It's Not Just Miley Cyrus And The Flaming Lips: Here's 5 Other Weird Music Collaborations
The news that Miley Cyrus and the Flaming Lips are teaming up to cover a Beatles song left many wondering, how and why? Well artists just seem to love surprising us with weird collaborations, leaving us to wonder how did these acts even meet? Miley and the Flaming Lips take note, sometimes two very different artists can come together to make a little musical magic and other times they sadly hit a bum note. Here’s five examples showing the two very different sides to odd musical collaborations.
Run DMC and Aerosmith 'Walk this Way'
Nowdays blending rap and rock is nothing new but back in 1986 it broke musical boundaries. Aersomith originally recorded the song ‘Walk this Way’ on their 1975 album 'Toys in the Attic', but over a decade later it was given a fresh new flavour when rap group Run DMC covered it and invited the Aersomith boys along again for the ride. Thanks to the songs success and the videos heavy MTV rotation it is often credited with helping rap break into the mainstream, though lets not also hold it responsible for nu-metal.
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The Jonas Brothers and Common 'Don't Charge Me for the Crime'
So how did rapper Common end up working with the Jonas Brothers? We can only assume he took pity on the Disney brothers who were trying to rework their sound and image for an older audience. The result was a bizarre story about a bank robbery which Entertainment Weekly called, 'the sonic equivalent of being held at gunpoint by a baby rabbit.' Which is actually a pretty accurate description. As Common repeats in the song ‘wrong place wong time’ and yes it was, but also wrong song wrong collaborators._
The Hives and Cyndi Lauper '_A Christmas Due_l'
Christmas is a time that can really bring out some weird songs and this one might just take the cake. Swedish indie suit wearers The Hives clash with 80s pop icon Cyndi Lauper in this off beat festive number which sees the pair arguing it out with each other. 'I bought no gift this year and I slept with your sister', sings Pelle Almqvist but that's ok becasue Cyndi, 'brought no tree this year and slept with your brother', charming. As weird as it sounds it actually kind of works, and really it's much better than the usual carol renditions we’re treated to at that time of year. Who'd have thought that these two unlikely friends would have been able to make it work?
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