# Wow, that's a great cover of that song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [April 12, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596 "2020-04-12T02:35:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/443 "2021-01-29T04:01:12Z")
Small Hijack, sorry! > [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > But in the hands of Susan Tedeschi… Hey, Lucas, if you like Susan Tedeschi, please investigate **Sue Foley** if you don’t already know her. Austin Blues Circuit denizen as far as I know. Fantastic stuff. Slightly higher voice but all the other good stuff you love. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/444 "2021-01-29T12:15:32Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > First of all, she doesn’t even live in Dublin. She apparently lives in Cork. She (and whoever accompanies her) have to travel for a couple of hours to get to Dublin. A couple of hours is a small amount of travel to reach a _much_ larger audience. Cork is tiny. Not that she doesn’t busk in Cork, mind you. Your own cite says " she also performs in the streets of Cork, Dublin, Galway, and Limerick." > [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Second, she doesn’t need any money she gets from YouTube videos. She’s worth $1.6 million U.S. dollars. $1.6 million is not, IMO, “quit working” money. Not that I trust those “net worth” websites to be accurate, anyway. > [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Why isn’t she doing world tours by this point?: Nobody (responsible) is doing world tours right now, and hasn’t been for the past year. And your own cite says her Dad limits her appearances since sh’s still studying. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/445 "2021-01-30T01:20:52Z")
Two great punk covers I heard again in the last days and are worthy for this thread: The Saints - River Deep, Mountain High [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/42KbQZ4gGAA/hqdefault.jpg "The Saints - River Deep, Mountain High") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42KbQZ4gGAA) The Replacements - 20th Century Boy [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hKJ_AtlcSEg/maxresdefault.jpg "20th Century Boy [Outtake]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKJ_AtlcSEg) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/446 "2021-01-30T01:54:38Z")
Thanks! Sick to death of Eruption but still fun to see a youngster pulling it off! ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/447 "2021-01-30T04:29:59Z")
Whoops! Sorry Lucas. I love your thread! Status Quo covering Berry’s _Roll Over Beethoven_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uMAb9SU6jzc/hqdefault.jpg "Status quo-Roll Over Beethoven") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMAb9SU6jzc) And Little Richard’s _Good Golly Miss Molly_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fOqLsl96FwU/hqdefault.jpg "Status Quo - Good Golly Miss Molly") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOqLsl96FwU) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/448 "2021-01-30T06:10:59Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > … if you like Susan Tedeschi, please investigate **Sue Foley** … Hey thanks for the recommendation, Catfish! I’m always appreciative being turned on to good artists. Yep, she’s pretty amazing. Funny, I’m from Texas and grew up on Austin music but I guess that was before her time. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/449 "2021-01-31T01:37:31Z")
You are NOT chopped liver! Many great contributions, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/450 "2021-02-03T09:11:48Z")
The Danielle Nicole Band performing, “Purple Rain.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5qTTWWL5MZg/maxresdefault.jpg "Danielle Nicole Band - "Purple Rain" @ Moulin Blues Ospel 2016") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qTTWWL5MZg) ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/451 "2021-02-06T17:22:34Z")
This news story tells more about Allie Sherlock. She signed a five-year three-album deal three years ago. I asked about why she isn’t doing a world tour, but before a singer does that they usually sign a record contract. She does do tours, all over Europe but not all over the world, since she has gone to France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK. So her father hasn’t limited her appearances very much: > **[12-year-old Irish busker Allie Sherlock signs five-year record deal](https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/12-year-old-irish-busker-allie-sherlock-signs-five-year-record-deal-1.3379605)** > > Sherlock first came to attention when a video of her busking on Dublin’s Grafton Street went viral Apropos of nothing, I have been to Grafton Street, which is where she seems to do most of her singing in Dublin. I have been in Ireland three times, in 1995, 2014, and 2019. In 2014 I stayed near Grafton Street. When I walked down it, I realized that it was the street where the busking went on in the 2007 movie _Once_. ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/452 "2021-02-08T07:18:54Z")
This is terrific. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/453 "2021-02-08T08:43:20Z")
one hard as hell cover to find these days is mike ness and or social distortion doing a cover of this diamond ring … and he brings a weariness to it that other versions lack… I found it years ago on napster and havent seen it since i lost my pc during my last move … ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/454 "2021-02-08T12:41:22Z")
