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You are here: Home / Economics / C.R.E.A.M. / Reluctantly the panic begins to catch

Reluctantly the panic begins to catch

by DougJ|  March 8, 20202:11 pm| 232 Comments

This post is in: C.R.E.A.M., Political Fundraising

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I’m pretty scared about coronavirus. I’m 50 and have chronic asthma. And I’ve got a young kid and a wife to take care of. I don’t think I want to talk about much about the epidemic here.

So I’m going to try to do fun topic posts and raise money for Democrats in the Senate. This shitshow in our government right now and its capacity to kill millions of people…well, you know we’ve got to double down on changing the guard as much as we can this fall.

Here’s one that came to me yesterday when I heard a crappy cover of a Beatles song: what examples can you think of songs where there are not one not two but three different good versions of it? Only one I can think of “Heard It Through the Grapevine” with Marvin, Gladys and CCR. Any others? And obviously standards don’t count — there’s probably 30 great versions of My Funny Valentine.

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232Comments

  1. 1.

    Darrin Ziliak (formerly glocksman)

    March 8, 2020 at 2:15 pm

    Happy Xmas (War Is Over) both the original and The Alarm cover.

  2. 2.

    Jerzy Russian

    March 8, 2020 at 2:18 pm

    Proud Mary?

  3. 3.

    DougJ

    March 8, 2020 at 2:19 pm

    What are they besides CCR and Ike & Tina?

  4. 4.

    WaterGirl

    March 8, 2020 at 2:20 pm

    Doug, do you mean you raised it to $50,000?

  5. 5.

    DougJ

    March 8, 2020 at 2:20 pm

    There’s one other I forgot “Do Right Woman” — Aretha, Gram Parsons, Delaney & Bonnie.

  6. 6.

    DougJ

    March 8, 2020 at 2:20 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Yes

  7. 7.

    Anotherlurker

    March 8, 2020 at 2:22 pm

    Bruce Springsteen wrote and performed “Atlantic City”. The Band’s version of the song is wonderful!   Also, check out Dylan’s “When I Paint My Masterpiece” with the Band’s version. ELO’s cover of “Roll Over Beethoven” is a fitting tribute to Chuck Berry’s  original masterpiece.

  8. 8.

    WaterGirl

    March 8, 2020 at 2:23 pm

    Doug, I already my post scheduled when you posted this.  I doubt that either one will be competition for the other, so I think we’re good to leave both of them up.

  9. 9.

    Jerzy Russian

    March 8, 2020 at 2:23 pm

    @DougJ:   I have this vague memory of hearing Elvis sing Proud Mary on one of the internet oldies stations.  I don’t listen to “live” radio much any more these days, but the Ike and Tina version was the most commonly heard version.

  10. 10.

    MattF

    March 8, 2020 at 2:24 pm

    According to Wikipedia, ‘Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor‘ has had (at least!) 41 covers, and that doesn’t include the anonymous author.

  11. 11.

    Amir Khalid

    March 8, 2020 at 2:24 pm

    I Put A Spell on You, by Screaming Jay Hawkins, CCR and Samantha Fish.

  12. 12.

    joel hanes

    March 8, 2020 at 2:27 pm

    songs where there are not one not two but three different good versions of it?

    Little Wing

    Hendrix, Derek and the Dominoes, Stevie Ray Vaughn

  13. 13.

    DougJ

    March 8, 2020 at 2:27 pm

    @WaterGirl:

     

    Fine by me.  I honestly don’t care about that kind of thing.  I like posts to appear suddenly and unpredictably.  It’s all in the game IMHO

  14. 14.

    marv

    March 8, 2020 at 2:27 pm

    Respect – Otis, The Rationals, Aretha

  15. 15.

    wizend_guy

    March 8, 2020 at 2:27 pm

    Satisfaction: The Stones, Otis Redding, Devo

  16. 16.

    WaterGirl

    March 8, 2020 at 2:28 pm

    @DougJ: I wasn’t being a jerk, I thought you might want to change your last line. :-)

  17. 17.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 8, 2020 at 2:28 pm

    But it did not affect
    (The steady sale of junk)

    There are a couple of decent covers of That’s When I Reach For My Revolver.  The Catherine Wheel and Moby.  Oddly enough, SFAW and I went back and forth over it after a nonironic use of neoliberal caused this song to come to my mind Friday night.

  18. 18.

    joel hanes

    March 8, 2020 at 2:30 pm

    Round Midnight, by a huge number of different jazz artists

    But this version is canonical :

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEaDj6TXiQQ

  19. 19.

    Amir Khalid

    March 8, 2020 at 2:32 pm

    Off-topic, because why not? Manchester United have won their Premier League derby against City 2-0  after two bad mistakes by City’s Brazil goalkeeper Ederson gifted them both goals, the latter with seconds left in injury time. The result leaves Liverpool just two wins away from the league title. YNWA!

  20. 20.

    The Dangerman

    March 8, 2020 at 2:32 pm

    This is a repeat thought from a couple weeks ago thread on music; I’m blown away by Disturbed’s version of Sound of Silence. Actually, since I’m into repeating thoughts here, I’ll toss out Natalie Maines’ version of a Pink Floyd classic. What’s kinda cool is both those are pretty far outside the typical for those artists…

    …and, to toss out something new, a shout out to Nanci Griffith for her classic disc of nothing but covers.

  21. 21.

    Mowgli

    March 8, 2020 at 2:33 pm

    Cohen’s Hallelujah has many, many fine covers, including the one used in the first Shrek movie.

  22. 22.

    Amir Khalid

    March 8, 2020 at 2:34 pm

    Should standards be included? There are going to be many outstanding versions of standards.

  23. 23.

    PsiFighter37

    March 8, 2020 at 2:34 pm

    Where’s the link where I can donate to defunct presidential campaigns? If I want to vote for one, surely I can throw away my hard-earned money as well.

  24. 24.

    joel hanes

    March 8, 2020 at 2:35 pm

    Other jazz standards credibly covered by pretty much everyone:

    Misty

    Stella By Starlight

  25. 25.

    trollhattan

    March 8, 2020 at 2:35 pm

    There are myriad covers of “River” and I’m very enthusiastic about those by Madeleine Peyroux and Holly Cole, which enhance the song in unique ways. God help me, there’s a version listed from Robert Downey Jr. Not volunteering to listen.

  26. 26.

    dogwood

    March 8, 2020 at 2:35 pm

    Fields of Gold – Eva Cassidy

  27. 27.

    joel hanes

    March 8, 2020 at 2:36 pm

    @PsiFighter37:

    Decent candidates often take the unused campaign funds and give them to another candidate who needs them.

    And now you’ve annoyed me enough.  Pied.

  28. 28.

    sgrAstar

    March 8, 2020 at 2:36 pm

    I love this. The magnificent Gimme Shelter: Rolling Stones (many versions, including Merry Clayton and Lady Gaga) Sisters of Mercy, Playing for Change.

     

    ?

