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Strange or bizarre covers of "Best Songs".
Occasionally, one hears a rather strange, even bizarre cover, of an older "best song". That's what this thread is for.
The idea is that if you find a strange, or incongruous cover of one of the songs in the "Best Songs Ever" thread, you can post it here.
Here's the case that made me think of creating this thread:
1) The original: Deep Purple, "Child in Time", which I already posted in the "Best Songs Ever" thread: https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=4280762&postcount=2717
2) The cover: Gregorian:
To my ear, it starts off sounding ok, but as soon as the first guy starts singing I think "whaaaaat!?". But then it kinda grows on me -- a bit. Still, I find it quite strange, although other youtube commenters loved it.
So... if anyone knows of other such strange covers, please post them here. But note the format: you've got to link to an existing post in the "Best Songs Ever" thread for the original, and then link to the cover version.
But note: this thread is not for versions that are merely performed by incompetent musicians.
E.g., the Gregorian guys above are obviously very skilled in their genre. Nevertheless, there's
a distinct strangeness about it (or so I think).
[Evo: if you think this should be absorbed into the "Best Songs Ever" thread instead of being separate, that's ok with me. I just figured the BSE thread was already rather large. ]
P.S., the double-entendre between this thread title and my username is intentional,
i.e., "Strange Representations".
Occasionally, one hears a rather strange, even bizarre cover, of an older "best song". That's what this thread is for.
The idea is that if you find a strange, or incongruous cover of one of the songs in the "Best Songs Ever" thread, you can post it here.
Here's the case that made me think of creating this thread:
1) The original: Deep Purple, "Child in Time", which I already posted in the "Best Songs Ever" thread: https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=4280762&postcount=2717
2) The cover: Gregorian:
To my ear, it starts off sounding ok, but as soon as the first guy starts singing I think "whaaaaat!?". But then it kinda grows on me -- a bit. Still, I find it quite strange, although other youtube commenters loved it.
So... if anyone knows of other such strange covers, please post them here. But note the format: you've got to link to an existing post in the "Best Songs Ever" thread for the original, and then link to the cover version.
But note: this thread is not for versions that are merely performed by incompetent musicians.
E.g., the Gregorian guys above are obviously very skilled in their genre. Nevertheless, there's
a distinct strangeness about it (or so I think).
[Evo: if you think this should be absorbed into the "Best Songs Ever" thread instead of being separate, that's ok with me. I just figured the BSE thread was already rather large. ]
P.S., the double-entendre between this thread title and my username is intentional,
i.e., "Strange Representations".
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