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Cover songs you never thought you'd hear

St Urbain's Horseman — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:26:19 -0800

When Pigs Fly: Jackie Chan and Ani DiFranco? The Fixx covering Nancy Sinatra? Devo sings "Ohio"? You won't believe your ears. The "back" button is directly below the album cover.

Every Cover Tells a Story

tellurian — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:58:31 -0800

Some album covers with comments. [related]

"I'm going to see the Bootleg Beatles, as the bootleg Mark Chapman"

dodgygeezer — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:40:04 -0800

Half Man Half Biscuit - Britain's funniest band? Their site contains recordings from BBC sessions including such greats as The Light at the End of the Tunnel (Is the Light of an Uncoming Train) and 24 Garage People (amongst others). If those lyrics make no sense to you then you can see explanations on these pages which are quite entertaining on their own.

I've Lost My Love Machete (In the Dense Jungle of Your Heart)

kenko — Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:01:21 -0800

Fake Jim Steinman song titles.

She thinks Steve Albini is an Olympic rower

Johnny Assay — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 07:24:51 -0800

"11. Wilco — A Ghost is Born: Wilco is a band for people who think they are intellectuals about music, the Wilco man is always unhappy so his songs start very quietly in order that people don't wake up with a start. It is all for nothing because halfway through someone will play a guitar solo with a chairleg." Shelley Winters, of Scary-Go-Round, reviews the Top 20 albums of the year as picked by John Allison (the creator of Scary-Go-Round). (Oh, and the rest of the archive is worth a gander too, as is John Allison's previous strip Bobbins.)

RIAA Phone Prank

Inkslinger — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 20:37:09 -0800

A prankster turns himself into the RIAA:
JH: Hello. I just downloaded some illegal MP3s and my friend told me that the RAII is going to sue everyone who downloads music. What should I do?
RIAA: Hold on just a sec.