  29. 29.

    piratedan

    March 8, 2020 at 2:37 pm

    Two entries… the promised land by Chuck  Berry and Dave Edmunds… Wild Horses by The Stones and The Sundays..

  30. 30.

    DougJ

    March 8, 2020 at 2:37 pm

    Nah, there’s too many.

  31. 31.

    DougJ

    March 8, 2020 at 2:38 pm

    @WaterGirl:

     

    Thanks for catching that

  32. 32.

    The Dangerman

    March 8, 2020 at 2:38 pm

    @trollhattan:

    God help me, there’s a version listed from Robert Downey Jr. Not volunteering to listen.

    He covered it on Ally McBeal when he was on. It’s actually pretty good as I recall … I’d confirm but it’s time for breakfast finally (time changes mess me up).

  33. 33.

    DougJ

    March 8, 2020 at 2:39 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

     

    One of my favorite Clash songs

  34. 34.

    James E Powell

    March 8, 2020 at 2:39 pm

    @Mowgli:

    Just too slow for you, Mowgli. That was the first song that came to mind.

    The second was Chimes of Freedom. The third was Gloria.

  35. 35.

    Haydnseek

    March 8, 2020 at 2:39 pm

    Take me to the river.

  36. 36.

    eemom

    March 8, 2020 at 2:40 pm

    Two songs I never knew WERE covers: Thorogood’s One Bourbon One Scotch and the Stones’ It’s All Over Now. Recently heard John Lee Hooker’s version of the former, which is also a cover, and the original of the latter by the Valentinos.

    XM/Sirius does have some cool shit.

  37. 37.

    trollhattan

    March 8, 2020 at 2:40 pm

    @piratedan:

    Speaking of the criminally underappreciated Dave Edmunds, his “Queen of Hearts” is the definitive one.

    Seeing him with Rockpile in a little club remains a musical highlight.

  38. 38.

    Haydnseek

    March 8, 2020 at 2:41 pm

    Here’s my all-time favorite.  All Along The Watchtower by Hendrix and Dylan of course, but the XTC version is incredible.  Can’t link, but YouTube is your pal.

  39. 39.

    pamelabrown53

    March 8, 2020 at 2:42 pm

    @PsiFighter37:

    Gotta admit I LOLed a little. However, my guess is you’ll get a couple of more pies for your effort.

  40. 40.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 8, 2020 at 2:42 pm

    @DougJ: Combat Rock is underrated.  The hits got overplayed, and the rest got ignored.

  41. 41.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 8, 2020 at 2:42 pm

    @PsiFighter37: Just a sec.  I need to dig up my PayPal address.

  42. 42.

    West of the Rockies

    March 8, 2020 at 2:42 pm

    @dogwood:

    Oh, my… What a voice!

  43. 43.

    Haydnseek

    March 8, 2020 at 2:43 pm

    @joel hanes: Excellent choice.

  44. 44.

    trollhattan

    March 8, 2020 at 2:44 pm

    @eemom:

    IIRC the Womacks wrote “It’s All Over Now.” My favorite non-traditional version is Ry Cooder’s from “Paradise and Lunch.”

  45. 45.

    trollhattan

    March 8, 2020 at 2:46 pm

    @Haydnseek:

    XTC’s version is a lot of fun. Here’s a quirky version from long-lost Barbara Keith.

  46. 46.

    eemom

    March 8, 2020 at 2:47 pm

    @Haydnseek:

    Take me to the river

    Heard Al Green’s version of that for the first time the other day.

    @The Dangerman:

    I’m blown away by Disturbed’s version of Sound of Silence.

    Blown away is the ONLY way to describe that.

  47. 47.

    Haydnseek

    March 8, 2020 at 2:47 pm

    @Amir Khalid:Tottenham supporter here.  I can’t wait for the 2nd leg of their Champions League match against Leipzig.  It ain’t easy being for Spurs.  Always good enough to get your hopes up, but never quite good enough to bring home the hardware.  Ah well, that’s what makes it fun.

  48. 48.

    WereBear

    March 8, 2020 at 2:50 pm

    @Amir Khalid: You forgot my favorite, Arthur Brown.

  49. 49.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 8, 2020 at 2:50 pm

    Peaky Blinders has uncovered/inspired a bunch of covers of Red Right Hand.  Including this one by Snoop.

  50. 50.

    eemom

    March 8, 2020 at 2:51 pm

    @trollhattan:

    Yeah. The DJ said Bobby Womack was pissed at first when the Stones’ version became a huge hit, but he got over it when the royalty check came.

  51. 51.

    pamelabrown53

    March 8, 2020 at 2:51 pm

    “Me and Bobby McGee” by Kris Kristofferson, Roger Miller and the inimitable Janis Joplin. Heard others sing it too.

  52. 52.

    Haydnseek

    March 8, 2020 at 2:53 pm

    @trollhattan:Nice!  I’ve never heard this version.  Strange to hear it by a female, but she does a very good job with it.  Thanks!

  53. 53.

    debbie

    March 8, 2020 at 2:53 pm

    Only one I can think of “Heard It Through the Grapevine” with Marvin, Gladys and CCR. Any others?

    Prince’s When You Were Mine. I love Cyndi Lauper’s version, but nothing can top Mitch Ryder’s version; I think it’s the best of all.

  54. 54.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    March 8, 2020 at 2:54 pm

    “Without You” by Badfinger, covered by Harry Nilsson and Mariah Carey.

  55. 55.

    Orange is the New Red

    March 8, 2020 at 2:54 pm

    @Haydnseek: Ritchie Havens did a great version too.

  56. 56.

    MagdaInBlack

    March 8, 2020 at 2:55 pm

    @Amir Khalid:

    Check out the Nina Simone version.?

  57. 57.

    Haydnseek

    March 8, 2020 at 2:56 pm

    @eemom: Try Talking Heads version of Take Me To The River.  Somehow a bunch of NYC white hipsters record a version that’s not just quirky but soulful.

  58. 58.

    Luciamia

    March 8, 2020 at 2:57 pm

    Heart like a wheel

  59. 59.

    currants

    March 8, 2020 at 2:58 pm

    @sgrAstar: Oh I LOVE the Playing for Change version.  It’s one of their song-around-the-world pieces (okay, I love most of them).

  60. 60.

    Haydnseek

    March 8, 2020 at 2:58 pm

    @Orange is the New Red: He sure did.  Can’t believe I forgot that one.

  61. 61.

    AnotherBruce

    March 8, 2020 at 2:59 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Go straight to hell, buddy.

  62. 62.

    Dulcie

    March 8, 2020 at 2:59 pm

    The Beatles Blackbird. My favorite cover is by Billy Preston, but there are good ones by Dionne Farris, Sarah MacLachlan, Carly Simon, and CSN&Y.

  63. 63.

    WaterGirl

    March 8, 2020 at 3:00 pm

    @joel hanes: Do we know if Warren or others who have dropped out have a surplus of funds or outstanding debt that needs to be retired?

  64. 64.

    Another Scott

    March 8, 2020 at 3:00 pm

    @eemom: Howdy stranger.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  65. 65.

