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EtherEclectic	Date: November 8, 2005 @ 4:41 PM so lets discuss abnormal band covers, covers done by bands that were so odd and different from the original it sticks out like a sore thumb, perhaps in a positive or a negative. for me it is when "the cardigans" did a cover of Iron Man this cover was so strange for the Iron Man song, i in no way was expecting it to sound like a very groovy jazz tune!
HenriRoger	Date: November 8, 2005 @ 6:18 PM The beatles french national anthem cover intro of "all you need is love" . Words of french national anthem : "citizens take your weapons..." Great contrast
PrincessTast...	Date: November 8, 2005 @ 7:46 PM Uh.. okay. Les Claypool & his Frogs doing "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by Pink Floyd. That's abnormal right?
tooles	Date: November 8, 2005 @ 8:47 PM I can think of two, oddly enough both are Leonard Cohen covers--Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah on the album Grace, which I think is miles above the original, and Our Lady Peace's version of Bird on a Wire at Live8. OLP is my favorite band, and I know Maida draws a lot from Cohen as a Canadian songwriter, but the song didn't really suit itself to a four-piece rock setting. Buckley's Hallelujah is sooo cool--he adds this earnest and honest sound to it that I think was missing in Cohen's recording, and it changes a mediocre song into a haunting and incredible tune.
hate9wicket	Date: November 8, 2005 @ 9:07 PM Faith No More doing Lionel Ritchie's "Easy", but it was very faithful to the original. As far as making a cover with a twist, hmnn...The Ramones doing Tom Waits "I don't want to grow up" is a little out there. Oh, Pixies doing "Lady in the Radiator" from the film Blue Velvet. Hearing Kim Deal sing it in concert, I kind of felt like I was...IN HEAVEN.
EtherEclectic	Date: November 8, 2005 @ 9:11 PM faith no more did a black sabbath cover too "war pigs" wasnt that much abnormal but it had that faith no more spin to it... Princess anything covered by Les Claypool isnt going to be normal lol. genius, but of course abnormal!
PrincessTast...	Date: November 8, 2005 @ 10:20 PM True.
Woof	Date: November 8, 2005 @ 10:30 PM My oddest one EVER: Shaun Cassidy (David's brother... remember "Hey Deanie"? Well... he released an album called "Wasp", produced by none other than the legendary Todd Rundgren. I believe the first track on that album, was a hyped-up disco techno cover of David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel". And it was a really LAME cover at that. So not only didn't it really work as a song, but it also promised to be more, well... PROMISING... than it was.
Apertome	Date: November 8, 2005 @ 10:51 PM A couple: - Halaka covering "First Date" by Washburnbeginner -- http://halaka.dmusic.com - A Perfect Circle did a combined cover of Lovesong (The Cure) and Diary of a Madman (Ozzy) that was just phenomenal. I think they called it "Diary of a Lovesong" I'm sure there are many others, but that's what immediately comes to mind.
joshmerfi	Date: November 8, 2005 @ 10:52 PM I think the Gourd's version of Gin and Juice fits this. Also Leif Garrett covering Smells Like Teen Spirit with the Melvins was just down right odd.
shadowself	Date: November 8, 2005 @ 11:03 PM Hey Woof, were there at least some "Todd chords" anywhere on the album?
EtherEclectic	Date: November 9, 2005 @ 12:52 AM ooh i forgot a good one: Hey Joe - jimi hendrix covered by Type o Negative, instead of "hey joe" it was titled "Hey Peter" peter steele the vocalist for type o negative.. and instead of a gun used to shoot his woman down, he uses an Axe to kill his lady. very gothic and creepy sounding
sinai	Date: November 9, 2005 @ 7:11 AM kmfdm "material girl" twiztid "people are strange" nonpoint "in the air tonight"
mattbanx	Date: November 9, 2005 @ 7:18 AM Power Station Get It On (Bang A Gong) Origonally done by T Rex
johnyjordan	Date: November 12, 2005 @ 11:43 AM The White Stripes covered "Jolene." That was quite a switch in genres, but it worked magnificently. However, they recently covered Tegan and Sara's "Walking With A Ghost" and it was absolutely horrid. If I was a member of the White Stripes, I would do everything in my power not to have it released.
