Paul Anka's Big Band Grunge Show

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Awesome! The music matches his tan.

Would have been nice to see Sinatra do James Brown's Sex Machine too.

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Interesting to see what songs that go into the annals. I have a Tori Amos CD where she does a slow ethereal vocal/piano version. I always thought Purple's Burn would be perfect for a big band reinterpretation - you can really hear the horns in that riff.

PA's Nirvana is good fun - miles more fun that You're Having My Baby, which I really did find cringe-worthy.

Fab arrangement - tho it doesn't reach the giddy heights of Pat Boone's Smoke On the Water IMO ... but then again, nothing does :)
 
Very nice. Even the lyrics work.

One of my favourite rock/metal to non-rock covers is Tori Amos's 'Raining Blood'. Somehow retains the atmosphere of the original while being almost unrecognisably different.
 
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The arrangement is actually quite good in a stock sort of way. There's even a little Basie touch in there, close to the end.

But the whole thing is so...weird, you know?
 
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