Awesome "covers" of songs in a completely different genre

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Peder 🚀

Tue 01/12/2015 21:20:45
I love finding special "covers" of songs played in a completely different genre than the original, especially when the songs are actually enjoyable now because of it.

For example jazz versions of Studio Ghibli themes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEZzwq_rlQU
Or jazz fusion versions of songs and artist I don't really care for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko0kdCf0zTE
Or electro swing versions of songs that just sounds so much better this way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDlC9m1FDo4

Anyone else enjoy finding gems like this? :)

Crimson Wizard

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Tue 01/12/2015 21:39:09 Last Edit: Tue 01/12/2015 21:54:12 by Crimson Wizard
My music preferences are very varied (hehe) so I liked this one for some reason:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRVhooUQwrM
I think the genre is "folk punk" or something like that. Of the kind of things made purely for fun, I guess :D.

Creamy

#2
Tue 01/12/2015 22:30:58
Love this kind of stuff. Do you know bluegrass Thunderstruck?
 

Peder 🚀

#3
Tue 01/12/2015 22:37:43
I've seen both of these before, both nice :D hehe

Crimson Wizard

#4
Tue 01/12/2015 22:53:23
Quote from: Peder on Tue 01/12/2015 21:20:45
Or electro swing versions of songs that just sounds so much better this way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDlC9m1FDo4
I found another, more "conventional" version, made by same group:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cnm0tdkJEU&list=PL7A4D9C100657150E

Then I looked for original song, because I never heard it before, and really, I cannot listen to it :).

Mandle

#5
Wed 02/12/2015 00:08:43
Best for me is still:

"I Did It My Way." covered by The Sex Pistols.

Especially since it's also the closing credits music for one of my all-time favorite movies... ;)

janleht

#6
Wed 02/12/2015 00:18:52
I just love this..
Sibelius - Finlandia... prog-fusion version by Anssi Tikanmäki:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdU5eaNlt8Y

Stupot

#7
Wed 02/12/2015 00:28:19
Pennywise's version of Stand By Me is wonderful.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ1ajf4cDlA


Also (though maybe not super genre-busting) I love Korn's take on Another Brick in the Wall.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xzkiJJ_NkD0

MiteWiseacreLives!

#8
Wed 02/12/2015 07:28:39
Maybe not along the same lines as above, but I've always liked the Headstones cover of Traveling Wilburys' 'Tweeter and the Monkey Man'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fBd32vg3As (pretty cool fan-music-video made from movie scenes)
Although that Thunderstruck cover may have been one of the greatest things I've ever seen.

Mandle

#10
Thu 03/12/2015 14:28:00
Quote from: Creamy on Tue 01/12/2015 22:30:58
Love this kind of stuff. Do you know bluegrass Thunderstruck?

OMG!!! That was awesome!!!

I liked their cover of "She Shook Me All Night Long" even more...

Gurok

#12
Fri 04/12/2015 13:54:55
This is a medley, not a single song. Still quite good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BGFAP6JJrk
[img]http://7d4iqnx.gif;rWRLUuw.gi

LindaBelle

#14
Wed 06/01/2016 12:17:27
Nice thread. I like the lounge covers, like the Cafe Del Mar, there are a lot of different variations of the famous songs. My favourites are the Cafe Del Mar & Bob Marley â€" Sun Is Shining (Lounge) and Cafe Del Mar ft. Cecile Bredie â€" The Autumn Leaves
And I think that from place to place they are even better than the original due to the specific musical instruments like piano, guitar, etc. Love lounge music especially in restaurants etc..
Remember how I`ve spend the evening in Montenegro on the shore of the sea.. there was a nice beach where there was not a soul, so we sit there with friends and near at the second stair there was a very-very expensive restaurant with live lounge music. And I like it so much those day, the vocalist was great..Very nice woman...=)

yamipanda

#15
Thu 07/01/2016 14:54:01
Moran Magal's made an album with piano covers of metal songs. <3
https://youtu.be/BtVt7hNkmYE
https://youtu.be/4eQfCDm3ucw

