Fun page: Songs and Singers
Singers often record "covers" - their versions of songs made famous by someone else.
Here are some we probably ought to hear:
- Johnny Cash - Money (orig. Pink Floyd)
- Chemical Brothers - Cocaine (John Cale)
- Dead Can Dance - Stayin' Alive (Bee Gees)
- Eminem - Candy Man (Sammy Davis Jr.)
- Fastball - My Boy's Gonna Play in the Big Leagues (Tom Cochrane)
- The Four Seasons - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (Simon and Garfunkel)
- Massive Attack - Oliver's Army (Elvis Costello)
- Van Morrison - Truckin' (Grateful Dead)
- REM - Dreamer (Supertramp)
- Chicane - Turn, Turn, Turn (The Byrds)
- Badly Drawn Boy - Sketches of Spain (Miles Davis)
- Benny Goodman - Bad (U2 or Michael Jackson)
- Big Sugar - The Sweetest Thing (U2)
- The Smurfs - How Blue Can You Get? (BB King)
- Guns and Roses - Canon in D (Pachelbel)
- Blues Traveler - Around the World (Daft Punk)
- Fun Lovin' Criminals - Been Caught Stealing (Jane's Addiction)
- Jason Priestley - Son of a Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield)
- The Odds - It's Not Unusual (Tom Jones)
Here are some we probably won't and shouldn't hear:
- Divine Brown or RuPaul - Natural Woman (orig. Aretha Franklin)
- Rob Zombie - I Fall To Pieces (Patsy Cline)
- O.J. Simpson - Before You Accuse Me (Eric Clapton)
- O.J. Simpson - I Love You - I'll Kill You (Enigma)
- Monica Lewinsky - Hummer (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Ike and Tina Turner - Hit Me Baby One More Time (Britney Spears)
- Ash - Disco Inferno - Burn, Baby, Burn
- Violent Femmes - How I Could Just Kill a Man (Cypress Hill)
p.s. Did you ever notice the irony of having Bad to the Bone made famous by George Thorogood?
Collaborations we'd like to see
- Cindy Church and Maxi Priest
- Barry White with Frank Black and the Catholics
- Johnny Cash, Eddie Money and Johnny Paycheck
- the Rolling Stones and Kate Moss
- Skeeter Davis and Sting
- Whale and Reel Big Fish
- Wide Mouth Mason and Jars of Clay
- William Orbit with Orbital and The Orb
"They're playing our song, dear"
- Sandra Bullock & Keanu Reeves - Bus Stop
- Tony Soprano & Dr. Malfi - Stayin' Alive
- Svengali & Trilby - You Do Something To Me
- Elizabeth Taylor & any husband - Go Your Own Way
- Clinton & Lewinsky - Behind Closed Doors
Say what?
From a Toronto Globe & Mail contest ... one's personal circumstances may lead to mishearing the title of a love song:
- Outraged husband: I've Caught You Under My Kin
- Bartender who has run out of liquor: I Only Have Ice For You
- Marine biologist: The Krill Is Gone
- Indigent Chinese chef: You'll Never Loan A Wok
- The financially troubled: Lien on Me
- A non-recovering alcoholic: Return to Bender
Your contributions are welcome by e-mail to .
Additional credit: Graham Hicks, Vancouver, B.C.
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