I feel like a good cover version can take a song to a new place and sometimes surpass the original.
What are your favorite covers?
I love Primal Scream's cover of Slip Inside this House. The 13th Floor elevators original is an acid freakout track and Primal Scream seamlessly shifted it into a dark opiate tinged dancefloor filler.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3Cvy4vk_zM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZLGqHyeX-s
>>70936098
didn't I see this posted in a thread about worst covers?
what do you like about this version?
>>70936098
This is fucking horrendous
CeeLo's cover of No One's Gonna Love You by Band of Horses is fantastic.
I love the guitar work of the original but I think CeeLo kills it on the soulful vocals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzAof7HjaxU
Shonen Knife's cover of When You Sleep is pretty fun
>>70936298
yeah, I love it
really gives the track a different feel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jN8SII8ytI
>>70936298
>>70936383
Jowall's cover for the Blue Loveless album is great also
much more melancholic
whatever the vocal effect is gives it a kind of tinny broken electronics in a dark room vibe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pCd-F1sw_Q
>>70936438
That got dark. The string arrangement reminds me of Sia's cover of Paranoid Android.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz8cV8TZXdY
Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZAajrxvDs4
>>70936078
Sturgill Simpson - In Bloom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Roo3ZrpRJLM
Obviously Jimi's is awesome too.