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Ran across this Gregorian Chant version of Comfortably Numb. Interesting - and I really dig the violin solo.
http://grooveshark.com/#/s/Comfortably+ … 9BUT?src=5
Any other interesting covers out there?
Very good, topdown. i really like the sound. I will will keep my eyes peeled for unusual covers.
If what you are looking for is covers that sound exactly like nothing you've ever heard, then we need to jamm again Topdown. Nothing I play sounds anything like "right."
- Zurf
Her you go. It doesn't get much stranger than this. Ozzy Osbourne and Dweezil Zappa covering the Bee Gees song "Stayin Alive" www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOGWWuwJOho Not a Gregorian chant but not much is I just tried the link and it doesn't seem to work. Go to www.youtube.com and do a search for Ozzy with Dweezil Zappa. Again sorry the link didn't work, but thats the joys of technology
Ok... y'all might want to sit down for this and hold onto your hat.. Hayseed Dixie plays Bohemian Rhapsody.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAWl5peI8HY
^ Love Hayseed Dixie - every one of their tunes fits this category!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY
They're no Hayseed Dixie, but they are chickens and penguins and an eagle. I always envied Floyd's musicianship and dedication to the bass.
- Zurf
And those chickens can afford much better cinematography than Hayseed Dixie!
And those chickens can afford much better cinematography than Hayseed Dixie!
Well I think it's impressive that the guy with the big beard doesn't blink for 3:41.
- Zurf
Heres a few... Some I'm sure you've heard before....
**some of these (1st, 2nd & 4th) contain strong language**
The Gourds covering Snoop Dogs "Gin and Juice" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4hGSR5njZE
Dynamite Hack covering "Boyz in the Hood" originally by Eazy E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIo81Fk6J5g
Obediah Parker covering Outkasts "Hey Ya" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-8nkkOA_AM
Foster Roberts Covering Lonely Islands "I'm on a Boat" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bePWRZV2bcc
The Beautiful Girls Covering UB40's "Bring Me Your Cup" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZyD9yJk5gg
The Beautiful Girls Covering Johnny Clegg's "Dela" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ5nWLvhd7k
Enough for now..... Peace!
Hayseed Dixie was great! I will check out all the rest later thanks for the links guys 
You can't go wrong with Hayseed Dixie covering Aerosmiths "Walk this way".
A bluegrass version of Allman Brother's "Statesboro Blues".
i love strange or different covers.My motto is,if you want to hear the song exactly as it is done,buy the cd or listen to the radio.I like to take a song and make it mine.Plus it compensates for my shortcomings as a player.Try this one the decembrists covering a Leonard Cohen song.(thats no way to say goodbye)Theres a show on public radio called Highway 61 revisited that plays only covers.WUMB 91.9 in boston-worcester.
Jane's Addiction's cover of "Sympathy for the Devil" is downright awesome. It is a cover of a song that I love, which generally means I don't like the cover, but Jane's really nailed it. It is also on the soundtrack to the 1988 movie Alien Nation, which was also pretty good.
I really like Eric Burdon and the Animals version of Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire...very different but brilliant..so much feeling...
If what you are looking for is covers that sound exactly like nothing you've ever heard, then we need to jamm again Topdown. Nothing I play sounds anything like "right."
- Zurf
Anytime Zurf - My guitar playin is in the same style -I'm not bad, just unique! You are welcome to jam in my man cave anytime!
Linda Ronstadt,Three Dog Night did nothing but covers.Even the beatles did a lot of covers in the early years.It is refreshing to hear a song done with a different twist. Just a matter of taste I guess.Another good source is Hank Williams Jr.He can take a song and blow it out of the water.
Asylum Street Spankers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IJgjBKq … re=related
and then there's....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dwh5_hicoE
the mighty Dread Zeppelin
On a more serious note, here's the Sand Rubies covering Neil Young's Interstate.. Its a favorite of mine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B6SoUYEDNg
Powerful stuff here..
Nothing strange but here's Jack Johnson Covering the Beatles "Rocky Racoon" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzWRkBQe … re=related I like it better than the original....
Newton Faulkner did a great cover Bohemian Rhapsody as well... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_k8_HSA1-o
Ran across this Gregorian Chant version of Comfortably Numb. Interesting - and I really dig the violin solo.
http://grooveshark.com/#/s/Comfortably+ … 9BUT?src=5
Any other interesting covers out there?
Here's a really nice cover of comfortably numb Dar Williams included on a CD a few years back. I love it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmTbWXTCFyc
Here's another cover of a song I love to play, Gillian Welch covering "The Weight"
Gillian has a new CD out that is really good "Harrows and Harvest"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXf-SuBb … re=related
Just one more
Here's Allison Krauss's cover of "Can't Find My Way Home"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV3u6kS2mmE
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