# Topic Playlist (Part 3)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [January 26, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687 "2024-01-26T15:37:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8521 "2026-09-30T23:42:46Z")

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**Covers of Bob Dylan songs that are much better than the original**

1. [Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Rght](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZEMZukwC_U&list=RDzZEMZukwC_U&start_radio=1) - Susan Tedeschi
2. [The Times They Are A’ Changing](https://youtu.be/nPJJya-APo4?si=724dImVy0tb3td1u) - Keb Mo (I became hip to this version thanks to its use in S2 of _Welcome to Wrexham_)
3. [All Along the Watchtower](https://youtu.be/TLV4_xaYynY?si=3r3kmfnjfH_PnCLl) - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
4. [Highway 61 Revisited](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUXhoIf1eQU) - Johnny Winter
5. [Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door](https://youtu.be/jKHFWpaTUmY?si=8rjtEopaVLPIVHzN) - Warren Zevon
6. [Mr. Tambourine Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swqw5a8I4b4) - The Byrds

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**Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8522 "2026-10-01T16:21:05Z")

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**Covers of Bob Dylan songs that are much better than the original**

1. [Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Rght](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZEMZukwC_U&list=RDzZEMZukwC_U&start_radio=1) - Susan Tedeschi
2. [The Times They Are A’ Changing](https://youtu.be/nPJJya-APo4?si=724dImVy0tb3td1u) - Keb Mo (I became hip to this version thanks to its use in S2 of _Welcome to Wrexham_)
3. [All Along the Watchtower](https://youtu.be/TLV4_xaYynY?si=3r3kmfnjfH_PnCLl) - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
4. [Highway 61 Revisited](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUXhoIf1eQU) - Johnny Winter
5. [Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door](https://youtu.be/jKHFWpaTUmY?si=8rjtEopaVLPIVHzN) - Warren Zevon
6. [Mr. Tambourine Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swqw5a8I4b4) - The Byrds
7. It’s Not For You - George Harrison

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**Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8523 "2026-10-01T22:44:55Z")

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**Covers of Bob Dylan songs that are much better than the original**

1. [Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Rght](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZEMZukwC_U&list=RDzZEMZukwC_U&start_radio=1) - Susan Tedeschi
2. [The Times They Are A’ Changing](https://youtu.be/nPJJya-APo4?si=724dImVy0tb3td1u) - Keb Mo (I became hip to this version thanks to its use in S2 of _Welcome to Wrexham_)
3. [All Along the Watchtower](https://youtu.be/TLV4_xaYynY?si=3r3kmfnjfH_PnCLl) - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
4. [Highway 61 Revisited](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUXhoIf1eQU) - Johnny Winter
5. [Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door](https://youtu.be/jKHFWpaTUmY?si=8rjtEopaVLPIVHzN) - Warren Zevon
6. [Mr. Tambourine Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swqw5a8I4b4) - The Byrds
7. It’s Not For You - George Harrison
8. Blowin’ in the Wind – The Seekers

although I sometimes think that every artist since 1963 has covered this at sometime or another in their career.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8524 "2026-10-01T23:00:22Z")

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**Covers of Bob Dylan songs that are much better than the original**

1. [Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Rght](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZEMZukwC_U&list=RDzZEMZukwC_U&start_radio=1) - Susan Tedeschi
2. [The Times They Are A’ Changing](https://youtu.be/nPJJya-APo4?si=724dImVy0tb3td1u) - Keb Mo (I became hip to this version thanks to its use in S2 of _Welcome to Wrexham_)
3. [All Along the Watchtower](https://youtu.be/TLV4_xaYynY?si=3r3kmfnjfH_PnCLl) - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
4. [Highway 61 Revisited](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUXhoIf1eQU) - Johnny Winter
5. [Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door](https://youtu.be/jKHFWpaTUmY?si=8rjtEopaVLPIVHzN) - Warren Zevon
6. [Mr. Tambourine Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swqw5a8I4b4) - The Byrds
7. If Not For You - George Harrison
8. Blowin’ in the Wind – The Seekers
9. [It Ain’t Me, Babe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT4_jSUNzWw) - Johnny Cash and June Carter

(Also fixed the title on #7)

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8525 "2026-10-02T14:47:36Z")

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**Covers of Bob Dylan songs that are much better than the original**

1. [Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Rght](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZEMZukwC_U&list=RDzZEMZukwC_U&start_radio=1) - Susan Tedeschi
2. [The Times They Are A’ Changing](https://youtu.be/nPJJya-APo4?si=724dImVy0tb3td1u) - Keb Mo (I became hip to this version thanks to its use in S2 of _Welcome to Wrexham_)
3. [All Along the Watchtower](https://youtu.be/TLV4_xaYynY?si=3r3kmfnjfH_PnCLl) - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
4. [Highway 61 Revisited](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUXhoIf1eQU) - Johnny Winter
5. [Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door](https://youtu.be/jKHFWpaTUmY?si=8rjtEopaVLPIVHzN) - Warren Zevon
6. [Mr. Tambourine Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swqw5a8I4b4) - The Byrds
7. If Not For You - George Harrison
8. Blowin’ in the Wind – The Seekers
9. [It Ain’t Me, Babe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT4_jSUNzWw) - Johnny Cash and June Carter
10. [Love Minus Zero](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVBClN_vCQk) - Noel Harrison

