Has anyone else heard the Foo Fighters cover of Darling Nikki?

[catpower2000]

All I can say is that it's the coolest thing ever in the history of the world. Seriously.

[GOPisEvil]

1. Even cooler than The Derailers doing "Raspberry Beret"?

How about cooler than The Gourds' remake of "Gin and Juice"?

I'll have to check it out and report back to you. ;-)

[catpower2000]

2. What did I say?

I said it's the coolest. Thing. EVER. In. The. HISTORY. Of. The. WORLD. :)

It really is.

Cat :hi: David! Good morning!

[GOPisEvil]

3. I hear'ed ya!

But the hillbilly/cajun/country version of "Gin and Juice" made me pull over the first time I heard it because I was laughing so hard, I would have wrecked.

I'll check it out - promise. :-)

:hi:Cat! Good morning!

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

5. Supposedly...

After listening to The Gourd's version of G&J quite a number of times, Snoop got on the phone, hunted them down and told them that their version was the most fscked-up thing ever and he loved it.

I happen to think that it is killer.

[GOPisEvil]

6. I saw The Gourds last week.

The crowd was calling for them to play G&J. So they did, except they did about 1/2 the song in "macabre Halloween" style. Once again, I was doubled over laughing.

Those guys are the best. They're terrific live, if you ever get the chance to see them. :-)

[catpower2000]

7. See, this cover is not funny...

it's just AWESOME. It's awesome like the first time you heard Appetite For Destruction, not awesome like the Viking Kittens. Know what I mean?

I hate to even try to describe it, but just try to mentally hear Dave Grohl going through the vocal orgasms that Prince does in the original.

Cat

[GOPisEvil]

8. Well, the Gourds cover was done in seriousness.

It's just humorous because hearing "ghetto language" coming out of the mouth of a guy from deep East Texas just sounds odd. But, it's a faithful cover - word for word.

http://www.thegourds.com/videos.html

You can compare the two versions, and see Snoop's reaction at the site above. :D

[Philostopher]

4. I heard they did that.

I liked their cover of "Baker Street" -- I can't wait to hear this one.

Oh, and for the record, Hindu Love Gods (Warren Zevon and most of REM) also have a kickin' version of "Raspberry Beret" that's just about eclipsed the original in my head, and I liked the original!

Oh-oh -- think this one puts me in the 700 Club. Guess I better stay out of the rock-and-roll threads for a while!