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
Paul Anka did an entire album of covers of rock songs entitled Rock Swings. Here he is singing Van Halen’s “Jump”. The song really, really swings.
The Cambridge Buskers doing just about anything. Here they are performing Marche Militaire.
Nina Gordon (Veruca Salt)-“Straight Outta Compton”
Ben Folds-“Bitches Ain’t Shit”
Both NSFW.
Pat Boone is so … so Pat Boone, that’s what he is. He deserves a second round.
Here he rides the Crazy Train.
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
Kinda like Sir Mix-a-lot: Richard Cheese - Baby Got Back.wmv - YouTube
He’s also down with the sickness but I’ll let you find that for yourself.
TubaDiva
More bluegrass metal covers:
“Ace of Spades” - Hayseed Dixie (one of their many metal covers)
“Round and Round” - The Meat Purveyors
Hayseed Dixie! Formerly known as “AC/Dixie.” Here’s why: Hayseed Dixie Walk This Way - YouTube
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
And THIS guy. Hallelujah – Puddles Pity Party at the SF Regency Lodge Ballroom - YouTube
Yeah, that guy. Puddles Pity Party (My Heart Will Go On/Metallica Mash Up) - YouTube
Virtuoso Frank Vignola … anything Frank does is great but this is mind-boggling: Frank Vignola Shreds Beethoven's 5th - YouTube
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
The COOLEST Band EVER! The Maestrosities - Set Me Free!!!!! (Glee iphone app) - YouTube
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
This is nice too, which is like saying the nights on Pluto are cold: Pavane pour une infante defunte - YouTube
Also this, just because: Bach: Partita In A Minor For Flute, BWV 1013 - Gene Pokorny Tuba - YouTube
Killer Queen 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:
Welp, here you have “Thunderstruck”, by AC/DC, courtesy of the Finnish bluegrass band “Steve’n’Seagulls”:
I particularly like the entrance of the accordion player 
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:
Post-Modern Jukebox. They interpret modern music into other styles;
“Barbie Girl” as Beach Boys surfer rock. Should be watched, not just heard.
“Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” as a waltz
Richard Cheese does lounge versions of lots of stuff.
String Cheese Incident does a bluegrass version of Walk this Way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODRvh6pqjN8
Unlike Hayseed Dixie the beginning sounds almost normal, but then the bluegrass kicks in
I’ve always had a soft spot for Disagreeable Henry’s cover of Baba O’Riley.
(Nash The Slash did a pretty mean version as well)
Yannick’s Ces soirées là. Recognize the tune?
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes specializes in this - specifically punk covers of not-punk songs.
Like Country Roads.
(Speaking of, let’s have Hermes House Band’s cover of that.)
There’s also Mike Flowers doing that. He got famous with Wonderwall. (I like Flowers more than Cheese…seems more interested in doing an interesting take on the song than just something weird.)
If you go by press coverage, and airplay, if not the charts, my candidate would be:
Devo doing “Satisfaction.”
One of the best rap covers.
The Gourds-“Gin and Juice”
An earlier thread of anachronistic song covers might be of some interest.
I find that “Flagpole Sitta (1965)” makes me giddier than is probably healthy.
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One of the best rap covers.
The Gourds-“Gin and Juice”
NSFW