Anyone interested is celebrating the best of Canadian rock should check out Toque! Made up of Todd Kerns, Brent Fitz, Cory Churko who all work for very successful artists but keep this going as a side project. Todd nails this vocal [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/im8yO-CwqFE/maxresdefault.jpg "TOQUE - WHEN I'M WITH YOU - Official Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im8yO-CwqFE) ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/455 "2021-02-08T14:58:50Z")
It appears from this video that Sherlock got reasonably large audiences for her singing in Dublin before the lockdown: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rkE4clAlzKU/hqdefault.jpg "HOW IT USED TO BE B4 LOCKDOWN W/ HUGE CROWDS | Dance Monkey - Tones and I | Allie Sherlock Cover") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkE4clAlzKU) ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/456 "2021-02-08T15:05:39Z")
And I guess she has had an album released: https://www.youtube.com/embed/NH7zIo26nG0?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=OLAK5uy_n_XxyQgMbwESCZRaBY9vqjRlO9sB-Fvpc ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/457 "2021-02-10T21:13:35Z")
I’m listening to the Stiff Little Finger’s live album “Hanx!” and was reminded what a great cover is “Johnny Was” . The best Bob Marley cover I know. The marching band drums just add an irresistible beat to it: Here’s the version form Hanx: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FjWKy_tbQSs/hqdefault.jpg "STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - Johnny Was - Hanx Live 1980") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjWKy_tbQSs) ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/458 "2021-02-10T22:37:31Z")
I keep forgetting that ‘Johnny Was’ is a cover. The Stiff Little Fingers version is a favorite of mine. Black Pumas just covered ‘Strangers’ by the Kinks. Love this too. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/y2wa-gtZNcg/maxresdefault.jpg "Black Pumas - Strangers (feat. Lucius) (The Kinks Cover)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2wa-gtZNcg) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/459 "2021-02-10T22:44:34Z")
There’s also a great cover of “Strangers” by Golden Smog, the alternative/alt-country supergroup consisting of members of Wilco, the Jayhawks, Soul Asylum and others. “Strangers” probably is my favorite deep cut by the Kinks, because it’s so personal for the Davies brothers. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/K0DFTBcqv0M/hqdefault.jpg "Golden Smog~Strangers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0DFTBcqv0M) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/460 "2021-02-11T00:36:25Z")
I thought of another Golden Smog cover, the Faces’ “Glad And Sorry”, a beautiful Ronnie Lane song. Golden Smog always had a knack for picking great songs for covers. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LklxmPb-J9w/hqdefault.jpg "Golden Smog - Glad & Sorry") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LklxmPb-J9w) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/461 "2021-02-18T03:18:44Z")
_Orange Blossom Special_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eCAFfX_va_I/maxresdefault.jpg "14 Year Old Fiddler - The Orange Blossom Special - The Kempters") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCAFfX_va_I) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JRyJwMeNblA/maxresdefault.jpg "Oldie - "Orange Blossom Special" by Ervin T. Rouse (1938)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRyJwMeNblA) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/462 "2021-02-21T03:47:55Z")
Here’s the story: I heard this song a lot in college back in the late '80s; we played it at the college radio station and for a while I had it on a mix tape I made of stuff we played. I even caught the band live at The Grand Finale IIRC. But the tape broke or was eaten by the car stereo or whatever and even tho I could remember the name the song (due to its use in the song, natch) I couldn’t for the life of me remember the name of the band that did it. Years later thru the advent of social media I manage to hook up with some old friends from college, including the guy who introduced me to that song. I ask about it, he remembers, tells me the band; I write it down on my list of Music I Must Have and forget about it. That was prolly 12 or 15 years ago now. See, I know the song. I can hear it in my head any time I want, so I wasn’t in a rush to acquire the album. Then this thread popped up and thought “oh! that’s a great obscure cover that i’d love to share with people!” I looked YouTube so I could post a link, but all I could find was a version on a converted VHS recording of a concert at a bar in Austin. I checked online generally and nope; that’s about it for this song. So I got to work: I found a copy of the album on CD and had it shipped across the country to me; then I made a video. Here is an awesome cover of Paul Simon’s _Cecilia_ by Austin, Texas’ Glass Eye, from 1988: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TkyE_sJ1rOc/hqdefault.jpg "Glass Eye - Cecilia") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkyE_sJ1rOc) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596.md?page=24)