# 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:** 25
**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:** [March 13, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/483 "2021-03-13T02:09:19Z")
Nice find! ---
**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:** [March 13, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/484 "2021-03-13T02:18:58Z")
Another favorite from my elementary school years. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8praw_tOvJA) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/485 "2021-03-13T02:24:43Z")
Since we were on a bit of a Left Banke kick, Alice Cooper has a surprisingly faithful cover of “Pretty Ballerina” that is quite nice: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/g1OMASRnXqc/maxresdefault.jpg "Alice Cooper - Pretty Ballerina (Dirty Diamonds) ~ Audio") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1OMASRnXqc) And if you want a reinterpretation, there’s the Dickies punkin’ it up: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dPMhChuSQi0/hqdefault.jpg "The Dickies Pretty Ballerina") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPMhChuSQi0) I’ve always loved that song with its haunting melody (in Lydian mode, one of the first pop songs to use it) and unexpected musical turns. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2021, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/486 "2021-03-13T02:27:57Z")
Nice, thanks! ---
**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:** [March 13, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/487 "2021-03-13T02:43:24Z")
Valleri By The Monkees. Tutorial. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9QR1frgYjXk/maxresdefault.jpg "How To Play Valleri by The Monkees (Guitar Lesson) Tutorial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QR1frgYjXk) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/488 "2021-03-13T19:41:42Z")
Some AxCx covers… “Eddy Grant” (“Electric Avenue” cover) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/T5TlS_Szq2Y/maxresdefault.jpg "Eddy Grant") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5TlS_Szq2Y) Three’s Company theme with Seth trading off vox with Pantera’s Philip Anselmo [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uSaCqRPgvkE/maxresdefault.jpg "Theme From Three's Company") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSaCqRPgvkE) “Gloves of Metal” (Manowar) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aXhpoHftqnE/maxresdefault.jpg "Gloves Of Metal") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXhpoHftqnE) “Stayin Alive” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5oWdRUKSC0E/hqdefault.jpg "Anal Cunt - Stayin' Alive (Oi! Version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oWdRUKSC0E) And A-Team theme [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LD_QZj1vTSI/maxresdefault.jpg "Anal Cunt - Theme from A-Team") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD_QZj1vTSI) ---
**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:** [March 15, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/489 "2021-03-15T21:00:09Z")
Haven’t had a chance to listen yet (at work) but the album cover is bitchin’! ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/490 "2021-03-15T21:22:59Z")
Ooh! I got one! Chris Richards covers [“I’ve Got Something on My Mind”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6cOdWuF6l8) by The Left Banke ---
**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:** [March 16, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/491 "2021-03-16T03:58:09Z")
Charles Bradley covers Black Sabbath, “Changes.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zfaOf70M4xs/maxresdefault.jpg "Charles Bradley performs soulful cover of Black Sabbath's 'Changes'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfaOf70M4xs) ---
**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:** [March 20, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/492 "2021-03-20T05:32:55Z")
Wow!! Thank you for that. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/493 "2021-03-21T20:52:33Z")
Charles Bradley was a James Brown impersonator that, in his later years, had some minor success and popularity in his own right. Seemed like a nice guy, very kind and sensitive. Kind of the opposite of James 😃 He passed less than two years after this video. [Here’s a cover of Marvin Gaye’s, “Ain’t That Peculiar” from around 1972 by Fanny, an all-girl rock group](https://youtu.be/Zcb1HpH42N8?t=1169). If you enjoy this, they play their original, “Blind Alley”, next. Fantastic song, the piano/organ player/singer & the drummer really tear it up. Great unknown group. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/494 "2021-03-26T17:32:25Z")
> [@gnarator](#): > > I like Cat Power’s version of “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again” Interesting, I just stumbled across this yesterday before I saw this post! Fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/495 "2021-03-26T18:02:38Z")
