# 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:** 3
**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:** [April 12, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/41 "2020-04-12T23:24:22Z")
If they are on another continent, OK. But chimps in America, creepy. I have 3 words for you: St. James. Davis. > **[The Worst Story I Ever Heard](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a5609/chimpanzee-attack-0409/)** > > The Davises are like any other family, only instead of a son, they raised a chimpanzee. Then something strange and horrifying happened—though not necessarily what you'd think. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/42 "2020-04-12T23:38:14Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > If they are on another continent, OK. But chimps in America, creepy. > > I have 3 words for you: St. James. Davis. > [Worst Chimpanzee Attack Story Ever - Moe the Chimp Owner Attacked](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a5609/chimpanzee-attack-0409/) Oops, sorry. Obviously wrong thread. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/43 "2020-04-12T23:41:06Z")
> [@Renee](#): > > [Creep - Vintage Postmodern Jukebox Radiohead Cover ft. Haley Reinhart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3lF2qEA2cw) > > This is my favorite cover ever. On a more ‘on topic’ note… Ho. Lee. Shit!!! That is amazingly fantastic. Thank you for sharing that. Wow, I’m still tingling. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/44 "2020-04-12T23:47:49Z")
The early nineties incarnation of The Band (with Helm Hudson, and Danko) did great covers of Dylan’s “Blind Willie McTell” and Springsteen’s “Atlantic City”. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/45 "2020-04-13T00:23:15Z")
Not a fan of Tom Petty, but his live cover of the Dave Clark Five’s **Anyway You Want It** is terrific. Also: Huey Lewis’ cover of J.J. Jackson’s **But It’s All Right**. Also also: The Beatles doing Arthur Alexander’s **Anna**. IMO it’s John Lennon’s single best vocal performance, despite his being sick during the recording session. ---
**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 13, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/46 "2020-04-13T00:54:01Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > The early nineties incarnation of The Band (with Helm Hudson, and Danko) did great covers of Dylan’s “Blind Willie McTell” and Springsteen’s “Atlantic City”. That reminds me of Townes Van Zandt’s cover over Springsteen’s “[Racing In The Streets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wHjfcrxv04)”, about which he writes in the hilarious liner notes of the wonderful album “[Roadsongs](https://www.allmusic.com/album/roadsongs-mw0000624181)”: > [@Townes Van Zandt](#): > > This is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. I listened to it 30 times in a row at Lomax’s house. We drove 300 miles the next day, I played it and somebody recorded it. That’s why I didn’t know it better. Bruce will understand. There’s also a Dylan cover on the same album, a very early, rare and funny Dylan song that fits Townes like a glove, “[Little Willie The Gambler](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZBNjjibuHA)” (which was called “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Willie” in the original version), about which he wrote: > [@](#): > > This song fills me with hope. It was a diamond flush, not a straight. ---
**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 13, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/47 "2020-04-13T01:00:50Z")
There’s a YT channel for O’Keefe Music Foundation. I used to watch a lot of their videos. It’s a bunch of high school age and younger kids doing rock covers. I think the foundation sets them up with pro grade recording and coaches them. I haven’t kept up with any of their newer videos but there is a lot of good covers to be found despite the young age of the performers. honestly, they kill it usually. [Here’s the master list of their videos.](https://www.youtube.com/user/coltrane78/videos) [Here’s one of my older favorites. A cover of 46 And 2 by Tool.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYKLvYGqaC0) [You Could Be Mine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT8upWEDirM) by GNR [Kids that have heard of Richard Thompson and Vincent 1952](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWCeAoLjKQM) [Pull Me Under. Dream Theater cover.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqiotc_fKQ4) ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/48 "2020-04-13T01:03:47Z")
