Odd Covers

PSMad · Post by **PSMad** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:51 pm

It' not like I went looking for odd covers of songs recently but two have jumped out at me and demanded my attention.

First the Kaiser Chiefs version of "I heard It Through the Grapevine" which was recorded for a charity album.

Next is an odd swing version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Paul Anka who I'd never heard of before until seeing an ad for his new album on TV.

Odd as different coloured socks the both of them.

For a better Nirvana cover try Tori Amos' version of the same song. I found that by accident while searching for the above version.

Anyone else have any good covers that need hearing? No "Punk covers pop" songs please because most of those suck. I'm looking at The Ataris "Boys of Summer" as it runs away.

Omni Hunter · Post by **Omni Hunter** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:48 pm

Tori Amos sucks, Kurt Cobain and co. does not.
In my opinion a song should never be covered as the new artist may have no idea what the song is about.

A bit like All Saints "Under The Bridge", totally crap.

Post by **Esrever** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 7:07 pm

In my opinion no one should ever record any songs they wrote themselves, either, because they may have written a bad song.

Post by **Delphine** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:19 pm

Strange Covers I Happen To Have:
Ben Gibbard (lead singer of Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service) singing "I Want It That Way", "Complicated", and "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
Billy Boyd (one of the Hobbits) singing "Hit Me Baby One More Time"
Weezer, "Hit Me Baby One More Time"
Ben Folds, "Bitches Ain't Shit"
The BossHoss (a very, VERY twangy country band), "All The Things She Said"

I have Tori covering a bunch of songs, but I can't be arsed to find them all.

DarkPrime · Post by **DarkPrime** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:08 pm

Delphine wrote:Weezer, "Hit Me Baby One More Time"

For some reason, I want to hear this.

Post by **Delphine** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:16 pm

<a href="http://www.dontfeedthewriter.com/11t/te ... .mp3">Here y'are.</a> Right click save, please.

DarkPrime · Post by **DarkPrime** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:37 pm

Delphine wrote:<a href="http://www.dontfeedthewriter.com/11t/te ... .mp3">Here y'are.</a> Right click save, please.

Danke.

I have a Bluegrass band doing Crawling in My Skin, if anyone wants it.

Kishi · Post by **Kishi** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:08 pm

The vast majority of covers pale in comparison to their sources, but what's much, much worse is when the original artist gets zero credit. Too many people think that Britney Spears came up with "I Love Rock N' Roll," Celine Dion wrote "I Drove All Night," etc.

The Gipsy Kings' cover of "Hotel California" is good, though.

manaleak34 · Post by **manaleak34** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:58 pm

Cold Doing "Major Tom"

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:40 am

Er..."Barbie Girl" by Rammstein? I have to thank Spazz for that.

Then there is "Dancing in the Street" sung by Mick Jagger and David Bowie. It's not so much as the song being odd but the music video itself is hilarious.

Starscream · Post by **Starscream** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:59 am

Kishi wrote:The Gipsy Kings' cover of "Hotel California" is good, though.

Indeed it is! And you must be thinking about The Big Lebowski.

One of the best cover songs I've ever heard is Kneel to the Cross from Sol Invictus, covered by Agalloch. But I'm not sure if anyone around here has heard of those bands?

Gaz · Post by **Gaz** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 4:27 am

I think one of the oddest covers I ever heard was William Shatner's cover of Common People!

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:00 am

FYI, that's not Weezer performing "...Baby One More Time." That's Fountains of Wayne.

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:14 am

Reel Big Fish covering "Take On Me" and "Hungry Like The Wolf", and also anything by Hayseed Dixie because they're awesome.

Post by **Esrever** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:34 am

Agreed. Reel Big Fish also do an amazing version of Morrisey's "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful."

Generally speaking, I think covers turn out well when they don't have much to do with what the song was really about. It can be really neat to hear a band or artist reinterpret a song you already know, putting a different spin on it. Like when Johnny Cash covered NIN. Some of my personal favourites are Ben Folds' lounge version of the Flaming Lips' "She Don't Use Jelly," the Scissor Sisters' discotech version of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb," and just because it rocks so hard... Goldfinger's version of "99 Red Balloons."

Post by **Delphine** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:42 am

Amazing Grant wrote:FYI, that's not Weezer performing "...Baby One More Time." That's Fountains of Wayne.

Seriously? The person who gave it to me said it was Weezer. This person is now lame. :|

Protodude · Post by **Protodude** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:35 pm

I've never really listened to covers that much, but I did like Bitches Ain't Shit from Ben Folds and Under Pressure from Small Brown Bike.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 2:22 pm

My obvious choice is the Children of Bodom cover of Oops! I Did It Again.
http://rapidshare.de/files/3677644/did_ ... n.mp3.html
(Click the link, follow instructions.)

Omni Hunter · Post by **Omni Hunter** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:25 pm

Very interesting, my old man has a cd of an Elvis impersonator doing covers of songs from the likes of Nirvana and Thin Lizzy.

Cypher · Post by **Cypher** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 1:54 pm

j-man wrote:also anything by Hayseed Dixie because they're awesome.

Second'd

plasticwingsband · Post by **plasticwingsband** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:19 pm

Omni Hunter wrote:Very interesting, my old man has a cd of an Elvis impersonator doing covers of songs from the likes of Nirvana and Thin Lizzy.

Richard Cheese, perhaps? Although, he's more of a lounge singer than an Elvis impersonator.

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:55 pm

Esrever wrote:Agreed. Reel Big Fish also do an amazing version of Morrisey's "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful."

I saw them play it live on Saturday LOLWIN

Omni Hunter · Post by **Omni Hunter** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 3:14 pm

Another cover that I love is Muse's version of "Can't take my eyes off you", soulful but awesomely rocking.

And now I expect a -3 respect points from Baba...

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:41 pm

I don't give -3 for liking Muse.

I used to have an MP3 of John Mayer doing Paranoid Android, but alas, I have misplaced it.

Post by **Esrever** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:02 pm

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don't be so scared,
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so let's go up to my room,
and make forts out of blankets,
or maybe we can just...
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