# Songs where an artist broke far away from their ususal genre **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 3, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-an-artist-broke-far-away-from-their-ususal-genre/85204 "2001-10-03T16:02:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Daytona\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@Daytona\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daytona_Dave)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-an-artist-broke-far-away-from-their-ususal-genre/85204/21 "2001-10-09T00:17:52Z")
I’m surprised no one has mentioned ‘Beth’ by Kiss. You can almost imagine Barry Manilow singing this song. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-an-artist-broke-far-away-from-their-ususal-genre/85204/22 "2001-10-09T03:55:15Z")
Type O Negative covering Britney Spears’ “Hit Me Baby One More Time”. I kept waiting for them to bust out laughing, but they went through the whole song in what appears to be total seriousness. Catchy too. ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-an-artist-broke-far-away-from-their-ususal-genre/85204/23 "2001-10-09T07:11:58Z")
Warren Zevon teaming up with members of REM - Hindu Love Gods - (if that’s post rehab, Warren, your program ain’t workin’) to cover Prince’s “Raspberry Beret”. Beautiful, but very frightening. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-an-artist-broke-far-away-from-their-ususal-genre/85204/24 "2001-10-09T15:36:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by soulmurk \* > **Type O Negative covering Britney Spears’ “Hit Me Baby One More Time”.** Travis covers _Hit Me Baby One More Time_ also. Travis’ sober version blows Britney’s out of the water. They actually impart the song with some surpringly soulful depth. ---
**Author:** ![Tiggamoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@Tiggamoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggamoo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-an-artist-broke-far-away-from-their-ususal-genre/85204/25 "2001-10-10T21:52:52Z")
Garth Brooks as Chris Gaines…I know it was mentioned before by Frank O. Pinion. Maybe Sappo and I are weird but we both like this album very much. We haven’t found anyone else who likes it though. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![quarx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/50afbb/32.png) [@quarx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quarx)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-an-artist-broke-far-away-from-their-ususal-genre/85204/26 "2001-10-10T23:54:20Z")
Kenny Rogers – Just Dropped In ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-an-artist-broke-far-away-from-their-ususal-genre/85204/27 "2001-10-11T00:10:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tiggamoo \* > \*\*Garth Brooks as Chris Gaines…I know it was mentioned before by Frank O. Pinion. Maybe Sappo and I are weird but we both like this album very much. We haven’t found anyone else who likes it though. 😕 \*\* I like it, too. Not as a Garth Brooks album, but as its own thing - which is how it was intended to be viewed, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Tiggamoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@Tiggamoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggamoo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-an-artist-broke-far-away-from-their-ususal-genre/85204/28 "2001-10-11T00:48:19Z")
> [@](#): > > (posted by Tiggamoo)Garth Brooks as Chris Gaines…I know it was mentioned before by Frank O. Pinion. Maybe Sappo and I are weird but we both like this album very much. We haven’t found anyone else who likes it though. > [@](#): > > (posted by racinchikki) I like it, too. Not as a Garth Brooks album, but as its own thing - which is how it was intended to be viewed, IMHO. It’s nice to find someone out there who liked it. You are right about how it was intended to be viewed. I think a lot of people didn’t give it a chance because they couldn’t get past Garth-country instead of Chris-his own thing. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-an-artist-broke-far-away-from-their-ususal-genre/85204/29 "2001-10-11T00:55:37Z")
Before Zevon’s Hindu Love Gods album, there was his attempt at traditional, mainstream, _safe_ rock 'n roll, “A Certain Girl,” on the Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School album. Warren likes to make bold moves, he has also taken on “What’s New Pussycat,” and I think Tom Jones would not be at all disappointed with Warren’s version. ---
**Author:** ![RAWisSYDNEY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@RAWisSYDNEY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWisSYDNEY)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-an-artist-broke-far-away-from-their-ususal-genre/85204/30 "2001-10-11T09:44:44Z")
when i read the title i automatically thought “Kiss - I was mae for loving you” mainly because last week/the week before i saw a documentary about them. They said some crap about the world affecting their songs and disco was big at the time and it just happened. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-an-artist-broke-far-away-from-their-ususal-genre/85204/31 "2001-10-11T09:56:43Z")
**Led Zeppelin:** Hot Dog. First time I heard it I thought I’d died and gone to a hoedown. Not my first destination of choice upon expiration, let me tell you. ---
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-an-artist-broke-far-away-from-their-ususal-genre/85204/32 "2001-10-11T09:59:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whistlepig \* > \*\*Neil Young and his “Trans” album. It was completely trippy to listen to the old version of “Mr. Soul” and then the electronica version. \*\* I think Neil has probably departed from the standard formula (actually, does he even have a standard formula?) more than anyone else. Proto-grunge, rockabilly, country, electronica, blues, and I’m sure I’m forgetting a few others. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-an-artist-broke-far-away-from-their-ususal-genre/85204/33 "2001-10-11T10:43:46Z")
Didn’t Neil do a be-bop album or something like that? Neil Young and the Blue Notes? Something? Blue Tones? Ring any bells? ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-an-artist-broke-far-away-from-their-ususal-genre/85204/34 "2001-10-11T12:07:18Z")
_I Shot the Sheriff_ – Eric Clapton I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, despise, hate, hate that fucking song. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-an-artist-broke-far-away-from-their-ususal-genre/85204/35 "2001-10-11T13:37:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dijon Warlock \* > \*\*Didn’t Neil do a be-bop album or something like that? Neil Young and the Blue Notes? Something? Blue Tones? Ring any bells? \*\* Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks, as I recall. In a moment of weakness I actually bought this album. It still doesn’t hold a candle to _Decade_. Robbie Williams just released (or maybe is about to release) a record of swing tunes called (amusingly) _Swing When You’re Winning_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-an-artist-broke-far-away-from-their-ususal-genre/85204.md?page=1)