Covers

[Lemur]

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 ...

[pevergreen]

What a coincidence, I read this an hour ago.



My favourite cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4_4abCWw-w

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Haha, there are so many ska covers of different pop songs - where should I start?

[Lemur]

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:

[Husar]

Like this?



or this(warning, bad language)?

[Raz]

Sonic Youth's cover of Superstar (The Carpenters).
Lyric:

Loneliness -

It's such a sad affair.

[Secura]

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)