    Luciamia

    March 8, 2020 at 3:01 pm

    “War”

  66. 66.

    Kelly

    March 8, 2020 at 3:01 pm

    Angel from Montgomery, Bonnie Raitt, EmmyLou Harris and John Denver

  67. 67.

    Haydnseek

    March 8, 2020 at 3:02 pm

    @Kelly:I’d like to add John Prine to your excellent list.

  68. 68.

    Hungry Joe

    March 8, 2020 at 3:03 pm

    “Yummy Yummy Yummy I’ve Got Love in My Tummy” — covers  by Pavement, Leonard Cohen, and Fiona Apple.

  69. 69.

    NeenerNeener

    March 8, 2020 at 3:04 pm

    @trollhattan: RDJ sang River during an Ally McBeal episode and he’s actually pretty good.

     

    ETA: I see somebody else noted this first.

  70. 70.

    Jazzman

    March 8, 2020 at 3:05 pm

    The Beatles also did a great version of Roll Over Beethoven, and Elvis did a killer (live) version of Promised Land.

    And let’s not forget covers by non-famous bands.  Every bar band in the USA covered In The Midnight Hour.

  71. 71.

    andy

    March 8, 2020 at 3:05 pm

    I’m 58, have asthma and had pneumonia several times, once badly enough to be hospitalized and I’m not worried about myself at all. I work nights and mostly alone and avoid crowds because of social anxiety. I guess I could still get it and die (maybe), but if I go it’ll be with barely a ripple.

    But I hear about how other countries have whole regions under quarantine, with medical establishments treating it as an all hands on deck problem, and I think of the human waste we’ve been blessed with overseeing it here. It would be like Pearl Harbor, Katrina, and 9/11 rolled into one, and the only thing that will save this “administration” is a pandemic firing on all cylinders come election day.

  72. 72.

    Kelly

    March 8, 2020 at 3:06 pm

    @Haydnseek: John Prine isn’t cover since he wrote it but yeah I like his version of all his songs

  73. 73.

    Luciamia

    March 8, 2020 at 3:06 pm

    Published in 1938, “I’ll Be Seeing You” would be considered a standard. But Judy Collins ethereal version was the first time I’d heard it.

  74. 74.

    piratedan

    March 8, 2020 at 3:06 pm

    @trollhattan: that for some reason triggered the They Might Be Giants cover of “Instanbul, not Constantinople”, I believe that the original may have been done by The Four Lads…. but ymmv as to whether a novelty song actually fits this category… and speaking to Edmunds, he did an awesome job of mining Berry’s lesser known tunes, Edmunds was a rockabilly aficionado and was willing to cover anything that was cool, so you have a gamut of covers going from Dear Dad from Berry to The Race Is On by George Jones (later covered by the Stray Cats, who Edmunds produced).

    Some songs really are timeless but their interpretation by an artist really can put a stamp on them.

  75. 75.

    Jim Parish

    March 8, 2020 at 3:07 pm

    Does “Summertime” count as a standard? I have four versions, by the Walker Brothers, Ella & Louis, Janis Joplin, and – the best, to my ears – Sam Cooke. All of them are good, in different ways.

    Second the motion on Disturbed’s “Sound of Silence”.

  76. 76.

    eclare

    March 8, 2020 at 3:07 pm

    Nothing Compares to U, Prince and Sinead O’Connor

  77. 77.

    Haydnseek

    March 8, 2020 at 3:07 pm

    @Kelly: Gahhh!  You got me!  I should have known that just from owning the LP.  For some reason I thought someone else wrote it.

  78. 78.

    Pittsburgh Mike

    March 8, 2020 at 3:08 pm

    The Beatles did ‘With a little help from my friends” but Joe Cocker’s version is definitely better, as is the Ritchie Havens version.

    “Wrecking Ball” was written by Neil Young, but I like the Emmylou Harris version better.

  79. 79.

    debbie

    March 8, 2020 at 3:09 pm

    @Pittsburgh Mike:

    Her version of anything is always better!

  80. 80.

    Aleta

    March 8, 2020 at 3:09 pm

    @andy: Well said, those last two sentences

  81. 81.

    Aleta

    March 8, 2020 at 3:10 pm

    …

  82. 82.

    Slim from MA

    March 8, 2020 at 3:11 pm

    @Haydnseek: He wrote it, he damn well belongs there. ?

     

    Many folks seem to be struggling with the number three.

  83. 83.

    James E Powell

    March 8, 2020 at 3:16 pm

    @Dulcie:

    The Beatles Blackbird. My favorite cover is by Billy Preston, but there are good ones by Dionne Farris, Sarah MacLachlan, Carly Simon, and CSN&Y.

    And bad ones by four out of five guys who pick up an acoustic at Guitar Center.

  84. 84.

    JanieM

    March 8, 2020 at 3:18 pm

    Lots of great songs listed already….

    I’m going to violate the rules by citing an old standard, because it’s one of my all-time favorite songs and I have an all-time favorite version from a surprising direction:

    Can’t Help Falling in Love, sung by Arlo and friends.

    We Five did a great version too.

    And there’s always Elvis.

  85. 85.

    James E Powell

    March 8, 2020 at 3:18 pm

    @Jazzman:

    Every bar band in the USA covered In The Midnight Hour.

    Old one: How many bar bands does it take to do Mustang Sally?

    Apparently all of them.

  86. 86.

    Haydnseek

    March 8, 2020 at 3:18 pm

    @James E Powell: Reminds me of the classic sign in the guitar dept:  “No Stairway To Heaven”

  87. 87.

    Aleta

    March 8, 2020 at 3:19 pm

    @eemom: very glad you’re back

  88. 88.

    trollhattan

    March 8, 2020 at 3:20 pm

    @eemom:

    Royalty checks soothe a lot of bruised souls. :-)

    IIUC Janis made peace with Big Mama over “Ball and Chain” by taking her on tour with Big Brother as opening. Apparently they developed a good deal of affection for one another.

  89. 89.

    trollhattan

    March 8, 2020 at 3:22 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    Didn’t Nilsson write it?

    [checks, nope, the Ham brothers done it first]

  90. 90.

    A Ghost To Most

    March 8, 2020 at 3:24 pm

    Sturgill Simpson does “In Bloom” way better than Nirvana.

  91. 91.

    trollhattan

    March 8, 2020 at 3:24 pm

    @James E Powell:

    My vote for egregiously overdone song is “Sweet Home Chicago.” Enough, already.

  92. 92.

    piratedan

    March 8, 2020 at 3:25 pm

    @trollhattan:

    Pretty sure that was Tom Evans and Pete Ham of  Badfinger who wrote Without You….

  93. 93.

    Haydnseek

    March 8, 2020 at 3:25 pm

    @JanieM: Wow!  We Five really takes me back.  In the 80’s I was hired to work for a nutritional supplements company, and was hired and trained by Jerry Burgan.  He and his wife were in We Five, and they had some great stories.  They lived not far from me, so I used to visit them now and then.  They had a great home studio in a separate building in their backyard where their son’s band practiced.  Wonderful people.

