# 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:** 26
**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, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/503 "2021-04-11T02:14:54Z")
More Lulu. Not sure if this is a cover . [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fs5Xr2CU-NI/maxresdefault.jpg "Lulu - Cry") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs5Xr2CU-NI) ---
**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, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/504 "2021-04-11T02:54:51Z")
Lulu info from Wikipedia. > **[Lulu (singer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lulu_(singer))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Lulu Kennedy-Cairns CBE (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie; 3 November 1948) is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality. > Noted for her powerful singing voice, Lulu began her career in the UK but soon became known internationally. She had major chart hits with "To Sir with Love" from the 1967 film of the same name, which topped the Billboard Hot 100, and with the title song to the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden... ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/505 "2021-04-14T18:08:50Z")
I’ve been meaning to post this song since HAL recommended it, then recently someone posted the trailer (in another thread) to the _ **Standing in the Shadows of Motown** _ documentary about The Funk Brothers, which brought me back here. I love the Jimmy Ruffin original, What Becomes of the Brokenhearted. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQU4sIn96M4) Here’s Joan Osborne (What if God was _One of Us_?), when she toured with the Funk Brothers. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gA0GcXV2njY/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGGQgZChkMA8=&rs=AOn4CLD87NBodUfB8eaHVcOOJTmcWz3-tg "Joan Osborne - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted - [STEREO]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA0GcXV2njY) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/506 "2021-04-15T05:53:10Z")
Here’s a classic… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9aNZvGHUPcg/hqdefault.jpg "Aztec Camera... Jump") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aNZvGHUPcg) ---
**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 17, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/507 "2021-04-17T02:12:20Z")
Candy Dulfer on saxophone! Not even sure this is a cover. Sounds like it is. Funky. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pgQQ7k30Ti4/maxresdefault.jpg "Candy Dulfer - Pick Up The Pieces (Part 1)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgQQ7k30Ti4) ---
**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:** [April 17, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/508 "2021-04-17T15:04:04Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Not even sure this is a cover. Sounds like it is. Is Candy Dulfer playing the most famous song by the Average White Band a cover? Yes, it is… ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/509 "2021-04-18T20:42:04Z")
And [here is the original](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gO1ys2AiNM) for reference. Nothing against Candy Dulfer, but it does go on a bit - nearly fifteen minutes for part 1?. The original is more to the point. j ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/510 "2021-04-19T01:18:57Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > 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. Not sure I’m following you–are you saying Bob Dylan wrote “Stuck in the Middle With You”? IIRC it was written by Gerry Rafferty. Can’t say what’s up with the other songs… ---
**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:** [April 19, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/511 "2021-04-19T01:22:51Z")
I think **witertho’s** post was tongue in cheek, because “Stuck In The Middle With You” is infamous for being confused for a Dylan recording. ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/512 "2021-04-19T01:28:38Z")
That’s funny–my wife thought it was the Beatles. Not sure what’s going on with those other numbers. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/513 "2021-04-19T01:33:41Z")
> [@gnarator](#): > > Not sure what’s going on with those other numbers. Ok, I went back to **whitetho’s** post, and I also cannot make a Dylan connection, even if humorous, to the other songs they posted. ETA: or like **digs** says: absurdist humor. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/514 "2021-04-19T01:34:49Z")
> [@gnarator](#): > > Not sure I’m following you Did you not know that Dylan wrote many “One Hit Wonders”… _Dancing in the Moonlight_ for his keyboardist Sherman Kelly, who went on to form the band King Harvest, and he worked for a year on _Brandy_ and considers it the zenith of his Zoroastrian phase. In payment for letting them use “Stuck in the Middle With You” in Reservoir Dogs, Bob got to play three different background characters. (Sheriff #5, Shot Bystander, and Shocked Grandmother) > [@whitetho](#): > > Specter then took one of Dylan’s early acoustic works and applied his trademarked “wall of sound” talents for another “girl group” classic. You DID click on the link, didn’t you? Dylan worshipped the Shaggs, and wrote seventeen songs for them… many of which they rejected for being “hopelessly melodic”. … The only other possibility is that **whitetho** ’s whole post, and this one, were both humungous whooshes. (Which should not be legal when discussing something as important as great cover songs…) ---
**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 19, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/515 "2021-04-19T04:58:02Z")
> [@digs](#): > > The only other possibility is that **whitetho** ’s whole post, and this one, were both humungous whooshes. > > (Which should not be legal when discussing something as important as great cover songs…) The rules are different on April 1st… ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/516 "2021-04-20T01:14:47Z")
![](https://media.giphy.com/media/xT5LMzIK1AdZJ4cYW4/giphy.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/517 "2021-04-20T12:44:07Z")
Ahem. +1 j ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/518 "2021-04-22T20:59:09Z")
PS: I was just prompted by Beck to remember this: England cricket captain plays The Arctic Monkeys on a uke. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/39N6K8rG5eg/maxresdefault.jpg "England cricketer Joe Root plays Arctic Monkeys on the ukulele") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39N6K8rG5eg) OK, so more “odd” than “great”. but I’m very pleased it exists. Here’s the original: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dO368WjwyFs/maxresdefault.jpg "Mardy Bum") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO368WjwyFs) j ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/519 "2021-04-24T00:43:25Z")
Primus - “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/X9uk9IcoQ0w/maxresdefault.jpg "Primus - The Devil Went Down To Georgia (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9uk9IcoQ0w) ---
**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 24, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/520 "2021-04-24T23:33:18Z")
Peter Gabriel’s original version of _Solsbury Hill_ is great, but I really like this slowed down version, which is especially impressive because it is performed by students: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Y5eUwj-zQd4/maxresdefault.jpg "School of Rock Students Perform "Solsbury Hill" by Peter Gabriel") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5eUwj-zQd4) ---
**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 25, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/521 "2021-04-25T02:48:48Z")
Justin Johnson, **When The Levee Breaks** (Zep cover) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wjR-wzYPxrQ/hqdefault.jpg ""When the Levee Breaks" SWAMP BLUES GUITAR • Led Zeppelin Cover") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjR-wzYPxrQ) ---
**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 25, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/522 "2021-04-25T03:52:21Z")
Maybe stretching the bounds of this thread with a technical breakdown of a song but this is pretty cool. WARNING ! Celine Dion content. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/epqYft12nV4/maxresdefault.jpg "The most elegant key change in all of pop music") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epqYft12nV4) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596.md?page=27)