Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Paul Anka: Rock Swing Band

Do you know who Paul Anka is? I didn't until about 6 months ago. He's big time into swing/jazz and has performed with and covered tons of artists. Understand this though: when he covers songs - he covers them in a swing style. So, today, you don't really need to watch the videos as much as you need to listen to them (so you can have them in the background). Anyway, here's Anka's cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit.



He is actually ultra-serious about this which is kinda funny/kinda cool. Anyway, if you enjoyed that first song, I've got another couple videos and some links below.

Here's his cover of Black Hole Sun.



Here's his version of Oasis's Wonderwall (this is just a music file even though it looks like a video).



Here's his version of Michael Jackson's The Way You Make Me Feel (this is just a music file even though it looks like a video).



He's also done Bon Jovi's It's My Live and REM's Everybody Hurts, Eye of the Tiger and a few others (like Mr. Brightside by The Killers) that you can get on his album Rock Swings.

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