I was driving in my car this afternoon listening to the radio, which is already unusual as I usually listen to my iPod while driving. Anyway, the DJ has an in-studio guest who I hear doing a swing version of Van Halen’s song “Jump”.
It was awesome because it works on the comedic/ironic level of “Oh my god. Is that? It is. That’s ‘Jump’!”, and it also worked as a really well done song (actually, I greatly prefer the swing version of that since I never did like the original very much).
I tried to figure out who the guest was, and they never did really say. I later came to learn that it was Paul Anka who has a new album out called Rock Swings. He also did an in-studio version of a swing version of “Black Hole Sun” which I thought kind of sucked.
Anyway, it might be worth a listen at least as a lark. Also, I love all the one star ratings on Amazon from old-school grunge kids who are deeply offended that Anka would dare to mess with a classic song like “Smells Like Teen Spirit”. I mean, I liked Nirvana well enough at the time, but come on. Let’s have a little perspective here.