Whacky, Wild, Weird Cover Versions (videos, reggae, radio, cd)

[Thomas R.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5SiYUvYBMY - Due to above.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrpZo_1jQDg - Maybe not that wacky, but kind of an odd video.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp5hzCMJE_A - Early B-52s doing Petula Clark.

[Yzette]

I wouldn't say this is weird, but it's definitely different than the original (by the Stones). Better, too, methinks.

[youtube]1qmuSg5iDCI[/youtube]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qmuSg5iDCI[/url]

[strudel42]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-yvpswc5w0

I totally dig the harp at 1:25.

[majoun]

Has to be heard to be believed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myN2mxuHddA

Europop duo covering Black Sabbath's "Paranoid":

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

This is sexier than the original, isn't it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_2wH...eature=related

[Thomas R.]

Covers I found on looking up various Oscar nominated songs. Not all these may work.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iborltpGQmA - Heavy Metal Sinatra


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA4ACvg8Xj0 - "Live and Let Die" the West-Coast Big Band version. (Kenton also did a version of "MacArthur Park" it seems, I might link to that later if I haven't already)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUqEg_-FSxc - Bossa Nova master doing Judy Garland.

[majoun]

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

Lord Of The Boot Sale or Forgotten Vinyl: Tony Bennett - Eleanor Rigby (http://lordofthebootsale.blogspot.com/2010/08/tony-bennett-eleanor-rigby.html - broken link)

[Thomas R.]

Odd covers of songs that were already odd or annoying.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA0Ia...eature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcX3ftKSToQ


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGQrqBqZ_-Y - Okay basically like the original, but somehow hearing this forceful Finnish voice doing it struck me as kind of funny.

[strudel42]

I just came across this friendly little gem. Shock the Monkey:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5WOAxu28C0

[raubre]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngZh6ZSRoYg

I can't take GNR seriously after this atrocious cover song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYOYlqOitDA&feature=fvw

[WhistlerMCMLV]

Originally Posted by raubre

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngZh6ZSRoYg

I can't take GNR seriously after this atrocious cover song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYOYlqOitDA&feature=fvw

I couldn't take Guns 'n' Roses seriously even without that atrocious cover. I thought (and think) Axl Rose is one of the biggest jackasses in the business and Slash is one of the most overrated guitarists in the business---he's good, he isn't God like his fanbois believe.