_Frenkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gene\_Frenkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gene_Frenkle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/17 "2006-07-10T21:49:02Z")
Pat Boone’s heavy metal album. All good songs, just the fact that _he_ covered them. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/18 "2006-07-10T22:05:41Z")
I just found this. The Wiggles apparently covered “Walk on the Wild Side” :eek: Needless to say, there seems to be a dearth of transexuals and oral sex in their cover. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/19 "2006-07-10T22:41:27Z")
check out [Coverville](http://www.coverville.com): a PodCast that posts an mp3 file of cover songs every week. I listen weekly and they have quite an eclectic collection of the most unlikely cover songs. Check it out… you will be glad you did… ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/20 "2006-07-10T22:43:53Z")
There’s always The Cardigans cover of Black Sabbath’s _Iron Man_. I actually like it quite a bit. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924.md?page=2)