# 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:** 48
**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:** [October 11, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/945 "2024-10-11T13:42:33Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > She doesn’t do that annoying “woe is me”-style of cover songs with the high-pitched, breathy voice and a ukelele. Like this? 🕶 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uBdbHi4iCJo/maxresdefault.jpg "Dreaming (Blondie cover) - Imelda May") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBdbHi4iCJo) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/946 "2024-10-11T14:00:21Z")
I’ve heard even worse. About ten years ago, somebody started a thread about being annoyed by this style of singing. I’ve never seen a thread get revived as often as this one. > [@Is there a name for this hyper-annoying singing style?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-hyper-annoying-singing-style/677704): > > I’d like to be able to more easily dismiss it. It seems every indie/faux-indie singer-songwriter girl under the age of 30 is singing with a remarkably annoying, breathy voice with an unnecessary twang in it that is at times punctuated with scratchiness. They sing softly and every vowel sounds like “ow,” as though the singer is suffering as much as I am every time I hear it. Example - Nataly Dawn [Example](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4jVVpHfvRE) - Nataly Dawn annoying me again [Example](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j6qLdx0dmk) - Wild Belle [Example](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s34bnIM-rcs) - Kat Edmonson If it has a… ---
**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:** [October 11, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/947 "2024-10-11T21:26:02Z")
This is… unusual. The Propellerheads did a cover of the theme to On Her Majesty’s Secret Service - I may well have posted it in this thread previously - here it is anyways: [https://youtu.be/7O1\_0hikl-A?feature=shared/2](https://youtu.be/7O1_0hikl-A?feature=shared/2) Okay, so it turns out that there is a band who specialize in performing cover versions of James Bond movie music - they’re called Q The Music (geddit?). And here is a video of them doing a cover of the Propellerheads cover, seemingly performing live. Uh…strange. And remarkable: [https://youtu.be/Lt0JNtIX3DI?feature=shared/3](https://youtu.be/Lt0JNtIX3DI?feature=shared/3) j (Got them embedding issues again) ---
**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:** [October 11, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/948 "2024-10-11T21:30:00Z")
> **[On Her Majesty's Secret Service Propellerheads & Arnold Remix - James...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt0JNtIX3DI%2F)** > > Make sure you join our friends' scheme for FREE and get free downloads! https://www.QTheMusicShow.com/signupSee our full repertoire of over 100 cues and song... ---
**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:** [October 11, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/949 "2024-10-11T23:47:22Z")
@Ponch8 will hate this one (you’re not going to get much more breathy and soft than this one), but it just resurfaced in my YouTube recommendations. A 9 year old strips an Eagles song down to its bare bones, creating an imperfect gem (backstory on this project and an interview of the grown singer, starting at the 11 minute mark, can be heard on [this 17 minute NPR audio](https://www.npr.org/2001/10/27/1132233/langley-music-project)). [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/s9F-no5av-s/maxresdefault.jpg "The Langley Schools Music Project - Desperado (Official)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9F-no5av-s) ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/950 "2024-10-12T01:04:38Z")
For what it’s worth, I’ve thought that it was a great song performance ever since I first hear it, which was probably not long after it was released in 2001. It was actually recorded about 25 years before that. You can find a post in which I mention it at [Your Ten Favorite Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ten-favorite-songs/840997) . I have continued to expand my list of my favorite songs as I think more about the songs I’ve listened to. I now have 50 songs on that list. The Sheila Behman version of “Desperado” is still on the list, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/951 "2024-10-12T21:20:39Z")
I love that version - it’s been a favorite for a while specifically because of the stripped-back nature of it. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/952 "2024-10-13T17:59:49Z")
So this is fun. Loving the drummer’s vibe especially. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pi_xZWfVcDQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Punk Rock Factory - How Far I'll Go (from Moana) ft. Steve Rawles") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi_xZWfVcDQ) ---
**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:** [October 13, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/953 "2024-10-13T18:46:08Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N4pd4frmGW4/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgYChBMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCw7f-gvCZoLIj-MFq7-wqrffMj0Q "Ministry - Friend Of The Devil - 10/2/1994 - Shoreline Amphitheatre (Official)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4pd4frmGW4) ---
**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:** [October 14, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/954 "2024-10-14T19:08:33Z")
Wow, that’s an amped up Disney! ---
**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:** [October 29, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/955 "2024-10-29T13:34:55Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YpGjm89SpLc/maxresdefault.jpg "Black Hole Sun - (Soundgarden) Jazz/Blues Cover by Coffee Shop Grunge - 4K") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpGjm89SpLc) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/956 "2024-10-29T13:39:22Z")
Postmodern Jukebox and Willie Ray Moore Jr deliver a soulful rendition of the same: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/r3SZu_KhWig/maxresdefault.jpg "Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden (10th Anniversary Tour Version) ft. Willie Ray Moore, Jr.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3SZu_KhWig) ---
