# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/41 "2021-03-26T22:50:12Z")
That’s nothing. Try **this** version of “Enter Sandman”: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z67IqrmygZY/hqdefault.jpg "pat boone - enter sandman") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z67IqrmygZY) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/42 "2021-03-27T02:39:19Z")
I’ve heard “Enter Sandman” played by a high school marching band. My own personal introduction to “Smoke on the Water” was junior high band. Yes, really. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/43 "2021-03-27T13:50:46Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > My own personal introduction to “Smoke on the Water” was junior high band. Yes, really. Mine, too, oddly enough. ---
**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 27, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/44 "2021-03-27T18:39:09Z")
Some songs are so loathsome that it’s a blessing when they are finally put out of their misery (the Bonzos are a genre all to themselves). [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/khxDiNstvV4/hqdefault.jpg "Bonzo Dog Band - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khxDiNstvV4) ---
**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 27, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/45 "2021-03-27T18:47:31Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I wouldn’t say these songs are ruined. Some profit by it. > > My favorite is Big Daddy’s re-imagining Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will go on” from _Titanic_ I’m fond of the Los Straitjackets version. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x-JG1ulBqE4/hqdefault.jpg "Los Straitjackets - My Heart Will Go On") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-JG1ulBqE4&t=0m27s) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/46 "2021-04-10T21:49:35Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > What if Iron Maiden had written Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” Too bad they couldn’t have gotten this Brazilian guy to do the vocals (Enter Sandman at 2:26): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SfOKmGEptv0/maxresdefault.jpg "What if Bruce Dickinson sang in other bands?! #3 By Raphael Mendes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfOKmGEptv0) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/47 "2021-04-10T22:54:47Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Wanna suck the funk right out of a song? Have a suburban Baptist choir perform it. Alrighty, then! This makes it Official. I am **NOT** a Funk-Sucker. Dar Williams did a cover of _Comfortably Numb_ that is so abhorrent, I won’t link it, because I like you people and don’t want to hear it ever again. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/48 "2021-04-10T22:56:52Z")
Saw this in Germany, on the Euro MTV, in '95 or '96. Rather liked it. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/49 "2021-04-10T23:04:16Z")
Ruined forever? Not hardly. [The BossHoss - Hey Ya! (Official Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQVWXAlEUB8) I like Curtis Stiger, The Forest Rangers, and several other indie artists from Sons of Anarchy a bit, too. A down-tempo, bluesy cover of Bohemian Rhapsody (at least until the outro): [Sons of Anarchy: Bohemian Rhapsody - The Forest Rangers - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdnAIeHaBK0) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/50 "2021-04-11T13:02:15Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > [Postmodern Jukebox](https://www.youtube.com/user/ScottBradleeLovesYa) (a variety of styles, mostly jazz variants, but also early rock and roll subgenres), [Leo Moracchioli](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98tcedR6gULv8_b70WJKyw) (metal), Mike Flowers (lounge, mentioned above) or Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (punk) are all great. There’s also Nouvelle Vague ([Punk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZYHYHVx50Y)/[New](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6ypW1ckCvI) [Wave](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aki75C7rxl0)/[Post Punk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3GVd4DFFPA)/[Goth](https://youtu.be/Ok7ioIZw1gI?t=38) etc originals, all done _bossa nova_ style) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041/51 "2021-04-11T14:24:36Z")
Convoi! was a band from Austin, Texas that played country songs in punk style, and vice versa. They did a Tejano version of London Calling, but I can’t seem to find it online. Here’s their version of green Day’s Basket Case. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OydjdSSt0Qc/maxresdefault.jpg "Convoi! - Basket Case Music Video (Green Day Cover)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OydjdSSt0Qc) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041.md?page=2)