  94. 94.

    trollhattan

    March 8, 2020 at 3:26 pm

    @A Ghost To Most:

    Johnny Cash will own “Hurt” for eternity.

  95. 95.

    A Ghost To Most

    March 8, 2020 at 3:28 pm

    If Linda Ronstadt covered it, it is likely the best version.

  96. 96.

    James E Powell

    March 8, 2020 at 3:31 pm

    @trollhattan:

    No. Pete Ham & Tom Evans of Badfinger wrote it. There’s a sad history to those guys and that song.

  97. 97.

    trollhattan

    March 8, 2020 at 3:31 pm

    @A Ghost To Most:

    “Blue Bayou” I’ll have to vote a draw, but generally hell yeah. And her gender-flipping version of “Poor, Poor Pitiful Me” might be the most fun example.

  98. 98.

    trollhattan

    March 8, 2020 at 3:33 pm

    @James E Powell:

    Speaking of Badfinger, Aimee Mann has a great version of “Baby Blue.”

  99. 99.

    wizend_guy

    March 8, 2020 at 3:34 pm

    @Haydnseek: Also the Neil Young version.

  100. 100.

    Yutsano

    March 8, 2020 at 3:35 pm

    @trollhattan: “Hallelujah” How many fricking versions do we need?

  101. 101.

    Zinsky

    March 8, 2020 at 3:36 pm

    “The First Cut is the Deepest”

    Originally written by Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart did a very respectable version of it and then Sheryl Crow re-worked and added a killer guitar solo.  All three versions are awesome in their own way, in my opinion.

  102. 102.

    Yutsano

    March 8, 2020 at 3:37 pm

    Also: can we put Steve Bullock on the list as well? Montana is a rather inexpensive market and some scratch would go a long way there.

  103. 103.

    zhena gogolia

    March 8, 2020 at 3:37 pm

    Oh, if we can’t talk about standards, I’m outta here!

    Here’s my favorite singer-songwriter doing “Your Cheatin’ Heart.” I think this version is so beautiful and sensitive.

  104. 104.

    Htownrobin

    March 8, 2020 at 3:40 pm

    Like A Rolling Stone: Hendrix, Mick Ronson (w/ David Bowie on vocals), and the version by the Stones on ‘Stripped’ isn’t bad.

  105. 105.

    zhena gogolia

    March 8, 2020 at 3:41 pm

    @eemom:

    Good to see you! I don’t even know who your candidate is/was!

  106. 106.

    zhena gogolia

    March 8, 2020 at 3:41 pm

    @PsiFighter37:

    Haha, I don’t even try to fight that battle. I appreciate your efforts.

  107. 107.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 8, 2020 at 3:43 pm

    @Yutsano: One.  Cohen’s own.

  108. 108.

    wizend_guy

    March 8, 2020 at 3:43 pm

    Feels Like Rain: John Hiatt, Aaron Neville, Buddy Guy/Bonnie Raitt.

    In fact, nearly every John Hiatt song has multiple great covers.

  109. 109.

    8 man shell

    March 8, 2020 at 3:44 pm

    The best thing that could happen to America, and the planet in general, is if the human population was reduced by about 2/3.

    Unfortunately, I don’t think Wuhan/Corona/whatever is up to the task.

    There is some small comfort in knowing that the people most likely to die are the elderly who are more likely to be Trump voters.

  110. 110.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 8, 2020 at 3:46 pm

    @8 man shell: Christ, what an asshole.

  111. 111.

    8 man shell

    March 8, 2020 at 3:46 pm

    @A Ghost To Most:

     

    Yep.

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    eemom

    March 8, 2020 at 3:47 pm

    @Zinsky:

    “The First Cut is the Deepest”

    Originally written by Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart did a very respectable version of it

    Ah, that reminds me of Tim Hardin, whose own version of Reason to Believe, which he wrote, is a gazillion times better than Stewart’s. He also wrote and recorded the oft-covered If I Were A Carpenter.

    Yet another brilliant life tragically lost to heroin.

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    8 man shell

    March 8, 2020 at 3:48 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Let me guess, you’re one of these morons who think that there’s absolutely no problem having 9 billion people on this planet.

    Dumbass.

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    Van Buren

    March 8, 2020 at 3:48 pm

    All along the Watchtower…Dylan, Hendrix, The Dead

  115. 115.

    zhena gogolia

    March 8, 2020 at 3:49 pm

    Somewhat OT, but I got a rave review on Emma from a friend. It isn’t playing here yet. I hope it’s okay to go at our usual mid-day weekday time when there’s no one in the theater.

  116. 116.

    eemom

    March 8, 2020 at 3:50 pm

    @zhena gogolia:

    Good to see you! I don’t even know who your candidate is/was!

    Thank you! And I love that greeting enough to marry it. ?

    Voted for Warren last Tuesday, which feels like a million years ago.

  117. 117.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 8, 2020 at 3:51 pm

    @zhena gogolia: Don’t lick the armrests of the seats.

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    CaseyL

    March 8, 2020 at 3:51 pm

    @The Dangerman:

    @eemom:

    Holy wow.

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    Froley

    March 8, 2020 at 3:53 pm

    “Love Hurts” by Roy Orbison, Emmylou Harris/Gram Parsons and Nazareth.

    For “Heard It Through the Grapevine,” I’d also add The Slits’ cover.

  120. 120.

    A Ghost To Most

    March 8, 2020 at 3:53 pm

    Carlos Santana did an incendiary version of “All Along the Watchtower”.

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    CaseyL

    March 8, 2020 at 3:56 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Gotta disagree:  Jeff Buckley’s is my definitive version.  (Love Leonard Cohen but the man is no singer.)

  122. 122.

    eemom

    March 8, 2020 at 3:57 pm

    @eclare:

    Sinead O’Connor

    She has a cool cover of Peter Tosh’s Downpresser.

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    J R in WV

    March 8, 2020 at 3:58 pm

     

    Well, we made our next donation to this cause! Also donating to Jaime Harrison in SC, Mark Kelly in AZ and AMy McGrath in KY directly.

    Today is very spring like here in WV. We have both the back door and the front door propped open for the cross breeze, and from time to time we hear tiny happy frogs out the front door, which opens into the great room / kitchen. We mostly live in the Kitchen, for obvious reasons.

    I have a ham sandwich with swiss and a hot garlic pickle, and for some reason a very affectionate 50 pound puppy won’t leave me alone…

  124. 124.

    J R in WV

    March 8, 2020 at 4:02 pm

    @joel hanes:

    Other jazz standards credibly covered by pretty much everyone:

    Misty

    Stella By Starlight

    Both of those songs are pretty difficult to play on the piano, for me at least. I love them both, my dad was passionate about both of them.

  125. 125.

    James E Powell

    March 8, 2020 at 4:05 pm

    @trollhattan:

    That gives us the three versions needed to qualify: Badfinger, Phil Keaggy, Aimee Mann. I’m sure there are others.

