Mike linking to this punk cover of Britney Spears’ ‘Toxic’ reminded me of something that I had bouncing around in my head yesterday.
There’s no end of punk/goth/alternative/industrial covers of pop songs — KMFDM’s cover of U2’s ‘Mysterious Ways’, 1000 Mona Lisa’s take on Alanis Morisette’s ‘You Oughtta Know’, Bigod 20 doing Madonna’s ‘Like a Prayer’, and countless others (including the only-in-my-head, never-going-to-happen cover of Garth Brooks’ ‘Ain’t Goin’ Down ‘til the Sun Comes Up’ by Ministry with guest vocals by Les Claypool).
I want it to go the other way.
I want to hear Britney Spears cover My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult’s ‘Days of Swine and Roses’ (“Christian zombie vampires!”). N*SYNC or whatever boy band is around taking on The Sisters of Mercy’s ‘Dominion/Mother Russia’. Janet Jackson’s version of the Violent Femme’s ‘Day After Day’. Eminem doing Concrete Blonde’s ‘Bloodletting’.
And so on.
It’ll never happen (the closest thing to this that I know of is Russian pseudo-lolita-lesbian duo t.A.T.u. doing Morrissey’s ‘How Soon is Now’), but I would so buy an album of covers like that.
“Jesus Christ Superstar” by Laibach from the album Jesus Christ Superstars (1997, 5:45).
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You know, my favorite Madona cover is Lords of the New Church doing Like a Virgin… Stiv belching at the end sums it all up perfectly
I would love to see one of the bubblegum set cover California Uber Alles, or Holiday in Cambodia … or even 21st century digital boy for shits and giggles :)=
Grendel did an interesting version of Zombie Nation’s “Kernkraft 400,” titled “Zombie Nation.”
An EBM cover of eurodisco. And it actually works!
The whole cover thing has been coming back to me thanks to Coverville (http://www.coverville.com/).
As for a California Uber Alles cover, I heard a rather conjunto Mexican cover last week. It was…. interesting, but my Spanish is nowhere near good enough to sort out what lyrics changes were.
Y’know, that might be the first time I’ve seen a Podcast that I might actually be interested in exploring. Thanks, Eric!
Not exactly “pop covers punk”, but Sheep on Drugs (I’m not sure what category to put them in) have covered The Dead Kennedys and KMFDM, according to The Covers Project.
I’ve always liked the Disposable Heroes’ version of California Uber Alles, too. Johnny Cash has covered Nine Inch Nails, but Johnny Cash is a God.