Awesome "covers" of songs in a completely different genre

Started by Peder 🚀, Tue 01/12/2015 21:20:45

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AnasAbdin


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selmiak

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

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

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
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gameboy

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

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

This is a favourite of mine = Gin and Juice by the Gourds. :cheesy:



dactylopus

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

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

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

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

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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