Finally got my hands on that Paul Anka covers CD. Had a tough time picking which track to share, but I think you’ll find this one amusing.

Paul Anka – “Blackhole Sun” (MP3 link removed)

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Comments (53)
  1. God bless you.

  2. elle  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    That’s pretty damn fantastic.

  3. ProperVillian  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    Lea Delaria’s cover is less gay and sucks 50% less.

  4. Please post more.

  5. hey can u please post his cover of wonderwall . i’d really like to hear that ! . thx

  6. I gotta say, this arrangement ain’t half bad! Sadly, Paul Anka doesn’t seem to have much voice left in his higher register. Even so, this is a credible take on the song. I’d love to hear more from this!

  7. massiveword  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    Now that’s showbiz! Many thanks for the post. It’s cheez wiz heaven, baby.

  8. OK, I’ll post one more MP3. Which one do you guys want?

    1. It’s My Life (Bon Jovi)
    2. True (Spandau Ballet)
    3. Eye Of The Tiger (Survivor)
    4. Everybody Hurts (REM)
    5. Blackhole Sun (Soundgarden)
    6. Wonderwall (Oasis)
    7. It’s A Sin (Pet Shop Boys)
    8. Jump (Van Halen)
    9. Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
    10. Hello (Lionel Richie)
    11. Lovecats (The Cure)
    12. The Way You Make Me Feel (Michael Jackson)
    13. Tears In Heaven (Eric Clapton)

  9. Billy K  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    Meh. It doesn’t count if you just take the words and tack them on to completely different chord changes.

  10. Webradinger  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    This is real smooth. How does Jump sound?

  11. Koos  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    nice version.

    The Way You Make Me Feel please.

  12. erronious monk  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    I’m with Koos (and not just cuz he/she is so polite) TWYMMF…please.

  13. erronious monk  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    That’s gonna be the name of my new blog (TWYMMF). I know MJ isn’t as cool as Leonard Cohen, but at least it has the same number of letters.

  14. post “Eye of the Tiger”

    best cover since that froggy voiced kid sang it on the Cosby Show? Probably.

    (it would be great if I could use this memory for something meaningful)

  15. rafael  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    Wonderwall, please.

  16. I agree — totally “the way you make me feel”… please! purty please!

  17. erronEous monk  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    I just spelled my name wrong twice. Time to go home.

  18. Rita  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    Lovecats please! His take on The Cure must be hilarious….

  19. Simon  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    Wonderwall or Smells Like Teen Spirit, please.

  20. Pleasant Plains  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    Steve & Edie did a pretty good version of “Sun”, too.

  21. Jason  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    I gotta be honest.

    I think this is really quite good.

  22. madskrillz  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    Wonderwall!!!

  23. ilept  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    WONDERWALL PLEASE !!

  24. Presto  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    I want to hear Jump. It’s got to be the swingingest.

  25. noel.g  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    oasis – wonderwall . yes that one , put it up

  26. Gasolina  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    haha that’s funny , i wanna hear his cover of wonderwall

  27. I personally think Lionel Richie’s Hello would be hillarious…

  28. Ugh… It was fun to hear it but it ain’t going on my iPod.

  29. walkathon  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    Lovecats, baby, Lovecats.

  30. wonderwall please . and ill post x&y here ..

  31. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” of course

  32. Devin  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    wonderwall

  33. bloopy  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    Lovecats!!!

  34. He clearly wants to be Richard Cheese.

    Everybody Hurts, Smells Like Teen Spirit, or The Lovecats, please and thanks.

  35. erin  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    wonderwall please webby

  36. Dammit Murch,

    You beat me to the comment by 4 minutes. This is so Richard Cheese.

  37. maria  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    just think: paul anka doing the CURE!? my vote’s totally with lovecats!

  38. wondewall, please

  39. Prophet  |   Posted on May 13th, 2005

    Wonderwall. Those brothers are tools, but damn thats a good song.

  40. seeing this reminds me of australia’s great big band singer/sinatra impersonator called frank bennett.
    here’s an excerpt of his cover of radiohead’s creep -
    hxxp://www.frankbennett.com/video/Creep_BBand.wmv
    (replace the xx with tt)

  41. ugh. this makes me want to bash my head against a wall.

    Richard Cheese is so much better.

  42. I thought old as dirt performers doing cheesy covers of rock hits went out of style in the mid-90s? Lame.

  43. Smells Like Teen Spirit.

  44. gareth  |   Posted on May 14th, 2005

    wonderwall .

  45. George  |   Posted on May 14th, 2005

    Smells Like Teen Spirit, It’s my Life, or Eye of The Tiger. Or all.

  46. Brain  |   Posted on May 14th, 2005

    Bittersweet/melancholy — I want to see a whole troupe of showgirls wearing black fishnet and Chris Cornell masks kicking those legs up into the air . . .
    Anyone remember Johnny Cash’s version of “Rusty Cage?”

  47. Brain  |   Posted on May 14th, 2005

    . . . and The Way You Make Me Feel, please.

  48. Jonas  |   Posted on May 14th, 2005

    Definitely Jump or Smells Like Teen Spirit. And, God Bless.

  49. “Wonderwall” is fun to listen to, but Mike Flowers Pops already did a popular lounge version so I wanna hit y’all with some Nirvana instead. You gotta hear “Jump” too. Keep an eye out for the 2nd MP3 on Monday.

  50. Yale Bloor  |   Posted on May 14th, 2005

    Great shroooomin muzak… rock on gummer

  51. Here’s Lovecats:
    http://singleclick.com/gallery/d/102773-1/Lovecats+_The+Cure_.mp3
    Unfortunately, we don’t have an mp3 of Cover Me Badd’s Blasphemous Guitars’ newest DMode/Cure/Smiths mashup masterpiece Whole Lotta Lovecats. myspace.com/covermebadd has some fun stuff tho’….

  52. Well done Anka, pretty good stuff!

  53. +1 Wonderwall, please.

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