OFF: Favorite Twisted Covers

[Jeff Berry]

><< <twisted
> versions of well-known songs.>>
> "(i cant get no) SATISFACTION"  <<-- THE RESIDENTS  '76 >>
>---Uh-oh, another new meaningless, but fun, thread?
>You gotta have the Residents' "Boots" ("These Boots"), and Zappa's "Best Band
>You Never Heard in Your Life" for "Ring of Fire", "Sunshine of your Love" and
>"Purple Haze". (Strangely there is also a cover of "Stairway to Heaven" on
>this album which for reason isn't twisted at all, and a beautiful rendition of
>Ravel's "Bolero", also surprisingly untainted...)  Chuck


Ah, one of my favorite subjects ...
Bad News - Bohemian Rhapsody, so bad it's good.
Spooky Tooth - I am the Walrus, much the same.
Motorhead - Louie, Louie - surprisingly the most understandable version
        I've ever heard.

Those are probably the strangest.

JB