(np) most bizarre cover version ever

[Dave Monroe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOAzuqngOYo

On Feb 17, 2008 10:11 AM,  <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:

> My favorite post-modern cover:
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h54rRq2SAv0
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> Note how here cheerful Richard turns a pean into a dirge.
>
> Here's Paul Anka's probable inspiration for "Smells Like Teen Cash Action":
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e01C3AqzjlE
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> ==================================================
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>
> Daniel Harper:
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> Yes, that's a bizarre cover. I particularly love this one though.
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W91sqAs-_-g
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> And, to me, it's almost Pynchonian in its attempt to take something
> that's crass and disposable (the original Fergie song) and
> simultaneously make fun of it and endlessly deepen it. Fergie's
> version had the same lyrics as Morissette's, but Fergie's is about
> how awesome she is, whereas in Alanis's version the point is that _
> all_ she has is her humps, and isn't that pathetic.
>
> Sorry to bring this back on-topic or whatever. <laughs>
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> 2008/2/17 Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de>:
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsS811o21-k
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> I find this, well, disturbing.
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> Kai