# Popular songs ruined forever (played in the wrong music genre) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [March 16, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041 "2021-03-16T19:10:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/1 "2021-03-16T19:10:26Z")
Ever wanted to hear Billy Idol’s “Dancing With Myself” as a Christmas song? Or Nirvana’s “Come as you are” as swing? No? Of course you haven’t. But someone did it anyway: > **[There I Ruined It](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEUPx_RbHwadQ6AwDBiiAFg)** > > I lovingly destroy your favorite songs. My favorite is the Oktoberfest version of Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8s28uPjUiUQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Gangsta's Paradise - Oktoberfest Edition") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s28uPjUiUQ) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/2 "2021-03-17T00:27:38Z")
Everything’s better with bluegrass Jumpin’ Jack Flash, where the lead singer sounds eerily like Weird Al [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TF0mlAjtLH8/hqdefault.jpg "Jumpin Jack Flash - Paint It Blue: Bluegrass Tribute to The Rolling Stones") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF0mlAjtLH8) Wanna suck the funk right out of a song? Have a suburban Baptist choir perform it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JZ6cdf-_VtI/maxresdefault.jpg "La Dolce Vita Or Inna Gadda Da Vida I'm not sure which — at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ6cdf-_VtI) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/3 "2021-03-17T01:55:11Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Everything’s better with bluegrass > > Jumpin’ Jack Flash, where the lead singer sounds eerily like Weird Al - > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF0mlAjtLH8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF0mlAjtLH8) The Hot Rocks Polka-Weird Al [Polkas on 45](https://youtu.be/H9paazlKN2s?t=210) queued up to Jumpin’ Jack Flash [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FfxAUTG61eE/hqdefault.jpg "The Hot Rocks Polka-Weird Al Yankovic") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfxAUTG61eE) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/4 "2021-03-17T12:33:48Z")
Upbeat lounge version of Radiohead’s “Creep”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JyeFLwX_WQA/maxresdefault.jpg "Richard Cheese "Creep" from the 2000 CD "Lounge Against The Machine"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyeFLwX_WQA) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/5 "2021-03-17T12:44:06Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Everything’s better with bluegrass > > Jumpin’ Jack Flash, where the lead singer sounds eerily like Weird Al Another rock classic as bluegrass: (AC/DC - Thunderstruck): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/e4Ao-iNPPUc/maxresdefault.jpg "Thunderstruck by Steve'n'Seagulls (LIVE)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/6 "2021-03-17T13:44:09Z")
Polka version of “Purple Haze”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FV6i4loONAs/maxresdefault.jpg "Purple Haze (Polka Version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV6i4loONAs) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/7 "2021-03-17T14:09:49Z")
This has been posted many times before: “Straight Outta Compton” - Nina Gordon [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NG2EGOB9-lc/hqdefault.jpg "Straight Outta Compton - Nina Gordon") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2EGOB9-lc) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/8 "2021-03-17T14:20:43Z")
Remember the gag on _The Simpsons_ when Bart slipped _Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida_ (by I. Ron Butterfly) into the hymnals? Thank heaven no one would ever do that seriously. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AMRo21H2eaM/hqdefault.jpg "Dad's Inna Gadda Da Vida Wedding Surprise") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMRo21H2eaM) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/9 "2021-03-17T14:43:07Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > This has been posted many times before: > > “Straight Outta Compton” - Nina Gordon > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2EGOB9-lc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2EGOB9-lc) Also from the “white people doing ironic soft rock covers of Rap and Hip-Hop” category: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MCWaN_Tc5wo/hqdefault.jpg "Baby Got Back - Jonathan Coulton") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCWaN_Tc5wo) ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/10 "2021-03-17T15:20:50Z")
Clip from Amazon Women on the Moon: Blacks without soul. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fZRePZ1OqQE/hqdefault.jpg "Blacks Without Soul") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZRePZ1OqQE) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/11 "2021-03-17T15:23:57Z")
I’m fond of this album: > **[Rock Swings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Swings)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Rock Swings is an album by Paul Anka. Recorded in November 2004 and released on May 31, 2005 in Canada and June 7, 2005 in the United States, it contains swing jazz covers of popular rock and pop songs from the 1980s and 1990s. > The idea of an established vocalist giving rock hits a "standards" treatment was earlier realized by Anka's contemporary Pat Boone in the 1997 album, In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy, with Boone doing covers of songs ... Though I suppose I would have hated it whenm I was 20. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/12 "2021-03-17T15:31:02Z")
For some people, the Dickies’ version of “Nights In White Satin” would ruin it forever. I think it’s a vast improvement on the original. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_aLpwtaLDw8?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RD_aLpwtaLDw8 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/13 "2021-03-17T15:34:47Z")
How about an undesirable performance which led to the popular version being recorded? The first recording of “Twist and Shout” has a surf vibe! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LsDpc-8iR8g/hqdefault.jpg "Twist and Shout - Top Notes 1961 (Rare original version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsDpc-8iR8g) Bert Berns, who wrote the song with Phil Medley, was so dissatisfied with this version that he produced the Isley Brothers’ cover. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/14 "2021-03-17T15:42:02Z")
In 2009, I created a [post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrific-cover-of-harvey-dangers-flagpole-sitta/489958/8) about a 1965 sunshine pop-style cover of Harvey Danger’s “Flagpole Sitta.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/R7cCrgGBQIE/maxresdefault.jpg "Flagpole Sitta 1965") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7cCrgGBQIE) It comes complete with an accompanying music video full of 1960s-type stuff. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/15 "2021-03-17T16:22:00Z")
How about “Louie, Louie,” that raucous party anthem with [allegedly dirty lyrics](https://www.straightdope.com/21341456/what-are-the-real-lyrics-to-louie-louie)? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ky4IGw_atto/hqdefault.jpg "The Sandpipers - Louie, Louie") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky4IGw_atto) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/16 "2021-03-17T16:25:21Z")
“Bohemian Rhapsody” by [Hayseed Dixie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayseed_Dixie): [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sAWl5peI8HY/hqdefault.jpg "Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Music Video) - Hayseed Dixie") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAWl5peI8HY) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/17 "2021-03-17T16:29:03Z")
“Thunderstruck” on flamethrowing bagpipes: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/K-Op1Mng4oY/maxresdefault.jpg "The Badpiper Thunderstruck") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Op1Mng4oY) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/18 "2021-03-17T16:33:02Z")
“One Toke Over the Line”, champagne style: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MRa_gC6y4CY/hqdefault.jpg "One Toke Over The Line") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRa_gC6y4CY) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/19 "2021-03-17T16:36:02Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > “One Toke Over the Line”, champagne style: - > > [https://youtu.be/MRa\_gC6y4CY](https://youtu.be/MRa_gC6y4CY) That’s not ruined in the least, it’s a “modern spiritual”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/20 "2021-03-17T17:24:08Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > “Thunderstruck” on flamethrowing bagpipes: At least there’s a connection: the bagpipes are AFAIK the only instrument other than guitars, bass and drums ever used on a AC/DC recording: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nULs4JW3tPI/hqdefault.jpg "AC/DC - It's A Long Way To The Top LIVE On TV 1976") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nULs4JW3tPI) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041.md?page=2)