Oh The Hell Yeah

[filkertom]

Now this song cover should get your mouth hangin' open.

Any good song covers out there we need to hear? You can invoke some of the classics, of course, but newer stuff is always fun to share.

Comments

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

Well, there's Stairway to Heaven (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfoccRna6I), as performed by the Beatnix.

[ericcoleman]

Just one of many brilliant versions from Stairways To Heaven, from the Australian TV show The Money or the Gun.

[his-spiffyness.livejournal.com]

I've always been partial to the Frank Zappa (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p3Ue3ncH3g&feature=related) or the Tiny Tim/Brave Combo version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzrQrlm4M20)

[enegim.livejournal.com]

I'll take the Dolly Parton version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp8-tJTUWto).

[cscottd.livejournal.com]

Hey, you got your Bluegrass in my Dance Pop!... :)

[thistlethorn.livejournal.com]

Okay, this wins as Best LJ Comment Of The Day. *g*

[ericcoleman]

Richard Thompson's version of Oops I Did It Again is a favorite, the song has a whole new meaning when done by a man in his late 50s.

[kshandra]

I would be remiss not to mention Ahmet & Dweezil Zappa's cover of "Baby One More Time," as well.

[kightp.livejournal.com]

Yes!!!

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Oh, absolutely!

[thistlethorn.livejournal.com]

His version so totally beats the Britney Spears version, although hers definitely did exactly what it was supposed to, and has a certain appeal. But you'tre right -- there's just a twist to Thompson's version that makes it full of win.

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

I'll go for classic, by folks you know:
Vixy, Tony, Betsy, Sooj, and Sunnie cover "Kashmir" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX8-O29GHT4)

And of course, there's the Muppets' Bohemian Rhapsody, but you already knew about that, didn'tcha?

[kightp.livejournal.com]

I was there to witness the Kashmir cover. The video fails to capture just how much the crowd went wild. (-:

[wingus.livejournal.com]

The Megas' cover of Sunglasses At Night is wicked-awesome. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jT-Bb-Nkv0)

[gan-chan.livejournal.com]

Any of the covers by Danielle Ate The Sandwich (http://www.youtube.com/user/daniellesmagic), who has her own version of Bad Romance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebrcw47XIzc).

Also any of the covers by Pomplamoose (http://www.youtube.com/user/PomplamooseMusic), but particularly Nature Boy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNpwBpZUrzk) and September (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xycnv87N_BU). Singer/bassist Nataly Dawn (http://www.youtube.com/user/natalydawn) also has lots of good solo covers.

[gan-chan.livejournal.com]

Oh, also, this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM2177pHMT0), from the German rockabilly band The Baseballs.

Better than the original by a factor of about a billion.

[roman-mclaze.livejournal.com]

That is AWESOME!

[terriwells.livejournal.com]

Okay, for some reason, after sseing that Danielle Ate The Sandwich cover of Bad Romance, I'm imagining the characters from Big Bang Theory doing it. (After last week's episode, I could totally see it).

[erinwrites.livejournal.com]

This has been out there for quite a while, but I love it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiArBJ_Rzzs

Travis covering "Baby One More Time"

[roman-mclaze.livejournal.com]

One of my favorites is the version of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by the University of the Philippines College of Allied Medical Professions Choir. (http://www.angelfire.com/on/campchoir/download.html). It's the one everybody thinks is Moxy Früvous.

Also, is there a term for covers that have become so ubiquitous that people pretty much forget they aren't the original? Like Soft Cell's cover of "Tainted Love"?

tainted cover

[happyfunpaul.livejournal.com]

I don't know of a term. We also need a term that's better than "forgotten original".

Regardless, that was a shocking discovery. Never knew the Soft Cell version was a cover! And thanks to the magic of YouTube, here's the original (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSehtaY6k1U).

In a similar vein: "Istanbul" by the Four lads (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vankaSlfSr0).

[kengr]

Well, you'll have to go a long ways to beat Hayseed Dixie's Tribute to AC/DC. An entire *album* of "just wrong" covers.

Here's a sample:

Highway to Hell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mU2lJKkQ04

(couldn't get the embed to work)

[ericcoleman]

My favorite Hayseed Dixie song is The Rider Song. It's their complete tour rider, done as a song.

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

What, ah say, what's wrong with that? (dangit, LJ ate my Foggy icon when I quit paying the bastards...) That's a right fine video. Hotshot bluegrass, ass-kickin' motorsickles, what's not to love?

Sign me,
Southron in Seattle

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Have you heard Luther Wright and the Wrongs album, "Rebuild the Wall"

You want to

[bonnie-rocks.livejournal.com]

YES!!!!

~*::Meow::*~

[thistlethorn.livejournal.com]

I love AC/DC, but that's pretty damned cool.

[kengr]

The entire *album* is that weird.

[kightp.livejournal.com]

That's been all over FaceBook the past few days and I can't keep from watching it EVERY SINGLE TIME.

[sffilk.livejournal.com]

How about "Operation Desert Storm" performed by whomever took over for the late (z"l) Mel Blanc?

[thistlethorn.livejournal.com]

That. Was AWESOME. Thank you so much for the llink; I'm passing it along to a few people.

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Some of my fave covers...hmmm...

Ananda Shankar, "Jumpin' Jack Flash"

Lola Dutronic has a bunch of great covers, although I'm not sure if my fave is "The Porpoise Song", "Walkin' on Sunshine" or "To Sir, With Love" (alas, no vid on YouTube for either).

The Leningrad Cowboys' version of Happy Together

Pretty much ANYTHING by The Moog Cookbook.

I also recommend SomaFM's Covers channel.

[madrona.livejournal.com]

Easily the best part of this video is Patrick Goble's APPLAUSE tattoo. I want one. Except I want to have thought of it first.

[saganth.livejournal.com]

Tom Jones does a pretty funky cover of "Burning Down the House" with a band called The Cardigans. And Nickelback does a rendition of "We Will Rock You" that I actually enjoy more than Queen's rendition--and I *like* Queen's rendition!

[starsongky.livejournal.com]

Jonathan Coulton's soft rock version of "Baby Got Back" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCWaN_Tc5wo) is one of my all-time favorites. (Not the best video, but spiffworld hasn't done this one.) (http://www.youtube.com/user/spiffworld) ()

[ipslore.livejournal.com]

Another Bad Romance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTFh8LCBZeQ

[raven-ap-morgan.livejournal.com]

I like covers that capture the spirit of the original, but have something about them that adds the mark of the artist performing the cover. Here are a few favorites:

Cake - I Will Survive (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=596qaxm-u4o)
Rush - For What It's Worth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6lzs4UbNaU)
Spock's Beard - Beware Of Darkness (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KqVjKklyTY)
FM - Baba O'Reilly & Shapes Of Things

[bonnie-rocks.livejournal.com]

I was going to share Pomplamoose and Luther Wright & the Wrongs, but since those have already been shared...

I've got nothing. D'oh!

I'll likely come up with something later though... I just need time! :)

~*::Meow::*~

[dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com]

A Love Bizarre, as performed by the late, great Michael Hedges

[jasperjones22.livejournal.com]

Ahh cover songs...I always go back to this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us4PJgunZx8

....mahna mahna...

what, no Cleverlys?

[zeekar.livejournal.com]

I like "Walk Like An Egyptian", myself (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS0P7w4YCDI), but their "Single Ladies" is also a hoot.