# 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:** 42
**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:** [February 19, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/823 "2023-02-19T15:29:51Z")
Holy cow! I had no idea that was a cover. ---
**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 19, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/824 "2023-02-19T17:21:42Z")
They did rather make it their own, didn’t they? There’s [a bit of a story behind it](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He%27s_Gonna_Step_on_You_Again#Happy_Mondays_version). > English band Happy Mondays covered the song in 1990, retitling it “Step On”, with two different music videos. It was originally intended as a contribution to the Rubáiyát: Elektra’s 40th Anniversary compilation for their US label Elektra, but they decided to keep it to release as a single, and instead covered Kongos’s “Tokoloshe Man” for the compilation. Smart decision. If anyone is interested, here’s the John Kongos version (which I actually remember from its original release). [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdFaNFnODUE) j ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/825 "2023-02-19T18:12:10Z")
The other thread about Black Sabbath’s **Paranoid** reminded me of the cover by the world’s greatest cover band, The Dickies: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7c37GdAzgQo/hqdefault.jpg "Dickies - Paranoid 26-7-1979") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c37GdAzgQo) ---
**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:** [February 19, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/826 "2023-02-19T21:56:09Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > The other thread about Black Sabbath’s **Paranoid** reminded me of the cover by the world’s greatest cover band, The Dickies Excellent. There was a punk band in Memphis in the late 70s (Barking Dog) that did a speedy version of the Moody Blues’ _Nights in White Satin._ Over the years since, I’ve tried to explain it to people. And I just now found the answer: it was just like The Dickies! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8sJbpTwGYg8/hqdefault.jpg "THE DICKIES Nights in White Satin Promo, 1979") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sJbpTwGYg8) ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/827 "2023-03-03T14:59:32Z")
Another better version of Hotel California played on a 6 string fretless bass :- [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FpdofvI1BCY/maxresdefault.jpg "Hotel California on FRETLESS BASS sounds UNREAL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpdofvI1BCY) ---
**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 3, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/828 "2023-03-03T21:31:01Z")
That’s fairly impressive. I have enough trouble hitting the right notes _with_ frets! Which makes me wonder… are there tabs for fretless instruments? How does that even work? ---
**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:** [March 4, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/829 "2023-03-04T14:09:38Z")
I suspect you’d use the same tabs as for a fretted bass. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/830 "2023-03-04T17:00:29Z")
The Shangri las original was on a soundtrack, which caused me to remember this cover… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GUDNPxkh1DQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Jeff Beck & Imelda May - Remember (Walking In The Sand) - Live at Iridium Jazz Club N.Y.C. - HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUDNPxkh1DQ) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/831 "2023-03-05T02:52:56Z")
And Blue Lou Marini on sax. ---
**Author:** ![LegendHasit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/legendhasit/32/8246_2.png) [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/832 "2023-03-05T14:00:17Z")
Meg Myers on Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/N7iVWK2W48o/maxresdefault.jpg "Meg Myers - Running Up That Hill [Official Video]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7iVWK2W48o) ---
**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 17, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/833 "2023-03-17T20:49:08Z")
I Am The Walrus This is a cover in the sense that it’s sung by Hemi Rudner (who I’d never heard of before I stumbled across this clip) but the arrangement by George Martin is pretty standard. [Still, this kid puts all he’s go into it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSbTmdrFDzo) Jump to 2:00 to skip the song’s background ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/834 "2023-03-28T14:21:24Z")
I did a discourse search on this thread for Africa and only found two hits, neither of which was this one: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MLrC7e3vSv8/maxresdefault.jpg "Africa (acoustic Toto cover) - Mike Masse and Jeff Hall") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLrC7e3vSv8) This might be the best cover of any song I’ve ever heard. Imagine you go to get a pizza and Louis CK’s doppelganger is belting this out in the corner. This gives me chills despite not even liking the song Africa. ---
**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 28, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/835 "2023-03-28T18:16:48Z")
> [@stui\_magpie](#): > > Love Turn The Page, Metallica version I skipped over this the first time because there wasn’t [a link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPOTEs_yTJo), but wow, that is a great cover. Haunting video too. ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/836 "2023-04-01T21:02:48Z")
I can’t stop watching this Sugarland and Sara Bareilles cover of Come On Eileen [Sugarland and Sara Bareilles cover "Come On Eileen" - YouTube](https://youtu.be/TMDqkBjvdMg) ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/837 "2023-04-01T22:48:53Z")
I’ve posted this once before, back in 2020. Not really an AC/DC fan, and can’t speak to the musicianship of the performance, but in terms of spectacle, the Badpiper’s version of “Thunderstruck”, [played on flamethrowing bagpipes](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Op1Mng4oY) freaking rocks. (Discourse isn’t letting me post the video). ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/838 "2023-04-01T23:20:04Z")
Shun Ng and Magic Dick do James Brown proud with their cover of Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag. You can even catch a tiny hint of Whammer Jammer in there. [Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - Magic Dick & Shun Ng (James Brown Acoustic Cover) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxAZ3YyjtPg) ---
**Author:** ![Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bag_of_mostly_water/32/1029_2.png) [@Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bag_of_Mostly_Water)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/839 "2023-04-03T02:43:01Z")
[School of Rock AllStar students perform “Carry On Wayward Son” by Kansas.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRneFCTuiuQ) ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/840 "2023-04-18T02:46:13Z")
This is a beautiful cover of Memories [Bellanova - One Voice - Memories (02.12.20) - YouTube](https://youtu.be/XfPaYdIJaGE) ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/841 "2023-04-18T14:02:32Z")
A worthy Queen cover is a rare bird… I love this one… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tYH1qGiNHjE/maxresdefault.jpg "The Regrettes - Don't Stop Me Now [Official Audio]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYH1qGiNHjE) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/842 "2023-04-18T14:25:33Z")
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