Unusual covers

[Rome's rightful successor]

Caribbean mashup of Yuki no Shingun

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

of this

 

[Indefinite_Ordered_Sets]

I feel like everybody knows this, but anyway

 

[tehpope]

Billy decided to cover James Brown on one of the Machina II eps. Not sure why. Sounds nothing like the original song.

Paul Oakenfold cover of Dreams

The BT remix because its amazing. Skip to 5mins when the song actually starts.

 

[Chad Holdenford]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=JqquBi4X31Uof this
https://youtube.com/watch?v=IE66UeiOkt0https://youtube.com/watch?v=TQuy3FqVcYc

Until a couple of years ago, I thought this particular rendition was the original song. It was a cover all along, and a freaking awesome one at that.

 

[DoomsdayElite]

 

[Bezmenov]

Soft Cell - "Tainted Love" (originally by Gloria Jones)

Now if we're talking unusual

 

[infamousbeing]

Me finding out smash mouth did a Beatles cover

 

[SnekTheRat]

So many great tunes. A bluegrass group called The Hillbenders covered Tommy by The Who in its entirety as a bluegrass opera. It's pretty great.

Strange covers and no one brings up Frank Zappa covering Stairway to Heaven? Shame.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=35HoabXm41E

His version of I am the Walrus is great, too. I'm very happy he recorded most every concert he played.

 

[Easton daniels]

80s Synthwave Vocaloid cover thing of a steampunk song? goes pretty hard tbh

Spoiler: original version for ref

 

[CowBoyCormack]

 

[DoomsdayElite]

 

[DerKryptid]

I want a ska punk cover of bring me to life by evanescence because I can't be shat to listen to that depressing ass song

 

[Akashic Retard]

Foo Fighters semi-recently released a disco album, yeah a disco album, and have some BeeGees covers. Must be great to be that successful that you can just put out shit for fun.

80s Synthwave Vocaloid cover thing of a steampunk song? goes pretty hard tbh
https://youtube.com/watch?v=1hcZdt6oLIk

Spoiler: original version for ref

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z8B2nBM0jFg

This description made me vomit.

 

[OC Donut Steel]

One of my favorite random youtube videos.

 

[Hesa]

 

[Absolutego]

 

[OC Donut Steel]

When there's lulz, and it's dank, the Joshua Moon will obsess you

 

[Internet Explorer]

I'm a sucker for good/awful cover songs, so here's stuff from my playlist, and there's some good stuff itt that I'll be adding to it as well.



Wish you were here - Pink Floyd cover by Sparklehorse/Radiohead
I will survive - Gloria Gaynor cover by Cake
Teardrop - Massive Attack cover by Newton Faulkner
Lithium - Nirvana cover by Polyphonic Spree
All is full of love - Bjork cover by Death Cab For Cutie
Into my arms - Nick Cave cover by Band of Horses
Where is my mind? - Pixies cover by Nada Surf
Umbrella - Rihanna cover by Biffy Clyro
Just like heaven - The Cure cover by Katie Melua
The killing moon - Echo & The Bunnymen cover by Pavement
Addicted to love - Robert Palmer cover by Florence + The Machine
Nobody does it better - Carly Simon cover by Radiohead
Dear god - XTC cover by Tricky
Black hole sun - Soundgarden cover by Nouela
There is a light that never goes out - The Smiths cover by Dum Dum Girls
A little respect - Erasure cover by Wheatus
Build me up buttercup - The Foundations cover by The Goops
Ca plane pour moi - Plastic Bertrand cover by Thee Headcoatees
I think we're alone now - Tiffany cover by Billie Joe Armstrong
Somebody to love - Jefferson Airplane cover by The Ramones
Hanging on the telephone - Blondie cover by The Nerves
Strawberry fields forever - The Beatles cover by Ania Dabrowska
Go your own way - Fleetwood Mac cover by NOFX
Love missile F1-11 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik cover by Pop Will Eat Itself
Happiness is a warm gun - The Beatles cover by The Breeders
Bullet with butterfly wings - Smashing Pumpkins cover by Karen O
Head like a hole - Nine Inch Nails cover by Miley Cyrus

Also, some songs that got covered and as a result, ended up being confused as originals:

I love rock n' roll - The Arrows (later covered and popularized by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts)
The man who sold the world - David Bowie (though many people would later assume it to be an original song by Nirvana)
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft - Klaatu (which would end up becoming more widely heard after being covered by The Carpenters)

And finally, just for laughs:

Carry on my wayward son - Kansas cover by GWAR
A complicated song - Avril Lavigne parody by Weird Al Yankovic
Wallspin - Mashup of Dead or Alive/Oasis by Neil Cicierega