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Any Unusual Interpretations of Classic Songs

Great thread. Lemonheads - Mrs Robinson is one of my favorite all time favorite covers...
I gotta say I totally disagree w/ this being on this list. What did they do different here? I don't get any 're-intrepretation' here at all.

My submission: Cowboy Junkies, Sweet Jane (covering Velvet Underground).
 
I gotta say I totally disagree w/ this being on this list. What did they do different here? I don't get any 're-intrepretation' here at all.

My submission: Cowboy Junkies, Sweet Jane (covering Velvet Underground).

Well, I did say it was one of my favorite covers (not necessarily an unusual interpretation on the original), but this thread is about unusual interpretations of classic songs - so you have a valid point :001_cool:
 
The Roches a capella rendition of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. They first performed it on Saturday Night Live in 1979.
 

oc_in_fw

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Anything by Dred Zeppelin. Come on, Zep music to a reggae beat sung by an Elvis impersonator- how more unusual can you get?
 
Anything by Dred Zeppelin. Come on, Zep music to a reggae beat sung by an Elvis impersonator- how more unusual can you get?

Fantastic suggestion. I used to go see them every year at Summerfest in Milwaukee. Pure ridiculous entertainment.
 
Tom Jones and The Cardigans interpretation of the Talking Heads' Burning Down The House. It's not a remake of a classic song, but I like it and think it's unusual:

 
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Another Dylan song by the Irish trad band DERVISH. I love this version.

 
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luvmysuper

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Common People by William Shatner and Joe Jackson (originally by Pulp)

 
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"Common People by William Shatner and Joe Jackson (originally by Pulp)"



Shatner and Joe Jackson !
I don't have the words.....................Too, far out for me ...ROTFLMAO !!

Didn't Shatner do an album in the 1960's ? As I recall, he just spoke the lyrics of some 60's songs in kind of an over dramatic fashion ? First Rapper ? I want to say he did "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", but I may be wrong. ( I hope so, anyway...hehe)
 
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"Tom Jones and The Cardigans interpretation of the Talking Heads' Burning Down The House. It's not a remake of a classic song, but I like it and think it's unusual:


TJ still has his groove going on here...and at his age, too !
Nice one
 
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"Beach Boys, What'd I Say"


I would have never recognized them doing this. Is Brian doing the lead vocals ?
Funny, Dennis was considered the least talented of the Wilson Bros. I always thought he was the coolest one and despite some critics opinion, a pretty dang good drummer, etc...and of course the only surfer in the group..
Good one.
 

oc_in_fw

Fridays are Fishtastic!
Pure ridiculous entertainment.
I wish I could have seen it. You know, Robert Plant really dug that band. A lot of people tried to steal the Zeppelin sound and never got it. I think these guys knew that the best you could do was make it ridiculous :biggrin:
 

luvmysuper

My elbows leak
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"Common People by William Shatner and Joe Jackson (originally by Pulp)"



Shatner and Joe Jackson !
I don't have the words.....................Too, far out for me ...ROTFLMAO !!

Didn't Shatner do an album in the 1960's ? As I recall, he just spoke the lyrics of some 60's songs in kind of an over dramatic fashion ? First Rapper ? I want to say he did "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", but I may be wrong. ( I hope so, anyway...hehe)

"Common People by William Shatner and Joe Jackson (originally by Pulp)"

Yikes !
Shatner did do a version of 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-yy2URAYqU :huh:

Yeah, but we're talking about remakes that are good :lol:

Do listen to the "Common People", it is pretty good, in spite of William Shatner, not because of it!
 
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