# What are your favourite covers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 22, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647 "2006-07-22T23:49:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647/21 "2006-07-23T12:12:41Z")
Wet Willie’s cover of “That’s All Right” by Arthur Crudup The Allman Brothers’ cover of “Trouble No More” Johnny Winters’ cover of “Highway 61” ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647/22 "2006-07-23T12:19:31Z")
I really enjoy. Holly Cole’s cover of _I Can See Clearly Now_ ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647/23 "2006-07-23T17:25:15Z")
Does anyone else remember this one? In 1975, **Katfish** –an otherwise obscure band from New England–did a cover of the Beatles’ “Dear Prudence.” I liked it better than the original. ---
**Author:** ![Carlyjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Carlyjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlyjay)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647/24 "2006-07-23T17:58:21Z")
1. Postal Service’s cover of _Take a Look at Me Now_ 2. Gary Jules’ cover of _Mad World_ 3. Paul Anka’s version of _Jump_ 4. Jeffrey Gaines’ version of _In Your Eyes_. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647/25 "2006-07-23T18:33:33Z")
The Stubbs the Zombie soundtrack. Indie bands from today covering '50s music. For instance, you will find an amazing Cake version of Strangers in the Night, Death Cab for Cutie doing Earth Angel, Ben Kweller doing Lollipop, and The Ravonettes doing My Boyfriend’s Back. Then, check out the one I always talk about, Elliott Smith doing Cat Steven’s Trouble, the Beatle’s Blackbird, and Blue Oyster Cult’s Don’t Fear the Reaper. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647/26 "2006-07-23T18:49:16Z")
**Blue Suede** ’s cover of “Hooked on a Feeling” was much superior to BJ Thomas’s, because it was almost identical except that it added “OOGA CHAKA, OOGA CHAKA!” You can never have too many Ooga Chaka’s in a song. Especially in a love song. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647/27 "2006-07-23T20:38:44Z")
Ditto on the Ooga Chakas. Now, even though it has no Ooga-Chakas, the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s cover of “Sing, Sing, Sing” is absolutely SMOKIN’ hot! Blew my mind when I heard it and Terror Cotta told me who did it. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647/28 "2006-07-23T21:01:30Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] I really enjoy. Holly Cole’s cover of _I Can See Clearly Now_ [/QUOTE] I’ve liked her version of Jersey Girl since I saw it used on La Femme Nikita. I’m also glad to see I’m not the only one who liked the Comfortably Numb cover by Scissor Sisters. Maybe because I’m not overly attached to the original. Always on My Mind - Pet Shop Boys Go West - Pet Shop Boys River Deep, Mountain High - Erasure Take a Chance on Me - Erasure Susan ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647/29 "2006-07-23T21:05:32Z")
The best one I’ve heard lately is a live cover of “War Pigs” (orig. Black Sabbath) done by the Dresden Dolls. ([Click here to see it in QuickTime](http://www.dresdendolls.com/media_site/downloads/warpigsQTHI.mov).) ---
**Author:** ![jemmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/65b543/32.png) [@jemmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jemmy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647/30 "2006-07-23T22:39:25Z")
I also really like Ben Folds cover of "B\*\*\ ***s Ain’t S** t. Very funny. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647/31 "2006-07-23T22:48:26Z")
Wilson Picket’s cover of “Hey Jude.” The Cowboy Junkies’ cover of “Sweet Jane.” Mott the Hoople’s cover of “Darkness Darkness.” (Original by the Youngbloods) Aretha Franklin’s cover of “Respect.” (Original by Otis Redding) ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647/32 "2006-07-24T00:34:46Z")
The bluegrass cover of “Gin and Juice”, done by… I don’t know. Anybody know? I’m not a fan for bluegrass, but this is the Best. Cover. Evah. ---
**Author:** ![Dubious\_Weasle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b782af/32.png) [@Dubious\_Weasle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dubious_Weasle)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647/33 "2006-07-24T11:22:02Z")
No one has mentioned\* Jonny Cash\*'s version of _Hurt_? ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647/34 "2006-07-24T12:01:26Z")
Dang, what I get for being a latecomer to a thread, most of my favorites are taken. But one I haven’t seen in the thread is Ryan Adams’ cover of “Wonderwall” (orig. Oasis), which is far superior in that it actually has some bleedin’ emotion to it, and takes a few chances with melody that blow the original, which is so rote, out of the water. [And it looks like it’s going to come out the winner on the current 6@6 thread (though “Oh My Sweet Carolina” should win)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=380629) . Though somebody said Marilyn Manson’s cover of “Tainted Love,” let us not forget that Soft Cell’s version, the best known, is itself a cover (orig. recorded Grace Jones). Pearl Jam “Last Kiss” and Joan Jett “I Love Rock and Roll” are both way beyond their bubblegum oldies originals. I have a live recording or two of Counting Crows covering Van Morrison’s “Caravan” that, sorry Van, are better. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647/35 "2006-07-24T12:01:58Z")
Twist and Shout, by the Beatles Every Time You Go Away, by Paul Young Somewhere Over the Rainbow, by Livingston Taylor All Along The Watchtower, by Jimi Hendrix ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647/36 "2006-07-24T13:05:26Z")
[QUOTE=Only Mostly Dead] … “Tainted Love,” let us not forget that Soft Cell’s version, the best known, is itself a cover (orig. recorded Grace Jones). [/QUOTE] No, no, Gloria Jones. Different person altogether. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647/37 "2006-07-24T13:10:12Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] No, no, Gloria Jones. Different person altogether. [/QUOTE] Oops. Yeah, quite different. Yikes. ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647/38 "2006-07-24T13:32:13Z")
Lots of great covers, but there’s only two I can think of off the top of my head that are as good or better than the originals: 1. Yngwie Malmsteen’s cover of Kansas’s **Carry on my Wayward Son[**. Not superior, but just about as good. There’s another really good cover on that album, but I can’t remember what song it was. 2. Nevermore’s cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s **The Sound of Silence**. The original is brilliant, but the cover does an even better job of catching the darkness and mood of the lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647/39 "2006-07-24T13:35:03Z")
[QUOTE=Foldup Rabbit] I know there are a few Kate Bush fans poking around, but I thought that the Futureheads one-upped her on _Hounds of Love_. Their echoey vocals on the intro absolutely sell it for me. Blasphemy? [/QUOTE] Yes, blasphemy. Good, but not as good as KaTie. Sorry. However, Maxwell’s cover of _This Woman’s Work_ was quite good. [QUOTE=Foldup Rabbit] The Bangles … cover of _Hazy Shade of Winter_ had a fierce insistency that Simon & Garfunkel’s never had. Lastly, I’ll nominate Frente’s _Bizarre Love Triangle_. [/QUOTE] These two are spot on, though. Me? In addition to others already mentioned, I’d like to add: Mr Somewhere - This Mortal Coil Song To The Siren - This Mortal Coil Wheel’s On Fire - Siouxie & The Banshees Because The Night - 10,000 Manicacs ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647/40 "2006-07-24T13:47:36Z")
[QUOTE=jemmy] I also really like Ben Folds cover of "B\*\*\ ***s Ain’t S** t. Very funny. [/QUOTE] _Yes!_ I love that as well. He’s probably the only skinny, piano-playin’ white boy who could pull that off. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-covers/365647.md?page=3)