# 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:** 53
**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:** [September 1, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/1045 "2025-09-01T23:43:58Z")
A-ha’s “Take On Me” gets a swinging tribute courtesy of Lake Street Dive https://www.youtube.com/embed/y5z7cYSbsFU?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDy5z7cYSbsFU ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/1046 "2025-09-02T03:36:32Z")
I recently discovered this cover of Yellow Brick Road sung by Sara Bareilles. Beautiful. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DB4g1qTuHq4/maxresdefault.jpg "Sara Bareilles sings powerful cover of 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' | NEXT at the Kennedy Center") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB4g1qTuHq41) ---
**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:** [September 3, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/1047 "2025-09-03T00:38:37Z")
Says Sir Elton hisself: “I was so blown away by the version of Yellow Brick Road. I’ve never heard anyone sing one of my songs like that ever. I can’t thank you enough, giving your time and blowing my mind with that version. Because when someone sings your songs they usually copy you and she made it her own. That’s brilliant–it’s a hard song.” ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/1048 "2025-09-03T01:26:26Z")
Heart doing Battle of Evermore: https://www.youtube.com/embed/1RZY3d76EDo?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/1049 "2025-09-16T23:44:03Z")
Here’s fantastic version of Bare Necessities - in a minor key! brilliant. https://www.youtube.com/embed/p1N3928SJRw?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDp1N3928SJRw ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/1050 "2025-09-19T02:40:20Z")
I’m surprised no one’s mentioned Santana’s cover of “Europa” by Gato Barbieri–switched from saxophone to guitar. Santana’s cover doesn’t come across as sad as Gato but great ---
**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:** [September 19, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/1051 "2025-09-19T03:13:27Z")
“I Want You To Want Me” is one of Cheap Trick’s biggest hits. But the version of the song most people know is [the live version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCvbWvQYOmI) from _Cheap Trick at Budokan_. Here is the [original studio version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWDGv0L1HfI) of the song that was released a year earlier on their album _In Color_. Why does this qualify for this thread? Because the original studio version of the song isn’t that great. So Cheap Trick’s live version qualifies as a better cover version. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/1052 "2025-09-19T03:36:35Z")
I’m surprised Eva Cassidy - Songbird hasn’t been posted. It brought a lot of public attention to Eva. Unfortunately she had already died. Eva also covered Sting’s _Fields of Gold_ Songbird is Christine McVie’s masterpiece. It’s on Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours album. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bTNLYeaL7No/maxresdefault.jpg "Eva Cassidy - Songbird") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTNLYeaL7No) ---
**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:** [September 19, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/1053 "2025-09-19T08:05:04Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’m surprised Eva Cassidy - Songbird hasn’t been posted. Eva Cassidy has been mentioned ten times in this thread. I have mentioned her many times over the history of the SDMB. Enough times, I suspect, that people on the SDMB are sick of my talking about her. I consider her version of “Over the Rainbow” the best song performance in history. Also, on the list of my 50 favorite performances of songs is her version of “Fields of Gold”. One website I just found says that she performed 109 different songs that can be found somewhere online or in recordings (and there are probably many that weren’t recorded). I think they are all great. I think they nearly all are better than the original versions of the songs. If you put her name into a YouTube search, you will find many of them. You can also find many reaction videos to her performances of songs. Many CDs of her songs are available (nearly all after her death) and I own all of them. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/1054 "2025-09-20T16:23:25Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > I consider her version of “Over the Rainbow” the best song performance in history. I just watched her small stage version, how is that even possible. The singing and playing is flawless. Through just a pub PA - amazing talent. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/1055 "2025-09-21T20:01:20Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > PA What does PA mean in this context? ---
**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:** [September 21, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/1056 "2025-09-21T20:04:37Z")
WAG (not having seen the song/performance), I’m assuming Pub PA is referring to the speaker system ( PA) in a pub. ETA test ¶ Odd, ( PA), without the space, makes a paragraph symbol. ETA2, PA, in this context, would stand for Public Address ---
**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:** [September 22, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/1057 "2025-09-22T18:32:42Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > WAG (not having seen the song/performance), I’m assuming Pub PA is referring to the speaker system ( PA) in a pub. > [@Joey\_P](#): > > ETA2, PA, in this context, would stand for Public Address That is correct. In other words, in a small venue, without the benefit of recording studio equipment. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/1058 "2025-09-22T19:23:38Z")
Here’s a website about the recording of that album: > **[Live at Blues Alley – The Backstory – Eva Cassidy Web Site](https://evacassidy.org/live-at-blues-alley/)** ---
**Author:** ![Lar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lar/32/19958_2.png) [@Lar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lar)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/1059 "2025-09-22T19:32:44Z")
The Mississippi musical act Yot Club (one fellow, heh) released a cover of This Must Be the Place which is so sentimental and lovely that it makes the Talking Heads original sound like sarcasm. Even that cover art is perfect. To hear this song with memories of Baltimore puts a lump in my throat. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/1060 "2025-09-22T19:53:46Z")
> [@Lar](#): > > The Mississippi musical act Yot Club (one fellow, heh) released a cover of This Must Be the Place > **[yot club - this must be the place (Talking Heads cover) \[Lyrics\]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qhCik4H2yo%2F)** > > this must be the place by yot club // Turn captions on for lyrics ♪♬ Spotify ➡️ https://spoti.fi/2DX05yPSubscribe ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-HHJWC... ---
**Author:** ![Lar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lar/32/19958_2.png) [@Lar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lar)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/1061 "2025-09-30T01:24:09Z")
Yeah I know—I tried to include that very link but it wouldn’t let me, likely as that was only my second post ever, ha! Hope everyone enjoys that cover and keeps this fellow in business. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/1062 "2025-09-30T14:41:46Z")
I always liked this ‘version’, but that’s mostly due to liking the movie. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KoGDsB9DEY8/maxresdefault.jpg "This Must Be The Place - clip: Arcade Fire vs. Talking Heads") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoGDsB9DEY8) ---
**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:** [October 7, 2025, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/1063 "2025-10-07T02:55:05Z")
I’m calling these covers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lXrP3wFfBrM?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDlXrP3wFfBrM ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/1064 "2025-10-09T17:01:08Z")
I just listened to one of my new favorite songs. It’s a remake of Somethin’ Stupid by Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman. Apparently this made number 1 in the UK. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596.md?page=54)