non-prog cover version of prog songs

I'd like to know what everybody's thoughts are about non-prog artists doing their own version of prog songs such as: the scissorr sisters doing pink floyd's comfortably numb, or the gym class heroes doing their version of supertamp's breakfast in america (actually retitled it).

As for me I like comfortably numb just fine as a disco song, however I'm not to thrilled by R&B (which of course stands for Rubbish&Bullsh*t), so I don't like the brakfast in america song very much, also not a very creative version. But that's just my opinion, tell me yours and feel free to throw in any and every other non-prog cover of prog songs  in the thread

Edited by Clark Ashton - May 05 2007 at 12:56

I would like to actually see a non-prog band covering a "real" prog song. CN is a non-prog song by a prog rock band, so it's likely that many non-prog artists would cover Owner Of A Lonely Heart and still I wouldn't think they covered a prog song

Saxon covered "The Court of the Crimson King". It wasn't bad.

Someo Therguy wrote: I remember a cover of 21st Century Schizoid Man by a rock band called Argent. If I remember right, they left out the entire instrumental section.

Cliff Richard did a cover of Argent's God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You. Then again,he would wouldn't he?

paolo.beenees wrote: Recently the Italian public has been sent back to 1976 thanks to a cover version of Le Orme's "Canzone D'Amore" by the pop band Aeroplani Italiani.

unclemeat69 wrote: I'd like to know what everybody's thoughts are about non-prog artists doing their own version of prog songs such as: the scissorr sisters doing pink floyd's comfortably numb, or the gym class heroes doing their version of supertamp's breakfast in america (actually retitled it).

Canadian band April Wine also did a cover of 21st Century Schizoid Man. Canadian prog-metal band Voi Vod has covered more obscure Floyd tunes such as the Nile Song and somewhat less obscure Astronimy Domine.

Tommydouglas wrote: Canadian band April Wine also did a cover of 21st Century Schizoid Man. Canadian prog-metal band Voi Vod has covered more obscure Floyd tunes such as the Nile Song and somewhat less obscure Astronimy Domine.