# Cover CD's that are just umm intresting **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 28, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-cds-that-are-just-umm-intresting/333000 "2005-11-28T03:18:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-cds-that-are-just-umm-intresting/333000/21 "2005-11-28T22:00:18Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > The Bobs, an acapella group, have a great album of covers - two now that I go look. Their Purple Haze is a lot of fun. Are those the guys who not only sign the song acapella, but they do all of the instruments as well? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-cds-that-are-just-umm-intresting/333000/22 "2005-11-28T22:15:57Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > Dred Zeppelin did covers of Led Zeppelin songs in reggae style with an Elvis impersonator as lead vocalist. Nitpick: the lead singer was a black Elvis impersonator. Where were we? Oh, yes. Interesting cover versions. Ever heard of Chaucer and The Cantebury Tales? Covered by a [white Canadian rapper](http://www.babasword.com/writing/rapcantales.html)? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-cds-that-are-just-umm-intresting/333000/23 "2005-11-28T22:19:21Z")
My favorite concept-cover album is _Hanky Panky_, by The The. You wouldn’t think that Hank Williams Sr. songs reinterpreted by a rather twee, palefaced British pop group would be good, but they are _excellent._ Weird, but excellent. Highly recommended. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-cds-that-are-just-umm-intresting/333000/24 "2005-11-28T22:36:19Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > And in case anyone’s interested in the [CD Covers](http://www.zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/) that are just umm interesting… Great Site! _\_ Where Do They Find These People?!? _\_ Back to the OP. I can never get enough **Black Sabbath**. Besides the (usually) awful death metal cover tributes on 3 or 4 different labels (such as the aptly named Earache Records), many other artists of done Sabbath tributes: **Opium Jukebox** ’s - _Bhangra Bloody Bhangra_: They also add some Indian flair to The Rolling Stones & Sex Pistols **Iron Horse** ’s - _Black & Bluegrass_: Which is pretty explanitory. Supernaut on banjo! **Rondellus** ’ - _Sabbatum_: Medieval Tribute to Black Sabbath - translated into latin chants. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-cds-that-are-just-umm-intresting/333000/25 "2005-11-28T22:50:23Z")
> [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > **Iron Horse** ’s - _Black & Bluegrass_: Which is pretty explanitory. Supernaut on banjo! This one reminded me of another one I heard a while back - [Fade to Bluegrass](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000CC866/104-7196904-6752747?v=glance&vi=samples) Various artists covering Metallica in bluegrass. I liked it, my kids didn’t care for it. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-cds-that-are-just-umm-intresting/333000/26 "2005-11-28T23:49:30Z")
> [@Ol'Gaffer](#): > > Are those the guys who not only sign the song acapella, but they do all of the instruments as well? yep ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-cds-that-are-just-umm-intresting/333000/27 "2005-11-29T00:01:50Z")
“Just, umm, interesting” is about the best description I can think of for Tori Amos’s cover CD, _Strange Little Girls_. Somehow, it was supposed to be a concept album in which she reinterpreted songs by men and sang them from a woman’s point of view. It wasn’t that good, and if she hadn’t explained the concept publicly I’m not sure anybody would have figured it out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-cds-that-are-just-umm-intresting/333000.md?page=1)