A member of the Afterword Parish has suggested this is the cover song that makes them laugh. I’m sure we know of other such belters that can raise a chortle in these dark days of post-Brexit and…(that’s enough doom and gloom. Ed)
http://www.covermesongs.com/2016/11/cover-qa-cover-song-makes-laugh.html
This is still my favourite version.
https://youtu.be/dhgjEObtrWE
“Caught in a trap- ah!”
Jessica Mitford ‘sings’ Maxwell’s Silver Hammer.
Wow. She’s actually managed to make it worse. That’s some feat!
It’s not on youtube (at least you can’t play it in the UK) but I’ll raise you Jessica Mitford and Maya Angelou doing Right Said Fred by Bernard Cribbins. THIS EXISTS!
Due to circumstances beyond my control I once ended up at a dinner party accompanying Jessica Mitford on the ukulele while she ran through a selection of such songs. High spot of my musical career, probably.
Was it the famous Decca Audition? (he asked knowingly)
Arf!
The greatest cover version of all time:
I love Wing. I admit it.
This is amazing. Make it stop.
Del Shannon’s ‘Runaway’, sung in German by someone who can’t hit the high notes at all!
Scheiße!
This still raises a chuckle.
Eeehts alll abaaat tha heeee-sed, sheee sed buLL sheeeeeeit
A mournful tune done lounge style-ee often raises a smile.
Richard Cheese – Creep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxZNCvjQS50
David Lindley’s version of Werewolves Of London does it for me. Hilarious and an awesome cover at the same time.
I’ve posted this before, hilarious and more than a bit creepy.
coming up to that time again
I actually really like this, totally non-ironically, and there’s a whole album where this came from… Peely used to play odd tracks from it when it came out, and, just for fun, see if you can guess which very Afterword-friendly artist is the daughter and neice of sisters Salma & Sabina…
Ok, I’ll guess. Bat for Lashes?
I agree that Abba in Hindi album is a real treat. Mercifully, several tracks seem to have found their way onto YTube.
Time to remake Mamma Mia in Bollywood? That just couldn’t fail.
Yup, Bat For Lashes it is… and yes, a Bollywood Mamma Mia movie would be amazing 🙂
I googled to find out more. Salma Agha went on to have a quite successful Bollywood career, most notably in the film Nizaah from 1982. This song became a big hit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-7_x2yl5FQ
Thelma would hate this
They also “re-imagined” the Shake n Vac advert
Eeeee, by the cringe!
Thelma’s not the only one…
Some covers bands can always be relied on to bring a smile to my face: The Leningrad Cowboys, Postmodern Jukebox, Senor Coconut, to name a few.
I am delighted to have recently found a new favourite: The Heimatdamlich.
Oompah oompah, stick it up your joompah!
I first heard this one many years ago in a sauna in Finland. I was under the affluence at the time and I’ve never managed to forget it.
An Hungarian, gipsy, oompah Stones cover. What’s not to like?
Karel Gott – Rot und schwarz
The Purple Fox plays a tribute to Jimi Hendrix. The whole album.
And as I’m at the Bonzos now, Vernon Dudley Bohay Knowles singing Falling in love Again, wearing a Pickelhalbe.
Eilert Pilarm (RIP) is the man to brighten up anyone’s shitty day! Here’s his classic version of “Jailhouse rock”:
But even better is his outstanding “In the Ghetto”:
After that wonderful Abba in Hindi song, I got to wondering whether Bollywood do cover versions of Western songs. The answer seems to be no. But they do do reboots of Western movies.
Here’s a clip from Gumnaam, the 1965 Bollywood remake of Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians. (!!)The title was probably the first thing to go!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnBbjc5hmho
I foud out about it in this article about their adaptations of Ms Christie!
https://www.alluvium-journal.org/2016/10/30/bollywood-adaptations-of-agatha-christie/
Here’s the IMDB page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247394/?ref_=nv_sr_2
And the trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3Ll1BAVS8w
where I learn that the movie features in Ghost World and that Bombay Royale from Australia have done a cover version of the song, Jaan Pechan Ho. So we got to a cover version in the end!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USfx5aIXVU0
An underrated genre. I have this Boney M in Hindi LP. Marvellous.
https://youtu.be/DNsscrkFdJI
This one made me smile. It starts at 1′ 18″.
Brazil’s answer to Spinal Tap sing the Kate Bush songbook!
Russell, that made my weekend.
I never thought I’d hear Kate’s delicate ballad rebooted as a heavy metal power ballad.
Contenders for “Sexiest Metal Band Ever” award? I bet the bedroom walls of Brazilian teenagers were covered in posters of this band. Even the bearded ugly member who can be in the band anyway because his guitar playing is too good to leave out, is better looking than most bands’ bearded ugly member who can be in the band anyway because his guitar playing is too good to leave out.
Love this too. Hindi version of Don’t Stop Until You Get Enough
You are on a roll this morning, Russell!
Pop Princess Usha Uthup is a real find.
From the Ruby Trax compilation, Vic Reeves sings Vienna:
Good to see a flamethrower taken to that overblown, empty, pretentious piece of nonsense.
There may be a couple of historical inaccuracies, but the line “The Belgian Police are very very kind and they invented the Waltzer” forces a smile on my generally miserable face.
These unlikely lads raised a chuckle today with covers of Toto’s “Africa” and the Inspector Gadget Theme.
(More Is More)
Thanks Mike! A band to look out for!
http://www.moreismoremusic.com/the-band
On the odd chance that there’s someone here who hasn’t seen it yet, Metallica covering themselves has been making me smile all week: