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  • Unusual cover versions of famous songs.
  • TandemJeremy
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    I know its been discussed before but I do enjoy a good cover version. toay I found Toots an the Maytals "Country Roads" – the John Denver / Oliva Newton John song.

    Very funny.

    currently listening to an African Reggae version of "wish you were here" – alpha blondy if anyone wants it on spotify. Extra weirdness as it has bagpipes coming in in the chorus.

    I have heard an African version of "all shook up" in a zoukous styleee

    So – anyone any more weird cover versions?

    iDave
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    dub side of the moon – whole reggae take on pink floyd – works ok'ish

    csb
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    Anything by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.

    Nothing Compares 2U is superb.

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    yossarian
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    snuff – i think we're alone now
    dinosaur jr – just like heaven
    dead kennedys – my sharona/pull my strings

    nickc
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    Stumbled upon a West African version of Johnny Cash's ring of fire the other day, I'll see if I can find a link.

    Worked quite well…

    Junkyard
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    dredd Zeppelin on a similiar theme – ok ish you may need to be stoned to enjoy it not heard it in my straight days

    iDave
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    Seu Jorges Brazilian Bowie songs are quite cute

    TooTall
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    I can see for miles – The Who

    covered by Lord Sitar – quite brilliant

    I can see for miles – lastfm

    Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush

    covered by China Drum – great bunch of lads and should have been the British Green Day – they were better

    Wuthering Heights

    Anything by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

    Shaft

    theotherjonv
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    Shinehead doing Billy Jean

    And i have somewhere got a mate's mate's psychobilly band covering 'Fine time to leave me Lucille' which is quite unique

    geoffj
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    Simon Ralli doing Britney 😯

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

    juan
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    beatalica?
    The cover of hotel california from the gipsy king.

    cheshmatt
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    2nd Dub Side of The Moon (Easy Star Allstars) they also did one of the Radiohead albums, but that just doesn't work as well.
    A lot of Richard Cheese's covers are funny and/or good. His version of Radiohead Creep is great, and Nivarna's Rape Me is something different in the chilled lounge/piano jazz style!

    IdleJon
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    It wasn't a particularly great version, but I used to enjoy a nice Lemonheads/Evan Dando b-side that I'd recorded onto my minidisc player, can't remember the name.

    The lyrics seemed very familiar.

    Then one day, Whitney Houston was warbling away on the radio and I realised what I'd been humming for so long………

    CaptainFlashheart
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    Hayseed Dixie, y'all!
    Ace of Spades

    BigDummy
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    HammerLock doing Pancho and Lefty is pretty unexpected.

    bikemonkey
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    Richard Cheese – All your favourite hits in lounge style.

    Kit
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    Jimmy Eat World (I think) covering Firestarter by Prodigy

    CaptainFlashheart
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    Another Prodigy cover for you here;
    6ix Toys doing their funky best with Voodoo People

    TooTall
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    bikemonkey – I'm glad someone else knows of Richard Cheese!

    TandemJeremy
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    Hayseed dixie – I'd forgotten them – very good.

    Richard Cheese – loads on spotify – that should amuse me for a while.

    Ukelele orchestra are very good. I rather prefer the ones that are not supposed to be funny like many of the reggae ones.

    Edit – Richard Cheese – rock the casbah 😯

    Anna-B
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    M Ward doing David Bowie's "Let's Dance"; breaks my heart in two- barely recognisable and beautiful.

    piemann
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    Another vote for Richard Cheese here. His version of "Baby got back" is truly top drawer.

    On a slightly different note, check out the Balanescu Quartet's (they did the theme tune to University Challenge) versions of The Model, We are the Robots and a couple of other Kraftwerk tunes. They're ace!

    DM52
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    iDave
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    Placebo doing Johnny and Mary and Running up that Hill – class

    nobtwidler
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    Sisters of Mercy – Gimme Gimme Gimme a Man after midnight they also did a great version of Jolene
    DKs – viva las vegas

    Wiredchops
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    Hard and Phirm's rodeohead medley? Yotube Link. Used to love than in years gone by, probably doesn't fit your requisite of a serious cover as although excellently done tongue's firmly in cheek. Got an album a while ago called Cosmosonica when I was going through a cover appreciation phase. NOt great tbh but loved the scissor sister's cover of Franz Ferdinand's 'take me out'.

    Harris
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    Cake doing I Will Survive.

    CaptainFlashheart
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    No mention of Apocalyptica yet?

    One

    TandemJeremy
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    piemann – Member

    ……….check out the Balanescu Quartet's versions of The Model, We are the Robots and a couple of other Kraftwerk tunes. They're ace!

    Brilliant! Enjoying that.

    Kuco
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    BigJohn
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    Hayseed Dixie are following the path beaten by Run C&W. Their bluegrass version of Sweet Soul Music is brilliant. "Spotlight on Tanya Tucker – Wouldn't you like to … be in her video"

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    I also like Rodrigo y Gabriela's Stairway to Heaven, and Dimples D covering I dream of Jeannie

    vinnyeh
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    Manfred Mann 'Quinn the Eskimo' is quite a bit different to Dylan's original.
    anything by Nouvelle Vague, especially Teenage Kicks.
    A3's Hotel California is quite eerie and darker than the Eagles'.

    Nick
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    Can't believe that no one has mentioned William Shatner

    Cat Power's covers are a bit different too.

    algarvebairn
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    The Pogues – Honky Tonk Woman
    Rythms del Mundo – Dark of the Matinee
    Lemonheads – Mrs Robinson

    TandemJeremy
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    I assume most of you know this version of stairway to heaven??

    atlaz
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    skidartist
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    Straight out of Compton by Nina Gordon Cover your ears though, theres some effing and jeffing

    skidartist
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    And if we're talking Shatner then Common People is one I'd put in the cover versions that are better than the original category.

    theflatboy
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    don't ask why, but i was looking for cat's in the cradle the other day, versions by harry chapin, johhny cash (great version) and ugly kid joe.

    the comedy entry, though, was this by "3rd Bass" 😆

    nbt
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    Paul Anka did an entire album of brilliant songs in an easy-listening style, including Nirvana and Van Halen. It was actually quite good but I can't be bothered to search youtube

    Ahh go on then

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