I was disappointed when I clicked on the link and discovered that this was a parody. For a fleeting second, I was hoping that Elvis really had covered the song -- because that would have been awesome.
Meanwhile, along the lines of Dread Zeppelin, here's a group called the Beatnix showing what "Stairway to Heaven" would have sounded like if it were written by Lennon and McCartney: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfoccRna6I
Fantastic. Not worth snopes.com's time, and at least as feasible as Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
ReplyDeleteOf all impersonate Elvis covering something else, I remain a big fan of Dread Zeppelin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CO7FPU7a2g
ReplyDelete"Hot damn tamale Ahab!"
ReplyDeleteAlso the world's greatest literary adaptation has to be Tortelvis reading Melville's Moby Dick over Led Zeppelin's Moby Dick. Other than
"I read this damn book 22 times Charlie and I still don't understand a damn thing"
I'm always impressed by Dread in that it should be a one-trick pony, but somehow it's better than that.
ReplyDeleteNot nearly as much fun, here's Beatallica -- the Beatles + Metallica band. While My Guitar Deathly Creeps
ReplyDeleteI saw them play at Cal Berkeley c. 1991. Great show.
ReplyDeleteI was disappointed when I clicked on the link and discovered that this was a parody. For a fleeting second, I was hoping that Elvis really had covered the song -- because that would have been awesome.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, along the lines of Dread Zeppelin, here's a group called the Beatnix showing what "Stairway to Heaven" would have sounded like if it were written by Lennon and McCartney: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfoccRna6I