Weirdest Song Covers

[alcibiades_mystery]

I vote for Alanis Morrissette covering Rage Against the Machine's Guerrilla Radio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1JJo7BvHcc

:wow:

[Ptah]

1. Leningrad Cowboys & Red Army Choir - SWEET HOME ALABAMA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lNFRLrP014

[qnr]

54. Seems like a Georgia song would be more appropriate for them :) n/t

[lightningandsnow]

2. The Gourds covering Gin and Juice by Snoop Dogg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4hGSR5njZE

[alcibiades_mystery]

5. Holy shit

Love!

[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

48. I never get tired of hearing that one

Snoop loves it too, so I've heard.

[eShirl]

3. Got to be DEVO's cover of the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jadvt7CbH1o

[progressoid]

40. I have a collection of Satisfaction covers

including

Oscar Petersen, Britney Spears, The Vienna Symphony, etc

& of course DEVO

[NuttyFluffers]

44. i see your DEVO cover and raise you a POLYSICS "My Sharona" cover.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6NIJ5r448A

[meegbear]

4. Celine Dion & Anastacia - You Shook Me All Night Long

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULmC8JTTVy0

[Kat45]

21. +1 n/t

[progressoid]

43. Ohmygawd

My brain just broke.

[distantearlywarning]

56. That's an abomination. n/t

[gmoney]

59. Eye bleach... ear spikes... mind erase...

There are some things you can't unsee or unhear... shudder.

[Forkboy]

6. The Residents doing Elvis Presley's Teddy Bear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CFTFIcvz6o

[MrSlayer]

7. Tori Amos covering Slayer's Raining Blood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfhyEAXGia8

Motorhead covering "Louie Louie" is another weird one.

[taterguy]

8. Alex Chilton covering the Replacements song Alex Chilton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QDS4GBLgZg

[flvegan]

9. Limp Bizkit doing "Behind Blue Eyes"

The Speak 'n Spell thing is just...I dunno. Weird.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MSqF_rQ6Mw

[RandomThoughts]

10. Allthough their version is a little different then the original.

It is also good, since it is not about hate, it is about empathy and love, and knowing nobody is perfect in my view.

The story of Christ is in that video.

The doctor goes into the prison, shares love, and takes the place of the prisoner.

And every person lies sometimes, nobody is perfect.

Original Version.

Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfuWXRZe9yA


Also why leaving someone behind is not acceptable, after someone did not leave me behind, when I did not deserve it.

[TroglodyteScholar]

11. Johnny Cash doing NIN's "Hurt"

Weird in concept, anyway. The execution is flawless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho

[Orrex]

17. Kermit the Frog doing Johnny Cash's "Hurt"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ta7mkgrOU

[TroglodyteScholar]

29. Aw, man.

Wow.

[Orrex]

30. Yeah, it'll change you.

[Iggo]

60. Color me changed. (n/t)

[Tikki]

12. Not weird...but not as usual...amazing cover of..

Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTGzseTi7tw


Tikki

[Brickbat]

13. Alanis Morrisette's version of "My Humps."

Shameful.

[Iggo]

53. ...and beautiful.

[era veteran]

14. Shatner

Lucy in the Sky................................with Diamonds.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-yy2URAYqU

I dare you.

[alcibiades_mystery]

15. I should have stuipulated that all William Shatner covers are disqualified

It simply isn't fair if he's included.

:-)

[era veteran]

33. My late father in law, a record promoter, had to pimp

this album. He even was on the road with the Shat pushing it. I think he 'grew' out of it but the young Shat had a terrible case of short mans disease. BUT... This is the weirdest cover of all time, should be given its own award.

[mix]

16. song already posted nt

[VioletLake]

18. Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power does some strange covers. nt

[sammytko]

19. doors - whisky bar -

Doors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mjp8ox59WE

original - lotte lenya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-5ata4jDyk&feature=fvsr

[mtowngman]

20. Oh, I've been so waiting to post this one

The one and only Dead Kennedys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs1BDVMkad0

[MiddleFingerMom]

22. Any of the heavy metal covers by Pat Boone... but especially Metallica's "Enter Sandman".

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw64pU_wAYw
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[Dr Morbius]

23. Doop doo-be-doop doo-be-doop dee-dee-dee...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPzZYDrA2v0

The Cardigans: First Band on the Moon

[Dr Morbius]

24. This also ranks as pretty weird.

Pickin on Hendrix.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ2FPQO5hbc&feature=related

[progressoid]

39. In a related theme: Hayseed Dixie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84Kyb22MJ18

Back in Black

[Archae]

25. Ozzy Osbourne, "Staying Alive"

"I am disco man..." :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWhj0e60jyc

[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

26. Pretty much anything by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Covers is all they do.....



Country Roads (take me home) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUehViMjRo0

Danny's Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ3M7DgBqA0

Wild World - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu0HTIuihy8

Mandy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWKMZk_mNKo

Only the Good Die Young - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Db8KZsM410

