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Unusual Cover Songs

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Unusual Cover Songs

Post by Ben Zonia » Wed Sep 14, 2022 5:10 pm

Ode To Billie Joe-Detroit Emeralds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghhxFTWNMg0

On Ric-Tic Records, later the same year as "Show Time" was a huqe hit in Detroit and Michigan, and hit #2 on CKLW.


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Re: Unusual Cover Songs

Post by stopnswop2 » Wed Sep 14, 2022 6:25 pm

Boney M. had a thing about taking 60s rock songs and turning them Disco.

Examples:

King of The Road
Heart of Gold
My Friend Jack
Painter Man
Have You Ever Seen The Rain
In-a-Gadda-da-Vida
Dizzy
Two of Us


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Re: Unusual Cover Songs

Post by stopnswop2 » Wed Sep 14, 2022 6:27 pm

stopnswop2 wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 6:25 pm
Boney M. had a thing about taking 60s rock songs and turning them Disco.

Examples:

King of The Road
Heart of Gold
My Friend Jack
Painter Man
Have You Ever Seen The Rain
In-a-Gadda-da-Vida
Dizzy
Two of Us



Music is my life.

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Re: Unusual Cover Songs

Post by TC Talks » Wed Sep 14, 2022 6:34 pm

Both Shatner and Nimoy had some gems...

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Re: Unusual Cover Songs

Post by matt1 » Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:27 am

The late Percy Faith "Summer Place '76" (from late 1975) (audio only) Turned into a disco version!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1-x1bK ... aith-Topic By the way, 14 or 1400 WSAM AM in Saginaw (when it was an oldies station from around 1987 till late December of 1991) on the show "Top 7 At 7 Countdown" (7:00 Monday thru Friday which meant 7 songs of the week back then from that week of 1960 or other years gone by) played that version & NOT the original!!



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Re: Unusual Cover Songs

Post by moldyoldie » Tue Sep 20, 2022 7:09 am

One of my favorite oddball covers is The Beatles via Barrett Strong's "Money (That's What I Want)" as performed by The Flying Lizards.



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Re: Unusual Cover Songs

Post by Turkeytop » Sat Nov 26, 2022 7:55 pm

The worst cover ever.

Hey Jude by Bing Crosby.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRwwy7yxGuM


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Re: Unusual Cover Songs

Post by Musicrewired » Sun Dec 04, 2022 11:52 pm

Gary Numan covering Prince's "U Got The Look".

https://youtu.be/28gVTcUJN9M



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Re: Unusual Cover Songs

Post by Deleted User 15835 » Mon Dec 12, 2022 12:54 am

Falling down that rabbit hole. The Human Sexual Response cover of The Capitols Cool Jerk.




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