# Popular songs covered in a significally different style. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2005, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314 "2005-07-13T09:59:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314/41 "2005-07-13T15:22:19Z")
I have a CD made up of punk covers of Tom Waits songs. Great stuff. [http://www.epinions.com/content\_9888239236](http://www.epinions.com/content_9888239236) ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314/42 "2005-07-13T15:32:49Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > I have a CD made up of punk covers of Tom Waits songs. Great stuff. > > [Shopping Online at Shopping.com | Price Comparison Site](http://www.epinions.com/content_9888239236) Man, I’d love to hear that. There is another Tom Waits tribute album out there, with Neko Case doing a cover of “Christmas Card From a Hooker In Minneapolis” that I’d especially like to hear (my favorite female singer covering my favorite male singer). Then Holly Cole has an entire album of Tom Waits covers called _Temptation_. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314/43 "2005-07-13T15:36:28Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > Damn you, pulykamell! I came here specifically to post about Paul Anka. I guess I’ll just add that entire CD is swing remakes of popular rock songs. It is titled _[Rock Swings](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009A1BXG/qid=1121261190/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_ur_1/102-7084218-2566521?v=glance&s=music&n=507846)_. I like the _Blackhole Sun_ cover, too. I thought this was going to turn out really well, but I’ve listened to it and there’s not one track on there I like. Tom Jones did it way more betterer. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314/44 "2005-07-13T15:52:47Z")
**Dread Zeppelin** , anyone? The tradition of orchestral versions of rock songs goes back at least to the mid-60’s, when Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops covered the Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314/45 "2005-07-13T16:18:23Z")
> [@Seeker74](#): > > Oh Jesus Christ, that’s f\*ckin funny!!! I MUST get Apertif for Destruction! > [CHEESY 50s MALE ADVERT VOICE]Oh, me so horny.[/C5MAV] > > BWAHAHAHAHA. And the latin-flavored _Man In The Box_. > > Good stuff, that. I’m dyin’ over here! Just wait until you hear the mambo “Sunday, Bloody Sunday.” ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314/46 "2005-07-13T16:22:41Z")
Recommendations out of my [Cover Songs](http://www.sirblah.com/misc/covers.gif) MP3 directory. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314/47 "2005-07-13T16:36:48Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > **Dread Zeppelin** , anyone? Seriously. A reggae band with an Elvis impersonator as lead vocalist doing cover versions of Led Zeppelin songs. They don’t get much stranger than that. I have the London Symphony Orchestra version of Jethro Tull that **RealityChuck** mentioned ([_A Classic Case_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000003FOE/ref=pd_null_recs_m_t/002-1355833-7856850?v=glance&s=music)). I’ve also got orchestral versions of Pink Floyd ([_Us and Them_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000040UZ/qid=1121272471/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-1355833-7856850)) and Yes (_The Symphonic Music of Yes_, though I can’t find it on-line at the moment.) I have [_Common Thread_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002L1S/qid=1121272390/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-1355833-7856850), which is a collection of Eagles songs performed by country artists. I also have a collection of Beatles songs performed by various jazz artists but I can’t find it referenced on-line either. I can’t put my hands on it at the moment either but I remember it was put out by GRP records. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314/48 "2005-07-13T16:58:08Z")
I have a CD of instrumental bluegrass covers of U2 songs, called _Pickin’ on U2_. It is cool, but they have an entire series of these, even _Pickin’ on Creed_. (Shudder.) ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314/49 "2005-07-13T17:21:03Z")
Thanks for your list, **Hal**. Freeze Frame? I loved that song back in the day. I’ll give Less Than Jake’s version a shot some time. RE: Dred Zeppelin- I do believe my friend has one of their albums. I’ll ask him to bring it over… No wait. It’s on cassette, and I don’t have a tape deck. ☹ **Lou** - Bluegrass U2 sounds interesting. Creed? Anything even remotely related to that band’s tosh makes me want to vomit. I think I’d have to puncture my eardrums with a pointy stick. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314/50 "2005-07-13T17:25:32Z")
[This CD](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000349O/qid%3D1121275404/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-8496709-0630413) is kind of amusing. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314/51 "2005-07-13T17:33:25Z")
