A variety of covers where the cover is done in an entirely different style from the original, with funny/great results:
- Jonathan Coulton – Baby Got Back (originally by Sir Mix-a-Lot)
- Richard Cheese – Down With The Sickness (originally by Disturbed)
- Mat Weddle – Hey Ya (originally by Outkast) – That one’s easily the best stand alone song of the bunch, even if you’ve never heard the original version, the cover is great.
- Decadence – Bitches Ain’t Shit (originally by Dr Dre) – That one’s actually a cover of a cover. Ben Folds covered the original, and this is an a cappella cover of that version. I’d love to see a version of this done in a Gregorian Chant style.
As a bonus update to this previous post, I found a version of Max Raabe’s cover of Shaggy’s Angel on some Japanese (??) site, here.
In case you’re interested in more about which bands have covered what, Cover Trek has a pretty lengthy database of who has covered what, and lets you find links between different bands, though I would note spelling really counts.