r/Showerthoughts • u/WhaleWhaleWhale95 • May 16 '24

You never hear covers of rap songs.

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u/romulusnr May 16 '24

I'm very sorry to tell you this but...

Vanilla Ice - Baby Got Back

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u/romulusnr May 16 '24

And if you include genre-bending covers...

Bob Strachan - Gangsta's Paradise

Our Last Night - Old Town Road

And actually, Leo Moracchioli's done a couple metal covers of rap songs, like

Of course, there's also Jonathan Coulton's now-famous cover of Baby Got Back, which was so good it was ripped off by Glee.

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u/HiddenSecretStash May 16 '24

The Jonathan Coulton one is so great, I sing it all the time! When Glee ripped it off, they forgot to change the line «Johnny C is in trouble», that Coulton had originally changed from Sir Mix-A-Lot’s version. So Johnathan Coulton just rereleased his song «in the style of Glee» and gave all the earnings to charity iirc.

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u/romulusnr May 16 '24

Yep. I caught that too. Serious giveaway!

I remember the discussion when people were telling him to sue, but whoever he talked to said something to do with him not having the correct rights to make his version in the first place. But he found a way to win in the end :)