    I was in cover bands and we tried to get this song right, but never did. We nailed “No Matter What” but could not get “Baby Blue” to my satisfaction.

  126. 126.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    March 8, 2020 at 4:05 pm

    @trollhattan: Good cover, I was trying to remember how Badfinger got their name, teh Google is here to help.  They were called The Ivies when they were signed by Apple, there was concern about confusion with another band.  The name came from a Lennon song with the working title of “Badfinger Boogie”, whose final title is referenced earlier in this here thread, “With a Little Help from My Friends”.

  127. 127.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    March 8, 2020 at 4:06 pm

    I’ll have to toss in “Summer Breeze”, the Seals and Croft original, the Isley Brothers*, and Type O Negative.

    *I’m not a big fan of their version, but lots of people disagree with me, so.

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    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    March 8, 2020 at 4:09 pm

    @8 man shell: You seem nice.

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    Aleta

    March 8, 2020 at 4:10 pm

    Cassandra Wilson does great covers — of so many songs.  Can’t remember all,but Crazy Love,
    If Loving You Is Wrong,

    Don’t Worry Baby (I think…or not) come to mind.

     

    eta well maybe not D.W.Baby, I don’t see it. But I know Ferron did a great cover.

  130. 130.

    J R in WV

    March 8, 2020 at 4:10 pm

    @Luciamia:

    Judy Collins ethereal version

    All of her work was ethereal, wonderful. We saw her live in a tiny club in NYC the last time wife and I were up there. Expensive cover, had a great dinner, champers, was our last night at the big apple that trip. She had a piano player and her guitar, it was wonderful.

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    PST

    March 8, 2020 at 4:12 pm

    @Jim Parish: And if not Summertime, then what about Summertime Blues? Eddie Cochran and The Who, without a doubt, and maybe Blue Cheer.

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    anarchoRex

    March 8, 2020 at 4:13 pm

    “Behind Blue Eyes” has a lot of great covers.

  133. 133.

    J R in WV

    March 8, 2020 at 4:16 pm

    @8 man shell:

    the people most likely to die are the elderly who are more likely to be Trump voters.

    Actually all of our friends who are our age (~70) are big Democratic supporters, so, thanks so much for your hatred, best of luck to you in the plague! Ha —  Never seen this nym before, won’t be reading it ever again!

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    Brachiator

    March 8, 2020 at 4:18 pm

    Leon Russell’s “A Song For You.” Leon. Donny Hathaway, Simply Red and others.  The finest version is by Carmen McRae, on her album, The Great American Songbook.

     

    Also, “If I Were A Carpenter,” Tim Hardin, Robert Plant, Johnny Cash, Joan Baez. And the definitive version by Bobby Darin.

    Bonus Round. “Mack the Knife.” Whole bunch of people, and again, Bobby Darin

  135. 135.

    J R in WV

    March 8, 2020 at 4:19 pm

    @PST:

    what about Summertime Blues? Eddie Cochran and The Who, without a doubt, and maybe Blue Cheer.

    Not going to take time to look it up, but IIRC Canned Heat did Summertime Blues back in the day a long time ago. Underrated blues band …

  136. 136.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    March 8, 2020 at 4:19 pm

    @J R in WV:

    Never seen this nym before, won’t be reading it ever again!

    That one sounds like a lover of pie.

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    Geoduck

    March 8, 2020 at 4:20 pm

    Adam Sandler, of all people, does a pretty decent cover of Warren Zevon’s Werewolves of London.

    And it’s not exactly a cover, but someone discovered that you could match up the H. P. Lovecraft poem “Nemesis” with the music of Billy Joel’s Piano Man..

  138. 138.

    trollhattan

    March 8, 2020 at 4:24 pm

    @Aleta:

    Saw Cassandra Wilson a few years ago and she gave a wonderfully quirky performance, as one might expect. Her band may have been the best part of the show, they were over-the-top good. A great night.

  139. 139.

    Aleta

    March 8, 2020 at 4:24 pm

    @Aleta: Cassandra W., Crazy Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqOHwJJsY_k

     

    .

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    JPL

    March 8, 2020 at 4:26 pm

    @PsiFighter37: lol   Some of us just want to know how the baby is.

  141. 141.

    Aleta

    March 8, 2020 at 4:27 pm

    Cassandra W.,  If Loving You is Wrong

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=theMDrkhLN0

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    trollhattan

    March 8, 2020 at 4:29 pm

    @James E Powell: @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    Was pretty stoked the way they worked “Baby Blue” into the Breaking Bad finale, introducing an entire generation to Badfinger’s catalog.

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    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    March 8, 2020 at 4:33 pm

    Hesitant to do this, since the Disturbed version is so amazing, but Pentatonix also covered “The Sounds of Silence”.

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    piratedan

    March 8, 2020 at 4:35 pm

    Should have remembered Nick Lowe’s What’s So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding also done Elvis Costello and Curtis Stigers

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    Nwerner

    March 8, 2020 at 4:37 pm

    Drift Away – John Henry Kurtz, Dobie Gray, Ike and Tina Turner and maybe even Uncle Kracker.

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    Fair and Balanced Dave

    March 8, 2020 at 4:38 pm

    @A Ghost To Most: Her version of “Desperado” is WAY better than the original version by The Eagles.

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    Mai naem mobile

    March 8, 2020 at 4:39 pm

    I think you should put Montana in there. Bullock has a chance especially with stuff going on with Obamacare.  I am guessing it’s a cheap media market because it’s so rural and low population.

    Cover songs don’t know if anybody has mentioned this but Suspicious Minds covers by Fine Young Cannibals and Dwight Yoakam.

  148. 148.

    PsiFighter37

    March 8, 2020 at 4:39 pm

    @JPL: Taking a nap at the moment. We went for a walk today (it’s a gorgeous day in Manhattan – high 50s and sunny), and that has taken us to a 1h15m nap and counting so far. She’s doing great overall though! Thanks for asking :)

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    eclare

    March 8, 2020 at 4:40 pm

    @eemom: Good to see you!

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    opiejeanne

    March 8, 2020 at 4:41 pm

    @trollhattan: It’s actually pretty good. He sounds a lot like Bruce Springsteen.

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    eclare

    March 8, 2020 at 4:42 pm

    @Aleta: Her version of The Weight is excellent.

  152. 152.

    Barbara

    March 8, 2020 at 4:43 pm

    Ooh Ooh Child –Five Stairsteps and too many covers to count, but the original is still one of my favorite songs of all time.

  153. 153.

    West of the Rockies

    March 8, 2020 at 4:45 pm

    @eemom:

    I like Sinead’s Don’t Cry for Me Argentina.

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    James E Powell

    March 8, 2020 at 4:47 pm

    @Mai naem mobile:

    Cover songs don’t know if anybody has mentioned this but Suspicious Minds covers by Fine Young Cannibals and Dwight Yoakam.

    Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter did a really good duet version.

  155. 155.

