# Peculiar versions of songs and other musical works **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180 "2015-08-18T15:13:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Toy\_varen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Toy\_varen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toy_varen)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180/21 "2015-08-19T04:52:38Z")
I love parody songs of all types, of course weird al is the king. Others of note: The Pigs: Single Ladies David Lo Pan Style Puke in my Mouth: Cover of Jizz in my Pants Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180/22 "2015-08-19T05:00:07Z")
Paul Anka did an entire album of covers of rock songs entitled _Rock Swings_. Here he is singing [Van Halen’s “Jump”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_cmmCRVs38). The song really, really swings. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180/23 "2015-08-19T05:10:42Z")
The Cambridge Buskers doing just about anything. Here they are performing [Marche Militaire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f9yvQ4vd5U). ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180/24 "2015-08-19T05:12:47Z")
Nina Gordon (Veruca Salt)-“Straight Outta Compton” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NG2EGOB9-lc/hqdefault.jpg "Straight Outta Compton - Nina Gordon") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2EGOB9-lc) Ben Folds-“Bitches Ain’t Shit” Both NSFW. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180/25 "2015-08-19T05:33:15Z")
Pat Boone is so … so Pat Boone, that’s what he is. He deserves a second round. Here he rides the [Crazy Train](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxJhDlz4jxM&list=PLACE1F11306ED8EC9&index=3). And of course, the all time greatest, ladies and gentlemen, the one, the only Richard Cheese. Covering Snoop: [Richard Cheese "Gin And Juice" (2004) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owutDdnIMUI) Kinda like Sir Mix-a-lot: [Richard Cheese - Baby Got Back.wmv - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ieb41uYpb08) He’s also down with the sickness but I’ll let you find that for yourself. TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180/26 "2015-08-19T07:47:23Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Bluegrass “Enter Sandman” > > [www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c7bISLhVl8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c7bISLhVl8) More bluegrass metal covers: [“Ace of Spades”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xxh492o2aM) - Hayseed Dixie (one of their many metal covers) [“Round and Round”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWybnjI1fTI&list=PLdH0KTPSagrL-IeMSTW2SDL8eidpkt15W&index=5) - The Meat Purveyors ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180/27 "2015-08-19T11:14:42Z")
Hayseed Dixie! Formerly known as “AC/Dixie.” Here’s why: [Hayseed Dixie Walk This Way - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9udowK_x5U) It ain’t your Daddy’s bluegrass, that’s for sure. Then there’s these guys: [California Guitar Trio - Ghost Riders on the Storm - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W45HL7Dj0BI) And THIS guy. [Hallelujah – Puddles Pity Party at the SF Regency Lodge Ballroom - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItXygU9SJCA) Yeah, that guy. [Puddles Pity Party (My Heart Will Go On/Metallica Mash Up) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_A-Yru_iDE) Virtuoso Frank Vignola … anything Frank does is great but this is mind-boggling: [Frank Vignola Shreds Beethoven's 5th - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOiBlL9pHMw) So is this, with excellent company, and Frank’s take on The Most Played Song of All Time: [Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo 'Tico Tico / Apache' | Live Studio Session - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHVnjYuuE8k) The COOLEST Band EVER! [The Maestrosities - Set Me Free!!!!! (Glee iphone app) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cC_lU-3mcQ) And finally, because hey, you got to have some tuba, meet Gene Pokorny. This is reportedly what won him the tuba position in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra: [Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L88--P0rgI0) This is nice too, which is like saying the nights on Pluto are cold: [Pavane pour une infante defunte - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGvN9ZFm1LQ) Also this, just because: [Bach: Partita In A Minor For Flute, BWV 1013 - Gene Pokorny Tuba - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FslsHP_qsJk) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180/28 "2015-08-19T14:28:58Z")
[Killer Queen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKDfMgoGGFk) by the Louis Clark and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. I have used this one as a joke, playing it to people as a piece of classical music to see how long it takes them to catch on. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180/29 "2015-08-19T14:29:03Z")
Welp, here you have “Thunderstruck”, by AC/DC, courtesy of the Finnish bluegrass band “Steve’n’Seagulls”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/e4Ao-iNPPUc/maxresdefault.jpg "Thunderstruck by Steve'n'Seagulls (LIVE)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc) I particularly like the entrance of the accordion player 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180/30 "2015-08-19T14:44:31Z")
Just a general mention of “The Harp Twins.” They have interpreted a range of music from movie themes (“Over the Misty Mountains Cold”) to hard rock (“Don’t Fear the Reaper”) on duet harps. Doesn’t hurt that they’re rather good-looking either … :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180/31 "2015-08-19T14:53:43Z")
Post-Modern Jukebox. They interpret modern music into other styles; [“Barbie Girl”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ReSV3CCRzg) as Beach Boys surfer rock. Should be watched, not just heard. 😃 [“Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CPbg9ljE4M&index=29&list=PLnc8nQuaopDueNNjmwIs-TiE0KhPqxZzZ) as a waltz ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180/32 "2015-08-19T14:57:37Z")
[Richard Cheese](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owutDdnIMUI) does lounge versions of lots of stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Srsly\_Dad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180/33 "2015-08-19T16:19:49Z")
String Cheese Incident does a bluegrass version of Walk this Way [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODRvh6pqjN8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODRvh6pqjN8) Unlike Hayseed Dixie the beginning sounds almost normal, but then the bluegrass kicks in ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180/34 "2015-08-19T17:18:11Z")
I’ve always had a soft spot for [Disagreeable Henry’s cover of Baba O’Riley](https://youtu.be/4lHLkVqh4j4). (Nash The Slash did a pretty mean version as well) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180/35 "2015-08-19T21:44:09Z")
Yannick’s [Ces soirées là](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKbI6dpY-yo). Recognize the tune? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180/36 "2015-08-19T22:17:01Z")
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes specializes in this - specifically punk covers of not-punk songs. Like [Country Roads](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M50lKtaE8rs). [(Speaking of, let’s have Hermes House Band’s cover of that.)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVz_IJoyO6Y) > [@Ethilrist](#): > > While My Guitar Gently Weeps on ukelele > > [www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k) [And keytar…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5ioD3KcVSE) > [@Paintcharge](#): > > [Richard Cheese](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owutDdnIMUI) does lounge versions of lots of stuff. There’s also Mike Flowers doing that. He got famous with [Wonderwall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy1ueZf1WMQ). (I like Flowers more than Cheese…seems more interested in doing an interesting take on the song than just something weird.) ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180/37 "2015-08-19T22:44:16Z")
If you go by press coverage, and airplay, if not the charts, my candidate would be: Devo doing “Satisfaction.” ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180/38 "2015-08-20T00:45:38Z")
One of the best rap covers. The Gourds-“Gin and Juice” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H4hGSR5njZE/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGHIgRygkMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAN8UfAM6djdY_rav0oNG32SMP8Pw "The Gourds - Gin and Juice") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4hGSR5njZE) ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180/39 "2015-08-20T01:21:37Z")
An earlier thread of [anachronistic song covers](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=707436) might be of some interest. I find that [“Flagpole Sitta (1965)”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7cCrgGBQIE) makes me giddier than is probably healthy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180/40 "2015-08-20T02:29:10Z")
[quote=“Accidental\_Martyr, post:38, topic:728180”] One of the best rap covers. The Gourds-“Gin and Juice” [/QUOTE] NSFW [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-versions-of-songs-and-other-musical-works/728180.md?page=3)