I just recalled that Pepper Mill bought a record of Beatles hits rewritten as Baroque pieces a la Johann Sebastian Bach. Imagine PDQ Bach doing “Eleanor Rigby”. ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314/52 "2005-07-13T17:42:08Z")
> [@Dr. Rieux](#): > > [This CD](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000349O/qid%3D1121275404/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-8496709-0630413) is kind of amusing. Especially when you consider that the name of the group is The [Benzedrine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzedrine) Monks of Santa Demo. Is that the kind of music you’d listen to if you were tweaking? I especially liked the clip of “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314/53 "2005-07-13T17:45:09Z")
Not that this has anything to do with the topic at hand, but I just noticed all my spelling errors in this thread. Ugh! Thanks for being kind. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314/54 "2005-07-13T17:52:49Z")
> [@Seeker74](#): > > Especially when you consider that the name of the group is The [Benzedrine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzedrine) Monks of Santa Demo. Is that the kind of music you’d listen to if you were tweaking? > > I especially liked the clip of “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Actually, Amazon cut off part of the name–it’s the Benzedrine Monks of Santa _Demonica_. ---
**Author:** ![Devushka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@Devushka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Devushka)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314/55 "2005-07-13T18:01:18Z")
Bjork recently released an album comprised entirely of remakes of her hit _Army of Me_ (with all profts going to UNICEF).[Linky!](http://www.unicef.org.uk/2002/bjork.htm) I really like the version by [Grisbi](http://www.grisbimusic.com/) . It’s got a latin/lounge feel and the girl has a gorgeous voice. I cannot wait for Grisbi to release their first album. Check out snippets on the Media link. ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314/56 "2005-07-13T18:18:21Z")
> [@Dr. Rieux](#): > > Actually, Amazon cut off part of the name–it’s the Benzedrine Monks of Santa _Demonica_. D’oh! ---
**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:** [July 13, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314/57 "2005-07-13T18:38:03Z")
My favorite cover ever is The Slits doing “I Heard It Through the Grapevine.” They give it a sort of English punk/post-punk/reggae spin to it. You can listen to a clip of it [here](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4781ED84AA97320C2933945CFB575F30FDF45FB881F264B53DDB33068850262EC5DFC85D3E2A528F811D9B959ED0974B686E949FDDF793F3D8DEBEA62323D4F0C0A2055E0B5&sql=10:iw6zefqkhgf2). ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Dirx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Sir\_Dirx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Dirx)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314/58 "2005-07-13T19:03:34Z")
Save Ferris has a great punkish cover of “Build Me Up Buttercup.” And, um… yeah. Everyone else has mentioned the others I was gonna say. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314/59 "2005-07-13T19:44:01Z")
> [@Seeker74](#): > > …I’ve heard Hayseed Dixie doing AC/DC bluegrass style (hilarious!)… The OP’s mention of AC/DC cross genre covers reminds me of the many Black Sabbath ‘tributes’ [Sabbatum](http://www.sabbatum.com/) By Rhondellus - “12 Black Sabbath classic songs played by middle ages music band Rondellus and sung in Latin language” [Black & Bluegrass](http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6665273/a/Black+&+Bluegrass:+A+Tribute+To+Ozzy+Osbourne+&+Black+Sabbath.htm) By Ironhorse - “A Bluegrass Tribute To Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath” [Bhangra Bloody Bhangra](http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vlink/637642102924BT.html) By Opium Jukebox - ‘An Indian Bhanga Tribute To Black Sabbath’. Opium Jukebox also does tributes for the Stones & The Sex Pistols. Andy Votel does a somewhat decent electronic version of Sabbath’s ‘Hand of Doom’ on the Grand Central Various Artists compilation, but usually electronic versions blow chunks. The 1st 2 in my collection that come to mind are: ‘The Electronic Tribute To The Doors’ - Which ranks somewhere between awful & unlistenable and ‘Sympathy for the Devil Remixes’ - Where Fat Boy Slim, Full Phatt & Double D should’ve left their turntables home that day. Does anyone have or heard the reggae tribute to Bob Dylan: [Is It Rolling Bob?](http://www.reggaemovement.com/Reviews/CD/isitrollingbob.htm)? I recommend it for Dylan fans - but am not well-versed enough in reggae quality to make the same recommendation to fans of the genre. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314/60 "2005-07-13T19:50:13Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Joe Cocker’s versions of _The Letter_ and _Cry Me a River_ were complete reworkings of the original. Not to mention _With A Little Help From My Friends_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-covered-in-a-significally-different-style/312314.md?page=4)