Song Cover Appreciation Thread

[CrazyGirl17]

Basically what it says in the title: your favorite song covers, whether you like them as much as the original:

Spoiler: Like so!

Or you just prefer them to the original:

Spoiler: For example

This also includes fan covers, as seen below:

Spoiler: The same song from two different people

So, what song covers do you like?

 

[Dr.Susse]

Love a good cover.

Spoiler: Holy holy covers Love will tear us apart by Joy Division

[link]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-yr9xKTcjg[/link]

Spoiler: Bonjah covers Royals by Lorde

[link]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkj7W0VzRik[/link]

Both songs start about 1:00 in

 

[Myria]

Weezer is about the last band on earth I would have expected to do a cover of Africa, let alone do it well.

 

[Worgen]

The first one that comes to mind is a cover of a song from the SNES Shadowrun game.

After that you have a cover done by Bad Wolf's of Zombies by the Cranberry's.

Oh, and I can't forget about the 1940s swing cover of Killing Me Softly.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

The only good thing to come from the latest Ghost in the Shell adaptation.

 

[Worgen]

Ugh, and I have to give the Hamilton Polka its time in the spotlight.

This totally counts as a cover, right?

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Ugh, and I have to give the Hamilton Polka its time in the spotlight.

This totally counts as a cover, right?

I believe so, but then again, I can't say no to a Hamilton and/or Weird Al song.

By the way, here's another song cover I love:

 

[09philj]

Punk rock makes everything better.

China Drum's cover of Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights knocks the original into a cocked hat.
The H?sker D? version of Eight Miles High by The Byrds was colourfully described my dad as "furniture imperilling"
Best punk band ever Leatherface produced several excellent covers, but their cover of Talkin' 'bout a Revolution by Tracy Chapman is their best.

 

[Worgen]

I can't believe I almost forgot about these.

Spoiler

Spoiler

 

[Zykon TheLich_v1legacy]

OK

Sepultura's cover of New Model Army's The Hunt

 

[Saelune]

Got to go with a classic 'Wait that was a cover?' songs, Nirvana's cover of 'The Man who Sold the World'.

Spoiler: Nirvana Man who sold the world

I also really love Cake's cover of 'I Will Survive'

Spoiler: Cake I Will Survive

And for fun, here is The Killers cover of Shadowplay

Spoiler: The Killers Shadowplay

 

[Phoenixmgs_v1legacy]

Outside of the absolute greatest cover of all-time, Jimi's 'All Along the Watchtower', this is the 2nd best cover...

Spoiler: Yer Blues by Shiina Ringo (a Beatles cover)

 

[sXeth]

Let's see, I could go dig up the whole playlist I saved somewhere of such things, but for now

Spoiler: One of my favorite bands covering one of my favorite songs. Only a live version though

Spoiler: Avenged Sevenfold is surprisingly decent at punk pop (which was already a cover of 60s pop)

Spoiler: Nine Inch Nails and Ministry do Black Sabbath

Spoiler: Disturbeds is just uninteresting so this

Spoiler: For something non-metally

Spoiler: French folk song via gothic country. Much better then the goofy half-metal version in Wolfenstein Old Blood

Spoiler: The Struts doing Lorde's Royals. Arguably missing the point, but whatever

 

[Skatologist]

Spoiler: Probably catch some flack for my appreciation for some of these artists, but Brendon Urie is a fantastic singer and I appreciate his approach to Say It Ain?t So so much.

Spoiler: Maybe it is because a lot of their recent stuff is a bit shit, but Fallout Boy does a decent cover of Whitney Houston?s I Wanna Dance With Somebody. Stump is arguably one of the most soulful white guy singers I have heard in recent memory and I appreciate the instrumentation of the cover as well.

Spoiler: This Guy has a knack for covering in the style of another album and does a really good job. 1975?s Girls by way of Enema of the State

 

[twistedmic]

I like Alien Ant Farm's cover of Smooth Criminal more than the original Micheal Jackson version
And any cover that Johnny Cash did. Hurt, Desperado and Personal Jesus in paticular. In my eyes, that man could have made even a Justin Bieber or Backstreet Buys/NSYNC song amazingly soulful and moving.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

Spoiler: Halestorm's cover of Whitesnake

Spoiler: Joanne Shaw Taylor's cover of Bowie

Spoiler: Joe Bonamassa's cover of Tom Waits

And last but by no means least:

Spoiler: The Temperance Movement's cover of The Faces

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

While not my favourite cover ever (there are loads I love), this is a recent one that I particularly like for its story. One of my fav bands, Counting Crows, tweeted about this cover of their song "American Girls", made by this girl who likes the Crows. I just love stuff like this where everyone is just so damned cool. She sings a song by a band she admires and they promote an up and coming talent.

Spoiler: Her Cover version is here

It's very different, turning a rock and roll song into almost a ballad, almost acapella (but for the piano). Her voice is class tho.

 

[rosac]

Connor Maynard's covers of most things, but particularly Alan Walkers faded and usher's "crash"

He makes me feel emotional ok. It's not a phase I swer.

 

[Chewster]

Not a massive fan but Marilyn Manson's covers are usually quite good.

Spoiler: Such as this cover of Bowie's Golden Years