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**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8526 "2026-10-02T15:02:18Z")

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**I…You**

1. I Melt with You - Modern English

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**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8527 "2026-10-02T15:07:32Z")

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**I…You**

1. I Melt with You - Modern English
2. I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John

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**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8528 "2026-10-02T15:07:56Z")

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**I…You**

1. I Melt with You - Modern English
2. I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John
3. I See You - Gong

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**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8529 "2026-10-02T15:11:13Z")

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**I…You**

1. I Melt with You - Modern English
2. I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John
3. I See You - Gong
4. I’m So Sick of You - “Weird Al” Yankovic

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**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8530 "2026-10-02T15:23:55Z")

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**I…You**

1. I Melt with You - Modern English
2. I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John
3. I See You - Gong
4. I’m So Sick of You - “Weird Al” Yankovic
5. I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**I…You**

1. I Melt with You - Modern English
2. I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John
3. I See You - Gong
4. I’m So Sick of You - “Weird Al” Yankovic
5. I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton
6. I Got a Line On You - Spirit

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**I…You**

1. I Melt with You - Modern English
2. I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John
3. I See You - Gong
4. I’m So Sick of You - “Weird Al” Yankovic
5. I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton
6. I Got a Line On You - Spirit
7. I Feel For You - Chaka Khan

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**I…You**

1. I Melt with You - Modern English
2. I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John
3. I See You - Gong
4. I’m So Sick of You - “Weird Al” Yankovic
5. I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton
6. I Got a Line On You - Spirit
7. I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
8. I Remember You - The Ramones

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**I…You**

1. I Melt with You - Modern English
2. I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John
3. I See You - Gong
4. I’m So Sick of You - “Weird Al” Yankovic
5. I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton
6. I Got a Line On You - Spirit
7. I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
8. I Remember You - The Ramones
9. I’m In You - Peter Frampton

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**I…You**

1. I Melt with You - Modern English
2. I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John
3. I See You - Gong
4. I’m So Sick of You - “Weird Al” Yankovic
5. I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton
6. I Got a Line On You - Spirit
7. I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
8. I Remember You - The Ramones
9. I’m In You - Peter Frampton
10. I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton

**Songs by bands/performers from the Midwestern US**

1. “I Keep Forgetting” - Michael McDonald (from a suburb of St. Louis)

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**Songs by bands/performers from the Midwestern US**

1. “I Keep Forgetting” - Michael McDonald (from a suburb of St. Louis)
2. “Thriller” - Michael Jackson (from Gary, IN)

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**Songs by bands/performers from the Midwestern US**

1. “I Keep Forgetting” - Michael McDonald (from a suburb of St. Louis)
2. “Thriller” - Michael Jackson (from Gary, IN)
3. “96 Tears” - ? and the Mysterians (from Bay City and Saginaw, Michigan)

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**Songs by bands/performers from the Midwestern US**

1. “I Keep Forgetting” - Michael McDonald (from a suburb of St. Louis)
2. “Thriller” - Michael Jackson (from Gary, IN)
3. “96 Tears” - ? and the Mysterians (from Bay City and Saginaw, Michigan)
4. “I Wanna Be Your Dog” - The Stooges (from Ann Arbor, Michigan)

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**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8539 "2026-10-02T20:02:09Z")

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**Songs by bands/performers from the Midwestern US**

1. “I Keep Forgetting” - Michael McDonald (from a suburb of St. Louis)
2. “Thriller” - Michael Jackson (from Gary, IN)
3. “96 Tears” - ? and the Mysterians (from Bay City and Saginaw, Michigan)
4. “I Wanna Be Your Dog” - The Stooges (from Ann Arbor, Michigan)
5. “Kick out the Jams” - MC5 (From Lincoln Park, Michigan)

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**Songs by bands/performers from the Midwestern US**

1. “I Keep Forgetting” - Michael McDonald (from a suburb of St. Louis)
2. “Thriller” - Michael Jackson (from Gary, IN)
3. “96 Tears” - ? and the Mysterians (from Bay City and Saginaw, Michigan)
4. “I Wanna Be Your Dog” - The Stooges (from Ann Arbor, Michigan)
5. “Kick out the Jams” - MC5 (From Lincoln Park, Michigan)
6. “25 or 6 to 4” - Chicago (From Chicago, Illinois)

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