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And I'm not saying that the original is bad. You have to have a good song to have a good cover in my opinion. But sometimes the cover artist just understands the mission and takes what the original song did and expands on that a hundred times over.

What're some of your guys's favorites?

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

A Perfect Circle - When the levee breaks.

Extremely far away from Led Zeppelin. But it's just so nice and soothing.
Also, "Peace love and understanding" from the same album, for the same reasons.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 1 week ago

Ween's version of All of My Love. Which I've only ever heard through a crappy phone recording of a live event. Despite that, it's still better than the original.

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A-ha's acoustic version of Take On Me is wonderful and very different from the original.

[–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’m all about Reel Big Fish’s cover

It works remarkably well as a ska song.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is that what Ellie plays in TLOU2?

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[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

The Lovemongers version of Battle of Evermore catches me the right way sometimes. I prefer the original, but their version is excellent as well

[–] MSugarhill@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Last Resort by Falling in Reverse. This band has quickly become one of my favorites. Them and I Prevail can really throw down some emotions.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Last Resort as in Papa Roach's Last Resort?

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[–] PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Very cinematic! It’s not really my thing, but damn that dude can sing his ass off!

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[–] JPSound@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Tool's cover of No Quarter by Led Zeppelin. Page was channeling future Adam Jones with those riffs. It's s a shame that the only official release of that song is on Tool's coveted "Salival" album which is notoriously hard to get ahold of for anything even resembling a decent price if you can even find a good copy. Damn, I wish they would re-release that album.

[–] pixelmeow@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How about a whole album? Billie Joe Armstrong: No Fun Mondays He recorded these and released them on several Mondays back in early lockdown. I love the hell out of this album.

Funny that Manic Monday is the first song on there, when there's an old mashup remix album of American Idiot, and Whatsername is mashed with Manic Monday. The album is called Dean Gray, American Edit.

[–] Grimm665@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

The Z-Trip remix of I Want You Back, which is more of a demix than a remix or cover. It strips away a lot of the production and emphasizes the subtle guitar riff really nicely

https://youtu.be/zh-I31AsJJg

I really enjoy this cover of Dead Man's Party

[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Portishead - SOS (by ABBA)
Completely different song while still true to the lyrics

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

John Mayer's cover of Free Fallin by Tom Petty. The vocal, the sweet guitar. I love it.

[–] DigDoug@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Nobody's said Me and Bobby McGee yet?

[–] hotdogthud@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Elbow's cover of Peter Gabriel's 'Mercy Street'

MC 900 Ft Jesus' cover of Curtis Mayfield's 'Stare And Stare'

Gypsy Kings' Spanish cover of Frank Sinatra's 'My Way'

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Elbow are so good!

[–] SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago
[–] klemptor@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Erasure - Take A Chance On Me

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

That whole "Abba-esque" EP of Abba covers by Erasure is a real treasure. Any of the tracks on there qualify for this thread.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Megan McDuffee's dark synthwave cover of Blink 182's song Dammit

https://youtu.be/m-YYngv1mhM

[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 1 points 1 week ago

For as long as I've known it I've preferred the version of Ghost's Cerice done by Saint Raven, a much less known band out of Utah.

[–] Trashcan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Small town boy by Paradise Lost. https://open.spotify.com/track/0jfNgP8sP2tnOloYDw0HoM?context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A1lvVqodR4aT3R8WemeIgDN

The original is iconic, and there are almost too many covers of it to take it in. But Paradise Lost takes it in a different direction.

Same as Wicked Game by HIM. https://open.spotify.com/track/5XenUjG7cRnTkUe8AVuuMX

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

The Protomen's cover of Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) is a slower burn than the original, but I feel like the emotions intented by the song are so much clearer.

It's off their album The Cover Up, which is an entire album of well done covers. It also tells a strong story through the tracks and the transistions between them. I love this band, and the last third of this album from Hunted (a transistion piece) onward is fucking amazing.

Now if only they could count to three better than Valve. Been at least a decade waiting for the ending of the story/universe they created. Act III when?

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