I think _Sound of Silence_ is a great song. This cover by Disturbed (new to me) is amazingly good. Lot more emotion then the original, but true to the song. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/u9Dg-g7t2l4/maxresdefault.jpg "Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence (Official Music Video) [4K UPGRADE]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4) ---
**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:** [March 27, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/496 "2021-03-27T01:35:59Z")
KWS covers the theme song of my life… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8JVkHbJE4_o/maxresdefault.jpg "Everything Is Broken") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JVkHbJE4_o) ---
**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:** [March 27, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/497 "2021-03-27T02:02:31Z")
Interesting Game Of Thrones cover. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QQmFPhh5NkM/maxresdefault.jpg "Game of Thrones - Main Title -") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQmFPhh5NkM) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/498 "2021-03-27T02:45:44Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > [Here’s a cover of Marvin Gaye’s, “Ain’t That Peculiar” from around 1972 by Fanny, an all-girl rock group](https://youtu.be/Zcb1HpH42N8?t=1169). > > If you enjoy this, they play their original, “Blind Alley”, next. Fantastic song, the piano/organ player/singer & the drummer really tear it up. Great unknown group. I’m surprised to hear Fanny called unknown, but then I realized that’s because me and my friends first heard them on one of those Warner Bros. Loss Leader double-LPs, then found everything they did, and followed Jean and June Millington no matter where they played. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/499 "2021-03-27T05:48:30Z")
Here’s an astonishingly accurate version of The Beatles “Long, Long, Long” done by one guy: [https://youtu.be/mZL\_dd1VpNA](https://youtu.be/mZL_dd1VpNA) ---
**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:** [March 27, 2021, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/500 "2021-03-27T08:13:10Z")
You saw them live? Cool! They couldn’t get over the hump when they were still a group - they made records and toured pretty much constantly. They opened for big acts, not just once, but toured with them opening their shows. However, they didn’t get a lot of recognition or radio play, and they finally got tired of all the work and not making any money. June and Alice give interviews today talking about these things, and they post in the comments under Youtube videos. One recounted a conversation June had with Jean, who was recovering from a stroke. When told about the popularity of their Youtube videos, Jean said (paraphrasing here), “You mean we might finally become famous?” June told her, “I think we have.” I saw something that says they have a documentary coming out in a month or two. I’ll believe it when I see it, as they’ve been taking about this for a couple years, but maybe they finally finished it. [Here’s Fanny performing their cover of, “Hey Bulldog.”](https://youtu.be/Zcb1HpH42N8?t=375) It won’t play here, you have to go to Youtube. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/501 "2021-04-01T09:40:48Z")
Bob Dylan was–and is–a prolific songwriter, so it’s unsurprising there have been numerous “big hit” covers of his work. Most people are familiar with _Stealers Wheel’s_ smash remake of “Stuck in the Middle With You”, but are unaware of some equally popular remakes. For example, this _Crystals_ record, was produced by Phil Specter, who even got Dylan himself to voice the song’s intro: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CA4bw7tIPNs/hqdefault.jpg "The Crystals - (Let's Dance) The Screw - Part 1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA4bw7tIPNs) Specter then took one of Dylan’s early acoustic works and applied his trademarked “wall of sound” talents for another “girl group” classic. Their sonic masterpiece: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XR9d4ESlpHY/hqdefault.jpg "My Pal Foot Foot - The Shaggs") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR9d4ESlpHY) An early MTV favorite was a remake of one of Dylan’s more controversial efforts: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0359hSerDeE/hqdefault.jpg "dog police") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0359hSerDeE) And finally, how well known is it that Dylan’s _Rainy Day Women #12 & 35_ is a reworking of the following? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yTTrXAE7OPU/hqdefault.jpg "Roaring Twenties: Sam Lanin - Yes! We Have No Bananas, 1923") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTTrXAE7OPU) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/502 "2021-04-11T01:21:56Z")
Lulu. Sang “To Sir, With Love” back in the sixties. Her biggest hit here in the US. I think she is a fantastic singer. Very bluesy. **Drown In My Own Tears** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QH1B1FkgT7Y/hqdefault.jpg "Lulu - Drown In My Own Tears") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH1B1FkgT7Y) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596.md?page=26)