# 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:** 31
**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:** [July 5, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/603 "2021-07-05T14:30:56Z")
> [@larsvsnapster](#): > > “Cover” is the musician’s Dirty Word. I know this from being in the trenches for years. It’s _incredibly offensive_ to a professional musician… So just your anecdotal stories from your friends? Got it. I’ve known and worked with a lot of professional musicians from Nashville to Dallas and none of them ever shared your views. In any event this isn’t a professional musician’s sub-forum, it’s just a general interest message board. Everyone here understands the accepted meaning of “cover”, as evidenced by the wonderful links posted in this thread so far. ---
**Author:** ![larsvsnapster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecb155/32.png) [@larsvsnapster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/larsvsnapster)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/604 "2021-07-05T19:26:29Z")
I wonder what I can do to block you. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/605 "2021-07-05T19:39:46Z")
I love most of Jimi Hendrix’ covers, particularly of Dylan songs. Although, I’ve lately been appreciating Dylan’s own recordings more and more. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/606 "2021-07-06T12:25:20Z")
I think my favorite Hendrix cover is Johnny B. Goode. And my favorite Hendrix version was from an album called Hendrix In The West. It used to not be available in the States. That’s probably changed by now. What do think of his cover of Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band? (Which by coincidence I’ve been listening to lately) ---
**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:** [July 6, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/607 "2021-07-06T12:49:47Z")
Not only did I find it, I found it live! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ss_rk-RITts/hqdefault.jpg "Jimi Hendrix - Johnny B. Goode") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss_rk-RITts) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/608 "2021-07-06T13:01:41Z")
[Moderating] > [@larsvsnapster](#): > > I wonder what I can do to block you. This is a personal attack, which is not permitted outside of the BBQ Pit. Specifically, posters are not allowed to talk about who is on their ignore list. This is an official Warning. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2021, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/609 "2021-07-07T09:38:36Z")
Danielle Nicole, performing from home during the pandemic. “Take It To The Limit.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ieiyLYQPR3k/maxresdefault.jpg ""Take It To The Limit" via Danielle Nicole and Brandon Miller "From A Living Room Sessions"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieiyLYQPR3k) Brandon Miller on guitar. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2021, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/610 "2021-07-07T11:06:57Z")
Quite nice. Thanks I enjoyed that. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2021, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/611 "2021-07-15T07:35:12Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ogEHUwclTy0/hqdefault.jpg "June Tabor - All Tomorrow's Parties") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogEHUwclTy0) ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/612 "2021-07-15T23:17:22Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > All Along The Watchtower, while skateboarding. He’s pretty good actually! I used to tease my stepdaughter by asking “What if Bob Dylan covered the Beatles?” and then doing my best imitation of ol’ Bob singing _Strawberry Fields_ or whatever. One day I just sang _All Along the Watchtower_ in my Bob voice and got summarily chewed out for besmirching the great Hendrix’s song! I said “What? Bob can’t sing his own songs now?” Ah, good times! ---
**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:** [July 15, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/613 "2021-07-15T23:50:06Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > I used to tease my stepdaughter by asking “What if Bob Dylan covered the Beatles?” and then doing my best imitation of ol’ Bob singing _Strawberry Fields_ or whatever. Bob Dylan never actually covered the Beatles, but he parodied them twice. First, in a twofer playing on both the Beatles and the Stones (as they both had done “I Wanna Be Your Man”), with [I Wanna Be Your Lover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euu2WFsvcBE) (which remained unreleased until 1991) and then again on “Blonde On Blonde” with “Fourth Time Around”, which was a parody of “Norwegian Wood” that was a even a whole level funnier than the original. Lennon was stunned and devastated by it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7wSIboHqtXY/maxresdefault.jpg "Bob Dylan - Fourth Time Around (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wSIboHqtXY) ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/614 "2021-07-16T01:30:04Z")
Lennon did his best Dylan in “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away.” ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/615 "2021-07-16T02:01:28Z")
That was the story, right? That Lennon thought Dylan was all that and then Lennon met him. Dylan was dismissive of the Beatles and that made Lennon dig down to do better? I enjoyed this. There’s a scene where the Turtles meet John Lennon. Used to be free with prime. > **[Watch My Dinner With Jimi | Prime Video](https://www.amazon.com/My-Dinner-Jimi-Justin-Henry/dp/B07ZCDL25K)** > > The Turtles, a California rock band, tours England for the first time, meeting Frank Zappa, the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix. ---
**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 16, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/616 "2021-07-16T08:57:09Z")
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds do the best cover of this. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YRG8kxza2R0/maxresdefault.jpg "All Tomorrow's Parties (2009 Remastered Version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRG8kxza2R0) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/617 "2021-07-16T10:21:04Z")
> [@echoreply](#): > > A few different covers of While My Guitar Gently Weeps have been mentioned, but here is another one. OK, that was frigging awesome. Although I only recognize Tom Petty and Prince (and assume the one to Tom’s left is Dhani Harrison, given how much he looks like George), who are the others? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/618 "2021-07-16T14:54:37Z")
As you can tell from the preview, this guy is rough on his guitar. He somehow manages to play lead, rhythm and percussion simultaneously on a deceptively difficult pop song with plenty of hooks. It’s both laid-back and amazing as f\*ck. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/t_bE8WBBPvk/maxresdefault.jpg ""Africa" by Toto on One Guitar (Alexandr Misko)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_bE8WBBPvk) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/619 "2021-07-16T17:13:23Z")
Yes, that is George’s son, Dhani, Petty, Prince, Jeff Lynne from ELO, and Steve Winwood. I’m not sure if there are any other biggies up there. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/620 "2021-07-16T19:39:17Z")
I thought I’d posted this already but maybe that was a different thread. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eg16mepPImk/maxresdefault.jpg "U2 - With Or Without You - Luca Stricagnoli - Fingerstyle Guitar") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg16mepPImk) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/621 "2021-07-17T00:13:04Z")
Oingo Boingo did a heck of a cover of I Am The Walrus, especially at their last show. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UPUK8esrpNA/hqdefault.jpg "Oingo Boingo Farewell - I Am the Walrus") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPUK8esrpNA) ---
**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:** [July 18, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/622 "2021-07-18T00:08:05Z")
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