**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:** [November 4, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/957 "2024-11-04T15:34:06Z")
Just got this in my deezer recommendations: Keith Richards doing Velvet Underground’s “I’m Waiting For The Man”. It’s obviously from a Lou Reed tribute album from earlier this year, I hadn’t heard about it before. Very cool version, very much in the style of later Lou Reed, and who could tackle the song subject better than Keef? I wonder if this is Robert Quine on second guitar, it sounds like him and he was a long time collaborator of Lou Reed. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xpQ9swRwPqw/maxresdefault.jpg "I'm Waiting for the Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpQ9swRwPqw) ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/958 "2024-11-04T18:13:56Z")
I ran across this great cover of _Dream On_ by Postmodern Jukebox. I’m not familiar with the singer, Morgan James, but her wailing is right up there with Steven Tyler’s. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Yq4KA0mUnC8/maxresdefault.jpg "Dream On - Postmodern Jukebox ft. Morgan James (Aerosmith Cover)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq4KA0mUnC8) This isn’t so much a great cover as a hilarious one. An up-tempo bluegrass version of Pink Floyd’s _Brain Damage_. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q75qJ3vCmBw/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGE8gZShcMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAOxXMiNbbMEoJxwBEDTxyt8TaLYg "The Austin Lounge Lizards...Brain Damage") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q75qJ3vCmBw) ---
**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:** [November 4, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/959 "2024-11-04T18:50:44Z")
Been a fan of theirs for a looong time. Also, check out The Dogs They Really Miss You. Very clever and hilarious tune, by the Lizards. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/960 "2024-11-10T04:42:28Z")
There’s a band called Luther Wright and The Wrongs that redid the The Wall as a bluegrass/country album. It’s worth checking out. In college I downloaded it on Napster. I probably still have the CD I burned, but the whole thing is on you tube now. Other than a couple of specific parts, this IMHO, sounds a lot more like David Gilmore than SRV [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hNF5_Y7Cz3M/hqdefault.jpg "Hotel California, if it were covered by Stevie Ray Vaughan") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNF5_Y7Cz3M) He’s got a lot of other covers as well, though most of them involve Dire Straits in one way or another. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TV1KUuYF9lw/maxresdefault.jpg "Layla, if it were written by Dire Straits") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV1KUuYF9lw) > [@markn\_1](#): > > I ran across this great cover of _Dream On_ by Postmodern Jukebox. I’m not familiar with the singer, Morgan James, but her wailing is right up there with Steven Tyler’s. Here’s another good one from her (and that’s Telly Savalas’ daughter on the left) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aLnZ1NQm2uk/maxresdefault.jpg "All About That Bass - Postmodern Jukebox European Tour Version") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLnZ1NQm2uk) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4ReSV3CCRzg/maxresdefault.jpg "Barbie Girl - Vintage Beach Boys - Style Aqua Cover ft. Morgan James") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ReSV3CCRzg) ---
**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:** [November 10, 2024, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/961 "2024-11-10T06:04:30Z")
Since Wednesday, I’ve been avoiding political threads, online and cable news, and anything else that brings a thudding reality to hammer me down into deeper depression. One of my outlets is (a lot of) browsing YouTube music (and cat videos), I just ran across this live cover and Beth Hart put it best in her intro. “_It just makes me feel somehow, no matter what happens, everything’s gonna turn out alright. It gives me hope._” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Qd1-S99Q0dc/hqdefault.jpg "Beth Hart - A Change Is Gonna Come. Live at Rockpalast (2011)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd1-S99Q0dc) ---
**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:** [November 16, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/962 "2024-11-16T19:45:55Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_11jd_dqbxg/maxresdefault.jpg "Brilliant Mistake") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_11jd_dqbxg) ---
**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:** [November 17, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/963 "2024-11-17T03:16:07Z")
I suppose this counts as a cover even if one of the players was on the original recording: “Bodhisattiva”, by the short-lived supergroup _[The Best](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_(band))_ [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AAvYHXz7XsA/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgOihOMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBN9eRZLhj9bJFs75gFs7N-vTEcyA "The Best / Bodhisattiva") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAvYHXz7XsA) ---
**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:** [November 17, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/964 "2024-11-17T03:31:35Z")
Hey, that was good. And after looking at the credits list it turns out I’d heard of several of those performers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596.md?page=49)