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Here are a few to get things started:

Don Henley's The Boys of Summer as an 80s synth tune

Bossa nova version of Crowded House's Don't Dream It's Over

Reggae-ish version of Aretha Franklin's Respect

A capella men's ensemble version of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance

EDIT: This has been great, everyone. Thank you all for the terrific links and for introducing me to a number of artists I wouldn't have heard of otherwise. Seriously, the online rabbit-holes have been thoroughly enjoyable--even if I stayed up a bit too late a number of times.

Worth it.

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[–] FredOnline@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] vegivamp@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry, why has nobody mentioned the Jeff Buckley cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah yet? Bunch of heathens πŸ™‚

[–] moral_imperative 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Brkdncr@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Clams casino’s version of Imogen heaps β€œI’m god” is great. It got tied up in legal limbo for a really long time.

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

[–] bbbhltz 1 points 1 year ago

Don't know about creative. Sometimes a minor change makes a big difference.

I can't find my other favs right now

[–] 1000knives 1 points 1 year ago
[–] storksforlegs 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

the Gourd's cover of Gin and Juice by Snoop Dogg

(Apparently many people thought it was Phish who performed this cover, it was shared and torrented a lot as a Phish cover)

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[–] BlueDiamond@rammy.site 1 points 1 year ago

Amber Mark's cover of Heart Shaped Box.

I'm a die hard nirvana fan. I think she took what Kurt wrote and made it totally her own and so, so beautiful.

[–] diannetea 1 points 1 year ago

Oh I absolutely love covers. My favorite weird cover is probably Tiny Tim's cover of The Doors song People Are Strange https://youtu.be/kzoH88GFqK0

[–] VeeSilverball@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago
[–] daan@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago

The acoustic and sad version of Take On Me from The Magicians TV show is quite beautiful

[–] vegivamp@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm currently re-ripping my entire CD collection, and when I came to Revelations by Fields of the Nephilim, I realized that one of the tracks is their cover of "In the Year 2525" 🀣 It's not even that bad, either!

I just started the rip of Dimmu Borgir's Enthrone Darkness Triumphant... And the next disk in the stack is Hanson. Yes, that Hanson. I'm not entirely sure if the correct term for my taste is "eclectic" or "insane" πŸ˜…

[–] YouNaughtyMonsters 1 points 1 year ago

That's a good reason to alphabetize by artist (chronological by release).

[–] rancidity9480 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Persuasions - Anyway the Wind Blows by Frank Zappa

Kind of a pretty straight cover, but I think by stripping it down to just melody and vocals shows just how good and faithful to the genre the original was.

The whole Persuasions album of Zappa songs is terrific. Definitely recommend.

[–] rancidity9480 1 points 1 year ago

Nirvana - Love Buzz

Original for reference.

It's kind of amazing that they're the same song, but when you listen to the original, you can hear what Kurt was picking up on. Two totally different songs but ... not.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

The Interrupters - Bad Guy

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

`````Perpetuum Jazzile's Acapella cover of Toto's` Africa' is pretty neat. It's with it for the simulated rain sound at the start alone (and the beatboxing):

https://youtu.be/yjbpwlqp5Qw

[–] GiantBasil 1 points 1 year ago

Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights feels like an entire different song when sung by CΓ©cile McLorin Salvant

I'm also very fond of Oingo Boingo's version of I'm the Walrus, I like how they do the laughs with the guitars.

[–] davefischer 1 points 1 year ago
[–] November@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

UMC are doing metal cover versions of quite some songs, Captain Jack as an example.

Van Canto are an a capella band (with drums) doing also a lot of covers. Battery by Metallica

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