# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/121 "2020-04-15T19:32:17Z")
[Billie Eilish’s cover of Bad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv6Rt2x6kPg) turns a cheesy West-Side-Story-in-the-80’s gang flex into one sexy song. Michael’s version never made any sense to me. [[The White Stripes - Jolene (Official Music video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXlULkwhgrc)]Jolene covered by The White Stripes]([The White Stripes - Jolene (Official Music video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXlULkwhgrc)) is just badass. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/122 "2020-04-15T19:39:51Z")
Gretchen Peters wrote and performed _On a a Bus to St. Cloud_, and it’s been covered by others including Trisha Yearwood, but Jimmy LaFave [just simply owns it](https://youtu.be/Ltszn4hXZ7s). ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/123 "2020-04-15T21:32:26Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Vonda Shepard, [It’s In His Kiss](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Ww6bRS3bA), courtesy of the Ally McBeal show, apparently. (I didn’t watch it but I like the sound) I remember this cover of [“For Once in My Life” from that show.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPiPnrx6pZc) It’s a different feel than the original - not “better than,” but I really like this cover’s interpretation. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/124 "2020-04-15T22:00:31Z")
Susan Tedeschi, in her own right, and here with the Tedeschi Trucks Band performing a cover of John Prine’s Angel From Montgomery mixed with a little cover of the Grateful Dead’s Sugaree. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/z17XtWc9o2E/maxresdefault.jpg "Tedeschi Trucks Band - "Angel From Montgomery/Sugaree" (Live From The Fox Oakland)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z17XtWc9o2E) ---
**Author:** ![doverpro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@doverpro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doverpro)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/125 "2020-04-16T01:43:45Z")
Johnny Cash and [Hurt](https://youtu.be/8AHCfZTRGiI). Watching the video gets me every time. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/126 "2020-04-16T01:55:32Z")
> [@2Bits](#): > > The Kinks sure aren’t covered often enough. Here’s a good one: > > [The Village Green Preservation Society](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGnNQ6PX-Mg) The Jam doing a much more energized version of [David Watts.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tLIZsijVwg) ---
**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:** [April 16, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/127 "2020-04-16T19:33:01Z")
Elvis Presley sings Nirvana\*: [Come as you are](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7QfuV8ivPk) Last cover thread I remember, someone posted the remarkable and excellent Trust In Me (from Disney’s The Jungle Book) by [Siouxsie and the Banshees](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbytZCT4Cy4). Worth reposting. Here’s a near cover version, but remarkable and wonderful so I’m posting it anyway. U2’s [Miss Sarajevo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWXQdw-YvVM) performed by Luciano Pavarotti, Brian Eno, Bono, The Edge and a sizeable orchestra. j - - No, not really. But give it a listen before clicking below. It’s… impressive. And not without merit. By [Jim Brown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown_(Elvis_impersonator)). The first album, [Gravelands](http://www.covermesongs.com/2019/06/cover-classics-king-gravelands.html), carried an explanation: Elvis, having died and gone to heaven, spends time with other dead musicians, absorbing their influences. He then returns to the land of the living, borrowing the body of Jim Brown, Belfast postman, for the purpose of recording an album of tributes to his new (dead) pals. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/128 "2020-04-16T20:03:50Z")
Finnish band, Steve 'n Seagulls cover of AC/DC Thunderstruck Who knew Finland had rednecks!!! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/e4Ao-iNPPUc/maxresdefault.jpg "Thunderstruck by Steve'n'Seagulls (LIVE)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc) ---
**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:** [April 16, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/129 "2020-04-16T20:12:29Z")
[Cotton Eye Joe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOYZaiDZ7BM) by Rednex Who knew _Sweden_ had Rednex? 😉 j ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/130 "2020-04-16T23:19:09Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > A jazz(?) band called The Bird and the Bee with a cover of [I’m Into Something Good](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3udGZ2vaBdY). I like their cover of [How Deep Is Your Love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8DAP_zl9Cw) (Bee Gees). They’re probably be categorized as indie pop. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/131 "2020-04-17T00:04:46Z")
