Song #94 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is one I’d have thought would be higher up, and it’s also the first song in my collection, Nirvana’s iconic “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, covered here by Tori Amos:
I trust you’re familiar with the original, which needless to say is quite different:
I don’t think I can really add anything to that, so let me just include the Weird Al version, because it’s my blog and I can:
It’s the gratuitous use of Dick Van Patten that puts this one over the top for me, but the whole thing is genius. And speaking of going over the top, let’s zoom right past the summit with the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain:
What we learn from this is that no one else should bother touching this song, because you just can’t top that. Hope you enjoyed them all.