What are the best cover songs you've heard? Covers so radical they obliviate the original song.
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@codinghorror this is fun... "Misirlou" by unknown author before 1920, vs Pulp Fiction version of Dick Dale in 1962.
This is the Pulp Fiction version https://youtu.be/1hLIXrlpRe8?si=WKt0LEgHNOp9ycaA
and this a version strict to the original https://youtu.be/LW6qGy3RtwY?si=0CwC2ZKlxSJH6axa
Misirlou was covered a lot of times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misirlou
Some of them: 1941 by Harry James and peaked 22 on US Charts; 1946 by Jan August peaked 7 on US Charts; 1962 by jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi ; The Beach Boys in 1963.