    Fair and Balanced Dave

    March 8, 2020 at 4:49 pm

    There have been a lot of good covers of “Born Under a Bad Sign”.  In addition to Albert King (who recorded it twice), there are great versions by Cream, Peter Green and Rory Gallagher.

  156. 156.

    LeftCoastYankee

    March 8, 2020 at 4:50 pm

    A lot of good ones. The “All along the Watchtower” shoutouts made me think of “Voodoo Child”.

    Every time I hear Stevie Ray Vaughn’s version, I’m convinced it’s the best. Then I hear Hendrix’s version again, and am convinced it is the best.

  157. 157.

    chrisanthemama

    March 8, 2020 at 4:50 pm

    Ooh Las Vegas:  Gram Parsons/Emmylou Harris, Cowboy Junkies, and Orville Peck (the last one, I hadn’t heard of before):

    https://www.youtube.com   /watch?v=rb_3nzgEORg

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cp0Tr1jmxE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cp0Tr1jmxE

  158. 158.

    smintheus

    March 8, 2020 at 4:51 pm

    There have been a bunch of excellent versions of Shakin’ All Over, especially Johnny Kidd’s original recording, The Guess Who’s version, and Wanda Jackson’s. The live recordings by the Twiliters and The Who are pretty fine too, though not as distinctively original as the first three.

  159. 159.

    Brachiator

    March 8, 2020 at 4:53 pm

    “Try a Little Tenderness” is a song where a later version has overshadowed the original.

    The original was a Depression era tune, recorded in 1932 by the Ray Noble Orchestra. Bing Crosby later did a version.  The modern version by Otis Redding is definitive, and Three Dog Night. Jay-Z and Kanye West heavily sampled the song in “Otis.”

  160. 160.

    Mel

    March 8, 2020 at 4:54 pm

    @8 man shell: Stop and think for a minute.

    There are also lots of people here who are over 50 or have health conditions who are not Trumpers. Some of us are also, healthy or not, young or old, caring for vulnerable others (parents, grandchildren, children, spouses) as well.

    In the abstract, these people might not mean a thing to you, but every death will bring with it a ripple effect. A smaller population would be very good, yes – but I think that wishing an agonizing death on millions of people, many of them entirely undeserving of it, as a way to achieve it is a step way, way  too far.

    I worry about my brother, a lifelong teacher; my significant other, who has done social justice work most of his adult life and is on immune suppressants; my parent who sacrificed and struggled to support and educate two kids, and is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s; so many people who gave and are still giving so much.

    Personally, I think that they and so many others should not be thought of as fodder for culling.

  161. 161.

    MagdaInBlack

    March 8, 2020 at 4:55 pm

    @Aleta: 
    Youve sent me down the Youtube rabbit hole ?

  162. 162.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    March 8, 2020 at 4:55 pm

    Following on short songs from a week or two ago: “Here Comes My Baby.”

    The Tremeloes. Big hit.

    The Mavericks. Countrified.

    Yo La Tengo. Alt-semi-country.

    Cat Stevens. The writer’s original.

  163. 163.

    Miki

    March 8, 2020 at 4:55 pm

    @Luciamia: Another good cover by Holly Cole.

  164. 164.

    LeftCoastYankee

    March 8, 2020 at 4:55 pm

    This is clearly a “rabbit-hole” thread. So many good songs to go listen to.

  165. 165.

    Mel

    March 8, 2020 at 4:57 pm

    @J R in WV: Right there with you!! I’m disgusted by that person’s callousness.

  166. 166.

    Gravenstone

    March 8, 2020 at 4:58 pm

    @8 man shell: Ya know, if you want to address overpopulation, stay at home. And on that cheery note, bye asshole!

  167. 167.

    WaterGirl

    March 8, 2020 at 4:59 pm

    @8 man shell:

    8 man, if you are new here, you might be interested in our comment policy.  You can find it in the footer, but here’s a link.

    https://balloon-juice.com/comment-policy/

  168. 168.

    Mike J

    March 8, 2020 at 5:00 pm

    13 by Big Star

    https://www.stereogum.com/1938739/gotcha-covered-thirteen/franchises/list/gotcha-covered/

  169. 169.

    opiejeanne

    March 8, 2020 at 5:01 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Doesn’t he though? I think he should volunteer to help rid us of our excess population and shuffle off this mortal coil.

  170. 170.

    zhena gogolia

    March 8, 2020 at 5:01 pm

    @Mel:

    You gave that troll a far more thoughtful and humane reply than they deserved!

  171. 171.

    Wendell Dave

    March 8, 2020 at 5:01 pm

    Got to go with Mrs Robinson by Simon & Garfunkel, Booker T & the MGs, and the Lemonheads.

  172. 172.

    Mel

    March 8, 2020 at 5:01 pm

    Susan Tedeschi’s cover of “You Got the Silver” gives me the chills every time. What a voice she has.

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    Dorothy A. Winsor

    March 8, 2020 at 5:03 pm

    @8 man shell:

    You seem nice

  174. 174.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    March 8, 2020 at 5:04 pm

    “Woodstock.”

    Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Big hit.

    Matthew’s Southern Comfort. Countrified.

    Joni Mitchell. The writer’s original.

  175. 175.

    dnfree

    March 8, 2020 at 5:07 pm

    @Haydnseek: I loved We Five!  Cool to see them mentioned.

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    joel hanes

    March 8, 2020 at 5:08 pm

    @PST:

    Blue Cheer

    Three teenagers and a wall of enormous Marshall amps.

  177. 177.

    opiejeanne

    March 8, 2020 at 5:08 pm

    @Brachiator: Try a Little Tenderness.

    The version from Bull Durham makes me laugh.

    Oh she may get wooly, women do get wooly, because of all the stress…

  178. 178.

    joel hanes

    March 8, 2020 at 5:10 pm

    @Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism:

    Pentatonix

    Saw them live (a birthday gift from my wonderful daughter)

    The Michael Jackson cover set was amazing.

  179. 179.

    opiejeanne

    March 8, 2020 at 5:11 pm

    @Wendell Dave: Even though they sang a speed version of that song completely off-key, terribly off-key, I did like it.

  180. 180.

    J R in WV

    March 8, 2020 at 5:15 pm

    @Mel:

    Susan Tedeschi’s cover of “You Got the Silver” gives me the chills every time. What a voice she has.

    She’s right up there with Emmy Lou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, one of the great female musicians. We’ve seen her and Derek twice in the past few years as they tour a lot. What a great band they have built!

  181. 181.

    joel hanes

    March 8, 2020 at 5:15 pm

    You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me

    Smokey and the Miracles, Laura Nyro, The Beatles, Eddie Money

  182. 182.

    Mel

    March 8, 2020 at 5:16 pm

    Have to toss LP’s cover of Beyonce’s “Halo” into the ring. Fantastic.

     

    Guilty pleasure: Letters to Cleo’s cover of The Cars’  “Dangerous Type”.

  183. 183.

    dnfree

    March 8, 2020 at 5:17 pm

    @Mel: Tedeschi also did an awesome cover of “Don’t Think Twice”. I’m sure someone can come up with more good covers of that.

