There was a whole thing years ago, taking punk songs and redoing them languidly in a jazz style.
Barefoot were another group.
Predates "solo girl with a ukulele doing shite covers" but the same sort of thing - for adverts unsurprisingly.
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Thrill_My_Chinchilla is old and unimproved, Sun 12 May 2019, 20:47,
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It's one of the only offences for which I support capital punishment.
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Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Sun 12 May 2019, 20:55,
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In fact they might not have been done for adverts to begin with.
But they were certainly flogged off to any agency wanker with a cheque book and no original ideas, since there was no artistic credibility whatsoever. The crap version of Teenage Kicks being especially ubiquitous.
Senor Coconut was at least funny with his covers.
youtu.be/buh8YnTwppM
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Thrill_My_Chinchilla is old and unimproved, Sun 12 May 2019, 21:13,
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