# 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:** 43
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/843 "2023-04-19T03:03:14Z")
The Highway Men singing Me and Bobby McGee. Their joy in making music together is infectious. [The Highwaymen - Me and Bobby McGee (American Outlaws: Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1990) - YouTube](https://youtu.be/D8NsoN4S7IE) ---
**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:** [April 19, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/844 "2023-04-19T03:15:53Z")
This showed up in a scene in a mediocre TV show. I found out its not the original. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VKYhkYWl1AI/hqdefault.jpg "Nina Simone - Lilac Wine") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKYhkYWl1AI) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/845 "2023-04-20T12:59:18Z")
Jonathan Coulton gave a pretty good cover of [Baby Got Back](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vfoqd4hpPZo&pp=ygUeSm9uYXRoYW4gY291bHRvbiBiYWJ5IGdvdCBiYWNr). ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/846 "2023-04-20T13:15:40Z")
Not to mention Weird Al Yankovich’s cover of [Bohemian Rhapsody.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F4IqaACsOrQ&pp=ygUaV2VpcmQgYWwgYm9oZW1pYW4gcmhhcHNvZHk%3D) ---
**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 20, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/847 "2023-04-20T14:01:08Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Jonathan Coulton gave a pretty good cover of [Baby Got Back](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vfoqd4hpPZo&pp=ygUeSm9uYXRoYW4gY291bHRvbiBiYWJ5IGdvdCBiYWNr). I taught a “How To Be More Creative” class. I’d tell them that one thing that I swear made new neural pathways in my brain was listening to a song and then realizing it was a cover that was done in a very different style. I cued up Coulton’s _Baby Got Back_ so no one got a clue for quite a while, then you could hear a collective “Ohhhh…” But my favorite genre-switching was Straight Outta Compton… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NG2EGOB9-lc/hqdefault.jpg "Straight Outta Compton - Nina Gordon") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2EGOB9-lc) ---
**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 20, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/848 "2023-04-20T14:46:55Z")
[UFO’s cover of _Alone Again Or_](https://youtu.be/jJTIhQufNN8), originally recorded by Arthur Lee and Love. ---
**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 20, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/849 "2023-04-20T16:35:04Z")
I fell in love with this song when I heard Calexico’s beautiful flamenco-meets-roots version. > **[Calexico - Alone again, or.. - Live HQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Zrhtc08_o%2F)** > > http://www.youtube.com/earwaxcowboyLive in Germany 2006YeahSaid it's alrightI won't forgetAll the times I've waited patiently for youAnd you'll do just what ... Then I went back and listened to Love, who were clearly ahead of their time. ---
**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 20, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/850 "2023-04-20T16:58:25Z")
The Damned 's version was what I’d first heard, not knowing about Love until a couple of decades later… testament to how great the song is that it covers so well… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nYVDN27CrOo/hqdefault.jpg "The Damned - Alone Again Or (1987)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYVDN27CrOo) ---
**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 21, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/851 "2023-04-21T00:15:52Z")
Gin and Juice as a pop song… https://www.youtube.com/embed/eMjWQLCffyU?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDeMjWQLCffyU ---
**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 21, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/852 "2023-04-21T02:29:11Z")
https://www.youtube.com/embed/YlPzb9lbe64?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDXlX-7LdxryM ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/853 "2023-04-21T23:50:44Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > I like this jazz version of Bruno Mars’ Uptown Funk I just ran across another one by Tim Akers & The Smoking Section doing Adele’s “Hello” that’s pretty bad ass. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiXCkJMQesQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiXCkJMQesQ) ---
**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:** [June 2, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/854 "2023-06-02T18:38:12Z")
I liked. And on the subject of Paul Mc: As an American I’ve been generally immune to **Mull of Kintyre** , but this cover got through my defenses. [A bearded Glen Campbell feeling his Celtic roots on a sweltering night in Dublin.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cT7t3WNbK3Y&pp=ygUdZ2xlbiBjYW1wYmVsbCBtdWxsIG9mIGtpbnR5cmU%3D) ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/855 "2023-06-12T08:43:23Z")
[Madman Across the Water cover by Gov’t Mule & Warren Haynes](https://youtu.be/QwDzn0B_fXQ) ---
**Author:** ![Ribeye](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ribeye/32/14677_2.png) [@Ribeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ribeye)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/856 "2023-06-29T14:19:17Z")
W.A.S.P. - “The Real Me” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Te-jTA8g8Ys/hqdefault.jpg "W.A.S.P. - The Real Me") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te-jTA8g8Ys) ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/857 "2023-07-03T04:39:45Z")
This version of [Abba’s **Mama Mia** from the Josh Turner Guita](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lWpmALY8Z_s&list=PL_-YkHMlMW8lC8gP5rzQQXDwEmuL59XwT&index=12)r Youtube channel is a lot of fun. It’s arranged for guitar and banjo, and the boys have a blast with the singing and the playing. They performance is about 5% winking, and 95% happiness with the song and the joy of performing it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lWpmALY8Z_s?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PL_-YkHMlMW8lC8gP5rzQQXDwEmuL59XwT ---
**Author:** ![Ribeye](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ribeye/32/14677_2.png) [@Ribeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ribeye)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/858 "2023-07-15T01:51:59Z")
Sanctuary - “White Rabbit” [[https://youtu.be/zLeO003g6Dc](https://youtu.be/zLeO003g6Dc)](https://) ---
**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 15, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/859 "2023-07-15T21:44:28Z")
Thanks for posting that - I love’s me some Josh Turner. Here is a fun clip with Carson McKee: Folsom Prison Blues [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Uk2aHGjOdlQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Folsom Prison Blues") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk2aHGjOdlQ) And Josh killing it on Bare Necessites [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ASi7lyg5gRI/maxresdefault.jpg "The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book Cover)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASi7lyg5gRI) They also play a lot with Reina Del Cid and Toni Lindgren. Toni is quite the guitarist herself: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wsd7kPAJ5zg/maxresdefault.jpg "Killer Queen - Queen cover") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsd7kPAJ5zg) ---
**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:** [July 15, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/860 "2023-07-15T22:14:02Z")
My wife is recovering from surgery, and I pulled her into the Josh Turner Universe last week. She’s says it’s almost the only Youtube channel she can put on shuffle and like (almost) every song. That’s partly because we’re children on the 60s and 70s, and partly because Turner is so darn likable. I haven’t watched _Bare Necessities_ yet, but will check it out tonight. Here are another three: _[Swingtown](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K32Fuxh8WAo)_ [_Ventura Highway_](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hIMX1TNhcgA) (On the Chase Eagleson channel) [_Can’t Help Falling_](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j5mmhokV24Q&pp=ygUjSm9zaCB0dXJuZXIgZ3VpdGFyIGEgdGFzdGUgb2YgaG9uZXk%3D) (It’s hard to mess the song up, and they don’t – three million views) Other favorites include _Honey Pie_ and _It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas_. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/861 "2023-07-15T22:21:31Z")
[Jon Baptiste reworks Blackbird](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H46yXW4qR_M) back in 2016. Solo piano and vocals. It’s made me cry more than one time. ---
**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 15, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/862 "2023-07-15T22:24:16Z")
Yep, I love Honey Pie - that’s been on my playlist lately. I’ll check out the other suggestions. For holiday songs I like Baby Please Come Home [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RHra4gW4874/maxresdefault.jpg "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love cover") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHra4gW4874) Another one featuring Toni. And she’s wearing lipstick, ha ha. I like her playing because it almost seems doable for a novice guitarist like me. They also have a very fun original called Roswell. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596.md?page=44)