# 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:** 41
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/803 "2023-01-03T03:38:10Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0QzW80ZZDBE/hqdefault.jpg "Hard Hearted Hannah - Ella Fitzgerald (Scene from Pete Kelly's Blues)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QzW80ZZDBE) From Wikipedia: “ **Hard Hearted Hannah, the Vamp of Savannah** ” is a popular song with words by [Jack Yellen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Yellen), Bob Bigelow, and Charles Bates, and music by [Milton Ager](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Ager).[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Hearted_Hannah_(The_Vamp_of_Savannah)#cite_note-1) The song was published in June 1924 by Ager, Yellen & Bornstein, Inc., New York.[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Hearted_Hannah_(The_Vamp_of_Savannah)#cite_note-2) _Hard Hearted Hannah_ tells in humorous fashion the story of a sadistic “vamp” or [femme fatale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femme_fatale) from [Savannah, Georgia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah,_Georgia). ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/804 "2023-01-03T03:48:53Z")
This is certainly a _unique_ cover of the Pachelbel warhorse: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lpc1lEJ-SRc/maxresdefault.jpg "canon in D but it keeps getting jazzier") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpc1lEJ-SRc) ---
**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:** [January 15, 2023, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/805 "2023-01-15T04:44:32Z")
Hiromi is simply awesome. I first heard her a couple of months ago, and I kick myself thinking I could have been listening for years. ---
**Author:** ![Dancer\_Flight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dancer_flight/32/7601_2.png) [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/806 "2023-01-15T16:17:37Z")
Was letting Youtube run in the background on a music mix and came across this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bd-MRcTbx7k/maxresdefault.jpg "Cannons – Golden (Harry Styles Cover)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd-MRcTbx7k) Never heard of the original song before but was curious so took a listen: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/P3cffdsEXXw/maxresdefault.jpg "Harry Styles - Golden (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3cffdsEXXw) Yeah, I think the cover is better. Turns out Cannons has an EP of cover songs that I grabbed right away. Includes Dancing in the Dark (Springsteen), and Sex on Fire ( Kings of Leon). ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/807 "2023-01-15T17:00:40Z")
I was unfamiliar with the song, but it seems very similar to [_Trouble_ by Lindsay Buckingham.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcm3dbuV8Z4) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/808 "2023-01-15T17:07:36Z")
**All I Need Is The Air That I Breathe** , a great Hollies song done very well by Simply Red [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gRcDxBSfuNM/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHmAoAC6AKKAgwIABABGGUgVShcMA8=&rs=AOn4CLC-DGw2ELq5zL8FlimeX-Z-I_oj6g "Simple Red - The Air That I Breathe") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRcDxBSfuNM) ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/809 "2023-01-15T17:23:56Z")
A few years back I listened to every cover of **And Your Bird Can Sing** I could find on YouTube. About 15 or 20. This one stood out because it was a homespun acoustic duet with guitar and muted trumpet. Maybe not “great”, but wholesome and fun. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7lOmQ0AArAE/maxresdefault.jpg "Miwa Gemini // And Your Bird Can Sing // The Beatles // Week 2") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lOmQ0AArAE) ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/810 "2023-01-17T05:44:02Z")
This is an exceptionally long thread, and I’ve read the first few months’ worth of posts and the last few, but if it was mentioned in between, I beg your pardon for repeating it: Warren Zevon did a really touching acoustic cover of Steve Winwood’s “Back In The High Life”: [Back In The High Life](https://youtu.be/xgs6eLCaN9s) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/811 "2023-01-18T01:34:47Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > Warren Zevon did a really touching acoustic cover of Steve Winwood’s “Back In The High Life”: > [Back In The High Life](https://youtu.be/xgs6eLCaN9s) The words you are looking for are “achingly brilliant.” ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/812 "2023-01-18T23:46:06Z")
That sums up most of Zevon’s career. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/813 "2023-01-18T23:58:26Z")
I like this jazz version of Bruno Mars’ Uptown Funk [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QRuM2rk2miQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Tim Akers & The Smoking Section "Uptown Funk"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRuM2rk2miQ) ---
**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:** [January 19, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/814 "2023-01-19T00:03:27Z")
I’ve had a copy of The [I-10 Chronicles](https://secondhandsongs.com/release/144627) for ages, and Adam Duritz did a haunting version of Zevon’s “Carmelita”. It was Track One on my trusty ipod mini for years. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/g2sFyI8jIag/maxresdefault.jpg "Carmelita - Counting Crows (cover)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2sFyI8jIag) One of the commenters sums it up: “The slight tremors in the vocals speak volumes of angst and vulnerability… True to Zevon’s original.” ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/815 "2023-01-19T03:21:05Z")
Prompted by the “Songs that should never be covered/played by someone else” thread, I stumbled on an album of covers. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iHWOrquJ3Ak/maxresdefault.jpg "I Shall Be Released (Remastered)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHWOrquJ3Ak) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8U_Pk4nfh9c/maxresdefault.jpg "Just Like a Woman") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U_Pk4nfh9c) ---
**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:** [February 18, 2023, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/816 "2023-02-18T05:19:43Z")
Seems my idea of classy covers are desecrations (Killdozer covering “I’m Not Lisa”, or “I Am, I Said”), but there’s one genuinely nice cover that I think just blows out of the water a lotta covers in my pig-headed opinon, being Niel Young covering Don Gibson and Chet Atkins’ “Oh Lonesome Me”, just slowing it right down, with the harmonica starting it brashly, then going plaintive, and I like it when (I think) Danny Whitten kicks in with his backing vocals. Absolutely sterling version - should be in NY’s top ten. Number’s been covered almost 40 times! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3p_yH5ItSgU/maxresdefault.jpg "Oh, Lonesome Me") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p_yH5ItSgU) ---
**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:** [February 18, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/817 "2023-02-18T07:55:09Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/i5eb65KZFPE/maxresdefault.jpg "Alejandro Escovedo "Sway"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5eb65KZFPE) ---
**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:** [February 18, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/818 "2023-02-18T18:37:38Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Niel Young covering Don Gibson and Chet Atkins’ “Oh Lonesome Me”, just slowing it right down I agree with your assessment. If you are going to do a cover, make it your own. A good fit for Neil’s voice too. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/819 "2023-02-18T19:38:44Z")
Speakin’ of Nina Simone, the does a fine version of Mood Indigo … [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kUU7Rkoj4qw/hqdefault.jpg "Nina Simone- Mood Indigo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUU7Rkoj4qw) ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/820 "2023-02-18T20:31:07Z")
Last night I discovered that 8 year old girls doing covers of metal songs is a thing now. Here is but one example: https://www.youtube.com/embed/dJgs3lLUGII?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDdJgs3lLUGII&start=240 ---
**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:** [February 18, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/821 "2023-02-18T21:53:03Z")
I’ve become slightly obsessed be the related groups The Happy Mondays and Black Grape (Shaun Ryder is the most important common factor). They didn’t do many covers, but The Happy Mondays did an absolutely killer version of the old John Kongos song, **He’s Gonna Step On You Again** : [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mFBQ0PH5rM4/maxresdefault.jpg "Happy Mondays - Step On (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFBQ0PH5rM4) j ---
**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:** [February 19, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/822 "2023-02-19T11:58:40Z")
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