Cover songs where the act are changing just a little of the lyrics of the original song

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1.Green River - Queen Bitch - "cause she's a queen and such a queen is such a fucker..."

― Zeno, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:42 (nineteen years ago)

2. Ataris - Boys of Summer - "Out on the road today, I saw a black flag sticker on a cadillac"

― St3ve Go1db3rg, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 17:45 (nineteen years ago)

One Megadeth's most endearing qualities (maybe their ONLY one) was Dave Mustaine's decision to choose unlikely covers and mangle the lyrics (intentionally or not, who knows?) In "Boots", "I just found me a brand new box of matches" becomes "box-spring mattress". In "Anarchy in the UK" he substituted "cunt-like tendencies" for "council tenancies". And in his cover of Willie Dixon's "I Ain't Superstitious" he retained only the words "ain't", "superstitious", and "I".

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

Twisted Sister's version of "The Leader Of The Pack". Instead of changing the gender of "he" and "she", they changed point of view instead.

― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

The Bangles changed the lyrics of "September Gurls" to reflect the fact they were gurls.

― Binjominia, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 23:10 (nineteen years ago)

Moby's "That's when I realize it's over" from Mission of Burma's "Reach for my Revolver." I think just for the video.

― mulla atari, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 23:15 (nineteen years ago)

Marmalade changed the end of Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da from "and if you want some fun" to "and if you want some jam" - my Dad says the Beatles were fuming about it, poor things.

― onimo, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 23:36 (nineteen years ago)

Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down "There goes the Robert E. Lee..."

― goldmatt, Thursday, 17 May 2007 10:27 (nineteen years ago)

Placebo changed "and her walkman started to melt" to "and her discman started to melt" in their cover of Bigmouth Strikes Again. It seemed pretty lame to me when I first heard it. Maybe it can be "iPod" next time someone covers it.

― Xochipilli, Thursday, 17 May 2007 12:04 (nineteen years ago)

Check the next Morrissey live album.

― Mark G, Thursday, 17 May 2007 12:06 (nineteen years ago)

Anti Nowhere League's cover of Ralph McTell's Streets of London changes a couple of lines like "I'll show you something to make you change your mind " to "I'll show you something to make you really sick".

― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 17 May 2007 12:07 (nineteen years ago)

Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down "There goes the Robert E. Lee..."

Doesn't she also refer to "so much" cavalry, as opposed to "Stoneman's cavalry"? Jeez, spend a buck on some sheet music.

― The Deacon, Thursday, 17 May 2007 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

"Jackie Wilson said, it was real you see..."

Um, no Kev, he didn't.

― Mark G, Thursday, 17 May 2007 16:08 (nineteen years ago)

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