The most bizarre cover of "America" from WSS imaginable...

The things you discover while randomly googling...

Rory Storm and the Hurricanes were a British rock group whose drummer was Ringo Starr before he left to join the Beatles. They were managed by the Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein.

Anyway, one of their few singles was a cover of "America" in an early '60s Liverpool-rock style. I had no idea it existed. They change some of the lyrics - my favorite is "They even make tea in America." I suppose some of the others could apply to British hoodlums as well as recent Puerto Rican immigrants, but it's a stretch...

(Link is to youtube.)
Rory Storm And The Hurricanes cover

That is the most bizarrely wonderful thing I have seen in a while.

That's awesome. I'm putting it on my ipod right away.

That's different!

Here is another bizarre cover of West Side Story starring Patti Labelle, Natalie Cole, and Drummer Shelia E. You think Sondheim writes some crazy tempos. Hope your ready for some church!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsVOu3dJXiQ

I don't know WHAT you're talking about! This is EASILY the best version of the song EVER!

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I love British punk.