Saturday, June 6, 2009

Cover me

As soon as I saw the first cover meme post pop up, I thought of this song... but couldn't use it.

It's not a good cover, because it's horribly naff.

But it's not a bad cover, because it's deliberately naff.

It's a kind of genius, actually.

So here's my pick for "most deliberately cheesy and naff cover version", although Arlenna's picks give it a run for its money.

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11 comments:

  1. Bob O'HaraJune 6, 2009 at 10:03 a.m.

    That's just shear genius.

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  2. Professor in TrainingJune 6, 2009 at 10:10 a.m.

    Ok, that was actually pretty damned funny. It's the sort of thing my mother likes to listen to!

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  3. ArlennaJune 6, 2009 at 10:49 a.m.

    See! Ridiculous, cheesetastic cover songs are awesome. They're like the consummate joke: getting something totally unexpected out of a familiar thing.

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  4. Professor in TrainingJune 6, 2009 at 11:04 a.m.

    Arlenna, there's a very big difference between cheesetastic and bizarre-yet-totally-wrong cover songs :)

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  5. Cath@VWXYNot?June 6, 2009 at 11:13 a.m.

    Bob, Wonderwall came out my first year of undergrad, closely followed by this version. Many happy memories of dancing and singing along to both versions at the Student Union.

    PiT, for real?!

    Arlenna, there are indeed different kinds of cheesy!

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  6. Professor in TrainingJune 6, 2009 at 12:21 p.m.

    Yup - easy listening is Mum's style. She, ummm, used to have a thing for James Galway too. Sad. So very, very sad.

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  7. Cath@VWXYNot?June 6, 2009 at 1:33 p.m.

    HA! Makes my Dad's love of Dire Straits seem quite respectable!

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  8. ruchiJune 6, 2009 at 3:15 p.m.

    Oh! Oh! I have a great one for this. If exams don't destroy my will to live, I'll put up a good one!!

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  9. Cath@VWXYNot?June 7, 2009 at 11:29 a.m.

    Look forward to it! Hope all is going well!

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  10. microbiologist xxJune 9, 2009 at 3:44 p.m.

    OMG! I completely forgot about this cover. It is awful, but in a good way.

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  11. Cath@VWXYNot?June 9, 2009 at 4:43 p.m.

    he did a few other songs, but this is definitely the biggest and most memorable one!

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