Favorite Funny Cover Songs

[SkipMagic]

So, what are some of your favorite funny cover songs? They don't have to be intentionally funny (although that's certainly allowed--and encouraged, even). The songs should also be covers of famous originals.

The Smurfs, for example, cover Glen Miller's In The Mood. We also have William Shatner singing Lucy in The Sky with Diamonds and Tiny Tim belting out both Stairway to Heaven and Hey Jude.

What are some of your favorites?

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Most anything by Big Daddy, but especially "Ice Ice Baby" and "Memory" (from Cats).

[SkipMagic]

Most anything by Big Daddy, but especially "Ice Ice Baby" and "Memory" (from Cats).
I just heard their version of Flashdance. Hilarious!

[Tracy Lord]

Shatner does a pretty hilarious "Rocket Man," too. His, uh, delivery is such that you start to pay attention to how bizarre the lyrics really are. A very zen experience.

[Manatee]

The Who's cover of the theme from the "Batman" TV series.

[unclviny]

The Bob's version of Talking Heads "Psycho killer" is ...uh... killer.
The Austin Lounge Lizards do a wonderful bluegrass version of Pink Floyd's "Dark side of the Moon."

There are many more (I just burned a disc of "funny cover songs" for a buddy but I am not home to see exactly what I put on it).

Unclviny

[Marsie]

Chad Everett of "Medical Center" singing "Ain't No Sunshine". It's on his album called "All Strung Out".

[supervenusfreak]

Ray Stevens clucking his way through "In The Mood"

[Elvez]

Pat Boone's entire album No More Mr. Nice Guy: In a Metal Mood (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000005KOE/103-5123655-4857467?v=glance)

That album both sucks and blows, but it's funny as hell.

[TeaElle]

It's not meant to be funny, but when I hear Duran Duran's cover of Public Enemy's 911 Is a Joke, I laugh and laugh and laugh. :D

[Hey, It's That Guy!]

"Gin and Juice" by the Gourds (Snoop Dogg cover)

"Boyz In the Hood" by Dynamite Hack (Eazy E cover)

Anything by Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine (lounge-style covers of current popular songs)

Anything by William Shatner

[Murcielago]

I've had a few good laughs from "Dread Zeppelin." They take the old Zeppelin stuff, reggae it up, and use an Elvis impersonator as lead singer.

A few samples over at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000QFU/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/102-5694063-3913744?v=glance&s=music&st=*).

[Baggins111]

Dang, both of mine were taken in the last two posts: Richard Cheese and Dread Zeppelin.

[Scissorjack]

I've had a few good laughs from "Dread Zeppelin." They take the old Zeppelin stuff, reggae it up, and use an Elvis impersonator as lead singer.

A few samples over at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000QFU/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/102-5694063-3913744?v=glance&s=music&st=*).

Saw them live once on a double bill with Mojo Nixon. Killer show - those guys could really play. Best part was the end, when Tortelvis started handing out scarves {a la Vegas} and glasses of wine {a la gettin' all liquored up for Mojo}.

[Mr. Miskatonic]

The Toy Dolls do a cover of Livin' La Vida Loca using Kazoos that is both hilarious and an improvement on the original.

[Hamish]

Cake's I Will Survive.

[Stark Raven Mad]

Something quite a bit more recent: Weird Al's cover of Avril Lavigne's Complicated (it's called Constipated). I cramped up from laughing.

[cstamets]

Hayseed Dixie (http://www.hayseed-dixie.com/genesis.html)


Funny when I first heard them. Kinda cool as I continued to listen.

[BlackNGold]

Hawkwind's cover of the eponymous song "Motorhead". Somehow funny and good at the same time...

[ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks]

The Folksmen's cover of "Start Me Up" (originally by the Stones). I can't even think about it without cracking up. The Folksmen are the fictional group from 'A Mighty Wind' but I think it still counts as a hilarious cover.

[rowrrbazzle]

I like Rolf Harris's version of "Stairway to Heaven".

[TJdude825]

I think maybe "parody" would be a better word than "cover" in some cases.

Fans of Broadway musicals should get a CD or two from Forbidden Broadway. A sampling of songs I've heard from it:


Into the Words (Into the Woods)

The thoughts are clear,
If understood.
I have no peer,
'Cause I'm so good.
The score is the star.
The stars are just wood.
I sort of hate to ask it,
But what's a rhyme for "basket"?

Into the words, that trip your lip,
And fry your brain, and sprain your tongue.
Into the words, that cave’s so dark,
You better bring a torch in.I hate Julie Taymor.
She doesn't have a clue.
My neck is breaking wearing her designs
And sublixated too.
Her puppetry is stunning,
But now I must confide,
Although it looks great from the audience,
It's torture here inside.

[jsgoddess]

I was putting together a cd for my dad of all the versions of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" I could find. (Yes, it was his favorite song.)

One of the versions was called "Ghost Chickens" and it made me laugh like a fool. Dunno who did it, though.

[SolGrundy]

The Cardigans' versions of "Iron Man" and "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath."

[Krisfer the Cat]

I like Rolf Harris's version of "Stairway to Heaven".


His version of "I Touch Myself" had me on the floor choking. I laughed so hard I slid out of my chair and couldn't breathe!

[KGS]

Hawkwind's cover of the eponymous song "Motorhead". Somehow funny and good at the same time...
Er...that's the original version. Lemmy was still in Hawkwind at the time.

Goldfinger does a hilarious cover of "Rio" on the Duran Duran tribute album. Halfway through it suddenly changes to a parody of "Rainbow in the Dark": "His name is DIO, Ronnie James DIO..."

In the "unintentionally funny" category, I'd nominate Celtic Frost's "Mexican Radio".