# Ironic Covers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 28, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-covers/164900 "2003-03-28T21:55:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-covers/164900/41 "2003-04-01T19:43:30Z")
> [@](#): > > The Coolies put out an album called Dig which is entirely punk covers of Simon & Garfunkel songs! Speaking of Simon & Garfunkel, I just remembered another one. **Simon & Garfunkel** recorded a version of “Silent Night.” They sing the song straight, but they are singing over a background of news coverage talking about riots, shootings, bombs, etc. Pretty cool stuff. ---
**Author:** ![li\_l\_Dickie\_Dirtz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@li\_l\_Dickie\_Dirtz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/li_l_Dickie_Dirtz)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-covers/164900/42 "2003-04-01T22:17:52Z")
[The Gourds](http://www.thegourds.com/) did a cover of **Gin & Juice** by Snoop Dogg. It’s on their album _Shinebox_, along with other covers. Their website has it for download. ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-covers/164900/43 "2003-04-01T23:15:48Z")
What? No one has mentioned the works ofRichard Cheese? ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-covers/164900/44 "2003-04-02T00:05:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by nitroglycerine \* > \*\*Another good cover is Lydia Lunch’s “Run Through The Jungle” > \*\* I haven’t heard that particular cover, but she does an excellent cover of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazleton’s “Some Velvet Morning” with Rowland S. Howard. Talk irony. ---
**Author:** ![Bedrosian\_Bixby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@Bedrosian\_Bixby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bedrosian_Bixby)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-covers/164900/45 "2003-04-02T00:05:51Z")
I always found **Shane MacGowan** and **Nick Cave’s** version of _What a Wonderful World_ to be rather amusing. Given their two haggard old punk singers. And speaking of **Morrissey** covers…the all-time oddest band to cover _Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want This Time_ is by none other than **Hootie and the Blowfish**. ---
**Author:** ![Bedrosian\_Bixby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@Bedrosian\_Bixby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bedrosian_Bixby)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-covers/164900/46 "2003-04-02T00:07:47Z")
Grrr…that was 'They’re" not “their”…yessir…my inability to spell is now on display for all to see…forever. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-covers/164900/47 "2003-04-02T00:19:49Z")
Dynamite Hack’s _Boyz 'N The Hood_ > [@](#): > > There’s a brand new, BRILLIANT !r!e!g!g!a!e! cover of Pink Floyd’s album The Dark Side of the Moon–yes, the whole ALBUM–by the Easy Star All Stars, entitled Dub Side of the Moon. **lissener** thanks for the tip. Is it out yet? Would a mall record store have it, or is is a special order? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-covers/164900/48 "2003-04-02T00:25:20Z")
How about Aretha Franklin’s cover of **Respect**? Does that count as ironic, considering it has overshadowed the original? ---
**Author:** ![Auntie\_Social](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@Auntie\_Social](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntie_Social)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-covers/164900/49 "2003-04-02T00:28:19Z")
Sisters of Mercy covering “Gimme Shelter.” I’m not sure they were mocking – maybe “amplifying” or some such. ---
**Author:** ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-covers/164900/50 "2003-04-02T02:21:46Z")
I’m gonna go with Phish and Les Claypool’s cover of **Gin N’ Juice.** I also really like Devo’s version of **Head Like a Hole**. I just got Me First and the Gimme Gimme’s cover album, the other day, and it’s a hoot. I think **My Favorit Things** is my favorite so far. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CzechHistory411](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@CzechHistory411](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CzechHistory411)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-covers/164900/51 "2003-04-02T04:34:15Z")
Oooh oooh oooh! Caress & Sickmob’s Are U Experienced? Caress P-Orridge is Genesis (Throbbing Gristle) P-Orridge’s daughter, who must have been around seven or eight years old on the record. Definitely ironic. – CH ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-covers/164900/52 "2003-04-02T05:08:42Z")
Mojo Nixon- Girlfriend in a Comma Bigod20- Just like a Prayer Laibach - Jesus Christ Superstar ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Peter\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Doubt)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-covers/164900/53 "2003-04-02T06:56:45Z")
Great picks! Here’s a few of mine in no particular order; Jolene - Queen Adreena Mr. Crowley - The Cardigans Country Roads - MFANTGG’s Secret Agent Man - Devo I Will Survive --Cake and REM Highway to Hell - Beck Do You Really Want to Hurt Me - -Violent Femmes Psycho Killer - Bare Naked Ladies Carry on my Wayward Son - Foo Fighters ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-covers/164900/54 "2003-04-02T07:52:18Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by fizgig \* **I’m gonna go with Phish and Les Claypool’s cover of Gin N’ Juice.** It wasn’t Phish that did Gin N’ Juice. As already mentioned, it was the Gourds. The Gourds version was falsely attributed to Phish. I nominate The La’s “There She Goes” by Sixpence None the Richer. A song about drugs done by band named for a passage in CS Lewis’ “Mere Christianity.” ---
**Author:** ![AchimbaProphet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@AchimbaProphet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AchimbaProphet)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-covers/164900/55 "2003-04-02T12:13:44Z")
How about the band “Dread Zepplin” who played Led Zepplin songs in a reggae-styled way with an Elvis impersonator singer. Many good choices from their many albums. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-covers/164900/56 "2003-04-02T13:57:49Z")
Mojo and Skid’s bongo-based cover of “In a Gadda da Vida” (not “Stairway to Heaven”) is gut-bustingly funny. They even include the drum solo. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-covers/164900/57 "2003-04-02T14:14:26Z")
I don’t think that anyone has mentioned Ani Difranco’s cover of _Wishing and Hoping_. I know it was for a movie, but there is no way that song can be covered in this day and age and not be sarcastic. ---
**Author:** ![mrweebles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@mrweebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrweebles)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-covers/164900/58 "2003-04-02T17:08:47Z")
Less Than Jake is another punk band that got their start doing covers. New Found Glory put out an album, “From the Screen to Your Stereo” of just covers. Kind of poppy, but listenable. Also, Sublime’s _By the Rivers of Babylon_ at the end of “40 Ozs to Freedom” is excellent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-covers/164900.md?page=2)