[abq e streeter]

27. If I Had a Hammer-Debbie Reynolds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng2Ls4OA2k4

[abq e streeter]

28. Do The Freddie-Chubby Checker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3aIBlYotfw

[pscot]

31. Nobody can top Pat Boone

From Tutti Trutti and Long Tall Sally to his '97 tour de force, Heavy Metal where he gives us these:

1."You've Got Another Thing Comin'" (Original: Judas Priest) – 4:19
2."Smoke on the Water" (Original: Deep Purple) – 3:53
3."It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" (Original: AC/DC) – 4:37
4."Panama" (Original: Van Halen) – 5:15
5."No More Mr. Nice Guy" (Original: Alice Cooper) – 3:06
6."Love Hurts" (Original: Everly Brothers, popularized as a hard rock ballad by Nazareth; composed by Boudleaux Bryant) – 4:57
7."Enter Sandman" (Original: Metallica) – 3:52
8."Holy Diver" (Original: Dio) – 4:44
9."Paradise City" (Original: Guns N' Roses) – 4:41
10."The Wind Cries Mary" (Original: Jimi Hendrix) – 4:12
11."Crazy Train" (Original: Ozzy Osbourne) – 4:32
12."Stairway to Heaven" (Original: Led Zeppelin) – 4:59

The man has no shame.

[abq e streeter]

32. And been waiting for an excuse to post this again---Keep the Ball Rollin'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IUU7Vq3Mcg


hint: NOT Jay and The Techniques

[begin_within]

34. I have a disco version of "Whole Lotta Love" by "The Wonder Band"

and there are other covers on that album... It was a demo album that came out in 1978. The album is called "You've Never Been Hit So Hard, Phase 2" and came out at the peak of the disco era. Plain white cover stamped with red ink. More info at http://www.discopatrick.com/home/3-Legal%20Company%20Mixes%20-9-disco%20promo.html

[begin_within]

35. Bob Dylan's Christmas album

A really sick and sad joke played on his fans.

[AllenVanAllen]

36. Comfortably Numb

by Scissor Sisters, nuff said.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7nNmyY1riY

[progressoid]

37. Anything by Richard Cheese

Naughty Girl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYjItIH28bg&feature=related

Welcome To The Jungle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr7EBuz-2xI

Smells Like Teen Spirit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac8v9OT8RsQ

Nookie Break Stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l0IbaOr6go

etc... :)

[SwissTony]

38. Comedy programs often have a house band

who play a different song every week, The Australian show The Money or the Gun had a house song played by a different artist every week. The house song was Stairway to Heaven. Every week, it'd be STH song in a different style.

Here's Rolf Harris, well known to Australians and Brits, less so to Americans, I suspect. Complete with wobble board and didgeridoo <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPOIy4Kb9M4>

The Beatnix, a Beatles tribute group <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfoccRna6I>

[progressoid]

41. Don Ho - Shock the Monkey

There's a better version out there somewhere but...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE-pbBYwPHs

[shawmut]

42. Telly Savalas covering "If"

this was a number 1 song in the UK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J94-_w9ARX0

[NuttyFluffers]

45. ooh, i wanna play! Godhead covers Beatle's "Eleanor Rigby"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4slFA3wM7pk

dunno if it's all that "weird," but it's definitely not an expected cover for the song. :7

[NuttyFluffers]

46. this topic reminds me of Nouvelle Vague. New Wave 80s classics done to bossa nova.

quite the kick ass revelation that they work so well. bless the french for a brilliant level of precision. :)

cover of Sisters of Mercy's "Marian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOEbJdgEc2g

cover of Bauhaus's "Bela Lugosi's Dead"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK5K-_-gR7U

cover of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oWO7Om17v0

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

47. Lady Gaga goes metal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36UZdRPDhtQ

[distantearlywarning]

57. I actually LOVE this one!

This is what that song should have sounded like originally.

[HardWorkingDem]

49. William Shatner! Rocket Man! Love it....

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

[JCMach1]

50. Anyone remember Dread Zeppelin?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg_YrA8oAQE

[Tabasco_Dave]

51. "Black Hole Sun" Steve and Eydie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6_hn8q0faA :crazy: :silly: :wow:

[IcyPeas]

52. Muse's "Endlessly" covered by opera singer:

Renee Fleming:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI65rdrVTdg

Muse:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bogOS5L-kuI

[distantearlywarning]

55. Walk Like An Egyptian, covered by The Cleverlys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS0P7w4YCDI

[msu2ba]

58. Louie Louie - The Sandpipers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ToFSOi8pnY

Just wrong!

[namahage]

61. Jonathan Coulton's take on Sir Mix-A-Lot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyJeC99QO8A

[BlueIris]

62. Tori Amos doing Eminem's "'97 Bonnie and Clyde."

And not so much weird as just...yuck.