# Weird, amusing, offbeat or odd cover songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 10, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-amusing-offbeat-or-odd-cover-songs/379907 "2006-11-10T18:51:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-amusing-offbeat-or-odd-cover-songs/379907/61 "2006-11-11T16:41:12Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] In a hidden track on [Reverb Deluxe](http://www.google.com/musicl?lid=z-J0lCzMGGB&aid=RZEZgs5KNiO), **The Derailers** do a great country-style cover of Prince’s **“Raspberry Beret.”** [/QUOTE] The Hindu Love Gods (Warren Zevon, Bill Berry, Mike Mills and Pete Buck) did a cover of this as well. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-amusing-offbeat-or-odd-cover-songs/379907/62 "2006-11-11T16:42:34Z")
I didn’t read all the replies, but as for the OP, I think I’ve got the mother of far removed covers. Luther Wright and the Wrongs They covered the entire album of The Wall (They have Roger’s blessing on the project) …It’s done in a bluegrass style. You can hear a sample of it at Best Buy’s website > **[Best Buy: Rebuild the Wall \[CD\]](https://www.bestbuy.com/site/rebuild-the-wall-cd/4590222.p?skuId=4590222&st=luther%2Bwright)** > > Shop Rebuild the Wall \[CD\] at Best Buy. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up. Price Match Guarantee. It’s been a while since I’ve listened to it and my computer is acting funky, but I believe Hey You was fairly representative of the album. If you like Pink Floyd (and banjo music) it’s a good buy. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-amusing-offbeat-or-odd-cover-songs/379907/63 "2006-11-11T18:08:18Z")
[Salamander Crossing](http://www.amazon.com/Passion-Train-Salamander-Crossing/dp/B000005DSB/sr=1-) does a beautiful bluegrass cover of the Bruce Springsteen song [“Two Faces Have I.”](http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/clipserve/B000005DSB001002/0/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_002/002-7963670-5432022) ---
**Author:** ![Marjorie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@Marjorie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marjorie)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-amusing-offbeat-or-odd-cover-songs/379907/64 "2006-11-11T18:26:25Z")
This stunned me and made me laugh like crazy when I heard it on the radio a few months ago, Ben Folds Five covering [She Don’t Use Jelly](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vebIqJzgPEY) by the Flaming Lips. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-amusing-offbeat-or-odd-cover-songs/379907/65 "2006-11-12T01:12:33Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] Madonna’s cover of “Fever” (popularized by Peggy Lee) was another travesty and a tragedy. [/QUOTE] I agree on _American Pie_ 100% (even though Mr. Maclean liked it just fine, ftr), and also _Imagine_. Madonna doesn’t sing other people’s songs well. But I completely disagree about _Fever_. I can see how someone would loathe it for being a dance song and not a torch song. I can see how someone would loathe it for being too techno-y. But if you stop and just accept it for what it is, it’s fine. ---
**Author:** ![generica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@generica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/generica)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-amusing-offbeat-or-odd-cover-songs/379907/66 "2006-11-12T02:14:03Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] Who did the lounge version of Oasis’s “Wonderwall”, and, IIRC, claimed it was the original? [/QUOTE] The Mike Flowers Pops, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-amusing-offbeat-or-odd-cover-songs/379907/67 "2006-11-12T02:33:40Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] [Salamander Crossing](http://www.amazon.com/Passion-Train-Salamander-Crossing/dp/B000005DSB/sr=1-) does a beautiful bluegrass cover of the Bruce Springsteen song [“Two Faces Have I.”](http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/clipserve/B000005DSB001002/0/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_002/002-7963670-5432022) [/QUOTE] Since we’re on the subject of unlikely bluegrass covers, how about [The Meat Purveyors](http://www.amazon.com/All-Relationships-Are-Doomed-Fail/dp/B000063IVA/sr=1-3/qid=1163298235/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/103-2090847-2422244?ie=UTF8&s=music) doing Ratt’s [“Round and Round”](http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/clipserve/B000063IVA001005/0/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_005/103-2090847-2422244)? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-amusing-offbeat-or-odd-cover-songs/379907/68 "2006-11-12T14:13:52Z")
Tom Jones with Art of Noise, covering Prince’s “Kiss.” Wonderful remake! ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-amusing-offbeat-or-odd-cover-songs/379907/69 "2006-11-13T17:03:59Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] The Flying Lizards’ cover of the Beatles’ “Money” definitely belongs on a list of weird, amusing, offbeat, and odd cover songs. [/QUOTE] The Beatles didnt make that one. It is written by Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford, and originally recorded by Barrett Strong. Also, the melody is more or less taken from the Ray Charles tune What’d I Say. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-amusing-offbeat-or-odd-cover-songs/379907.md?page=3)