Crazy Cover Songs...

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:18 pm

Last night on the Strombo show on Radio 2, it was all about covers.

I heard this song a few years ago, and then again last night, and can't get it out of my damn head...so I thought I'd subject you to it, as well.

Actually I love it.

It's a bluegrass group called The Gourds and they're covering Snoop's Gin and Juice.

If you like hip hop, being sung to bluegrass... well, this your thing...

Enjoy!

(If you're not familiar with Snoop's, uh, repertoire, listener discretion advised...)

Ale's What Cures Ya · Post by **Ale's What Cures Ya** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:54 pm

Original, which is great:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnn47V09Q2M&feature=fvst

A cover which most definitely qualifies as crazy:

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:25 pm

Yeah, Tori Amos is pretty great at taking "hard" songs and softening them up. I'm pretty sure she did cool a version of Smells Like Teen Spirit after Cobain died.

AlbumsandAles · Post by **AlbumsandAles** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:27 pm

Australian radio station Triple J releases some pretty incredible in studio performances, including a video series called "Like A Version."

Sarah Blasko did an incredible version of Hey Ya! by OutKast. Almost better than the original. That voice... damn.

Cale · Post by **Cale** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:30 am

JeffPorter wrote:Yeah, Tori Amos is pretty great at taking "hard" songs and softening them up. I'm pretty sure she did cool a version of Smells Like Teen Spirit after Cobain died.

And then there's "hard" covers of Tori Amos songs -

KwaiLo · Post by **KwaiLo** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:30 am

Oooh, I like this one.

Pressure Drop - Toots and the Maytals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rb13ksYO0s

The Clash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyv16mZakVE

The Specials
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUxWmDgSXP4

Robert Palmer and Little Feat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjArEnHPyFU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPQlYhHJoCU
(3:15 for Pressure Drop)

It is you!

mintjellie · Post by **mintjellie** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:03 am

How about a ridiculously cheesy power metal cover of Michael Sembello's "Maniac"?

mintjellie · Post by **mintjellie** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:11 am

Emmylou Harris doing the Chuck Berry classic You Never Can Tell.

NRman · Post by **NRman** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:53 am

The Aussies seem to have a knack for this stuff
Andrew Denton on TripleM in Sydney in the early 2000s did 2 albums of a "Musical Challenge" - throwing bands songs outside their style
If you can find these Cds/torrents there are some real gems

Neil Finn - Billie Jean
http://youtu.be/MmGmBoHpwpI

or this

Chris Cornell - Billie Jean (not Denton)
http://youtu.be/c2MgwAJrfXo

and although he is nobody in NA, Mark Lizotte (Diesel) was big when I was in Oz.
I Write the Songs
http://youtu.be/dFEEv3eVCeE

and for you Bon Scott fans with kids

It's a Long Way to the Top by the Wiggles
http://youtu.be/s-TgfQIMcsI

NRman · Post by **NRman** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:11 am

almost forgot
John Williamson - Why Don't You Get A Job?
http://youtu.be/4VqhQy1Omow

and not to sully the thread with "mash ups" vs covers but IMO these guys do nice work

Rock Sugar - Don't stop the Sandman
http://youtu.be/Mr4HffbAUTk

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:45 am

Rage Against The Machine - Clampdown (from their first public gig ever in 91)

grub · Post by **grub** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:42 am

http://www.covermesongs.com/ is great for finding neat covers. i'm especially fond of their "5 good covers" series, where they take a well known song and post 5 (often vastly) different cover versions. some are pretty far from the mark, but others are damn good!

posted by them yesterday, but a long time favourite (both the original and this cover). Pixies covering Jesus and Mary Chain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F5TZ7z7tJs