Right around the time I noticed this music video features Beavis & Butt-head playing in that virtual reality that existed in early-90's entertainment, I realized how long ago 1993 was. But that may just be because Beavis & Butt-head's existence was predicated on a time when music videos were readily available on television. This cover (inasmuch as it can be a cover while involving the original artist) comes from the Beavis & Butt-head Experience, a random collection of B-sides and misfit tracks recorded by Geffen artists in the early 90's, strung together by vignettes involving Mike Judge's cartoon slackers. (Also along for the ride, Red Hot Chili Peppers, White Zombie, Nirvana, Sir Mix-A-Lot and Aerosmith.) It was kind of a risk, having the big featured moment (this is one of only a couple tracks where B&B "sing") involve a cover of a pretty lame-if-classic 60's pop hit, and Cher, whom I doubt was favoured by Beavis & Butt-head's target audience of 13-year-old future drug dealers. (Okay, I loved them, but you've gotta admit, a lot of kids watching probably grew up to be drug dealers.)
Cher, to her credit, does a good job signifying she's in on the gag, although the banter toward the end is a bit awkward. Still, although the song doesn't sound like it belonged on that album, it wound up good enough... and in its way an improvement on the original, inasmuch as I'd rather hear Mike Judge attempt to sing than Sonny Bono. The song works pretty well rocked-up, providing a nice moment of rocker-chick-coolness for Cher between Moonstruck and "Believe." The whole thing was just ridiculous enough to work.
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