Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor is having wicked dreams of leaving Tennessee. During a recent solo performance at the Spookala horror and pop culture convention in Tampa, Florida, the musician performed a stripped-back rendition of Chappell Roan‘s “Pink Pony Club” with a little rock edge.
“I know you wanted me to stay/But I can’t ignore the crazy visions coming from L.A./And I know that there’s a special place/Where boys and girls can all be queens every single day,” Taylor sang, strumming an acoustic guitar and getting a few cheers out of fans in the audience. “I’m having wicked dreams of leaving Tennessee/Oh Santa Monica, I hear it calling me/Won’t make my mama proud, it’s gonna cause a scene/She sees her baby girl, and then she’s starts to scream.”
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Taylor performed 14 songs throughout the set, including covers of Nine Inch Nails’ “Something I Can Never Have,” Foo Fighters’ “Everlong,” Violent Femmes’ “Add It Up,” Incubus’ “I Miss You,” and the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song for good measure.
He joins an extended list of musicians who have tried on Roan’s pop hits. “Pink Pony Club” was the preferred selection for Kacey Musgraves, Blink-182, and Ed Sheeran, while others including Sabrina Carpenter, Miranda Lambert, Franz Ferdinand, Muna, and more have opted for “Good Luck, Babe.”
“Did you mean, ‘Your favorite artist’s favorite artist?’” doesn’t pop up anymore when you search for Roan on Google, but the sentiment stands true. In her Rolling Stone cover story, the 27-year-old noted the influx of musicians who reached out to offer their support during her overwhelming breakout year. “Not a lot of boys have been like, ‘Let me know if you ever want to talk about it,’ ” she said at the time, noting that the few who had include Orville Peck, Troye Sivan, Noah Kahan, and Elton John. “It’s been sick to have artists that I’ve looked up to for many years, sometimes my whole life, reach out.”
From Rolling Stone US
