Silly Cover Songs, Vol. 1

I'm not so good with the updating thing, lately. But! Tonight I have finished all my work and I don't have any movies from Netflix that need watching. I have delicious Japanese fruit candies and I am ready to deliver.

Tonight is for laughs. These are cover songs. And they are ridiculous, sometimes intentionally, sometimes not. Because of the sheer number of these I've selected, I won't get too in-depth about them. Just listen. Original artists are in parentheses.

1. My Humps (Fergie) - Alanis Morissette. Alanis exposes the inanity of Fergie's lyrics by removing the catchy pop music and singing in a mock-serious manner.

2. Bitches Ain't Shit (DMX) - Ben Folds. Ben Folds does the same for DMX.

3. Under Pressure (Queen) - Blood Brothers. I think this one may not have been intentional. Queen just wasn't meant for the screamo treatment.

4. Christmas is All Around (The Troggs) - Billy Mack. This song is from the movie Love Actually and is skewered within. Billy Mack is played by the hilarious Bill Nighy.

5. Superfreak (Rick James) - Bruce Hornsby & Ricky Skaggs. What is it about bluegrass and its ability to produce hilarious covers?

6. Losing My Religion (R.E.M.) - Graveworm. When you think of R.E.M., do you think of death metal? When you think of death metal, do you think of R.E.M.? No? Thanks, Graveworm.

7. Don't Touch That (MC Hammer) - Group X - Arabian Rap Sensations. I don't know if I can even begin to describe Group X, except to say that they are a comedy/satire group that pretends to be Arab and unable to speak English.

8. Coming Clean (Green Day) - Honeywagon. This is from the album that I mentioned in my original covers post. Bluegrass does it again. This one is pretty funny on its own, but gut-bustingly hilarious if you're familiar with the original.

9. Hot in Herre (Nelly) - Jenny Owens Young. This one is in the vein of the first two on this list.

10. Toxic (Britney Spears) - Nickel Creek. This one mixes the lyrics strategy with bluegrass. Genius!



So that's Volume 1! Hopefully I'll be able to get Volume 2 up tomorrow.