Snarky

#16
Thu 07/01/2016 15:26:59
It's not really a completely different genre, but the Radiohead medley reminded me of one of my favorites recently: Lianne La Havas' cover of "Weird Fishes"

Better examples, but only relevant to Norwegian-speakers or afficionados, are "Her kommer vinter'n" (originally by Jokke & Valentinerne) sung by Ingrid Olava (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uovQlEOYB30), and Halvdan Sivertsen's Norwegian version of Bertine Zetlitz' "Twisted Little Star" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCpsLnZufFk).

dactylopus

#17
Sun 10/01/2016 02:26:15
Easy Star All-Stars do fantastic reggae covers of entire albums.  My particular favorite is their cover of Let Down by Radiohead (featuring Toots & the Maytals).

Gurok

#18
Sun 10/07/2016 07:11:12
[img]http://7d4iqnx.gif;rWRLUuw.gi

Mandle

#19
Sun 10/07/2016 08:30:11
Quote from: Gurok on Sun 10/07/2016 07:11:12
I er... think this qualifies:

https://soundcloud.com/alvin-thechipmunkson16sp/call-me

Holy shit! That is one of the most awesome things I have ever heard!

I so want to rip that and use it in a game! It's so unrecognizable a cover you could probably get away with it too...

I wonder how many other Alvin And The Chipmunks songs sound this good when slowed down?!

AnasAbdin

#20
Sun 10/07/2016 08:34:36
Great covers! I may add:
Seether - Careless Whisper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7imqO-OBVk
and
London Grammar - Wicked Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slbfJtewzvE

luisdementia

#21
Sun 10/07/2016 12:51:01
Vintage cover of 'Creep' from Radiohead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3lF2qEA2cw

I think this is beautiful. ^^

selmiak

#22
Sun 10/07/2016 21:50:07
okay, then let me dig up some too :)


another wicked game cover by Les Reines Prochaines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR3567vrw3o
wicked to the end ;)


Skadaddyz - hotel california (Eagles Cover...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DEzTW5VhQI
some dance to remember, some dance to forget!


Ed Solo & Deekline - Man Down
(Rhianna remix/Cover)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEdXb9vojP0
feel di powah of di bassline!


The White Stripes - Jolene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXlULkwhgrc
best cover of this dolly parton song. imho best version ever, better than the lame original.


there once was a very very cool cover of 7 nation army by ben l'ounce soul on youtube but all versions by him found there now are lame. maybe it's my german youtube or he had to remove it because of pure awesomeness, idk...

AnasAbdin

#24
Mon 11/07/2016 08:45:46
Great collection selmiak :)
Since Dolly Parton is mentioned, let's not forget this cover:

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JWTaaS7LdU

original:

Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_utP1mGoutQ

Gurok

#26
Tue 12/07/2016 02:09:40 Last Edit: Tue 12/07/2016 02:33:29 by Gurok
Quote from: Mandle on Sun 10/07/2016 08:30:11
Quote from: Gurok on Sun 10/07/2016 07:11:12
I er... think this qualifies:

https://soundcloud.com/alvin-thechipmunkson16sp/call-me

Holy shit! That is one of the most awesome things I have ever heard!

I so want to rip that and use it in a game! It's so unrecognizable a cover you could probably get away with it too...

I wonder how many other Alvin And The Chipmunks songs sound this good when slowed down?!

I'm glad someone appreciates true art! :D

The answer: Basically none of them. There are a bunch of other chipmunks songs by that artist on Soundcloud and none of them are as goth or as intentionally good.


I love the My Humps cover, CaesarCub. She's so above that and yet does it so well.



Oh, this thread reminded me of a series of covers recorded from a radio programme hosted by an Australian TV/radio personality, Andrew Denton. Some of them include:

Pretty Vacant by the Delltones (originally by the Sex Pistols)
I Write the Songs by Diesel (originally by Barry Manilow) -- Mark Lizotte (Diesel) famously did not write his biggest hit :D
S.O.S. by Tonic (originally by ABBA)
Down Under by the Russian Red Army Choir (originally by Men at Work)

There are plenty more. Some of the best don't exist on YouTube anymore (country/western version of Freak by Silverchair).

