Da Ya Think I’m Sexy was itself a cover… or a plagiarism. I’m not sure which.
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Kinda neither, but a lot was swiped from other songs. I think of it as like sampling. Everything’s a remix. 
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It was a ripoff of “Taj Mahal” by Jorge Ben. To say Taj Mahal was sampled is a huge understatement.
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Yeah, if you like. 
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That wasn’t half bad! I’m surprised that video hasn’t got more likes.
It won’t replace the original for me but I still like it. 
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That was delightful!!! How many other hip-hop classics would make very excellent folk songs?
Silly anecdote about bringing old-timey music to the present: My SO rather enjoyed the movie Lawless in spite of The Beef, but he was stunned when I started singing along with the song played at the ‘party’ in the movie; Kristen Hirsch covered it on her first solo album in the early 90’s, and I still love that album. Later in the movie, White Light White Heat is played in a more authentic form, but I cried a lot while it played because we watched this movie a week or so after Bowie died. 
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Everything makes a good folk song.
I once heard a spectacular version of AC/DC’s You Shook Me All Night Long done as a slow romantic ballad by a lesbian folk duo.
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I saw Kristen Hersh live, on the Hips and Makers tour, with a head full of very good acid.
Best live gig I’ve ever seen.
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Me and math: good buddies. Me and spelling: terrible enemies. Kristen, wherever you are, massive apologies for mangling your last name tonight.
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Dunno if this is better than the original, but it is as good, and that’s not easily done…
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Do you like Nouvelle Vague? They cover New Wave songs as Bossa Nova songs. Both Nouvelle Vague and Bossa Nova mean New Wave.
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Here’s a cover of Hey Ya, by The Blanks (aka Ted’s Band)
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Some rap covers that go in a much softer direction (very NSFW lyrics throughout):
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This is what happens when you mix tequila, cocaine, and quaaludes.
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I’m so glad someone posted this on YouTube. It’s from Captain Fantastic, which is one of my favorite movies of this year.
SPOILER: This is from one of the last scenes in the movie. You basically know it’s coming, but still…
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My favorite version:
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Yay, “Hey Ya” covers.
Dang, I kind of miss the days when Jason Webley came through town like all the time.
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Jenny Owen Youngs. Very talented, very geeky.
Now for the Gin And Juice covers:
I only know this band (Sissy Bar) for the one cover:
The Gourds. A few members of Wilco here (that is Max Johnston in the back on fiddle). They do a great extended jam, and this isn’t even it.
