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Hegel
 Post subject: Bizarre cover songs
PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:03 pm 
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Recently I heard the teaming up of Bruce Hornsby and Ricky Skaggs and their bluegrass version of Rick James' "Superfreak".

Hearing that was almost as bizarre as watching Lionel Ritchie and Rob Zombie perform on Leno together.

Any other cover songs that you have heard that have just been really weird mixes and/or covers by people/bands you never thought would do them?
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One of the greatest covers ever, in the history of the world is an example of this type of unlikely coupling:
Sly & The Family Stone - "Que Sera, Sera"
Sly does Doris Day?!?!?!

Others:
Hüsker Dü - "You're Gonna Make It After All" (Mary Tyler Moore theme)
Falstaff - "Brand-New Key" (Melanie)

And the ultimate odd couple...
David Bowie and Bing Crosby - "Little Drummer Boy"

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kurt cobain covering leadbelly's "in the pines" sounds bizarre on paper, but it never sounded like an odd match, even the first time i heard it.

johnny cash covering soundgarden's "rusty cage" was a weird idea and an oddball of a song that sometimes doesn't sit right.

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vanilla ice covering himself on his heavy metal version of "ice ice baby"

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PopTodd Wrote:
David Bowie and Bing Crosby - "Little Drummer Boy"


that just sounds creepy. Like to catch a predator creepy.
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I'm partial to the Dead Kennedys version of 'Rawhide'.

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I guess you could consider Sun Kil Moon making an album of Modest Mouse covers to be a bit bizarre.

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Hegel Wrote:
PopTodd Wrote:
David Bowie and Bing Crosby - "Little Drummer Boy"


that just sounds creepy. Like to catch a predator creepy.


Well, it was begging for it:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_zMhSjDqvRs

Classic.

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I've recently noticed that all the unfortunate events in the lives of blues singers all seem to rhyme... I think all these tragedies could be avoided with a good rhyming dictionary.

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no lie...

Trixter actually did a pretty kick ass version of NIN's 'Terrible Lie'.

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no lie...

Trixter actually did a pretty kick ass version of NIN's 'Terrible Lie'.


And Faster Pussycat did a pretty great version of Carly Simon's "You're So Vain".
True.

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I've recently noticed that all the unfortunate events in the lives of blues singers all seem to rhyme... I think all these tragedies could be avoided with a good rhyming dictionary.

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my favourite odd cover is The Revolting Cocks' version of Rod Stewerts Do Ya Think Im Sexy
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PopTodd Wrote:
TwilightKid Wrote:
no lie...

Trixter actually did a pretty kick ass version of NIN's 'Terrible Lie'.


And Faster Pussycat did a pretty great version of Carly Simon's "You're So Vain".
True.


you are correct sir! YES!!!

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An old fav of mine was The Misfit's version of "These Boots Were Made for Walkin"
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The Residents covering pretty much anything sounds weird as hell.

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I've said it before, but Killdozer's "I'm Not Lisa" and Country Dick Montana's "Kharma Chameleon" ruled.

In a really terrible manner.
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Frente's cover of Bizarre Love Triangle.

GET IT
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HaqDiesel Wrote:
Frente's cover of Bizarre Love Triangle.

GET IT



took me ten minutes, but yes i DO get it.

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Los Straitjackets covering Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On"
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Has Tom Jones covered Foo Fighter's "Stacked Actors" yet?

Cuz he should.
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Celtic Frost: "Mexican Radio"
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HaqDiesel Wrote:
Frente's cover of Bizarre Love Triangle.

GET IT


Don't stoop to my level, A-Dub. You're better than that.

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