How could you do any better than the Beatles? Helter Skelter probably wasn’t even one of the Beatles top 50 songs, yet that song alone was covered by over 20 artists. The first rule of covers is to never cover a Beatles song. One source calls Shatner’s style ‘interpretive reading.’ When William Shatner was doing Star Trek, who would have thought that he would still be acting 40 years later? And would be a best selling author? And would be recording music into his 80’s? Campy, over-the-top, disturbing, and awesome are all adjectives that can describe the Shatner version. I have listened to the cover over and over, it’s not quite spoken word and it’s not quite pop. Then in 2011, 80 year old William Shatner covers the song in an unknown genre.
Another great one hit wonder, Thomas Dolby may also be one of the most grounded artists of his era.
One of the top songs recorded in all of the 80’s is this memorable little pop song by Thomas Dolby. 25 years later, the venom remains and the musicianship is top notch. California Uber Alles was then again covered by the lead singer of the Dead Kennedys, Jello Biafra, this time in response to the leadership of then Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger, but without his backing band, replacing them instead with the grunge legends the Melvins. Sadly, the Heroes of Hiphoprocy also quickly disappeared into history. The Disposable Hereos of Hiphoprocy picked up the cause and covered the song as a hard hitting political rap, this time editorializing the policies of Governor Pete Wilson. By 1985, the Kennedys were riddled by scandals and breaking up, but their message continued on. In 1981 they wrote a scathing rebuttal to the policies of the Governor of California, Jerry Brown. The Dead Kennedys were one of the first wave of punk bands on the North American side of the Atlantic. The cover not only includes the drum solo, but incorporates piano and bass solos. Twenty years later, Richard Cheese, master of lounge covers- yes, lounge- trots out this rousing version and you can imagine this guy tearing it up at some seedy Vegas show off the strip. Hot for Teacher may not have been Van Halen’s biggest hit, but between the amazing drum and guitar solos, and their controversial video, the band cemented their legacy as one of the best rock bands of the 80’s. Hot for Teacherīefore Van Halen became the poster children of how NOT to treat your lead singers, they were the purveyors of down and dirty classic rock and roll. The festivities begin with Prelude (The Family Trip) which is a word for word cover from the film, but when Manson sings, it doesn’t sound like the intense part of a Rated G movie, but a guide taking the listener across the River Styx into Hell.
#Charlie and the chocolate factory album cover movie
When Gene Wilder starts to recite a poem from the book as the movie characters are all floating down the chocolate river in the boat, the film gets a bit ‘trippy.’ A generation later, Manson releases his debut album Portrait of an American Family. In 1964, Roald Dahl wrote the novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and in 1971 it was adapted into the cult film Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
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