There's also a cover of I Touch Myself by Rolf Harris which... I er... won't link to. *shudder*

Complete list is here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Denton%27s_Musical_Challenge



Also, there are some NIN covers/mashups that were pretty popular a few years ago. One was Hurt by Johnny Cash, arguably the best version of the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt1Pwfnh5pc

And Call Me a Hole by PomDeter. I can't tell you what genre this is. You'll just have to listen to it.

https://soundcloud.com/scottrek/call-me-a-hole-pomdeter



I also really like Type O Negative's version of Day Tripper:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1pcjpJROkA
[img]http://7d4iqnx.gif;rWRLUuw.gi

gameboy

#27
Tue 12/07/2016 20:44:42
Supergrass did some great covers under the name Hot Rats. I particularly liked their rendition of Up The Junction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP2i_I8VphE

The original by Squeeze is great as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGlvQTtrRTs

AnasAbdin

#29
Thu 21/07/2016 10:48:24
Growing up in a home with one older sister whom forced Madonna's 80s and 90s music into our DNA (not a bad thing at all  := )


Jay Smith - Like a prayer

Live from Idol Sverige:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRv8UNl2EC8 -gave me goosebumps when I watched it live  8-0

Studio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKNH2cg8lvo

LeisureSuitGary

#30
Thu 01/09/2016 07:45:55
This is a favourite of mine = Gin and Juice by the Gourds. :cheesy:

dactylopus

#32
Thu 08/09/2016 02:48:36
Quote from: Gurok on Tue 12/07/2016 02:09:40
Also, there are some NIN covers/mashups that were pretty popular a few years ago. One was Hurt by Johnny Cash, arguably the best version of the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt1Pwfnh5pc

Aside from the original, this is the best.

Quote from: Gurok on Tue 12/07/2016 02:09:40
And Call Me a Hole by PomDeter. I can't tell you what genre this is. You'll just have to listen to it.

https://soundcloud.com/scottrek/call-me-a-hole-pomdeter

That's a mashup, an interesting genre in itself.

I'll add this one to the thread:

Rexway - Hooker With a Penis (Cover of this song by Tool).

Haggis

#34
Thu 15/12/2016 21:13:48
Not completely different - but I prefer Kurt Vile's version of Downbound Train to Springsteen's original.

Bruce - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc_mv46NwT4
Kurt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7xMjDKgy8g

Chicky

#35
Sat 17/12/2016 00:35:17
Ah Haggis, how awesome to see Kurt Vile in here. Loving all the Radiohead cover too, specially the Weird Fishes one.

This seems like an appropriate time to post this jolly seasonal tune:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqkAxW7xCxo

Darth Mandarb

#36
Sat 17/12/2016 01:17:36
I have always loved this kind of thing...

Queen's Who Wants to Live Forever? covered by Breaking Benjamin [ LINK ]

Sinead O'Connor's Nothing Compares to You in Hawaiian [ LINK ]

Guns 'n Roses' Sweet Child o' Mine by Myles Kennedy (w/ Slash on accoustic) [ LINK ]

I could go on and on!

Haggis

#37
Sat 17/12/2016 22:10:01 Last Edit: Sat 17/12/2016 22:35:34 by Haggis
Quote from: Chicky on Sat 17/12/2016 00:35:17
Ah Haggis, how awesome to see Kurt Vile in here.

He's a recent find for me - really enjoying his music. Had a bit of a music binge over the past year and bookmarked loads of new artists to listen to. Jason Isbell though I've been a fan of for a long time, since his DBT days... and he's my next entry with another Boss cover - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AEqTSwtmms

Also:
Mark Lanegan - You Only Live Twice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQvGIlApbTo
Chris Cornell - I Will Always Love You (acoustic) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2-jogS5u0I - (tbf the Cornell does like a cover version, some efforts  better than others - but this one gets my vote given he performed it the day WH died in tribute (who also covered it) - what a voice)
Johnny Cash - Rusty Cage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtbuUlSGXzc (and of course his cover of Hurt by Nine Inch Nails)
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