# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/21 "2006-07-10T22:47:31Z")
[QUOTE=MannyL] 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? [/QUOTE] I was suprised to find that Jeff Beck Group’s “Glad All Over” was a cover of a Carl Perkins song. The difference is night and day, as you’d imagine. ---
**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, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/22 "2006-07-10T22:52:52Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] 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. [/QUOTE] If memory serves (and often, it doesn’t) Devil Went Down to Georgia wasn’t on either of those EPs, but recorded for a rather fantastic stop-motion piece of the same name. I forgot about “Intruder” (head slapping emoticon), sadly. Have a Cigar was always my favorite on that first one. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/23 "2006-07-10T22:58:34Z")
The Beatles covered a song from **The Music Man** – “'Till There Was You.” Rosebud did a disco version of Pink Floyd’s “Have a Cigar” and turned the song into a celebration of getting a record contract (!). ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/24 "2006-07-10T23:12:57Z")
We went to see _Superman Returns_ recently, and before the movie started, several Superman-related songs were played in the theater. One was a cover of Donovan’s “Sunshine Superman.” Dunno who was singing it, but it was a dreadful, kinda grunge-ish male voice. Donovan would roll in his grave, except that he’s not dead yet. ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/25 "2006-07-10T23:17:27Z")
Last night on the CMT music video channel I saw a band called Pinmonkey covering that obnoxious 90s song “Fly” (you know…“everywhere I go, statues crumble for me”). The song itself still kind of sucked, but it was definitely better done as a lighthearted country-rock song than in the original style. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/26 "2006-07-10T23:46:26Z")
I was having lunch with the Kid one day and I heard a version of \*\*Ode to Billie Joe \*\*that blew me away. Her name’s Leslie Satcher, and she owns the song as far as I’m concerned. ---
**Author:** ![WishIHadACoolName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WishIHadACoolName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WishIHadACoolName)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/27 "2006-07-11T00:36:15Z")
Def Leppard just covered “Rock On”. Not sure how I feel about that. They covered some other older tunes too. Not sure how I feel about that either. I’m not a Def Leppard aficianado or anything, but I think their newest album might be all covers. No more pyromania I guess. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/28 "2006-07-11T01:11:28Z")
Tori Amos covered “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (Nirvana) and “South of Heaven” (Slayer). Rush’s _Feeback_ EP of 60’s songs (“Summertime Blues”, “The Seeker”, “Crossroads”, etc.) came as quite a surprise – they were the _last_ band I’d expect to jump on the cover-bandwagon! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/29 "2006-07-11T01:33:47Z")
[QUOTE=Birdmonster] If memory serves (and often, it doesn’t) Devil Went Down to Georgia wasn’t on either of those EPs, but recorded for a rather fantastic stop-motion piece of the same name. I forgot about “Intruder” (head slapping emoticon), sadly. Have a Cigar was always my favorite on that first one. [/QUOTE] Rhinoplasty is an enhanced CD, and you can watch the “Devil” music video on it. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/30 "2006-07-11T02:13:01Z")
Blondie did “Ring of Fire” ---
**Author:** ![paffinity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@paffinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paffinity)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/31 "2006-07-11T02:26:46Z")
Victoria Vox, a singer/songwriter now living in the Baltimore area, released a ukulele album with a cover of “Psycho Killer” by the Talking Heads. The song’s lyrics feel even more out of place than in the original and I love it. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/32 "2006-07-11T02:49:18Z")
[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] 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). [/QUOTE] I don’t know if this counts or not, but I had a copy of Waterloo Sunset given to me by a friend of a friend from a friend on the Internet (uh… bootleg) of Blur (or at least, Damon Albarn of Blur/Gorrilaz) performing Waterloo Sunset with Ray Davies. It surprised me, and it’s not bad. But I remember hearing it and just thinking, “Waterloo Sunset? _Damon_? _Really_?” My reaction was as follows: 😕 :dubious: 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/33 "2006-07-11T02:56:43Z")
Even though “Ride On” is one of the mellower songs AC/DC ever wrote and recorded, it was still VERY surprising when I heard Norah Jones sing it. ---
**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 11, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/34 "2006-07-11T03:23:32Z")
Since this is becoming an odd covers thread… I think it is Cat Power that does the Stones “Satisfaction” without ever singing the chorus. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/35 "2006-07-11T03:41:37Z")
[QUOTE=KGS] Tori Amos covered “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (Nirvana) and “South of Heaven” (Slayer). [/QUOTE] Tori also did a gorgeous, dreamlike version of the Cure’s classic “Lovesong.” 311 covered “Lovesong” more recently, but it was as horrible as you would expect. I’m a pretty big fan of ironic covers, like the retro swing band The New Morty Show’s versions of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman,” Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell/White Wedding,” and Poison’s “Unskinny Bop.” A kitschy lounge act called Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine has based their entire gimmick on covering pop, rock, modern R&B, and hip-hop songs in a cheesy Vegas lounge lizard style – you may have heard their version of Disturbed’s “Down With the Sickness” in the 2004 remake of _Dawn of the Dead_. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/36 "2006-07-11T03:57:51Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] Tori also did a gorgeous, dreamlike version of the Cure’s classic “Lovesong.” [/quote] I’ve mentioned it once or twice before, but Tori’s cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “If 6 Was 9” is also really weird. She plays it on piano, of course, but run through a Marshall amp - the result is very distorted and there is a ton of feedback, and at the end she begins half-singing “What Child Is This?” Your mention of Richard Cheese reminds me of the excellent [Beatallica](http://beatallica.org/beatallica.html). ---
**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 11, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/37 "2006-07-11T04:04:03Z")
[QUOTE=ddgryphon] Blondie did “Ring of Fire” [/QUOTE] So did Wall of Voodoo. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/38 "2006-07-11T04:19:02Z")
[QUOTE=Kolak of Twilo] So did Wall of Voodoo. [/QUOTE] And Frank Zappa. FZ also did a reggae cover of Stairway to Heaven. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/39 "2006-07-11T04:52:47Z")
**Big Bad Voodoo Lou** mentioned 311’s cover of “Love Song”, so I’m down to one. I’m not sure what Limp Bizkit was thinking covering “Behind Blue Eyes.” ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924/40 "2006-07-11T05:24:24Z")
Frank Black (formerly Black Francis of the Pixies) covered “At the Dark End of the Street” on his album _Honeycomb_ last year. I’d heard that song a zillion times, but when I heard his version I suddenly “got it.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-did-a-cover-of-that-song/363924.md?page=3)