Silly Cover Songs, Vol. 2

I'm a day late, oh well! Here's the second half of my compilation.

1. Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan) - William Shatner.
2. I Walk the Line (Johnny Cash) - Leonard Nimoy.

I have an entire album, Spaced Out, of songs by Shatner and Nimoy. Why? Well, who could resist?!

3. I've Got You, Babe (Sonny & Cher) - R.E.M.
4. I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor) - R.E.M.
5. King of the Road (Roger Miller) - R.E.M.

R.E.M. love to bust out the impromptu, alcohol-fueled cover song. I believe in every single one of these covers, Michael Stipe forgets the words and starts to make up his own.

6. Milkshake (Kelis) - Richard Cheese. Richard Cheese is a character who covers songs in a lounge-lizard style. It's a shtick and it's hilarious. It was so hard to choose just one.

7. I Am the Walrus (The Beatles) - Jim Carrey. The lyrics are weird enough on their own, but Jim Carrey adds a whole other level of demented to this classic.

8. Independent Women (Destiny's Child) - Elbow. I almost didn't choose this one because it's largely instrumental, but it's just so campy and silly-sounding.

9. Start Me Up (The Rolling Stones) - The Folksmen. Someone else has discovered the ridiculousness of bluegrass and cover songs! And it's Christopher Guest!

10. Faith (George Michael) - The Boy Least Likely To. This is another of those songs that just doesn't work.



Enjoy, who knows when I may update again!