  184. 184.

    joel hanes

    March 8, 2020 at 5:18 pm

    You Keep Me Hanging On

    Diana Ross and the Supremes, Vanilla Fudge, Phil Collins

    (IMHO, Vanilla Fudge has not aged well)

  185. 185.

    joel hanes

    March 8, 2020 at 5:21 pm

    People Get Ready

    Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions, the Reverend Al Green, The Staples, Jeff Beck, The Chambers Brothers, Eva Cassidy, Alicia Keyes, Jennifer Hudson, Aretha Franklin, Blind Boys of Alabama with Susan Tedeschi

  186. 186.

    Balconesfault

    March 8, 2020 at 5:22 pm

  187. 187.

    Mel

    March 8, 2020 at 5:23 pm

    @joel hanes: Kim Wilde did a cover of it  in the 80s, too. Worth a listen if you like the 80s new wave / techno pop sound or if just want to shake your tail feathers to some fun dance music.

  188. 188.

    Mel

    March 8, 2020 at 5:25 pm

    @dnfree: Yes!

    Also, her cover of “Angel From Montgomery” – beautiful and heartbreaking.

  189. 189.

    Maneki Nekko

    March 8, 2020 at 5:25 pm

    I like covers that put an unexpected spin on a familiar song:

    “Louie Louie” by Richard Berry (r&b), the Kingsmen (garage rock), the Sandpipers (easy listening), and Toots & the Maytals (reggae).

    “Sweet Jane” by the Velvet Underground, Mott the Hoople, and Cowboy Junkies.

    “Bizarre Love Triangle” by New Order, Frente!, and Manitu.

  190. 190.

    joel hanes

    March 8, 2020 at 5:26 pm

    @dnfree:

    We Five

    You Were On My Mind is a perfect 60’s song.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbuzEjEHso0

    (Love the dancing — this was back in the days when it was illegal for white people to move their asses when they danced)

  191. 191.

    wmd

    March 8, 2020 at 5:30 pm

    I’ve got over 100 covers of “Not Fade Away” and some are pretty good.

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    trollhattan

    March 8, 2020 at 5:34 pm

    @wmd:

    I bet 200 of them are Dead concert recordings. ;-)

  193. 193.

    Mel

    March 8, 2020 at 5:35 pm

    @J R in WV: Lucky, lucky you!

    I was going to see them at the Kentucky Theater in 2018, but ended up having the delightful experience of jaw surgery instead. Not a favorable trade-off of events, by a long shot!

  194. 194.

    trollhattan

    March 8, 2020 at 5:38 pm

    @Mel:

    Saw them last year and they’re quite impressive, but my seats and the acoustics were NOT conducive to the experience. They need to be seen in a proper theater, not an arena or “civic auditorium” lacking big screens.

  195. 195.

    Mel

    March 8, 2020 at 5:38 pm

    @joel hanes: Dancing only from the neck up and the knees down is quite the challenge. Give them credit for only slipping up with the occasional wrist twist!

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    Maj TJ Kong

    March 8, 2020 at 5:42 pm

    @sgrAstar: Grand Funk Railroad also did a solid cover of Gimme Shelter.

  197. 197.

    Sab

    March 8, 2020 at 5:43 pm

    @Yutsano: Sending tax returns to you every day. Don’t know whether to be sad or gleeful. Ours mostly go to Cinci however.

  198. 198.

    Sab

    March 8, 2020 at 5:49 pm

    I love the new pie filter. Don’t have to get the nym precisely right with the caps and punctuation. Just have to recognize it.

  199. 199.

    Martin

    March 8, 2020 at 5:52 pm

    On the topic of panic, this is a good writeup that I keep handy.

    We believe the right answer is fear. We won’t get there if terrorism is merely one of many issues people are “concerned” about, along with West Nile Virus and inflation and rap lyrics. Either terrorism is different from most other concerns, or it isn’t. If it is, we need to get used to the idea that people are going to be appropriately frightened, and we need to help them get used to it too.

    Not all fear is functional. Fear that is paralyzing, fear that verges on panic, is obviously not functional. Terror is the goal of terrorism, not the goal of preparedness. But fear is not necessarily terror. This is a conceptual mistake officials routinely make, a mistake they seem terribly attracted to – the embedded, preconscious, erroneous assumption that all fear is one short step removed from panic. Some fear is. Most fear is not.

    When officials express their reluctance about “unduly frightening people,” they are literally right. The key word here is “unduly.” Unduly frightening people is wrong. Duly frightening people is right, and important. The problem is telling the two apart.

    The distinction is partly a matter of degree – “enough” fear versus “excessive” fear. Perhaps in addition there are kinds of fear like the kinds of cholesterol – “good” fear versus “bad” fear. But we suspect the key difference is neither the amount of fear nor the kind of fear, but rather people’s ability to bear the fear. Much is known about how to enhance that ability. Among the things that help:

    • Give people things to do – action binds anxiety.
    • Give people things to decide – decision-making provides more individual control, which makes fear more tolerable.
    • Encourage appropriate anger – the desire to get even often trumps the desire to cower.
    • Encourage love (and camaraderie) – soldiers, for example, fight for their friends and for their country.
    • Provide candid leadership – we get more frightened when our leaders seem to be misleading us.
    • Show your own fear and show you can bear it – apparently fearless leaders are little help to a fearful public.

    Most importantly, treat other people’s fear as legitimate. Fear is likeliest to escalate into terror or panic (or to flip into denial) when it is treated as shameful and wrong. “It’s natural to be afraid, I’m afraid too” is a much more empathic response to public fear than “there’s nothing to be afraid of.” If we want people to bear their fear, we must assure them that their fear is appropriate. Even fear that is statistically inappropriate can and should be legitimized as normal, understandable, and widespread. Leaders who are contemptuous of people’s fear have a much tougher time explaining the reasons why they needn’t be afraid.

    Apathy and complacency are bad. For me, anxiety is normally good – it makes me productive. It helps me keep things in the front of the queue, to work harder to get them addressed, to sweat the details. Unfortunately, too much anxiety becomes paralyzing. The last few years I’ve really struggled with that balance.

    Action binds anxiety is very true for me. But when there are  problems that are beyond my reach, I can’t do that. That’s why individual action matters, even if you don’t see a path to a collective solution. Protesting may not change anything, but it may help you be more functional (so you can change things in other places).

    Look at the things on the list above. Think about what our leaders are doing. Think about what you can do. (If I can frighten some of you into washing your hands more, that’s good for all of us)

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    joel hanes

    March 8, 2020 at 5:59 pm

    @Martin:

    On the topic of panic

    handwashing directions / litany against fear

  201. 201.

    joel hanes

    March 8, 2020 at 6:03 pm

    @Mel:

    Dancing only from the neck up and the knees down

    Check out the moves of the bass player

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuqHlv1YPe0

  202. 202.

    Sab

    March 8, 2020 at 6:03 pm

    If my sister in Columbus who just went to visit family in an Ohio nursing home I will yell bloody murder. And her overlords might listen.

