From 1968, please behold in breathless wonder not untalented Sinatra-wannabe Frankie Randall and the damndest cover of The Who's classic "I Can See For Miles" ever heard by sentient mammalian ears.
Really -- words kinda fail me on that. I am informed, however, that the album it's from -- The Mods and the Pops -- is a minor masterpiece of similar mishegass, including swinging remakes of The Move's "Flowers in the Rain"(!) and Donovan's "Lelainia."(!!)
In any case, I had completely forgotten that Randall's version had appeared on one of Rhino's Golden Throat compilations, which leads us, inexorably, to the subject of today's business. To Wit:
...and your favorite (or least favorite) unintentionally amusing/stylistically inappropriate/or just plain freaking weird cover version of a well known song originally done by a post-Elvis pop/rock/folk/r&b singer is...????
In case you're wondering, apart from the above, my new fave has gotta be this.
I mean -- how surreal is that? He's actually mentioned by name in the lyrics. 😎
Alrighty then -- what would YOUR choices be?
And have a great weekend, everybody!!!
7 comments:
The Best Worst! Mr Tambourine Man - William Shatner
Can't argue with that. 😎
Little Roger and the Goosebumps - Stairway to Gilligan's Island
Aztec Camera - Jump
Pretty much everything by Big Daddy, though particularly fond of their version of Superfreak.
Also, Puddles the Clown
My Way - John Ritchie aka Sid Vicious 😉
The bird and the bee do a fantastic version of Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
https://youtu.be/EUhUPTNypkY?si=gXVwxcOjKLsAz-un
Oooh -- good call. 😎
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