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
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” 😅
That’s a good reason to alphabetize by artist (chronological by release).
I made a playlist of Nina Hagen’s covers of religious songs, and the originals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdiTFj0WDWc&list=PLgy7PolPvs21T7VgK9vUviZGZrZknVadp
Goddamn Jerboa won’t let me copy the link. I don’t want to open the shit YouTube app, i want to open it in vimusic!
I do all my youtube viewing via yt-dlp.
Holy Holy’s cover of Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart.
Did anyone already mention Johnny Cash’s version of Hurt, original by Nine Inch Nails? A marvelous reimagined version, maybe, the best cover ever.
I’m surprised nobody’s put up The Wiggles cover of Tame Impala’s Elephant
Yes, those Wiggles. It’s good.
Dub Side of the Moon, a reggae cover of Dark Side of the Moon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dub_Side_of_the_Moon
Joke answer: Disturbed’s “The Sound of Science” cover because it’s fucking horrid and ruins the point of the original’s meaning.
They also did OK Computer (Radiodread); their cover of Let Down is one of my favorite covers all-time.
The acoustic and sad version of Take On Me from The Magicians TV show is quite beautiful
Postmodern Jukebox ft. Haley Reinhart - Creep (original by Radiohead), jazz/big band style
Novena - Bury a Friend, progressive metal Billie Eilish. Starts out like the original and gets progressively heavier.
Surprised how far down I had to look for Postmodern Jukebox to show up!
So many of the Postmodern Jukebox covers are fantastic.
