Your Favorite Cover Songs?

I think some covers can really bring new life into a song. What are your favorite cover songs? I’m looking for ones that mixed it up, not just played the original. Here are my top 3:

Hayley Reinhart and PMJs incredibly powerful rendition of Radiohead’s “Creep”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3lF2qEA2cw

Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged cover of Lead Belly’s “Where did you sleep last night”. Has quite the crescendo in it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEMm7gxBYSc

And last but not least, Johnny Cash’s cover of Nine Inch Nails “Hurt”. Just a masterpiece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI

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I don’t like Nirvana but the original song from Leadbelly is great (and I have the original vynil record). I don’t like Johnny Cash but the original song from Nine Inch Nails is great.

:grin:

I like this one :

and I even did a coverception based on this version

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This is one of my favourites :grin:
https://youtu.be/4uG7sd-YPmE

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On that thought, this is one of mine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4

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Oh man. Collecting great covers is kind of a hobby of mine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10JDA8SvwX8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhJZrRV5YKo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nAON-MwUPY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p02yfeL0Skk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obg2rHYpiwA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfe4S-uBwUs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc1AHrIzB2I

I could go on and on :slight_smile:

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Ok a couple more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ga01WDdsqA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30DMi866ThM

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There is so much here to post.

Yuki had a hit in 1969 with this song

From my teenage years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jFLyCjlvKI

Robert Johnson reimagined

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI3dokSeII8

Does anyone remember this is a Bob Dylan song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ba360Dz1sQ

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Not a fan of that one (and Disturbed in general).
I prefer covers that add something different to the original… A bit like this one :laughing:

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Pseudo-cover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qlUFKFHNIU

You know you’ve made it big when Trent Reznor is your tambourine boy

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One of the best parts of a Metallica concert is when Rob and Kirk do a cover of a local song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qx12pLiptA

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That’s a bit like burning the :us_outlying_islands: in the USA :joy:

There are quite a lot of ABBA covers online…
https://youtu.be/BrBd6BucRA0

He didn’t change it from the original, but Jaco took Charlie Parker’s Donna Lee and turned it into a bass solo.
https://youtu.be/-0NNA6w8Zk4

What does Britney Slayes do after the show? Go to a karaoke bar and do Queensryche

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Don’t even have to post my favourites, @howard did it for me already :rofl:

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Actually here’s one, my favorite band as well, such grinding bass lines:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9zcjhC_myo

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That’s an amazing album in general, classic :slight_smile:

I bet you know this one too…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E72v6G9JHY

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One from my Texas days…

When hillbillies cover rap good things can happen. :slight_smile:

Cover of Snoop Dog’s "Gin and Juice "

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNd2GvhvHkY

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Actually never heard that one, don’t really like Laibach covers that much in general. This one is really good and chill:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAFi9V6czdE

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