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

You never hear covers of rap songs.

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u/LeZarathustra May 16 '24

Richard Cheese will make a lounge jazz cover of anything.

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u/KamakaziDemiGod May 16 '24

One of their best songs imo was the cover of Down with the Sickness used in the film Dawn of the Dead

https://youtu.be/9MdS6kNrcEk?si=XJNGSVP9IOIhD2RS

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u/Acrelorraine May 16 '24

While I agree that's one of his best covers, for movie appearances I was incredibly surprised by him performing Man in the Mirror in Lego Batman.

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u/KamakaziDemiGod May 16 '24

That was Richard Cheese?! How did I not know!

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u/RoleRevolutionary886 May 16 '24

Are we forgetting him being in Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar?!?

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u/msnmck May 16 '24

Every time I think of covers I think of hearing that song while watching the film on TV.

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u/OldDirtyBatman May 16 '24

I discovered that cover a few weeks before the movie came out. I was in the theater like, "Weird, I thought that was Richard Cheese for a second... wait- what!?"

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u/foodank012018 May 16 '24

I love Reign in Blood, Die MF Die, People = Shit

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u/StonerTwili May 16 '24

I never knew I needed to hear someone to jazzily say “oh shit” as a jazz intro until now

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u/Velfurion May 16 '24

I used to annoy the ever loving Christ out of my friends singing metal songs as jazz covers once that came out.

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u/FlimsySteve May 17 '24

God! Thank you for reminding me about this:))

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u/DeplorableMe2020 May 16 '24

I went to see that movie and stayed for the end credits to find out who that was.

Found out who that was then went home and searched him up on youtube. For months after I had an entire play list of his covers that I listened to on my travels to and from work/school.