Favourite covers of songs

[I Took the Red Pill]

didn't we have this thread a few months ago?

This thread is like Halley's Comet. If Halley's Comet smoked some meth and reared its head every three weeks instead of every 76 years.

[krissy]

the futureheads - hounds of love
another kate bush song
siri link youtube video hounds of love futureheads
siri link it on my forum post
siri come on

[TrollHunter]

Baby Got Back - Jonathan Coulton - YouTube

So good Glee stole it without permission and changed next to nothing.

[escobert]

This isn't necessarily a cover but the entire CD is made after the 1994 album illMATIC by nas and this song is awesome.

Elzhi - It Ain't Hard To Tell - YouTube

[Breine]

Kate Bush's version isn't great. He actually uses her in his cover, haha, barely as backup vocals.

"Running Up That Hill" by Kate Bush is one of the best pop songs ever written. Period.

- actually, Kate Bush's cover of Elton John's "Rocket Man" is pretty great too. And Cat Power is notoriously good at covering songs. "The Covers Record" and "Jukebox" are both wonderful records consisting of just covers.

[Cuchulainn]

Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust

http://youtu.be/aWCQBtRzNJQ


Evergreen Terrace - Stars

http://youtu.be/ZPnLUqL4_2g

Between The Buried & Me - The Day I tried To Live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_IgYSIAMbQ

[noxious.sunshine]

didn't we have this thread a few months ago?

This thread is like Halley's Comet. If Halley's Comet smoked some meth and reared its head every three weeks instead of every 76 years.

The cake threads are more frequent, I believe.

[Gu-fu-fu]

Okay, totally seconding (thirding?) the Jeff Buckley and Placebo.

Some of my favorites.

Sarah Slean - Climbing Up The Walls (Pink Floyd cover)

Ani Difranco - Used Car (Bruce Springsteen cover)

For cheering up, this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsqgM4pZy4s

and Pamplemouse does some awesome covers. It's kinda what they do. Youtube it!

[Shaibana]

its not actually recorded, but still she sings it amazing

Ailee - halo

​Ailee - Halo (Sep 13, 2011) - YouTube

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

For the longest time I didn't even know this was a cover.

Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls (Joy Division cover)

[The Man]

Sarah Slean - Climbing Up The Walls (Pink Floyd cover)

Wasn't this Radiohead?

"Dead Souls" is a pretty great cover, yeah.

[NeoCracker]

Franz Ferdinand - Call Me (BLondie)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (N.I.N.)
Cake - I will Survive (Aretha Franklin)
Anything Richard Cheese.

[Shlup]

I don't know if I have a favorite cover, but I've been really enjoying Postmodern Jukebox's 20s-50s-ish covers of current pop songs.

Here's Thrift Shop:

[Denmark]

Walk Off The Earth's other covers are good too.

[Shorty]

For the longest time I didn't even know this was a cover.

Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls (Joy Division cover)

I got this post on my phone and went aaaaah The Crow! So glad someone else loves this song! I also did not know it was a Joy Division cover.

Along the same lines of The Crow, I don't find this cover of Cry Little Sister from The Lost Boys too terrible. The video is atrocious, though and watching it makes the song terrible and hilarious, but I kindof like the electric guitar/rock twist on it. Of course, the original is best.