And don’t get cute and do songs people don’t know are covers like I Will Always Love You or Torn
Hurt by Johnny Cash - much better than the NiN version, to the point that Trent Reznor basically said “yea, it’s his song now, he nailed it”.
And then I have some more controversial takes…
-Faith by Limp Bizkit (instead of George Michael). Yes, I know, but seriously, it slaps.
-99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger.
-Gin and Juice by The Gourds.
Kelly Clarkson covered Taylor Swift’s Better Man in her TV show a couple of years ago and it was an entirely different song. Like she felt it in her bones. She elevated it.
Postal Service turned Such Great Heights from a low-fi, indie-folk coffee shop vibe (originally done by Iron & Wine) into 100% millennial optimism pop.
Hilary & Hayley Duff covered Our Lips Are Sealed and I’m just kidding that one was actually terrible.
Iron & Wine’s version is the cover - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Such_Great_Heights#Track_listing
Wow haha thanks for the info!
Faith No More’s cover of War Pigs is so much better than the original Black Sabbath version.
I’d say it’s hard to beat original War Pigs, but T-Pain’s version comes close.
There used to be this guy who would always do these really unique remixes and mashups of different songs that you would never think would work, but they were always really amazing.
He would upload them to his YouTube account during the 2010s, but he seems to have disappeared. I’m pretty sure he went by Tae-K and his account was something like TKRmx?
The most memorable ones for me were a mashup of Wale with the 90’s X-men theme song and Ella Fitzgerald with Wiz Khalifa.
Edit: Oh shit NVM, found it! X-men+Wale
There was this other guy who made an 8-bit remix of Danger Mouse’s Grey album, but I can’t remember his name. It also seems to have disappeared.
- Sinead O’Connor’s version of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U”.
- Joe Jackson’s version of Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh, Well”.
- The Ramones version of the Spider-man TV show theme song.
Ramones version of California Sun is also better than the original
Black History Month (Death From Above 1979), remixed by Death From Above 1979
Hurt (Nine Inch Nails), covered by Johnny Cash
The Cash version of Hurt is the definitive one.
Johnny Cash did a great cover of Soundgarden’s “Rusty Cage,” too.
Axel F
That frog lives rent free in my head.
The Jennifer Saunders version of Holding Out for a Hero from Shrek 2
The Rufus Wainright version of Hallelujah from Shrek 1 (but the Jeff Buckley and John Cale versions are even better)
It’s interesting reading about the musical taste on here. I feel the average demographic of lemmy is mostly USA based late gen X guys.
Been listening to “EDM” since long before it was known as that. Remixing has been the way with electronic music since it’s inception.
A small amount of my favorite remixes in no particular order
The Prodigy - Out Of Space (Cut & Run Booty Space Mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsKfApf3jJg
Databass vs. Koma & Bones - Fade In ‘The Program’ (Koma & Bones Mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su3o-SG2IHM
Feelin Kinda Strange (Bass Kleph & Nick Thayer Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wB0ogEg6ew
Stanton Warriors - Shake It Up (Hook N Sling Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_W403tQrvU
The Streets - Blinded by the Lights (Nero Remix) www.youtube.com/watch?v=MomOlmprVO8
Freedom Failure One life left (John B Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtZmoVm9mAA
Juice WRLD - Conversations (Skeler Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUEVJ0N6I1A
I Feel Love (Dj Jamx & De Leon Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kEzFLkBR88
Sizzla I’m Living (Ed Solo & Stickybuds Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGqWkWUe-U0
Heatwave. Linda Ronstadt crushed it.
All Along The Watchtower, because Hendrix.
Chris Cornell’s cover of Nothing compares to you
And his cover of “Billie Jean.”
Cradle Of Filth - Sleepless, cover of Anathema - Sleepless.
I am an enjoyer of Cradle Of Filth, but objectivly, their version has more color.
Black Magic Woman – Santana. Original by Fleetwood Mac.
Touch and Go – Emerson Lake and… POWELL. Cover of an old folk song called: Lovely Joan
Blinded by the LIght – Manfred Mann original by Bruce Springsteen.
Alone – Heart… Can’t remember the original artist off hand.
Omg that song is awesome. Thank you for the recommendation!
Wow, I commented three other songs, but this one is it. This is going into my playlists.
The Interrupters cover of “Bad Guy” and the Hailstorm cover of “Get Lucky” are 2 of my favorites.
