The Weird World of Cover Tunes features the weirdest of the weird. What was the artist thinking when they covered that?!
5. It's a Small World - Rockapella
Some songs just shouldn't be covered and It's a Small World fits into that category due to it being the most annoying song in history. So why would the hit a cappella group want to subject their fans to that torture? And why is it on their Christmas album?
4. A World of My Own - Ed Harcourt
Why on Earth would Ed Harcourt want to sing this song if he didn't know the melody? What was he thinking? I like the musical arrangement but the vocal work is a bit too weird.
3. You've Got a Friend In Me - Mannheim Steamroller
If you are going to cover a song, why would you make it so unrecognizable that the listener has no idea what the original is supposed to be? While most of Mannheim Steamroller's album is good, this track is definitely weird.
2. Main Street Electrical Parade - Eccentric Opera
Just listen to this one. I won't even need to explain anything.
1. Heigh-Ho (The Dwarfs Marching Song) - Tom Waits
The weirdest of the weird is someone who has probably been called weird once or twice in his life. Tom Waits turns the happy, fun dwarf song into a industrial rock tune. Why? Could it be because he is weird?
You may not want to tune in tomorrow because I will be giving you the worst songs on this site!
1 comments:
Concerning your questions concerning It's a Small World, "So why would the hit a cappella group want to subject their fans to that torture? And why is it on their Christmas album?" I feel that that's infact self explanatory. The nature of Christmas music is necessarily torturous (with certain exceptions by an Elfman named Danny), and therefor Rockapella perfectly captured the spirit of Christmas. I salute them.
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