MissTake	Date: November 29, 2005 @ 5:40 PM Cardigans oh so very cute version of Iron Man
MissTake	Date: November 29, 2005 @ 5:41 PM Ok, I didn't read the top. What about Smashing Pumpkins cover of Fleetwood Mac's Landslide.
theshnoz	Date: December 4, 2005 @ 9:52 PM The Cure's cover of Purple Haze, very strange
Veracohr	Date: December 4, 2005 @ 11:34 PM One of the easiest ones, and I'm surprised no one's mentioned it yet, is Marilyn Manson's cover of "Sweet Dreams", which was quite abnormal compared to the original, yet very good (if you like that sort of thing, which I do.) Another one which comes to mind is Kittie's cover of Pink Floyd's "Run Like Hell". Nice and angry like. KMFDM doing "Material Girl" sounds interesting, I'd like to hear that. I like KMFDM. Speaking of the Material Girl, how about the legendary DMusic Madonna WTF contest? Them was good times! I've still got my track on my computer somewhere.
Veracohr	Date: December 4, 2005 @ 11:36 PM Of course, now that I look at the posters in this thread, I know of only 2 for sure who were here for that contest.
GeneHilbert	Date: December 4, 2005 @ 11:50 PM William Shatner "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" Pat Boone “Crazy Train”
EtherEclectic	Date: December 5, 2005 @ 12:11 AM or the most ironic and abnormal yet a beautiful cover of an awsome song: "Hurt" nine inch nails covered by the man in black Johnny Cash! which also did a cover of Soundgarden's "rusty cage"
GreatGooglyM...	Date: December 5, 2005 @ 9:00 AM Children Of Bodom did a cover of Britney Spears' Oops I did It Again. For those of you don't know, COB is a Finnish death metal band...
psypig	Date: December 5, 2005 @ 9:28 AM i absoluletly love that version of hurt. Daphne + Celeste (not sure if that's a UK thing) doing 'schools out' by alice cooper...and getting bottled off the stage at the leeds festival... i was there and it was great...
tooles	Date: December 5, 2005 @ 9:45 PM Cash also covered U2's "One". I thought it was pretty off at first, but I now I think it really fit his style.
AdNauseam	Date: December 20, 2005 @ 9:23 PM Herb Alpert and Janet Jackson- Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend
TheOwl	Date: January 18, 2006 @ 9:56 PM The Bad Plus doing "Iron Man", sidesplittingly over-the-top! Dead Kennedys doing the old Elvis song "Viva Las Vegas" hilarious, especially the way Jello Biafra changed some of the lyrics, cracks me up every time!
100thmonk	Date: February 2, 2006 @ 10:58 PM there's a guy called jaymz bee who does a bunch of neet stuff. but truly, the best is pat boone doing big band heavy metal covers.. i can't remember the title but i think i remember an ozzy cover, and a bunch of others.. here's a link to a page with info http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000005KOE/002-3751887-4854405?v=glance&n=5174
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: February 4, 2006 @ 2:35 PM Paul Anka doing NIrvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' in a jazz swing style
PrincessTast...	Date: February 5, 2006 @ 3:21 PM Yes covered an obscure Beatles tune "Every Little Thing" on their first album, it sounds nothing like the original. They did the same thing w/ Simon & Garfunkel's "America".
TheOwl	Date: February 7, 2006 @ 11:43 PM And Yes also did quite the rearrangement of "Something's Coming" from West Side Story.
shadowself	Date: February 7, 2006 @ 11:50 PM Mike Keneally and Kevin Gilbert did a cover of Yes's Siberian Khatru that I liked even better than Yes's version. Which is saying a lot, as SK is my favourite Yes tune.
tooles	Date: February 8, 2006 @ 10:37 AM I have a recording of Axl Rose singing a duet of King Herod's Song from Jesus Christ Superstar with Meat Loaf. I'd call that pretty abnormal.
downtowndonnie	Date: February 8, 2006 @ 12:12 PM I've heard a laid back, slow and jazy cover of Disturbed's Down With the Sickness. I forget the name of who did it, I'll try and find it out...
MinisterofSc...	Date: February 13, 2006 @ 4:07 PM A Perfect Circle's cover of "Imagine" by John Lennon sucks so hard that I play it instead of using the vacuum every time I need to clean the carpet. And there's always our amazing cover of "Amazing Grace"
tooles	Date: February 13, 2006 @ 6:46 PM Haha yeah that sounds familiar, downtown, I think that's from Dawn of the Dead.
mcmullen	Date: February 13, 2006 @ 6:47 PM a little off topic or maybe not, but here are some very abnormal covers. pretty funny too. http://porktornado.diaryland.com/albumcover.html
mcmullen	Date: February 13, 2006 @ 6:48 PM a little off topic or maybe not, but here are some very abnormal covers. pretty funny too. http://porktornado.diaryland.com/albumcover.html

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