Weird covers for weird people
May 15, 2022 9:24 AM Subscribe
RAMMSTEIN - Amerika (WAY TOO AMERICAN Cover) This is what happens when it two Italian multi-instrumentalist musicians decide to cover big hits in often very unsuitable styles.
Either they are "way too" or "cyberpunk" and if you're looking for something nice and calming for a hot summer Sunday, why not acoustic versions of Metal songs?
Either they are "way too" or "cyberpunk" and if you're looking for something nice and calming for a hot summer Sunday, why not acoustic versions of Metal songs?
Good thing Rammstein is known for plenty of good taste to save this post right?
posted by thedaniel at 10:19 AM on May 15, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by thedaniel at 10:19 AM on May 15, 2022 [3 favorites]
That's an amazing cover of "Amerika." And when it shifts to spaghetti western!
posted by doctornemo at 10:36 AM on May 15, 2022
posted by doctornemo at 10:36 AM on May 15, 2022
Needs the egregious whip crack sound but otherwise, surprisingly solid. As in, holy crap, they might actually be able to play bluegrass!
posted by JustSayNoDawg at 11:01 AM on May 15, 2022
posted by JustSayNoDawg at 11:01 AM on May 15, 2022
Good thing Rammstein is known for plenty of good taste
Hey, Rammstein can do tasteful.
posted by flabdablet at 11:07 AM on May 15, 2022 [3 favorites]
Hey, Rammstein can do tasteful.
posted by flabdablet at 11:07 AM on May 15, 2022 [3 favorites]
Rammstein's quite consistently been anti-wat, anti-consumerism, left socialists. I'm comfortable with their depictions of sexuality and critiques violence.
posted by constraint at 11:23 AM on May 15, 2022 [7 favorites]
posted by constraint at 11:23 AM on May 15, 2022 [7 favorites]
Cool, I know most music past the mid-90's from mixup/mashup bits and blobs crossing the streams and all that. Weird covers are right up my alley.
posted by zengargoyle at 6:18 PM on May 15, 2022
posted by zengargoyle at 6:18 PM on May 15, 2022
Wow, that is a great cover.
(And I enjoy Rammstein, but 'good taste' makes me think about their recurring cannibalism thing? so I'm going to fall back to "I like their work.")
posted by mersen at 7:12 PM on May 15, 2022 [1 favorite]
(And I enjoy Rammstein, but 'good taste' makes me think about their recurring cannibalism thing? so I'm going to fall back to "I like their work.")
posted by mersen at 7:12 PM on May 15, 2022 [1 favorite]
This is fun. Thanks!
While not actually related, Bigga Haitian's My Doorbell also springs to mind as a cover that works better than seems possible. I really thought there was a Dodo Hug RAMMSTEIN cover in another language, but I sure can't find it. If not, there should be. (I've probably already pitched Caballero Reynaldo too many times here recently.)
I actually don't know all that much about the band, and have no idea if they're bad people. I never noticed anything actually ugly in the songs I vaguely remember the lyrics to. I am, however, also willing to defend cannibalism that doesn't involve hurting people without their consent, so maybe my perspective is weird.
posted by eotvos at 8:38 PM on May 15, 2022 [1 favorite]
While not actually related, Bigga Haitian's My Doorbell also springs to mind as a cover that works better than seems possible. I really thought there was a Dodo Hug RAMMSTEIN cover in another language, but I sure can't find it. If not, there should be. (I've probably already pitched Caballero Reynaldo too many times here recently.)
wat?I'm sick of RAMMSTEIN's anti historical-Thai/Cambodian bias. =)
I actually don't know all that much about the band, and have no idea if they're bad people. I never noticed anything actually ugly in the songs I vaguely remember the lyrics to. I am, however, also willing to defend cannibalism that doesn't involve hurting people without their consent, so maybe my perspective is weird.
posted by eotvos at 8:38 PM on May 15, 2022 [1 favorite]
I, too, never knew about Rammstein's anti-WAT stance.
posted by Slothrup at 7:30 AM on May 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Slothrup at 7:30 AM on May 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
Is this where we talk about our favorite covers of Rammstein songs? Du hast/Du Host, as covered by the excellent klezmer band Dobranotch
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 2:42 PM on May 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 2:42 PM on May 16, 2022 [2 favorites]
Hey, if we're peeling off awesome Du Hast covers, Los Colorados did it best IMHO.
posted by davelog at 2:47 PM on May 16, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by davelog at 2:47 PM on May 16, 2022 [1 favorite]
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Oh no, they'll never let go
Of something you said yen years ago
They're canceling you, canceling you
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As the US is in the process of "cancelling" abortion, trans, and voting rights, and we've just had another mass shooting rooted in explicit white supremacy, I don't find platforming the "cancel culture" meme to be in good taste.
posted by constraint at 9:46 AM on May 15, 2022 [6 favorites]