Random Cover Song: The Queers – “I Enjoy Being a Boy” (Banana Splits cover)

Cover songs are like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get. We here at Dying Scene love hearing punk bands do their own take on other band’s songs. Sometimes they pull off amazing interpretations of old classics, sometimes they’re not much more than humble tributes to a fellow artist, and other times they’re just downright laughable renditions of otherwise great songs. Good or bad. Intriguing or mundane. We’ll let you be the judge.

Today’s cover song comes from The Queers and their rendition of “I Enjoy Being a Boy”. The song was originally performed by The Banana Splits, a fictional 1960’s children’s group composed of anthropomorphized animals (the song itself was sung by Joey Levine, of The Ohio Express). The Queers recorded their cover for their 1998 album Punk Rock Confidential, which was on Hopeless Records.

You can check out and compare both versions right here.