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    Let us praise the humble cover song. I love these little fellas; the further they wander away from the source material, the better. Please post any examples of this under-appreciated art form that you can lay your greasy mitts on ...




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    What a coincidence, I read this an hour ago.



    My favourite cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4_4abCWw-w
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    Haha, there are so many ska covers of different pop songs - where should I start?

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    As much as I appreciate T-Rex's perspective, the out-of-genre cover is not always a mere novelty. Heck, the latter part of Johnny Cash's career showed that. Examples:




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    Like this?



    or this(warning, bad language)?



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    Sonic Youth's cover of Superstar (The Carpenters).
    Lyric:
    Loneliness -
    It's such a sad affair.


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    Some of my favourite covers off the top of my head:

    It's My Life - No Doubt (TalkTalk)
    A Little Respect - Wheatus (Erasure)
    It's Not Over Yet - The Klaxons (Gloria)
    You've Got The Love - Florence & The Machine (The Source/Candi Staton)
    My Hero - Paramore (Foo Fighters)
    Use Somebody - Paramore (Kings of Leon)
    Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen)
    Hounds of Love - The Futureheads (Kate Bush)
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    The Bad Plus are a jazz trio who exclusively do covers. And they're awesome:


    Take about a minute and a half to pick up steam, but when it does wowwwwww.


    Same again, takes about a minute. (5:00 and beyond is a must listen for any Radio-head)


    This one doesn't, it rushes straight into Rush.

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    William Shatner - Common People
    - originally by Pulp
    Reel Big Fish - Take On Me
    - originally by a-ha

    And one that I actually like:
    Hayley Westenra - Cosmos
    - originally by Momoe Yamaguchi

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    I personally don't like covers. I listened to a few Syd Barrett covers and they seemed not to fit his original artistic inspirations. Though I guess covers are others interpretations.
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    This one was certainly an improvement:



    Old and not really a serious cover:




    Ok ... I'm getting old.

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    Two more:



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    Okay, I know no one will watch this, but this is quite possibly the farthest you'll get from the original genre: The Beatles - I Am the Walrus (psychedelic rock) done by Merzbow (japanoise, experimental, noise) and Boris (drone, sludge metal, noise rock). It's surprisingly good, don't let my classifications throw you off - honestly.

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    I love the Cash version of Hurt, almost as much as the Kermit version.

    Some of my favorites, not out-of-genre though...
    1000 Homo DJs (Jourgensen and Reznor, et al) doing Black Sabbath's Supernaut
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjho-zVgDXo

    Tool doing Led Zep's No Quarter kicks an vast quantity of butt:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA7sHz2m_Cs

    Sepultura doing Motorhead's Orgasmatron - can't find a decent vid unfortunately.

    Out-of-genre, I guess this is a good one, Dynamite Hack's take on Easy-E's Boyz In the Hood (some language)
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    Anthrax's version of the Venture's Pipeline is rolling...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l18cy8S8WZU

    The String Quartet Tribute groups have done a ton of stuff, Slayer's Raining Blood may be even creepier with the acoustics
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGVNAdgLTCg
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    Quote Originally Posted by Raz View Post
    The Beatles - I Am the Walrus (psychedelic rock) done by Merzbow (japanoise, experimental, noise) and Boris (drone, sludge metal, noise rock).
    That's kinda hypnotic. I couldn't tell for the longest time if they were doing it in English or not ...

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    Smooth Criminal by Jackson, covered by Alien Ant Farm. This is a song which was asking to be made heavier.


    Another example of song which benefitted from a heavier cover is Whiskey in the Jar. First an Irish traditional, brought to fame by the Dubliners, then by Thin Lizzy, then by Metallica.
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    In the smooth criminal cover, didn't MJs chimp 'bubbles' make an apperance? Or was that an annonomys chimp?
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