# Your favorite 'non-traditional' cover of a hit song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029 "2008-11-16T20:11:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029/41 "2008-11-17T08:03:27Z")
No ones heard of Blowfly? My first thought was My Way by Sid Vicious. ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029/42 "2008-11-17T08:35:18Z")
> [@Bacon\_Salt](#): > > Scissor Sisters- [Comfortably Numb](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONr5fl-0liQ) Warning: if you’re anybody but me, you’ll hate this one. :eek: That was awesome in the most utterly terrifying way imaginable. Well, apart from the psychedelic jellyfish. They were just awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029/43 "2008-11-17T09:04:06Z")
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: David Byrne singing Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” and “These Boots are Made for Walking.” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029/44 "2008-11-17T10:22:21Z")
The Reverend Horton Heat did a cover medley of the **Jonny Quest Theme** and Stop That Pigeon. Someone has made a video of it [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3glXpU_q3d8). You can probably bail at 1:50, the second half is nothing special. The Jonny Quest part fuckin’ rocks! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029/45 "2008-11-17T10:36:36Z")
All time favorite? The London Philharmonic’s version of [Kashmir](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsD8f-N8gzg). Recent favorite: the Puppini Sisters’ [We Have All the Time in the World](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXcQ5lv8rm8). ---
**Author:** ![Carson\_O\_Genic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Carson\_O\_Genic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carson_O_Genic)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029/46 "2008-11-17T10:55:50Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I’ve got to go with this one. > > Though if Yes’s cover of America (written by Simon & Garfunkel) counts that would be my top pick. The song is very different in the Yes version and much, much better. Good picks. Hendrix made it hard for anyone to follow “Banner” playing a fretted instrument, but Bela Fleck covers it in an entirely new and fitting way on the eve of the '91 Gulf War. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2008, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029/47 "2008-11-17T11:03:37Z")
Frente! doing an acoustic cover of New Order’s _Bizarre Love Triangle_ ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029/48 "2008-11-17T11:41:21Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The Reverend Horton Heat did a cover medley of the **Jonny Quest Theme** and Stop That Pigeon. I have the CD that’s from - Saturday Morning Cartoons’ Greatest Hits. It is several shades of awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029/49 "2008-11-17T12:03:09Z")
Under the Bridge - Genaside II feat. Rose Windross Really nice, dark breakbeaty cover of Red Hot Chilli Peppers. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029/50 "2008-11-17T12:29:50Z")
Easy Star All Stars (the name in the YouTube video for “Time” linked below is incorrect) put out a reggae/dub cover of the classic Pink Floyd album called “Dub Side of the Moon” a couple of years ago. It’s all brilliant, but try [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8cPOUDqEVs&feature=related) and [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz7OFW3p1C8&feature=related) and [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHO5z4W9MvA&feature=related) on for size. Of course, there’s always the rock version of Boyz in the Hood by [Dynamite Hack](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVkMU1iRNYE). ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029/51 "2008-11-17T13:58:05Z")
Same one I always mention in these threads: the Stranglers’ furiously jammed-out punk version of Burt Bacharach’s “Walk On By.” ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029/52 "2008-11-17T14:42:03Z")
> [@Hostile\_Dialect](#): > > Of course, there’s always the rock version of Boyz in the Hood by [Dynamite Hack](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVkMU1iRNYE). See post #24 ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029/53 "2008-11-17T14:47:11Z")
Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard’s cover of “.32-20 Blues” is pretty good, as is Leppard’s covers album, “YEAH!” I especially like their version of “Rock On” because of their edginess and tension in the way the perform the song. I also quite like “Waterloo Sunset” and “Hangin’ On The Telephone.” ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029/54 "2008-11-17T15:06:13Z")
[Anything from this CD.](http://www.pigsflycd.com/) ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029/55 "2008-11-17T15:20:40Z")
> [@Mahna\_Mahna](#): > > On the same album he also covered [Wonderwall](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c98S1fNFEQ0) and [Black Hole Sun](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRlnWC1dtTs). > Genius. Pure genius. 🙂 No, it can’t be that version of “Black Hole Sun” - it has to be the Steve and Eydie version: ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6hZmWjQjHg0/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/6hZmWjQjHg0?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Sadly, no real video. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029/56 "2008-11-17T15:47:46Z")
Dolly Parton Singing “Stairway to Heaven” The live version is much better than [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp8-tJTUWto) studio version which is way too melodramatic. I like the energy coming out of her backup band on the live version. Always thought Stairway needed a banjo. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029/57 "2008-11-17T16:59:29Z")
Turtle Island String Quartet doing Whole Lotta Love. ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029/58 "2008-11-17T18:06:04Z")
Richard Thompson doing “Oops I Did it Again.” ---
**Author:** ![docandjean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@docandjean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/docandjean)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029/59 "2008-11-17T18:13:02Z")
Battlefield Band doing “Bad Moon Rising”, which really needed bagpipes. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029/60 "2008-11-17T18:29:18Z")
> [@docandjean](#): > > Battlefield Band doing “Bad Moon Rising”, which really needed bagpipes. BMR, as in Creedence Clearwater Revival? _Bagpipes?_ 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-traditional-cover-of-a-hit-song/473029.md?page=4)