Weird Cover Versions

The "golden voice of Prague", Karel Gott, doing a psychedelic-polka version of "Paint It Black" in german

 

Azúcar Moreno - Paint it Black

 

That taxman is somethin’ else, isn’t he?

 

I don`t really know how but I made it through this whole song!

 

Big Daddy----Super Freak

 

Eleanor Freidberger ...yowza

 

I want EVERYTHING by this band!!!!

 

Heard this for the first time today. Very faithful cover but I wish it was just Lenny. I think Jagger’s vocal is just over the top and bizarre. Not really sure what he was going for.

 

love the band frazier chorus: they did anarchy in the UK, and its great

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This is more challenging:

 

Since this thread is still around....
here's Daniel Johnston & Jad Fair doing McCartney's "Hands Of Love"!

 

If anyone can make it to the end of this sacrilege, bravo to you. (I do own this CD)

Tom Sawyer by Rush, butchered by Mindless Self Indulgence

 

Nice Thread OP! Falling under "unexpected" or "unusual" more than weird.
Finding a lot here sounding quite good!!

Mambo No. 5 - Original: Lou Bega

 

And, definitely this...

Sunshine Of Your Love - Do I really need say, who's original??! - Cream

Here's Ella Fitzgerald

 

This (and, now I'm stopping...at least for today!!)

My Sharona - The Knack

Alvin & The Chipmunks!!

 

There's a joke in Star Trek about how you should experience Hamlet in it's original Klingon...

This is the musical equivalent. Instead of saying Enjoy....let me just say Experience!

 

arguably "better" than the original HA

 

Always liked this one:

 

This too:

 

I always liked the way Lenny echoes the “keep on usin’ me” towards the end of the chorus. I’ll always add it when I’m singing along with the Bill Withers version.

 

This was the first one I thought of.

 

The following were all hit records


Apollo 100- Joy