Please allow me, to introduce **The String Cheese Incident** covering [Sympathy for the Devil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Moz3P2Z1gvw&list=RDMoz3P2Z1gvw&start_radio=1) And two covers of Tangled up in Blues… I think Dylan would approve. Leftover Salmon doing [Tangled Up in Blue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwE7SqC9cmM) Jerry Garcia Band doing [Tangled Up in Blue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxEsBAPleRY) Leftover Salmon covering [Harry Belafonte’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7K2QmrYqnw) [Boo Boo Song covered by LOS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNhqBY6cjZE) ---
**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 17, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/132 "2020-04-17T03:34:20Z")
[Good Lovin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xghN_1tJXVA)’ by the Gilberto Sextet. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/133 "2020-04-17T07:18:08Z")
Aurora does lovely covers: Bowie’s [Life on Mars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ095S0MmnA) Massive Attack’s [Teardrop](https://youtu.be/GPTY6l_PX5k?t=63) Meg Myers [Running Up That Hill](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKNalVx3F5I) I always feel it takes balls to do good covers where the greatest thing about the original is the singer - and both Liz Frazier and Kate Bush certainly qualify. ---
**Author:** ![doverpro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@doverpro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doverpro)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/134 "2020-04-17T15:52:39Z")
The incredible Nikki Hill covers [AC/DC’s If You Want Blood](https://youtu.be/VLly0BVAxBk) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/135 "2020-04-17T22:48:52Z")
> [@doverpro](#): > > Johnny Cash and [Hurt](https://youtu.be/8AHCfZTRGiI). Watching the video gets me every time. Woah. I always thought Johnny Cash took ownership of that song but I never saw the video before. That video removes all doubt. [Trent Reznor sort of agrees](https://www.nme.com/news/music/nine-inch-nails-149-1326704) ---
**Author:** ![Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/59ef9b/32.png) [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/136 "2020-04-18T00:30:15Z")
> [@doverpro](#): > > Johnny Cash and [Hurt](https://youtu.be/8AHCfZTRGiI). Yeah, that could easily be both the title and the OP for this thread. Trent who? ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/137 "2020-04-18T00:50:43Z")
[Bangles Cover Simon And Garfunkle’s Hazy Shade Of Winter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxrwImCJCqk) I love this cover, it’s from the movie [Less Than Zero, 1987](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093407/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). [Here’s the live version.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19d2aolIx0E) ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/138 "2020-04-18T15:20:38Z")
[quote=“robardin, post:111, topic:851596”] OK I’m just going to say that PMJB is going to win this as a category… I’ve just been listening to their collection on YouTube for the past hour-plus and at least one song sounds like it should _always_ have been a jazz standard, The Cardigans’ _Lovefool_: [/QUOTE] Yeah, some days I just put PMJB’s YouTube channel on and love everything that comes on. My absolute favorite of theirs is Meghan Trainor’s [“All About That Bass”](https://youtu.be/aLnZ1NQm2uk). They took a fun, if somewhat throwaway, pop song, and made it _ **damn** _ sexy. Visual appeal aside they managed to put together three different, yet complementary, vocalists who just crushed it. Not to mention two guys playing the same upright bass at the same time in the middle of the song. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/139 "2020-04-18T15:22:54Z")
Can’t swear it’s a _great_ cover, but just this morning I heard Cake’s version of [Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town](https://youtu.be/Qmk1wq9yT-Y), and it caused me to realize what a dark, dark song it really is. Never really paid attention to the lyrics too much before that. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596/140 "2020-04-20T00:39:41Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > Funny, I was going to post the a cover of this song by [Marie Digby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI2wnRAZeO4) that feels particularly heart-wrenching. > > Here is [Scarborough Fair](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t6mYbAxwG8) taken from an online video game called Little Hope, which I’ve never played nor heard of, but totally dig the cover. Marie Digby ! Nice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-great-cover-of-that-song/851596.md?page=8)