# For some reason I really love it when bands

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-some-reason-i-really-love-it-when-bands/476561>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 10, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-some-reason-i-really-love-it-when-bands/476561 "2008-12-10T16:15:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-some-reason-i-really-love-it-when-bands/476561/1 "2008-12-10T16:15:08Z")

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redo rap songs [Lollipop by Flaming Hanley](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw7RjUn2Va8).

They also have those Punk goes Pop, Punk goes 80s, Punk goes Crunk. Travis Barker redid “Crank That.”

No idea why I like it so much.

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**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-some-reason-i-really-love-it-when-bands/476561/2 "2008-12-10T16:17:28Z")

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I prefer Nina Gordon’s [Straight Outta Compton](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6D5xpCgETk).

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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-some-reason-i-really-love-it-when-bands/476561/3 "2008-12-10T17:35:27Z")

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Bowling for Soup’s rendition of Fergie’s [London Bridge](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXbgSMT-0j4)

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**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-some-reason-i-really-love-it-when-bands/476561/4 "2008-12-10T18:13:44Z")

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The all time best of the type: **Dynamite Hack** = [Boyz In The Hood](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4882756770145200542)

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**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-some-reason-i-really-love-it-when-bands/476561/5 "2008-12-10T20:08:53Z")

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No thread about bands covering rap songs is complete without the classic cover of [Gin N Juice by Phish](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bakWKHj051I).

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**Author:** ![TheVioletCreep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TheVioletCreep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVioletCreep)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-some-reason-i-really-love-it-when-bands/476561/6 "2008-12-11T01:08:56Z")

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Baby Got Back ~ Jonathan Coulton

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**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-some-reason-i-really-love-it-when-bands/476561/7 "2008-12-11T01:14:52Z")

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Oh come on. [Bitches Ain’t Shit by Ben Folds](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSJxvi767kQ) is the king of this.