> [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](#): > > Hmmm. Does the version which inspires the reworking not deserve any recognition though? And if the arrangement and performance are major aspects of the cover, is it not fair to say what’s really being referenced/copied? The Jeff Buckley version is far more of a piece with the John Cale interpretation than it is with the Cohen original, but if someone sings it that way because they know Buckley, then it at least as meaningful to say they’re they’re covering Buckley, as it is to mention Cale or Cohen. > > Legally, Cohen gets the writing credit, obviously, but in terms of what the new performance seeks to emulate? That’s a Buckley fan, singing a Buckley song, a la Buckley. Ultimate argument for this position: “Louie Louie”. Yeah Richard Berry may have written and first performed it, but how many of the gazillion covers of the song [sound like this?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSLEcIIQYyg) Virtually everybody used the Kingsmen version as the basis for a cover. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/49 "2020-04-13T01:11:41Z")
> [@Renee](#): > > [Creep - Vintage Postmodern Jukebox Radiohead Cover ft. Haley Reinhart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3lF2qEA2cw) > > This is my favorite cover ever. [Chrissie Hynde](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lML2N4xB9GU) added some soul to that song. ---
**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 13, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/50 "2020-04-13T01:20:29Z")
[Don’t Fear The Reaper by Alana Davis.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1egNHlACM4) Could have used a little more cowbell, I know… Here’s another good cover of the same song. [Two guys at a pizza place.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_U9-JU-aNo) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/51 "2020-04-13T01:24:23Z")
Speaking of Chrissie Hynde, The Pretenders did a nice job covering [Room Full of Mirrors](https://youtu.be/XP0l_c1bVgE) ---
**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 13, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/52 "2020-04-13T02:05:04Z")
Dust in the Wind is: A fondly remembered song from my youth. A corny song by a rock band trying to be “deep” A fun guitar tune that I worked at a lot but never got smoothed out. The truest song ever. [Here’s somebody that got the guitar part down better than I ever did. Wait for her to switch to electric!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mf5Ggx0Rvg) ---
**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 13, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/53 "2020-04-13T02:35:30Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > “Great” is so subjective, but I like this one of late. A bit of a change from the source material. [_Little Martha_, by Holly Bowling](https://youtu.be/kDdKbmlS_ik?list=PL9TdcfLoTVT-e81Bu51fm3j0_x3bOjYn4) > > And if there’s anyone unfamiliar with the original, here’s the [Allman Bros version.](https://youtu.be/kmSPCOby-1A) > > Here’s Chuck Prophet playing [_You Make My Dreams Come True_](https://youtu.be/pBp2MhVMiRY), on Live at Daryl’s House (Daryl Hall). Chuck’s fairly new to me, and [I posted about him here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=892709). Really like his work, and it’s hard for me to find new (to me) artists I like these days. > > And here’s the original [Hall & Oates version](https://youtu.be/EErSKhC0CZs), though I’d be surprised if it were actually needed. The Holly Bowling video was cool, thanks. haven’t watched the others yet. ---
**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 13, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/54 "2020-04-13T02:44:12Z")
[Just found this a minute ago. Miss You, Stones/ Floyd cover. By Milk’n Blues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErHo_oCkspc) ---
**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 13, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/55 "2020-04-13T03:00:09Z")
[Wicked Game by Chris Issac, covered on the street in Tel Aviv by Yoni Schlesinger](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frxy1zssJKY) ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/56 "2020-04-13T03:02:45Z")
[Cake covers “I Will Survive.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9rCUQjmkxU) ---
**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 13, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/57 "2020-04-13T03:06:58Z")
[Another Wicked Game cover, from Dublin. Jacob Koopman & Alice Tunney](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm8oK6HqxI0) ---
**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 13, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/58 "2020-04-13T03:19:18Z")
[Jacob Koopman doing Wicked Game solo in Dublin.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVzTIrvZo70) ---
**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 13, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/59 "2020-04-13T03:37:41Z")
Tool cover. [Beards Of Harmony](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E1DkgUNfBc) ---
**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 13, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/60 "2020-04-13T03:54:24Z")
I think she’s jamming along with a backing track with vocals. Hope the guitar’s all her. [Ayla does Since I’ve Been Loving You by Zep](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dMrE9pyupQ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596.md?page=4)