    I am okay with her jaunting around. Not okay with her disregarding quarantine standards.

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    Martin

    March 8, 2020 at 6:13 pm

    @joel hanes: Saw that the other day. Pretty brilliant whoever  put it together.

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    errg

    March 8, 2020 at 6:15 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    Another great cover of Without You is Senza Di Te, by Fredo Viola (used at the end of the movie The Farewell)

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    chopper

    March 8, 2020 at 6:19 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    anti-flag did a decent cover of that too. then again it’s easy to, it’s a great song.

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    Steeplejack

    March 8, 2020 at 6:21 pm

    @Sab:

    If my sister in Columbus who just went to visit family in an Ohio nursing home [?] I will yell bloody murder. And her overlords might listen.

    Missing something?

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    Brian

    March 8, 2020 at 6:29 pm

    @Anotherlurker: Emmylou did Masterpiece with the Nash Ramblers Live at the Ryman. Great record.

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    ocean dude

    March 8, 2020 at 6:31 pm

    @eclare:  Chris Cornell, live acoustic.  Its on you tube

  209. 209.

    terben

    March 8, 2020 at 6:38 pm

    Cannot agree that CCR version of Grapevine ranks with Marvin Gaye and Gladys Knight. CCR version seems overwrought and self indulgent when compared to Gaye’s stellar rendition.

  210. 210.

    Kathleen

    March 8, 2020 at 7:01 pm

    @JanieM: Also covered by We Five, Bobby Darin’s Beyond the Sea

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6UUJTp1DS

    Also adding “Dreams” performed by Allman Brothers and Buddy Miles

  211. 211.

    Kathleen

    March 8, 2020 at 7:04 pm

    @Haydnseek:  I read a book he wrote about his years with We Five called “Wounds To Bind”. He’s a wonderful writer and story teller. I couldn’t put the book down.

  212. 212.

    Kathleen

    March 8, 2020 at 7:10 pm

    @Barbara: Mine too!

  213. 213.

    Kathleen

    March 8, 2020 at 7:12 pm

    @Brachiator: I’ve got a 45 version of that song. (You old people who should be soon smitten by the plague will remember what a “45” is.)

  214. 214.

    Kathleen

    March 8, 2020 at 7:13 pm

    @MagdaInBlack: It takes nothing for me to scroll through You Tube and lose 4 hours.

  215. 215.

    debbie

    March 8, 2020 at 7:14 pm

    @CaseyL:

    No one beats Cohen’s emotional rendition. You don’t have to sing pretty to be a good singer.

     

    ETA: The lyrics were so personal to him that over the years he kept changing them to better describe what he was feeling.

    No one feels that song like Leonard Cohen.

  216. 216.

    phein60

    March 8, 2020 at 7:15 pm

    Hey, Joe:  Three covers:

    Hendrix, Clifton Chenier, Patti Smith and Television

  217. 217.

    debbie

    March 8, 2020 at 7:18 pm

    Just thought of Primus’s version of We’re Only Making Plans for Nigel, which I liked much better than the original by XTC.

  218. 218.

    AliceBlue

    March 8, 2020 at 7:33 pm

    Do You Wanna Dance – Beach Boys and the Ramones.

  219. 219.

    paulnix

    March 8, 2020 at 7:43 pm

    @DougJ: Solomon Burke – who Ike stole the arrangement from

  220. 220.

    Jim Parish

    March 8, 2020 at 7:46 pm

    @terben: I agree. Marvin is depressed; Gladys is pissed; CCR is… loud.

  221. 221.

    teacherryan

    March 8, 2020 at 7:47 pm

    My favorite cover of “Heard it thru the Grapevine” is by the Slits.  Also, I’d argue that the Geezers version of “Folsom Prison Blues” is superior to the Johnny Cash version.

  222. 222.

    gogiggs

    March 8, 2020 at 8:02 pm

    Someone beat me to Sweet Jane, but I’ll add that there is a good cover by Blue Aeroplanes and I’m very partial to the live version on Rock n Roll Animal with the extended guitar into.

    Also: Elvis Costello’s Girls Talk is done decently by Linda Ronstadt and definitively by Dave Edmunds (who is getting a lot of love in this thread, I notice).

  223. 223.

    RSA

    March 8, 2020 at 8:55 pm

    Dead thread, I know, but I’ll offer Because the Night:

    Bruce Springsteen
    Patti Smith
    10,000 Maniacs
    Garbage and Screaming Females

    All have their strengths.

  224. 224.

    MoCA Ace

    March 8, 2020 at 9:32 pm

    Swear to Dog I have listened to Joe Cockers “With A Little Help From My Friends” at least a a few hundred times… and didn’t know until three years ago that it was a Beetles Cover.  And I have heard the Beetles original hundreds of times!  Both excellent (Joe’s is better) but the difference between the two is incredible.

  225. 225.

    Jazzman

    March 8, 2020 at 9:40 pm

    Nice to see all the love for We Five in this thread.  Worth mentioning that their version of You Were On My Mind was itself a cover–originally written by Ian Tyson and recorded by Ian and Sylvia.  WF really had gorgeous vocal harmony.

  226. 226.

    Jazzman

    March 8, 2020 at 9:44 pm

    @Kathleen: “Got my 45 on so I can rock on”…thankfully, Sheryl Crow wasn’t singing about a handgun.

    (Yeah, I’m an oldie but goody myself.)

  227. 227.

    Mel

    March 8, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    @RSA: Patti and then Shirley, in that order, for my preference, but all are great renditions.

  228. 228.

    majellan

    March 8, 2020 at 10:42 pm

    @gogiggs: Girls Talk is Nick Lowe’s.

  229. 229.

    Jay Noble

    March 8, 2020 at 11:54 pm

    “I Only Want To Be With You” Dusty Springfield, Bay City Rollers, The Tourists (Pre Eurythmics Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart), Samantha Fox.

    “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” Shirelles/Carole King, BeeGees, Bryan Ferry, Amy Winehouse and so on.

    “The Locomotion” Little Eva, Grand Funk Railroad, Kylie Minogue

    “I Think We’re Alone Now” Tommy James & The Shondells, Tiffany

    “Mony, Mony” Tommy James & The Shondells, Billy Idol

    “Crimson and Clover” Tommy James & The Shondells, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

    Tommy James had those 3 on the charts by other artists over 15 years after Tommy James & The Shondells had them as hits

  230. 230.

    Cathie from Canada

    March 9, 2020 at 12:42 am

    Somewhere over the rainbow – Judy Garland, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

    Landslide – Stevie Nicks, Dixie Chicks

  231. 231.

    JML

    March 9, 2020 at 8:27 am

    Driver 8 – REM (original) and Hootie & the Blowfish

    Little Wing – Jimi, Stevie Ray, Derek & the Dominos, and Sting

  232. 232.

    toine

    March 9, 2020 at 8:01 pm

    late to the party….

    The Man Who Sold the World original by Bowie, great versions by Simple Minds and, of course, Nirvana

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