Name/Post An Atypical Song By A Musical Act
 

Either a one off, or an area the act has seldom or rarely explored. I'll start off with a mostly a cappella tune from Jefferson Airplane with overdubbed vocals by Joey Covington, their drummer at the time:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRNRVe0kgC0

The Rolling Stones doing a trippy, heavy, psych-rock song...

Yes, that was definitely a departure for them.

Here's Jimi Hendrix playing acoustic guitar for a couple of songs...

Nice. One of the many sad things about Jimi's untimely death was he didn't get the chance to totally show his vesatility. He appreciated a wide variety of music, not just blues, R&B, and rock. Once, after Delaney and Bonnie's lead guitar player split prior to a gig, he subbed for them at the show.

Peter Gabriel doing barbershop quartet on Excuse Me

I always did like that particular tune.


The Damned have done some songs outside of their punk or goth numbers, but I've never heard them do anything like the following, which, after the rocking intro, has a mid-60s British pop vibe:




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxWlos1rUls

Lou Reed rapping. Or is that wrapping?...

I saw him do that song live--not bad.

Same here. I thought it sounded much better live.

Psi-Fi posted this tune in another thread by Loy Clingman, the guy who originally recorded it (I think he did, that is). Here Johnny Winter takes a wide left turn from his usual sound and goes country on It's Nothing To Me, which for some reason he titles Ain't Nothing To Me:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7DlkWnwCO8

This is the strangest thing Creedence, or John Fogerty solo, ever recorded. It starts out as a jaunty little instrumental but things get really "experimental" and weird close to the 2 minute mark:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72anomthjHE

Joe Cocker - That's Your Business

With the old timey piano, this song shows the all too rare whimsical side of Cocker's music, as opposed to the ballads or shouty blues rock stuff. The only other song he did in this vein was Pardon Me Sir, which was a minor hit single.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfqXIOKDcJ0

Big Brother & The Holding Company - I'll Change Your Flat Tire, Merle

Yes, they recorded separately from, and after, Janis Joplin (RIP) died. But this country and western sendup of Merle Haggard is very different than their usual blues based rock. It was recorde in the wake of Merle's early, attention getting redneck anthems "Okie From Muskogee" and "Fightin' Side Of Me."



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1X35A2EDbI

Joni Mitchell - The Jungle Line






Shanti / Ashtangi

The Joni Mitchell tune is definitely a departure for her. I'm not familiar enough with Shanti to comment with respect to Ashtangi.

Black Sabbath - Orchid

Really more of a Tony Iommi solo piece than a group effort. Regardless, this finger picked acoustic guitar instrumental wasn't anything anyone expected from Black Sabbath at the time the album (their third) came out.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLPzfi7u2CU

A complete one-off


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-GU...annel=benskitv